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Sea of Thieves Launches ‘The Greatest Tales Never Told’ Competition and New Online Store

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As Sea of Thieves storms into its third year on the seas with the wind fully in its sails, now feels like the perfect moment to celebrate the many tales of bravery, boldness and… bananas that have come about since its launch back in March 2018. From epic adventures and colourful encounters to surprising secrets, life on the Sea of Thieves has inspired countless stories and provided a beautifully rich backdrop for our community to forge lifelong friendships. That’s why today we’re launching our brand new competition – ‘The Greatest

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Burnout Paradise Remastered’ and Today’s Other New Releases, the Latest Sales Featuring ‘Saints Row IV’ and More

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Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for June 19th, 2020. In today’s article, we go through the rest of the new releases for the week. Not quite as many as yesterday, but still a rather healthy number with a few big names in the bunch. We summarize all of them before sliding into a large list of new sales. No time for news today, but the biggest bit is that EA is apparently planning to release seven games on the Switch this year, starting with today’s Burnout

Making History In Humankind Makes 4X Approachable

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The nature of 4X strategy games can often make them unwieldy and hard to understand for players who aren't immersed in the genre. Part of that is the scope--in most 4X games (the genre name standing for explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), you're growing and managing a whole civilization, often throughout its entire history. That's your mandate in Amplitude Studios' upcoming title Humankind, too, but one of the more remarkable things about the game is how it guides you through the process of creating a civilization that'll make its mark

Season 5 of Ubisoft Entrepreneur Labs has begun, revealing 8 chosen startups

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Based in Station F (Paris), Ubisoft launched the newest season of their startup program, led by the Ubisoft Strategic Innovation Lab. The program is oriented around supporting innovative startup products and services by providing them expert assistance and access to world-class facilities.  Season 5 of this series will be focused over social entertainment, as evidenced by statements made by the Program Director of the Ubisoft Entrepreneurs Lab Catherine Seys’ on the 9th of January, 2020. She laid out the foundation for the 5th Season by saying – “We want to

Jurassic World Star Bryce Dallas Howard Speaks About Returning To Work Amid COVID-19

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Jurassic World: Dominion is among the first major studio movies to resume production after shutting down due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Filming is set to begin again soon at Pinewood Studios in the UK, and now star Bryce Dallas Howard has spoken about returning to work amid the global pandemic."There's been a lot of communication," Howard said on the Entertainment Weekly Live Sirius XM show. "They are going above and beyond. We would never go back to work if we didn't feel safe. And, you know, we’re taking it a

Netflix Releases Surprise Dave Chappelle Special Responding To George Floyd’s Death

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Dave Chappelle has a new stand-up comedy special that's been surprise-released. As with his last five specials, this is a Netflix production. However, unlike those other shows, Netflix has released Chappelle's latest work--8:46--for free online. In fact, watching it free online is the only way to see it at this point as Netflix has not added it to its library. The title refers to the amount of time a Minnesota police officer had his knee on the neck of George Floyd before he died. The death had sparked civil unrest

The Witcher Season 2 Could Start Filming Again Soon

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It appears that Netflix's hit fantasy show The Witcher may be able to resume production on its second season sometime soon. Deadline reports that production studio Arborfield in the UK--where The Witcher is filmed--will be open for business again "in the coming weeks." Arborfield shut down in March after Game of Thrones actor Kristofer Hivju--who is joining The Witcher for Season 2--tested positive for coronavirus. Arborfield's Bob Terry told Deadline that plans are underway to open the production studio soon, and he's is currently in the midst of meetings to

Wisdom Announces the Acquisition of Gold Rush

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Gold Rush Wisdom is thrilled to bring Gold Rush into its larger media network, and Gold Rush will provide a platform to further Wisdom’s existing content initiatives in the gaming community. MINNEAPOLIS (PRWEB) June 08, 2020 Wisdom is excited to announce the acquisition of Gold Rush, a community content and tournament brand that has produced a number of brilliant events and broadcasts for the Rocket League esports community. The official announcement of acquisition occurred during an event on June 7 featuring prominent Rocket League personalities and jointly produced between Wisdom

PS5 Game Development Will Likely Increase Production Costs, PlayStation CEO Says

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The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are set to release this year, kicking off the next generation of consoles, and our first look at what the PS5 will be capable of came from a demonstration of Unreal Engine 5. But producing such highly detailed graphics will not come cheap, and could lead to an increase in the development cost of AAA games. Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Jim Ryan has talked to gamesindustry.biz about the cost of creating a game that will look like the Unreal Engine 5

Hereditary And Midsommar Director’s Next Film Will Be A Very Lengthy, Weird Comedy

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Ari Aster has emerged as an exciting horror director with his debut film Hereditary and its follow-up Midsommar, both of which were intense and disturbing. Now, in an interview with the Associated Students Program Board of the University of California, Santa Barbara, Aster has opened up about what he's working on next. Aster, who calls himself a "genre filmmaker" rather than a horror filmmaker, says that his next film will be a "nightmare comedy". While there were certainly elements of comedy to his earlier films, this makes it sound like