Back 4 Blood is a spiritual successor to the co-op zombie mayhem of the Left 4 Dead series. With such an emphasis on shooting your way through zombie hordes with your mates, you may wonder how easy it will be to actually play with those friends who didn't happen to adopt your own platform of choice. It's releasing across PC, PlayStation, and Xbox consoles, with the open beta set to begin soon.Does Back 4 Blood Support Cross-Play?In short, yes. A Back 4 Blood beta FAQ from WB Games confirms that the Back 4 Blood open beta features cross-play support, and players in the closed beta have already been linking up with their friends to play it across platforms. As such, you can expect the feature to also be available at the game's launch in October.What About Cross-Progression?Cross-play is useful if you're playing on one platform and need to connect with friends across another platform. But what if you own multiple platforms and want to be able to seamlessly hop between them? First: congratulations, moneybags. Second, sorry, there is no announced cross-progression and no indication from the beta that it will be the case.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Bill Lawrence, the creator of Scrubs and co-creator of Ted Lasso, is staying in business with Apple. He will write and produce a new TV show called Bad Monkey that will star Vince Vaughn, according to a report from Deadline. There will be 10 episodes in the first season.The show is based on the Carl Hiaasen novel, Bad Monkey, and it has a wild story. Vaughn plays Andrew Yancy, a Florida detective who gets relegated to the role of a restaurant inspector and eventually gets mixed up in something bigger. "A severed arm found by a tourist out fishing pulls Yancy into the world of greed and corruption that decimates the land and environment in both Florida and the Bahamas. And yes, there's a monkey," reads a line from the show's description (via Deadline).Lawrence seemingly reacted to the news on Twitter. Though he didn't have a lot to say, he seems excited about TV, which is something we can all relate to.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

According to Fanbyte, a third mainline entry in the Xenoblade Chronicles series is reportedly currently in development and is nearing completion. Back in June, Jenna Coleman, who voices Melia Antiqua in the series, recalled her time working on Xenoblade Chronicles in a video chat with a smaller gaming YouTube channel called Din's Meteorite."It was a long time ago, I did it pre-Doctor Who days and when they did the second one, they asked me to come back," she explains. "And I think they’re going to do another. Common knowledge? Don’t know. Yeah, I think they’re going to do another. Not sure if I’m allowed to say that."Fanbyte's sources say that the third mainline game is a sequel to Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and takes place much farther in the future. Melia would be a returning character in the game, as she is of the High Entia race which ages far slower, and as a result, she has outlived her human companions. Furthermore, Coleman would be aware of a third game if she was already asked to reprise her role.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A new Fortnite patch is just around the corner, and it's bringing a new gun to the island with some very special features. The Fortnite Prop-ifier, or "Prop Gun" as it was referred to in a leak, will start to appear in Fortnite from August 10. Here's what you need to know about the brand-new Prop-ifier.Fortnite Prop-ifierThe Fortnite Prop-ifier is a new gun used for covert play. While it doesn't offer players any offensive abilities, when used smartly, it can be a devastating tool for late-game loopers. The Prop-ifier runs on a cooldown and allows its wielder to morph into an inanimate object. You may have seen such gameplay already from when some NPCs would sell prop disguises.As of today, no NPCs have that feature on offer anymore, so you'll need to find the Prop-ifier if you want to blend into the landscape as a nondescript mailbox, Slurp Barrel, or more. The Prop-ifier will be sold by any NPCs who are aliens disguised as humans. That means this gun's location changes with each match because so too do the identities of aliens in disguise.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Free Guy, the new movie starring Ryan Reynolds as a non-player character in a Grand Theft Auto-like video game, hits theaters on Friday, August 13. When it does, there will be plenty of over-the-top action and an unending stream of laughs thanks to its heroes. If you don't believe that, check out GameSpot's review of the film. However, Free Guy will also introduce the movie's bad guy, a villainous but utterly ridiculous and hilarious video game designer named Antwan, played by none other than Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi.While Antwan exists in the movie's real world, rather than inside of the game with Reynold's character Guy, the distinct energy Waititi infuses into the role is unmistakable and so engaging that even though they're not face-to-face, it's hard to imagine a better foil for the hero. According to director Shawn Levy, though, Waititi was definitely not someone he had in mind for the role, originally."I had a list of Antwan ideas and one day [Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively] reached out to me, they're like, 'Okay, here's a crazy idea. I don't know if it's going to work. Don't know if you like it. What about Taika Waititi?'" he remembered, while speaking to GameSpot. "And I'm like, 'Wait, the director whose movies I love?' And they're like, 'Yeah, yeah, but he's also a sometimes actor. But more to the point, he's just like a unicorn of strange uniqueness. You should meet him.'"Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

PUBG: New State, the futuristic counterpart to PUBG Mobile, is getting a second alpha test for iOS and Android. The second alpha test takes place August 27 through August 29 in Asia, the Middle East, Turkey, and Egypt.Set in 2051, PUBG: New State is a free-to-play battle royale game, meant to bring a near future experience to mobile devices. The alpha takes place on the game's only announced map, the 8x8 rundown Troi. PUBG: New State includes some features not currently in PUBG Mobile, like the ability to customize weapons during a match. It will also include multiple new futuristic vehicles.While the game does not have a set release date just yet, it is supposed to launch before the end of the year. Developer Krafton has announced that the game has over 25 million pre-registrations on the Google Play Store and that it will be available for pre-registration on the Apple App Store before the end of August.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Valve shared news of how it generated sales from their successful digital event with a reminder to developers and publishers to register their games since October's Steam Next Fest is upon us.With the absence of in-person game demos and events in 2020, Valve created the Steam Next Fest to offer multitudes of game demos for fans to download. Several developers used it as an opportunity to talk about their games via livestreams during the event. The Next Fest garnered hefty player participation that led to increased engagement and profit, according to Valve's data.Last year, "The median game saw daily wishlist additions jump 421% during the fest, compared to the two weeks leading up to the event," Valve explained. About a month after Next Fest, the rate of daily wishlist additions was still 15% higher than it was two weeks before the event.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Sony has announced that after months of negotiations, the acquisition of anime streaming service Crunchyroll is complete. The service joins fellow anime entertainment company Funimation as an official subsidiary of Sony.The buyout is worth a whopping $1.175 billion, according to a press release. With its newfound resources, Crunchyroll can broaden its reach by distributing its content through various Sony channels like PlayStation. Similarly, Funimation will also take advantage of Sony's deep resource bag. It remains unclear when the two anime streaming networks will ever merge.Chairman, president, and CEO of Sony Group Corporation, Kenichiro Yoshida, said the company is excited to welcome Crunchyroll to Sony.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

For those that enjoyed the chaos of Henry DuBois' life and his adventure throughout the fictional city of Martinaise, Studio ZA/UM has something special in-store. The developer has partnered with iam8bit to release a collector's edition of its unique, mystery-filled point-and-click adventure. Disco Elysium - The Final Cut Collector's Edition is currently available for preorder and will set customers back $250.The collector's edition, which currently does not have a release date, includes some knick-knacks and art from the game. The entire package comes in a "Layers of the Id" premium box and includes a hardcover book that features unreleased art and stories from the game, along with an illustrated fabric map of the game's setting, the town of Martinaise. See at iam8bit Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Forza Horizon 5 developers have shown new gameplay footage, including a brand new car and a full map reveal for the game. In a 30-minute livestream creative director Mike Brown and associate art director Conor Cross showed off some gameplay of some of the biomes in Mexico in Forza Horizon 5 and announced the 2020 Toyota Supra GR.After showing off the real version of the 2020 Toyota Supra GR, Brown gave a quick overview of some of the body modifications players can make to the car, which he said will be given to players very early on in the game. After that, the developers took the Toyota Supra on a spin through a selection of Forza Horizon 5's 11 biomes, showing off the Rocky Coast, Sandy Desert, and Living Desert all during the stormy Autumn season.The team also showed off one of Forza Horizon 5's races, the Mulegé Town Scramble, which has racers weaving in and out of buildings on dirt roads in a small, vibrant town. This race is part of the Wilds festival, one of six Horizon festivals in the game, focused on off-road, dirt racing.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

If you don't know the name Yahya Abdul-Mateen II yet, you will before too long--he's one of the busiest working actors around and he's just signed on for a new action thriller called By All, according to The Hollywood Reporter.The story followed Abdul-Mateen as Donte, a man on the run from the law in "a world without police, where justice is crowd-sourced," THR says. The timely subject matter reportedly attracted both the actor and studio to the project.Juel Taylor and Tony Rettenmaier wrote the script and original short story for the film, and Steve Caple Jr., who directed Creed II, will direct.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The second and final part of Fantasian, the recent JRPG by Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, releases on Apple Arcade this Friday, Apple has announced. The JRPG arrives on the service on August 13 alongside a new puzzle game, Wurdweb, with two more titles--Zen Pinball Party and Zookeeper World--on the way in the near future.Developed by Sakaguchi's studio Mistwalker, Fantasian is a classic-style JRPG that blends CGI characters with handmade dioramas. According to Sakaguchi, Part 2 wraps up the saga and features "a more quest-driven style of gameplay," offering approximately 40-60 hours of content."The release of Part 2 of Fantasian marks the completion of the saga. It ended up being, rather unexpectedly, about twice the volume of Part 1 and is more quest-driven, giving players the ability to progress through the world at their own pace," Sakaguchi said in a press release.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Wednesday has found her parents. The upcoming Tim Burton-directed reboot of the Addams Family will feature Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzman as Morticia and Gomez Addams, Netflix announced today.Our Addams family is expanding! Catherine Zeta-Jones will step into the iconic silhouette of Morticia Addams while Luis Guzmán will bring to life the debonair Gomez Addams in the upcoming TV series Wednesday, starring Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams and directed by Tim Burton. pic.twitter.com/MiofyWIbwy — Netflix (@netflix) August 9, 2021"Catherine Zeta-Jones will step into the iconic silhouette of Morticia Addams while Luis Guzman will bring to life the debonair Gomez Addams in the upcoming TV series Wednesday, starring Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams and directed by Tim Burton," read the tweet from Netflix announcing the casting.We reported last fall that Burton was developing a new live-action Addams Family television series with plans to produce and direct the series as his television debut, and Netflix announced the series formally in February.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Seems like cross-progression support for Apex Legends is still a ways out at this point. Developer Respawn revealed that cross-progression is currently scheduled to go live in Apex Legends in 2022."Next year," Respawn director of communication Ryan Rigney wrote in a Reddit AMA, in response to when players can expect to see cross-progression. "Cross-progression is gnarly as hell in terms of being a problem to solve.""It's not only that you have to solve the technical challenge of merging existing accounts, but there are also legal and contractual issues to navigate with purchasing on other platforms. Different regions have different laws. It's a mess. But we're working on it, and we're committed to delivering it."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

With our ever-growing reliance on the web, ransomware and hacking have become major threats, and not just to individuals; even major corporations and governments are heavily targeted. The silver lining in all of this is that the need for IT professionals, especifically those certified in cybersecurity, is on the rise.If you're looking to enter a high-paying field that provides meaning and excitement, why not join the war on cybercrime? However, you can't just land a job in the field straight out of college; professional certifications are a must to stand out from the sea of applicants. Getting an entry-level certification from a vendor like CompTIA can help, and this 12-course training bundle can help you prepare for your exams for just $45 .With over 100 hours of content, the All-Access CompTIA A+ & Network Certification Prep Bundle contains all the information you need to know in order to ace CompTIA's A+ and Network+ exams. These certs are the gold standard for beginner computer technicians and a necessity for anyone looking to break into the cybersecurity field. From maintaining network integrity and data encryption to more human security vulnerabilities like social media profiling and countering phishing schemes, this bundle has it all.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com