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According to Rolling Stone, singer Ronnie Spector, co-founder of The Ronettes, passed away on Wednesday after losing her battle with cancer. She, along with her sister and cousin, formed the 1960s girl group, The Ronettes. Her family also released a statement through Spector’s personal website: The Life and Times of Veronica Yvette Bennett Initially named Veronica Yvette Bennett, Ronnie Spector was born in Spanish Harlem, New York, on August 10, 1943....

Sony has announced on its official blog that it is opening registrations for people to take part in a beta for the next big PS4 system software update. Starting from today, you can click on the link provided above to see if you can take part in the beta for PS4 update 3.5. Sony notes that signing up will not guarantee you a spot in the trial, but look out for your email in the near future if you are lucky to be chosen....

After announcing that Maneater would be one of January 2021’s PlayStation Plus games, it seems like Sony is offering refunds to people who bought the game just before the news broke. Now, nothing is concrete as of yet, but there have been reports from users that Sony had automatically refunded their purchase of Maneater ahead of the game being available for PlayStation Plus members, and giving them the price of the game (currently around $40 or £35) back in the form of credit for the PlayStation Store....

Xbox Game Pass has been successful since its June 2017 launch, eventually introducing the higher-tier Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. It’s been one advantage Microsoft has held over Sony, limiting the entry barrier to gaming for those that can’t purchase multiple games a year at full retail price. According to a Bloomberg report, a very similar service may be coming to PlayStation in the near future. Code-named Spartacus, the service reportedly merges PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now into one subscription, letting users pay monthly for access to a varying degree of older and modern titles beginning this spring....

It appears that PlayStation 4 users can expect a new PS4 system software update in the coming weeks, as Sony has recently announced it is looking for beta testers to check things out and offer some preliminary feedback. Interested applicants can follow these links if they intend to register (North America will be added when the appropriate links go live): North America Europe (Blog Post) Japan (Blog Post) From the looks of things, this update won’t be as significant as system software update 5....

Vampire Survivors took the world by storm when it hit early access — its brand of auto shoot ‘em up was unlike anything else on the market. As expected, several games have looked to cash on the trend with their own version of the addictive gameplay style. Many of these are simple clones without much added, though recent games like Brotato have started to add twists to the formula. For my money though, none of them have done more to push the genre forward than Soulstone Survivors....

Popular music streaming service, Spotify, is going to roll out real time lyrics in 26 markets across the world. With this feature, users in the 26 markets will get access to real time lyrics in sync with their music. Argentina Brazil Colombia Chile Mexico Peru Bolivia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador Guatemala Honduras India Nicaragua Panama Paraguay El Salvador Uruguay Vietnam Philippines Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Taiwan Singapore Hong Kong According to Spotify, the feature will go live starting at 10am EST today....

In an interview with VG247, Apex Legends design director Mackey McCandlish has shared more about the Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order development team. The game’s been revealed to be in the making at a second Respawn Entertainment team led by God of War III director Stig Asmussen. “A very one-hand number of people runs Star Wars to help create that team. Myself and others helped interview for that team just to lend some time to help it get off the ground....

Launch week comes with an Expansion Pass discount Marvelous Games and XSEED have officially launched Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town on the Nintendo Switch in North America. The title has already been in Japan since February, but now more players can experience the farming fun, either physically or as a digital purchase in the Switch eShop. Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town is the first new title in the series to launch on the Nintendo Switch....

Super Mario Maker already had a lot of content packed into one game when it launched last September, but Nintendo hasn’t stopped in the time since by bringing us a number of updates, and the latest is set to arrive today with some big new features. We first learned of the next update for Super Mario Maker during last week’s Nintendo Direct, but now Nintendo has uploaded a full trailer for the update to their video channel to promote it’s release later today....

Summer Game Fest 2022 revealed the Saints Row Boss Factory, a character customizer to use before you play the game. Saints Row Boss Factory takes customization to the extreme in the trailer, showing off deep customization options for your character. These include build, muscle definition, veins, tattoos, and much more. What is Saints Row Boss Factory? In classic Saints Row fashion, Saints Row Boss Factory lets you create a one-of-a-kind character....

Saints Row is an upcoming action shooter scheduled for release on Aug. 23, 2022. The title was originally planned for Feb. 2022, but was delayed. Now, the Game Awards is giving a dive into the gameplay of Saints Row. The gameplay trailer shows off the three different gangs, the Marshall, the Los Panteros, and the Idols. A ton of vehicle gameplay is shown off, ranging from racing dirt carts, flying on hoverboards, riding in tanks, and more....

Thankfully, this issue has bothered enough people that you have a huge choice of programs you can download and install to manage desktop icons and their positions. I’ve used a couple over the last few years, but one that I really like is DesktopOK. It’s free and works up till Windows 8. Once you download the program, you firstly need to change the language to English! Be default, it’s set to German and therefore you can’t figure out how to do anything....

Sea of Thieves’ first Pirate Legend has been in the middle of a huge controversy because of the way he managed to get such a huge achievement for a game that’s been out for only a couple weeks now. Prod1gyX is not being recognized as a proper pirate legend – a rank you’re given if you managed to reach level 50 with all three factions in the title – mainly because he obtained this achievement thanks to the help of his Twitch community, that brought a lot of chests, skulls, and animals to sell to the in-game merchants....

This mid-boss blocks off Senpou Temple, here’s how to kill him. Throughout your time with Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, you’ve surely defeated a number of bosses. As they stand in your way, grey mist blocking any potential progress beyond them, you either have to get better or find some trick to defeating them. The Armored Warrior, found halfway through the Senpou Temple level, is one of those bosses that can confound you if you don’t recognize the trick right away....

Fromsoft could never be accused of making boring games. Over recent years, they have delved into the strange worlds of Bloodborne and Dark Souls, where the bleak hopelessness of their worlds is often mirrored by the pain that players feel trying to finish them. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is their newest title, and we got a full trailer (take note, Bethesda) to get our blood pumping. The trailer is sparse on details, but big on mystery, just the way we like our Fromsoft games....

Xbox Live Games With Gold for the month of September 2018 has been announced. Under this program, Xbox Live Gold subscribers receive a total of FOUR games for free of cost every month (two games each for Xbox One and Xbox 360). The good news is that both the free Xbox 360 games can be played on Xbox One as they are backward compatible. Let’s take a look at the free Xbox Live Games With Gold September 2018 lineup....

Everything you need to know about Shadow of the Tomb Raider’s various difficulty levels. As one might expect from an action game like Shadow of the Tomb Raider, there are multiple difficulty levels to accommodate players of varying skill levels. Furthermore, it takes an interesting approach to the whole deal by allowing the player to further refine their experience the way they see fit. Simply put, there are three adjustable categories — Combat, Exploration, Puzzle — which affect the game’s overall difficulty mode — Easy, Normal, Hard, Very Hard....

The shape-shifting sorcerer will also be the host for The Krypt. In the same panel where they unveiled Noob Saibot, NetheRealm Studios announced the first official DLC fighter for Mortal Kombat 11, the sorcerer Shang Tsung. If that wasn’t cool enough, they also revealed that he will be voiced by Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa who was the actor that portrayed the sorcerer in the 1995 Mortal Kombat film. NetherRealm Studios also revealed that Shang Tsung will be the host and guide to The Krypt, which is making it’s return to the series....

Shania Twain isn’t one to let age define her moments, and the 57-year-old has proved it by taking body positivity to new dimensions after posing topless in September. The country singer, famous for mindblowing tracks like You’re Still the One and From This Moment On, debuted her latest single, Waking Up Dreaming, in September and decided to pose topless for the cover artwork. The 80s-inspired track, set to appear on her sixth studio album, which drops on February 3, featured a photo of the songstress donning a cowboy hat, a shirt around her waist, and colorful boots while baring her chest region....