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Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3 Design Director Teasing Surprise For The Game

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Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3, the new entry of the popular series published by Activision launching later this year on consoles and PC, has been announced not too long ago and, as such, there isn’t a whole lot we know about the new game from Treyarch.

Black Ops 3 Design Director David Vonderhaar has been revealing on Twitter some small details on the game in the past few days but it looks like a rather big announcement is going to come soon, as teased by Mr. Vonderhaar himself with a strange tweet featuring the picture of a monkey wearing some sort of device on its back.

https://twitter.com/DavidVonderhaar/status/603952700263301120

A few hours later, David Vonderhaar has elaborated further on this surprise, stating that he cannot wait to show players what’s up.

https://twitter.com/DavidVonderhaar/status/604061595828764672

Whatever this exciting surprise is, we will definitely hear more about it at the E3, where we will also finally hear more about the gameplay mechanics of the upcoming new first person shooter.

Earlier this month Treyarch Studio head Mark Lamia stated in a new interview with the Official PlayStation Magazine that Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3 will push the series even farther than before. The team has apparently taken some risks with the game, risks that couldn’t have been take without the new three year cycle for the series which began with last year’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, the first entry of the series to be developed by Sledgehammer Games. The extra development time is allowing the team to improve the AI significantly as well as create some large environments and more.

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3 will be released on November 6th on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. More news on the game are going to come in soon so stay tuned for all the latest updates on the new first person shooter from Treyarch.

 

As a long time gamer, Francesco has survived more zombie invasions, meteor strikes, magic spells than he can count. He still keeps fighting today to bring hope into countless gaming worlds. Or destruction, depending on his mood. Writing about video games was only the natural step for such a dangerous life.

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Sony Has a “Monopoly” on the High-End Japanese Gaming Market, According to a US Senator

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The never-ending saga surrounding Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard has a new participant.  Today, Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from the state of Washington, said some things about the subject that were hard to understand.

The senator, whose remarks were reported on by ResetEra, spoke at a Senate finance committee hearing on “the president’s 2023 Trade Policy Plan,” which we are sure was quite interesting.

Senator Cantwell said that she had been told that Sony “controls a monopoly of 98% of the high-end game market” despite the fact that “Japan’s government has allowed Sony to engage in blatant anti-competitive conduct through exclusive deals and payments to game publishers, establishing games that are among the most popular in Japan.”

This 98% statistic is highly deceptive because it ignores PC, Nintendo, and mobile games and instead refers to Sony’s adoption rate over Microsoft in Sony’s native country of Japan, a fact that shouldn’t surprise anyone who is even somewhat familiar with the video game business.

What can we do to rectify these problems and create a level playing field, she said of US Trade Representative Katherine Tai after charging Japan’s Federal Trade Commission with improperly failing to look into this purported “exclusionary conduct”?

It is absurd to claim that Sony has a monopoly on the Japanese video game market, as Luke Plunkett of Kotaku correctly points out, “because Sony doesn’t even have a 98% share of the market for the God of War series, a title they own, as Steam is getting 30% of every sale on PC.”

It goes without saying that we can’t expect elected officials to be experts in every field, but this is a visible step at a time when the ongoing attempt to buy the company is at a very important point.

Is it significant that Microsoft, along with Nintendo, maintains its headquarters in Redmond, Washington—Senator Cantwell’s district—or that Microsoft has given Cantwell more than $500,000 over the past two decades?  Let us leave that up to you.

 

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Eating trash, Pizza Possum destroys the PS5

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Pizza Possum is an arcade action game in which you, a possum, attempt to consume as much trash as you can without being discovered.  It is a web-based sequel to the anarchy simulator Untitled Goose Game.It will eventually be available on the PS5.

We couldn’t help but notice that the possum in the title doesn’t look like the cute Australian possum that comes out at night to visit people.On the other hand, it looks like the horrible North American opossums are the ones that will attack trash cans and cause general chaos.Even though we think the second choice was better in terms of theme, we prefer the first one and are happy to explain why.

Your thoughts on Pizza Possum?  Does it possess the necessary mass appeal to successfully skitter along the back fenceline while setting the dog off in the process?

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The Mercenaries, a free piece of DLC for Resident Evil 4 Remake, launches on April 7

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Resident Evil 4 is now out, and the excellent remake can be bought right away.Even though you probably plan to play it all this weekend, you can take comfort in the fact that The Mercenaries, Resident Evil’s almost-required challenge mode, will be available as free DLC on April 7.

The mode’s exact details are still unknown, but if it’s anything like previous versions, you can expect some pretty hard tasks to test your skills.

You’re stumped about something? If you are still debating whether to purchase Resident Evil 4 Remake, be sure to look at our exhaustive guide for the answer or our in-depth review. Are you spending this weekend playing Resident Evil 4? Are you anticipating The Mercenaries?

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