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Sims 4 Eco Lifestyle Expansion Launches Today

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The Sims 4's ninth expansion pack, Eco Lifestyle, is out now. The new expansion takes place in Evergreen Harbor where players can partake in a variety of environmentally friendly activities, like producing their own water and electricity through renewable resources. Players can also grow their own food in a new vertical garden, break down unwanted items in the Recycler and go dumpster diving for new furniture. The expansion costs $40 and is available on PC, Mac, Playstation 4, and Xbox One. Developer Maxis announced that the Sims 4 has seen

FTL Composer Is Donating All Weekend Proceeds To NAACP

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FTL and Into the Breach composer Ben Prunty is donating all soundtrack sales from this weekend to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and various community bail funds across the country. Fans can pay-what-they-want for music across his entire catalogue today through the end of the weekend, with proceeds being donated on Monday. Prunty's catalogue includes music for FTL, Into the Breach, Darkside Detective, Gravity Ghosts, as well as many other tracks and albums. His full catalogue can be found on his Bandcamp page. Prunty, who also made music for Subnautica:

Riot Games Is Donating $1 Million To Fighting Systematic Racism

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Riot Games is donating $1 million to causes to "accelerate progress" in fighting systematic racism. The studio's first two donations are being given to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and The Innocence Project. Riot Games announced the news with a tweet on Friday, saying it was their responsibility to commit resources to systematic change. The company did not specify the amount of either initial donation. The Innocence Project is a New York-based nonprofit that works to free people wrongly convicted of crimes and prevent future injustices. The organization primarily

Valorant Console Release “Definitely” Being Prototyped, Says Riot

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Valorant is out now on PC after a successful closed beta period that attracted record-breaking Twitch numbers. Its popularity has many fans and potential players wondering about a possible console release. Will Valorant ever come to PS4 and Xbox One, or even Nintendo Switch, as other competitive games like Overwatch have? In GameSpot's Play For All interview with Riot Games, we asked Anna Donlon, Executive Producer of Valorant, to elaborate on the team's plans to bring Valorant to more platforms. "We are definitely prototyping that right now," Donlon told GameSpot.

Battlefield 5’s Last Content Update Is Out, Patch Notes And File Size

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Battlefield V's last big content update--the Summer Update--is coming soon, and now developer DICE has shared more details about it. First and foremost, DICE said it will not publish promotional materials or trailers for the new update like it's done in the past so as to not distract from the more important issues in the world today following the murder of George Floyd. [Update: The update is now live on on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and as DICE stated, it has been released without the usual fanfare you'd expect

343 Increasing Efforts To Ban Halo Players For Racist And Hateful Behavior

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343 Industries is increasing its efforts to ban players for racist or hateful actions and words in Halo games, Halo community director Brian Jarrard said in a tweet. This comes in the wake of the killing of George Floyd and the protests that followed. While the tweet does not mention any specific changes beyond increased efforts, it does mention that the developer has a zero tolerance policy for this type of behavior. "Racism and bigotry have no place in the world or Halo," Jarrard said. "We have a zero tolerance

Madden NFL 21’s Confusing Xbox Series X Upgrade Offer Expanded

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EA has extended its cross-generation upgrade offer for Madden NFL 21, following feedback from fans about the policy. While the company originally put narrow time restrictions on the offer--creating some confusion with Microsoft's Smart Delivery in the process--it has now expanded the time period significantly. Madden NFL 21 will let you upgrade for free from Xbox One to the Xbox Series X version, but the original press release said you would need to buy the game by the end of this year, and then upgrade to the Series X by

EA Access Will Support Steam, More EA Games Released On The Store

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EA's subscription service, EA Access, is officially making its way to Steam. The news coincides with the release of a handful of new EA-published games on the service, although some of its heaviest hitters--Apex Legends, FIFA 20, Battlefield V, and so on--remain Origin-only on PC. Notably, the service on Steam will be called EA Access, mimicking the naming convention used for the Xbox One and PS4 versions. PC already has its own version of EA Access, dubbed Origin Access, that operates through the EA-run Origin store. Origin Access has expanded

Minecraft Studio To Donate All June 19 Profits To Racial Justice Campaigns

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In light of ongoing protests advocating racial justice and police reform, several game publishers and studios have offered statements of solidarity and monetary donations. Mojang has now outlined its own plans, which will give all Minecraft video game profits to racial justice organizations on June 19. In a statement posted to Twitter, Mojang said it will donate all profits earned that day from Minecraft, the Minecraft Marketplace, and the newly-launched Minecraft Dungeons to three organizations. Those are the Black Lives Matter Foundation, the Equal Justice Initiative, and the NAACP Legal

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Clubhouse Games’, ‘The Outer Worlds’, and Today’s New Releases, the Latest Sales Featuring ‘Divinity: Original Sin 2’ and More

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Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for June 5th, 2020. While yesterday was light for new releases, today ended up being quite normal for a Friday. That means we’ve got a ton of new games to check out, with the likes of Clubhouse Games and The Outer Worlds on offer. We summarize each and every one of them before diving into a huge list of new sales. Let’s get to work! New Releases Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics ($39.99) SwitchArcade Highlight! Sure, you could buy those frequently-released