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During Disney’s D23 Expo taking place in Japan, Square Enix revealed a new trailer for Kingdom Hearts III, introducing a Monsters, Inc. world to the series. Last summer at D23 in Anaheim, a Toy Story world was also revealed for the game, the franchise’s firstDisney•Pixar-based world. Monsters, Inc. has now added to the list of Pixar properties in Kingdom Hearts III (via GameSpot).[embedded content]In keeping with the world’s theme, Sora, Donald, and Goofy all transform into various monsters with similar aesthetics to those seen in the film.Everyone in its Osaka studio is working on Kingdom Hearts III, with 100 people from its Tokyo studio also involved according to Square Enix. Development i...

Ubisoft is deploying a patch tomorrow for Assassin’s Creed Origins on all platforms that adds a new quest and provides a host of other fixes within the game. Part of the patch also adds support for the upcoming story expansion, The Hidden Ones, which is set to release at the end of this month. Ever since it launched in late October, Ubisoft has continually pushed out patches and monthly updates for Assassin’s Creed Origins to keep players coming back for more. Much to the aoyance of some players, certain store items were previously not available through the Heka Chest, but that has thankfully been rectified. Patch 1.2.0 will be coming tomorrow, January 16, and it fixes a ton of Quest, UI, a...

Rumors are gaining steam that Buout Paradise is getting remastered later this year thanks to leaked retail listings in Brazil and Japan (via Eurogamer). Last month in December, GamePress.br found a listing from a Brazilian retailer that outed the existence of Buout Paradise for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Now Gemastu reports that a physical edition of Buout Paradise is seemingly set to release in Japan on March 16, 2018 for PlayStation 4. While an Xbox One version was not mentioned in the Japanese leak, it appears it will at least launch on that system in other regions according to the Brazilian listing. EA has not officially aounced or confirmed a Buout Paradise remaster. It’s unclear if i...

What would 2018 be without another Assassin’s Creed remaster? According to leaked listings from three online retailers, Assassin’s Creed Rogue is getting the HD treatment sometime next year.One retailer lists that the remaster is supposedly set to release on March 15, 2018 while the other retailer lists a release date of April 2, 2018. The last retailer doesn’t list a specific date, but it is expected to release sometime early next year according to all three websites.Ubisoft has not officially aounced a remaster of Assassin’s Creed Rogue, but it’s not all that surprising that it’s apparently getting one. It released alongside Assassin’s Creed Unity and was by far received as the better ti...

Bungie has aounced that Destiny 2 is getting a free trial on Xbox One and PC starting tomorrow. Players can experience both the story campaign missions and the game’s multiplayer arena.The developer did not aounce how long this free trial will be available for, but progress will carry over should you choose to purchase the full game afterward. As with most free trials, you’ll likely need an active Xbox Live Gold membership to take advantage of this offer. You can also download it on PC through Blizzard’s Battle.net service.Destiny 2 is currently on sale for $38.99 through the Microsoft Store. While this sale is only lasting throughout the rest of the day as part of Xbox’s Black Friday de...

Ubisoft’s open world sports game Steep is getting a new expansion adding a story mode, the company aounced today in a press release.Steep: Road to the Olympics will be an official licensed product of theOlympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. Available on December 5, 2017 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC,Steep: Road to the Olympics will have an in-game story mode featuring a young athlete t...

Microsoft is adding support for three new media formats to Windows 10 in the future. Windows 10 already supports a very wide range of media formats, both through native support and third-party apps. Most notably, Redmond added support for the Free Lossless Audio Codec on Windows with the launch of Windows 10 a few years ago.And now, it’s adding support for the OGG media container, Vorbis audio cod...

Pandora is the perfect app for gentle background music listening, with its automatic yet very personalized playlists requiring little work.The main distraction, however, is the regular audio ads which is why the arrival of Pandora Plus support on the Windows 10 app is great news.Pandora Plus offersPandora listeners ad-free listeningwith zero interruptions, unlimited skips and unlimited replays.T...

Rockfish Games today aounced the Everspace: Encounters for Xbox One and PC. The major expansion will add over 10 hours of extra gameplay to the core game. As the project has to be migrated to an updated engine to support Xbox One X, it will hit the Xbox One family in early February 2018, together with a free update of the core game, supporting 4K and improved graphics at 1080p on Xbox One X.The ...

Aounced today, Forza Motorsport 7 is getting a Fate of the Furious car pack featuring 10 cars from the blockbuster movie. The car pack is included in the Deluxe and Ultimate editions of Forza Motorsport 7 but can also be purchased individually for $9.99 begiing on October 3. This isn’t the first time that the Forza series has partnered with the film franchise. Forza Horizon 2 also had a Fast a...

If you aren’t one of the millions already playing Overwatch, you’ll soon have a chance next weekend. From September 22-25, Overwatch will be hosting a free weekend for players on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. Overwatch’s full roster of 25 heroes and 16 maps will be available to play in a variety of modes includingQuick Play, Custom Games, and the Arcade. If you choose to purchase the title, y...

First, they came for the Software Developer Engineer Test, and created the Windows Insider Programme, meaning it is up to Windows 10 users to bug test their own OS. Now Microsoft is working to exploit this resource in a new way, with a newLanguage Community app, which would let Microsoft get rid of some of the professional translators needed to support the 109 languages Windows is available in....

Today, Ubisoft aounced that Update 1.8, Resistance, for The Division will release simultaneously on all platforms this autumn. Update 1.8 will be the biggest free update so far for The Division and introduces two new games modes while expanding the game map with a new area: West Side Pier. West Side Pier is a completely new area spread across two new zones and accessible for all players. Defeat...

The day many of you were waiting for is finally here. Yes, cult classic extraordinaire Super Meat Boy is getting a sequel. Super Meat Boy takes place a few months after Super Meat Boy and this time around the villain has kidnapped the child. Now, it’s up to Super Meat Boy and I imagine Super Meat Girl to rescue their child. The trailer looks exhilarating and we can’t wait to lea more about the ...

Microsoft is soon going to be rolling out a new logo for its cross-platform code editor, Visual Studio Code. The new logo, which you can see above, ditches the old blue look for a new orange accent. The logo will appear first in Insider builds of Visual Studio Code sometime soon, and it’ll be released to everyone else sometime in early September. Here’s how the new logo will look for Visual Studio Code users ruing the Insider builds: It isn’t clear why exactly Microsoft is going for the new color and look, but Chris Dias, a member of the Visual Studio Code team at Microsoft stated: The “I...

More than 17 years after it first stormed onto PlayStation, Square Enix Collective just aounced that the original Fear Effect game is being reimagined for mode day hardware, all under the watchful eye of some of the series’ biggest fans. Fear Effect Reinvented has now been confirmed for Xbox One and PC. Set for release in 2018, French studio Sushee will be handling the game’s intriguing and enticing rebirth. [embedded content] If that name sounds familiar, that’s because Sushee is also the outfit behind Fear Effect Sedna, the forthcoming brand new chapter in the Fear Effect saga, backed b...

Atlus and Ace Team are bringing a Rock of Ages sequel to Xbox One, PC, and PS4. Rock of Ages 2: Bigger and Boulder will be making its way to PC on August 28th, and consoles the following day, August 29th. The original Rock of Ages video game was a tower defense racing video game. The aim of the gam...

With the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Microsoft is boosting the Windows Device Portal with some new tools and features later this year. The company today detailed some new features that are coming to the Windows Device Portal which will give users more options while debugging their apps and tes...

Last week, Microsoft had worked itself into a bit of a tiff about the Surface Pro and Surface Laptop being unrecommended by Consumer Reports. I’ve addressed the firm’s emotion-laden, fact-free blog post over here, but Microsoft is about to do what amounts to the wrong thing. Thurrott has obtained an...

A new game mode, Deathmatch, is coming soon to the Overwatch Arcade and is now available on the PTR. Deathmatch is a simple game mode where players and teams compete to ea the most kills—an in-game scoreboard keeps track of the action and show who’s wiing. Deathmatch will include two modes and ...