Frontier Games revealed the gameplay trailer for Elite Dangerous: Odyssey during The Game Awards. Odyssey is the next expansion for Elite Dangerous, the space exploration simulation game. In it, players assume the role of a starship owner and get to undertake both more sedate activities like mining and more hectic ones like combat.The new expansion pack, expected to release sometime in 2021, allows exploration by foot on worlds for the first time. Players will also get specialized suits and gear options for ground operations, a feature that includes social hubs across the galaxy.Frontier also promised new dimensions to combat and will cater to players with different preferred styles. There will be weapon and gear options for both flashy, head-on fights and stealthy approaches.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

During The Game Awards 2020, a new trailer for Scarlet Nexus was released. The trailer showcases Scarlet Nexus' story and characters, while also providing snippets of the action game's gameplay.Coming in Summer 2021, Scarlet Nexus sees you play as a new recruit in an organization charged with protecting the world from supernatural monsters. You're able to move objects with your mind as well as borrow the powers of your teammates to accentuate your abilities and attacks.Never underestimate a psychic on a mission.Choose your warrior’s perspective, coming summer 2021: https://t.co/leKVzgMpy7#SCARLETNEXUS #TheGameAwards pic.twitter.com/SNZ5qezBHM — Xbox (@Xbox) December 11, 2020This translates into a gameplay experience that looks a lot like The Force Unleased. You primarily bat enemies around with your sword but you can rip pieces of the environment out of the ground and throw it at enemies. Time your attacks right and you can pull off more powerful combos, like splitting a heavy object into two pieces and pancaking an enemy between them.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The next title from Hard Reset and Shadow Warrior 2 developer Flying Wild Hog is Evil West, a game that'll turn you into a "wild west superhero" fighting monsters with rifles, six-shooters, and Steampunk-esque technology. Flying Wild Hog announced the title at The Game Awards with a cinematic trailer that suggests you'll be doing a lot of fighting.Check out the trailer below. It's a bit thin on details, but suggests you'll be facing down a host of demon-looking creatures as you fight through Evil West's frontier environments. "In solo or coop, fight with style in visceral, explosive combat against bloodthirsty monstrosities and become a Wild West Superhero," Flying Wild Hog wrote on Twitter. We also know the game is headed to PlayStation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC in 2021.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

During The Game Awards 2020, the next expansion (or major content update) for the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online, titled Gates of Oblivion, was revealed through a teaser trailer. Those who played The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion may recognize parts of the teaser such as the visions going through the Oblivion gates, the series' version of hell, and Oblivion's iconic mark.The teaser indicates that the new content will be available in 2021, and more information is coming soon with a global full reveal event on January 21 at 5 PM EST. You can watch the teaser trailer below.After developer Bethesda parent company ZeniMax Media was acquired by Microsoft, it was confirmed that ESO would continue to receive support on PS4 for the time being.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

It's been a massive day for MCU news, thanks to Disney's Investor Day live stream. Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige took the virtual stage to offer updates and first looks at all sorts of upcoming projects, including the upcoming Black Panther 2, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and Thor: Love And Thunder. But the big screen wasn't the only topic discussed.Feige also took the time to offer updates on upcoming Disney+ streaming TV shows. First came trailers for shows like WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, both of which will be arriving on the platform in 2021, but then things began looking a bit more forward with updates about the currently in production and development projects like She-Hulk, Moon Knight, and Hawkeye.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Square Enix has announced and debuted a trailer for Just Cause Mobile during The Game Awards 2020, and it's a free-to-play spin-off that will bring multiplayer to the series for the first time. Players will be able to team up with friends in co-op or fight against them in competitive modes.The game, which is coming to both iOS and Android, won't have you playing as series stalwart Rico. Instead, the campaign casts you as a member of the Firebrand program, taking down the Darkwater corporation across multiple open-world environments. Expect a lot of explosions and grappling hooks.The competitive multiplayer mode is called "Triple Threat," and it sets three teams of 10 players against each other. It's a capture-the-base-style multiplayer experience where you'll need to secure bases across a map while taking out enemies. There will be a clan system for players who want to team up long-term, and you'll be able to pilot numerous vehicles in this mode, too.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Ruined King: A League of Legends Story, which was expected in early 2021, has been delayed. The game will still debut in 2021, but later in the year than expected, publisher Riot Forge has announced. On the plus side, we got a new look at Ruined King with a trailer at The Game Awards 2020.The game, a single-player roleplaying title, will feature many League of Legends characters and lore. In an announcement on Twitter, the publisher said that the game needs to be delayed for the same reason many games have been delayed lately--2020 has been hard."This year has presented a number of challenges for all of us that have been outside our control," the announcement reads. Because of this, the game will not meet its "early 2021" release goal, and will arrive later next year.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, which is due to release on December 11, has received a final trailer ahead of release. The trailer below shows off the game's narrative focus in its campaign, and gives some insight into what multiplayer will look like, too. You'll be able to fire bazookas, cut down rope bridges, and experience everything in virtual reality. The game comes from Titanfall 2 and Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment.The trailer also shows how the game will integrate real-life interviews with veterans to give players a sense of the real conflicts and people that inspired the game.It’s time to put boots on the ground. @MedalofHonor has arrived on @Oculus Rift & Quest with Link. Charge into history and experience a deep single player story, 5 explosive multiplayer modes, and the Gallery. Available Now! https://t.co/TtNndwwF9G pic.twitter.com/LPfzbPVMQh — The Game Awards (@thegameawards) December 11, 2020This trailer was teased ahead of the ceremony, and welcomes back the Medal of Honor series after a long absence. The most recent game before this one was 2012's Medal of Honor: Warfighter.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Game Awards 2020 ended with one more announcement just before the final award, and it was a big one. The show finished with a teaser trailer for the next Mass Effect.The teaser was vague, consisting mostly of overviews of planets and galaxies against radio chatter about planets being monitored and Reaper indoctrination. It sounds as if it's going through the history of human space travel, including real-life history. We had only one detailed view of a person, a being on a seemingly isolated area of a planet. It ended with the promise that "Mass Effect Will Continue," though it did not give a title or release details.Fans have speculated that the person picking up the N7 armor fragment in the trailer is none other than Liara T'Soni, one of the original Mass Effect party members and a popular character in her own right. She's accompanied by a few characters in the background, who are hard to make out but appear to be a Salarian, a Krogan, and a Drell.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The ever-evolving library of games available to Xbox Game Pass continues to get new games, and the next batch was announced during The Game Awards 2020.The list is headlined by Bethesda's enduringly popular RPG The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which is heading to the catalog on December 15. Meanwhile, Among Us will come to Game Pass "soon" on PC, where it's normally a paid title (unlike the free-to-play mobile version). A new Among Us map was revealed at The Game Awards, too.Also coming to Game Pass in the near future is the entire mainline Kiryu Yakuza saga. The Yakuza Remastered Collection (containing Yakuza 3, 4, and 5) will be available on Game Pass beginning January 28, 2021. After that, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life will release on Game Pass on March 25, 2021. All of the Yakuza games will also make their debut on PC alongside Xbox.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Cyberpunk 2077 is officially upon us, unlocking at midnight local time on December 10 for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. Despite the imminent release, though, some Xbox players are manipulating their consoles to play the game early.According to Video Games Chronicle reporter Andy Robinson, Xbox owners who switch their console's region to New Zealand can unlock Cyberpunk 2077 hours before the game actually comes out. This is because New Zealand is more than 10 hours ahead of most regions.Developer CD Projekt Red already announced the release times for Cyberpunk 2077 and let users preload the game early, so knowing that the game can be unlocked by manipulating the console is unsurprising. A handful of users from both Reddit and Twitter have reported the trick to work on Xbox consoles. But the same sort of trick can't be performed on PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5; the location data on Sony's consoles is predetermined by the user's account.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Streaming platform Twitch has issued a significant update to its harassment and hateful conduct policies, adding new rules regarding hate speech and sexual harassment. The changes, on the whole, seem aimed at stamping out conduct that is not necessarily malicious, but that may have a negative impact on streamers, other viewers, or the community as a whole.More specifically, the policy changes include bans on claiming that a victim of a violent tragedy is lying, encouraging DDoS attacks, certain hateful emoji, and the Confederate flag. The policy changes also bar unwelcome comments on someone's physical appearance or making sexual/lewd comments. The policy notes that this change does not include an exemption for public figures."Words and actions have meaning and impact, even if your intent is not meant to be hurtful or cause harm," Twitch wrote in a blog post. "And even if the target of your behavior or comments isn't bothered by them, others in the community may nevertheless feel impacted by it. Under the new policy, our Safety team will look at the content of statements or actions in order to determine whether a behavior is abusive and violates our guidelines, rather than relying solely on perceived intent."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Cyberpunk 2077 contains a bevy of Easter eggs and one that can be uncovered relatively early on is for those who enjoy bar-hopping: A cameo by a famed games designer.This revelation is a spoiler for Cyberpunk 2077, so read on at your own peril.Before the title card splashes on the screen at the end of Act 1, the mission "The Heist" tasks you with breaking into a gaudy hotel. Once checked-in, you and Jackie encounter a gold-plated waitress, which prompts an option for you to either go to a room or check out the hotel. If you choose to look around a bit you'll see the Death Stranding creator chatting it up.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

While 2020 was an expectedly chaotic year, it still managed to offer some fantastic games for both the PlayStation 4 and the PS5. This year marks the bittersweet end of the PlayStation 4 as the core Sony platform, bolstered by an impressive lineup of first-party games. Its final year saw an impressive batch of exclusive games like Final Fantasy VII: Remake, Ghost of Tsushima, and The Last of Us: Part II, which closed out the console's life in top form. Coupled with the PS4's swan song, we also saw an impressive debut for the PlayStation 5, which managed to keep the momentum going with its own set of unique games.Before 2020 reaches its end, GameSpot's team of editors and producers wanted to take some time to look back at the PlayStation's greatest hits from this year, which spans both the PS4 and PS5 consoles. In addition to the games above, we also included the PS5's killer app, Demon's Souls, which stands as a remarkable return to form for the original souls-like. Below, you'll find our five picks for the best PlayStation games of 2020, along with our thoughts on what made them so special.For more on the best games of 2020, which includes other roundups focusing on the Switch and Xbox, be sure to head over to GameSpot's hub page compiling all the noteworthy titles from this year.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Because vampires are forever, HBO has reportedly been working on a reboot of its hit vampire drama horror series True Blood. Deadline has confirmed that HBO has already been working "for nearly a year" on a new version of the series that wrapped in 2014, and it's already fairly well along with key personnel already attached to the project.Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (whose Chilling Adventures of Sabrina ends on December 31 with Season 4) will be co-writing the pilot with Jami O'Brien (creator of the similarly vampire-themed NOS4A2). O'Brien will also executive produce, as will original series creator Alan Ball (whose drama Uncle Frank just hit Amazon Video).Although it hasn't really been that long since 2014, it's been long enough that Aguirre-Sacasa and O'Brien can provide a fresh take on the series--which Ball adapted from Charlaine Harris' series of novels, The Southern Vampire Mysteries, which spanned 13 entries from 2001 through to 2013.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com