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Shack Chat: How do you handle video game leaks?

It's that time again, time for the Shack Staff to all gather around and share our opinions on another topic. We know that you're dying to hear what we think, so let's dive right into this week's question without wasting any time. There's tons of games to enjoy right now and plenty of quarantine time to enjoy them in. We hope you're still staying home to protect yourself and others.  Question: How do you handle video game leaks? I don’t want to spoil it for other people - Asif Khan,

Is Streaming Movies To Friends Through Discord And Zoom Legal?

In these exceptionally strange times, people everywhere are finding new ways to socialize while maintaining physical isolation from friends, family, and everyone else on the planet. That isolation means no more gathering to watch movies together on the couch, but users on conferencing platforms like Zoom and Discord are engaging in a smart workaround: watching movies digitally together using these platforms' streaming and screen-sharing capabilities.Streaming movies and other media through platforms like Zoom and Discord is easy and fun, and it provides a small modicum of normality in this abnormal

Drug Dealer Simulator review: Bad trip

If you’re looking for something to kill time, then Drug Dealer Simulator, the latest game from Byterunners Game Studio, published by Movie Games S.A. and PlayWay S.A. might have piqued your interest. While the game does offer a solid gameplay loop, it fails to break out of its shell, and the entire experience ends up going up in smoke. Started at the bottom… Despite having a phone, you can't check any of your messages on it. The criminal world of drug dealing has seen quite a few avenues of exploration

Loba arrives to hunt Revenant in Apex Legends Season 5 – Fortune’s Favor

The survivor of Revenant's Season 4 assassination is coming for him, and Loba means business in Season 5 of Apex Legends. When Revenant assassinated a wealthy conman in his Apex Legends Season 4 reveal, he left a survivor. The thief’s daughter survived, grew up, and became a master thief, but she never forgot who took everything from her. Now Loba Andrade has tracked down her family’s killer and she’s ready to chase him all the way to the Ring in Apex Legends Season 5 – Fortune’s Favor. Electronic Arts and

Assassin’s Creed Vahalla on PC will be exclusive to Epic Games Store & UPlay

It would appear that Assassin's Creed Valhalla will be the first mainline AC game to skip Steam at launch and be exclusive to Epic Games Store and their UPlay platform. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has been revealed as Ubisoft’s next mainline AC game, and it’s coming Holiday 2020 to multiple platforms, but not Steam - at least not at launch. It would appear that Assassin’s Creed Valhalla on PC will launch as an exclusive to the Epic Games Store and Ubisoft’s UPlay platform. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla was revealed and premiered with

Nintendo Direct E3 2020 plans canceled, could come later in summer

Nintendo will be skipping a Direct for this year's would-be E3, but we could still see a news-packed event later this summer. Looks like Nintendo is going to be skipping out on its E3 2020 Direct presentation. VentureBeat reports that Nintendo has been telling developer partners that it will not be holding one of its hotly-anticipated Nintendo Directs in June, as it has every year prior since seven years ago in 2013. It appears that complications have arisen from working remotely, an important measure workers in Japan have taken to

Streets of Rage 4 – 8 Minutes of S Rank Adam Hunter Gameplay

Streets of Rage 4 is here and it has all of the killer beats and beat downs that you would expect from the franchise. After getting used to the game we set our best brawler to the test to knock out an S rank on the games first level. We are also using the unlockable character Adam Hunter just so you know we mean business.Adam was originally only playable in the first Streets of Rage so it’s great to see him back. Also worth mentioning that one of the new

Evening Reading – April 28, 2020

Hey Shacknews, it's time for Evening Reading Let's close out our day of posting. Please take a look. In case you missed it at Shacknews: [embedded content] The Valve Index jumped 200% on news that The Pentagon released footage of UFOs, increasing hopes that Half-Life 3 may also be real.https://t.co/6OxwIeZbfZ — TheValveIndex (@TheValveIndex) April 29, 2020 And now some random stuff from the Internet... The food supply chain is being strained by the pandemic “The food supply chain is breaking,” Tyson Foods warns in a full page ad in NYT

Avengers Directors Want Infinity War And Endgame To Return To Theatres

When movie theatres do eventually re-open, it's expected that cinemas may bring back blockbusters to encourage people to return. Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame are two of the biggest movies of the past five years, and their directors would welcome the idea of these films returning to cinemas.Joe Russo told CinemaBlend that it was a career highlight for himself and his brother the way that people flocked to cinemas to see the final two Avengers films and enjoy them communally with friends and family. They would be "ecstatic" for Infinity