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The cult TV show Twin Peaks returns to screens next month, but so far we’ve barely seen any footage from the show. The cryptic marketing continues with the latest set of teasers, which take the form of mysterious word puzzles. Check the first out below, and the rest at the end of this story–and if you figure them out, let us know in the comments!

New cast images from the upcoming new season were revealed last month. These follow several teasers, including co-creator David Lynch snacking on a donut in character as Regional Bureau Chief Gordon Cole, composer Angelo Badalamenti performing some of the show’s haunting music, and a compilation of the many moments the characters have enjoyed coffee.

The two-hour premiere of the new Twin Peaks season debuts on Showtime on May 21 at 9 PM ET, and the following two episodes will be available online immediately afterwards. The season will comprise 18 episodes, and Lynch has described the show as “a feature film in 18 parts.”

In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, actor Kyle McLachlan spoke about what it was like to return as the show’s main character, Agent Dale Cooper. “A little weird,” he admitted. “Familiar, but not as familiar as I thought it would be. I’m different. Cooper is–will be–different. But the core of him is still there. When I walked on the set and David saw me, we were smiling from ear to ear.”

Twin Peaks originally ran from 1990-91 on ABC, followed by a prequel film, Fire Walk With Me, in 1992.

Disclosure: Showtime is a division of CBS, which is GameSpot’s parent company.

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PlayStation 4‘s latest system update is available to download now, but don’t expect it to do too much. The patch notes consist of one line that simply reads, “This system software update improves the quality of the system performance.” The patch weighs in at around 320 MB.

The most recent PS4 Pro update added 4K support to its media player, but you still won’t be able to watch 4K Blu-Rays.

Before that, every PS4 user received version 4.5 in March. It introduced Boost Mode for PS4 Pro and added support for external hard drives.

The Boost Mode feature aims to improve the quality and performance of games that have not been patched to support PS4 Pro. “This can provide a noticeable frame rate boost to some games with variable frame rates, and can provide frame rate stability for games that are programmed to run at 30 Hz or 60 Hz,” Sony explained at the time.

Microsoft’s upcoming Project Scorpio does something similar with its added power over the Xbox One. A recent report said the console has the potential to run existing games at a higher frame rate and resolution. For more on Project Scorpio, check out our in-depth look at its full tech specs.

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Late last year, EA confirmed that its exclusive deal with Porsche had expired after 16 years (via Polygon), paving the way for other games to feature Porsche cars. Today, Sony announced that Porsches will be in the upcoming PlayStation 4 racing game Gran Turismo Sport. This announcement came in a tweet (via IGN).

Some new tracks were also announced today; you can see them in the tweet below.

In other news, Sony and developer Polyphony Digital are now looking for GT Sport beta testers. If you live in the United States, you can sign up right here for a chance to play the game’s beta. If you are selected, you will be notified via email with instructions on how to download and play the beta.

GT Sport promises to be the most ambitious game in the racing series, featuring two-year-long championships that players will be able to race in. Those will end with a ceremony where winners celebrate alongside real-world racing champions. The game will be exclusive to PlayStation 4 and is being developed to support PlayStation VR.

For more, check out all of GameSpot’s written and video content for GT Sport here.

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Ghost Recon: Wildlands has received a big update just a week ahead of its first major expansion, Narco Road. The update contains a bunch of bug fixes and performance enhancements, as well as some balance tweaks based on player feedback.

Most notably, Wildlands will now deliver a set of weekly challenges for solo or co-op play that start anew every Wednesday. You can earn up to three in-game rewards every week, with each season lasting six weeks. The first is called The Rise and Fall of Unidad, while each subsequent season will also have its own specific theme.

The 3.0 update changes some of the dialogue between characters and chatter heard over the radio–you should hear fewer repeated lines now. The patch, which weighs in at 5.3 GB on consoles and up to 6.5 GB on PC, also fixes an issue whereby players’ XP bars were getting stuck.

Version 3.0 is available for download right now on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, while PC users will have to wait until 1 AM PT / 4 AM ET / 9 AM BST on April 14. Take a look at the full patch notes below.

Previous updates to Ghost Recon Wildlands have allowed you to turn off radios by default, at the same time as fixing a load of bugs. The recently-announced Narco Road expansion, meanwhile, includes 15 “fast-paced” missions, as well as four new types of side mission. Additionally, the add-on introduces four outfits, nine weapons, and four vehicles types, including monster trucks, muscle cars, motorcycles, and planes.

Ghost Recon Wildlands Title Update 3.0 Patch Notes

Challenges

• First Season of Live Season Challenges will be live on Tuesday, April 18. The challenges and their requirements will be accessible from the game menu once the player is in-game.

Missions / Narration

• Fixed a bug where the GPS would display the route for El Emisario instead of Special Transport
• Fixed The Chemist teleporting when escaping in certain situations
• Reload prompt no longer appears when accessing the command wheel
• Fixed Marcus Jensen mission not updating for the client while in two-player coop
• Fixed an infinite XP exploit in extract missions
• Fixed a bug where the VIP wouldn’t appear in the truck when replaying Death Truck
• Fixed a bug where Target too far would stay on screen in The Mole mission after locating the Unidad captain
• Fixed missions NPC not spawning if the player leaves and return to the area in The Mule Doctors
• Fixed a bug where El Cerebro’s Assistant would not get into the car after failing the mission in El Cerebro
• Fixed Bowman’s call not triggering if the player fast travel during Pac Katari’s call
• Fixed the journalist not exiting the car if another player completes the “Free the journalist” objective in The Journalist

User Interface

• Fixed a bug where the player could get stuck in the menus after validating a tutorial
• Fixed GPS blinking when the player moves far away from the target
• Fixed wrong number of Kingslayer files displayed on the tacmap in Media Luna and Inca Camina
• Fixed the Controls section of the options menu not responding in certain occasions
• Fixed a bug where the “Return to area of operations” message would remain on the screen even after returning to the area of operations
• Fixed a bug where the objective of systemic activities would not display on the HUD
• Pressing the right stick while in passenger position of a vehicle will now display rear view

Co-Op

• Added a new public matchmaking criteria based on difficulty level
• Fixed a bug where a joining player could not see a NPC grabbed by a peer
• Fixed intels not unlocking for players entering the province last, despite the mission being playable via mission sharing
• Fixed SAM incoming missile alert not being replicated in coop
• Fixed visual effects of the “don’t press me” button not replicating in coop mode
• Fixed absence of variation in the helicopter sound in co-op
• Fixed Suppressors sometimes not replicating correctly when changing weapon in the loadout
• Fixed a bug where the mission “the Agent” would be completed for only one player when the drone battery runs dry just after the conversation is finished
• Fixed a bug where the player could not interact with the rally point door if another player finished watching the cinematic

Gameplay

• Type 95 LMG’s Extended magazines can now be used in-game upon purchase
• Fixed the player surviving falls when sticking to a wall
• Player can no longer take cover behind destroyed destructibles
• Fixed the player occasionally shaking when taking cover
• Fixed XP stuck for players in very rare occurrences
• Fixed a bug allowing the player to prone and fire through walls
• Fixed a bug where the player couldn’t take cover when exiting a vehicle
• The Santa Muerte helicopter now has the same handling as the others helicopters
• Fixed vehicles not exploding when colliding with the train
• Fixed a bug allowing the player to clip through walls with a motorcycle
• Fixed a bug where the Unidad alert level could drop from 4 to 0 when a reinforcement wave is cleaned
• The ADV Suppressor skill now properly affects damage reduction on all weapons.
• Fixed a bug where a weapon would become unusable if equipped in the loadout while the player swapped weapons
• Fixed a bug where the player could not re-equip the suppressor back on Silencio once they viewed the weapon without it in Gunsmith.

Audio

• Fixed Amaru not having a radio voice while travelling by helicopter
• Fixed missing sound effect when a boat collides with the shore
• Fixed SAM detection sound repeating itself if the player exits the range in time
• Fixed audio feedback on incoming missiles
• Improved radio content randomization
• Fixed a bug where the AI teammates would repeat the same idle dialogues several times
• Fixed absence of sound when a helicopter crashes
• Fixed narrative dialogues replaying after each redeployment

Graphics

• Fixed an occasional graphic corruption on the road texture when entering and exiting pause menu
• Fixed graphic corruption when colliding a vehicle with a trash can
• Fixed the Unidad costume clipping through the camera in First-person view
• Fixed the NPCs not positioning correctly when entering a 30° inclined vehicle
• The female ponytail hairstyle is no longer clipping with the Santa Muerte costume
• Fixed a rare bug causing fps drops on long game sessions

Store

• XP boosters now display the number of hours they last
• “New vehicle unlocked” pop-up won’t activate every time a vehicle pack is collected
• Fixed season pass appearing as broken in the store when already purchased
• The Compensator V2-SMG can now be attached to SMGs

World

• Repositioned Legend collectible in the Media Luna province
• Fixed multiple places where the player could get stuck
• Fixed various world building glitches
• Fixed boats spawning on top of each other in Agua Verde

Stability

• Fixed various crashes and glitches

PC-Specific Fixes

• Multiple stability issues addressed
• Solved a localization problem with the store page
• Fixed a case where Task Force membership wasn’t properly displayed
• Several Steam Controller tweaks and bug fixes
• UI control reminders now change automatically from controller to mouse and keyboard upon mouse input
• Solved mapping conflicts when remapping next or previous vehicle
• Fixed an issue about the “hold” gauge when redeploying on team mates
• Game language can be changed from Uplay launcher
• The Loadout tab is now functional when switching from Factions tab with a controller
• Right click now edits the selected weapon slot

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TV network Spike has released the first trailer for its upcoming series based on Stephen King’s novella The Mist. Like the book, the TV series tells the story of what happens when a creepy mist comes to town. But unlike the book, the show has a new cast of characters and will tell its own story.

The show’s creator, Christian Torpe, told Entertainment Weekly that Frank Darabont’s 2007 movie The Mist is an example of a good adaption of King’s work. He wanted to be “respectful to the source material” with the show–but also try new things.

“The novella is 200 pages and one location, and we needed to change that to make an ongoing series. But we wanted to remain faithful to the heart of the story,” he said.

In the book, the people of the town huddled together in a grocery store to avoid the mist and the monsters outside. While in the store, they became the monsters. In the TV show, there will be several of these “lockdown locations,” according to EW. As you can see in the trailer, these include places like a church and a mall.

EW has an in-depth and fascinating feature on the Mist TV show–read it here.

The show premieres June 22 on Spike. It stars Alyssa Sutherland, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Bill Carr, Gus Birney, and Luke Cosgrove.

In other news about Stephen King adaptations, the first trailer for the killer clown movie It was recently released. In picked up more than 197 million views in its first day to set a new 24-hour record. Additionally, the movie The Dark Tower has been delayed yet again.

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BioWare Austin is “prototyping” a new Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic title, according to a report from Unseen64 and Did You Know Gaming’s Liam Robertson.

Speaking on an episode of his podcast, which is exclusive to Patreon subscribers but has been reported on by The Star Wars Game Outpost, Robertson said he had it on “good authority” that the studio, which most recently developed the MMORPG The Old Republic, was working on “a sort of remake/revival of Knights of the Old Republic.” This, however, has reportedly now become a new Star Wars project.

“I don’t really know how that game’ll end up,” he continued. “I’ve heard that it isn’t exactly a remake anymore, but it started as a remake/revival. Now it’s kind of going from that blueprint in sort of its own original thing. I guess we’ll see what that turns out to be, but they are prototyping it right now.”

Despite using the Knights of the Old Republic name when discussing BioWare Austin’s new project, Robertson said he believed that it won’t be Knights of the Old Republic 3, and may in fact move away from that lore. Instead, he believes the game “is sort of like wiping the slate clean” and will “embrace the new Star Wars universe lore.”

Robertson did not reveal his source, but has a solid history of bringing to light canceled video game development projects, often with input from unnamed developers that worked on them. Nevertheless, this is very much still a rumor at this point. GameSpot has contacted BioWare parent company EA for a statement.

Interestingly, Drew Karpyshyn, who served as lead writer on the first Knights of the old Republic and also worked on the first two Mass Effect titles, rejoined BioWare in 2015. Posting on Twitter, he confirmed that he was working on a new project, but didn’t provide any further details.

A number of other Star Wars titles are also in development at various EA studios. DICE and co-developer Motive Studios are working on Star Wars: Battlefront 2, the first trailer for which will arrive on April 15 at 11:30 AM PT/2:30 PM ET/7:30 PM GMT.

TItanfall developer Respawn is also creating an “all-new third-person action adventure game set in the Star Wars universe.” The project is being led by God of War 3 director Stig Asmussen, who joined Respawn in 2014.

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Max Payne and Alan Wake developer Remedy Entertainment has said its next game, codenamed P7, will be released on “a wider range of platforms” and indicated it will run on Northlight, the same engine that powered its Xbox One and PC exclusive Quantum Break.

In a post on the official Remedy website, the studio confirmed that it is “developing its Northlight technology also for PlayStation 4 consoles.” Remedy has been making games primarily for Microsoft platforms since 2003, so P7 will be the first game from the studio to launch on a PlayStation platform since Max Payne 2.

Its last game, Quantum Break, was initially released on Xbox One and Windows 10 PC in April 2016. It “sold really well,” according to Microsoft, even beating the company’s expectations.

In GameSpot’s Quantum Break review, Peter Brown awarded it a 6/10, saying its “gameplay is essentially divided equally between combat and hapless environment traversal.”

He continued: “Getting to the end of Quantum Break can be an interesting ride at times, but no matter how impressive the combat is, or how great the game looks, there’s no getting around the fact that it’s driven by a story with limited appeal and hindered by disappointing design decisions.”

In August 2016, Remedy confirmed that it is working with Korean developer Smilegate on the campaign for CrossFire 2 and also has another secretive project in the works, which is likely to be P7. At the time it was described as being in the conceptual stage and is “pretty far off.”

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Microsoft’s gigantic Xbox Spring Sale has begun. Major Nelson posted a roundup of all the Xbox One and Xbox 360 deals on his blog, while we’ve rounded up some notable ones below.

On Xbox One, Ark: Survival Evolved is down to $14, while Fallout 4 gets a very nice discount, bringing it down to just $19.80. Its DLC pass and all individual expansions are on sale as well.

Other big-name games on sale include Halo 5 ($20), Grand Theft Auto V ($30), Forza Horizon 3 ($39), Gears of War 4 ($30), Mortal Kombat XL ($24), NBA 2K17 ($30), The Witcher 3 Complete Edition ($30), Titanfall 2 ($30), and Rainbow Six Siege ($25).

On Xbox 360, Red Dead Redemption ($15), Call of Duty: Black Ops II ($20), Grand Theft Auto IV ($10), and Blue Dragon ($8) are among the notable deals. Note that some of the deals require an Xbox Live Gold membership to save the maximum amount.

This is just a very small sampling of all the deals–go to Major Nelson’s blog to see a full rundown. The offers are good until April 17. Additionally, new Xbox Live Gold subscribers can sign up for just $1 for the duration of the Spring Sale.

In addition to the game deals, Microsoft is cutting $15 off the price of the build-your-own Xbox Design Lab controllers during the Spring Sale.

Are you planning to do any shopping for the Spring Sale? Let us know in the comments below!

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Electronic Arts has another another bonus item for Battlefield 1‘s Premium membership. All subscribers will get a free map, Nivelle Nights, in June.

The map is set in the “Chemin de Dames,” in France in 1917. French and German forces are fighting to hold the territory. Here is more from EA’s official description (via VG247):

“The moon, the searchlights, and the artillery lights up the night skies, exposing the vast network of trenches,” EA said. “Bite and hold as your foe will fight for every inch of ground. Strategy and teamwork will overcome those who have neither.”

You can see an in-development version of the nighttime map in action in the video above, which comes by way of popular Battlefield YouTuber Westie.

There is no word yet on if this map will ever be made available to non-Premium members.

In addition to this map, Battlefield Premium members get access to four map packs, the first of which–They Shall Not Pass–came out in March. You can read more about the upcoming three right here. These map packs are released two weeks later for everyone to buy.

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