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Cliff Bleszinski’s new game LawBreakers launched last week on PlayStation 4 and PC. The start is just the beginning, Bleszinski said in a new interview, teasing that more characters, maps, and modes are potentially coming down the road.

Speaking to Eurogamer, Bleszinski said, “We see this game as a marathon and not a sprint.” There are nine characters in the game right now, but Bleszinski said a tenth is being tested right now and is already “fully playable.”

Concerning new maps, Bleszinski said two new ones are “99 percent ready to go,” and as for the new game-types, he said “I can’t really talk about” those. There are also new skins coming in “a couple of months.”

All of this is to say that LawBreakers having ongoing support after launch is just a sign of the times. “That’s the world we live in–it’s no longer fire and forget,” Bleszinski said.

Also in the interview, the developer talked about the reviews for LawBreakers so far. On Steam, which he described as a “very harsh platform,” the $30 LawBreakers has a “very positive” rating after more than 1,800 reviews.

“What we’ve found is that Steam is a very harsh platform, and if you go to Steam reviews for any game, you can’t bullsh** Steam users, PC users,” Bleszinski said. “I’m not saying you can bullshit console users, but Steam users are some of the most savvy gamers out there. If you go to our reviews they’re 90 percent positive. We’ve created a community over the last three years of really loyal and dedicated fans who love the game and the studio.”

The full interview touches on numerous other subjects; go to Eurogamer to read it.

GameSpot’s LawBreakers review scored it an 8/10. “What counts is that its fresh anti-gravity mechanics transcends its first-glance novel appeal and creates limitless combat situations that will be new and inviting to many shooter fans,” reviewer Miguel Concepcion said.

LawBreakers is available on PS4 and PC. An Xbox One version has not been ruled out.

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With Gamescom set to kick off next week, Electronic Arts has now confirmed more of its plans for the show specifically about Star Wars: Battlefront II. Starting off, EA will air a new trailer and also show off a live demonstration of the Starfighter Assault mode. New for the sequel, this is a space dogfighting mode that goes beyond what was in the first.

Starfighter Assault is a multi-stage mode featuring ships and characters from the original trilogy of Star Wars movies. For this demo, teams will fight on the Fondor: Imperial Shipyard map. There will be fighters, bombers, and ships specific to unique heroes.

EA promises (via IGN) a better flying experience overall for Battlefront II. There will be “vastly improved starfighter combat, with superior controls, deeper customization, and role-based team play featuring an all new class-based system.”

The gameplay reveal happens on August 21 at 5:30 PM BST, which is 9:30 AM PT / 12:30 PM ET / 2:30 AM AEST on August 22.

The Starfighter Assault mode on the Fondor: Imperial Shipyard map will be available in the Battlefront II beta, which starts in October. If you’re not interested in flying, a boots-on-the-ground mode will also be playable on the Theed Galactic Assault map in the beta.

In other news about Battlefront II, DICE recently talked about why the original struggled and how the sequel aims to do better.

Gamescom 2017 runs August 22-26 in Cologne, Germany. It is one of the biggest gaming shows on Earth, regularly attracting hundreds of thousands of attendees, blowing E3 away in terms of attendance. You can learn more about the show here on its official website.

Microsoft is also coming to Gamescom 2017 and it’s letting attendees play Xbox One X for the first time, while Ubisoft is bringing titles like Assassin’s Creed: Origins and Far Cry 5.

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Intel’s 7th-generation CPUs (Kaby Lake) released in January this year, about 17 months after the preceding generation (Skylake)–a usual transition in the CPU market. However, Intel is ready to reveal its 8th-generation on August 21. And while we don’t know of the release window quite yet, this announcement comes much sooner than what we’d expect.

The Kaby Lake processor family was announced this time last year and released five months later. If this next generation (Coffee Lake) follows suit, we could have new Intel chips in early 2018. This also means that Kaby Lake would be supplanted just 12 months after its launch; Intel CPU generations typically run an 18-month cycle.

There’s reason to believe that the recent competition from AMD’s Ryzen CPU family–which began its roll out in March this year– is impacting what we see from Intel. AMD has been able to offer comparable gaming performance, more CPU cores for better multitasking and productivity, and competitive pricing.

Intel is still in the process of rolling out its Core i9 series of high-end desktop (HEDT) CPUs, which are part of the company’s 7th-generation chips. These HEDT processors typically come out roughly eight months after flagship chips launch, and are targeted towards the enthusiast PC crowd that does more than just gaming. AMD also just released its own line of HEDT processors, called Ryzen Threadripper, which is giving Intel a run for its money as well.

Coffee Lake isn’t expected to be revolutionary from an architectural stand point, and it’ll use the same 14nm manufacturing process that CPUs have used for a while now. However, the new flagship Core i5 and i7 processors are rumored to pack six cores this time around. We’ll know more about Intel’s plans come August 21 at 8am PDT.

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Splatoon 2‘s next free DLC weapon is coming soon. The umbrella-shaped Splat Brella will be available in-game tonight beginning at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

What’s notable about the Splat Brella is that it’s an entirely new class of weapon. Players can use it to fire ink like a standard shooter, but its most distinctive feature is its defensive abilities. Holding the ZR button will open the umbrella and shield players from incoming fire. Hold the button long enough and you’ll fire the shield, which will block attacks as it travels. You can see screenshots of the Splat Brella below.

The Splat Brella is complemented with the Sprinkler sub weapon. Its special is–fittingly–the Ink Storm, which creates a cloud that rains ink over the battlefield. Players can purchase the Splat Brella using their in-game currency from Ammo Knights.

Along with the new weapon, Splatoon 2 players also have a chance to pick up some summer attire for their Inkling. The game’s official Japanese Twitter account announced that a line of summer-themed gear will be highlighted in SplatNet 2 from August 11-16. The “Summer Vacation Collection” doesn’t appear to include new items, but it does feature some stylish beachwear, such as sunglasses, flip flops, and straw boaters, for players to add to their wardrobe.

Nintendo has been releasing a steady stream of new weapons for Splatoon 2 since the game’s launch. Last week, the company added the Sploosh-O-Matic, a returning weapon from the first Splatoon. That coincided with the game’s first proper Splatfest event, which saw Team Mayo narrowly defeat Team Ketchup in a battle of the condiments.

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