Publisher EA Sports has announced a new preorder bonus for those who buy NHL 21 early on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One: a throwback to NHL 94 that will be available on October 30.NHL 94 Rewind is a retro-style throwback to the 1994 NHL title. It includes today's teams and rosters, but with the controls and visuals from NHL 94. Instead of the realistic style of modern NHL games, this throwback features 16-bit graphics with 2D sprites and more simplified gameplay mechanics.Though NHL 21 launches on October 16 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, NHL 94 Rewind won't become available to play until October 30. It's unclear if EA plans to sell NHL 94 Rewind separately. Check out some screenshots from the game below.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Star Wars: Squadrons puts you in the flight suit of starfighter pilots in the galaxy far, far away. While Star Wars has seen its share of flight games, this one is a unique blend of action and sim--as if you mashed up the quick pace of Rogue Squadron with the fine-tuned starfighter control of X-Wing and TIE Fighter. Being one of the top pilots in the galaxy will take practice, so to help get you started, we've compiled some important things you should know before you get started. Read our Star Wars: Squadrons buying guide for more details.Play The Full Campaign: Star Wars: Squadrons lets you jump right into multiplayer after completing the prologue, but that's not advisable. Instead, you should instead stick with the campaign for at least a little longer, because the story stages continue to teach you important functions of your fighter like toggling lock-ons, choosing target groups, boosting, and drifting. You could always learn those in the heat of battle against other live players, but the campaign tutorials introduce them in a more controlled environment so you can get a hang of the basics.Don't Play Immersive (At First): Similarly, Immersive Mode is tough to use when you're first getting used to your spacecraft. The ship's onboard control panel is designed to give you all the relevant information, but additional game HUD elements make their functions clearer. It's a very cool feature once you've developed your space-legs, but just give it some time and learn the layout of your ships first.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Ahead of Baldur's Gate III's Early Access launch on October 6, Larian Studios has shared the races and classes players can pick from. In total, there are 16 races/subraces and six classes available in Early Access.They include humans, githyanki, elves, drow, half-elf, dwarves, halflings, and tieflings, as well as their associated subraces. The classes players can choose are Cleric, Fighter, Ranger, Rogue, Warlock, and Wizard--each with at least two subclasses available.Larian also stated that they used 3D scans of models and actors to produce 150 photorealistic heads. People were selected "because their features roughly resembled the direction for each race in the game, as well as, of course, for diversity and variety in the human-like races."Alena Dubrovina, lead character artist at Larian Studios, elaborated on the studio's process and said, "Some of the scanned heads kept their features, but others became a starting point for creating new faces. We also used scanned data as a learning resource because there is no better sculptor than nature."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Following stock issues for both the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 launches, Nvidia has decided to delay the launch of its most affordable new graphics card, the RTX 3070, to the end of October.In a blog post, the company explained that it was pushing back the launch so that more cards could be available for purchase when listings go live. The RTX 3070 will now only go on sale on October 29, two weeks later than its original release date. The card is the cheapest of the new RTX 30 Series line, with Nvidia saying it will match RTX 2080 Ti performance for just $500.The new date is a curious one, however, given its proximity to AMD's reveal of its new GPUs. The company is set to finally unveil its RDNA 2 GPUs, nicknamed Big Navi, the day before, making the RTX 3070's new launch date a possible limelight-stealing affair. That's especially true if AMD reveals performance metrics and pricing that Nvidia's card can rival, although we'll have to wait for AMD to share more to know for sure.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Beloved actor Rick Moranis has been out of the spotlight in recent years, but he's now back in the news after he was assaulted on the streets of New York. Fortunately, Moranis is said to be okay after the attack--although the internet is quite mad on his behalf.On Thursday morning, at 7:30 AM on Central Park West near 70th Street in New York City, the 67-year-old actor was attacked by an unknown assailant. CrimeStoppers posted footage of the incident and the suspect walking from the assault.A representative for Moranis has stated that the actor is doing "fine." THR reports that the comedy icon went to the hospital with pain in his head, back, and hip before going to a station to report the crime. "He is fine but grateful for everyone’s thoughts and well wishes," the rep said.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Taking place after the events of Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: Squadrons sees the freshly formed New Republic face off against the now emperor-less Galactic Empire. You take control of two pilots, both on opposing sides of the conflict, and fly for the Republic's Vanguard Squadron and Empire's Titan Squadron. Both in-between and during missions, you'll hear quite a few names and references that the game never explores or explains. To help you out, we've thrown together a quick glossary of people and places you'll hear about in Squadron's campaign.As a quick heads-up, you don't need to know all of the following information to understand Squadron's campaign. A vast majority of the main characters are original creations that developer Motive made specifically for the game. But these are still just cool Easter eggs that are fun to know. Plus, we need the smallest of excuses to flex our knowledge of Star Wars' expanded universe.Alphabet SquadronAlphabet Squadron was first introduced in the 2019 Star Wars novel of the same name. The group is one of the first of its kind, a squadron composed of different types of ships. Previous rebel squadrons were primarily solely composed of one type of ship, whether X-Wing, Y-Wing, B-Wing, U-Wing, A-Wing, etc. But Alphabet Squadron is made up of all the letters.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Idris Elba (Thor, The Wire) and John Cena (The Suicide Squad, WWE) will be teaming up on a new project for Amazon Studios, according to Deadline. The film sees the pair working together in another post Suicide Squad movie.The new movie, tentatively titled Heads of State is a "'90s style two-hander, a high-octane premise that has a bit of Air Force One meets Hobbs and Shaw, bringing together an odd couple in a high-stakes situation." Otherwise, details are still scarce about the show and the deal, which reportedly was closed before the pitching process with executives was even finished.The new movie is the result of a collaboration between screenwriter Harrison Query (Three Musketeers, War Party) and producers Peter Safran and John Rickard. Query also is working with Netflix on My Wife And I Bought A Ranch, a horror short story adapted from Reddit posts.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The next generation is a little more than a month away, as Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 will launch within just two days of each other. Developers are starting to look into the new hardware specs, but one that already has a launch game coming says the new hardware is a massive upgrade.Gearbox is publishing Godfall, which is a PlayStation 5 launch game. In a Borderlands retrospective interview with GameSpot, Gearbox founder Randy Pitchford talked about what players can expect from the new generation."I always get so pumped when there's an ability to take a step forward with new hardware and new technology, and anything that's going to empower us," Pitchford said. "I think customers will realize how profound of a difference it is to have the throughput capability that these new platforms bring. It's just absolutely unreal. The leap there with PS5 and Xbox Series X is the biggest leap I have ever seen in the history of console generations. I'm saying, including the leap from 2D to 3D. It's going to change the way we think about every bit of our experiences."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

October has officially begun, and it's shaping up to be another busy month for Pokemon Go. In addition to all the October events happening over the next few weeks, a new batch of Field Research tasks is now live. Many of this month's tasks fittingly revolve around Ghost- or Dark-type Pokemon, which is very fitting given that Halloween is looming just around the corner.Along with the new Research tasks, a new Research Breakthrough reward is now available. Each time you achieve a Research Breakthrough this month, you'll get a chance to catch the Bug/Ghost Pokemon Shedinja. To achieve a Research Breakthrough, you'll need to collect seven stamps. You'll get one stamp for the first Field Research task you complete each day.Typically, you can receive Field Research tasks by spinning the Photo Disc at PokeStops. The tasks you receive will be randomly drawn from a larger pool, which is refreshed at the start of every month. You can see October's Field Research tasks as well as their potential rewards, as compiled by The Silph Road, below.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

With the early access release of Baldur's Gate 3 just around the corner, developer Larian Studios has launched a new account service that it says will control cross-save compatibility for the RPG and all of its future games.The new Larian Account is a means for Larian Studios to control saves within the cloud on a platform that it owns, meaning you'll be able to transfer your saves between Baldur's Gate 3 purchases on Steam, GOG, and Google Stadia. Larian says that this account will also be used to support save transfers on any other platforms Baldur's Gate 3 launches on (although none have been announced yet).Your Larian Account will also enable cross-platform multiplayer, though Larian says this won't be available on the day Baldur's Gate 3 launches. Any Twitch integration with Baldur's Gate 3 will also be supported through this new account, which allows you to let your audience make crucial in-game decisions while you're streaming.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Update: Bloodborne appears to no longer be available via PlayStation Plus, and it's price is once again listed at $20.PlayStation Plus's free games for October 2020 are racing game Need for Speed Payback and action-RPG Vampyr. However, seemingly out of nowhere, Bloodborne has also been made free for PS Plus subscribers. It's unclear if this is a mistake, as Sony did not announce the From Software action game as one of this month's free offerings. You'll want to claim this as soon as possible, as it could be an error and fixed shortly.Bloodborne was PlayStation Plus's offering all the way back in March 2018 and is included in the PS5's upcoming Plus Collection, which grants subscribers a library of backwards-compatible PS4 games on the next-gen console.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Amnesia: Rebirth is Frictional Games' upcoming sequel to the highly popular horror game Amnesia: The Dark Descent. In a gameplay video, players got the chance to see a preview of Rebirth's graphics, mechanisms, and tools. Set in the Algerian desert--a marked difference from The Dark Descent's gloomy castle--the protagonist, Tasi Trianon, explores a broken-down tank in a dusty outdoor setting and a corpse-laden indoor area.We see the inventory system in action as Trianon grabs a key in the tank. The lighting actions present in The Dark Descent are also here in Rebirth, but with a twist. Trianon makes her way through dark rooms and corridors with matches and needs to quickly light lamps placed in rooms. It also appears that Trianon eventually finds a handheld oil lamp, which certainly makes running away from monsters easier.As Frictional Games shared on PlayStation's Blog, the developers wanted to keep the players' ability to light torches and candles in dark areas in Rebirth, but felt that the tinderboxes in The Dark Descent didn't fit in the context of Rebirth's 1930s setting. The change to matches, though slight, does make a difference in gameplay.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Having already been delayed previously due to COVID-19, the next James Bond movie, No Time to Die, has been pushed back again. No Time to Die's release date has been officially delayed until next year, with a new date set for April 2, 2021. Although COVID was not specifically referenced in the brief statement, it's the clear motivation for the delay."MGM, Universal and Bond producers, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, today announced the release of No Time to Die, the 25th film in the James Bond series, will be delayed until 2 April 2021 in order to be seen by a worldwide theatrical audience," it was announced on Twitter. "We understand the delay will be disappointing to our fans but we now look forward to sharing No Time to Die next year."No Time to Die had been planned to release in just a matter of weeks--it was due out November 12 in the UK and November 20 in the US and elsewhere around the world. Previously, it was due to premiere back in April, but it was among the first wave of movies to see their releases delayed. Whereas some, such as F9, were delayed until 2021 from the start, the new Bond movie was still targeting a 2020 release. Following this latest shift, it will end up being a full-year delay for Daniel Craig's final outing as the character--assuming it's not pushed back once again.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Hyper Scape is Ubisoft's new free-to-play entry into the battle royale genre, but--as the developer admits in a blog post--the game has fallen short of expectations. The game was released in open beta in July and officially released on August 11. In the months following, Hyper Scape hasn't been able to make a big splash or compete with popular contemporary battle royale staples like Fortnite and PUBG.However, the company is planning to make major changes to the game in order to attract new players and retain existing ones. For making the environment more hospitable to new players, Ubisoft is planning to lower the skill ceiling, provide more training activities, and diversify game modes.Ubisoft states that the game's learning curve is too difficult for newcomers and it is currently "too hard to aim, track and consistently damage players, and eliminate them, especially on console." Regarding game modes, the company also acknowledges that the core game mode, Crown Rush, is "unforgiving." New aspects such as respawn systems and "deathmatch" style game modes will be added soon. Ubisoft wants to provide players with more match styles and modes that are different from what's currently offered, and the developer will rethink how to organize Hyper Scape's limited time modes and how to best balance a split player base across multiple modes.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

From now until Monday, October 5, double XP is awarded to all Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone players on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.The double XP weekend is available across Modern Warfare and Warzone in all modes. Players can earn double XP for their Operators, double weapon XP, and double battle pass tier progression. This will especially come in handy with the Season 6 battle pass that dropped not too long ago.Season 6 is now live in both Modern Warfare and Warzone. Along with the usual additions--such as new Operators and weapon blueprints--the latest season adds a fast travel system by way of the new subway. The underground train travels all throughout Verdansk, stopping at several different locations for players to engage in skirmishes across Warzone's massive map. Season 6 also adds new maps to Modern Warfare. Here's everything we know about Season 6 for Modern Warfare and Warzone.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com