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The Witcher series has some insane popularity thanks to a beloved book series and a trilogy of video games by CD Projekt Red, and will soon be receiving a Netflix show based around the plot of the books. But a tweet from showrunner Lauren Hissrich has led to some really bizarre racial concerns in regards to the show.

A new map coming to Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege appears to make reference to one of Ubisoft's other mainstay franchises, Assassin's Creed. The Villa map comes with a water fountain that looks pretty familiar.

Rockfish Games today released the critically-acclaimed Encounters expansion for Everspace on Xbox One and the Microsoft Store for $ 9.99 USD. The major expansion adds over 10 hours of extra gameplay to the base game.

Crytek announced Hunt: Showdown’s first major content update, which brings new content and a large number of tweaks, changes, and bug fixes for the early access title.

Netmarble has announced that its new MMO strategy game for mobile devices, Iron Throne, will officially launch on May 16 at 12:00 AM PDT worldwide. Iron Throne was developed by 4Plat and is being published by Netmarble, who hails it as the "next generation MMO strategy game."

Developer Psyonix has released their Summer 2018 roadmap for all the upcoming content coming to Rocket League over the next few months. As detailed on the game's official blog, the Summer 2018 season starts later this month to coincide with the start of competitive PvP Season 8.

Konami has confirmed the full list of winners from the PES League 2018 Europe Round, which was recently held in Berlin, which means we have the full list of players who will face off in the 2018 World Finals this summer.

While Steam has let you gift video games to people for years now, but game-gifting hasn't been available on the internal digital stores for modern consoles. Until now. Microsoft has gotten the jump on Sony and Nintendo by offering game-gifting to all Xbox One owners.

Square Enix has revealed that Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood patch 4.3 Under the Moonlight will arrive on May 22nd. This patch introduces the next chapter of the "Return to Ivalice" 24-man raid series alongside new quests, a new beast tribe to join, a new trial, and a new dungeon.

If you've been eagerly waiting on the Final Fantasy VII Remake to release, we might have some good news for you. Granted, at this point it is mostly rumor and speculation, but new information indicates the game might get a release date at Square Enix's E3 conference next month.

Destiny 2's secret hunters have found what they believe is a complicated puzzle in the Warmind expansion. The puzzle itself comes from a symbol found on a wall in the bunker that was host to the warmind Rasputin.

Good Shepherd Entertainment and independent developer Italo Games have have revealed that Milanoir, the bloody action homage to the masterpiece Italian crime movies of the 1970s, will launch on May 31, 2018.

Netmarble has launched a major update for mobile MMORPG Lineage 2: Revolution which adds a new PvP mode and tons of new content to the game.

Sea of Thieves is getting an update next week which brings with it the option for Private Crews, which many players have been eagerly awaiting.

The fourth season of Fortnite has been the subject of speculation for about two months now, give or take. And despite being well underway, we've still got a series of unexplained mysteries hiding on the island. From camera crew setups, a massive meteor impact crater, and now a hatch in the Wailing Woods.

Engadget reports that Microsoft revealed a new developer partnership stake at the first day of Build which would give app developers 95% of the revenue from application sales. However, there are some restrictions.

The heroic strike playlist in Destiny 2 has some bugs already as with completed strikes are not counting toward any quest progress. This affects both the heroic strike weekly checklist and Warmind’s glory exotic quest. Which basically means heroic strikes are pointless right now.

Treyarch has joined in the fun of teasing the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Zombies mode. The official E3 Twitter account revealed the mode a bit early, and now Treyarch has teased the mode by tweeting a somewhat disturbing image with the commentary "Mankind's reckoning will be its salvation" and "So it begins...”

Pearl Abyss and Kakao Games have announced a brand new class for Black Desert Online. The Lahn class will make it into the game on May 23, 2018. The Lahn's got some unique capabilities, and her moveset and fighting style will allow Black Desert fans to enjoy the game in a whole new way.

PC Gamer will be bringing back their E3 PC Gaming Show for the fourth year running. The show will be hosted by Day[9] once again and will include content from sponsors Oculus Rift, Acer, Improbable, Tripwire Interactive, Stardock Entertainment, Frontier, and Team 17.

Walmart Canada may have lost their minds earlier today by adding listings for a number of unannounced games on PS4 and Xbox One, but while most companies have been rather quiet about the potential leak, Bethesda's social media teams seems to be having a ball with the rumors.

The ESports League (ESL) and Square Enix are launching the first official Dissidia Final Fantasy NT tournament series in America and Europe, which will begin on May 13th.

En Masse Entertainment is hoping you’re ready for some pirate action as Corsairs’ Stronghold, a new PvP Battleground for Level 65 players, arrives today for Tera players on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Monolith Entertainment have launched the Desolation of Mordor Story Expansion for Middle-earth: Shadow of War, as well as a series of free updates for all players.

Bungie, Vicarious Visions, and Activision released Destiny 2: Warmind on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The PC version of the expansion is available exclusively on Battle.net. 

Dota 2 fans had been waiting for information on this year's International Compendium for so long they decided to take matters into their own hands. The Dota 2 subreddit started a penguin kidnapping meme as a way to put pressure on the notoriously closemouthed company, and the surprising thing is -- it worked.

Behaviour Digital has announced that its asymmetrical multiplayer survival game Deathgarden will enter its closed alpha test tomorrow, May 9th, at 3 p.m. EST. In Deathgarden, one powerful, invulnerable Hunter faces off against the faster, more agile Runners within the titular Garden.

Atari has taken RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 off of Steam after developer Frontier Developments filed a lawsuit over unpaid royalties from the game. TMZ broke the lawsuit news last week, including a basic overview of the suit.

Nintendo has shared some more details about the Switch's online service, which is designed to be an "affordable, multi-featured paid service that lets users enjoy online play for compatible Nintendo Switch games, access classice NES games, cloud save features, and a phone app.

The ESL Uk and Esports Inside have partnered up to bring us the ESI Birmingham, which will be an esports business symposium taking place the day before the ESL One Birmingham Dota 2 Major quarter-finals begin.