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Roblox Rises to #1 Spot on Twitch With Nearly a Million Concurrent Viewers

Yesterday, Roblox achieved something that only a small handful of games and people have accomplished on Twitch. They nearly got 1 million concurrent viewers. This impressive accomplishment was possible thanks to some Spanish streamers that were participating in a community event. No one could have predicted that Roblox was going to be #1 on Twitch. Roblox is a platform that allows players to build their games using their engine called Roblox studio.

Spider-Man PS4 Will Not Be At The Game Awards Or PSX

Sony had another stellar E3 with their PlayStation press conference showing off many games that will be coming out for PS4. One of those was a rumored Spider-Man game we’d heard about and expected to see more of at PSX later this year, but sadly we won’t be learning more until 2017 it sounds like. We were surprised to learn at E3 that the Spider-Man PS4 game was coming from Insomniac Games instead of the rumored Sucker Punch, but the developer seems like a perfect fit for the game and has been very transparent with the community through Twitter.

CD Projekt Releases Beautiful New Witcher 3 Screenshots

CD Projekt Red has revealed a brand new batch of screenshots for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to commemorate the launch of their new Forums. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is due out on the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC later this year. ncG1vNJzZmiZpKmupLfOn6uhnZaWu6O72GeaqKVfqLCzscSnqqGnpKh8uLXTnJ%2Beql1oerSv0Z6cp6uYpMG0eZFo

Dead Space 3 will feature optional micro-transactions

Dead Space 3 will feature optional micro-transactions for players looking to thrust more of their real-world dollars into the game. With Dead Space 3 featuring a deeper crafting system than in previous games, players will be able to purchase scrap parts and materials to use in the crafting machine. Visceral’s Yara Khoury explained this functionality, and why the Dead Space team chose to introduce this new mechanic into the game in the third installment.

Fallout 4 may be without iconic voice actor

The Fallout series has seen one constant over the years, and that’s Ron Perlman providing some stage setting voice work in the opening of the games. Fallout 4 however, may not see Perlman on the cast at all. In a recent AmA on Reddit, Perlman revealed that the doesn’t have any video games on the horizon. As postulated by Cinema Blend, earlier information discovered by Kotaku suggests that the opening of Fallout 4 will focus on a younger man waking up from a cyrogenic sleep.

Final Fantasy XIV’s Update 5.4 Detailed

Square-Enix has finally revealed more information regarding its upcoming update to Final Fantasy XIV; version 5.4, titled Futures Rewritten. Named after the story quest line of the same name, this new update will bring a variety of content to the game: New to Patch 5.4 Main Scenario Quests Eden’s Promise Raids New Dungeon – Matoya’s Relict Chronicles of a New Era – The Sorrow of Werlyt New Trial – Castrum Marinum Save the Queen – Past to Rest New Large-scale Battle – Delubrum Reginae Blue Mage Update Ishgardian Restoration Updates New Unreal Trial Skysteel Tool Update Treasure Hunt Update Ocean Fishing Update Triple Triad Update Doman Mahjong Update Explorer Mode Performance Update New Game+ Update and more!

Halo: The Master Chief Collection’s Massive New Update is Out

Halo: The Master Chief Collection might finally be reaching its lofty potential with the latest update rolling out today. Said to be the culmination of months of work by 343 Industries, this update prepares the game for its inclusion in Xbox Game Pass while adding in some big improvements all around, including support for Xbox One X enhancements. While the hype surrounding Microsoft’s ambitious collection might have died down, this update could finally make it what it always should have been.

Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2 Episode 4 Takes you Below the Bedrock on Nov. 7th

Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2 continues on November 7th with Episode 4 – “Below the Bedrock”. This release date puts the episode into gamers’ hands just under two months after the previous one arrived. Telltale has been solidifying their release schedule over the last few months, so it’s good to see this series continue on such a good pace. Fans who have stuck with the series this long have certainly enjoyed a huge, sprawling adventure, and Episode 4 looks to take things even further.

Pokemon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire – How to Get Your Eon Ticket Right Now

As we reported earlier this week, Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have made the much sought after Eon Ticket available via an online code starting today. The ticket, which allows you to catch either Latios or Latias depending on your version of the game, was formerly only available by Streetpassing someone who already had the ticket. This allowed the Eon Ticket to spread across the world via person to person sharing, but left some players without their desired legendary Pokemon if they couldn’t find people to Streetpass with.

This is Battleborn: Hands-On With Gearbox’s Next Big Thing

Gearbox Software found something truly magical in their Borderlands series, a perfect blend of shooter and dungeon crawler with a story chocked full of humor and charm.  While the Borderlands community has had no shortage of releases in recent years with both the Pre-Sequel and Borderlands 2 arriving on next gen consoles, the next logical step for Gearbox is Borderlands 3, right?  Common sense would tell you yes if Gearbox Software was following the game plan laid out by most studios, where squeezing the absolute most money out of a series is paramount before fans eventually get tired of it.