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Gearbox has released a new Borderlands 3 holiday DLC "Moxxi's Heist Of The Handsome Jackpot" that will be accompanied by a large update for the game. The update will change some gameplay elements such as enemy stats and will also fix a number of bugs in the game. The game will also be on sale on most platforms.

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Facebook recently made public its acquisition of Playgiga, a Spanish company that offers cloud gaming services for the regions of Italy, Argentina, Chile and Spain. The acquisition was made for 70 million EUR, and is another step in Facebook's efforts to compete with rival cloud gaming services offered by Google, with Stadia, and Sony, with its Playstation Now service.

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Arsenal midfielder and star soccer player Mesut Ozil has been removed from Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer's 2020 release in China, after Ozil commented on China's alleged mistreatment of its Uighur Muslim minority. China's state television also removed Arsenal's Premier League game against Manchester City from its schedules due to Ozil's comments.

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Pokemon Go has released a new legendary Pokemon for users to capture. Virizon, also known as the third sword of justice, will be available until January 7th. Multiple players will have to team up in order to capture it in 'Raid battles'. Niantic has announced a number of events for the app this month.

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Respawn has recently posted some job openings for a Senior Character Artist, Level Designer, and Senior Software Engineer to work on their new 'Star Wars' team. Many are speculating this is because they have already begun work on a sequel project to their recently released smash hit Jedi: Fallen Order.

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Ghost Recon: Breakpoint's big new 1.1 update that was due to release on December 18th has been delayed. The update was going to come with gameplay changes and a Terminator live event. The game received poor reviews upon release and the developers promised to fix some of the game's largest problems in this update.

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The original Surgeon Simulator hit game was released in 2013, by indie developers Bossa Studios, building on a prototype made by an employee in just under 48 hours for the Global Game Jam competition. The company recently released a trailer for a sequel to Surgeon Simulator featuring multiplayer co-op supporting up to four players, which will be available on the Epic Games store in 2020.

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Amazon is developing a new large scale game called 'New World' and is planning to release it in May. The game is said to include a massive open world that players will be able to explore with their friends. It takes place in a high fantasy setting and will only be available for PC.

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The company behind 'Dungeons and Dragons', one of the most popular tabletop games of all time, is releasing its first video game in years, 'Dark Alliance'. The company has also said that they intend to release a large number of games over the next few years. They have clarified that they do not intend to remake the tabletop game as a video game as of yet.

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Recent statements by Microsoft and Sony have announced that they will release Untitled Goose Game on their respective gaming consoles within the next week. The game, by indie developers House House, puts players in control of a goose run amok in a residential area, and has become one of 2019's most popular games due to its irreverent and goofy charm.

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The fan-favorite 'Surgeon Simulator' game is finally getting a sequel and according to the trailer, it will include co-op gameplay. The game was officially revealed at the 2019 Game Awards and its developers have promised a number of surprises before the game is released. The platforms that the game will be available on have not been revealed yet.

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Fast and Furious movie stars Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez appeared on stage at the annual Game Awards to announce the trailer for the new Fast and Furious game, Fast and Furious Crossroads. The game seems to possess a dated look inspired by popular racing games in the 2000s, along with digital recreations of Diesel and Rodriguez themselves. Fast and Furious Crossroads releases on Steam in May 2020.

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Hideo Kojima's recently released and much-awaited Death Stranding game was expected to win a record accolades at the annual Game Awards, but only managed to garner three, with the most number of awards (four) going to indie hit Disco Elysium, a detective RPG. The coveted Game of the Year award was won by Activision's Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

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Valve has revealed that its newest and much-awaited VR addition to the highly popular Half-Life franchise, Half-Life: Alyx, will share the same linear story structure and mechanics of past Half-Life games, with no plans for a multiplayer. Valve's announcement to release the game on VR has boosted Valve's Index headset sales, with the headset occupying the number one seller spot on Steam for several days.

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EA, the studio that created Anthem, has released a new winter update for the game. The update has changed the cosmetics of the game by adding snow and has also added a large amount of new content including missions and weapons. The developers have also fixed a large number of bugs that were present in the game.

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Capcom recently announced it would be remaking part 3 of its highly popular Resident Evil series, after 2019's critically and commercially Resident Evil 2 remake. The game will be released on April 3, 2020 on PS4, and will feature a multiplayer mode based on the Resident Evil Resistance mechanic of 1v4 players.

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Bungie has released a new Destiny 2 update and started the new season, 'Season of Dawn', on December 10th. The new season is said to have a large number of glitches and problems, some of which are easily reversible while others may take an entirely new update to fix. Bungie has addressed most of these problems and does intend to resolve them soon.

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2K, the studio behind the beloved BioShock franchise, has announced that a new BioShock game is now officially in development. They refused to release any other information except that the game will likely remain in development for the next several years. The game is going to be developed by Cloud Chamber, a newly created game studio.

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The Epic Games Store is attracting more and more exclusives by incentivizing developers. First, they gave developers a larger share of sales revenue and now they have announced that developers will be able to implement whatever in-game purchase system they want. This may allow developers to keep more of the profits from these in-game sales.

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After an announcement made the previous year that hit TV series Twin Peaks would be getting a video game based on the show, there were no more developments besides a promise that the game would launch within 2019. The VR game's trailer has finally been released, featuring settings from the TV show. The game will be available on Steam in late December.

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After Fortnite players earlier in the year were treated to stormtrooper skins and a Star Destroyer flying above the map, Fortnite has announced another collaboration with Star Wars where the game's cinema will feature a scene from the new Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker. In-game notifications informed players that the cinema's doors open at 1:30 pm EST.

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Sony is going to air the year's final State of Play on the 10th of December and they have promised around 20 minutes of new game reveals, gameplay footage and release dates. However, they have remained completely silent when asked about their next-generation console plans. Many fans are speculating that the Resident Evil 3 remake will be announced this year.

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Assassin's Creed: Black Flag and Assassin's Creed: Rogue, released in 2013, which rose to popularity due to their unique and refreshing naval combat mechanics, have been bundled in the Assassin's Creed: The Rebel Collection and released exclusively for the Nintendo Switch, priced at 40 USD. The collection features all downloadable content released for the games, while also including two new story additions.

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Riot Games has announced that they are creating a separate publishing label that will focus entirely on League of Legends games. This label will partner with a number of smaller studios to work on different games. They have not announced any games or partners as of yet but have said a number of projects are in the works.

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Apex Legends developers have made the 'Peacekeeper Shotgun' less effective in an effort to make the gun less dominant in the game. The shotgun previously had a much larger spread, which allowed players to score cheap or unearned kills with it. The developers have said that the gun will now require a more skilled player to be as effective.

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