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The main highlight in the video, which shouldn't be a surprise to anyone is that Battlefield V will have a battle royale mode called "Firestorm".

Battle For Azeroth, the seventh World of Warcraft expansion has become the fastest selling expansion in the franchises history. More than 3.4 million copies were sold on its launch day earlier this month, which beat sales records of the previous World of Warcraft expansions, including the Legion expansion from 2016.

Developed by id Software, DOOM Eternal is the direct sequel to the award-winning and best-selling DOOM (2016). Experience the ultimate combination of speed and power as you rip-and-tear your way across dimensions with the next leap in push-forward, first-person combat. Powered by idTech 7 and set to an all-new pulse-pounding soundtrack composed by Mick Gordon, DOOM Eternal puts you in control of the unstoppable DOOM Slayer as you blow apart new and classic demons with powerful weapons in unbelievable and never-before-seen worlds.

It looks like Bethesda will be cutting out the middle man (Steam) for their release of Fallout 76. We all know that Steam charges a fee to publishers to distribute their games, which most publishers are more than willing to pay as setting up their own digital distribution service is not an easy task. On top of that for many small publishers Steam brings their games to a larger audience.

The popularity of Fortnite is quite impressive. While the game may seem simple, there are quite a few players who have an incredible amount of skill at the game. Famous players like Ninja and others a looked up to by many and with that many kids want to be able to play like him. A recent report has come out that parents are paying for coaches to help them become better at the game.

Steam's numbers are on a downward trend, and it is one of the biggest decline's we've seen in years. What is causing this decline? Well I'm sure many of you are thinking Battle Royale games, but there are other factors here as well. We are right in the middle of Steam's Summer decline. Typically Steam sees user counts peak annually in January and decline into the summer. This year the decline is quite significant compared to previous years, numbers have gone down by 17% compared to 9% last year.

EA's "On The House" program was where EA would give away a game for free or "on the house" for a limited time. While many of these games were older, they were still a free game to add to your library. Well it looks like EA will be ending this program. This announcement came alongside the launch of the new Origin Access Premier program, which gives gamers unlimited access to imminent-launch games five days before the official release.

A new report from analyst firm Superdata has given us some insight into the craze of Battle Royale games. Epic's Fornite is now estimated to have earned more the $1 billion in revenue since it launched last year. And from the looks of it, it does not seem to be slowing down. In May alone the game made $304 million on in-game microtransactions, all of which we remind you are cosmetic. This is a 4% increase over the $296 million figure in April. Since introducing the Battle Royale game mode in September of last year profits have skyrocketed, just revenue from May and April account for more than half of the $1 billion being reported.

Since the Battlefield V Closed Alpha is going on, EA has revealed the official system requirements for PC users. EA did however emphasize that these requirements are only for the Closed Alpha and my vary in the final game. According to the Battlefield V website, the minimum system requirements include a Core i5-6600K or AMD FX-8350 processor, 8GB of memory, and either a GTX 1050 / GTX 600 or a Radeon HD 7850 graphics card.

When Bethesda released the 2016 reboot of DOOM it was a huge success, so it really is no surprise that they will be following it up with a sequel. Bethesda will be calling this game DOOM Eternal and they have released a short teaser which you can see below.