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Warcraft director Duncan Jones has said he previously envisioned making a trilogy of films based on Blizzard’s fantasy universe, although he now thinks it’s unlikely he’ll get to make a follow-up to the 2016 movie. Jones outlined his plan for potential sequels in an interview withCollider. “For me the story was about Gul’dan and taking the false walls. The symbol or the tribe that he was the chief of, taking them away from the world that was dying on setting them up with a, new home on this, planet of Azeroth,” he said....

Blizzard has announced World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, a new expansion for the MMO launching in 2020. The expansion was revealed during the BlizzCon 2019 opening ceremony, which was also used toannounce Diablo 4and Overwatch 2. According to the official announcement: “Sylvanas Windrunner, fallen leader of the Horde, has pierced the veil between Azeroth and the realm of the dead, setting in motion a series of events that threatens to upset the cosmic balance between life and death....

Microsoft is raising the price of Xbox Game Pass and introducing a new subscription tier that does not include day-one releases. From July 10, the platform holder’s topXboxGame Pass Ultimate tier – which includesPCGame Pass, day one games, back catalogue titles, online play, and cloud gaming – will increase in price to $19.99 / £14.99 / €17.99 per month (up from $16.99 / £12.99 / €14.99). PC Game Pass will also increase in price to $11....

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild are getting achievements. Both games will receiveNintendo Switch 2 editions, which are enhanced versions of originalNintendo Switchgames which will receive improved visuals, and other benefits. Switch 2 Edition games are separate from standard Switch 2 backwards compatibility and need to either be purchased separately or upgraded to for owners of Switch 1 versions....

NES puzzler platformer A Boy and His Blob and its Game Boy sequel are getting digital re-releases later this month. A Boy and His Blob Retro Collection was originally sold as a physical-only edition via the Limited Run website earlier this year, but it’s now set for a digital release. The compilation will be released on October 17 at a price of $9.99 / £8.50, and will be available onSwitch,PS4andPS5....

Infinity Ward has detailed all of the major changes it has made for the latest Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 beta. Perhaps most notably, the beta updatepatch notesreveal that adjustments to player visibility should now make it easier to spot enemies. Infinity Wardhad said earlier this week that it planned to reduce muzzle smoke opacity and increase muzzle flash visibility to help track targets more easily. Among the audio changes included in the update, the distance from which players can hear footsteps has been reduced and enemy sounds have been made more distinct....

Sony Interactive Entertainment is planning to release a remaster of PS4 title Horizon Zero Dawn for PlayStation 5. That’s according to a report byMP1ST, which VGC can corroborate via our own sources. The updated version of the 2017Guerrilla Gamestitle will feature improved visuals to bring it up to par with this year’s sequel,Horizon Forbidden West, in the form of new character models, lighting and animations, it’s claimed. In addition, it’s claimed the new version of Zero Dawn will add accessibility features, graphics modes and quality of life improvements to the gameplay itself....

A Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 bundle for the redesigned PlayStation 5 console has been spotted in the wild. Earlier this monthSonyconfirmedit would be releasing a Call of Duty bundle to coincide withModern Warfare 3’s release. However, it wasn’t clear if it would be the newly announcedPS5‘slim’ console, which doesn’t officially have its own release date yet. Now, as pictured in an image shared on X (formerly Twitter) byRectify Gaming, the MW3 PS5 bundle is already appearing in stores:...

A new creative co-op adventure game from the studio behind Lego Builder’s Journey has been announced. Lego Voyagers, which is developed by Light Brick Studio and being published byAnnapurna Interactive, was announced atSummer Game Fest‘s live kick-off show on Friday. A debut trailer for the title is viewable below. It’s coming toPS5,PS4,Xbox Series X/S,Switch, andPCviaSteamandEpic Games Store. Featuring platforming challenges and puzzles designed for players of all ages, the game can be played locally on the same screen, or online....

A sequel to cult FPS Painkiller is currently being developed. The news was announced byKoch Media, which plans to release the game under its newPrime Matterlabel. The new Painkiller will be developed and co-published bySaber Interactive, and will include a co-op multiplayer mode. The game will be coming to consoles andPC, but no other information such as a potential release window has been confirmed yet. The original Painkiller was released on PC andXboxin 2004 and was praised for its simplistic but chaotic action....

Over a week before the full release of the game, a user is streaming Star Wars Outlaws on the platform Kick. The player, who has seemingly acquired a physical copy of the game early, has hosted several live streams playing through the game’s opening hours. The streams are being hosted on the live-streaming platform Kick, which is known for its looser approach to copyright-infringing issues, and is far slower to respond to takedown requests than legacy platforms like YouTube or Twitch....

Apple Arcade is adding four new games this month including a James Bond title called Cypher 007. According toApple, the top-down action-adventure title from publisher Tilting Point will be “the only James Bond game available for mobile” when it’s released on September 29. It will see players step into the shoes of James Bond and revisit some of his most iconic moments as criminal mastermind Blofeld attempts to use brainwashing techniques to turn 007 into a double agent....

A third-party Xbox controller based on developer Rare has been listed on Amazon, with an official reveal seemingly imminent. As spotted by Reddit userCyraxxFavoriteStylus, the controller has beenlisted on Amazon’s US site, but at the time of writing has yet to be officially announced byMicrosoft,Rareor the controller’s manufacturer. Rather than one of the numerous official first-partyXboxcontrollers released by Microsoft over the years, this 40th Anniversary Rare controller is instead made by 8BitDo....