Developer Respawn has released a new version of its free-to-play shooter Apex Legends. Called the Bangalore Edition, it bundles together a number of cosmetics and premium currency for $20 USD.As the name suggests, the Bangalore Edition focuses on Bangalore, and it includes a new character skin, weapon skin, and weapon charm. The Super Soldier skin gives Bangalore some cool-looking battle armor, while the weapon skin gives the G7 Scout a makeover. You can see the Super Soldier skin in the image below.In addition to these cosmetics, this version also comes with a special badge and 1,000 Apex Coins (which normally cost $10). You can grab the Bangalore Edition now on the PlayStation Store, Xbox Store, Steam, Origin, and Nintendo Store. If you have EA Play, you can get the Bangalore Edition for $18. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Electronic Arts has provided an explanation for why it delisted four of its classic games from GOG and then later relisted the games for free. As reported by GamesIndustry.Biz, Ultima Underworld 1+2, Syndicate Plus, and Syndicate Wars were removed from the GOG storefront at the end of June per the "publisher's request."Earlier this month, all four games returned to GOG and are available for free until September 3. In a statement, EA said, "Syndicate and Ultima Underworld are back! It seems that twenty years on there’s still plenty of love for these titles so we’re pleased to confirm that effective immediately they’ll be available again on GOG, and we’ll be keeping them in the store for the foreseeable future. To celebrate this we’re offering these games as a free download for four weeks.”Ultima Underworld IINow, EA vice president of marketing, commercial, and positive play, Chris Bruzzo told GamesIndustry.biz why exactly the delisting and subsequent reversal happened.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A port of an emulator for original PlayStation games, DuckStation, is now available to manually install onto Xbox Series X|S consoles. Not only can players now play PS1 games on the latest Xbox consoles, but DuckStation also has the ability to upscale the games to native 4K at 60fps.As noted by VGC, YouTuber Modern Vintage Gamer has demonstrated how DuckStation can run on Xbox consoles. DuckStation also gives players the ability to turn on True Color Rendering, which disables the white noise dithering effect that the original PlayStation had. Additionally, Texture Filtering can be turned on which makes the blocky textures on 3D objects appear smoother as they get bigger.DuckStation can also fix texture warping, which is when straight edges warp or shake as the camera pans across a scene. This is a common issue with PS1 games, observed mostly in the 3D intensive games such as Metal Gear Solid.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

This September, Disney+ is releasing plenty of new content to its streaming service. In fact, there's a big push towards unique animated series that are geared to a more mature audience. Check out everything coming to the service next month along with some recommendations.Every Wednesday in September, there's a new episode of the MCU animated series What If...? Episodes 4-8 will debut during the month. Sadly, we don't know anything about individual episodes, but Episode 1 featured Peggy Carter getting the super-soldier serum--which Steve Rogers was supposed to get. Carter becomes a super-soldier during WWII and fights along Rogers in an Iron Man-like outfit. Episode 2 features T'Challa as Star-Lord, and somewhere down the line, we'll see an animated version of the Marvel Zombies.On September 22, Star Wars: Visions debuts. The anime series, which had its first trailer debut recently, features stories from seven different anime studios. The voice cast includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Dark Knight Rises), Alison Brie (GLOW), Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother), Lucy Liu (Kill Bill), David Harbour (Stranger Things), Henry Golding (Snake Eyes), and Temuera Morrison, who will reprise his role as Boba Fett. Check out the trailer below.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

September is a big month for TV, meaning it's also a big month for Hulu. Typically the start of TV's fall season, September 2021 sees the return of a number of beloved shows, as well as some highly-anticipated premieres.Perhaps no premiere in September is more exciting than Y: The Last Man. The FX adaptation of the comic will drop the first three episodes exclusively on Hulu on September 13, with new episodes following every week. The series is set in a dystopian future after a mysterious virus has killed every living being with a Y chromosome (males), with one lone man and his male monkey somehow surviving.Also coming to Hulu in September is the return of NBC's One Chicago lineup. The premieres of Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, and Chicago Med will all be added to the service on September 23. This month will also see the returns of shows like The Conners, The Goldbergs, 9-1-1, Dancing with the Stars, and The Voice be added to Hulu.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

F9: The Fast Saga finally hit theaters this summer after a bunch of delays. Universal Pictures announced today that Fast & Furious 10, the second-to-last film in the series, will arrive on April 7, 2023, Entertainment Weekly reports.Fast & Furious 10, directed by Justin Lin, will begin filming in January 2022 according to star Vin Diesel himself, and it's even possible that Fast 10 and 11 will be filmed back-to-back. While Dwayne Johnson has officially severed ties with the series after a feud with Diesel, most of the rest of the cast is expected back, including Diesel himself, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges, and Sung Kang are all set to return, but John Cena hasn't confirmed his return yet.Plot details on the film are still under wraps, but we're betting on lots of explosions, cars, and exploding cars when the film hits in 2023. Ahead of that, if you haven't yet seen F9, make sure to check out our F9: The Fast Saga review, which called the film "the perfect movie to welcome you back to the theater." We also ranked every Fast & Furious movie, TV, and theme park ride title, and looked back at the original film to see what we've forgotten about The Fast and the Furious in the 20 years since it released.Info from Gamespot.com

Chadwick Boseman's time on Marvel's What If...? show was not meant to be his last performance as T'Challa, but his passing last August made it so. While Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is going on without Boseman, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige said the actor's final performance as the character is influencing the upcoming film, Variety reports.Kevin Feige opens up about Chadwick Boseman's final performance as T'Challa in #WhatIf, revealing how it informed the direction of #BlackPanther2 at the time. https://t.co/BcSX5GyNzt pic.twitter.com/Y97vH18ZL3 — Variety (@Variety) August 17, 2021"We didn't know it would be his final perfomance, obviously," Feige said of Boseman's time on What If...?. "He came in numerous times, was so gung ho about it, was so excited about it. He read the episode that airs 24 hours from now and then came back and said 'I really love this version of T’Challa.' We had a conversation after that with Ryan [Coogler, director of Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever] about how do we get some of this voice--none of the storyline--but just some of that voice into Panther 2. I’m excited for the fans to see that as well."Asked if Marvel had plans for the upcoming anniversary of Boseman's death on August 28, Feige said that "every day is a tribute to him right now as we're filming in Atlanta, every single day."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The science fiction films of the 1980s were filled with iconic imagery that still resonates with fans today. It makes sense, then, that Nerf saw fit to bring one of the most memorable guns in cinema to life: The Armat M41-A Pulse Blaster, used by the Colonial Marine Corps in Ridley Scott's 1986 film Aliens."Celebrate the 35th anniversary of the iconic Aliens film with the Nerf Lmtd M41-A Pulse Blaster, capturing authentic details inspired by the equipment of the film's Colonial Marine Corps," reads the official description for the weapon. The Pulse Blaster is a bit different from its cinematic counterpart, swapping out beige and gunmetal colors for yellow and light-gray styling that calls to mind the bright yellow Power Loader that Ripley uses against the Xenomorph in the film.The blaster is 28 inches long and comes pre-assembled in themed packaging designed for display. You can fire single Mega dart shots with the blaster's pump-action loader or go hot and fire from the 10-round clip in fully-motorized Elite mode. Perhaps most important though, is that along with movie-accurate sound effects, the blaster features an electronic dart counter so that you can feel the full terror of running out of ammo while Xenomorphs loom ever closer. Acid-blooded aliens are not included in the package, however, so you'll have to supply those.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

In the years prior to Julius Caesar's rule of ancient Rome, the legions of the empire were led by a wealthy general known as Marcus Crassus. He was infamous for many things, one of which was his revival of decimation--a harrowing means to control the army by punishing the collective for the actions of singular dissidents. Soldiers were divided into groups of ten, where each would draw stones. The one unfortunate enough to draw a white one would be beaten to death by the remaining nine, regardless of their involvement in any crimes against the empire. It instilled not only fear, but a strong sense of responsibility among the legions of soldiers, who quickly learned to self-discipline in the face of such punishment.The Forgotten City, a narrative puzzle game that started out as a Skyrim mod, uses the principle of decimation as its basis. It's an anecdote used to describe the game's most prominent mechanic, The Golden Rule, which is an ever-present threat to the small community trapped in a desolate and secluded city deep in the Roman mountains. A god watching over the community threatens to turn everyone into gold should anyone commit a sin. In theory this should lead to a utopia, a land where its people are forced into peaceful co-existence through the persistent threat of imminent and absolute destruction. But it's not long before you realize that the ideals of right and wrong, and, more importantly, who defines them, allow the definitions of sin to be bent and stretched in creative and cruel ways.Not long after the game's opening, you're teleported back in time to this ancient city and caught within the web of its passive aggressive personalities and bubbling politics. The magistrate of the society is the only one aware of who you are, tasking you with using an infinite time loop to figure out who will eventually break The Golden Rule and stop them before it happens. This also turns out to be the only way that you can get back to your time, motivating you to get very familiar with each of the city's varied inhabitants and decipher who might be on the verge of teasing out the apocalypse. Each loop is an opportunity to learn more about each citizen through dialogue, deciphering what their daily routines are, which other citizens they're bound to interact with, and which of their problems you can potentially solve. Eventually each day comes to an end, bringing about the fruition of The Golden Rule and forcing you to sprint towards the shrine you entered through to start the day over again.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Capcom is digging into its fighting game past for its next Street Fighter V roster addition, as this week will see the release of Rival Schools' Akira Kazama. Akira won't be alone in her fights, as her brother Daigo will be able to lend a fist with assist moves that make up her trademark offense and Kikio Kai energy blast special attack.The brawler's arsenal also includes V-Skills that enhance her Kiko Rensei attack and upgrade her Tsutenda combo into an airborne opponent-juggling move.Akira's V Trigger, Otoko No Senaka, summons Daigo for a slam attack, while her second V Trigger, Haten no Kamae, changes her fighting stance and gives her access to a few new attacks. Oro will join Akira this week, while Street Fighter V's final DLC character, Luke Fox, has already been shown off. An original character, Luke represents "the future of the franchise," Capcom says, and will arrive in November.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Nintendo Switch is a convenient little console that adds a lot more flexibility to your gaming than some of its competitors, but it's different enough that it can be a little overwhelming when you first buy a Nintendo Switch. That can be true even if you're familiar with other consoles and or even other Nintendo systems. To make the most of your new Switch, there are a few Nintendo Switch tips and tricks you are going to want to do immediately after taking it out of the packaging, and some may not be ones you'd think about right off the bat.These are the first things to do when you get a Nintendo Switch, along with some tips and tricks.Put on a screen protectorSome of the other Nintendo Switch tips and tricks in here don't have to be in exact order, but this one must be first. Seriously, make this the very first thing you do when you get a Nintendo Switch. Not only is it important to keep the console's screen protected--more on that in a second--but you will never, ever be able to get every little bit of dust off the system once it has been used for even a few minutes, and it will get stuck under the protector if you wait to put it on later. Get whichever type of screen protector you prefer, but if you are planning on taking it with you, invest in a tempered glass protector over a plastic one. It will serve it much better in case of a drop.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Developer Cold Symmetry and publisher Playstack have announced that they are giving something special to Mortal Shell players this week. For five days, from August 18 to August 23, the game's first expansion, The Virtuous Cycle, will be free to claim. This special offer is intended to celebrate the game's first anniversary.The Virtuous Cycle adds a roguelike mode to Mortal Shell. There are more than 100 new upgrades to inherit, as well as a new playable shell once belonging to your teacher, Hadern, and a new weapon called the Axatana which can switch itself between a heavy axe and a pair of fast katana.“Since we launched Mortal Shell back in August 2020 we have been thinking about how to give our fans something truly special that demonstrates our sincere appreciation for their support,” said Kiron Ramdewar, head of PC and Console at Playstack.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Call of Duty: Vanguard, the rumored new entry in the series that could be announced this week, will apparently have an alpha test and an open beta. We've now learned what could be the dates for those tests, in addition to the game's release date and when Season 1 will start. This information is coming to light amid the ongoing lawsuit against Activision Blizzard that calls out the publisher for a pattern of sexual harassment and discrimination against women.Modern Warzone, which has accurately reported on unannounced Call of Duty information before, reports that Vanguard will be announced on August 19. An alpha period will then be held August 27-29 for PlayStation owners, with an open beta coming to PlayStation September 10-12, according to the report. Then from September 16-20, everyone will get to play the Vanguard beta, Modern Warzone reported.Vanguard will launch on November 5 and its first season will begin on November 23, the report goes on to claim. All of these dates are subject to change, Modern Warzone reported.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Call of Duty Season 5 arrived to Warzone on August 13, so it's time to update your custom loadouts with this season's best weapons and attachments. Season 5's battle pass delivers two new weapons into the mix with the fully-auto EM2 assault rifle and the semi-auto TEC-9 submachine gun. And we have some recommended builds to help you make the most of Warzone's newest weapons, plus some other powerful loadouts to try.There really weren't a lot of weapon changes with Season 5's arrival. Previously, the Milano received a nerf, which did make it less viable. However, in Warzone's August 16 patch notes, Raven Software did warn that a weapons balancing pass would be coming to some of the top-tier assault rifles in the near future, so it's not sure how much this will alter the current meta for Season 5, but we'll keep the best loadouts updated here.In other Warzone news, Developer Sledgehammer Games has announced that Call of Duty: Vanguard will be officially revealed inside of Warzone this Thursday, August 19 at 10:30 AM PT / 1:30 PM ET. Here's how you can watch Warzone's Vanguard reveal. Call of Duty: Vanguard is set to send players back to World War II, and the projected release date is on November 5.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Despite things being quiet regarding the DLC character, developer Crystal Dynamics confirmed that Spider-Man will release this year for Marvel's Avengers--though an exact release date has still not been announced.Speaking to GamesRadar about the imminent release of Black Panther: War for Wakanda, senior game designer Scott Walters said the team is "still working" on Spider-Man and that the webslinger will arrive this year."Yes, we are still working on Spider-Man," Walters said. "We planned on releasing him this year, and he's still on track for that."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com