Gamepressure.com News 04 March 2020
Foldit - Gamers Will Help Defeat the Coronavirus
The University of Washington wants to take advantage of the support of gamers in the fight against the novel coronavirus. To this end, scientists have released a new challenge in Foldit, which can help to find a way to neutralize the disease.
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Jacob Blazewicz
March 4, 2020
11-year-old Played Too Much GTA, so the Family Gave Him a Real Car
British police have reported the arrest of an 11-year-old boy who was driving a car in one of the car parks in Lancester. According to the information, he was allowed to do so by a relative who was fed up with the fact that the child was spending the whole day in front of a console, playing GTA.
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Paul Wozniak
March 4, 2020
Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail Launches in Early Access
The latest work from the creators of Naval Action, Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail, has been released today in Steam Early Access. The current version of the game provides a total of six story chapters, which include 60 sea and land battles.
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Paul Wozniak
March 4, 2020
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts Just Got a Multiplayer Mode
The mutilplayer mode for Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts has launched today. It's available free of charge to all owners of the base version of the game on Steam, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
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Paul Wozniak
March 4, 2020
Leak: Bloodborne 2 on PS5 Not in Development; Details on Elden Ring
An unofficial information appeared on ResetEra, according to which From Software is currently working on several projects, but none of them is the second installment of Bloodborne. The user behind this leak is also the source of some information about Elden Ring, the latest announced production of the Japanese studio.
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Paul Wozniak
March 4, 2020
Google Cancels I/O 2020 Due to Coronavirus
Google has decided to cancel the „physical” I/O 2020 event planned for mid-May, which was to be the company's largest event this year. As you can guess, the reason are fears of the coronavirus.
hardware & software
Milosz Szubert
March 4, 2020
Digital Dragons 2020 - Control Devs and Composer for Crysis Among Guests
More artists have been revealed, whose lectures we will be able to listen to during the Digital Dragons conference. Among them were composers Inon Zur and Gareth Coker, as well as a team from Remedy, who will talk about the work on Control.
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Adrian Werner
March 4, 2020
Here's a Gaming Bed With Pajamas to Boot
Bauhutte designed... a gaming bed. The full set includes, among other things, a special suit forgaming. The gadget was initially priced at 113,250 yen (approx. $1000). So far, it is not known whether it will be available outside Japan.
hardware & software
Milosz Szubert
March 4, 2020
Amazon Removes Offers for Coronavirus-related Price Gouging
Amazon has decided to remove more than one million item sale offers from its website. The reason was false advertisement and price gauging. The case is related to the epidemic of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease labeled as COVID-19.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
March 4, 2020
Emperor - New EU4 Expansion Officially Announced
Paradox Development Studio is known for long-term support of its titles. That's why nobody was surprised by the official announcement of another DLC to one of the most popular productions from the studio - Europa Universalis 4. The expansion is titled Emperor and will focus mainly on religious aspects.
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Damian Gacek
March 4, 2020
CoD: Warzone - Imminent Announcement of the Free Battle Royale
Activision is preparing to reveal Call of Duty Warzone. Rumor has it it will be a free battle royale shooter. The publisher has been heating up the atmosphere by, for example, publishing a funny video inspired by Tamagotchi toys.
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Adrian Werner
March 4, 2020
Curse of the Dead Gods in Early Access - „Love Child of Darkest Dungeon and Hades”
Yesterday, the roguelike Curse of the Dead Gods from Passtech Games debuted in Early Access. The game turned out to be a great success - thanks to satisfactory mechanics and interesting ideas it is praised by both players and journalists.
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Bart Swiatek
March 4, 2020
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - 30 Minutes of Classic RPG Gameplay
A half-hour long gameplay from Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, a classic RPG developed by Owlcat Games, appeared online.
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Adrian Werner
March 4, 2020