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Outriders, the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X game from the developers of Gears of War: Judgment and Bulletstorm, is getting a monthly video series. Titled “Outriders Broadcast,” the monthly program will deliver news and information about the game, which is due for release later this year.

Episode 1, titled “Built for the Core,” will release on Thursday, May 28 at 9 AM PT. It will focus on Outriders’ gameplay features, environments, character classes, and special abilities, featuring insights and commentary from the developers at People Can Fly. You can watch a teaser for the episode below.

In a statement, People Can Fly creative director Bartek Kmita said the studio came up with the idea for a video series to respond to the current climate.

“Obviously, things are a little bit strange in the world right now, and we’re all adapting the best we can,” Kmita said. “We’ve prioritized our people’s safety and all 250+ of us on the team are working from home and staying healthy.”

Kmita stressed that the Outriders development team remains “working hard” on the game and still expects it to launch on schedule this holiday. “With the cancellation of some of gaming’s biggest events of the year, we’ve looked for new ways to share news about Outriders with players,” Kmita said.

In addition to PS5 and Xbox Series X, Outriders will launch on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.

Outriders will be published by Square Enix, and the publisher has plans for other announcements outside of this game. The company also confirmed that Marvel’s Avengers will also have its own announcement event, but no details have been confirmed.

Starting June 1, GameSpot will be hosting Play For All–a celebration of all things gaming. Join us as we bring you the summer’s hottest news, previews, interviews, features, and videos, as well as raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts with the help of our friends from around the gaming world.

Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, the 2019 fighting game featuring the sentai warriors from the hit series, is expanding with three new characters. A third season of DLC has been announced with a trailer, and while only two fighters have been properly announced, it’s pretty clear who the third one will be.

The trailer below shows off Robert “RJ” James and Lauren Shiba, but the comments below the video have uniformly identified the third character, shown in silhouette, as Scorpina, a long-time villain in the Power Rangers mythos.

The first content from this pass should drop towards the end of June, and in addition to the three extra fighters, anyone who buys it will also receive a new Phantom Beast King character skin for Dai Shi and a Samurai Megazord ultra.

This follows several other updates and DLC packs for the game. In February, the game received online lobbies, and previous DLC fighters have included Lord Zedd and Eric Myers.

As of March, Battle for the Grid was available through Xbox Game Pass. It’s also on Switch, PS4, and PC.

Activision is honoring National Military Appreciation Month with a new piece of DLC for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and the battle royale game Warzone, as well as a real t-shirt you can buy.

The new DLC is called the Call of Duty Endowment Fearless Pack, and all proceeds of the $10 add-on will go to Activision’s charity that helps military veterans find careers after leaving the service.

The Fearless pack contains 10 items, and the offering was created in partnership with Captain Florent “Flo” Groberg, who earned the Medal of Honor for his combat career. The DLC comes with a new operator skin inspired by what Groberg wore in combat, as well as the blueprint for an assault rifle called “For the Cause.” The weapon features an engraving of the date–August 8, 2012–that Groberg attempted to stop a suicide bombing in Afghanistan. Groberg was successful in tackling the bomber, but the bomb exploded, killing four of his squad members. President Barack Obama awarded Groberg with the Medal of Honor in 2015 for his actions.

“People died for me–people made the ultimate sacrifice–and for me, it’s an opportunity–a duty–to make sure I earn it, pay it forward, and that I stop thinking about myself,” Groberg said in an interview with Activision. “I learned all that on August 8, 2012, because in eight seconds, my life completely changed, and earning the Medal of Honor gave me the platform and opportunity to help our community.”

The DLC also includes a new watch, weapon camo, and a boonie weapon charm. The Fearless pack also comes with two calling cards and two emblems, as well as a special spray for the Call of Duty Endowment logo. You can see more of the new content and hear directly from Groberg in the video below.

Activision is also selling a new t-shirt that was created specifically for this new Call of Duty Endowment campaign. All proceeds from the $32 USD shirt will go to the charity.

According to Activision’s latest numbers, the Call of Duty Endowment has so far helped more than 69,000 military veterans find new careers in the civilian world. The charity aims to help fund the placement of 100,000 veterans by 2024.

Following the game’s initial, limited announcement during the Xbox Series X event earlier this month, Electronic Arts is seemingly preparing to reveal Madden NFL 21 in full very soon.

The official Madden Twitter account has posted a teaser referencing June 1, which may be when more details are announced. The tweet also contains the line, “So much more than a name…”

Whatever this “first look” is, it will be followed by yet another EA event on June 11. That’s when EA Play 2020 takes place, and with Madden 21 being one of EA’s biggest games of 2020, you can expect it to be featured during the show. You can watch EA Play 2021 live on GameSpot.

Madden 21 features Baltimore Ravens standout QB Lamar Jackson on its cover. The game is expected to release around August, ahead of the start of the NFL season (which is scheduled to go forward despite ongoing COVID-19 concerns). Madden 21 has so far been confirmed for release on Xbox One and Xbox Series X, while it’s also expected to come to PS4 and PS5, as well as PC.

Everyone who buys Madden 21 on Xbox One by December 31 can upgrade to the Xbox Series X version for free until March 31, 2021. Since the game hasn’t been properly announced for PS4 and PS5 yet, it remains to be seen if there will be a similar free upgrade promotion for Sony’s system.

Starting June 1, GameSpot will be hosting Play For All–a celebration of all things gaming. Join us as we bring you the summer’s hottest news, previews, interviews, features, and videos, as well as raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts with the help of our friends from around the gaming world.

Riot’s new team-based shooter Valorant is nearing the end of its beta, with only a few days of downtime before its full release. A new blog post from Riot has discussed this transition, and what differences beta players will find upon release–most notably with its Vanguard anti-cheat system.

When developing its new online FPS, Riot chose to take a hard stance on cheaters and griefers, with the cornerstone of this decision being the launch of its own proprietary anti-cheat software. When the closed beta of Valorant released with this software, Vanguard, it immediately caused concern among players for being far too aggressive in blocking drivers–even when the game wasn’t active.

Thanks to the closed beta, Vanguard’s powers have been scaled back, but one big change is in the works when it moves to full release. For the duration of the beta, while Vanguard was used to identify cheaters, those reports were still manually reviewed and ban decisions made by a human team (with this process still resulting in thousands of bans).

With the full release, and the much larger player base it will bring, Vanguard will now be handed the ability to ban without human oversight. “Come launch, we will be more aggressive, widespread, and automated in our ability to detect and ban cheaters,” the blog post reads.

Valorant will launch on June 2 on PC. Check here to see if your PC meets minimum requirements.