Black Game Developers Showcase Kicks Off Indie Digital Events

Event promotor Media Indie Exchange (The MIX) has announced some of the digital events it will hold throughout the year, starting with a celebration honoring Black History Month.

Starting on February 25, The MIX will host the “Game Changers: Celebrating Black Developers” livestream. It’ll feature a showcase of games created by Black developers, with Black Twitch creators and industry professionals holding 1-on-1 chats with marginalized game makers. The following day, February 26, will see the “Black Voices in Gaming Showcase.” Presented by Humble Bundle Games, this livestream continues the “Game Changers” broadcast. It’ll also feature a special emphasis on Humble’s Black Game Developer Fund and a sponsorship through Kickstarter. Both presentations will be streamed on Twitch’s Gaming channel, with “Game Changers: Celebrating Black Developers” going live at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET on February 25 and “Black Voices in Gaming Showcase” starting at the same time on February 26.

The MIX also outlined its March event, which runs from March 13-14. Called Game Dev Direct, the event kicks off with a two-hour broadcast starting at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET on March 13. Then at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET is a livestream presented by Paradox Interactive, which will feature an “inside look” at upcoming titles from the Sweden-based publisher, including new trailers, reveals, and interviews with developers from affiliated studios like Another Indie and Headup.

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Tactical RPG Kings Bounty 2 Has Been Delayed To August

1C Entertainment and Koch Media have announced that King’s Bounty 2–the successor to the turn-based tactical RPG King’s Bounty— will be released on August 24 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. This is a delay from the game’s original March 2021 release date, due to the developers deciding more time was needed to ensure the best experience for players.

“As a team, we had to make the difficult decision to move King’s Bounty 2’s release to a later point in 2021 to ensure the team has adequate time to deliver a King’s Bounty best possible experience,” said Nikolay Baryshnikov, CEO of 1C Entertainment.

According to a producer on the team, the game is basically ready, but it needs a bit more time to get things just right. “We are currently at a stage where the game is complete and playable, but we need more time to finish playtesting, fixing, polishing, and postponing launch will give us the precious months to balancing phase, much needed for such important project for us,” said King’s Bounty 2 producer Denis Maltzev.

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Fast 9’s Ludacris Has A Discovery+ Special Where The Goal Is To Cook Dinner For His Mom

The recently launched Discovery+ streaming service is rolling out original content, and coming soon is Luda Can’t Cook. The cooking original follows Ludacris–F9 franchise star and a self-admitted terrible home cook–whose endgame is to be able to make an edible dinner for his mother. Is there anything more wholesome than that?

Premiering on Discovery+ on February 25, Chris Bridges–also known as Ludacris–will star on the one-hour long special. He can’t cook, and he’ll be the first one to tell you that. “I have a wife, and she does all the cooking, which is part of the reason I can’t cook because I’m lazy and whenever I’m hungry, I want to eat,” Ludacris said during a panel at the TCA winter press tour. “I don’t want to cook. It’s a timing thing because I’m so busy. My kitchen is pretty fully equipped. I just rely on her to cook everything.”

That doesn’t mean Ludacris hasn’t tried to cook in the past. “I don’t even know how to cook rice,” he admitted. “I’m gonna be honest with you guys, like if I tried to put some rice in there, it’s gonna stick to the pot.”

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Free Xbox Games: NASCAR Heat 5, Warhammer Vermintide 2, And Space Crew This Weekend

Microsoft’s Free Play Days promotion rolls on this weekend with three games discounted to the low, low price of $0.00 for a few days only.

NASCAR Heat 5, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, and Space Crew are also completely free for Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass Ultimate subscribers right now through the weekend. You can download the games from the Xbox website or on your console.

The free play promotion has already begun, and it runs until 11:59 PM PT on Sunday, February 14.

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Destiny 2 Harbinger Paracausal Feather Locations – Week 1 (Feb 9-16)

The Season of the Hunt may be over, but Destiny 2‘s tough Exotic mission, Harbinger, is still available in the game. In addition to fighting through some tough battles, you can also hunt through the mission for Paracausal Feathers to complete the Bird of Prey mission. Their locations rotate each week, but fortunately for you, we’ve scoured the EDZ’s Reservoir and located all five of this week’s feathers. You’ll find them all in the guide below.

Completing Harbinger earns you fresh rolls of the powerful Exotic hand cannon Hawkmoon, and if you complete Bird of Prey by earning 100 Paracausal Feathers, you can unlock a special Exotic ship called Radiant Accipiter. Don’t worry, though–you earn additional feathers by beating bosses in Harbinger, and finding the hidden feathers adds even more to your total. If you find them all this week, expect to finish Harbinger with around 37 feathers. Read on for the complete list of where to find this week’s feathers.

Paracausal Feather 1: Catwalk Near The Taken Centurion Emissary

The easiest feather to find is right in the middle of the room where you fight the Taken Centurion. Just make sure to check the catwalk.
The easiest feather to find is right in the middle of the room where you fight the Taken Centurion. Just make sure to check the catwalk.

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