The New Game+ Expo is one of the many digital showcases that is serving as a replacement for the canceled E3 2020. You can tune in live right now to hear announcements from studios such as Sega, Arc System Works, Inti Creates, NIS America, and more. And if you like the studios showing off their games, you'll probably want to check out the New Game+ Expo sale on Steam.The aforementioned Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is discounted to just $5. The 8-bit side-scroller plays much like old-school Castlevania games. Inti Creates revealed Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 during the New Game+ Expo, so it's the perfect time to catch up. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

One of the rarest Star Wars collectibles is now available at auction, and it can be yours if you pay what would be a record-breaking price. A certified authentic rocket-firing Boba Fett prototype figure from 1978 is up for auction on Ebay, from an anonymous seller in Dubai, UAE. The asking price? A paltry $225,000. With free shipping!If sold at that price, it would represent a new high record for the rare figure. The seller, who told ABC News that he wishes to remain anonymous, is confident that it can reach his asking price because, "This is the kind of piece that transcends collecting. Every time it sells it breaks another record because they just don't come very often."He's right that the price of the collectible has been trending upwards. Last year, one of the figures sold for approximately $113,000, and then just a few months later, another sold for $186,000. If that trend continues with this figure, it should have no trouble finding a $225,000 buyer. So far no offers have been made.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Isle of Armor is the setting of Pokemon Sword and Shield's first expansion, but aside from the Master Dojo--where you'll earn the new Legendary Pokemon Kubfu--the island lacks many of the facilities you'd find around mainland Galar, such as a Pokemon Center and an item shop. And while you can't build a Pokemon Center on the island, you can at least add some more amenities to it.After you reach a certain point in the story, you'll have the option to upgrade the Master Dojo with additional features and supplies. These upgrades can be rather pricey, but they are generally useful, especially if you have a few thousand Watts to spare. We've broken down what all the Master Dojo upgrades are and how much each costs below.If you've just picked up a Sword or Shield Expansion Pass, here's how to access the Isle of Armor and how to evolve Galarian Slowpoke. We've also put together a guide explaining how to teach Pokemon to Gigantamax. Even if you don't have the Expansion Pass, you still have a few ways to get the newly added Pokemon without the DLC.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Oculus Quest is one of the best VR headsets you can buy today, and it's clearly driving many of the decisions around how Oculus thinks about its products--both hardware and software--and their future. Which explains why today the company is discontinuing its other portable headset, while laying out plans for a more open ecosystem for the Quest.The Oculus Go was the first of Oculus' attempts at an all-in-one VR headset, primarily aimed at a market that was being dominated by headsets that required you to use your smartphone as the screen. The Oculus Go put all of that hardware into the headset itself, but also omitted features that made it more suitable for more passive VR experiences, as opposed to those you can find on the Oculus Quest.It wasn't a hit like the Quest, and today Oculus is discontinuing production on the Oculus Go. Oculus has ceased production on the headset, and will shut down new app submissions this December. After-sales support will continue through 2022, with security updates ceasing after that.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics are hosting a special stream announcement stream for Marvel's Avengers on June 24. The California-based developer plans to showcase new gameplay and co-op footage as part of the "War Table" stream.The Marvel's Avengers WAR TABLE debuts tomorrow at 10:00 AM PDT! Who's ready to #Reassemble and take on AIM?➡️ https://t.co/kcgciXG5H4 pic.twitter.com/bhtqaVxLF2 — Marvel's Avengers (@PlayAvengers) June 23, 2020The stream kicks off at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET on the morning of June 24. You can watch it here on GameSpot; check back with this post for a livestream embed.Marvel's Avengers is still set for a September 4, 2020 release date after getting delayed in January so Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montréal, who are co-developing the game, can "deliver the ultimate Avengers gaming experience."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Ys IX: Monstrum Nox is coming to North America in 2021 on PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Announced today with a new trailer, the game will be coming to PS4 first.The action RPG follows Adol Christin as he teams up with five other Monstrums, beings with supernatural abilities and the power to exorcise monsters. Together they must defeat threats emerging from the shadowy Grimwald Nox and discover the truth about the unrest in the city of Balduq.Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana released in North America in September 2017 and is available on PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC. The game featured some mediocre translations at the time of launch which were later fixed by publisher NIS America.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The latest update to Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare makes some changes to the playlist, and introduces another fan-favorite character to the multiplayer mode. The Gaz Operator Bundle includes a new operator skin featuring the British Special Forces operative.Along with the operator skin, the Gaz bundle includes skins for your assault rifle, handgun, and watch, a custom finishing move, calling card and quip, and a Union Jack emblem. It's available in the in-game shop.The update accompanying Gaz also changes up the current playlist:Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Revealed during the May Xbox 20/20 showcase of upcoming Xbox Series X games, Call of the Sea is the debut title from Out of the Blue Games. When developing Call of the Sea, Out of the Blue Games co-founder Tatiana Delgado said that the team wanted to specifically "target the next gen" and designed the game to take advantage of the tech afforded by consoles like the Xbox Series X."We wanted to target the next gen," Delgado told USgamer. "As soon as we saw what was possible, we wanted to do it because although we have a stylized, visual style, so it's not realistic but we wanted to get as much as possible from the graphics side. And I think we can benefit a lot from the next-gen and, we're kind of different for what you would expect from a next-gen game."Delgado added that Call of the Sea takes advantage of next-gen tech in subtle ways that players may not immediately notice--the sheer amount of assets the game manages to fit on-screen at a time, for instance, or the many layers to the lighting. These aren't features that many players are typically looking at when watching trailers for next-gen games, but they do represent an aspect of the technological jump between console generations.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

During the New Game+ Expo livestream, game director Goichi "Suda51" Suda showed off some brand-new gameplay footage of the Nintendo Switch exclusive No More Heroes 3. Unfortunately, getting a good look at the never-before-seen gameplay was a challenge, as Suda obscured the entire sequence.While discussing the power of video games as an entertainment medium before getting to the NGPX announcements, the screen behind Suda began playing some No More Heroes 3 gameplay. It's difficult to parse what was on screen, with Suda sitting directly in front of the player's field of vision. We do see protagonist Travis Touchdown battling a boss, some sort of luminescent robot capable of controlling dimensions. Never once during the approximate two minutes of footage does Suda mention the No More Heroes 3 gameplay going on behind him.You can check it out below, where Suda also admits that Super Mario Odyssey is still on his backlog.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The next game in the Trails of Cold Steel saga is set to release in just a few months, and it will bring the popular JRPG sub-series to a close. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV will launch worldwide for PlayStation 4 on October 27, 2020, with Nintendo Switch and PC ports planned for 2021. The Cold Steel arc, which is part of the Trails series and The Legend of Heroes franchise, kicked off in 2015 (in the US) with the release of Trails of Cold Steel on PS3 and PS Vita, so Trails of Cold Steel IV will give fans a finale that's been five years in the making. If you can't wait to get your hands on the game, pre-orders for Trails of Cold Steel IV are live now, and there are a couple of editions with various pricing to consider.Trails of Cold Steel IV's story picks up two weeks after the battle at the end of Trails of Cold Steel III, as Juna, Kurt, and Altina awaken to realize Rean has been captured by Chancellor Osborne. Now led by Juna, Class VI sets off to rescue Rean and put an end to Osborne's plans, which will bring about the end of the world, once and for all. The turn-based gameplay remains the same, although Trails of Cold Steel IV introduces new S-Craft techniques as well as powerful Lost Arts for each character in combat. The game also boasts the largest roster in the series' history, with returning characters from the Trails in the Sky trilogy and the Crossbell arc.If you're ready to pre-order Trails of Cold Steel IV, check out the two editions available to pre-order now below. In the meantime, Trails of Cold Steel III is releasing on Nintendo Switch in just one week, and you can pre-order its physical Extracurricular edition now, which comes with some bonus collectibles.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Supergiant Games has released a new update for Hades and it's one of the game's largest to date. In both the full patch notes and trailer for the update, Supergiant reveals that this will be Hades' final update in early access--there will be one more follow-up patch "to address any lingering issues" but the next full update will be the official launch of the game.This latest update adds a boss fight, hidden forms for certain weapons, enemies, mini-bosses, boons, and new types of upgrades to Hades. It also implements new art and visual effects, such as updated character models and animations, as well as more story events to play through. You can see a lot of these additions in the update's new trailer, which is embedded below.The BLOOD PRICE UPDATE for #HADES is HERE!! 🩸💰😱 It's our biggest Major Update yet. See for yourself!✅Play now in Early Access:https://t.co/4hJU17K7Jd✅Full patch notes:https://t.co/gEbE1WptDt pic.twitter.com/dfrtphYGvZ — Supergiant Games (@SupergiantGames) June 23, 2020The patch notes for this latest update are a doozy. We've listed out the full notes below for anyone looking to scroll through it all.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The fifth entry in the Shiren the Wanderer retro RPG series, the Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate, is coming to Nintendo Switch and PC in 2020. The game was originally released exclusively on the PS Vita in North America in 2016.Developer Spike Chunsoft announced that the port is enhanced with exclusive new dungeons. The game features retro-style graphics and roguelike gameplay. The original Shiren the Wanderer game was the sequel to the first Mystery Dungeon game, which has spawned a number of licensed spinoffs, including the Pokemon: Mystery Dungeon series.The announcement came during the New Game+ Expo, where Western release dates for Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV and Ys IX: Monstrum Nox were also announced.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Insomniac Games has responded to allegations that it protected multiple "sexual predators" in response to a claim from a former employee. The Marvel's Spider-Man developer tweeted that it had taken "numerous steps to address" the allegations.We were aware of the allegations made in a former employee's tweets today and had taken numerous steps to address them. For legal and privacy reasons we will not respond to individual allegations about specific former employees. (1/2) — Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) June 23, 2020We are a workplace family that has actively promoted diversity, inclusion, representation and equality for our entire existence. We will continue to do so every single day. (2/2) — Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) June 23, 2020"We were aware of the allegations made in a former employee's tweets today and had taken numerous steps to address them. For legal and privacy reasons we will not respond to individual allegations about specific former employees," the company wrote. "We are a workplace family that has actively promoted diversity, inclusion, representation and equality for our entire existence. We will continue to do so every single day."The response comes less than two hours after former Insomniac Games employee Sol Brennan, who worked there as a technical director between 2016 and 2020, alleged the company treated women poorly and protected three sexual abusers. Insomniac did not address Brennan directly in its response.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Coming to the streaming service Amazon Prime Video for the month of July are plenty of movies, TV shows, and even some original programming to keep you entertained. Check out everything new arriving in July 2020 on the service below, along with a few recommendations.The majority of Amazon's content drops on July 1. That day you can watch the horror movie The Eye, which is an American remake of the Chinese cult classic. Jessica Alba stars as a blind woman who gets an eye transplant and begins to see ghosts. While the American version wasn't a huge hit, you can watch that before checking out The Eye 2. The followup film is directed by the Pang Brothers and is a story about a pregnant woman who gains the ability to see ghosts.If you're into a movie starring Ice Cube and Jennifer Lopez that features Jon Voight taking them hostage while trying to hunt and kill a ridiculously large snake, then you'll probably want to check out Anaconda on July 1. While that is a very specific "want," who doesn't want to see Anaconda for the 100th time?Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The past week has been an eye-opening and heartbreaking one for the world of professional wrestling as sexual abuse, assault, and harassment accusations have been made against a wide range of talents from around the world. A long list of independent wrestlers, as well as members of the Impact, AEW, and WWE rosters, have been implicated thus far in the #SpeakingOut movement.The hashtag has been used as a space on social media for those that allege they were victimized by those within the professional wrestling industry, in order to share their experiences and call out those that abused and harassed them. As the movement continues to gain traction, it shows more and more that this is exactly what professional wrestling needs: accountability against the type of behavior that should simply have no place in this or any industry.Regardless of their place in the wrestling industry, no performer has the right to harass, abuse, or otherwise victimize anybody else--no human has that right. And already, the fallout is being seen across this particular landscape. And every single allegation should be taken seriously and investigated.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com