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Xbox One X has provided console players a way to experience The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt at 60 frames per second.

According to Eurogamer, The Witcher 3 shipped with an unlocked framerate, allowing it to potentially reach 60fps, which it’s now able to accomplish (with occasional dips) on Xbox One X. However, the increased framerate comes at the cost of resolution, as the unpatched Xbox One version of The Witcher 3 runs at 900p. A later update boosted resolution to 1080p, but locked the framerate in at 30fps.

According to Xbox Wire, an Xbox One X-specific update for The Witcher 3 is on its way. The patch will boost resolution to 4K and provide “numerous visual tweaks such as higher-quality shadows, ambient occlusion & texture filtering, as well as higher resolution textures, and an all-around performance boost.” The post doesn’t mention any changes to the locked framerate.

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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds developer Bluehole’s next game is an open-world MMORPG called Ascent: Infinite Realm.

Ascent: Infinite Realm blends steampunk and high fantasy and features Realm Vs Realm PvP combat with both ground-based and aerial combat. Check out the announcement trailer below.

In the game’s PvP mode, players have various flying vehicles at their disposal, along with weapons such as cannons, mines, and attack buffs.

“In RvR, factions fight for fame and glory, taking turns to lead offensive and defensive efforts using all kinds of fantastical flying vehicles,” Bluehole said. “Players can also join the fight from the ground with mechs and the use of anti-air artillery to fight airborne threats―or initiate ground based aerial attacks depending on the map and strategy.”

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CD Projekt Red still isn’t planning to make a Witcher 4, but that doesn’t mean it won’t make games set in the same universe.

Speaking to Strefa Inwestorow (and translated by IGN Poland), CD Projekt CEO Adam Kiciński explained that while the company sees Geralt’s Witcher trilogy as definitively finished, the company still owns the IP.

Kiciński says the company will “probably” return to the world of The Witcher, because both fans and investors would be disappointed if it didn’t.

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“Each one of us is greater than the worst thing we’ve ever done” is the sort of line that reads great on paper, and sounds even better coming from Denzel Washington, but demands a heck of a lot of scrutiny. And a heck of a lot of scrutiny it gets in Dan Gilroy’s anxious and captivating new legal drama Roman J. Israel, Esq., one of the richest examinations of catastrophic ethical collapse you’re likely to see.

Denzel Washington stars as Roman J. Israel, Esq., who has spent decades of his life in a small room at a law firm, doing complex paperwork while his partner makes all the appearances in court and – as Roman J. Israel, Esq. learns too late, after his partner has a heart attack – all of the difficult decisions. Roman J. Israel, Esq. is suddenly thrust into the real world of criminal law, where principles are considered a luxury and practicality reigns supreme, and where there’s no place for an introvert who refuses to compromise his integrity.

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Welcome back to Next Big Game, the show where we give you an inside look at the hottest and most exciting upcoming titles. In this video series, we work with the talented studios behind these highly anticipated games to provide you with the inside scoop and plenty of new content, including gameplay footage, and much more.

Those of you anxiously awaiting the release of Dragon Ball FighterZ this coming January won’t want to miss Episode 5, which delivers a detailed look at Bandai Namco and Arc System Works’ upcoming 2.5D fighting game, including an exciting glimpse at its impressive roster of playable characters.

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Nearly every one of the 283 episodes of South Park that has aired over the last 20 years started out with an identical disclaimer. If you’re ever tuned in before the show’s intro, you know the one: the white-text-on-black-background message warning people of poor impressions and foul language, punctuated with the statement, “Due to its content, it should not be viewed by anyone.” With the release of the franchise’s new mobile game, South Park: Phone Destroyer, we now have a new version of that disclaimer.

Phone Destroyer, which was revealed back at E3, is out now worldwide on iOS and Android. Before you get into the action, however, you’re presented with a familiar sight–albeit with a few differences to account for this being a free-to-play, microtransaction-based game.

“This game contains both in-app purchases and the option to watch ads for rewards,” it reads. “To disable the ability to make in-app purchases, adjust your device settings. In-app purchases cost real money and are charged to your account and for those reasons, this game should not be played anyone.”

Phone Destroyer was developed by RedLynx, the studio best known for the Trials series. This game bears little resemblance to that series; it’s a collectible card-based real-time strategy game where you’ll do battle by summoning various South Park characters using cards. As in publisher Ubisoft’s South Park console games, you play as the New Kid as you work your way through a single-player campaign. There’s also a PvP mode where you can use the cards you’ve unlocked to compete against other players.

BBC has given us our first look at Jodie Whittaker as the thirteenth Doctor.

“New season. New Doctor. New look!” BBC America wrote alongside the reveal on Twitter. Whittaker, the series’ first female Doctor, was announced as Peter Capaldi’s replacement earlier this year.

First look at Whittaker as the thirteenth Doctor. Image via BBC America

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