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It's been an absolutely huge morning of E3 with the Xbox + Bethesda & Square Enix E3 showcases taking place. There's way too much to talk about here so you should definitely head to the website, but here are the highlights. Starfield is releasing on November 11th and it's exclusive to Xbox Series X and PC. We got a new look at the campaign and multiplayer of Halo Infinite but no release date was g...

The first actual E3 conference has kicked off and it was a big one. Ubisoft had quite a few surprises at their showcase this morning. Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope was revealed. It features Rosalina and Bowser and it's set in Galaxy. It's coming in 2022. A new Avatar game called Avatar Frontiers of Pandora was announced. It's a first-person, open world game and it tells a standalone story followi...

The first major event of E3 was held early this morning and there were a bunch of great announcements. Head to the site for the full wrap, but here are the highlights. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is a brand new fantasy Borderlands spin-off starring Tina Tina. It's coming early next year. Elden Ring got a brand new trailer and release date. It's coming on January 21st, next year for current gen and nex...

Battlefield 2042, DICE’s highly-anticipated follow-up to Battlefield V, is set to launch on October 22, 2021. Confirmed via the game’s first reveal trailer that debuted today, the game will head to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series consoles in just over four months. The game, which returns to modern warfare, pitches a setting that is rife with chaos. 21 years into the futu...

The last few E3 press conference times have been confirmed. You can head to the website to find all of the local times, but it's just been confirmed that the PC Gaming Show will take place on Monday June 14th at 7:30 AM, Take Two will take place at 03:15am on Tuesday, Capcom will take place at 07:30am on Tuesday and Bandai Namco will take place at 07:25 on Wednesday. --- Our Ratchet & Clank: Rift...

Almost two years after launching in other parts of the world, the Valve Index is finally coming to Australia. It’s coming exclusively to EB Games when it releases on August 18th. You can pre-order the numerous sets right now and just as a reminder, you will need every item as well as a gaming PC. Valve Index Complete Kit – $1,899.95 Valve Index Headset – $999.95 Valve Index VR Headset + Controller...

This week kicks off two weeks of non-stop video game announcements and we've got the full list of times for all of the E3 press conferences. Be sure to keep it on the site for any updates and all of the round-ups after each press conference is over. All of the incoming times are in Australian Eastern Standard Time. Kicking things off on Thursday is the Battlefield 6 reveal which is taking place at...

It was expected given that we haven’t seen anything outside of a tiny reveal trailer but Sony Santa Monica has confirmed that God of War: Ragnarok has been delayed until 2022. The game was revealed alongside a 2021 release date, but it’s not to be. Sony Santa Monica said: We remain focused on delivering a top-quality game whilst maintaining the safety and wellbeing of our team, creative partners a...

Far Cry 6 was originally supposed to release in February, before it was delayed, but it has a brand new release date of October 7th. The game will release on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC. In the new gameplay footage that was released, we got to see Yara in all of its glory, new modifiable weapons, the gears that effects your perks as well as new companions such as a Crocodile (Guapo)...

Dying Light 2: Stay Human just got a release date as well as eight minutes of new gameplay footage. The game will release on December 7th for PS4, PS5, PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X. The first gameplay footage was also released (marking almost two years since we got the last major slice). If you haven’t played the original game, Techland has also released Dying Light Platinum Edition which includ...

Out of absolutely nowhere The Pokemon Company has just announced release dates for both Pokemon Legends: Arceus as well as Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl. Pokemon Shining Diamond and Pokemon Brilliant Pearl are releasing on November 19th, whilst Pokemon Legends: Arceus is only a few months behind it on January 28th. Just in case you haven’t heard, Pokemon Legends is the first...

Fanbyte is reporting that a new Final Fantasy game called Final Fantasy Origin is set to be announced during E3 next month. The game is apparently in development by Team Ninja, and is said to play similarly to the Souls games a well in Nioh. Fitting with the name Origin, the world is apparently set to be inspired by the original Final Fantasy game. It’s said that the game will launch exclusively o...

Following in the foot steps of God of War, Ghost of Tsushima and Ratchet and Clank, The Last Of Us Part II is the latest game to get a PS5 performance patch bringing a new display mode that targets 60 FPS visuals. Announced in a blog post, Naughty Dog said that patch 1.08 will bring a “toggle in the Display options that allows you to choose between a Framerate Target of 30 FPS or 60 FPS. See omnys...

Grand Theft Auto V is set to release on PS5 and Xbox Series X on November 11th. Grand Theft Auto Online will also release on this day as well, with GTA Online being free for three months (ending February 2022) for PlayStation Plus members. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EB Games has today introduced new perks for its EB World members to celebrate 10 years of EB World. Those that are Level 3 + 4 EB World members will get a $10 voucher for their birthday (starting in May including those who have had birthdays already passed) whilst Level 5 EB World members will get a $20 voucher for their birthday. Those that are Level 1 + 2 EB World members will get a $10 off vouc...

After it leaked last week, Sony has now announced two new DualSense colours. One of the controllers is called Midnight Black and just as the name suggests, it's an all black controller. The other one is called Cosmic Red and features a two-tone red and black design. Both controller will be available on June 18th for $110 and $120 respectively. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sony has been very clear about the fact that they're going even harder this generation on first-party titles and it looks like they're sticking true to that promise. In an interview with Wired, PlayStation Studios Boss Herman Hulst has said that there's an incredible amount of variety of games in development originating from different regions, big, small, and different genres. He went on to confir...

PlayStation has confirmed that its Days of Play event is returning for another year bringing deals and also digital prizes just for playing games and earning trophies. Pre-registrations begin today and the actual event will start on May 18th and run until May 31st. You can sign up to take part on the website. We’ll let you know when we know more about the deals that are on offer this year. See omn...

It was rumoured that Xbox was set to potentially acquire Discord some weeks ago before talks fell apart. Today, PlayStation has announced that it has made a minority investment in Discord that will bring the two companies closer together. Whilst it isn’t clear how this eventuate, the blog post says that “Our goal is to bring the Discord and PlayStation experiences closer together on console and mo...

Sony has revealed May’s Free PlayStation Plus Games and it’s another decent month. Those that have a PS5 will be able to download Wreckfest: Drive Hard, Die Last which is launching on PS5 next month. Those with a PS5 and PS4, you’ll be able to grab Battlefield V and Stranded Deep. All three of these games will be available to download on May 4th until May 31st. See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

Sony has now confirmed that PlayStation Plus Video Pass is a new PlayStation Plus incentive that will be in testing in Poland for the next 12 months. Over the 12 months, the service will bring 20 movies and televisions shows from Sony Pictures with new content being added every three months. It’s unclear if other territories will get the service over the 12 month test period, but we’ll let you kno...

Intel’s new line of 11th generation processors have made their way to the market and we've put together three builds that you can put together on Mwave to take advantage of them. --- Sony has confirmed that Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition will be free to download from today at 1pm (AEST) until May 15th. You will get to keep the game post this date and you don’t need to be a PlayStation Plus me...

Capcom held the latest Resident Evil showcase and there were a bunch of announcements. Capcom announced three more demoes for Resident Evil Village, but strap in because the timings are confusing. If you’re on PS5 or PS4, you’ll be able to play two different demoes over the next two weeks. Both the Village demo and the Castle demo will be available at two separate times for eight hours and you’ll...

Sony has announced the release of the first major PS5 System Update and it finally adds one of the most requested feature. As of tomorrow, we’ll be able to store PS5 games on an external hard drive. Obviously, we won’t be able to play the PS5 games off the external hard drive. Another caveat with this is that you can’t download games directly to the external hard drive, but you can move them there...

We’ve heard from multiple sources that more PS5 stock came into Australian last week and will be hitting Australian retailers starting throughout this week and next week. This marks the longest time between PS5 shipments with the last shipment hitting in early March (likely due to Chinese New Year stopping production). We have it on good authority that this shipment is the same size as other shipm...