Former SCEA CEO Jack Tretton is a big fan of Early Access, going so far as to suggest the program may be the best thing to ever happen to the video game industry.

"I think Early Access is probably the greatest thing that ever happened to gaming," Tretton said on the latest episode of IGN Unfiltered, noting that "gamers care about the technology" and "want to have a voice in the game itself."

The former PlayStation boss continued, highlighting the fact that with Early Access, "the developer gets free feedback, they get revenue to help drive the development of their game to the final product and the gamer gets an opporuntity to say, 'I like this, I don't like this.'"

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The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has begun an investigation into whether marketing for No Man's Sky has misled consumers.

Confirming the news to Eurogamer, the watchdog said it had received "several complaints", centering on the game's Steam listing and its use of screenshots that complainants say misrepresent the final game.

Both screenshots and videos allegedly show creature and ship behaviour, user interfaces, structures, combat and more that does not appear in the game being sold. A Reddit thread has listed the full details of one complaint.

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Aleksandra Zaryanova, better known as Zarya from Overwatch, has made her way into the roster of Heroes of the Storm.

Blizzard's MOBA, which contains a variety of characters from all of its franchises, has a new patch, which brings in Zarya as well as a new map called Warhead Junction.

Zarya's basic abilities include launching a particle grenade, gaining a personal shield, and granting an ally a brief shield, much like in Overwatch.

Her heroic abilities are similar too, with one launching a bomb which draws enemies towards the center for 2.5 seconds. However her other heroic ability is an expulsion zone bomb, which knocks back enemies and slows their movement speed.

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Captain America keeps finding new ways to break our hearts this summer.

Warning: this article contains spoilers for Captain America: Steve Rogers #5 and Civil War II #5!

Steve Rogers is continuing his descent into villainy following the reveal that he's secretly been a Hydra agent his whole life. Since that initial twist, we've seen Steve apparently murder Baron Zemo and the Red Ghost and plot to overthrow his new master, the Red Skull. What is a Star-Spangled Avenger to do for an encore? What about killing the Hulk?

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Jon Favreau’s next live-action Disney film will be a remake of The Lion King.

The news comes via a tweet by Favreau, and was later officially confirmed by Disney.

The Lion King adds to Disney’s portfolio of live-action remakes, which include Maleficent, Cinderella, and the Favreau-directed The Jungle Book – the latter of which earned $965.8 million worldwide since its release. Suffice to say, people want more live-action Disney films. Especially Frozen

Disney also mentioned that a sequel to The Jungle Book is in the works that will once again see Favreau at the helm.

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The PlayStation 4 Slim and PlayStation 4 Pro being round the corner will inevitably pave the way for some amazing deals on the Original PlayStation 4. GAME are the first retailer to have a huge price drop and we will keep you in the loop if more retailers follow suit:

• PlayStation 4 500GB Console with LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens - £299.99 £149.99 at GAME.

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Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer and creative director of The Coalition, Chuck Osieja have teased that a future Gears of War game could be a different genre from the existing ones.

According to Gamespot, the two attended Xbox Fanfest and were asked the question: "If Gears of War could expand into any other gaming genre, what would it be?"

Phil Spencer told Osieja to be careful about his reply (which some suggest could mean we may be seeing something other than a third person shooter in the future). Osieja gave the corporate answer: "At Microsoft, we evaluate all opportunities for our franchises. So, if the right opportunity presents itself, we'll explore that as something we can offer our fans."

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Marvel announced last week it would be adding another variant cover to the debut issue of the new Venom series in November, and it has now been revealed Todd McFarlane is the artist.

However, it isn't a new piece of art. Instead, according to Newsarama, it's a recolored panel from Amazing Spider-Man #299 from back in 1988.

Venom #1 Variant: Todd McFarlane, Richard Isanove

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Benedict Cumberbatch's turn as the Sorcerer Supreme will definitely not be his last, with Doctor Strange now confirmed for an appearance in 2018's The Avengers: Infinity War.

Talking to Empire magazine (via The Express), Cumberbatch explained that the next step for his character will be the “logistical challenge of aligning his schedule with those of Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany”.

Given that those actors play Iron Man, Thor, Scarlet Witch and The Vision respectively, and that Infinity War is the only film they'll be sharing in the not-too-distant future, we have our confirmation.

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Insomniac Games has confirmed that while it would like to bring Sunset Overdrive to PC, the decision to do so lies with Microsoft.

Responding to fan queries yesterday, a studio representative on the official Insomniac Games twitter account said: "we'd love for it to come to PC, though it's up to Xbox on that one".

@Heldengeist @MegapiemanPHD @Xbox @XboxP3 we'd love for it to come to PC, though it's up to Xbox on that one.

— Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) September 26, 2016

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