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Infinity Ward appears to be teasing its plans for Season 5 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone. Though the tease is short on details, it may give us an indication of when to expect the next season to drop.

Charlie Intel reports that the company sent a video to Twitch streamer NICKMERCS. The video shows the date August 5, which is when the current Battle Pass is set to end. It also shows a vehicle on a train track, and late in the video a helicopter flies overhead.

We may see more teasers coming in advance of the new season launch. There have also been consistent rumors that Activision will tease or announce this year’s Call of Duty game from within Warfare, in absence of a press event or televisted sports games to show off the big reveal. We know that Warzone will continue to evolve with new annual Call of Duty game releases.

Infinity Ward often drops new game modes and big changes in new season changeovers, along with new story content featuring fan-favorite characters. Warzone has also often gotten significant updates mid-season. Recently, though, lots of Call of Duty updates have been focused on removing or revising offensive cosmetics, like the OK gesture or a “Border War” skin.

Dataminers have unearthed a number of interesting potential details about Call of Duty 2020, including notes about Zombies, Warzone, Campaign and Multiplayer maps.

Twitter user Prototype Warehouse unearthed a set of tags within the game files, which appear to have been pulled from ‘The Red Door’, an alleged alpha of this year’s Call of Duty which appeared on the Microsoft Store earlier this week. Some users have reported being able to download The Red Door, saying that it’s titled Call of Duty: Black Ops CIA when downloaded.

The phrases posted to Twitter yesterday seem to pertain to different modes within the game – the embedded tweet below supposedly contains strings tied to the game’s single-player campaign, with titles like “nam_armada, nam_prisoner” and “rus_kgb” suggesting parts of the story will take place in Vietnam and Russia. A leak we reported on back in May suggested that this year’s Call of Duty game will be called Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, and will return to the historical setting of its namesake franchise.

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Tags for multiplayer maps such as Moscow, Satelite and Tank were also found, with Eurogamer noting that earlier in the year, one of the COD 2020 gameplay leaks featured a map called Tank. Dataminers also found Warzone references such as “duga” and “ski slopes” and a lone tag which is supposedly tied to the game’s Zombies mode, “Silver.”

It’s not clear how any of this ties together in practice for now, but evidence is building concerning the alleged makeup of 2020’s Call of Duty game. Some expect the game to be officially revealed at this week’s Xbox Games Showcase, although that remains speculation for the time being.

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EA has revealed the official player ratings for all 2000+ players in Madden NFL 21.

Published on the Madden website, you can compare and filter the rating of every player in the game, and use the search function to find your favourites. You can also sort the list by individual statistics such as strength and speed.

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Five players this year have hit the fabled 99 overall stat this year: Aaron Donald, Christian McCaffrey, Michael Thomas, Patrick Mahomes, and Stephon Gilmore. As with all modern Madden games, these are stats for launch, and can change over the source of the year.

EA recently announced that it will be removing the former logo and name of the Washington Redskins from Madden NFL 21, implementing a “generic Washington team” as they wait for the team’s management to update its branding.

Madden NFL 21 will launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC this August 25, 2020. We’re yet to receive a release date for the next-gen versions of the game, but if you purchase the game on current-gen consoles, you’ll be able to upgrade the game using EA’s Dual Entitlement system, allowing users to acquire the PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X version of the game free of charge. This promotion will run until the release of Madden NFL 22. If you’d like to view all the different versions of the game to figure out what bonuses are available, check out our preorder guide here.

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Against all odds, one of 2019’s most iconic video game characters was a mischievous goose, who was introduced to the world in developer House House’s surprise hit, Untitled Goose Game. The game sold over 1 million copies in 2019, so it’s no surprise Untitled Goose Game is getting a physical edition–in fact, it’s getting two, along with a vinyl soundtrack. The standard boxed edition and an iam8bit-exclusive Lovely Edition will release for PS4 and Nintendo Switch on September 29; the vinyl will be available that day as well. They’re available for pre-order starting today. Of course, you’ll get some bonus goodies when you buy the game physically–check out what comes with each Untitled Goose Game edition and get a look at the vinyl soundtrack below!

The standard boxed edition of Untitled Goose Game will cost $30 for PS4 and $35 for Switch, and it includes a few bonus collectibles. It’ll be available at major retailers as well as Skybound.com.

• A physical copy of Untitled Goose Game
• A spring/summer edition of the Plaza Catalogue: a 24-page retail catalogue featuring useful items and objects that a goose might enjoy collecting
• An 11″ x 17″ village map poster, hand-illustrated by Melbourne-based artist and game developer, Marigold Bartlett
• An extra sticky official “No Goose” sticker

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Merch store iam8bit is producing an exclusive version of Untitled Goose Game that comes with everything in the standard edition detailed above, but packaged in a much more environmentally friendly way. It’ll cost you five bucks more, selling for $35 for PS4 and $40 for Switch. You can check out the Lovely Edition, made of recycled materials, below.

• Nintendo Switch
  • A 100% recyclable outer sheet, booklet, and foldout poster
  • Sugar-based, non-toxic, no-vinyl sticker pack-in
  • Eco-friendly “Biolefin” shrink wrap
• PlayStation 4
  • An innovative eco-friendly outer packaging made of 100% post-consumer material using non-toxic, 0% VOC inks
  • A 100% recyclable booklet and foldout poster
  • Sugar-based, non-toxic, no-vinyl sticker pack-in
  • Eco-friendly “Biolefin” shrink wrap

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Music plays a major role in Untitled Goose Game–the playful piano music by Dan Golding (adapted from Debussy’s Préludes) reacts wonderfully to what the goose is doing in the game, whether it’s honking at a villager or dragging away an item. The upcoming Untitled Goose Game vinyl aims to recreate that experience with a unique “Double Groove” pressing, which creates a random playback experience every time you listen, similar to the dynamic nature of the in-game music. The record is pressed on reclaimed vinyl (literally created by grinding up old vinyl and melting it into new discs) along with a 100% recycled jacket and eco-friendly shrink wrap. It’s available to pre-order for $30.

iam8bit is taking to create eco-friendly physical packaging for many of its games, so expect to see more physical editions and vinyl soundtracks like this in the future. “We love physical games and vinyl. They’re not just cherished collectibles, but also cultural and archival artifacts,” said iam8bit co-owners Amanda White and Jon Gibson in a press release. “We also recognize that we only have one planet, and over the last year, we’ve been diligent in developing better, eco-focused packaging and production techniques. Think of this as the ‘Alpha’ version of our ‘better for the planet’ packaging. Change doesn’t happen overnight, so we really wanted to start the conversation as a first step toward the goal of 100% eco-friendly packaging for physical games.”

Warframe has been wildly successful since its launch several years ago, and the free-to-play online action-RPG is about to get even better with the expansion Heart of Deimos. The expansion will debut during TennoCon on Saturday, August 1, and anyone who watches on Twitch will be able to score some special in-game rewards.

The Heart of Deimos demo will be “Infested-themed” and you’ll also get a look at a new community-designed Warframe during the stream. Alongside this content, the all-digital TennoCon 2020 show will feature panels, an artwork showcase, and contests. August 1 also marks the launch of the Warframe Arsenal Twitch extension, which lets streamers share their loadouts with other players.

If you watch the TennoCon celebration on August 1, you’ll get the Hydroid Prime Warframe for free as well as the Athodai hand cannon.

You can view a full schedule of events on the show’s official website. A portion of proceeds for digital and merchandise packs will go toward Autism Ontario London, a charity dedicated to providing resources and opportunities to people with autism, as well as the Alzheimer Society London and Middlesex.

Initially releasing near the beginning of the current generation in 2013, Warframe has become one of the most popular online games in the world and has released on everything from PS4 to Nintendo Switch. It will also be coming to both PS5 and Xbox Series X.

This September, the 20th anniversary feature film Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna will be available in North America for the first time ever as both a digital and home video release thanks to Toei Animation and Shout! Factory.

On September 29, the film will debut first as a digital download available in original Japanese with English subtitles or English dub on Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, Microsoft and Sony PlayStation Network; followed a week later on October 6 with the retail home video release on DVD and Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD from Shout! Factory).

To mark today’s announcement, Toei Animation has premiered the official English dub trailer here on IGN – as well as revealed the film’s English dub cast!

Watch the Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna trailer here:

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Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna takes place five years after the events of Digimon Adventure tri., the six-part film series released in 2015. As the official plot synopsis reveals: “Now on the cusp of adulthood, Tai and his DigiDestined friends discover that with age their bonds with each of their Digimon will ultimately break.”

Here’s who voicing who in the English dub version of the film:

English Dub Cast

• Tai Kamiya – Joshua Seth
• Matt Ishida – Nicolas Roye
• TK Takaishi – Johnny Yong Bosch
• Kari Kamiya -Tara Sands
• Izzy Izumi – Mona Marshall
• Joe Kido – Robbie Daymond
• Sora Takenouchi – Colleen O’Shaughnessey
• Mimi Tachikawa – Kate Higgins
• Menoa Bellucci – Erika Harlacher
• Kyotaro Yamada – Kaiji Tang
• Agumon – Tom Fahn
• Gabumon – Kirk Thornton
• Patamon – Laura Summer
• Palmon – Anna Garduno
• Gatomon – Kate Higgins
• Tentomon – Jeff Nimoy
• Biyomon – Cherami Leigh
• Gomamon – Bob Klein
• Davis Motomiya – Griffin Burns
• Cody Hida – Bryce Papenbrook
• Yolei Inoue – Jeannie Tirado
• Ken Ichijouji – Derek Stephen Prince
• Veemon – Derek Stephen Prince
• Armadillomon – Robbie Daymond
• Wormmon – Paul St. Peter
• Hawkmon – Christopher Swindle

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The highly collectible DVD and Blu-ray Combo Pack editions of Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna feature both sub and dub versions and also bonus feature “The Final Evolution: Remembering 20 Years of Digimon Adventure with Joshua Seth and Tom Fahn.”

Now available for pre-order on ShoutFactory.com, advance purchases of the “Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna” Blu-ray Combo Pack also include an exclusive 18”x 24” lithograph of the cover art while supplies last.

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Marvel has recruited multiple directors to helm episodes of the Disney+ Hawkeye TV series starring Jeremy Renner’s Clint Barton.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio has tapped Amber Finlayson, Katie Ellwood, and Rhys Thomas to direct a “block of episodes” for the upcoming six-episode season, written and executive produced by former Mad Men scribe Jonathan Igla.

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Finlayson and Ellwood, better known by their pen names Bert and Bertie, are a filmmaking duo who burst onto the scene with Amazon’s coming-of-age comedy Troop Zero, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last year. They also recently helmed episodes of Hulu’s acclaimed comedy-drama series The Great, starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult.

Meanwhile, Thomas has worked on various Saturday Night Live sketches over the course of his career. He made his feature film debut with Staten Island Summer, which was released for digital download in 2015. He then went on to direct Amazon’s action-comedy series Comrade Detective, as well as John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch for Netflix.

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Hawkeye is set to tackle a story that will see the titular hero train up a new bow-wielding protégé, the popular Kate Bishop, who is also a key character in the Matt Fraction and David Aja Hawkeye comics run from which this Disney+ series has taken its logo design.

Hawkeye was supposed to be part of the first wave of Marvel shows hitting Disney’s streaming service later this year. However, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the first series in the proposed line-up, appears to have been quietly pushed back from its August release date.

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Nintendo shared the first trailer for the Switch-exclusive Shin Megami Tensei V during its surprise Nintendo Direct Mini, but that isn’t the only game in the series coming to the hybrid console. During the same stream, Nintendo also revealed that Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD, a remaster of the cult PS2 classic, is also in development for Switch.

Nocturne HD is billed as a “full high-definition remake” of Shin Megami Tensei III, which originally released for PS2 17 years ago. While a version of that game featured Dante from Capcom’s Devil May Cry series as a guest character, it appears this remake is based on Nocturne Maniax Chronicle, which replaced him with Devil Summoner’s main character, Raidou. You can watch the first trailer for the game below.

Shin Megami Tensei III Nocture HD does not yet have a release date, but it’s slated to release in Spring 2021. The official SMT website also confirms the remaster is coming to PS4 as well.

Shin Megami Tensei V is likewise slated to launch on Switch in 2021. Few details about the game were revealed during the Nintendo Direct Mini, but the new trailer says that “order itself has crumbled and chaos reigns over all” and ends with the tagline, “The time for Creation has come.”

That wasn’t the only major news to come out of the Nintendo Direct Mini. We also learned that Cadence of Hyrule, the Crypt of the NecroDancer/Zelda crossover, is getting three paid DLC packs this year. The first arrives today and introduces three new characters to the title, while the second and third will release by the end of October and add new music and a new, Majora’s Mask-inspired storyline. Nintendo is also releasing a Season Pass for the game that includes all three DLC packs and bonus costumes for Link and Zelda.

Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer featuring The Legend of Zelda will get three paid DLC packs, the first of which is out today.

Announced in today’s Nintendo Direct Mini, the Zelda themed rhythm-adventure will be getting three packs:

 

• Character Pack ($5.99) – Out today, this pack adds Impa, Aria, Shadow Link, Shadow Zelda and Frederick to the game, each with new abilities and weapons.
• Melody Pack ($5.99) – This pack adds 39 songs to the game, including remixed versions of the game’s background music (by Family Jules, Chipzel, and A_Rival). Music can be changed at any time.
• Symphony of the Mask ($9.99) – This pack adds new story content in which you play as Majora’s Mask’s Skull Kid, adding a new map and new songs along the way. Skull Kid will change abilities depending on which mask he wears.

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No release date was given for the latter two packs, but they’ll be released before the end of October. A season pass is also now available for $14.99, and adds bonus costumes for Link and Zelda.

A complete edition of the game, featuring all the DLC, will launch on October 23 for $39.99.

We awarded Cadence of Hyrule an 8.8 review, saying it “absolutely deserves to stand in the Zelda canon alongside the best of its 2D games.”

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