Last Stop--developer Variable State and publisher Annapurna Interactive's narrative-driven third-person adventure--will be coming to PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S on July 22.Developed by the studio behind Virginia, the game is set in modern London and features three playable characters who have to deal with supernatural forces and must unravel a mystery that goes deep underground.In addition to hours of voice acting, Last Stop also features an original soundtrack by BAFTA award-winning composer Lyndon Holland, performed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Last Stop is just one of the many games that took to the stage at this week's Summer Games Fest, the prelude to E3 2021 that begins on June 12 and runs until June 15.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Following on from the success of the ID@Xbox Summer Game Fest Demo last year, Microsoft is once again partnering up with the Summer Game Fest to help showcase over 40 games next week exclusively on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S starting on June 15. Many big independent titles, such as Tunic, Lake, Sable, and more will be available to play as bite-sized experiences ahead of their respective launches.The Xbox Wire post stresses that these demos aren't like many that you can find on the Xbox Store today. Instead, they're meant to represent something akin to a show-floor demo that you'd typically find around E3; short, vertical slices that give you a good idea of a game but might still be far from what the final product represents. Some of the games receiving demos might be close to release while others might still be months or years away, so it's good to keep that in mind.That said, there are some great titles coming to the program next week. Sable, the eye-catching, desert-faring adventure had its release date announced during the Summer Game Fest kickoff presentation, but you can give it a go next week for an early taste. Tunic, the Zelda-like adventure, will similarly be present, as well as the narrative adventure Lake, base-building survival game The Riftbreaker, turn-based adventure game Echo Generation, and more. Microsoft says it will release a full list soon.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Developer Iron Gate Studio has provided an update on its popular survival sandbox Valheim, saying it won't be able to deliver four updates this year as the team focuses on technical problems that "needed to be fixed urgently."The team wrote an update on Valheim's Steam store page, explaining that the upcoming Hearth & Home expansion has been delayed to Q3 2021. Moreover, the original roadmap has been temporarily removed so that Iron Gate Studio can make some unspecified changes. One thing is for certain: the new roadmap, whenever it reappears, will be smaller.Iron Gate Studio said it wasn't prepared for how popular Valheim became. The massive influx of players highlighted the myriad problems Iron Gate needed to address to make the "experience as stable as possible." As a result, any new content plans took a backseat to debugging and QA testing.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A new Shadow Legendary is arriving in Pokemon Go next week. Beginning June 17, Team Go Rocket leader Giovanni will have Shadow Ho-Oh in his possession, making this your first chance to catch the Shadow form of the Legendary Rainbow Pokemon.To encounter Shadow Ho-Oh, you'll need to work your way through the latest Team Go Rocket Special Research line, A Seven-Colored Shadow. Once you've cleared it, you'll receive a Super Rocket Radar, which will allow you to challenge Giovanni. If you manage to defeat him in battle, you'll earn a chance to rescue his Shadow Ho-Oh.Giovanni will be using Shadow Ho-Oh until September 1, so you'll have a little over two months to rescue it. You can read more details on the official Pokemon Go blog.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Animal Crossing: New Horizons lifted some of the limits imposed by its predecessors by letting players place items outside for the first time. However, that wasn't enough for one player, who found a new, inventive way to decorate in the game by placing items in the middle of large tables.Typically, if you place an item on a 2x2 table in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it will be placed on one of the corners rather than in the middle. The game's mechanics don't let you push the item to the center either, so for round tables, the item is always hanging off the edge. One player (via GamesRadar) found that by using a glitch, they could circumvent that limitation. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Laurence Fishburne will once again don the crown of the Bowery King in John Wick: Chapter 4, the actor revealed in a new interview with Collider."I should be going to Berlin within another couple months or so," Fishburne said of the film."I read the [John Wick: Chapter 4] script, it's really, really cool," the actor said. "As much as it's the same world as the other three films, it's just deeper. It's much deeper in terms of the code of the assassin and the relationship that he has with one character in particular, who I think Mr. Watanabe is playing, is really the heart and soul of it."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The She-Hulk series in the works at Disney+ will feature Jameela Jamil in a major role, according to a report from Variety.According to the report, Jamil will play Titania, a super-strong villain and frequent adversary of She-Hulk. Marvel Studios have not yet officially revealed any details of the character. In the comics, Titania's real name is Mary MacPherran, and she received her super strength through a mutation provided by Doctor Doom. Doom hasn't yet been introduced in the MCU, so the character will likely receive her powers through some other method.The She-Hulk series will star Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters, cousin of Bruce Banner. A blood transfusion from Banner imbues her with the same gamma-irradiated Hulk powers as her cousin. While Bruce has historically been unable to control his transformation and lost his world-class intelligence to do so, Walters can transform at will and retains her full mental faculties when doing so. In the comics, Walters eventually decides to live as She-Hulk full time. Walters is a lawyer in the comics, dealing specifically with super-powered beings as her specialty. As of Avengers: Endgame, Bruce has already taken this step. It's unknown at this time whether the character will decide to return to his human form or if they'll take other steps to differentiate the two Hulk characters.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Verizon is holding its first E3 keynote this year and will focus on how 5G impacts gaming. You could expect discussions of speed, latency, the capacity of the 5G network for game developers, and how 5G affects esports. It wouldn't be surprising if Verizon emphasized mobile games in its show.However, there is speculation that Verizon could highlight the cloud gaming service called Verizon Gaming it's reportedly developing. According to The Verge, Verizon Gaming was in its alpha testing phase back in 2019 and was running on the Nvidia Shield. Verizon has yet to acknowledge Verizon Gaming publicly.Verizon E3 Keynote 2021 Stream Stream Start TimeThe livestream event is set for June 14 at 9 PM PT/12 PM ET. Chief marketing officer Diego Scotti and chief product development officer Nicki Palmer will host the show. Game studios Team Liquid, Dignitas, and Riot Games will join the presentation as well. Viewers should expect a handful of announcements from those studios.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

When construction began in early 2019 at the Jurassic World area within Universal Studios Orlando's Islands of Adventure theme park, nobody was quite sure what was going on. After all, Universal Studios Hollywood had completely re-themed its Jurassic Park area to match the new series of films. That wasn't to be the case for Islands of Adventure, though. Instead, the new VelociCoaster attraction preserves the iconic land, while connecting it to the modern franchise."It's amazing that here at Islands of Adventure you can experience both Jurassic Park and Jurassic World, especially knowing where the future of the Jurassic World franchise is going," Universal Orlando Resort show producer Shelby Honea told GameSpot. "The filmmakers really see it as one big timeline. That was something that [Jurassic World director] Colin [Trevorrow] and [producer] Frank [Marshall] really emphasized to us. They don't see it as Jurassic Park or Jurassic World, they see it as Jurassic."With that in mind, Universal's creative team built a roller coaster that feels like it was pulled right out of the Jurassic World films and found a way to integrate it into the existing Jurassic Park area without overpowering it or taking away from the iconic sights fans of the area care about most--namely the Discovery Center that's based on the one from the first Jurassic Park film and can be seen from around Islands of Adventure.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Xbox's Free Play Days continues with three fresh games Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass subscribers can download and play this weekend at no additional cost. Whereas last week's focus was on all things Warhammer, you'll be able to test out Fallout 76, Ark: Survival Evolved, and Football Manager 2021 and pick them up at a pretty steep discount if you find them to your liking now through Sunday, June 13. As an added bonus--and perhaps because Microsoft knows you all are simply too busy keeping up with all our E3 coverage this weekend to give it your full attention--Xbox is extending the amount of time players can try out Fallout 76 until Wednesday, June 16 at 9 AM PT.Both Fallout 76 and Ark: Survival Evolved offer players unique single-player and multiplayer experiences. In Fallout 76, players can build bases and explore the wastelands with a party of up to three other players, leveling your character up in true RPG fashion as you go.In Ark: Survival Evolved, you take on the role of a survivor on a mysterious island who must hunt, craft, and create self-sustaining home in order to survive. Oh, and also you can raise and ride dinosaurs.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Final Fantasy VII Remake finally has its PlayStation 5 upgrade with Intergrade, and along with the graphical boost and new photo mode, it also packs a new episode in the game's story. Centering on Yuffie Kisaragi, a Final Fantasy VII character who hadn't yet appeared in the Remake, the new Intermission episode fills in some gaps in the middle of Remake's story, while showing what other members of the FF7 team were up to during the game.The Intergrade addition spans two new chapters and includes its own new Trophies and some side content. But how long is it to finish? If you're expecting a substantial addition, you might be disappointed--we managed to knock out Yuffie's episode in a little over six hours, which included doing most of the side content the DLC has to offer. If you're sticking to the critical path, you can probably expect to finish it in about five hours; maybe a little more or less, depending on your proficiency with Yuffie's unique brand of combat.For players who want to finish everything the DLC has to offer, though, you can probably squeeze quite a bit more time out of the DLC. In addition to the main story across the two chapters, you'll also find several minigame-type experiences that will challenge your combat prowess and tactical skills. Those include a new version of Whack-A-Box, the box-smashing minigame in Remake, and a new virtual reality battle from Chadley, the kid in the Sector 7 Slums who trades summon materia for successful battles against the summoned creatures. You'll also be able to fight new battles in the Combat Simulator found in Shinra Tower, if you're looking for more challenges.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

For the next two weeks in Grand Theft Auto Online, players can earn extra rewards for completing vehicle cargo missions. Now through June 23, you can earn double cash and RP for vehicle cargo missions, plus a bonus of $250,000 for five boosted vehicles and an additional $250,000 for 10 total vehicles. The bonus cash will hit players' bank accounts starting June 30.The next two weeks in GTA Online are focused on Import/Export, offering double rewards for all VIP/CEO work, as well as double salary for all associates and bodyguards. The PvP mode Extraction is offering triple rewards for all participants. Players can also enjoy executive perks, like free drinks at the Diamond Casino Bar and the Music Locker. Plus, CEOs can waive the cost of changing their assistant and the renaming of their organization.In addition to the bonus rewards, there are plenty of discounts and free items for players to snag. The big prize on the Luck Wheel in the Diamond Casino and Resort this week is the Overflod Entity XF. Players who log in during the next two weeks will receive the Vinewood Boulevard Radio T-shirt for free.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The world is at war in the next installment of DICE's Battlefield franchise, but the series isn't going back to the early 20th Century with its next installment. Instead, it's projecting into the near future with Battlefield 2042, a multiplayer-focused entry that's imagining a future for us that's not particularly bright.Electronic Arts and DICE gave GameSpot an early look at Battlefield 2042 with a big rundown of some of what we can expect from the game and a chance to check out the game's reveal trailer. First and foremost, DICE is foregoing a single-player campaign for Battlefield 2042--instead, the developer says, it's focusing on "what it does best" with multiplayer. But that doesn't mean there's no narrative driving the conflict at the heart of the game. Instead, it's maybe a little too close to home, imagining a world 20 years from now that's been thrown into turmoil by real-world issues like climate change. And it looks like DICE will still find ways to deliver story through its multiplayer gameplay, albeit in a new, as-yet-unclear way.Battlefield 2042 puts you in the role of a "No-Pat," a person from one of the many countries that has collapsed as climate change worsens, resources dwindle, and governments fail. No-Pats, or non-patriated people, have no country of their own, with Battlefield 2042 imagining a worldwide refugee crisis creating a whole lot of conflict itself. The No-Pat people come from all walks of life, but just as farmers, doctors, engineers, and factory workers are displaced by the global problems, so are soldiers--and without a country to fight for, they're also searching for a way to make a future in the world.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Battlefield 2042 has been officially announced, and it's a multiplayer-only game. Developer DICE also revealed its plans for a beta test and a separate tech test, and here's what we know so far.A FAQ posted on the Battlefield website reveals that there will be an open beta for Battlefield 2042 that will be released "in the months leading up to launch." The beta will be available on all platforms, which includes PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.The FAQ also states that people who preorder a copy of Battlefield 2042 will get "early access" to the beta. DICE will announce more details on the open beta in the future, at which point we should learn more about its release timing and content.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Battlefield 2042, the next entry in DICE's popular first-person shooter series, releases October 22, the developer announced in a reveal stream today. A fully multiplayer entry in the franchise, Battlefield 2042 takes players to future ravaged by war and altered by climate change climate. If you've been anxiously awaiting the latest entry in the long-running franchise, preorders are popping up at retailers already. Multiple editions are available for purchase, and preordering early will get you some cool bonuses, including early entry into the beta that kicks off later this year.Battlefield 2042 will be available for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. While previous generation and PC editions will start at $60, PS5 and Series X standard editions cost $70. However, in addition to next-gen visual and performance enhancements, the PS5 and Series X versions of the game will allow 128 players in one match, which is double the number on PS4 and Xbox One. EA Play subscribers will be able to get a discount on the Xbox Store, dropping the price of the Xbox Series X version to $63 and the Xbox One version to $54.Battlefield 2042 preorder bonusesThose who preorder Battlefield 2042 for any platform will get early access to the open beta as well as a few in-game goodies:Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com