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Can I take a name? Yesterday,we reported on how noir-fantasy drink-festVA-11 Hall-Awill be making the leap to PS4 and Nintendo Switch next month. But for those of you who prefer Sunday morning to Saturday night, thenCoffee Talkmight be just your cup of Joe. From indie outfit Toge Productions,Coffee Talkis set in an alternate-universe Seattle, populated by interesting fantasy characters. Players will stand behind the counter as a barista, and will be charged with brewing up a variety of tall soy mocha frappuccinos and such for a string of troubled customers....

Overdone. The long-running legal case regarding controversialCooking Mama: Cookstarhas finally drawn to its conclusion, with The International Court of Arbitration ruling that publisherPlanet Entertainment did indeed infringeupon Office Create’s IP with the 2020 release. Available for PS4 and Nintendo Switch,Cooking Mama:Cookstarfell into controversy immediately, with rumors swirling that it utilized the Nintendo Switch hardware to mine cryptocurrency. Though Planet Entertainment stated that this wasn’t the case,Cooking MamaIP owner Office Create filed suit against the publisher, stating that the company’s right to use theCooking Mamabrand had expired — the initial build of the comical cook sim having been submitted and rejected back in 2018....

Monday Mayhem I know the start of the week can be a little rough for all of us. If you fancy blowing off some steam with a little wanton destruction, then Xbox One owners might have been given the perfect outlet, asCrackdown 2is now available to download for free on Xbox One. Ruffian’s blow-em-up sequel dropped back in 2010, bringing more hi-tech mayhem and sci-fi carnage to the Xbox 360. This free re-release is, in part, to celebrate a new wave of content headed toCrackdown 3,which launched to a wholly lukewarm response last month....

There’s a new silver bundle [Update:The Season of Arrivals is fully confirmed and starts today: you’re able to watch the trailer below. A new dungeon called “Prophecy,” involvingThe Nine, will launch later today. You can find the entire breakdown of what’s coming in the season below. Also,the next expansion is bound for September, andexpansions are planned through at least 2022.] Bungie is all set to reveal their big next step forDestiny 2later today at 12PM ET, but before that happens, it appears as if the Australian PSN has taken some wind out of their sails....

New ‘Metro’ map also included CJ GameLab has pushed out a new update for its free-to-play FPS,District 187: Sin Streets. The “Femme Fatale,” as the company is calling it, adds the game’s first female characters — two, to be precise. Emilia and Bridget come with some special abilities, granting players “a 30 percent experience boost and 15 percent gold boost, and also sport a 30 percent quicker reload time.” Also included in the update is a new transit hub-themed map called Metro....

Under Night In-Birth 2rollback netcode would be incredible for anime fighting game fans. The first game impressed us with its frenetic gameplay and intriguing characters, but can the netcode keep up with the action? Will there beUnder Night In-Birth 2rollback netcode? PublisherArc System Works and the whimsically named developer French Bread have confirmed there will beUnder Night In-Birth 2rollback netcode at launch. It says on the game’sSteam pagethat it’s “now supporting rollback netcode for an improved online experience!...

Yep, that’s right. Dirk the Daring is hitting the DSi in all his glorified-choose-your-own-adventure-book finery!Dragon’s Lairhas beenrated by Germanyof all places as a digital download for Nintendo’s portable service, meaning that a new generation of gamers can tell an idiotic knight what to do. Germany’s USK rating system has listed the game, spilling the beans in very much the same way as America’s ESRB tends to do. This marks the first time I’ve genuinely been hyped for a DSiWare game....

Canine on Canvas A lot of heads were turned last year with the release of delightful indie titleWandersong.Now, it appears that the developer of the colourful and emotional title, Greg Lobanov, is already at work on their next game,Drawdog. At this point very little is known about this venture, save for a Gif posted on the game’snew twitter account.It appears to show the titular Drawdog wishing us all a warm welcome by painting “hello” on their monochrome landscape....

Dance Central 2has been officially announced with voice control additions and simultaneous multiplayer dancing. With all songs from the original being imported, the game will boast over 100 songs at launch, which Harmonix says is the most of any music game. The multiplayer is the big deal this time around, and two players dancing together was the major point of the demo. It certainly works, if the presentation is to be believed, especially as the two dancers were rather close to each other and the Kinect unit seemed to have no issue picking them apart....

Fat Princessis one of the PSN’s most highly anticipated releases this year, and if you want to get in on the action ahead of the game’s Summer launch, you’ll want to sneak your filthy way into the beta. Sony is currently offering250 beta codes, but if you want a chance to try out this game, you’ll need to make like the Fat Princess herself and eat cake. The first 250 people to photograph themselves eating a cake and upload the evidence to theFacebook fan pagewill get access to the game....

The wilderness is not your friend After a successful Kickstarter campaign a couple years back, The Molasses Flood is set to release its first game,The Flame in the Flood, later this month. The team, comprised of industry veterans who have worked on AAA games such asBioShock,Rock Band, andHalo, has been hard at work on this “rogue-lite” river adventure which seems to be a modern-day take onOregon Trail, only the trail is a river and you never have to ford it (at least I hope not)....

Rev up your Lancers Earlier this year we heard about a vague bump inGears of War 4‘s release window, from holiday 2016 to fall 2016. Today we have some more specificity:Gears of War 4is releasing on October 11 of this year. For those unwilling and/or incapable of waiting seven months to chainsaw some monster people in half, a beta will be available to all Xbox Live members on April 25. Those who playedGears of War: Ultimate Editionwill have access even earlier, gaining entry to the beta on April 18....

‘New ending!’ As Handsome Jack was preparing for his role inBorderlands: The Pre-Sequel, he caught a glimpse of the future that was in store for him. He didn’t like that very much, so he retconned it. And, not only did he change the timeline of events, he did so in a rather grating way. Either you love him or you hate him, I guess.