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Mark your calenders The US, Canada, Latin America, and Japan havehad their turn, and now it’s time for the United Kingdom to receive a free weekend of Xbox Live Gold. Beginning on the afternoon of May 3 and ending midnight on May 5, those who have an Xbox Live Silver membership will be able to access Gold features such as online multiplayer and apps. Also worth noting is thatFar Cry 3,Assassin’s Creed 3andGears of War: Judgementwill all be holding double XP weekends around this time....

What ifthis CD… had a sequel? During his PAX set, that bald, clavinet-playing mofo known in certain circles as “The Floss” announced that PRE-pre-orders of his second major album,Bits of Me, were open for show attendees. The window to jump on that fantastic deal has unfortunately closed, so now you’ll just have to settle for a regular ol’ pre-order. Scheduled for May,Bits of Mecontains 18 tracks, including popular numbers like “Star Fox: Space Oddity” and “Classic Ending Credits with Lyrics,” as well as several brand new tracks....

They want a unified voice when talking to Epic Right now, it’s the wild west as far as professional representation goes. Players are left to fend for themselves in all aspects of their career, especially if they find themselves in the unfortunate position of disagreeing with their organization. A handful ofFortniteplayers have taken the first steps to giving pros a unified voice. This morning, the Fortnite Professional Players’ Association was introduced — a union started by 16 pros across North America and Europe....

Rock on This is what I like to see! Developers doing really interesting things with the Switch, just like several studios did with the Wii U (Rest in Peace). Evidently the Japanese developer Gift Ten Industry is creating a project that’s codenamedMadolica, and will arrive in Japan for 1,500 yen in an eShop-only format on Switch. The gist? You’ll need to escape an evil mansion in-game, with the help of real life-printed maps from the game’s official site....

Baldur’s Gate 3gives you great freedom regarding how your characters turn out, and as your party members level up, you may teach them new Feats. Put simply, Feats are expertise your characters can learn, and the Feats you choose will affect your playstyle. Bards, with their proficiency in all things musical, are incredibly powerful if you know how to use them correctly. Consider the following Feats for your Bard inBaldur’s Gate 3....

Zenzizenzicmay have a ridiculous name, but it has a genuinely interesting story behind its development. Ruud Koorevaar would not have been called a game developer when he began work on the twin-stick bullet hell shooter; he knew nothing about the process, but was determined to teach himself. The result isZenzizenzic, and after two years of work on it, the project is nearing completion. Koorevaar put it up onKickstarterto help fund the final bits of development, and perhaps to gain enough money to work on an expansion for it....

Dev kit looks near final At CES, Oculus is showing off the latest Rift prototype from the factory of the Kickstarter developer kit that is expected to ship soon. While the latest version of the handmade prototype is being demoed off here, the fancy looking dev kit shown above is for looks only. Notice that it has a bigger 7″ screen, up from the 5.6″ we saw atQuakecon last summer. Looks nice, doesn’t it?...

Buzz, your girlfriend… WOOF! It’s nearly “late November,” which meansthat it’s almost timeto dive into the latest bit ofMass Effect 3DLC,Omega. Aria looks so excited, doesn’t she? To hype you up a bit, two new screenshots have been shown byAll Games Beta(which are viewable in the gallery below), detailing the look of female turians — something that’s oddly never been shown in theMass Effectgamesbefore. As for other media,Abrudasis pretty much your only other confirmation....

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s other things, too! [Update:Contest over! Winners are Fudgyfish, SarahDot, Sleeperstar, and StairMaster!] We’ve got four copies ofSonic & All-Stars Racing Transformedto hand out to the Destructoid community!We thought it was a pretty great game, so why not try it out for yourself,free of charge?! Limit one entry per person, and the contest closes this Friday, December 14 at 11:59 PM Pacific. Anyone with a US mailing address is eligible....

Coming around again… and again… and again Izanagi Games has finally secured a new release date for the PS4 edition ofDeath Come True.The FMV murder-mystery title will now launch on the PlayStation Store on November 12. Death Come True, the tale of a young man who awakens in a plush hotel suite to find himself both wanted for multiple murders and caught in a time loop, launched on PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile platforms this past summer....

The latest ‘survival’ game I’ve been on a survival kick lately. I think it had something to do with hanging out in forests and beaches during the entirety of my holiday and coming back to marathon episodes ofSurvivormanwith Les Stroud. Whatever the case, my complaints about survival games such asArkandMinecrafthave always been the same; you don’t do much actual surviving. That is early game, the basic stuff. Once you figure out how to properly forage, your risk of ever dying from the elements is dramatically reduced, and it ends up boiling down to teaming up with other players, building your own space together, and ultimately going to war with the rest of the environment around you and opposing teams who want to take all of your shit....

Furry friends return for a new adventure Indie developer GalaxyTrail has released a new video for its upcoming sequelFreedom Planet 2, a follow-up to 2014’sSonic the Hedgehog-style platform adventure. The new trailer offers us three whole minutes of the sequel’s colourful world, as returning heroes Lilac the Dragon, Carol the Wildcat, Milla the Hound are joined by new pal Neera the Frost Knight on yet another exciting quest through Avalice. Fans of the originalFreedom Planetcan expect more high-speed anthro-action, complete with engaging hub worlds, baddies to thwart, items to collect and brand new characters to meet and greet....

Not what we expected! It’s likePokemon Gofor your bathroom! In a completely unexpected turn, the very first announcement of Game Freak’s Pokemon Presents stream wasPokemon Smile. Created “to make brushing your teeth a fun activity for kids,” the app literally rewards children with Pokemon for brushing. That’s basically it. Everyone who hates on this probably doesn’t have kids!That said, my kid already loves brushing their teeth, so I’m in no rush to show them this (and be forced to load the app up every single night)....