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Did you know EA’s Star Wars mobile gacha game went untouched during the Battlefront II controversy? Did you know EA has a Star Wars mobile gacha game? Despite my rant several months ago about mydislikeDragalia Lost’s overly grindy events, I recently hooked myself on it again. Even in that piece, I admit there’s a lot I like aboutDragaliain particular, and I still maintain there are many things I enjoy that are innate to typical gacha game design....

Microsoft Points are still phasing out later this year According to an internal email sent from Microsoft, the Xbox Live Rewards system as we know it willchange on August 1st of this year. Currently the system allows for users to earn “bonus rewards,” which can involve an almost comical 20 Microsoft Point “Birthday Bonus” that equates to$0.25. Since Microsoft Pointswill no longer be availablelater this year, the entire program is set to morph into something else that’s “even better....

‘How I Blew Millions Marketing the Biggest Flop of 2017’ [Update:Coho has cancelled his talk at DevGAMM. He tells Destructoid “I have a ton of respect for the Boss Key Productions team. Games are a risky, difficult business even when everything goes well, and BKP did their best. My talk was going to be aboutmylessons learned from the mistakes I made, not about what the devs could have done better or differently....

Five regions fight for $2.5 million It’s just starting to hit me now that if I were to become good at videogames I could get some money. These prize pools are ridiculous! It’s too bad I’m terrible at games. Wargaming announced the start of the first season of the 2014 Wargaming.net League this week. They’ve invested $10 million in eSports promotion for this year, meaning that the prize pool for the league is a hefty $2....

X-Factor abilities inMadden 26separate the best from the rest, as only a very selected group of NFL pros have this feature. X-Factor abilities make these superstars light the field on fire, and perform better than other names in their positions. Like last year, there are different abilities suitable for players in various positions. Disclaimer:List in progress. More abilities to be added as we discover what they do. All Madden 26 X-Factor abilities explained The list of X-Factor abilities have never been more, offering plenty of different options to pick from....

Whatcha gonna do now? If the biggest online retailer is out of Xbox One and PS4 launch pre-orders I bet we’re all going to be scrambling this holiday season. Amazon posted on theirFacebook pagethat they’ll continue to take pre-orders for the Xbox One and PS4, but they’re already at the point where they cannot guarantee launch day orders. They still have some left for preorder, but the initial allocation is now spoken for....

The free-to-play — or Play4Free, as EA dubs it —Battlefield Heroeshas reached 2 million registered player accounts. While such a number seems awfully high, when you take into consideration the whole “it costs no money” aspect, perhaps it’s not as successful as you might think on impulse. Alternatively, I could be way out of line here. There aren’t exactly many other free big-name games with comparable production values in existence, so it’s a tough call to make....

Angry Joe, Totalbiscuit, Spoony, and Linkara also on the cards Greenbrier Games’Kickstarted undead board game expansion,Zpocalypse Aftermath, is heading to stores around December time of this year. An expansion to the mainZpocalypsegame,Aftermathadds new content — including a playable miniature of Destructoid reviews editor Jim Sterling. Wait, that’s me! I’ll be a playable character in the upcoming update, complete with my own figure and survivor/weapon cards. I won’t be the only game pundit on the board, either — Angry Joe, Totalbiscuit, Noah “Spoony” Antwiler, and Linkara are all going to be available too....

Like a proud parent, Bethesda Softworks has announced that 4.7 million units ofFallout 3were shipped worldwide last week during launch, across Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Translated into retail sales, Bethesda says that’s in excess of $300 million, which is pretty good … we guess. The game is currently available worldwide (unless you’re in Japan, where the game ships on December 4) and regardless of where you live,we suggest that you get it....

#SavePlayer1 Bethesda have released a goofy video, encouraging players to give generously to “Save Player One”, taking an amusing jab at the oft-retorted concept that single-player gaming is dead. The video stars Lynda Carter, wearing her best Travis Bickle jacket. The former Wonder Woman — and star of Bethesda’s ownFallout 4— informs viewers that they still can experience solo fun thanks to Bethesda’s wares. Various digital outlets are running a tie-in sale, which sees great single-player games such asDOOM, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Preyand others with up to 50% off....

‘A Brand New Blue!’ Aksys Games has announced plans to localizeBlazBlue: Central Fiction(the fourth main entry in the series) for a North American release across both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 sometime this winter. In addition to a new (probably incomprehensible) story, this one includes new mechanics, game modes, and five new playable characters (Hibiki Kohaku,Bloodedge Experienceprotagonist Naoto Kurogane, Nine the Phantom, Hades Izanami, and Es fromXblaze), bringing the roster to a total of 33....

‘We’re all pros now’ Blizzard has created a new competitive league forOverwatch, and its primary goal is ambitious. It wants to be the premier eSports league. It hopes to accomplish that by putting a twist on the normal eSports formula. Following the lead of traditional sports leagues like the NFL or the NBA, each team in the Overwatch League will represent a major city across the globe. The idea seems to be that geography will help some people become invested in a team, whereas that might be a major disconnect with eSports as they exist today....

I’ll still probably restart the day, though Few games have me more excited todig through patch notesthanStardew Valley. Left to my own devices, free of responsibilities, I’d be playing the hell out of it right now. I left off about a week ago trying to decide if I should get goats or become a slime farmer, and I’m still undecided. Besides numerous bug fixes, today’s update takes another crack at improving the marriage side of the game with more unique dialogue for spouses during festivals as well as in-laws....