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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Team Teases New Desert Map

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If you’re getting a bit sick of getting shot in Pochinki, don’t worry. There’ll soon be another new place for you to get shot in. PlayerUnknown himself has revealed a WIP screenshot of a new desert map being developed for the wildly popular PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.

At his keynote speech during the Gamescom 2017 event, Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown’ Greene revealed the aerial shot below, showing a dense urban map. Based in South America, Peru to be exact, this new image shows buildings that are at least eight stories high, dwarfing any of the buildings that are used in the current map of Erangel.

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This level of verticality and tight close-quarters combat will be something of a new experience in a game that often revolves around people hiding behind trees and shooting each other at distance (not that I’m complaining or anything). From what it looks like, this new urban map will feature much more opportunity for frantic indoor battles, multi-tiered building to building combat and no doubt people falling from roofs by accident.

Whether or not each and every building is accessible is (player)unknown, although the fire escapes and roof access doors on some of the buildings suggest the majority are.

Two teams are currently working on the new map, which should have little to no impact on the upcoming updates that have already been teased.

With this desert map being teased and Greene confirming that a map based in the Adriatic is currently in the works, players who are finding Erangel to be getting stale should be pleased that Bluehole Studio and PlayerUnknown are going to be shaking things up soon.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is still hurtling towards its full release, which is slated for sometime ‘late 2017’. Having already passed eight millions players and counting, it’s good to see that the team isn’t sitting around counting their money.

In the meantime, I’ll be mentally preparing for the first time me and another unlucky individual are stuck in the circle on different floors of an eight-tier building.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is set for a full release on PC in late 2017, following a recently announced ‘console launch exclusive’ release on Xbox One and the enhanced Xbox One X.

 

UK based gaming writer, raised on a diet of Street Fighter and Isometric RPG's. I enjoy playing every game I can get my grubby little hands on.

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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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