Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios have announced that the newest season of Star Trek Online, House United, is now available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Starting from today, console players will be able to log in to the free-to-play MMORPG and participate in the finale of the Klingon Civil War.In this season, player Captains will encounter iconic characters from the Star Trek universe such as Aakar from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (portrayed by Rober O'Reilly), General Martok from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (portrayed by J.G Hertzler), and Adet'Pa from Star Trek: Discovery (portrayed by Rekha Sharma).There are two brand new episodes, "Warriors of the Empire" and "A Day Long Remembered". In the former, Captains will fight with J'Ula and L'Rell as they gather support for their cause. In the latter, Captains will take forces to Qo'noS to put an end to the raging Klingon Civil War.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Diablo Immortal, Blizzard's mobile take on its iconic action-RPG franchise, will now release sometime in the first half of 2022. The game was previously slated to release in 2021.The game has been undergoing closed Alpha testing, with Blizzard saying in a new blog post that the community has been a "key collaborator" as the development team molds its vision for Diablo Immortal. Based on player feedback, Blizzard is looking to implement numerous improvements to the game like making endgame PvE content more engaging, providing controller support, and iterating on PvP content like the Cycle of Strife."However, these changes and additional opportunities to improve our gameplay experience will not be realized in the 2021 timeframe we had previously communicated," Blizzard says. "So, the game is now planned for release in the first half of 2022, which will allow us to add substantial improvements to the whole game."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The once mysterious CX-9 submachine gun was quietly added into Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone today. This new weapon was leaked, teased, and even available for a brief time in Warzone before being removed without any official word. Here's how players can now officially unlock the CX-9 submachine gun in both Modern Warfare and Warzone.How To Unlock The CX-9 In-GameIf you just want to score the new CX-9 submachine without spending any money, it can be unlocked via an in-game challenge. The challenge is the same whether you choose to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare or Warzone. You simply need to get 2 longshot kills while using any submachine gun in five different matches.If you're trying to unlock the weapon now, you may notice your kills aren't tracking. Raven Software tweeted it's aware of an issue with the CX-9's unlock challenge and level progression not tracking.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Activision Blizzard is currently embroiled in a lawsuit over its corporate culture and treatment of women, and at the same time, the publisher is pressing ahead with new game releases. One of its next big ones is a new Call of Duty game from Sledgehammer Games. As part of Activision Blizzard's earnings report on Tuesday, the management confirmed that the next game is coming in the fourth quarter."Our teams remain hard at work on the next new premium Call of Duty release, planned for the fourth quarter," Activision said. "From a setting that our fans know and love, to an incredible amount of content in development including an extensive live ops schedule, we believe this release will be incredibly well-received. In addition to launching a great seamless experience for both current and next-gen console players, we are focused on continuing to integrate Warzone and engage our direct relationship with our player base for even deeper content integration between the premium and free experiences and substantial innovation within Warzone itself. Our teams cannot wait to unveil what they have been working on."Later in the presentation, the studio said that Sledgehammer has "never been bigger or stronger" and confirmed that this year's release will include campaign, co-op, and multiplayer.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A new Nintendo-branded board game has been announced: The Game of Life: Super Mario Edition. The board game is available now and lets two-to-four players journey through the Mushroom Kingdom as Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Yoshi.The Game of Life: Super Mario Edition shares the same wheel spin mechanic as the regular Game of Life, but that's where the similarities stop. Instead of the game being about getting a job, getting married, having kids, and retiring, it is about gathering enough stars and power-ups to beat Bowser as a final boss. Players will battle each other in small mini-games like Rock, Paper, Scissors and Thumb Wars in order to win coins, which can be used to buy stars.Gallery The stars give players one additional point on top of their spin total when facing off against Bowser at the end of the game. Players need to spin higher than a 12 in order to defeat Bowser and to win the game. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The head of Blizzard's human resources department became the second executive to leave the company today in the wake of a recently filed discrimination lawsuit. As reported by Bloomberg, Jesse Meschuk, the company's head of global human resources, has now departed the company, shortly after Blizzard president J. Allen Brack also left the company.An Activision Blizzard spokesperson confirmed to GameSpot that "Jesse Meschuk is no longer with the company," but declined to comment further. There has been no official word regarding whether the departures of Meschuk and Brack are a result of Activision Blizzard taking action.It also appears that Meschuk deleted his Twitter account, although it's unknown exactly when that happened. Meschuk was not named directly in the lawsuit like Brack was; however, the lawsuit alleged that Blizzard's HR department was complicit in the harassment of employees.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The next two downloadable characters are finally on their way to Street Fighter V on August 16, as Oro and Akira were fully detailed during the SFV Summer Update.Oro once again employs the one-handed fighting style from his Street Fighter III days, though instead of tying up one of his arms, he fights while holding a turtle. He can make objects float with his mind with Tengu Midair Stone and use them against the opponent, shoot fireballs from his fingers with Nichirin Shoi and V-Skill 1 Onibi, and grab opponents for powerful throws after activating Manrikitan.Akira, meanwhile, plays very similarly to her Rival Schools iteration. She has access to energy blasts that extend from her arms, air combos that juggle opponents while jumping, and can call on the aid of fellow Rival Schools character--and her brother--Daigo. Akira also receives her own stage, the Rival Riverside, which features her teammates from the Rival Schools games, Edge and Gan.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Two more Street Fighters will be dropping onto Fortnite island, as Capcom and Epic Games announce Guile and Cammy are coming to the battle royale.The announcement was made during the Street Fighter V Summer Update livestream. A teaser appeared on the official Fortnite Twitter account showing the Battle Bus flying over the US and United Kingdom, a subtle tease to the two characters.Each skin will include two styles, a back bling, and an emote. Guile sports his trademark fatigues in his default skin, but he also features the Glistening Guile Variant along with a K.O. back bling. Cammy's extra style is the Tactical Cammy Variant, while her back bling is Borealis Backer. An extra gear bundle, the Cammy and Guile Gear Bundle, will include Guile's Knuckle Buster Pickaxe, Cammy'’s Delta Red Bowie Blade Pickaxe, and the V-Trigger Vector Glider.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Activision Blizzard's second quarter earnings call began with CEO Bobby Kotick addressing the elephant in the room: what the company is doing in light of a recent state of California lawsuit that alleges the company is rife with harassment and discrimination directed at women employees.At the top of the call, Kotick issued the following statement addressing the lawsuit."I want to start by making clear to everyone that there is no place at our company where discrimination, harassment, or unequal treatment of any kind will be tolerated--nowhere," Kotick said. "We so appreciate the current and former employees who have come forward in past and recent days with courage, and I want to reiterate the commitments we have made to you. Our work environment, everywhere we operate, will not permit discrimination, harassment, or unequal treatment. We will be the company that sets the example for this in our industry."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Who do you kill? Why do you kill them? These are the kinds of tough questions only storytellers can ask without getting arrested, and they're exactly the kinds of questions James Gunn had to wrestle with while writing The Suicide Squad, which he talks about in a new interview on the official DC Comics blog. Don't worry--there are no spoilers to be had here."There were a certain number of characters that I knew were going to die from the time I put them in the movie," Gunn said. "When I first pitched this idea to Warner Bros., I went into [Warner Bros. Film Chairman] Toby Emmerich's office and I had made copies or made photos of every single character and I had them all on a wall because it's a lot of characters. To throw, like, Mongal at Toby Emmerich can be really confusing. Going through them in that way, I knew some characters were going to die early and then other characters died as I told the story.""Some things happened very organically. It was really about what does the story need at this point. How does it work? How do we take a turn here that's unexpected?" Gunn continued. "That manifests in a number of ways, with character choice being the starting point.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The previously announced dramatic re-interpretation of the popular '90s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is getting new co-showrunners in T.J. Brady (The 100) and Rasheed Newson (Narcos). This news comes via The Hollywood Reporter, which is also reporting that Chris Collins (The Wire) is stepping down from his post as showrunner and executive producer on the series.It's unknown what involvement Collins may now have with the developing series, but Brady and Newson were already working with him on the project previously. No cast members have yet been announced for the series, and it's also unknown if any of the original series cast members will appear. (A reunion aired last fall, indicating many of the original cast members still have a fondness for the series.) However, there's still reason to expect this to see the light of day--The Hollywood Reporter is also indicating that the series will debut on Peacock sometime in 2022, with a two-season order.The concept originated from a four-minute viral clip that was originally posted in March 2019 by Kansas City filmmaker Morgan Cooper. The clip, which you can watch above, quickly picked up steam and turned out to be a breakthrough video for Cooper, who has been collaborating with Will Smith on the series. (You can watch a longer, nine-minute video from Smith offering his feelings and reactions to the clip here.)Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Street Fighter V's updates will end with an entirely new character, as Capcom has announced the final downloadable character for the game: Luke, a mixed martial artist.The announcement was made during the Street Fighter V Summer Update livestream, where a small teaser video of the new character was shown. Luke shows off a few of his moves, including being able to charge up moves for extra damage and a quick punch projectile.Not much information was given on the character, other than he represents "the future of the franchise" according to the developers on the livestream. Luke was confirmed for a November release, with more information to come. There is a character named Luke on the official Shadaloo Character Guide website, but it is unknown if this is the same Luke.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Adult Swim's Rick and Morty is currently wrapping up Season 5, with three more episodes coming before the season is over. While it may be another year before Season 6 arrives, you can still get a little bit more with a new short.Rick and Morty get the anime treatment in "Summer Meets God," which is directed by Takashi Sano. If that name sounds familiar to you, it's because Sano is the director of the Tower of God series and the cutscene director of Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Check out the video below for yourself. In the short, Summer has a new boyfriend, but he isn't human. Of course, everyone else is in trouble as well. It's an interesting mash-up that works, but this isn't the first time it's happened.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Sega's cult classic beat 'em up series Streets of Rage is officially 30 years old today, as the first game in the series launched on the Mega Drive on August 2, 1991 in Japan. Arriving at a time where games such as Final Fight and Golden Axe had been best-sellers on home consoles and in arcades, Streets of Rage would spawn numerous sequels, merchandise, and an ongoing debate as to just what it is that one of its protagonists would shout during his Blitz move attack.That debate has finally been settled by Yuzo Koshiro, the composer of the first game and the voice of Axel in the original trilogy."I see many people on the net writing Grand Upper," Koshiro tweeted. "That's incorrect. Ground Upper is correct, you know what I mean? Usually, the back of Axel's hand touches the ground when he hits an uppercut, therefore I named it Ground Upper."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

After three full days of testing, the Halo Infinite multiplayer technical preview officially ended today, August 2. If you didn't get an invite for the first test, don't despair, as 343 Industries will hold at least one more multiplayer trial in the time ahead.343 has not yet announced exactly when the next Halo Infinite multiplayer test will take place, but you will need to be a Halo Insider member for a chance to be selected. You can check out GameSpot's Halo Insider sign-up guide to find out everything you need to know.The Halo Insider support site is also closing when the multiplayer preview ends. People on social media wondered why 343 doesn't keep the site open for a few days to give people more time to send in their feedback. Community manager John Junyszek said this is good feedback and that one idea for a future test is to let the community know earlier on when access to the site closes.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com