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Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, the brighly coloured battle royale party game from developer Mediatonic, had 120,000 concurrent players this afternoon. Mediatonic made the announcement via the game’s Twitter account, saying “Just spoke to my friends in the server team and we have at least 120k people connected to the game right now.” This has, understandably, caused some server difficulties, as people are flocking to play the game—not unlike the jelly-bean creatures that roam its world—amid the launch-day buzz....

The nation of Yara is filled with countless armaments for warfare, including unique weapons. The El Caballero is one such example. Here’s our Far Cry 6 guide to help you get the El Cabellero unique grenade launcher from a Yaran Contraband chest in F.I. Escudo Steel Plant. Note: For more information, check out our Far Cry 6 guides and features hub. Likewise, you can take a look at our main guide regarding all the unique weapons in the game....

Psyonix just announced the return of Fast & Furious content to Rocket League starting June 17. Players have been asking for a second chance to grab these DLC cars for years, and they are finally coming back to the game with some extra items as well. The Fast & Furious DLC three-car bundle will include the Dodge Charger, Nissan Skyline, and the all-new Pontiac Fiero. The bundle will also include a whole bunch of Fast & Furious-inspired cosmetic items which weren’t included when the DLC cars first released back in 2017....

The Square Enix-backed Kickstarter for Fear Effect Sedna is currently at €74,270 of its €100,000 goal, a target which could soon be reached after PS4 and Xbox One versions were confirmed by developer Sushee. “Over the past few weeks, we had dozens of messages requesting a console port for Sedna. It was a difficult decision for us, because developing on PS4 or Xbox One requires a lot of work, and significant financial investment too,” wrote the studio in a Kickstarter update....

Typically, one of the most important aspects of playing role-playing games is the contentious class system. Often times, this is an integral part of deciding what you want your character to be. And many games in the Final Fantasy series are no exception to this, often referring to these classes as ‘jobs.’ Despite their prevalence since the very first Final Fantasy, much of the time the job system isn’t all too balanced....

Yesterday, Fire Emblem fans rejoiced during the Nintendo Direct event as it was revealed a new installment in the saga would be coming soon. Alongside that joy, though, was a little confusion, as many were asking why the heck the new protagonist’s design looked like something out of a Colgate commercial. When we’re introduced to our new nameless protag in the trailer, we are greeted to the sight of their hair split halfway down the middle, boasting blue on one side and red on the other....

Recently, Fire Emblem: Three Houses student Claude von Riegan has now found a new part-time job at McDonald’s thanks to a hilarious fan edit. Joe Zieja - Claude’s voice actor - tweeted yesterday with a fan edit of his character advertising breakfast at the restaurant of the golden arches with audio taken from a commercial Zieja recorded back in 2015. The edit was made by Instagram user @eponahorse, who has since gained over 200 followers since Zieja reposted her video....

One highly anticipated game expected to get some attention at E3 next week is Platinum Games’ and Shinji Mikami’s Vanquish - a third-person shooter set in the near future. The most recent information we heard about the title was it’s lack of multiplayer support, thus obviously dubbing this a single player title. There has been a ton of buzz lately surrounding the title, including the release of their E3 gameplay footage trailer on the interwebs....

Key Points The Fitbit Sense is a fitness tracker watch.Not only does it track your steps, but it tracks your other work outs plus your heart rate. It also has other features such as music control.You can pick up a Fitbit Sense for around $170 USD. The Fitbit Sense is a fitness tracker watch that does more than track your steps. It has a heart rate monitor and GPS and can even track your stress levels....

The upcoming movie based on Gearbox’s Borderlands franchise has been picking up a lot of steam lately. While still in pre-production, most of the main cast has been revealed. Today, we got the confirmation of another playable character from Borderlands 2 being added to the cast. According to the The Hollywood Reporter, the Borderlands movie has found its muscle-bound Krieg in the form of German-born Florian Munteanu. All of the the previous casting announcements have been some pretty heavy hitters....

The news sent ripples through the footballing world. The Vanarama National League’s own Southend United had just appointed the most decorated manager of all time as their new boss. Yes, the very same Phil Iwaniuk who steered Parma to two Serie A titles and a Champions’ League win in the mid ’90s. The mercurial figurehead who ushered Newcastle to Premiership glory in 01-02, and then took Abramovic’s dirty billions and turned them into a decade of Chelsea silverware....

BioWare’s woes continue to mount with the news that Fernando Melo, who had been leading production on the company’s forthcoming Dragon Age title, has announced his departure from the studio. The longtime BioWare employee also worked on games such as Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age II and Mass Effect: Andromeda. He shared his departure via a Twitter thread. “To be clear, this is my own decision. I’ve been wanting to take some time to disconnect and explore a couple ideas for next chapter in my career,” he tweeted....

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot’s version 1.04 update brings some much needed quality of life changes and bug fixes, but many fans were surprised to discover that the time machine was not included in this patch. Developers promised players that the next patch would include more ways to use the time machine that Bulma built, including the ability to return to previous sections of the story and complete timed sub-stories. Players could theoretically use the time machine to play Vegito again or replay portions of the story that they enjoy, but unfortunately, it does not seem that they will have that option just yet as of this most recent patch....

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot will is getting a new patch that will reduce loading times between areas, which is always a good thing. There’s always a problem with big open-world games: loading times. Sadly, only the beefiest of personal computers have the memory to store an entire game world at once, and modern consoles just don’t have enough of it. Next-gen consoles might, but for now, the curse of loading times remains upon us all....

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This week is Tokyo Game Show, the yearly event — held in the city of its namesake — that highlights everything the Japanese games industry has to offer. We have already seen some appearances from hotly anticipated titles like River City Girls 2, with more to come throughout the show. Today, the latest entry in the long-running Dynasty Warriors series was shown off. Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires gets a release date in a brand new trailer showcasing some of the game’s new strategic elements....

We’re going powerful for E3 2015 coverage, with a live stream of conferences hosted by Simon Miller of The Miller Report and Your Auld Da set to be the only stream you’ll need. Miller and Da will begin their mega E3 stream at around 5pm BST on Monday for the Microsoft conference and will talk nonsense all the way through EA and Ubisoft’s conferences, then finally Sony’s in the early hours of Tuesday....

In a recent investor call, EA CEO Andrew Wilson spoke of the importance of gaming subscriptions in the future marketplace for developers. He believes that they are as important as television, which changed with streaming platforms. Currently, EA has been working to grow its brand for its subscription service, with EA Access now available on PlayStation 4. It has also been working on its own streaming service, currently named Project Atlas, and there are supposedly plans to bring something similar to the upcoming Google Stadia....

Electronic Arts has ended its deal with FIFA, after almost thirty years, and will rebrand its football games as EA Sports FC. In a press release, EA has driven home that its annual game will retain its authenticity. EA Sports exec Cam Weber writes: “Everything you love about our games will be part of EA Sports FC – the same great experiences, modes, leagues, tournaments, clubs and athletes. “Ultimate Team, Career Mode, Pro Clubs and Volta Football will all be there....

Electronic Arts jumped on the subscription bandwagon early when it launched EA Access in 2014. This allowed users to subscribe to the service for a monthly fee and gain access to the library of titles under the publisher’s umbrella. The service evolved over the years, recently adopting the name EA Play. The name comes from an annual event held at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) where the company would showcase and preview new games....