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'PUBG' will support crossplay on PS4 and Xbox One in October

PUBG Corp has announced console crossplay is coming to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Bringing PS4 and Xbox One players together “will make the matchmaking pool bigger,” said PUBG console producer Koosung Jeong during the Inside Xbox stream at Gamescom. The team plans to update the public test server with cross-platform play in late September. After a week of beta testing, it hopes to…
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'Superhot' and 'Hotline Miami' hit Nintendo Switch today

Time-bending first-person shooter/puzzler Superhot is on its way to Switch. In fact, you’ll be able to play it on the go as of today after it goes on sale in Nintendo’s eShop. News of the port leaked a few days back, but now it’s official. It doesn’t seem there’ll…
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Disney+ will have apps for iOS, Apple TV, Android and Xbox One

The debut of Disney’s highly anticipated streaming service, Disney+, is almost here. But, leading up to the November 12th launch date, the company is starting to share more details about it. Today we’re learning about how you’ll be able to watch content on Disney+, which includes new original series like The Mandalorian, every season of The Simpsons and Disney’s entire movie library. And…
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The Morning After: The beauty of a ray-traced 'Minecraft'

Welcome back! Over the weekend, you might have missed a pretty intense graphical overhaul of Minecraft, Twitter ads as political weapons in Hong Kong and if you’ve been looking for a Sonos speaker, but portable, we’ve got more news for you and your rather specific…
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Minecraft will get ray tracing for Nvidia RTX graphics cards

Minecraft is about to get a major graphics overhaul, thanks to real-time ray tracing support for any player using a Nvidia RTX card. Microsoft and Nvidia made the joint announcement today at industry trade show Gamescom in Cologne, Germany early Monday morning, and ray…
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NVIDIA ray-tracing on 'Minecraft' looks surprisingly cool

Minecraft‘s blocky world might be the last place you’d think would need more realism. However, NVIDIA and Microsoft have announced that they’ve done exactly that, bringing RTX ray-tracing powers to the world-building game. “In normal Minecraft, a block of gold just appears yellow,” said Minecraft’s Saxs Persson, “but with ray tracing turned on, you really get to see the specular…
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'Rainbow Six: Siege' adds a 'Fortnite' style Battle Pass

Ubisoft can’t resist the siren’s call of introducing Fortnite-like Battle Passes in Rainbow Six: Siege. On top of unveiling the details of Year 4’s third season (more on that in a bit), the company has outlined plans for Battle Passes in its tactical shooter. The first…
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'Travis Strikes Again' comes to PC and PS4 on October 17th

You won’t have to own a Switch to play a modern take on the No More Heroes universe. Suda51’s Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes Complete Edition is now slated to launch on PC (via Steam) and PS4 October 17th. The expanded title includes both the core top-down…
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Nintendo says there is no Switch exchange program

You might not want to buy a first-generation Switch with the assumption Nintendo will replace it with a new model. A Nintendo spokesperson has flatly denied that swaps are available, telling The Verge that “we do not have a Nintendo Switch exchange program.” It’s not clear why customer service representatives are saying otherwise. We’ve asked for comment, but it could be a matter of PR…
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