Minecraft 1.18 update overhauls world-generation and monster spawns

Epic Games’ battle royale Fortnite went down for maintenance early this morning, and when it returns, it will bring with it the latest update.Update v17.30 is the latest in a series of updates that makes small tweaks over the course of a season. So far, several alien technologies have been added to the game.

SUNDAY: On Sunday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 5 new deaths and 3,045 new cases from Covid-19. There also 1,071 current hospitalizations.

The Stanley Parable, Gone Home, and Minecraft have joined forces to found new studio Ivy Road.The announcement was made during Annapurna Interactive‘s debut showcase last night (July 29).

nationwide resurgence in COVID cases, both California’s Disneyland and Florida’s Disney World are reinstating their park-wide mask mandates.

Nintendo has announced an update to New Pokémon Snap which adds three new areas to explore and even more Pokémon to photograph.New Pokémon Snap is about to get even bigger with this free content update.“Prepare to discover new areas and photograph more Pokémon across the Lental region with a free content update for New Pokémon Snap on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite systems arriving on 4 August,” Nintendo said in an official statement.Available from August 4, 2021, the free New Pokémon

Nintendo is ending its mobile game Dr. Mario World, with the title set to shut down entirely on November 1.An ‘End of Service Notice’ was posted on the game’s official website today (July 28), thanking players for their support and confirming the end date.Effective immediately, players will not be able to purchase diamonds, Dr.

The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild as a playable survival map in Minecraft.Creator Dinaeh has been sharing their progress on Reddit, including an outline of the whole of Hyrule, which does closely resemble the map in Breath Of The Wild.The project is being made on 1:2 scale and has so far been made using just WorldPainter, Minecraft‘s interactive map generator.Dinaeh also posted more detailed screenshots, including desert-type environment from the Gerudo Highlands and the icy Hebra

Comcast-owned European pay-TV giant Sky is overhauling its UK channel portfolio, retiring its flagship Sky One after nearly 40 years and launching Sky Showcase in its place.

Capcom has confirmed the latest crossover character from its archives to feature in Monster Hunter Rise will be Amaterasu, the wolf-like goddess of the sun from its classic adventure game, Ōkami.Amaterasu will appear in Monster Hunter Rise on July 30. However, from the trailer Capcom released to announce her arrival, it doesn’t seem as though she’ll actually be a distinct character.

EA has announced that the season 10 update for Apex Legends will feature an overhaul of  the World’s Edge map.Apex Legends‘ tenth season, titled Emergence, will release on August 3. The update will alter the World’s Edge map, introducing lighting changes, new pathways and new points of interest.When the planet harvester landed on World’s Edge in season 4, it also introduced an update to the time of day for the map.

Amazon has announced its new MMO, New World, reached the 200,000 concurrent players mark over the weekend, representing a significant milestone for the game that’s currently in closed beta.The MMO hit a peak concurrent figure of 200,856 on Steam on Sunday, making it the sixth most popular game on the platform.

No More Heroes 3 gameplay has shown off the game’s open-world ahead of its release next month.The footage, which was uploaded by YouTuber xPeter’s Archive, shows protagonist Travis Touchdown travelling across the world on bike and by foot. No More Heroes 3 is set in a fictional town called Santa Destroy and developed by Grasshopper Manufacture.Footage to date has primarily focused on the game’s narrative and action elements, showing Travis in combat segments.

Umurangi Generation was the big winner at this year’s Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards.Taking place on July 21, billed together on the same Twitch stream as the Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA), the IGF Awards are specifically focused on indie game developers, where the recipients also take home cash prizes.Hosted by Victoria Tran, community director for Among Us developer Innersloth, Umurangi Generation won both Excellence in Narrative as well as the highest honour, the Seumas

fried due to issues during the closed beta for New World.Speaking to PC Gamer, a spokesperson for EVGA said, “Yes, all failed 3090’s are being replaced.”After players reported their GPU woes when attempting to play the Amazon MMO at unlocked frame rates, it appeared that this was specifically affecting EVGA GPUs.Amazon Game Studios has since released a hotfix to address the issue by locking the frame rate settings.“We have implemented an update to reduce GPU load in menu screens by clamping

It’s safe to say Colton Underwood’s Bachelor contestants likely had mixed feelings when he came out as gay earlier this year. Katie Morton, who is close with season 23 winner Cassie Randolph, opened up to Us Weekly about her reaction to the news, which came after the former Bachelor was accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend.

New World may be proving popular on Steam but it’s not been without issues.

New World has entered closed beta, and is already generating a lot of interest from players.According to SteamDB, the MMORPG from Amazon Games peaked at 190,811 concurrent players on Steam within 24 hours of launching its closed beta on July 20.It’s proven just as popular on Twitch. According to Dexerto, New World racked up over 600,000 viewers, beating out other popular games like Grand Theft Auto V and Call Of Duty: Warzone.

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin has officially shipped over one million copies worldwide.Capcom announced the news today via the game’s Twitter account, thanking fans for their support.“The numbers are in!” it said.

Epic Games has released Fortnite update 17.20, which adds a Bugha skin, limited-time mode, and preferred loadout slots.Preferred item slots allow players to organise their inventories in advance of finding items instead of having to do it on the fly or mid-combat.

Amazon‘s New World has confirmed that they “do not want this to be a pay-to-win experience.”READ MORE: New World preview: great combat marks a hot prospect for the futureIn May, Studio Director Rich Lawrence had to take to Twitter to dispel rumours about in-game microtransactions following a leak during the alpha testing of Amazon’s new MMORPG New World.An update introduced a storefront that offered “special cosmetic items for players and their in-game homes” and, according to the notes, “may