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We're only a few days away from seeing the new Anniversary event from Overwatch kick off, but it hasn't stopped people from spoiling the surprises for everyone as the skins for this year's event have already leaked.

A little bit of cool news this week from The Gentlebros Games as the developers have announced you'll be getting a sequel to Cat Quest in the form of Cat Quest II: The Lupus Empire.

One of the biggest criticisms on social media that was hurled at Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 when the reveal of Blackout, their battle royale mode, came up on the screen was that it was a last minute ad to cash in on the trend. But you might want to pump the breaks on that line of thinking.

It's pretty obvious by our own posts that we're pretty stoked about the upcoming anniversary content for Overwatch, but of all the things they've done before it happens, this is probably one of the coolest videos they could have put together.

We're only a few days away from Overwatch's second anniversary, and when the event kicks off and the update is loaded, we'll be getting a brand-new map out of it in Petra.

It's kind of an interesting thing when you see two game companies who are technically in competition with each other be friendly. Case in point, a recent Twitter interaction from PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds with Call of Duty.

A cool announcement this week from Circle Entertainment and Classic Games LLC as the retro RPG game Shadows of Adam will be coming to the Nintendo Switch sometime in late 2018.

You're getting a new Halo game this year, but it's not going to be the one you expected. 343 Industries is teaming with Play Mechanix and Raw Thrills to bring you the biggest experience they can in Halo: Fireteam Raven.

This week, PCube and Arc System Works announced that BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle would be launching a demo of the game for fans to try out before the game is released in late June in Europe.

Bless Online hasn't even entered Early Access yet, but it isn't stopping the developers from hyping their plans to come. The company released details this week about its upcoming Founder's Pack that will be released at launch.

This weekend seems to be the time for partnerships, as Ubisoft announced a brand new partnership with Lenovo Legion to become the official PC and monitor sponsor for Rainbow Six Siege Pro League and Majors.

If you thought Blazing Griffin was just going to create Murderous Pursuits as a single game with no bonus content, you were wrong. This week, the developers showed off plans for monthly updates they're calling "Mr. X's Menagerie of Murder".

Montreal Comiccon is going to be getting a boost in gaming as the organization has partnered with the Canadian Gaming Expo to bring indie game developers to the event as part of their initiative to grow their audience.

This week a new collaboration between Brian Bobik and Waden Kane Game Studios was announced as the two entities will be bringing the 1950s together with VR in a new game called Traffic Cop VR.

Things are about to get strange for the Xbox Game Pass Challenge as Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas from Stranger Things) will be taking the challenge himself for the month of May. The event was launched last month when Usain Bolt took the challenge, and now McLaughlin will face off against Bolt's records.

This week, Outright Games announced they had formed a brand-new partnership with probably the most famous crayon company in the world, Crayola, that will produce branded video games for major consoles this fall.

If you were hoping to get the "Ultimate Day-One Edition" of Shantae: Half-Genie Hero for the Nintendo Switch, your time has come and gone as XSEED Games announced this week that they sold out of the edition in less than two weeks' time. 

Netmarble is about to release a brand new mobile RPG called Knights Chronicle, and have been taking sign-ups for pre-order of the game. This week, the company sent out a press release letting fans know they already have a userbase of 500,000 players signed up before launch.

Stardock Games have been working hard on their latest entry in the Star Control series with Star Control: Origins. This week, the developers released a brand new trailer for the game that shows off the Adventure Mode that you'll be exploring for a good chunk of the game.

Bandi Namco are currently holding a limited time event in Dragon Ball FighterZ, and it may be one of the most awesome events the company could have put together, are you fight for Premium Z-Coins and Zeni in "The Emperor Strikes Back".

While we were at the Activision and Treyarch event for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, a lot of people were curious if we might be seeing the game make an appearance on any other consoles that were not PlayStation 4 or PC. 

Epic Games revealed the new mode Solo Showdown, which is currently in Fortnite's Limited Time Mode very soon. But a new detail just popped up today that will probably make the game very popular in a hurry for people who like to buy things.

We're getting close to the end of the 20-character roster set for SoulCalibur VI as a new character seems to be revealed once about every two weeks, and the latest should have a lot of people happy: fan-favorite Yoshimitsu returns to the series.

Today we got the chance to attend the big reveal for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 at their special event in Los Angeles. Which means we saw the same presentation you did, only with deafening audio! 

Recently we got the pleasure of being invited by Sega to come out to their studio to try a demo of a brand-new game on the way this year called Two Point Hospital, a hospital simulator where you're in charge of bringing a hospital from the ground up to both make it profitable and save people's lives.

Five years ago, Mystery Science Theater 3000 was a beloved show among the wise and nerdy. If you told people back then that the show would not only get funding for a successful revival but that it would be renewed for another season, we would have cried at a foolish dream.

Cha Cha Boochie, Cha Cha Cha Boochie, Roll Call! This Thursday, Saturday Night Live will partner up with Twitch to bring the social streaming service a brand new marathon centered around SNL sketches.

One of the cool things about the current crop of Dungeons & Dragons developers and creators is that they have a love for past things that were truly awesome. Case in point, the company just reached back and pulled a race out of the past for all you Spelljammer fans with the Giff.

The PS Vita may be looking at death's door int he next year or so, as Sony has started to shut down production of something vital to the portable unit's success: physical game cards. 

There's a big difference between announcing your game's date when you're sure it's coming out, and then there's calling your shot so in advance that there's no way you could know. The developers behind S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 have called their shot, saying their game will be ready in three years.