‘Absolute Carnage’ Unleashes Spider-Man’s Deadliest Foe on the Marvel Universe
Marvel Comics started off its C2E2 announcements with a bang, revealing a new crossover event called Absolute Carnage. This story will put Spider-Man's most deadly foe in the spotlight, as Cletus Kasady hunts down every person who's ever been bonded with a symbiote.
Absolute Carnage will be handled by the current Venom creative team - writer Donny Cates, artist Ryan Stegman and colorist Frank Martin. The story will unfold in a four-issue Absolute Carnage miniseries, which begins in August 2019.
Absolute Carnage art by Ryan Stegman. (Image Credit: Marvel Comics)
Judgment Actor Replaced for Western Release, Still Launching June 25
Judgment, the next game from the developers of the Yakuza franchise, will have the character model and Japanese voice of Kyohei Hamura adjusted for the Western release following the arrest of the character's voice actor for alleged drug use, but the release date will not change.
Announced by SEGA, this change does not appear to affect Judgment's Western release date of June 25, 2019 on PlayStation 4. Judgment was released in Japan on December 13, 2018.
SEGA has also announced that all screenshots and trailers featuring Hamura have been temporarily removed from its official channels and it will be updating these and bringing them back in the future.
Cyberpunk 2077 And One Other CD Project Red Game Will Release by 2021
The release window for CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 has narrowed slightly, with the studio confirming the release of two AAA games by 2021.
GamesRadar+ reports that the news comes via a forum post in which the developer states that both Cyberpunk 2077 and a new, unannounced title will debut within the next two years.
Control Gets a Release Date
Alan Wake and Quantum Break developer Remedy Entertainment's next game, Control, now has an official release date.
Control's release date was first seen on Microsoft's Xbox store as it appeared to be published early, and now Remedy has confirmed to Eurogamer that Control will be released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on August 27, 2019.
Control will be the first Remedy multiplatform title since Max Payne 2 and puts players in the shoes of Jesse Faden, who was recently given the title of director of the Federal Bureau of Control.
Cyberpunk 2077 Seemingly Won’t Be an Epic Games Store Exclusive
Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red has suggested that its much-anticipated RPG will not launch as an Epic Games Store exclusive on PC.
Talking on Twitter, CD Projekt Red’s global community lead, Marcin Momot, said that “Our goal is to make Cyberpunk 2077 available to as many gamers as possible on their platform of choice.”
Our goal is to make Cyberpunk 2077 available to as many gamers as possible on their platform of choice. https://t.co/AHSEGPwx3y
— Marcin Momot (@Marcin360) March 21, 2019
Sony Announces State of Play Livestream, Will Announce New Games March 25
Sony has announced State of Play: a series of live broadcasts that will reveal new updates and announcements for PS4 and PS VR games. The first episode will be shown March 25.
The announcement was posted to the PlayStation Blog today, and explains that the debut episode will be broadcast at 2:00pm PT on Monday, March 25. That’s 5:00pm for anyone on Eastern Time, 9:00pm for those in the UK, and 7:00am on Tuesday morning for those on Australia East Coast.
The blog details that the first State of Play episode will show new trailers, footage, and game announcements for both PlayStation 4 and PS VR games. Effectively, it appears to be Sony’s equivalent to Nintendo Direct, and with any luck it will be just as revealing.
Apex Legends Has Removed a Favourite Camping Spot From Bunker
Despite being absent from the patch notes, Respawn has stealthily rolled out map changes in the Bunker location that will stop players from camping.
Spotted by Twitter user PlayApexESP (via GamesRadar+), the Season 1 update appears to have removed the air con units from above the doors, which acted as handy perch for a one or two players to rain down shots from on high, or for Caustic mains to watch their noxious traps take effect on their victims below.
You can check out where the camping spots used to be in acuriousfeline's tweet below:
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Overwatch May Feature a Pick and Ban System in the Future
Blizzard has considered the possibility of a pick and ban system for Overwatch, should the character roster become too unwieldy.
Talking at a Q&A attended by GameSpot, lead hero designer Geoff Goodman said, “We talk a decent amount about
--that, and what's paired a lot with it is hero bans, hero picks, things like that because they're both kind of related to roster size.”
Pick and ban systems are most commonly used by MOBAs such as League of Legends and Dota 2, but are applicable for any game sporting a selection of heroes with special abilities. Such a system allows opposing teams to ban certain characters from being picked at the start of a match, which is handy for denying a hard counter to a character your team plans to play. The system is typically only used for ranked/competitive matches. In the world of shooters, this system has most recently been adopted by Rainbow Six Siege.
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