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After holding a livestream that revealed 2020’s Assassin’s Creed would take place during The Viking Age, Ubisoft announced the official name of the upcoming game is Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Ubisoft isn’t done teasing its new game yet, however, as another livestream is scheduled to premiere tomorrow, April 30 at 7:45 AM PT / 10:45 AM ET which will include a trailer that debuts at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET. You can watch it below.

Until Ubisoft announces more information, we actually don’t know all that much about Valhalla. The Viking Age actually lasts several centuries, so the game could take place anywhere between 100 and 400 years prior to the original Assassin’s Creed.

This does probably mean that Valhalla will give us more opportunities to see the evolving philosophies of the Hidden Ones and the Order of Ancients, the respective precursors to the Assassin Brotherhood and Templar Order, but that hasn’t been confirmed. The origins of these two groups and the rising escalation of their conflict has been a major part of both Assassin’s Creed Origins and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.

Valhalla is the first Assassin’s Creed game to release since 2018’s Odyssey, once again breaking from Ubisoft tradition of releasing new mainline games in the franchise on an annual basis. Instead, 2019 saw Odyssey further fleshed out with the multi-part Legacy of the First Blade and Fate of Atlantis DLCs–both of which were long enough to basically count as full-fledged games.

Exciting! An immense congratulations to our studio warriors for all the good work and passion building to that reveal. We’d also like to thank the 14 co-dev studios all around the world. You know who you are, and we’re thankful for your dedication! Skàl! pic.twitter.com/hBPpFZKkrP

— Ubisoft Montréal (@UbisoftMTL) April 29, 2020

The rumor mill is currently filled with Apex Legends theories due to a mysterious tweet from the official Twitter account. The tweet contains a GIF that seems to reference a simulacrum, a robotic soldier from Respawn’s other first person shooter series Titanfall.

In the Titanfall universe, the simulacrum, or simulacra, are robotic soldiers fitted with human minds that are created by Hammond Robotics and Vinson Dynamics. These human minds have been uploaded into the robot bodies, which can be considered a form of transhumanism. The simulacra fit somewhere on the robotic spectrum between androids and cyborgs, with the element of having a human mind separating them from other mechanical beings.

Personalities and memories are even transferred over, meaning that the new character can still possibly have some personality and backstory to add to the Apex Legends lore.

In the tweet, the GIF seems to show a model helmet and talks about a “Trail 7578”. It seems that three subjects have attempted to be uploaded into this unit before, with the last subject going “hysterical” when shown an exact copy of themselves.

In Titanfall canon, simulacra often decorate and customize their robotic bodies with trinkets or clothing, leaving room for Respawn to create a number of interesting skins for the new robot character.

Revenant is also considered a simulacrum, but was created specifically by Hammond Robotics to be a killing machine, with the mind of one of the greatest hitmen uploaded to him. When his programming failed, Revenant swore an oath to kill those who had created him as a living nightmare.

This is also not the first time Respawn has hinted at the Titanfall universe in Apex Legends, with the latest map including an Easter egg to Titanfall 2’s most infamous level.

Apex Legends season 5 is set to start on May 12. Hopefully we will see more of this new character before the next season begins.

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HP OMEN Obelisk Intel Core i5-9600K RTX 2080 Ti Gaming PC for $1682.99

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HP OMEN 15″ 1080p 144Hz Intel Core i7-9750H Gaming Laptop with RTX 2070 for $1430.99

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With sporting events around the world cancelled, it seems that Serena and Venus Williams are hitting the virtual court in Mario Tennis Aces. The tournament has been dubbed the ‘Stay at Home Slam’ and is raising money for the charity of the winner’s choice.

The Stay at Home Slam is being streamed live on Facebook and the IMG tennis page on Sunday, 4PM ET. Legendary tennis player John McEnroe and YouTuber iJustine (Justine Ezarik) will be commenting live on the entire event.

The two tennis champions will be joined by a number of celebrities and athletes doubling up to compete:

• Serena Williams
• Gigi Hadid
• Naomi Osaka
• Hailey Bieber
• Venus Williams
• DeAndre Hopkins
• Maria Sharapova
• Karlie Kloss
• Kei Nishikori
• Steve Aoki
• Madison Keys
• Seal
• Taylor Fritz
• Addison Rae
• Kevin Anderson
• Ryan Tannehill

Teams will be made up of two participants as the tournament will be running only doubles.

Each participant will be competing from their own homes. All participants will get $25,000 to donate to the charity of their choice, with the winner getting an additional $1 million to further their cause.

This isn’t the only virtual sporting event being held during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the NHL teaming up with EA to run a NHL Player Gaming Challenge. With all 31 league teams joining in, some of the sport’s biggest names will be competing live in NHL 20 on PS4 and raise funds for COVID-19 relief. The NBA held a similar tournament, and it donated $100,000 as well to COVID-19 relief efforts.

UK developer Jaw Drop Games, the developers of Q.U.B.E. and Hue, have officially announced their next game–and it looks very unique.

Gun Jam is a new indie title that mixes shooting with music. Jaw Drop Games announced it’s moving forward with production on the title after a positive reaction to the game’s Twitter announcement video, shared by game designer and studio co-founder Dan Da Rocha on April 19.

As you can see in the video, the hook of Gun Jam is that it mixes FPS elements with Guitar Hero-style beat-matching. The gunfights are synced to an original soundtrack, and players must fire their weapon in time with the beat. There will be multiple different characters and environments, as well as campaign and arcade modes. Players can also expect special multiplayers and a high score leaderboard to compete with friends.

According to Jaw Drop Games, Gun Jam has been in “early development” for six months already, and has gone through multiple iterations of different visions.

“We finally decided to reveal what we had in the making and I was properly blown away with the amazing response that followed,” Da Rocha said. “It’s great to see such a good reception and there’s a lot of intrigue and speculation, and new fans wanting more content. The core mechanics definitely have their challenges but I’m proud of the team for pulling together and problem-solving to achieve the vision.”

Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski is a fan of Gun Jam’s concept. He said on Twitter that it’s the “most innovative FPS idea” he’s seen since Superhot.

Halo developer Tyler Davis also responded positively to the Gun Jam concept, saying on social media that the game is “legit Guitar Hero for a shooter.”

In conjunction with announcing the greenlighting of Gun Jam, the studio confirmed that it’s ramping up its staff to finish the game. The title is coming to PC, while Jaw Drop says it will consider other platforms later on.

You can add Gun Jam to your Steam wishlist here.

This week on the Nintendo Switch, a myriad of indie titles are being released, along with some huge digital sales on titles in the Nintendo Eshop.

While May marks the release of Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition, we are going to have to wait until May 29 for the remastered game. Until then, Nintendo has a range of indie titles in various genres to enjoy.

Jump into some puzzle action fun with the 16-bit Mushroom Heroes, let your true personality shine in the visual novel Arcade Spirits, and slay the armies of darkness in the Hack and Slash deck builder Book of Demons.

April 30

• Pocket Arcade Story
• My Secret Pets!
• Book of Demons
• Levelhead
• Fairy Knights
• Mushroom Heroes

May 1

• 911 Operator Deluxe Edition
• Gun Crazy
• Swapperoo
• Arcade Spirits

May 5

• Tonight We Riot

There’s also a range of games up for sale on the Eshop this week to celebrate Golden Week in Japan, with titles from Jackbox Games, Alien: Isolation, Kingdom Two Crowns: Dead Lands, and NIS America all on discount. For a full rundown of all the games on sale check out our article on the best digital game deals for this week.

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