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Hot Wheels Unleashed is the next game in the decades-long toy and video game franchise, and GameSpot has an exclusive new gameplay video showcasing the fast-paced micro-racer in action. Announced back in February, with an expected release on September 30 this year for current platforms, it will feature many of the familiar aspects of Hot Wheels, such as cool racing vehicles and complex orange tracks with some bizarre loops and turns.

Our recent hands-on with the game gave us a chance to check out three unique tracks: Spider Trial, Speed Vault, and Dragon’s Den. In keeping with Hot Wheels’ style and aesthetic, which features a variety of stylized muscle and sports cars, the races turned into hectic brawls on the track where crashes and conflicts with other racers were common.

What’s interesting about the pedigree behind Hot Wheels Unleashed is that it’s coming from developer Milestone, the same team behind racing sims like the MotoGP and Ride franchises. Just before the reveal, we spoke with lead game designer Federico Cardini from developer Milestone about the making of the game and what it was like jumping from one side of the racing genre to the more over-the-top side of an arcade racer.

“I’ll be honest, from a development side, it really made me ecstatic, I’d say. We are also fans of racing in general, and we really felt like with an arcade racer like this, we could show our love for the genre,” said Cardini while reflecting on Milestone’s jump from sim-racing to an arcade racer. “One of our most famous games is Screamer, from the nineties, and that was an arcade racer, and we have an incredible amount of knowledge and expertise on racing games. This is a great opportunity for us where we can really create something unique for a game like [Hot Wheels Unleashed] that uses our years of experience on racing games.”

In the final release coming this September, the full game will have 40 standard tracks and over 60 vehicles to collect and race in arcade mode and online. Including preorder bonuses vehicles, such as the GT-Scorcher and Track Manga vehicles, you can also expect to see DLC vehicles post-launch as well. The developer made tracks that ship with the game, and you can use the game’s track editor to make your own complex levels to test your skills and share with others online.

The most recent Hot Wheels game that fans got to check out was the tie-in DLC for Forza Horizon 4, which turned out to be a favorite activity in the online racing community. Hot Wheels Unleashed looks to be the kind of game that Hot Wheels fans have come to expect, which leans heavily into the over-the-top racing and fun tracks to race on.

Infinity Ward added a trio of new maps to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare last week, but the studio has now quietly removed two of them without explanation.

Last week we reported that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which Activision had seemingly ended support for, received the classic Call of Duty 4 map Killhouse, as well as two new maps called Al-Raab Airbase and Drainage.

In addition to Killhouse, the Drainage (Gunfight) and Al-Raab Airbase maps are also available in #ModernWarfare Private Matches.

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— Call of Duty Tracker (@CODTracker) March 31, 2021

But, as spotted by Eurogamer, both of the new maps have now been removed, while Killhouse remains, accompanied by the Killhouse 24/7 playlist inside the game. Drainage and Al-Raab Airbase were previously playable in private matches, but if you log into the game now, you won’t be able to choose them during custom game setup.

It’s not clear why the maps were even added, never mind removed, and Activision nor Infinity Ward haven’t commented on the situation, which makes it all the more confusing. Hopefully, we’ll get an official explanation soon. We’ve contacted them for comment.

Infinity Ward appears to have removed Al-Raab Airbase and Drainage MP maps from Modern Warfare quietly. The two maps were added to play in Private Matches last week. Both are no longer on the list for players.

Killhouse is still available.

— Call of Duty News (@charlieINTEL) April 7, 2021

In other Call of Duty news, check out our article covering how the Season 2 update finally reduced the game’s massive file size. The actor behind Modern Warfare’s Mara character also recently got two Warzone cheats banned after calling them out during a Twitch stream.

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Capcom has announced a Resident Evil Village showcase for April 15, and files for a new ‘gameplay demo’ appear to have been uploaded to the PlayStation Network.

Announced on Twitter, Capcom says the showcase will include a new trailer and gameplay, “along with a few other surprises” on April 15 at 3pm Pacific / 6pm Eastern / 11pm UK (that’s April 16 at 8am AEST).

Brace yourselves for the next Resident Evil Showcase which goes live on April 15th at 3 PM PDT / 11 PM BST! Once again hosted by Brittney Brombacher (@BlondeNerd), watch the teaser below for more info, and join the Resident Evil Re:Verse Open Beta Test while you wait! pic.twitter.com/ZFNhSfztRM

— Resident Evil (@RE_Games) April 8, 2021

Those surprises could include the promised second demo for Resident Evil Village (which will be multi-platform). MP1st reports that files for a new demo have been uploaded to PlayStation Network’s backend, calling it a “Gameplay Demo” (presumably to differentiate from the previous Maiden demo, which was more of an interactive experience, with no combat included).

MP1st reports that the files are around 10GB in size, and includes Vita Remote Play controls, which suggests it can be played on PS4, PS5, or Vita. The Maiden demo was released alongside the last showcase, so it feels likely that Capcom will repeat that trick.

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We’re running an IGN First for Resident Evil Village throughout April, giving you exclusive looks at the game you won’t see anywhere else. We’ve already shown gameplay on PS4 Pro, and run you through the evolution of Lady Dimitrescu, and we have much more coming.

An open beta for the game’s multiplayer mode, RE:Verse is playable right now, and it feels likely we’ll see more of it in the showcase. It’s possible we may also learn more about live-action movie Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, which will remake the first two games as a single film.

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The game director of the PS5 exclusive Abandoned has responded to rumours about the game being a secret Hideo Kojima project – and teased that it will receive a demo and a potential closed alpha test.

Revealed earlier this week, Abandoned is a cinematic, first-person horror survival shooter with realistic visuals, pegged to launch in Q4 2021. Developer Blue Box Game Studios has a quiet social media presence, a fairly unknown history, and released a P.T.-esque trailer – all of which led some fans led to believe that it was actually a front for a new Kojima Productions project. The studio quickly issued an official response to the rumours on the company website: “We have no association with Hideo Kojima nor do we claim to have any association nor was it our intention to claim such a statement. We are a small group of developers working on a passionate title we wanted to work on for a long time.”

In an interview with IGN, Blue Box Game Studios director Hasan Kahraman spoke in more detail about the rumours: “It wasn’t fun but it did make me laugh,” they explained. “At first I was receiving messages from people telling me that they’ve been watching me and that I (As Kojima) used some marketing tricks to promote his next game. I didn’t know what they meant until I Googled it.”

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You may remember all the way back in 2012 when a game called ‘The Phantom Pain’ was revealed during the 2012 Video Game Awards. Supposedly developed by ‘Moby Dick Studios’, its CEO Joakim Mogren (Joakim being an anagram of Kojima) appeared covered in bandages in an interview with Geoff Keighley to promote the game before it was later revealed that the project was actually Metal Gear Solid V. Many took the unknown nature of Blue Box to mean something similar was happening now.

Kahraman assures us that it isn’t, and that this isn’t the way they’d hoped to announce a new game: “It did bother me a bit as we as a team are so excited to tease a bit of our game and then this conspiracy comes.” Kahraman continued. “All I wanted to do is to tease our game. Regarding our social media presence, we’re a small team and not a big AAA studio, it’s already hard work to work on a highly polished game for PS5 so we really can’t spare the time to work on our social media presence full-time (while it is important).”

Moving past the misunderstanding, Kahraman also shared some more details about the game with IGN. Blue Box has been working on Abandoned since 2017, and the studio’s initial goal was to create a tactical shooter game with cinematic storytelling and realistic gameplay. “We wanted to make something different than traditional shooter games,” Kahraman said. “We wanted to make a game that feels real. Like when reloading, you get to see the whole animation, while in combat. Or when you get hit, you really need to stop the bleeding in order to continue fighting.”

Kahraman talks about several gameplay situations that will affect a character’s stability in realistic fashion: “When you get hit in the legs, for example, you would fall down, unequipping your firearm by dropping it on the ground. You would eventually have to choose to take your firearm and fight or to stop the bleeding and cleanse the wound to prevent getting a disease,” Kahraman adds. “This is not going to be a comforting battle. I promise.”

Kahraman says that the game’s realistic environmental graphics were achieved through photogrammetry and retopology of the models (a process that takes high quality visuals and shrinks them for more efficient use), and has been bolstered by the horsepower of the PS5. “The PS5 console is powerful enough to run these images at a 4k resolution,” Kahraman notes. “However optimization is needed to run the game at 60 FPS. At the end of the teaser, you’ll see some heavy cam shakes and frame drops. The animation isn’t final while the cam shake is removed and the framerate will go up to 60FPS, unlike the teaser video.”

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According to Kahraman, the game also “depends” on the DualSense wireless controller and makes good use of the immersive benefits of the PS5. “The feel and sound of the controller would change depending on if your firearm is loaded or unloaded. 3D audio is used for tactical purposes like to determine the distance between you and the enemy.” they add.

Much like Kojima’s own P.T. (which was intended as a teaser for the cancelled Silent Hills), or Resident Evil’s recent demos, a “small teaser” for Abandoned will be available to download on the PS5 ahead of launch, but Kahraman says the studio “can’t share more details about it just yet. We are also thinking of doing some closed alpha testing on PS5 sometime after, but that isn’t 100% sure.”

Aside from Abandoned PS5’s 2021 exclusives include Returnal (April), Ratchet and Clank: A Rift Apart (June), and Horizon Forbidden West (TBA 2021). We’ve also got a rundown of all of Sony’s first party studios and what they’re working on.

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Here’s some good news for Indiana Jones fans: a new 4K UHD box set is heading our way. The set gathers together all four films on 4K Blu-ray and digital, plus a pile of extra bonus content as well. It’s out June 8, but it’s available to preorder now at Amazon for $79.99 (was $90.99), or Amazon UK for £79.99.

It’s doubtlessly no coincidence, but this June also marks the 40th anniversary of Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first movie in the Indiana Jones saga.

Preorder Indiana Jones 4K Box Set

• Get it at Amazon – $79.99
• Get it at Best Buy – $99.99 (includes steelbook case)
• Get it at Amazon UK – £79.99

Each movie in the upcoming collection has been “meticulously remastered from 4K scans of the original negatives with extensive visual effects work done to ensure the most pristine and highest quality image,” according to the press release. The audio for each movie was also remixed at Skywalker Sound to create Dolby Atmos soundtracks.

The set comes with a collectible booklet that goes into the making each of the movies. It also contains trailers and a digital download code for each film. Finally, it comes with a disc of bonus features that includes seven hours of (previously released) content. Here’s what’s on it:

Indiana Jones 4K Box Set Bonus Features

On Set with Raiders of the Lost Ark

• From Jungle to Desert
• From Adventure to Legend

Making the Films

• The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981 documentary)
• The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark
• The Making of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
• The Making of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• The Making of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (HD)

Behind the Scenes

• The Stunts of Indiana Jones
• The Sound of Indiana Jones
• The Music of Indiana Jones
• The Light and Magic of Indiana Jones
• Raiders: The Melting Face!
• Indiana Jones and the Creepy Crawlies (with optional pop-ups)
• Travel with Indiana Jones: Locations (with optional pop-ups)
• Indy’s Women: The American Film Institute Tribute
• Indy’s Friends and Enemies
• Iconic Props (Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) (HD)
• The Effects of Indy (Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) (HD)
• Adventures in Post Production (Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) (HD)

More New and Upcoming 4K UHD and Blu-rays

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The reason we picked April 8th as the day to have the powdered/coifed Rex Manning visit Empire is because Kurt was found on the 8th of April, the day the music of the 90s lost its mascot.#RexManningDay

— Ethan Embry (@EmbryEthan) April 8, 2018

This week’s GTA Online update has plenty of worthwhile rewards for players of the GTA V multiplayer game. An iconic piece of rallying history, a daredevil’s signature suit, and big rewards were all detailed in the latest blog post from Rockstar Games, which you can read highlights of below.

Free Vehicle Giveaway

Head down to Southern San Andreas Super Autos any time this week from April 8-15, and you can pick up a Lampadati Tropos Rallye for free. As its name suggests, it’s a rally car first and a road vehicle second but it’ll still be an impressive addition to your garage with its rallycross pedigree.

Triple rewards on Hunting Pack, Freemode Challenges, and more

Players engaging in the Hunting Pack mode, which involves taking down a booby-trapped vehicle or keeping precious cargo out of harm’s way, can earn triple the usual cash and Reputation Points rewards this week. Freemode Challenges will also offer increased rewards across all sorts of various trials, such as the Longest Wheelie challenge, Vehicles Stolen challenge, and more until April 14.

Double rewards on Transform Races

Using cars, planes, trucks, jets, and jetpacks to score a first-place win in Transform races will pay out handsomely, with participants able to bag double the cash and Reputation Points this week.

Free Jock Cranley suits

Stuntman-turned-politician-turned-commentator Jock Cranley has a unique wardrobe, and if you’re looking to emulate his death-defying style then you can pick up official gold, silver, pink, and black jumpsuits for free.

On the Podium This Week: Blista Kanjo

Over at the Diamond Casino & Resort, a spin of the lucky wheel could see you drive off with a hot hatchback in the form of a Blista Kanjo. Other prizes include cash, RP, clothing, and more in case you aren’t fortunate enough to walk away with the Japanese classic.

Discounts

This week you can take 40% off the price of all high-end apartment properties, 50% off all Mark II weapon upgrades, and several discounts off of a variety of vehicles.

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• High-End Apartment properties – 40%
• Mark II weapon upgrades – 50%
• Grotti Cheetah Classic vehicle – 30%
• Vapid Winky vehicle – 30%
• HVY Insurgent vehicle – 40%
• HVY Insurgent pick-up vehicle – 40%
• Lampadati Casco vehicle – 40%
• Obey Omnis vehicle – 40%

Prime Gaming bonuses and benefits

Prime Gaming members will receive THE Kosatka submarine’s Sonar Station for free, $200,000 in GTA cash, 80% off the Annis Savestra, 35% off the Vapid Slamtruck and 40% off the Maibatsu Manchez Scout motorbike.

A major update for Borderlands 3 and its Director’s Cut add-on goes live today at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET, and it introduces many new changes to the game. The main pieces of new content to the Director’s Cut include the new raid boss Hemovorous and a series of murder mysteries investigated by Ava.

In addition to these fresh adventures, Director’s Cut owners can now take advantage of a new progression system known as Vault Cards. Vault Cards allow players to unlock themed cosmetics and scaled gear based on completing daily and weekly challenges. The update also adds gear to the Designer’s Cut, as well as cosmetic packs for those who own Season Pass 2. The Director’s Cut and Designer’s Cut are included in Season Pass 2, which is a $30 paid DLC.

In terms of base game content, the update introduces Maurice’s Black Market Vending Machine, a hidden vendor who sells legendary loot, and whose location changes every week. Additionally, players can look out for Crazy Earl’s Reroll Machine, which allows you to reroll an existing anointment on any piece of gear. This patch makes many wide-ranging changes to the game, so check out the full patch notes below for all the details.

Where To Buy Borderlands 3 Season Pass 2

In other Borderlands news, we recently learned that Dutch actor Olivier Richters will play the leader of the “psycho bandits” in the film based on the hit series. Franchise developer Gearbox was recently sold to the Embracer Group, which the company says will allow it to develop new intellectual properties.

Borderlands April 8 Update Patch Notes

New Content included in Director’s Cut:

Added support for the new Raid Boss: Hemovorous the Invincible

• Hemovorous has made her lair behind a previously sealed door on Pandora, and Director’s Cut is your chance to go toe-to-pincer with this monstrous enemy!
• To take on Hemovorous, players will need to complete the main story campaign and own the Director’s Cut content. You will receive the raid mission from inside Claptrap’s closet on Sanctuary III. It will cost 500 Eridium for your group to open the door, giving you the opportunity for new loot if you succeed.

Added support for Ava’s Murder Mysteries

• Ava is convinced she has a lead on some potentially supernatural slayings and has decided to document her findings in serialized podcast form. Consider yourself her gun-toting co-host as you investigate strange happenings on Pandora, Promethea, Eden-6, and Nekrotafeyo in search of answers (and loot) with the help of some familiar faces.

Added Behind-the-Scenes Content

• A new menu option is available to Director’s Cut owners! Explore a gallery full of concept art, storyboards, lost maps, and footage from throughout the game’s development—including a very special animatic for Maya that wasn’t able to make it to Borderlands 3.

Added support for Vault Cards and their rewards, and implements the first Vault Card of three

• Vault Cards are a new challenge-based progression system in Borderlands 3 that will unlock a bevy of themed cosmetics plus some supremely powerful gear that scales to your level.
• The Vault Cards will have three Daily Challenges and one multi-tiered Weekly Challenge each.
• The Daily Challenges will reset at 9:00 AM PT every day and the Weekly Challenges will reset at 9:00 AM PT every Thursday

New Content for Designer’s Cut & Season Pass 2:

• Added four new pieces of gear to Arms Race for players with the Designer’s Cut
• Added the Disciples of the Vault cosmetic packs for players with Season Pass 2

Each character-specific Disciples of the Vault pack includes a one-of-a-kind Vault Hunter Body and matching Head, which you can mix and match with any other customization options you have in your collection.

New Base Game Content

Added support for the Maurice’s Black Market Vending Machine

• Maurice’s Black Market Vending Machine is offering different top-tier Legendary loot that will be hiding in a new location each week (excluding DLC maps)
• This vending machine will relocate at 9:00 AM PT every Thursday

Added support for Crazy Earl’s Reroll Machine

• For 250 Eridium, you will be able to reroll an existing Anointment on any piece of gear—but beware: you can’t take it back once you’ve rerolled your Anointment!
• This machine will be permanently located near Crazy Earl on Sanctuary III

Opened the Diamond Armory on Sanctuary III

• Located under the Bridge on Sanctuary III, the Diamond Armory opens a whole room of loot
• The room is activated with the use of a Diamond Key, which are rare rewards that can be obtained through Vault Cards!

Gameplay

• Updated the R.Y.N.A.H. to be able to roll with Anointments
• Updated Broken Hearts Day weapons to be able to roll with Anointments
• Updated Heavy damage Artifacts to properly increase Heavy weapon damage
• Updated Action Skill Active Anointments so that switching to an ASA-Anointed weapon while the Action Skill is active benefits from the Anointment
• Addressed a reported concern that all players would not hear the Eridian log in the medical bay after “The First Vault” mission
• Updated DLC2, DLC3, and DLC4 to properly scale with the player’s level in True Vault Hunter Mode
• Updated the Eridium Jars in Moxxi’s Heist of The Handsome Jackpot to appear correctly for all players
• Renamed the Operative’s “Critical Mass” Class Mod to its proper name: Spy

“Critical Mass” is a new class mod in Director’s Cut; the name was switched along the way somewhere and this change corrects that!

• Updated the HOT Spring Legendary grenade from the Designer’s Cut to show correct textures
• Addressed a reported issue that was causing downed players to stay in FFYL after being revived in Arms Race
• Addressed a reported issue that was causing skill points gained during Arms Race to not be granted properly
• Added an indicator that a player is spectating in Arms Race after dying
• Addressed noticeable hitching throughout the game when players were engaged in heavy battle
• Updated timed events to grant current event rewards if the player played the previous year
• Updated Captain Haunt to prevent him from staying invincible if his phylacteries (what a word) were destroyed too quickly. Players will not see this change until the Bloody Harvest returns!
• Added hotfixes to the game permanently

Vault Hunter Changes

• Updated Moze the Gunner’s Harmonious Havoc ability to award the proper amount of damage after entering FFYL
• Updated Amara the Siren’s Phasegrasp skill to correctly activate when doing damage in situations where it cannot grab enemies (like bosses)
• Updated the Siren’s Phaseflare Orb to activate properly when aiming at the ground, using an Action Skill, and switching weapons at the same time
• Modified the Siren’s Remnant skill projectile to have its own damage source
• Updated the Remnant skill to only allow gun and Action Skill damage to pass through in a Remnant Orb, to match the item card
• Updated FL4K the Beastmaster’s Cmdl3t class mod to trigger on bullet, melee, and skill damage
• Updated the Beastmaster’s ION Loader pet to follow moving enemies when using the Eye Laser Attack
• Updated the Beastmaster’s “Bad Astra” skin in the Quick Change to use the correct icon

Platform Specific Changes:

PC

• Updated the friends list on Epic versions of Borderlands 3 to not display friends that do not exist

Consoles

• Updated the edge detection for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X
• Addressed a reported issue in split-screen that was causing some art and text to crossover into the bottom screen
• Updated icons to display properly in the ECHOmap in split-screen
• Updated the Operative’s “Double Barrel” skill to show the full effect in split-screen

PlayStation

• Addressed a reported issue that was causing the “Tales from the Eridian Slab” and “Master of All You Survey” trophies to sometimes not unlock on PlayStation 5. Players that have completed these requirements should have the trophy awarded next time they play Borderlands 3 after updating
• Addressed a reported issue that was causing Guardian Rank to reset when transferring save data between PS4 and PS5
• Added a screen to obscure SHiFT menus on PlayStation 5 when streaming
• Addressed a reported issue that was causing some players to be unable to search for other players after starting matchmaking
• Addressed various system errors that would sometimes display when PlayStation 4 players had Slow HDD on
• Addressed a reported issue that was sometimes causing player character, level, and map location to not be shown in multiplayer

Xbox

• Addressed a reported issue that was causing some Xbox users to be unable to join their friend’s game from an invite while the game was not open
• Addressed a reported issue that was allowing some Xbox players to continue playing online without an active Xbox Gold subscription
• Improved server consolidation on Xbox

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