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With the Xbox Games Showcase less than a month away, rumors have been circulating about what could appear at the event. Gears 6 and Call of Duty: Black Ops Gulf War are favorites, but The Initiative’s Perfect Dark may be another. After reports from Giant Bomb’s Jeff Grubb about it being in “rough shape,” insider Nate the Hate said it could make an appearance.

Speaking to Spawn Wave on the latest DirectXbox podcast, he also affirms that the project isn’t doing too badly. “I fully expect that we will see Perfect Dark next month and that some of the more recent rumors may have been outdated information, perhaps because I have been hearing things this week that Perfect Dark is not in that bad of…

Massive Entertainment’s Star Wars Outlaws went gold earlier this month after receiving several new details and gameplay from the last Ubisoft Forward. There’s even more information available courtesy of IGN’s latest preview, including how extensive one of the open-world title’s moons, Toshara, will be.

Described as a “little smaller” than Tatooine but the same size as Akiva, Toshara’s scale is measured not by how big it is but “how long in terms of traversal with the speeder it would be,” said creative director JuRussia Lottolian Gerighty.

“[Toshara takes] four or five minutes nonstop, which doesn’t sound like a lot, but once you’r…

Starfield’s Shattered Space expansion received new details regarding its story and Dazra in a new deep dive video. However, it also outlined what players can expect from the enemies and Va’ruun’kai’s hand-crafted locaDaily Lotto Resultstions. Check it out below.

While Dazra is in a rough state, it’s the one location on Va’ruun’kai that was previously safe for its residents. The rest of the planet is extremely dangerous, and players will discover abandoned buildings occupied by Zealots, Spacers, and the Crimson Fleet. Due to the grav drive experiment gone wrong, creatures from the Vortex will also appear.

These include Vortex Horrors, who will sense when the b…

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Looking to mark their return from the international break with a victory on the road, Chelsea will make the trip to Leicester on Saturday lunchtime.

Leicester City

Starting with the hosts, while Leicester might have thought had found a much-welcomed boost last month, the Foxes have largely failed to build off of that momentum. Last seen heading into November s international break with a 1-1 draw against a struggling Leeds on the road, Brendan Rodgers side still find themselves battling it out in the bottom-half of the table. Really struggling to find their feet while on Europa League duties so far this season, the one-time Liverpool boss has seen his squad fail to win any of their last four matchups within 90 minutes. With their recent…

Back in its heyday, the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. franchise boasted an active and vibrant modding community, thanks to which each game in the original trilogy ended up enjoying far longer shelf lives than they otherwise would have. Unsurprisingly, GSC Game World made it a point to put full and extensive modding support front and center with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Being only a little over a week old, the game is obviously going to continue seeing a steady stream of impressive mods of all shapes and sizes over the months and years to come, but even its early days, the game already has a fair few player-made mods for the game’s PC version that tweak and refine the experience in small but noticeable ways. Here, we’re going …

England manager Gareth Southgate was concerned by the non-contact element of Joe Gomez s knee injury, which was confirmed as the player left the camp.

Following reports of an issue in training, the Football Association (FA) and Liverpool each announced Gomez had withdrawn from the England squad for the friendly with Republic of Ireland and the Nations League matches against Belgium and Iceland.

Gomez will undergo further diagnosis with Liverpool s medical team, the Premier League champions suffering another blow to a defence already hit by injuries to Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold.

It is further pressure on a back line that has conceded 16 goals in eight Premier League games this season, an average of two per match, having shipped 0.87 per game in …

Barcelona head coach Pep Guardiola is expected to announce he is quitting the club on Friday, according to Spanish media reports.

Guardiola is believed to have had a meeting with club president Sandro Rosell this week, during which the 41-year-old outlined his intention to resign.

The Spaniard apparently told club administrators he was mentally and physically drained after four years at Camp Nou.

It has been a difficult year for Guardiola and his side, considered by many as the greatest team of all time.

The defending champions bowed out of the Champions League semi-finals against Chelsea on Tuesday, and lost to arch rivals Real Madrid on Saturday, all but ending their La Liga title hopes.

In his first season at the club in 2008, Guardiola s team…

Levy handed a Kane ultimatum

While Daniel Levy might have made it publicly clear that he is desperate to keep Harry Kane in north London this summer, are reporting that the Tottenham chairman could be forced to cash in on his attacking icon this summer.

With club owner Joe Lewis reportedly informing Levy that he is unwilling for the England skipper to leave on a free transfer next summer, Kane could finally be handed his move away from the English capital before the transfer window slams shut.

While Spurs might have placed a £120million price tag on their record-breaking striker this summer, it has been suggested that Kane has his sights firmly set on securing a move to German giants over the coming weeks.

Notching 30 Premier League strikes last season and…

Mexico coach Miguel Herrera will continue to assess his squad as he looks to finalise their plans for the Copa America when they face Peru in Lima.

Mexico are making their ninth appearance at the tournament later this month, and will play their first match on South American soil on Wednesday.

Saturday s 3-0 win over Guatemala gave Herrera an ideal start to their preparations at the weekend, and he is keen to build on that with the upcoming friendlies against Peru and Brazil.

We still have a couple of games, he said after the victory over Guatemala. We will look to go far, we have no other idea in mind other than to reach the final and win it.

The team is well, is solid, has good players and played well, scored good goals and you need that to beat any…

FA Cup replays have been scrapped from next season, the Football Association has announced.

The move to abolish all replays from the first round proper onwards is part of a new agreement between the FA and the Premier League which will see up to an extra £33million going to grassroots football from the top flight each season.

The FA had already scrapped replays from the fifth round onwards and said the move to ditch them altogether had been agreed “in light of changes to the calendar driven by the expanded UEFA competitions”.

The FA and The have reached an agreement to strengthen the format and increase support for grassroots football.

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