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Roblox Corp launches $2 million fundraiser to support COVID-19 charities
Roblox developer Roblox Corporation will donate up to $2 million to charities involved in the fight against COVID-19.
The studio has launched a series of limited-edition items, some of which have been created by members of the Roblox community, in support of UNICEF USA, Code.org, and No Kid Hungry.
The items will be available to purchase until June 30 or until their collective sales total $1 million, with all proceeds going to a charity of the player’s choice. For each donation made, Roblox will donate an equivalent amount to the charities, for a combined total of $1 million. In addition, Roblox will donate up to an additional $1 million to match what users have spent amongst the three organizations, totaling up to $2 million.
“In times of crisis, we’ve been humbled by the outpouring of support from the Roblox community. We’ve united on multiple occasions to contribute aid to people affected by earthquakes, hurricanes, and tsunamis. Now, at a time when the whole world could use a helping hand, we want to provide an opportunity for the community to come together once again to support those in need,” wrote the company.
“Your donations will provide food for millions of children across America; distribute essential supplies such as clean water, soap, medical supplies, and protective equipment to where they’re needed most around the world; and/or provide resources for students to continue their education at home.”
You can find out more about the initiative, including links to each charitable item, over on the Roblox website.
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Summer Game Fest is a new ‘all-digital consumer’ showcase for the lockdown era
The Game Awards producer and host Geoff Keighley has announced a new “all-digital consumer” showcase event called Summer Game Fest.
Seemingly looking to fill the void left by the coronavirus-related cancellations of annual conferences like E3, Summer Game Fest is being pitched a “multi-month global festival” built around “breaking news, in-game events, and free playable content.”
The new event will run from May to August 2020, and will feature updates from a huge array of companies including 2K, Activision, CD Projekt Red, Bethesda, EA, Microsoft, Sony Interactive Entertainment, and Square Enix.
Specific event details will be shared by each company over the coming weeks, although it’s been confirmed that all Summer Game Fest programming will be available to watch on major streaming channels like Facebook, Mixer, Twitch, YouTube, and more.
Keighley will drop in and out of the showcase to host special pre and post shows for “flagship publisher events,” while production company iam8bit — which stepped down as the creative director of E3 2020 before its cancellation — will produce a showcase highlighting upcoming games.
“In these uncertain and challenging times, it’s more important than ever that video games serve as a common and virtual connection point between us all,” commented Keighley. “SGF is an organizing principle that promises fans a whole season of video game news and other surprises from the comfort of home.”
"Online multiplayer on Steam has been added to the game," the update reads. It also adds several language options to the menu--including French, German, Italian, and Spanish--implements "additional audio support," and makes some quality-of-life adjustments for "a number of different screen sizes." Check below the video for the game's PC system requirements.
Star Wars: Battlefront PC System Requirements
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
Processor: 1.8 GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9 and 256 MB VRAM
A Nintendo Direct In June Is Beginning To Seem Less And Less Likely
A few days ago, Venture Beat’s Jeff Grubb said a Nintendo Direct presentation wouldn’t be happening this June around the time E3 2020 should have been taking place.
The same report went on to reveal how Nintendo was currently in the process of “telling partner developers” it wouldn’t be holding a Direct next month, following the official cancellation of E3. If you weren’t entirely convinced at the time, Eurogamer’s own sources have also been able to support this. A story on its website goes on to mention how Nintendo won’t be going ahead with a presentation because “it needs more development time” on first-party releases:
Eurogamer understands it [Nintendo] has told publishers set to reveal games during its showcase that it needs more development time on its first-party games. Work is currently being held up as the famously-secretive company adapts to staff working remotely.
According to the original report by Venture Beat, Nintendo was putting together an event for June, where it planned to show its first-party schedule for the rest of this year and reveal the rumoured Super Mario 35th Anniversary remasters.
Jeff Grubb is the same individual who said two Nintendo presentations would air before the end of March this year, and they did (there was an Indie World Showcase followed by a Nintendo Direct Mini). More recently, he backed up the rumours about the Super Mario 35th anniversary remasters with his own sources – adding that there would be a new Paper Mario game returning the series to form.
Nintendo hasn’t made an official statement about whether or not a Direct will go ahead next month – or if there’ll even be one, but it has previously stated it would “continue to be flexible and redirect [its] efforts” to keep fans up to date, after the cancellation of this year’s E3.
Members of Team Nintendo Life have gathered together to discuss our weekend plans, and we’d love for you to join in via our poll and comment sections below. Enjoy!
Gavin Lane, features editor
This weekend Animal Crossing will be getting side-lined as Streets of Rage 4 takes up my gaming time. Along with so many fans, I’ve been waiting to see if it can possibly stand alongside the mighty Mega Drive trilogy. If the first few stages are anything to go by (not to mention the very warm critical reception), it manages to be more than a simple love letter to the past, with new mechanics, music and a style of its own which push the series forward without losing that special juice. Throughout development I was relatively confident it would end up more of a Sonic Mania than a Sonic the Hedgehog 4, but it might have surpassed even that awesome revival. So I’ll be on a grand upper this weekend.
I mean, I’ll also be carrying on with my flower breeding and turnip purchasing, but that’ll be squeezed in between brawling in the streets. Animal Crossing and Streets of Rage – what a double bill!
Austin Voigt, contributing writer
This weekend, I’ll probably have a ton of free time and not much that I’m interested in playing, so I’m sure I’ll start to dig into my backlog, maybe take a break from Nintendo games and just go read a book… yeah, I can’t do this.
Animal Crossing. I’m gonna be playing Animal Crossing all weekend long, friends. Every time I think I can break away, they add a new update – like May Day’s – and I am totally okay with that.
Ryan Craddock, news editor
It’s finally happened, everyone. I’ve finally started to slow down a little with Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I still have plenty of things that I want to achieve and I’m still finding a little bit of time each day to make a bit of money and check for new goods in the shops, but I’m definitely starting to find myself turning the game off a little quicker than I used to.
Alongside that, I’ve been getting stuck into Resident Evil 4 on the Wii for the very first time. It’s actually my first experience with the franchise as a whole and I was nervous that I wouldn’t like it as much as everyone else – perhaps everyone else felt nostalgic over it and it wouldn’t actually be that great to play by today’s standards – but I really shouldn’t have been. I’m really enjoying my time with it so far, even with Ashley shouting ‘Leeeooooon’ every five minutes.
Gonçalo Lopes, contributing writer
I have been counting down the days until release and I admit to being relieved that it is here and it is magnificent: Streets of Rage 4 is already on my GOTY 2020 shortlist! On the other hand, I also plan to play Streets of Rage 4 now that I have unlocked Adam. I will also make some time to try Streets of Rage 4 – heard the soundtrack is all sorts of amazing. But will need to fit in a bit of Streets of Rage 4 to discover those secret retro levels. Will also try to play some Streets of Rage 4 under protest because Shiva remains an NPC… at the time of writing, at least.
My game of the week is… well, wouldn’t you know, it’s Streets of Rage 4! Didn’t see that coming. Pass the floor chicken, please.
As always, thanks for reading! Make sure to leave a vote in the poll above and a comment below with your gaming choices over the next few days…
The Last Of Us Part 2 Leaker Not Affiliated With Naughty Dog, Sony Confirms
Earlier last week, The Last of Us Part II had a lot of its narrative leaked online, ahead of its new launch date on June 19. Since the leak, it's been rumored that the source was a former Naughty Dog employee, but following an investigation by Sony this seems to not be the case.
In a statement to GamesIndustry.biz, Sony confirmed that it has identified the primary culprits for the leak, and that they are not affiliated to either Sony or Naughty Dog. The full statement, supplied by The Hollywood Reporter, reads, "SIE has identified the primary individuals responsible for the unauthorized release of TLOU2 assets. They are not affiliated with Naughty Dog or SIE."
Sony is limiting additional details, stating that the information is still important to an on-going investigation. It's unclear right now how someone unaffiliated to both Sony and Naughty Dog gained access to the assets that were leaked.
Scratchy Spring Sale Day 19: CAPCOM Spring Sale, up to -80%
[www.indiegala.com] The Scratchy Sale brings the Capcom's finest. Be on the look-out for some huge discounts on your favorite games + a Scratch Card containing a BONUS secret Steam game for every store purchase.
Geoff Keighley Announces Summer Game Fest, Four Months Of News And Events
Game Awards creator Geoff Keighley has announced the Summer Game Fest. It is a new “industry-wide celebration of video games” that runs from May until August. According to Geoff, it’ll share news, in-game events, and playable content from the entire video game industry. There’ll also be panels and interviews from leading developers and publishers, and it’s all online.
Phase one of the festival will feature announcements from 2K, Activision, Bandai Namco, Bethesda, Blizzard, Bungie, CD Projekt Red, Digital Extremes, EA, PlayStation, Private Division, Riot Games, Square Enix, Steam, Warner Bros. and team Xbox.
This news follows on from IGN’s ‘Summer of Gaming’ announcement last month. This particular digital event will take place in June and is also collaborating with a number of major partners to share the latest news and impressions around upcoming games and next-generation console hardware. For more details about this show, check out our previous post.
Will you be keeping an eye on Geoff’s Summer Game Fest? Leave a comment down below.
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Cowboy Bebop Outro Performed By J-Pop Stars For Charity, Watch It Here
3-2-1 let's jam to this in the name of charity. Anime composer Yoko Kanno joins J-Pop singer Shihori, vocalist Uyanga Bold, and the band SEATBELTS (the original band led by Kanno that was featured on the OST of Cowboy Bebop) to perform Cowboy Bebop's outro theme "The Real Folks Blues" to benefit COVID-19 relief.
This edition of the song will be included into a limited edition vinyl with all proceeds going to the CDC Foundation and Doctors without Borders in support of the fight against COVID-19.
The song, which was originally performed by Mai Yamane and Seatbelts, was used in the end credits of every episode, save for two. Collaborating with Sunrise and Funimation, the video includes performances by rappers MegaRan and Substantial as well as includes cameos by Beau Billingslea and Steve Blum, the voice actors of Jet Black and Spike Siegel respectively. Take a look below.
Starting Today, Borderlands 3 Goes ‘80s with Latest Free Event
Summary
The Revenge of the Cartels free seasonal event starts today and runs through June 4.
Revenge of the Cartels delivers fresh enemies and areas, as well as limited-time challenges and loot.
End-game overhaul “Mayhem Mode 2.0” also arrives today in Borderlands 3.
You don’t know it yet, but you’re about to turn Joey Ultraviolet’s criminal underworld upside down. See, Borderlands 3’s latest free, time-limited event – Revenge of the Cartels – revolves around an Eridium cartel composed of three distinct gangs and controlled by the ruthless Joey Ultraviolet. Over the course of the next six weeks, you’re going to kick his ass. A lot.
Starting today, you’ll notice Cartel operatives causing trouble all across the Borderlands, including areas found in each of the game’s campaign add-ons. When you take down one of these operatives, two things will happen: first, a wave of Cartel Thugs will warp in to avenge their fallen comrade – and they might even bring a unique, Badass-level Underboss with them. If you successfully eliminate these reinforcements, you’ll collect some Hideout Coordinates.
Collect enough coordinates and your scaly shipmate Maurice (remember him from Bloody Harvest?) will be able to warp you to Joey Ultraviolet’s from his neon-soaked tropical hideout, a new discrete area added specifically for Revenge of the Cartels. There you’ll face not only Joey himself but also waves of enemies from one of three Cartel gangs: the tech-obsessed cyborgs of CryptoSec, the meat-charring debt collectors of The Burnt Ends, or the Eridium dust runners known as The Purpatrators.
Each gang sports its own distinctive look, offers a unique roster of Underbosses, and most importantly, enjoys its own Legendary loot pool. Naturally, we recommend paying Joey multiple visits to increase your chances of snagging every hot new Legendary item. Thankfully, you’ll never face the same gang twice in a row, so the first thing you’ll want to do after leaving Joey’s glitzy mansion is start collecting coordinates for your next trip. Be sure to collect all the best gear before the event ends on June 4 or you might miss out!
Oh, and if Legendary gear isn’t enough to convince you, how about some cool event-specific cosmetics? Revenge of the Cartels introduces a set of 18 limited-time Challenges you can only complete while the event is live. Be sure to track your progress via the event tab in your ECHO Device menu to make sure you’re hitting your goals. Here’s a look at what’s available:
14 Challenges: ‘Hotline Pandora’ Vault Hunter Head
18 Challenges: ‘Death by Filigrees’ Vault Hunter Skin
With all of that said, you can always opt out of the event if you’d prefer to just play the game as you normally would. But with an all-new area, fresh enemy types, limited-time Challenges, and of course, tons of new gear, we hope you consider opting back in later. Just remember: Revenge of the Cartels starts today but ends on June 4.
Before we go, we wanted to mention one more thing for all you high-level players out there: Mayhem Mode 2.0 is now live! That’s right, we’ve completely overhauled Borderlands 3’s end-game to create a more enduring and rewarding experience. If you’re a high-level player looking for a reason to jump back in, you can read more on borderlands.com.
