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Monster Hunter World title update: Arch-Tempered Monsters, patch notes

The latest title update for Monster Hunter World will go live later today, and Capcom has provided the notes along with more information on Arch-Tempered Monsters. Today's free title update to Monster Hunter World adds the Elder Dragon Lunastra along with a new form of Tempered Monsters. Arch-Tempered Elder Dragons will be featured in two new event quests, which will appear at the quest counter under a unique colored icons. Event Quest: A Whisper of White Mane will be available June 8-21 and tasks players with defeating an Arch-Tempered Kirin.

Atlas is a 40,000 players pirate MMO from the creators of Ark: Survival Evolved

Atlas is a new game from some of the developers behind Ark: Survival Evolved. Created by Grapeshot Games, a new studio founded by the creators of Ark: Survival Evolved, Atlas is a first-person (also playable in third-person) pirate-themed survival MMO with an ambitious scale. The developer boasts over 40,000 players in the same world, all exploring it simultaneously. Grapeshot aims to create massive-scale battles and a living world, which is where the scale comes in.

Borderlands 3 players can participate in Arms Race mini-events

Borderlands 3 is hosting three weeks' worth of Arms Race Mini-Events. It’s Arms Race time in Borderlands 3, and you can participate in three consecutive week-long mini-events starting today, January 21. Arms Race is a roguelike experience that features randomized elements. In it, you are stripped of all your gear, passive abilities, and Actions Skills and dropped into a zone where you’ll have to get loot or die trying. The action takes place in the Stormblind Complex which is a decommissioned DAHL military base.

Horizon Forbidden West soundtrack can be streamed on all platforms starting this Friday

Starting this Friday, you will be to stream the Horizon Forbidden West score that accompanies your machine hunts, both in and outside the game. Guerrilla has teamed up with Sony Music to roll out the soundtrack on all streaming platforms, so you will be able to take your pick. The soundtrack will be released in three volumes. Volume 1 arrives this Friday and includes tracks such as Aloy’s Theme, a new take on her iconic theme for Horizon Forbidden West with vocals by Julie Elven, and In the Flood, a track featured in the game’s opening title sequence with vocals by Ariana Gillis.

Destiny 2: Season of the Haunted walkthrough. All new quests, weapons, and features explained

Destiny 2: Season of the Haunted is the latest major update to come to the popular Sci-fi shooter, and introduces a bunch of new quests, weapons, features and secrets with the arrival of the Leviathan on the moon. There’s a lot to dig into, and plenty to explore as you venture inside this giant ship in an attempt to stop Callus’ nonsense from making the moon any worse than it already is.

GTA 5 PC: control the in-game phone with your iPhone using this mod

GTA 5's latest mod lets you control the in-game phone with your real-life iPhone. Reddit user Planetleak wanted to see if he would succeed in getting his iPhone to control the phone in GTA 5. He did it and has a video to prove it. It's not a mod per-se, but it emulates mouse and keyboard inputs using the phone's touch screen. Whatever you do on the iPhone gets sent to an Arduino webserver, which in turn sends these inputs to the game.

BioShock Infinite heavy hitters video shows Handyman

2K's released a second heavy hitters video for BioShock Infinite, this time showcasing the Handyman. The Irrational team detail how he was made and how there's a "certain sadness" to them that gamers need to find out in the game. Get the video below. Infinite's out on October 16 in the UK for PS3, 360 and PC. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7t7ORbW5nm5%2BifLSxwqilnWWSnry0tM6comahnpu2r7XTnmShnZGrxqm1062cq6tdq7alsc5mnaibpaiytHnOp2ShmZ6Zxq6tzQ%3D%3D

Square announces microtransaction-based browser game service CoreOnline

CoreOnline, a microtransaction-based browser game service, has been announced by Square Enix. The firm said the service allows players to experience "console quality games" through browsers, and the first titles released are Hitman: Blood Money and Mini Ninjas. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Tomb Raider: Underworld, and others will follow at a later date. Games will be divided into segments where players will pay incremental amounts for each.

SWTOR companions to eventually receive same-sex romance options

Bioware has officially confirmed once and for all, that companion characters in SWTOR will indeed have the option to have same-sex romances, but not at launch. According to an official post on the SWTOR forums, community manager Stephen Reid said the option would not be present at launch do to "design constraints." "Due to the design constraints of a fully voiced MMO of this scale and size, many choices had to be made as to the launch and post-launch feature set,"

Monster Hunter Generations: here's a look at Astalos gameplay

A new Monster Hunters Generations video has been released, giving you a look at Astalos of the Fated Four in action. The new monster takes on a team of four in the video, and should you take this big fellow down, you will be able to craft equipment from its parts. Images of armor and weapons made from Astalos' hide is shown in the images below. Capcom Unity's Yuri and his teammates use various moves to take out the monster, which used both ground and aerial attacks.