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Most popular Gamepressure.com News - July 2018

Cartoon Games - Issue #248 - A cure for insomnia

Otis, 10 July 2018, 13:08

There is a way to deal with insomnia, you know? It's gaming-related!

When it comes to refunds, Star Citizen gets more puzzling than ever

Mathias Zulpo, 19 July 2018, 13:33

Star Citizen creators won't accept refund requests from people unsatisfied with the game's shape after years of development. The judge is on the developer's side. And for Ken Lord, the situation seems more than confusing.

GTX 1170 is more powerful than GTX 1080 Ti, leak suggests

Mathias Zulpo, 23 July 2018, 16:19

An anonymous benchmark test result suggests that Nvidia's new rumored gaming GPU – GTX 1170 – is more powerful than the already over-the-top GTX 1080 Ti. The test's legitimacy, however, is questionable.

Metal Gear Solid V update turns Quiet into a playable character

Mathias Zulpo, 26 July 2018, 11:42

Quiet is now a playable character in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 3 years after the game's debut. But the update that brought her around did even more than that.

Rainbow Six Siege now rewards ill-mannered players with an automatic ban

Mathias Zulpo, 16 July 2018, 12:23

Rainbow Six: Siege now automatically bans players for using certain offensive words. Although the system is meant to make the game environment less toxic, it's still far from perfect.

Fortnite Season 5 launches with an old friend making a comeback

Mathias Zulpo, 17 July 2018, 14:13

Moisty Mire becomes dry Paradise Palms, an All Terrain Kart challenges the shopping cart, and an old, rapid-fire friend is making a return. This is Fortnite Season 5.

Dead Space 4 would've been huge and diverse, former developer says

Mathias Zulpo, 17 July 2018, 12:51

An open world, customizable spaceships, and Necromorphs creepier and faster than ever – that’s part of what players could've expected from Dead Space 4. If only it hadn't been shut down.

Here's what Anthem map looks like. It's pretty massive

Mathias Zulpo, 31 July 2018, 16:43

Anthem is one of those "big" open world games. But how big is "big?" Anthem's creative director is here to answer – even though the answer itself was hidden in plain sight for quite some time.

World of Warcraft no longer requires you to buy the base game

Mathias Zulpo, 18 July 2018, 13:23

World of Warcraft is now subscription-only, period. But while you no longer need the base game to enjoy WoW and 6 of its expansions, some say that nothing really changed.

VR is dying, sales figures show

Mathias Zulpo, 30 July 2018, 04:10

A study conducted by Digital Trends is here to prove above all doubt that Virtual Reality is dying. But HTC begs to differ and says that's not the case and things are in fact looking up – at least when it comes to Vive.

Spec Ops: The Line dev's new game is getting a playable version soon

Mathias Zulpo, 20 July 2018, 15:49

While Spec Ops: The Line was definitely their opus magnum, German indie developer Yager hasn't said the last word yet. Yager's new project is a sci-fi FPS called The Cycle – and everybody will soon be able to play it.

No Man's Sky NEXT update resurrects the game with increased player activity and tons of positive reviews

Mathias Zulpo, 27 July 2018, 11:19

After a huge update called NEXT, No Man's Sky is coming back to life. 13 times more space-conquerors have been enjoying the game for the past few days than for the past 2 years. And Hello Games isn't stopping there.

The future of gaming is crossplay and game streaming, EA says

Mathias Zulpo, 30 July 2018, 18:19

EA takes crossplay seriously and wants to employ it in its future titles. The future itself, on the other hand, is in the cloud.

Cryptocurrency miner is pulled from Steam after it starts selling fake Team Fortress 2 items

Mathias Zulpo, 31 July 2018, 18:08

Abstractism appeared as a fun, relaxing game for half a dollar. There are many of them on Steam, but this one was special – because it was used for mining cryptocurrencies.

Fallout 76 BETA launches in October

Mathias Zulpo, 24 July 2018, 13:10

Fallout 76 beta launch has been officially set to October, Bethesda confirmed. But while the early version of the game is heading to all platforms, some will test it out sooner than others.

EA isn't taking BioWare over and won't shut the studio down no matter what

Mathias Zulpo, 25 July 2018, 14:06

Anthem's failure, if it happens, won't be the end of BioWare – studio's former game designer believes. That's because EA considers BioWare an important, long-term investment.

Cyberpunk 2077 doesn’t shy away from politics, developer claims

Mathias Zulpo, 30 July 2018, 14:00

"Cyberpunk is an inherently political franchise," says CD Projekt RED's Patrick Mill. This is how he responded to the discussion surrounding The Division 2, or rather – the game's reluctance to sending a political message.

No Man's Sky NEXT update introduces real multiplayer, weekly challenges and more

Mathias Zulpo, 23 July 2018, 14:36

After letting everybody down 2 years ago, No Man's Sky is back and ready to become relevant again. A brand new NEXT update, launching tomorrow, finally brings the promised multiplayer mode to the game. But of course, that's not all.