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EMPULSE is an upcoming fast-paced 6v6 movement shooter. Wallrun, grapple, Holojump, pilot mechs, and P.A.I.N.T. your way through Freehold's vertical streets. Outmove your opponent or get outgunned.

It’s nonstop gaming news the next few weeks and it’s my favorite time of year May 21st: Six One Indie Showcase May 27th: AG French Direct May 28th: Insider Gaming Showcase Thinky Direct Indie Quest June 1st: Midsummer Nights Scream June 2nd: State of Play June 4th: Latin American Games Showcase Women-Led Games Showcase June 5th: Summer Game Fest Day of the Devs June 6th: Southeast Asian Games Showcase Wholesome Games Direct Story Rich Showcase Future Games Show Gayming Pride Parade Frosty Games Fest June 7th: Xbox Games Showcase PC Gaming Show June 9th: Access-Ability Summer Showcase June 12th: The UploadVR Showcase Are you looking forward to any of the shows? Anything you want to see?

Embracer Intends to 'Activate' Deus Ex, Saints Row, TimeSplitters, and Red Faction insider-gaming.com/embracer-activ…

Forza Horizon 6 sets a new peak of 264,000+ concurrent Steam players on day one of full release. • Highest ever for a racing game on Steam • Over 3x the player count of Forza Horizon 5 • At least 1.6M players upgraded to the Premium Edition for Early Access #ForzaHorizon6

Subnautica 2 sold 2 million copies in 12 hours. Now the EULA is generating a major backlash. Players discovered the agreement prohibits VPN use, bans streaming without a Krafton disclaimer, blocks monetized content, allows remote access to the game without user consent, collects full name, address, phone number and gender with no anonymization guarantee, passes data to third parties, and waives class action rights in favor of California arbitration. Unknown Worlds says it is reviewing player feedback on the terms. EU players are filing consumer protection reports citing GDPR violations. Is this going to kill the game?

Sony’s PlayStation Studios CEO Hermen Hulst told staff in a town hall that the company’s narrative single-player games will remain exclusive to PlayStation consoles. This confirms Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier’s reporting from March, which stated that titles like Ghost of Yotei and Saros will stay PS5-only, while multiplayer games such as Marathon will still release on PC. Sony’s multiplayer and live-service projects like Marathon will continue to launch on PC and other platforms as planned.

CI Games annnouced they are ending Publishing agreement with Epic for Lords of the Fallen 2. #apvy7zfso61" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bankier.pl/wiadomosc/CI-G…

Sign up now to officially co-stream #SummerGameFest live on Friday, June 5. Twitch Drop to be announced. 📝 Sign Up Form: bit.ly/sgf26costream

No show today, go touch some grass.

Alienware is finally bringing OLED tech to the masses. 🖥️🔥 We’re used to seeing OLED gaming monitors go for around $1,000, but Alienware is shaking things up. Their new 27–inch display delivers the 1440p resolution and 240Hz refresh rate for only $350. It is the cheapest OLED monitor to ever hit our lab. It even undercuts recent budget–friendly models from brands like Gigabyte. 🤯👾 #Alienware #OLED #GamingMonitor #PCGaming #TechNews

New Xbox App update for iOS and Android finally brings its store up to par with console and PC ⏬ trueachievements.com/news/xbox-smar…

We heard some people say MIXTAPE would be delisted due to music licenses expiring. That was a lie. Have a great weekend, everyone.

Forza Horizon 6 reaches 172,000+ concurrent players on Steam for its early access launch. • Biggest racing game ever on Steam • More than double Forza Horizon 5's all-time peak

Xbox PC players will soon be able to celebrate their game achievements just like console players, as the overhaul rolls out to Insiders on the PC Gaming preview. 🎮 windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox-fi…

Just beat Replaced and shout out to @REPLACEDGame on a great game! Video Review coming soon! #Cultured #ContentForEveryone #IndieGame #Replaced #ClipsWithVic

should we REALLY make our schedule release video in halo? yes yes yesyes yesyes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes yes yes yesye yes yes yes yes yesyes

@RGamerB_ And PlayStation copied xbox. Xbox had achievements first then they added trophies. So what’s your point exactly?

Damn, Xbox copying PlayStation again. 😅 PlayStation Trophy Levels were introduced for PS5's launch. Xbox bringing them in nearly 6 years later. 😉

Leaked images reveal Microsoft's new Xbox Elite 3 controller. The Elite 3 controller appears to have new scroll wheel buttons, a removable battery, and a new cloud mode button. Full details 👇theverge.com/news/930902/mi…

Amazon has cancelled The Lord of the Rings MMO Amazon's head of games, Jeff Grattis, says they will “continue to explore a compelling new game experience” set in Middle-earth. via: Eurogamer eurogamer.net/amazon-cancell…

Marathon will have a PvE-only experimental mode in season 2, plus a PvP-"lite" mode Honestly faster than I thought it would happen