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Just a week after Nvidia officially launched its own games streaming service, GeForce Now, Activision Blizzard have removed support for its entire library of games.

Nvidia notified GeForce Now customers about the sudden removal, laying blame on Activision Blizzard but without much explanation on why it happened. The post acknowledges that there will be cases where games might be removed from the service, but also mentions that Nvidia is working with Activision Blizzard to resolve the matter.

“Per their request, please be advised Activision Blizzard games will be removed from the service,” the statement reads. “While unfortunate, we hope to work together with Activision Blizzard to reenable these games and more in the future.”

Games such as Overwatch, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and World of Warcraft were all playable on GeForce Now, and have been for some time during the service’s long time in beta. Customers who purchased the games will still have access to them, but won’t be able to play them via Nvidia’s streaming hardware.

Activision Blizzard recently entered a multiyear deal with Google (who has its own games streaming service, Stadia) for streaming rights to major Overwatch and Call of Duty esports events on YouTube.

Before this year, getting full minor league rosters in MLB The Show meant downloading a roster update that members of the community spent hours upon hours constructing, creating each player from scratch with as-close-as-possible player likenesses, batting stances, pitching motions, equipment, stats, and so on. Now, full minor league rosters are officially coming to MLB The Show 20.

Developer Sony San Diego put out a new trailer (which you can see above) revealing the exciting change coming to this year’s baseball sim–complete with footage of former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow hitting a home run for the New York Mets triple-A affiliate. This is an exciting addition for franchise mode and Road to the Show players in particular, where the journey up through the minors was previously full of fake players unless you downloaded one of the aforementioned roster updates from the community.

Speaking of which, one of the most popular updates each year was one created by the user RidinRosters and their team. The trailer credits RidinRosters (whose real name is Scott Spindler) for collaborating on the official minor league rosters with Sony San Diego, which is pretty cool.

We recently got a chance to check out some of the improvements and changes coming to MLB The Show 20. We’ve also got you covered with an extensive pre-order guide ahead of the game’s release on March 17 for PlayStation 4.

If you’re going to be alone this Valentine’s Day, or if your partner also wants to spend your time together gaming, PlayStation has you covered. At least we think that’s what the latest PlayStation commercial is trying to say among its odd dystopian imagery.

In “Feel the Power of PlayStation,” a group of armed men are sent into an abandoned facility with attack dogs, rappelling down into the darkness to uncover a secret below. They encounter no enemies, but after busting open a door they encounter rows of disembodied hearts. They’re still pumping as if they’re connected to a Matrix-style mainframe, but PlayStation 4 consoles replace the computers.

Are PlayStation consoles powered by human hearts? Hopefully not literally, but the imagery does have some connection to Valentine’s Day. It isn’t the most romantic, however, as there aren’t any flowers or chocolates in the entire commercial. The hearts want what the hearts want.

Sony is no stranger to strange campaigns for its PlayStation consoles. These have included PlayStation 3 commercials with creepy baby dolls, eggs, and a floating Rubik’s cube. It’s still not entirely clear what they were supposed to convey, but they did grab our attention.

The latest PlayStation 4 exclusive, Dreams, arrives for its full release on February 14. You can create essentially any type of game using its tools, including a romantic gesture for your loved ones if our best Valentine’s Day gifts don’t cut it. The game previously launched in early access in 2019, and its pre-made campaign was designed using the same tools players have.

League of Legends developer Riot Games has been cagey with its team-based shooter “Project A” ever since the studio announced the game’s existence back in October 2019, but some information is starting to trickle out. Recently, Riot invited former Counter-Strike player Henry Greer (who goes by “HenryG”) to play a build of the game at its EU headquarters, and he had some interesting details to offer.

In a lengthy tweet-thread, Greer said that Project A resembles CS at a fundamental mechanical level, describing it as a 5-on-5 tactical shooter with elements of hero shooters like Overwatch and Apex Legends. He said that Project A has “super slick and satisfying” gameplay, while also noting that the mode he played was clearly inspired by Counter-Strike’s popular Defuse game type.

However, while Project A features character-specific abilities, such as enhanced movement abilities, Greer opined that these powers tend more toward utility than what he dubs the “overpowered spell/ultimate combinations that other class-based games suffer from.” In the current build, most of these powers are purchased with the same currency that you purchase guns with a la Counter-Strike, meaning that there’s a lot more room for strategic flexibility.

Given the fact that Greer is a former professional CS player himself, his opinions should be taken with a grain of salt, since it’s clear that Riot is patterning much of Project A on Valve’s ultra-popular shooter. That said, if it can truly excite the hordes of players who log onto Counter-Strike: Global Offensive every day, then it might have a fighting chance in the crowded shooter market.

After eight years away, EA is returning the Need for Speed franchise to Burnout developer Criterion Games. Current franchise leader Ghost Games is set to become EA Gothenburg once again.

Ghost Games has been the home of Need for Speed for the last four games in the series, developing 2013’s Need for Speed: Rivals, the 2015 Need for Speed reboot, 2017’s Need for Speed Payback, and last year’s Need for Speed Heat. While Payback marked a low point for the series, Ghost Games was getting the street racer back on track, with Heat earning 7/10 in GameSpot’s review.

Now the series returns to Criterion, the studio most well known for creating the Burnout series, and developers of 2010’s Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit and 2012’s Need for Speed: Most Wanted. The UK-based studio downsized in 2013, with many employees moving to Ghost Games. Since then, Criterion has taken on a supporting role, helping DICE on Star Wars: Battlefront, Battlefront II, and Battlefield V.

“With a strong history and passion for racing games and vision for what we can create, the Criterion team is going to take Need for Speed into the next-generation,” EA said in a statement to Gamesindustry.biz.

All of this leaves Ghost Games to refocus, as the studio becomes an engineering hub supporting development across EA’s other projects. “The engineering expertise in our Gothenburg team, some of whom are architects of the Frostbite engine, is vital to a number of our ongoing projects, and they would remain in that location,” EA said.

The publisher is looking to transfer the creative team at Ghost Games to positions at Criterion and other studios within the organisation, but 30 roles still remain at risk. “Outside of the engineers and those that we plan to transfer to other positions, there would be 30 additional staff in Gothenburg, and we would hope to place as many of them as possible into other roles in the company.”

One of the key reasons for the change comes down to location. “Despite our best efforts to establish an independent development group in Gothenburg over several years, it’s become clear that the breadth of talent we need to maintain a full AAA studio is just not available to us there,” EA explained. Criterion is based in Guildford, which is one of the biggest hubs for the UK’s game development scene.

Much like the beginning of this generation, the Need for Speed series is moving house as the next-gen draws near. Criterion is a very different studio to the one that developed Most Wanted, with studio founders Alex Ward and Fiona Sperry departing in 2014. Nevertheless, it’s still exciting to see the studio back making a game that’s wholly its own, not to mention the first Need for Speed game for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.

Ubisoft has announced that The Division 2 will return to New York City for its upcoming Warlords of New York expansion, but you can visit Big Apple tourist destination Coney Island now if you’re a season pass holder. Episode 3 goes to the Brooklyn neighborhood for a new story and gear.

The episode is called “Homecoming” and like the other episodic DLC, it’s exclusive to season pass holders first. It adds a new (returning) faction, the Cleaners, along with two main missions, and two classified assignments. It also adds two new weapons: the Honey Badger, and an exotic assault rifle that changes color with your surroundings called The Chameleon. The mission takes agents to Coney Island to rescue a renowned scientist from the Black Tusk faction.

This seems to be laying the groundwork for a more complete return to New York for the Warlords expansion. That will mark the beginning of the Year 2 content, and will be sold as a standalone expansion for $30. It has the agents pursuing series antagonist Aaron Keener through Lower Manhattan. It will also overhaul some major game systems including the loot and power level grind.

New players will be able to jump into the new content right away when it launches on March 3. You can check out our hands-on impressions of the Warlords expansion for more details. If you haven’t yet begun making your way through The Division 2, it’s on sale for dirt cheap this week.

Have you been missing the spooky porcelain doll-boy, Brahms, from the horror film The Boy? If so, you’ll be delighted to see there’s a sequel coming at the end of February, and one trailer has already arrived. Now, a second trailer for Brahms: The Boy II has arrived, but this movie comes off as more of a comedy than anything else.

The new trailer for Brahms: The Boy 2, which you can see below–if you dare–transcends horror to become a straight-up festival of laughs. Maybe it’s the rhyming story driving the unintentionally comedic elements to the trailer. Or maybe it’s that every jump-scare within the trailer is downright silly. Check it out for yourself.

In 2016’s The Boy, a woman moves from the US to a small town in the UK to be a nanny for a child. However, there is no child, only the doll named Brahms–which represented the child who died in the house years prior. Of course, things get spooky for the nanny as Brahms mysteriously appears and disappears throughout the film, and the audience is led to believe Brahms is a haunted doll.

However–spoiler alert for The Boy–Brahms wasn’t a doll haunted by a spooky ghost. The child that supposedly died is now an adult and living in the walls of the house. He was the one moving the doll around and creating the supposed supernatural elements of the film. That’s a pretty rad twist for what is ultimately a middle-of-the-road horror film.

The spooky doll followup seems to retcon that idea, giving Brahms supernatural powers of some sort. Sure, that could also be another swerve for the audience, but at this point, spooky dolls just ain’t what they used to be. Brahms: The Boy 2 stars Katie Holmes, Christopher Convery, Owain Yeoman, and Ralph Ineson. The sequel will be once again directed by William Brent Bell.

Brahms: The Boy 2 arrives in theaters on February 21. And if creepy dolls are your thing, check out our list of the scariest dolls in horror.

The whodunit homage Knives Out is officially getting a sequel, but what to call it? The official Twitter account requested title suggestions from fans, and has gotten a flurry of responses from the silly to the sincere. But mostly silly.

“Alright we need title suggestions for the sequel!” the tweet reads. “Drop em!” The result is a critical mass of replies, likes, and retweets. One suggestion is “KNIIVES OUT” to form the Roman numeral 2. Other popular suggestions include Knives In, and Knives Out 2: No Forks Given. You can see some of our favorite cheeky suggestions below.

Knives Out was Rian Johnson’s follow-up to Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but far from a special effects blockbuster. Instead he went for an ensemble mystery in the style of Agatha Christie, complete with a central detective character. Johnson announced that character, Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) will return for the sequel, but the rest of the cast is up in the air.

Johnson compared Blanc to Christie’s Hercule Poirot character, who was featured in several mystery novels with different surrounding characters–most famously Murder on the Orient Express. For more on Knives Out, check out GameSpot’s Knives Out review.

Wes Anderson is one of the most idiosyncratic directors working today. His movies are marked by a mix of offbeat humour, stunning production design, and amazing ensemble casts. Films such as The Royal Tenenbaums, Moonrise Kingdom, and The Grand Budapest Hotel have given him a hugely dedicated fanbase over the years. Anderson’s latest movie is The French Dispatch, and the first trailer has been released.

The title of the film refers to an American magazine operating out of a French city during the mid-20th century. Bill Murray plays the owner, and the movie is divided into three stories, all based on articles that are being written and researched for the publication. The trailer delivers everything you’d want from a Wes Anderson movie, and while it’s hard to keep up with the sheer number of famous faces appearing in just over two minutes, it all looks gloriously entertaining. Check it out below:

The French Dispatch hits theaters on July 24. Its cast also includes (deep breath)…

• Tilda Swinton
• Frances McDormand
• Jeffrey Wright
• Adrien Brody
• Benicio del Toro
• Owen Wilson
• Léa Seydoux
• Timothée Chalamet
• Christoph Waltz
• Elisabeth Moss
• Henry Winkler
• Saoirse Ronan
• Liev Schreiber
• Edward Norton
• Willem Dafoe
• Anjelica Huston

In an interview last year, Anderson provided a few details about the movie’s themes. “The story is not easy to explain,” he said, via The Playlist. “[It’s about an] American journalist based in France [who] creates his magazine. It is more a portrait of this man, of this journalist who fights to write what he wants to write. It’s not a movie about freedom of the press, but when you talk about reporters you also talk about what’s going on in the real world.”

For more, check out GameSpot’s guide to the biggest upcoming movies of 2020.