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Facepunch Studios released a brand new update for Rust this weekend, simply called "The Compound" which has added a few new mechanics to the game that is set to both improve what you can do and expand on ways to make people suffer.

Laze Games has been hard at work putting together their indie title Pixel Princess Blitz. After a successful Kickstarter campaign last year, the company has released the first trailer for the game as they work toward release.

We're less than two weeks away from seeing Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition come to the Nintendo Switch, and as we make our way there, the company are now highlighting some of the villains and lesser-known heroes joining the fray.

Apparently, there are two different kinds of players on Fortnite right now: those who like Dusty Divot and what it brings to the game, and those who hate it and the giant crater that Epic Games threw into the map.

As we creep closer to E3 next month, we're now getting a better look at what the convention will look like, both on paper and in physical form. This weekend, the floor plan for the convention was leaked and it shows off a few interesting details.

For about a year now, the word coming from sources at Rocksteady Studios is that the company are working on a new Superman game, which will look and play a lot like the Batman: Arkham series, but featuring the Man of Steele in a brighter Metropolis setting.

The latest patch that Blizzard's devs have thrown into Overwatch this weekend fixed more than a fair share of bugs in the game and added the Rialto map, but also added in some new changes to a few characters on the roster.

If you're like us, you're dreading that the majority of E3 this year is just going to be last year's games showing you their new battle royale additions alongside new battle royale games. While that sounds terrible, the latest footage from a new game on the way called Crazy Justice shows more promise for crossplay.

Gotta catch 'em all, indeed. We learned something new and kind of disturbing this week from the original Pokémon developers and designers Ken Sugimori and Atsuko Nishida as the revealed a secret about Pikachu that probably should have been left unsaid.

TinyBuild Games released a brand-new update this week for Streets of Rogue, which is basically the culmination of several months of work from the one-man show behind the game, Matt Dabrowski.

If you're a fan of Pathfinder and everything else that Paizo releases, then you might want to book it to Seattle from May 25th-28th -- the company released details this week for PaizoCon 2018 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotels.

Back in 2015, which seems like ages ago at this point, Microsoft declared that they would no longer release annual or even quarterly sales figures on the Xbox One, and have been holding strong to that through all the new incarnations since. 

Fans of The House in Fata Morgana will be excited to hear that it will be receiving a physical release on May 17th from Novectacle and MangaGamer, which will come with the full soundtrack and unreleased music as well as a Steam key.

The country is basically convention crazy right now, if you think about it. There's a new comic/gaming/fan whatever around the corner every week somewhere in the U.S. But who can afford to go to them all? Now you can build your own with a new indie game called The Con Simulator.

Nintendo is currently having to deal with Gamevice yet again, for the second time in a calendar year, as the company has filed claims against Nintendo over the Nintendo Switch with the United States International Trade Commission.

There's been a lot of talks lately as to what kind of game we're really going to get when Quantic Dream and Sony release Detroit: Become Human later this month for the PS4, as the demo has been getting mixed reviews online and some aren't really sure what to make of the story.

Some cool news this week from Sonal Snail Games as the company revealed that their RPG Smoke and Sacrifice will be coming to the Nintendo Switch as well as PC on May 31st, with PS4 and Xbox One versions to come down the road.

To say the Ubisoft has been having issues keeping the interest of fans on For Honor is an understatement, especially with the back-and-forth issues they had with the servers early on and the constant attempts to spark new interest with events.

Some cool news for Nintendo Switch fans: Flyhigh Works have announced that Fairune Collection will be making it's way to the console on May 17th, bringing four classic games in the series to modern gamers.

KOG Games will be celebrating the seventh anniversary for Elsword in style by kicking off a brand new 1-on-1 PVP tournament for the game that will start tomorrow, May 5th at 10 a.m. PDT.

QuakeCon is just a couple months away from happening in Dallas, Texas this year, but before the festivities kick off, Bethesda released some info today about some of the finer points regarding getting in and what will be happening.

For months we've been hearing and seeing various people complain about the way Conan Exiles has looked and played on the PC, so it kind of made us wonder what kind of game we would eventually get from Funcom when the game made its way to console.

Some good news for all you visual novel fans, as PQube announced that the 5pb title Punch Line will be making it's way to Europe and North America later this year. The company didn't give out many details beyond the timeframe of Summer 2018, and that it would be released on PC, PS4, and PS Vita.

South Korean based publisher CFK Co., Ltd has revealed today that their upcoming title Brave Neptune will be getting a formal release on the Nintendo Switch, making it the first time the series will appear on a Nintendo console.

If you're curious about how serious Activision is about making sure that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, look no further than the effort that they apparently seem to be putting into making it a success on PC.

A little while back, Eidos Montreal studio head David Anfossi gave an interview to EPN about the Xbox One graphics for Shadow of the Tomb Raider that sparked some interest among fans as he said the game would be 60fps in 4K. 

Like a lot of fans of Chuck Palahniuk, I came to know his work after Fight Club hit theaters. If you had told me that nearly 20 years later I'd be feeling the same chills and excitement from another novel of his in Adjustment Day, I'd kiss you and thank you for the spoiler.

Conan O'Brien is back to making gamers love and hate him at the same time, as he recruits Bill Hader to join him in another session of Clueless Gamer, as the two of them tackle the PS4 hit game God Of War.

Natsume is looking to give you as many options for marriage as possible in Harvest Moon: Light Of Hope, along with some other items you might want to throw into the game as the company is setting up four new DLC packs for the game.

As we get closer to Shuntaro Furukawa coming into taking over the CEO position of Nintendo, we're learning a lot more about his plans and ideas for the future of the company. One of them is wanting to see the company create a sensational mobile app like Pokémon GO.