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Grappling up the charts Apex Legendsis popular. Really popular. One week ago, EA and Respawnunveiled a new contenderin the battle royale genre. Seven days later, it has a ridiculous number of players. Respawn CEO Vince Zampella revealed today thatApex Legendshas surpassed 25 million players in the one week since its launch. Those figures peaked over the weekend whenApex Legendshad more than two million people playing concurrently. However, 2019 has another metric that’s nearly as useful in determining popularity: Twitch streamers....

The subgenre spans PC and mobile currently TheDota Auto Chessmod kicked off at the beginning of 2019, and started a trend in the process. After reaching an apex of eight million players over a scant few months, the “auto-battler” genre was born, and man did publishers rush to it like old prospectors. From thereAuto Chessmorphed into a full standalone game (on mobile now and later slated for the Epic Games Store), and spurred Valve into making it official withDota Underlords....

For anyone who follows DRM-free digital distributor extraordinaireGood Old Games, we have got one hell of an announcement for you today: Ubisoft was brought on board the service this week. Say what you will about Ubisoft’s current status as a publisher, but there’s no arguing that the giant has given us some truly stellar games throughout its history, and those games are now going to be available from GOG.com. Three titles are up for purchase currently at $9....

Just be careful of the brain freeze As if there wasn’t already enoughunhealthy waysto win one of the new next-gen consoles, 7-Eleven is now giving away one free Xbox One system every day until the 2nd of January. For chance to win, 7-Eleven patrons need to purchase Slurpee products and then enter the cup code on theSlurpee rewards site. The drawing can be entered up to five times per day, at the cost of two points per entry....

We’ve posted plenty of Dorkly Bits videos in the past, much to your delight or displeasure. I agree that some can be dry or forced, but every so often,something magicalhappens and everybody is happy. I’d like to think a lot of folks will enjoy thisMariospin onIt’s a Wonderful Life, with Luigi in the role of George Bailey. It’s a fairly tame (by Dorkly standards) spoof full of good ol’ Christmas cheer, and it’s a reminder that, even though Luigi may not always get his fair share of the limelight, videogames wouldn’t be the same without him....

Bless the data miners It’s a little thing, but hearing your robot butler Codsworthsay your name out loudis one of the great joys ofFallout 4. Bethesda has an update for the game (out now on PC; next week on Xbox One; sometime on PlayStation 4) that, in part, expands the list of words he can vocalize. Data miners havesurfacedfrom the depths with the full list of added names,viewable here in image form....

Want to rock a game tie and eye patch? Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girlsis coming to North America and Europe this fall. It’s a weird little third-person megaphone shooter with light puzzle elements set between the first and second games in the main series. NISA is bringing fans a $65 collector’s edition, whichyou can find here. It includes the game, a 32 page art book, a 15 song soundtrack, a super lame tie and eye patch, all bundled into a collector’s box....

No need to double dip Love ’em or hate ’em, this is the generation of remakes. It seems as if remasters of the previous generation pop up more frequently than actual new games, but if said remasters actually end up funding new games rather than the coffers of executives, that can be a good thing. The newest remake comes by way of From Software in the form ofDark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sinfor a variety of different platforms....

Vicarious Visions was not implicated in recent lawsuit Vicarious Visions, the development studio behindDiablo II: Resurrected, has suggested that fans “Do what they feel is right” in regards to purchasing the upcoming release. The comments were made duringan interview with Axios Gaming. The developer is, of course, referring to the current controversy surrounding publisher Activision Blizzard, who is embroiled in a lawsuit with the state of Californiaover allegations of sexual harassmentand discrimination within theWorld of Warcraftstudio’s walls....

I’m not much of a fan of heights, but I do love blowing things up.World of Warplaneslooks like it will force me to confront my fears in an effort to send enemy pilots crashing to the ground. In the third developer diary, the team details some of the modes which will be available to players once the title launches. Superiority is the core mode, and it looks like the most fun to me....

Diving back into the Ishimura Dead Spaceis back, thanks to the remake from Electronic Arts’ Motive studio. TheDead Spaceremake is out today, and given how replayable the original was, fans might be interested to know if there’s a New Game Plus option for the remake. The good news is thatDead Space(2023)does have a New Game Plus mode. The option will let you carry over progress gained from your previous run through the USG Ishimura, and will add a few extra features as well....

The Duke Nukem Forever First Access Club is a club you want to get into if you want to play the demo of…Duke Nukem Forever. This is really just a silly name for early demo access. Still, I’ll take it. The good news is that it comes with every copy ofBorderlands Game of the Year Edition. 2K Games and Gearbox are teaming up on this offer. Starting October 12 you’ll be able to getBorderlandsin its entiretyandnab a membership certificate for the First Access Club....

That’s the max level content The update should drop in the next month or so, and it will boost guild rankings singificantly, adding a host of new features. It’ll also adjust class balance, combat, and the Veteran Rank system will be dropped in its current form. Instead of focusing on players grinding out Veteran content, a new “customization and growth” system will be implemented. If they can get that figured out soon as well as controller support, I may hop back in again....