Two Bonus Lucifer Episodes Will Air Later This Month

FOX will be airing two last bonus Lucifer episodes later this month.

Deadline reports the episodes, “Boo Normal” and ”Once Upon A Time," were filmed earlier this spring and will air back-to-back on May 28. However, they won't advance the story past the recent Season 3 finale.

Lucifer investigates a murder of a child psychiatrist in one of the episodes with Ella (Aimee Garcia) thinking about a childhood secret. The other episode centers on Lucifer's mom creating an alternate dimension where he never met Chloe (Lauren German).

They will air two weeks after the series finale, with the show recently being canceled by FOX. Find out why Lucifer was canned following its big cliffhanger.

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SEGA Announces Yakuza 3, 4 and 5 Remasters for Japan

SEGA has announced it will remaster Yakuza 3, 4 and 5 for release in Japan.

Gematsu spotted the news in Japanese magazines Dengeki PlayStation and Weekly Famitsu, which features an online preview of Yakuza 3. The remasters won't include any additional content but will run at 60 frames per second in 1080p.

The Yakuza 3 remaster is reportedly 90 percent finished with a release set for August 9 in Japan.

There hasn't been any announcement yet about the new Yakuza remasters heading to the west.

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This PS4 Controller Offers Xbox Elite-Like Features

Scuf Gaming believes it has an answer for PlayStation 4 players who want an Xbox Elite-like controller for their console.

The SCUF Vantage controller is officially licensed, customizable and all about performance. The pad offers button remapping, side-mounted buttons, a removable faceplate and four optional paddles.

You can also set the thumb sticks to three different heights and adjust the trigger buttons with stops. You have a choice of D-pads with the SCUF Vantage as well.

The PS4 pad will launch this summer, with the wired model costing $170 and the wireless plus wired model priced at $200.

Evan Campbell is a freelance writer who scripts the Daily Fix and chats about games and movies on Twitter.

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Just Cause Dev Avalanche Studios Opens Third Studio in Sweden

Avalanche Studios, the developer behind the Just Cause series and Mad Max, has opened a third office in Malmö, Sweden.

The studio was founded in Stockholm in 2003, and opened a second New York office in 2011. The third studio is reported to be working on current and future IP, particularly "relatively small and flexible projects which rest on a solid foundation of AAA production values and award-winning proprietary technology," reads a statement.

Sara Ponnert, formerly of Pan Vision and Sony Ericsson Mobile, will manage the Malmö studio.

"Getting back into the games industry feels like coming home. I’m honoured to have been chosen for the role, and look forward to building Avalanche Studios’ presence in Malmö," she said.

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Days Gone Feels Like ‘The Last of Us Jr.’, for Better and for Worse

I was dropped an hour into Days Gone’s post-apocalyptic survival world. I started in a camp/safezone with my motorcycle and a very limited quantity of ammo for my pistol and assault rifle (and sadly, no bolts for my crossbow). The freakers (don’t call ‘em zombies!) were a danger anywhere outside of the camp’s walls, and here I was, with a few tasks on my ledger, free to do whatever I pleased.

A tap on the bottom quadrant of the DualShock 4’s touchpad brings up hero Deacon St. John’s skill menu. You can upgrade yourself just like you can anything else in one of three categories: melee, ranged, and survival. Sadly my 20-minute hands-on didn’t allow me much time to plumb the depths of any of them, but I’m looking forward to sinking my teeth into each tree in the final version (which isn’t out until 2019, by the way).

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Why Marvel’s New and Classic Avengers Shouldn’t Be Mutually Exclusive

An all-new Avengers series has kicked off over at Marvel Comics with a brand new team roster -- "new" in this case being extremely relative. Avengers by writer Jason Aaron and artist Ed McGuinness has set out to return the team to their classic roots, anchored by the familiar likes of Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor for the first time since 2014. No one is particularly surprised by this turn of events given that the pattern of benching and returning major heroes in comics is so regular you could set your watch by it. The fact that they're back isn't what makes this time special, nor is it really the problem -- it's who they're ousting in the process, and the way it looks from the outside.

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We Happy Few Denied Classification by Australian Ratings Board

We Happy Few has been denied classification in Australia, although the reason behind the decision hasn't been specified.

The game was refused classification this week based on Australia's "National Classification Code", which states video games that "depict, express or otherwise deal with matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena in such a way that they offend against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults to the extent that they should not be classified."

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PS4 is Entering Final Phase of its Life Cycle

The PlayStation 4 is entering the final phase of its life cycle, according to Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO John Kodera.

Kodera told analysts and investors the console is entering the final phase of its life cycle, which was reported by The Wall Street Journal's Takashi Mochizuki on Twitter. The news was in the context of console revenue, which Kodera said would be negatively affected by a decrease in unit sales, but that recurring revenue from membership services such as PS+ would help cushion the impact.

He went on to suggest that March 2021 would be the time when the company would be looking beyond the PS4 console and into the future.

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