Category: Games

The Steam Summer Sale has come and gone, but Steam players can still take advantage of some excellent deals for the platform, especially fans of Capcom franchises like Monster Hunter and Resident Evil. PC games store Fanatical has kicked off a big sale on Capcom games for Steam, and it includes a discount on the newly released Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, a preorder discount on The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, and a slew of other markdowns on other recent and older Capcom titles.

Though Steam is matching Fanatical’s deal on the Deluxe edition of Monster Hunter Stories 2 (on sale for just under $60), the standard edition deal is currently only available at Fanatical. The base game is on sale for $50.39, $10 off the list price. Just released July 9, the turn-based RPG spin-off received a 7/10 in GameSpot’s Monster Hunter Stories 2 review, which you can check out for more info.

Capcom’s murder-mystery series is expanding on July 27 with The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, which you can preorder on sale for $34 via Fanatical (it’s full price on Steam). A prequel spin-off series that combines The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures and The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve, The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles will mark the first release of these games outside of Japan.

The usual slew of Capcom deals are featured here as well, including markdowns across the board on Resident Evil games. The newest entry, Village, is $10 off, while Resident Evil 3 is $18; Resident Evil 2’s Deluxe edition is on sale for the same price. Other deals of note include Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen for $8.39, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 for $7, and Devil May Cry HD Collection for $18. All of these are PC keys that must be redeemed on Steam.

For deals for PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch, be sure to check out a big clearance sale Best Buy’s running this week, which is bringing huge discounts on a selection of titles. Capcom fans can snag Devil May Cry 5 for Xbox One for just $15; you can also pick up Control for under $10, Ghost Recon Breakpoint for $6.49, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD for $11, and more.

The Epic v. Apple lawsuit has concluded in the United States, pending a judgment that could still be several weeks or even a few months away. But like that U2 album that Apple gave away for free, the suit will never actually go away and tends to pop up when you least expect it. The case is now set to be heard separately in Australia.

The Gamer reports that after Epic began the legal challenge in Australia, Apple argued that the case should be limited to the United States and can be settled entirely there. But Epic won out, which means that the lawyers will present their cases in the Australian court system as well.

Australian law reportedly differs slightly than US law on this front, as the question will be whether Apple is violating Australia’s Competition and Consumer Act. The court will determine whether Apple’s business practices “substantially lessen competition in the market.” Historically, Apple has argued that it does not violate antitrust law because it only controls the iOS market, not the also-sizable Android market.

“The ACCC welcomes the Full Court’s decision on this appeal, which means that Epic Games’ case against Apple alleging contraventions of Australia competition law will now be heard in Australia, not in the US,” The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said in a statement. “We will continue to take a strong interest in this case, which raises important issues for competition in the digital marketplace.

Similarly, in 2018 the ACCC ruled that Valve would be subject to a fine in the country, stating, “This important precedent confirms the ACCC’s view that overseas-based companies selling to Australian consumers must abide by our laws.”

An Apple spokesperson suggested the company may appeal the decision, saying that Australia’s Federal Court already ruled in April that Epic will resolve its disputes in California. “We respectfully disagree with the ruling made today.”

If that appeal fails and lawyers on both sides are forced to re-litigate their cases in front of an Australian court, it’s possible we may see some witnesses called to testify once again. Though Apple’s Tim Cook and Epic’s Tim Sweeney were the highest-profile witnesses to take the stand during the court case this spring, several other witnesses gave insightful testimony that shed more light on Apple and Epic’s business practices. And both companies were frustrated by leaked documents that revealed plans and information they didn’t intend to become public.

Gran Turismo 7 will seemingly be getting a public PS5 beta, after an official PlayStation website appeared to leak a registration page.

As reported by GTPlanet, the Sony’s Experience PlayStation website currently allows you to sign up for a beta, but only provides you with a placeholder download code. To try it for yourself, head to the Experience PlayStation link above, click ‘Begin Quest’, then head through ‘Related Campaigns’ -> ‘Italia Quest’ -> ‘Gran Turismo Quest’.

You’ll then need to watch 10 seconds of a Gran Turismo 7 trailer, after which you’ll be offered a beta code… which sadly doesn’t work, because it simply reads 1234-5678-9012.

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While the beta codes, and the beta itself, don’t appear to be live as of yet, it seems likely that Sony is gearing up for a beta test (which it has previously run before the release of Gran Turismo Sport). The beta codes are listed as being for PS5 only.

Many will be hoping that a beta comes sooner rather than later, not least because Gran Turismo 7 was delayed into 2022 due to “COVID-related production challenges.” It’s one of a swathe of games delayed in 2021, including several of the PlayStation exclusives announced last year.

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Warning: Spoilers follow for Black Widow.

Black Widow star David Harbour has opened up about where he would like to see Red Guardian’s story to go, should he make a return to the MCU in the future.

During an interview with Insider, Harbour confirmed that he is “down for more” stories that would involve him suiting up to reprise the role of Red Guardian, having recently made his MCU debut in Marvel’s Black Widow. He shared two ideas that would further build out the character — one being a semi-origin story and the other being set after Natasha’s death.

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“I have two ideas,” Harbour revealed before delivering his mini-pitch. “One is seeing Red Guardian back in his prime. That’s interesting to me.” A prequel/origin story would be particularly interesting, given that we never truly see Red Guardian in his heyday. It might even go some way to solving the somewhat unanswered question of whether he actually fought Captain America.

Harbour’s second idea is a little more conventional: “The other is going off this story, having this experience with Natasha and having this beautiful end when he takes her hand and says, ‘I can’t even speak to you because I would mess it up.’ When he finds out that she was on that cliff with Hawkeye and maybe the version of the story he hears is that Hawkeye pushed her off or something, it’s a moment when Red Guardian turns back to the guy he was. He now wants vengeance for her. That I feel would play well.”

Black Widow’s post-credits scene sets up a story of vengeance through a clip that shows Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine approaching Yelena with a new assignment to hunt down and kill Hawkeye, having framed him for Natasha’s death. Thanks to Contessa, Yelena sets Hawkeye as her next target without realizing that Natasha willingly sacrificed herself.

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The post-credits scene directly sets the stage for the upcoming Hawkeye series on Disney+. Florence Pugh was previously confirmed to be reprising her role as Yelena Belova, and now we have a better idea of how the character fits into the series. Harbour’s Red Guardian is not currently listed to appear, though it sounds like they would have made quite the team.

Hawkeye doesn’t yet have a premiere date, but it is expected to be released on Disney+ in late 2021. The forthcoming series will star Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton and Hailee Steinfield as Kate Bishop, together with Vera Farmiga, Fra Fee, Tony Dalton, Zahn McClarnon, Brian d’Arcy James, and newcomer Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez.

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What appear to be the first real images of NBA superstar LeBron James’ Fortnite skins coming in a future update have been revealed online ahead of an official announcement.

There appear to be multiple versions of James coming to Fortnite, including the athlete wearing his No. 23 Los Angeles Lakers jersey, as well as one in his Tune Squad jersey from the upcoming Space Jam: A New Legacy film. We’re also getting LeBron James in a taco t-shirt and LeBron James in a black suit with tigers on his shoulders and a crown on his head.

The images come from a Fortnite leaks and information account, which says the skins will release on July 14. A blog post is expected to go live any time now with more details. The timing is likely no coincidence, as A New Legacy comes to theaters and HBO Max on July 16.

The LeBron James Fortnite skins were previously leaked as a potential future collaboration during the Epic versus Apple court battle. Some of the other leaked skins at that time, like Batman Looper, have been released since then, while others, like Naruto, haven’t appeared in the game yet and may never.

For more, check out GameSpot’s rundown of the Fortnite week 6 Alien Artifact locations. You can also read up on the Fortnite season 7 week 6 challenges to get up to speed on how to complete the new quests.