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We all may be waiting for Dragon Age 4 to finally be produced, but in the meantime, it looks like Microsoft and Electronic Arts have managed to get a different title on the console as Dragon Age 2 has been added to the backwards compatibility library.

For those of you who have been wanting to get a better look at Dragon Quest XI in an English format, Square Enix has done you a solid today by showing off over 15 minutes of gameplay from the upcoming North American release of the game.

WBIE decided to release a brand new cinematic trailer today to show off the latest addition to Middle-Earth: Shadow of War with a proper introduction to the Desolation of Mordor storyline.

It's no secret at this point that we're probably going to get some kind of demo and preview of Beyond Good and Evil 2 at E3 from Ubisoft, the real question is how much will they reveal and how far along is the game from release.

Now that the latest event is finished in Overwatch, the developers have made good on their promise to add the Rialto map to the game and have officially done so today by making it an escort mission.

The British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS), which serves as the national governing body for university sport in the U.K. (much like the NCAA does in the U.S.) will now oversee an esports arm called National Student Esports (NSE).

It appears Nintendo has decided to make some changes within the company as to who has say over what gets made and what gets rejected under their roof, as a new interview reveals restructuring in their approvals.

Do you have any desire at all to use a Nintendo Switch Pro Controller on Steam? In case you do for some odd reason, Valve has just added in a new update giving support software to that specific controller.

After having the trailer leaked earlier this morning by a couple anonymous sources, Bandai Namco decided to pull the trigger and reveal Taki as the latest returning fighter to SoulCalibur VI.

The folks over on the PlayStation Blog made a big reveal today as they have revealed a new set of games being added to the PlayStation Now streaming service from the PS2 era of gaming.

We've received a couple different Razer products over the past year that are really cool for the first time out but rarely do we ever get anything that is basically a successor to an existing product. That changed when they sent us their new Abyssus Essential gaming mouse a couple weeks ago.

As April came to a close we got one last subscription box on our doorstep for the month, and that was the Loot Crate DX box. These are always an interesting treat to open, and aside from one teaser item they showed off, we really didn't know what to expect this month.

Over the past week, we've reviewed a few different products for the PS4 and Xbox One from Snakebyte, all of them revolving around keeping your controllers charged and ready to go. 

The cool people over at Wizkids have been producing various figures for multiple role-playing games over the years and we've really come to respect the designs they're able to crank out for games like Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder.

There's a certain portion of gamers who want to have a much more immersive experience, but don't feel like diving into a headset or throwing on a VR visor. A simple light show will do them fine. Logitech recently created a set of speakers that just might do the trick with the G560 Lightsync Gaming Speakers.

This week isn't all that busy when it comes to video game releases. In fact, we're pretty sure May is going to be a slow month for a lot of developers and publishers as they gear up to showing off their latest creations at E3. In the meantime, here's a list of what's been released this week.

Ever since Nintendo introduced the Mii characters into their consoles, people have been creating weird designs and making these digital people into their own weird societies online. Almost to the point where there's a cult-like status among them.

As Nintendo continues to ramp up toward the Nintendo Switch release of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, we now have another set of character trailers showing off two familiar faces in Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong. 

When Season 4 of Fortnite dropped today, it came with a massive update that, content aside, brought in a slew of changes and updates, fixed a ton of bugs that have been sitting in limbo, and mended a couple of known issues Epic Games has been working on.

Capcom has decided to surprise fans with a little something extra again for the Mega Man 30th Anniversary by teaming up with iam8bit to release special edition NES and SNES cartridges of Mega Man II and Mega Man X.

Those of you who remember Star Wars Episode I: Racer on PC, the N64, and Dreamcast are about to have a really awesome day as GOG has announced they're bringing back the game for a limited time to download on PC.

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) sent out a press release today letting esports fans know that the ESL will have a much bigger presence at E3 than many anticipated, as they will be setting up an entire area in one of the convention center halls.

While we patiently wait for Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes to be released into Dungeons & Dragons' 5th Edition library later this month, Wizards of the Coast announced today that they'll be unveiling a new adventure soon to be released later in 2018.

Finally, after much ramp-up and promotion and speculation as to what the hell is going on, Epic Games has finally released a video to celebrate the kickoff of Season 4 in Fortnite.

Amazon has brought back their esports tournament focused on mobile gaming called the Mobile Masters 2018, which will kick off this week with qualifying rounds on specific games you can download right now.

Yesterday night, an announcement was sent out by John "TotalBiscuit" Bain on Reddit, updating fans on his health and letting people know that he was officially retiring from being a games critic. 

In case you've been holding onto a copy of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze on your Wii U, you're probably the last people who will be able to own it on that console. Today, in preparation for the game to be released on the Nintendo Switch, it appears Nintendo have deleted the game from the Wii U digital store.

Netmarble, the developers behind the superhero mobile app Marvel Future Fight would like to celebrate the game's third anniversary with you and the 70 million fans with some special events. 

Today, Square Enix announced that North American audiences can now start pre-ordering Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age for the PS4 for the standard $60, but there are only a couple places you can do it from.

Chucklefish just released details about their latest beta version of Stardew Valley today, letting fans know that if they want to, they can now attempt to mess around with a multiplayer mode.