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Microsoft tests content filters for Xbox messages

October 14, 2019
The gaming community can be ruthless and often outright abusive. In an attempt to make Xbox more welcoming and inclusive, Microsoft is introducing new content filters. Beginning today, Xbox Insiders can select one of four filters that will automatically block abusive and offensive messages. The filters include four levels: friendly, medium, mature and unfiltered. The friendly filter will be…
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Fortnite Chapter 2 hype builds as Epic shuts it down

October 14, 2019
Developer Epic Games is using a classic strategy to build up excitement for Fortnite Chapter 2. The studio is hoping that the absence of its free-to-play battle royale shooter will make players’ hearts grow fonder. And it seems like it’s working. Fans are engaging with the mystery of why they cannot play Fortnite. It is The End for Fortnite. Or, at least, that’s what Epic is calling its…
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Original 'Fortnite' map vanishes in a cataclysmic event

October 13, 2019
The leaks were on the mark — Fortnite‘s original map is no more, at least as far as anyone can tell. The battle royale title’s hyped-up The End event saw a missile launch into the sky and trigger a massive amount of rifts, culminating in a meteor strike…
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The next 'Fortnite' season might finally include a new map

October 11, 2019
Apex Legends, PUBG and other battle royale brawlers have added maps over time, but not Fortnite — you’ve had to be content with revisions (if sometimes dramatic ones) to the existing layout. You might finally get something new in the near future, however. Users browsing Apple’s Italian App Store noticed that Fortnite‘s entry included a picture for a “Chapter…
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Fortnite Chapter 2 apparently leaks via Apple’s app store

October 11, 2019
Epic Games is evidently lining up a change for its biggest game, as images of Fortnite Chapter 2 leaked on Apple’s App Store in the Italian language. The image above suggests some big changes, as a team of three players looks out across a river with boats floating in…
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Bandai Namco discounts its Switch library until October 21st

October 11, 2019
The holidays are nearly upon us. For some, that means a whole lot of traveling. Switch owners can stock up on cheap digital downloads during Bandai Namco’s publisher sale to stay occupied during flights, long drives and restless nights in lumpy childhood beds. The…
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Nintendo’s reimagined ‘Brain Training’ for Switch is coming to Europe

October 11, 2019
Nintendo revealed that Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training will come to the Switch on January 3rd, 2020 in Europe. The mental workout game will feature classic exercises from previous Brain Training (called Brain Age in North America) games, as well as new mini-games and puzzles. The news follows the Japanese reveal of the game, which has a hilariously long name: Nintendo Switch Training…
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