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Monster Hunter: World Debuts in Japan with Huge Sales

It was expected to be one of the most important releases of the year, and it did not disappoint. Monster Hunter: World debuts in Japan with more than 1 million sales according to Media Create, becoming instantly on the PS4 game with the strongest debut numbers and poised to become the best selling game in the history of the platform, after passing the numbers of Dragon Quest XI in a few weeks.

Rocket League Servers are Down for PS4, Xbox One, and PC

Update: Servers are back online now. Original Story: If you’re like me then it’s prime time to hop on and play some Rocket League. Unfortunately players around the world are disappointed as they try to get on tonight, with the servers seemingly down around the globe. Trying to play the game in anything other than single player prompts the player with a message stating that they “are not currently connected to the Rocket League servers.

Super Mario Maker 2 How to Get Princess Peach Outfit

In Super Mario Maker you can’t play as Princess Peach, but you can get her outfit by completing a challenge in Story Mode.  This challenge is available after you’ve beaten the game and completed the rebuilding of Princess Peach’s castle.  Once you’ve completed the rebuild, you can head to the Taskmaster who will have a new challenge for you from the Princess. The challenge is called Let’s Go Princess Peach and it’s basically a tutorial that will explain what your new gear does.

[Update] Metal Gear Online Expansion Set to Arrive on March 15 With New Maps and Character

Cloaked in Silence, a downloadable content campaign for Metal Gear Online will be available on March 15th.  The expansion pack will include three new maps (Coral Complex, Rust Palace, and Azure Mountain), as well as a new character, Quiet. Shortly after the release of the downloadable content, Metal Gear Online will feature a new mode called survival. This is slated to arrive on April 7th.  “In SURVIVAL, teams of players compete for the highest win streak to achieve greater rewards.

Climb Mountains in Virtual Reality Coming From The Makers of Crysis

The Climb — a new virtual reality game coming to the Oculus Rift by Crytek was recently announced by the developers.  Crytek, probably best known for their CRYENGINE and work on the popular Crysis trilogy will be dipping their toes into virtual reality in this Oculus VR exclusive. So how does it work?  Apparently The Climb can be played with either the Rift and an Xbox One controller, or can be played using the Oculus Touch controllers.

DICE introduces Tombstone Squad for BF4

Battlefield fans have gotten a healthy dose of single player content to sink their teeth into over the past few months. Hell, the first trailer was a lengthy look at both the story and capabilities of the Frostbite 3 game engine. Again at E3 we saw another impressive look in at the single player campaign with the Angry Sea demo, and today, DICE dishes new details about the Tombstone Squad. In Battlefield 4 single player, the player controls Daniel Recker.

End of Aspiration Coming to PSP This Summer as End of Serenity

No, you haven’t clicked on a headline from 2008 – the PSP is getting a new game in 2014 thanks to Natsume and Kemco. Kemco has carved a sizeable niche out for itself over the past few years as a developer of mobile-friendly 16-bit style JRPGs. With the genre’s decline on consoles, the move to a much more affordable marketplace makes sense and it must be working out fairly well for them as one of their newer hits is coming to the PSP this summer.

Fortnite: Where to Recover the Missing Battle Bus Plans

A new set of weekly quests is now live in Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 2, and one challenge requires players to find the missing battle bus plans somewhere on the island. This quest is started after establishing a device uplink at either Condo Canyon, Coney Crossroads, or The Daily Bugle where players will receive their orders, and this is just one of the quests available this week. Thankfully, this is a very straightforward quest as long as you know where to go.

NHL 17 Review

The NHL just wrapped up the Stanley Cup Finals back in early June with the Pittsburgh Penguins reigning supreme over the San Jose Sharks. Having one of the shortest off-seasons in the sports world, the 2016 NHL season is now only a month away, and with that comes EA Sports’ third iteration of their hockey franchise on current-gen consoles with NHL 17. EA Canada released the very disappointing and bare bones NHL 15 two years ago, but turned the series around last year with a much more feature filled entry that lived up to the standards of the previous heights of the franchise.

Outriders Will Be Available On Xbox Game Pass At Launch

Outriders is coming to Microsoft’s ever-expanding Game Pass service and it’ll join the lengthy list of already available titles on launch day. Starting April 1st, subscribers can explore Enoch and unravel the mysteries surrounding the Anomaly, primarily through aggressive super-powered combat. It must be noted that People Can Fly’s cooperative looter shooter is joining the console version of Game Pass. Xbox Game Pass for Console and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate will both secure access to Outriders, but it will only be playable on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S with streaming options extending it to mobile devices and tablets.