2K today announced Season 7 of MyTeam for NBA 2K21 will be available for players to experience on PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia and PC, tomorrow.
Running until June 4th, Season 7, “Full Throttle,” is all gas and no brakes, with 150,000 XP released on day one allowing players to reach level 40 at a blistering pace. Players can also experience new challenges in the quickest MyTeam season to date including a signature spotlight on NBA All-Star Tracy McGrady, a free Hall of Fame badge everyday for eight days (May 8-15) just for logging in to commemorate NBA 2K21 Legend Edition cover athlete Kobe Bryant’s upcoming induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame, a new base set, Current Series 3, and much more.
Additionally, 2K announced the latest round of Player Ratings updates. Standouts include Jayson Tatum (+1 to a 90 overall rating), Darius Garland (+3 to an 82 overall) and Chris Paul (+1 to an 89 overall).
Check out the full MyTeam Season 7 Courtside Report written by the NBA 2K dev team for all the details on the latest season.
Velan Studios is bringing the familiar “Thwack” sound (the noise a dodgeball makes on impact) to Knockout City, its upcoming team-based dodgebrawl title set to launch on May 21st. To give players a deeper dive into Knockout City’s universe – one where audio is equally as important as visuals – Velan is showcasing the process behind the game’s signature sounds in a new developer diary.
Today, Ubisoft announced an update on the Tom Clancy’s The Division universe.
The launch of Tom Clancy’s The Division back in 2016 marked the first completely original IP under the Tom Clancy umbrella since 2009, and the game broke multiple Ubisoft sales records. The franchise continued its development with The Division 2 becoming one of the most successful games of 2019 and its 2020 expansion, Warlords of New York, was the most active in the game’s history.
As part of this expansion of the franchise, today Ubisoft unveiled Tom Clancy’s The Division Heartland, a brand-new free-to-play game set in the universe of The Division. Development is being led by Red Storm Entertainment, a studio with close ties to the Tom Clancy licenses, who have also worked on The Division and The Division 2. The Division Heartland will be a stand-alone experience available on PC, console and cloud platforms in 2021-22. Ubisoft also announced plans to take The Division franchise to mobile, bringing the universe to an even wider audience. More details on this project will come at a later date.
Finally, The Division 2 will also be receiving brand-new content as part of an update coming in late 2021. Ubisoft Massive, with support from Ubisoft Bucharest, is leading the development of this new content that will include an entirely new game mode and new methods for levelling agents up with an emphasis on increasing build variety and viability. More details will be revealed on this new update ahead of its release.
The Division is also expanding its transmedia offering, with the film, starring Jessica Chastain and Jake Gyllenhaal, in development with Netflix. Inspired by the events of the original game, the film will be directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. Additionally, The Division is announcing an upcoming original novel published by Aconyte. The story will be set after the events of The Division 2 and will explore how the Outbreak affects different regions of the United States as agents fight to secure supply routes. More information will be shared about The Division’s transmedia content later this year.
Deep Silver and 4A Games today announced the launch of the Metro Exodus PC Enhanced Edition – an update that harnesses the power of Ray Tracing-capable GPUs to deliver a significant visual upgrade. The PC Enhanced Edition is available for free to all owners of the original release on Steam, the Epic Games Store, Good Old Games and the Microsoft Store.
Metro Exodus PC Enhanced Edition offers additional Ray Tracing features including Advanced Ray Traced Reflections and support for the much-requested DLSS 2.0 on NVIDIA hardware, which offers sharper image details and increased framerates and display resolutions. Further collaborating with NVIDIA, this update improves their existing Ray Traced Global Illumination tech innovated with the original release of Metro Exodus to make every light source fully Ray Traced and implements their RT Emissive tech from The Two Colonels throughout the game.
This upgrade is so extensive it will require a Ray Tracing capable GPU as the minimum spec and will be delivered as a separate product – it is not a simple ‘patch’ to the base game – instead it will be offered as an extra entitlement to all existing Metro Exodus PC players.
Deep Silver and 4A Games have also confirmed June 18th as the release date for the free, next-gen Metro Exodus upgrade for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5, titled Metro Exodus Complete Edition. Metro Exodus Complete Edition will run at 4K / 60FPS with full Ray Traced lighting throughout on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.
Bandai Namco today released the opening animation for Scarlet Nexus. The upcoming action-RPG will be available on June 25th for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam.
Bloober Team today announced their cyberpunk thriller, Observer: System Redux, will be available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on July 16th. System Redux brings new quests, gameplay improvements, and completely revised character models to the original Observer.
CD Projekt Red announced that Journey is back for a fifth season in Gwent: The Witcher Card Game. Players can start levelling up once again to unlock brand new, exclusive rewards for free right now on PC.
Journey is Gwent’s progression system which rewards players as they level up by earning victories in the game’s Standard, Seasonal, and Draft mode matches. Season 5 brings over 100 levels to unlock, each containing exclusive avatars as well as Reward Points, which players can redeem for items available in Gwent’s in-game Reward Book. Journey’s fifth season will last for the next three months and is themed around Triss Merigold — legendary Temerian sorceress, and Geralt of Rivia’s beloved friend.
In addition to the base tier of Journey, free to all players, the Premium Pass is also available — granting players instant access to the customizable Triss Merigold legendary neutral leader skin. It also features even more rewards to unlock, including different fashion outfits, trinkets, and auras for Triss, premium and standard Card Kegs, player titles, as well as animated borders and avatars. Additionally, players can also purchase a special bundle which includes the Premium Pass as well as an instant Journey progression boost.
Nintendo today announced Game Builder Garage, launching exclusively for the Nintendo Switch on June 11th. With this new software, kids and parents and everyone in between can have fun learning to create and share their very own video games. By connecting colorful creatures called Nodon, anyone can enjoy learning how to create their own game through guided lessons that cover the basics of visual game programming.
Nodon are creatures with big personalities that are used to help build your games from the ground up. There are dozens of Nodon in Game Builder Garage, each with a unique function, and you can learn how to build games just by connecting them in various ways. For example, you can create and move a human-like character with an analog stick just by connecting Stick Nodon with Person Nodon. Thus, you will get to learn the basics of game programming in a fun and intuitive way. You’ll be able to create a wide variety of different types of video games too – from side-scrolling platformers, to kart racers, to space blasters.
Owlcat Games today announced that the second beta for Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is now available on Steam for backers who contributed to the title’s Kickstarter or Slacker Backer campaigns in the relevant tiers. Fans that had access to the game’s first beta may simply update their file to participate in the second beta. As the last playable version of the game before launch, the second beta, which spans the title’s first four chapters, includes new content such as Crusade gameplay, new side quests, an intelligent weapon companion, a weather system and more. Additionally, the second beta comprises all content featured in the first beta.
The studio also announced that the final retail version of Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous will launch September 2nd for PC via Steam and GOG. Owlcat will share its plans for consoles in the near future.
In anticipation of the upcoming launch of Mass Effect Legendary Edition on May 14th, BioWare has released several fun pieces of content for fans to enjoy, including a Mass Effect soundtrack mega-cut, a unique custom key art creator experience, and a free Mass Effect Bonus Content Download.
BioWare put together a web experience allowing players to customize their own Mass Effect Legendary Edition key art. New and veteran Shepards alike can choose their squadmates, morality, and even key location to create their own personalized key art to share with friends or social media, or use the randomizer to create one of the billions of permutations. Images can then be downloaded in several formats, including 4K and slip cover sizing for players who want to personalize their physical copies. The web experience is available here.
For fans looking for some space-age beats to pilot the Normandy to, BioWare has compiled a lengthy, 88-track soundtrack video with music from all three games in the trilogy, which includes three pieces of custom art made exclusively for the occasion. It also features the song “Resynthesis,” which is new to the Mass Effect Trilogy. Get in the Mass Effect spirit with the greatest hits from the series’ soundtrack here.
Finally, BioWare has published a sizable amount of bonus content previously available through the Deluxe Editions of Mass Effect 2 and 3, which fans can now download for free. This content drop contains 88 music tracks from across the trilogy including Resynthesis, 2 digital art books, 2 digital comic books, and a digital lithograph of the Normandy in action. This Bonus Content Download is available here.
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