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Godfall will take full advantage of the PS5’s new DualSense controller to make it feel like you’re sliding over different terrain using haptic feedback. The PS5 is shaping up to be an impressive machine, and it’s no less impressive than its accompanying controller. Haptic feedback, adaptive triggers, rechargeable battery, USB-C, built-in microphone array, and the all-new Create button will put the DualSense in a league of its own. It’s already being hailed as possibly the greatest controller ever made, and even Bethesda’s Pete Hines was “very impressed” by the DualSense....

Google stepped away from games development earlier this year when it shut down its two development studios, but it seems that the internet giant is still keeping its hands in the world of gaming. The company just announced a brand new open-source cloud storage program that’s designed specifically for video games. In collaboration with 2K Games comes Open Saves. This open-source cloud-based system uses Google Cloud to make handling a video game’s data requirements much easier....

Longtime Square Enix producer Yoshinori Kitase claims that each ’episode’ of the upcoming Final Fantasy 7 Remake will be the size of a full-length video game. When Final Fantasy VII Remake was first announced with a shocking E3 2015 teaser trailer, the gaming world was stunned. Final Fantasy fans the world over expressed their enthusiasm for the remake, but then that enthusiasm faded a bit when Final Fantasy VII Remake was revealed to be an “episodic” game....

Tekken 7 modder, Wolfe, has finally released his Final Fantasy 7 Remake Tifa mod for Josie. The mod is currently available to download at www.tekkenmods.com. It will use the Josie model as its base and act as a replacement. The Tifa mod comes with with five fully colourable costumes (Classic, Advent Children, Mature Dress, Sporty Dress, Cowgirl, and one more in the pipeline), A Tifa voice pack (currently unfinished), Tifa HUD replacements, and an announcer pack for her on the character select screen....

Our quick take Fitbit Inspire HR - 4.5 / 5 Design and display Touchscreen OLED display Interchangeable straps Slim and slender design Features Swimproof and swim tracking HR, VO2 Max, Connected GPS Activity and advanced sleep tracking Smartphone notifications Performance and battery life Five-day battery life Special charger Software Fitbit app iOS and Android To recap It might have a slightly cheaper-looking build quality than the Fitbit Charge 3, but the Inspire HR offers stacks of features - from heart-rate tracking, to waterproofing, sleep-tracking and beyond - at a great price point....

The Florida Mutineers battled through possibly the strongest event yet and reign supreme as the Minnesota Home Series champs. With their victory, the Mutineers join the Atlanta FaZe, Chicago Huntsmen and Dallas Empire as the four teams in the Call of Duty League with two Home Series victories on the season. This past weekend’s Minnesota Home Series was one for the ages. Eight of the 12 matches went the all five maps and and the top five teams were all in attendance to make a run to the victory....

Longtime Electronic Arts executive Patrick Söderlund is leaving the company after spending 12 years rising through its ranks. Söderlund, now 44, was the CEO of DICE prior to its acquisition by Electronic Arts in 2006, with the executive donning the role of Executive Vice President of EA Worldwide before being promoted to the role of Chief Design Officer of EA. During his tenure, he helped implement numerous successful technology ventures including the Frostbyte engine and the ‘player-first’ initiative....

Legendary video game scribe Chris Avellone is reportedly working on the long-gestating Prey reboot from Arkane Studios and Bethesda Softworks. Over the weekend, the reboot of Prey was finally given an official reveal, having been stuck in development hell since its predecessor released way back in 2006. The big announcement also brought news that a well-qualified individual has been tapped to assist with the game’s narrative. Chris Avellone will be familiar to many PC gamers for his contributions to some of the most impactful games of the last twenty years, including Fallout 2, Planescape: Torment and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II....

This week’s Fortnite challenges are not too difficult to do. And the best part is that they won’t have you running around the entire map. You can do most of these as you play, no need to land in a specific location or points of interest. Here are the weekly challenges and how you can complete them. Set Structures On Fire (10) You can set structures on fire quite easily since there are multiple ways of doing it....

One of the Fortnite Season 4 Week 3 challenges asks fans to deal 250 damage with exploding Gas Pumps or Gas Cans, and indeed many players are sure to be working hard to blow one another up with the assistance of gasoline at this very moment. That said, there are methods for completing this Fortnite challenge that are far easier than trying to damage opposing players with petrol, and this guide is here to detail two of them....

This week, Fortnite players are tasked with several new and unique challenges for season 8 week 6 such as finding where the knife points on the loading screen, visiting the five highest points of elevation, and finding a wooden rabbit, stone pig, and metal llama. This last challenge doesn’t require much skill to complete, but it does require a little know-how to find each of these structures. Follow this guide to find the stone pig....

Even though Epic Games and Apple are currently waging a legal battle against one another, Fortnite continues to see unprecedented success. The latest surge is largely thanks to its recent collaboration with Marvel, bringing many iconic characters like Wolverine, Thor, and others to the popular Battle Royale. Many of the characters are more than just simple character skins, as some even have superhero based abilities which add to the weapon heavy gameplay....

The newest season of Fortnite has introduced new cars into the game that players will soon be able to drive. However, observant players have noticed that one type of car, police cars, have seemingly disappeared from the game. Fortnite’s map is covered with a wide variety of vehicles, including ice cream trucks, passenger cars, and many more. These vehicles can also be found in Creative mode as a part of sets of pre-fab vehicles players can use to decorate....

Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 6 has arrived, and there is a lot to digest from the launch trailer alone. Downtime is over and Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 6 is now live. That means you can now play through the game’s Zero Crisis Finale whenever you next fire up the game before jumping into a few matches and finding out what’s new. That includes the ability to craft primal weapons, bumping into wildlife that now calls the island home, and opening up Fortnite’s new bunker chests....

GameStop is now requiring anyone entering its stores in the U.S. to wear a mask, yet staff won’t be expected to enforce the rule. According to GameStop CEO George Sherman, the company believes that in light of the coronavirus pandemic, masks will protect the health of shoppers and staff, and help prevent the spread of the disease. “Providing a safe environment in our stores for all customers and store associates continues to be our top priority and wearing a face covering is a simple step every one of us can take to ensure the safety of others in our stores,” Sherman said....

Yes, Raz from Psychonauts was killed off in Alice: Madness Returns. Didn’t even know he was in the game in the first place? Well, he is… at least, sort of? Psychonauts is a 2005 platformer about a little dude by the name of Razputin “Raz” Aquato who runs away from the circus he was raised in. With his innate psychic abilities in hand (of course), he pursues membership with a group of fellow psychically-gifted individuals who are holed up in a remote US government training facility, Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp....

As the virtual skies fade through day and night, so too does Geralt’s beard grow through various phases. The Witcher 3 is a heavily time-driven game. Meditating for an hour restores health and potions, some monsters only appear during specific time frames, and certain quests are time-dependent as well. But CD Projekt Red kicked timing effects up a notch when they programmed Geralt’s beard to grow out as time elapses naturally....

Landing last week on Sky and Cinemax, Gangs Of London has been one of the most thrilling and explosive new shows around (check out our review) with a cliffhanger ending that leaves things open for more action. While Gangs of London series 2 hasn’t been confirmed, there seems to be an appetite for it from show co-creator (along with Matt Flannery) Gareth Evans. Evans told The Metro: ‘There’s room for it....

Gearbox has dropped the first trailer for the upcoming Borderlands 3 game. The hype train has arrived! In an almost tacit admission that yes, Borderlands 3 is on its way, developers Gearbox Software have posted a teaser trailer to whet every aspiring Vault Hunter’s appetite. There’s nothing in the video description or a helpful narrator to tell us exactly who we’re seeing in the brief 1-minute trailer, but we here at TheGamer have eagle eyes and an endless ability to speculate, which will come in handy here....

The Coalition and McFarlane Toys announces a new lineup of Gears of War 4 figurines, marking the first time Gears of War toys won’t be produced by NECA. It may not have been what fans were expecting, but Rod Fergusson had ominously hinted that Gears of War 4 news would be coming this week. Now, the team behind the title, The Coalition, and McFarlane Toys have announced a new lineup of figurines for Gears of War 4 which are slated to launch in late 2016, around when the game itself is expected to release....