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Xbox Series X Still On Track To Launch This Holiday, Despite COVID-19, But Questions Remain

The outbreak of COVID-19, which has been declared a global pandemic, is impacting and interrupting a number of businesses and industries. This includes gaming, as development teams move to a work-from-home structure and global tournaments decide to postpone or cancel. 2020 is a massive year for gaming because both Microsoft and Sony are launching next-generation consoles this holiday.Since these consoles are assembled in China, which is where COVID-19 originated and has seen thousands of cases, many are wondering if these new consoles will be able to launch on schedule. For

Total War: Warhammer 2 Will Now Test Huge Changes In The Proving Grounds Beta

Total War: Warhammer II released in 2017, but work continues on it. In a new post on the Total War website, a new mode has been announced for the game--a test server that will let the developers test some potential changes to the game. This new mode is called Proving Grounds, an "experimental beta" for testing balance changes.The post admits that keeping balance across patches, as the game introduces new units, races, and mechanics, has "become an absolute hell-pit abomination." Because of this, they wanted to create the Proving Grounds

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Kemono Heroes’ Review, Mini-Views Featuring ‘Unlock The King’, Today’s New Releases, the Latest Sales, and More

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for March 9th, 2020. In today’s article, we’ve got a review of the recently-released Kemono Heroes, Mini-Views of a couple of puzzle games, summaries of the latest releases, and as usual a nice big list of sales to check out. Not so much news, but that’s perhaps understandable given the general state of affairs at the moment. Let’s check it out! Reviews Kemono Heroes ($14.99) Kemono Heroes is a side-scrolling action-platformer that allows up to four players to team up using

Best iPhone Game Updates: ‘Dandara’, ‘Mario Kart Tour’, ‘Teppen’, ‘AFK Arena’, and More

TouchArcade Rating:Hello everyone, and welcome to the week! It’s time once again for our look back at the noteworthy updates of the last seven days. Lots of good stuff to check out this time around, friends. We’ve got a fine mix of big names and small, the usual suspects and new faces, all assembled for your reading pleasure. Of course, you can keep an eye out for updates yourself using AppShopper or by participating in the TouchArcade forums. This weekly summary is just here to fill you in on the