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Take-Two Interactive was the first publisher to break the next-gen price seal with the announcement that NBA 2K21 will cost $70 on next-gen consoles, $10 more than the standard current-gen price. Just ahead of its earnings call, CEO Strauss Zelnick explained why he feels the price hike is justified.

“There hasn’t been a price increase for frontline titles for a really long time, despite the fact that it costs a great deal more to make those titles,” Zelnick told GamesIndustry.biz. “And we think with the value we offer consumers… and the kind of experience you can really only have on these next-generation consoles, that the price is justified. But it’s easy to say that when you’re delivering extraordinary quality, and that’s what our company prides itself on doing.”

Pressed further on the subject, in light of Ubisoft not following suit, he explained that he can only speak for Take-Two, and he doesn’t expect the industry to all move to the same price point in a coordinated fashion.

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Dark Horse has put out some gorgeous Witcher 3 figures over the years. Right now at Amazon you can grab the second series of these figures on sale for up to 30% off. The Dark Horse Series 2 figures include Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri wearing alternate costumes from beloved game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Take a look at the Series 2 deals below. A few of the figures from the original series are also on sale, but stock is running low in some cases, while others are sold out.

Witcher 3 Series 2 Figures on Sale

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All of these figures stand roughly 10 inches tall and normally retail for $49.99. Yennefer’s Series 2 costume is a bit more colorful than her original outfit. Ciri is dressed in red and blue armor. Geralt’s Series 2 figure is clad in his Grandmaster Feline armor, the pieces of which you may have collected in the game. If you prefer the traditional Geralt look, you can grab his original figure for a few bucks off if you grab it while stock is still available.

Other Series 1 figures available at a discount right now include Regis, who comes with an interchangeable vampire head and claws, Dandelion the bard, and the doctor Shani. You can find all the available Witcher 3 figures here.

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We love hearing your feedback on Podcast Unlocked via the Loot Box, and now you have the chance to actually let us hear your beautiful voices!

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We want as many Unlocked fans as we can get to send in your Loot Box question to the panel, and we’ll play it on the air on this week’s show. If this works as well as we hope, we’ll make this a regular thing every week.

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Despite originally releasing in 2002, Final Fantasy XI is still being supported by developer Square Enix. Producer Akihiko Matsui announced on the game’s official forum that August’s update will see the first new story content in the game in nearly five years. The new storyline, called “The Voracious Resurgence,” will take place over “many version updates,” so don’t expect to finish it soon. Square Enix says that the story will revolve revolve around the appearance of small eggs of unknown origin and it’s up to adventurers to figure out “a conspiracy that threatens the very fabric of the world.”

Due to the success of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, updates for Square Enix’s prior MMORPG have been sparse. In 2015, the game received a scenario called “Rhapsodies of Vana’diel,” which was meant to be the final storyline. Players will have to complete “Rhapsodies of Vana’diel” in order to access the new content, which Matsui claims “explores a side of Vana’diel that’s never before seen the light.”

The new storyline isn’t all that the August update will have to offer as the beastmaster job will be receiving an adjustment as well. Changes to the job type’s magic accuracy have been made to encourage beastmasters to battle alongside their pets. There are also unspecified additional pets arriving in August that include “very specific strengths and weaknesses.”

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Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor who portrayed Dr. Alan Grant in 1993’s Jurassic Park and 2001’s Jurassic Park III, has been increasingly sounding off and sharing his excitement about his role in 2021’s upcoming Jurassic World: Dominion. His enthusiasm cannot be understated: Over the weekend, Neill tweeted that Dominion is the “best yet.”

There is reason to believe this outsized claim isn’t in the category of standard hype leading up to any major tentpole blockbuster. Dominion’s director Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) recently shared in a Comic-Con@Home panel that the upcoming film is continuing a tradition that may have gone unnoticed for many.

“We’ve actually gone more practical with every Jurassic movie we’ve made since the first one, and we’ve made more animatronics in this one than we have in the previous two,” Trevorrow said in the recent panel. “And the thing that I’ve found, especially in working in the past couple months, is that we finally reached a point where it’s possible to… digital extensions on animatronics will be able to match the texture and the level of fidelity that, on film, an animatronic is going to be able to bring. And you didn’t use to be able to really mix them. You could really see the seams. And so that part of it is very exciting for me.”

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Spellbreak will support cross-progression across PC, Xbox One, PS4 and Nintendo Switch when it launches.

Developer Proletariat will allow players to create a Spellbreak account that can be attached to the game on any platform, which brings along progression, customisation and stats wherever you choose to play. It will also players to create cross-platform squads and find friends across all versions of the game.

Check out a trailer for the announcement below:

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The free-to-play, magic-focused battle royale already has already promised cross-play across all platforms. The game has already seen betas on PC (vis Epic Games Store) and PS4, with Switch and Xbox One launches coming later this year.

Proletariat has described the move as “vitally important” to the future of Spellbreak, giving players as much choice as possible from Day One of the game’s full release. The developer adds that it believes this will become an industry standard in time.

We spoke to Proletariat as part of IGN’s Summer of Gaming, and got the lowdown on how Spellbreak weaves RPG ideas into the battle royale template.

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Developer Blizzard Entertainment has announced Overwatch‘s Summer Games event starts tomorrow, August 4, on Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, and Xbox One. The event runs until August 26.

While Blizzard has yet to outline what else is in the new event series, it does feature a brand-new skin for DPS hero Pharah. It’s her Legendary Lifeguard skin, which suggests that some sort of fun-in-the-sun event–where characters are dressed to hit the beach–will take place over the next few weeks.

Pharah isn’t the only hero to have gotten a new skin in recent weeks. Tank hero Sigma received a Legendary skin last month for those who secured enough wins during his Maestro Challenge event.

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