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Bungie has announced a special edition Destiny Nepal Aid t-shirt available for pre-order on the Bungie Store at $24.99. All profits will go towards charities aiding the country of Nepal, which was hit by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on April 25.

In addition to receiving a t-shirt, those who pre-order will also receive a custom in-game shader and custom in-game emblem. The Bungie Store is accepting pre-orders between now and May 24 at 11:59PM PST. Production for the shirts themselves will start on May 25 and be shipped early June. In-game items will be distributed “in an upcoming feature update later this year.” Each shirt purchased will be accompanied with one Bungie.net redemption code, which will be sent to the email provided upon checkout.

Destiny’s upcoming House of Wolves expansion is set to launch on all platforms on May 19. We’ve listed the biggest changes the expansion will introduce, which includes a new social space, tons of new ships, weapons, and armour, and raises the level cap to at least 34. For the full scoop on PVP changes to be made, check out our breakdown.

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Jagex’s new multiplayer FPS Block N Load, an intriguing-looking 5v5 game that combines elements of Minecraft and Team Fortress 2, is now available for PC on Steam. The game was previously available by way of a beta, but today, April 30, marks its official release

Block N Load normally sells for $20, but to celebrate the game’s official release, Jagex is offering it to everyone for free this weekend only as part of a Steam Free Weekend promotion. This offer, along with another discount that should make the game $15 for its launch week, does not appear to have gone live just yet. But keep checking the game’s Steam page to see when it does.

Six Block N Load characters are available out of the gate, each of which have different skills and attributes. Check out the Block N Load launch trailer above to see these unique characters in action.

Block N Load’s maps are anything but static, as players can use the game’s building tools to shape the world around them. Jagex says this means no two matches will ever be the same. For lots more on Block N Load, check out GameSpot’s in-depth hands-on preview in the video below.

“We’ve tried to do something different with Block N Load. We wanted to make a game where building is as important as bullets, smarts are as important as skills, and players could contribute to their team in their way,” Block N Load vice president David Solari said in a statement. “We can’t wait to see the creativity and invention of those that play Block N Load now that it’s live. Today’s launch is only the beginning. We have a player-first mentality, and look forward to an exciting journey with the players as the game evolves.”

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Nintendo has announced the next Nintendo Direct video briefing.

Scheduled to take place on Thursday, May 7, at 7 AM PDT, this livestream event will focus on the company’s upcoming family-friendly Wii U shooter Splatoon.

On-hand during the event to talk about the game will be Nintendo’s “expert team of scientists at the Squid Research Lab” (not a real lab).

Nintendo didn’t provide any specifics about what it will show or announce during the event, saying only that viewers can expect all manner of “squid-tastic action.” One thing you can bet on is Nintendo developers making a lot of squid puns.

You’ll be able to watch the livestream right here on GameSpot.

Splatoon launches exclusively for Wii U on May 29. For lots more, check out GameSpot’s interview with the game’s director, which touches on the project’s origins and even its eSports potential. You can also see a variety of Splatoon screenshots in the gallery below.

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Sony’s games division has recorded $404 million operating profit during the twelve months following April 2014.

The upbeat financial results were in part due to strong PlayStation 4 sales, which reached 14.8 million units worldwide during the twelve-month period. Sony expects these numbers will accelerate upwards, predicting 16 million more PS4 units sold in the twelve months from April 2015.

However, its portable division, which includes the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation TV, continued to slide. Sales fell to 3.3 million for the financial year, down from 4.1 million the year prior. PlayStation 3 hardware and software sales also continued to decline.

Sony noted that the strong overall performance for its PlayStation division was also due to a “significant” increase in network revenue, as well as robust game software sales.

Encompassing all its business performances, from photography to phones, the wider Sony corporation announced a $576 million profit, a figure up 159 percent year-on-year.

This year’s earnings mark Sony’s biggest annual operating profit in the past seven years, a dour period for the company, in which it had to revise its income projections downwards on fifteen separate occasions.

More promising news for investors came from Sony’s FY15/16 projections, with the company expecting its profits to quadruple over the next twelve months.

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Payday developer Overkill Software’s cooperative first-person shooter based on The Walking Dead will release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, the developer’s parent company Starbreeze has announced.

505 Games will publish the shooter, giving Starbreeze for a $10 million licensing fee and royalties on console sales.

“We believe that ‘Overkill’s The Walking Dead,’ represents a huge opportunity to duplicate, even eclipse the success Payday 2 has enjoyed in the last few years by leveraging the existing business relationship between our two companies,” CEO of 505’s parent company Digital Bros Raphael Galante said in a statement.

The Payday series, in case you’re wondering, has sold more than 9 million copies as of December 31, 2014, and Payday 2 single-handedly pulled Starbreeze out of a 15-year loss in six months.

The developer previously said Overkill’s The Walking Dead will deliver a “completely new co-op experience” to the Walking Dead universe that will explore new characters and storylines. The game is being made with the blessing of The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, who says he was certain from the first day he saw the project that it was the “co-op action game fans have been waiting for.” It is also the result of a new “long-term” partnership between Starbreeze and Kirkman’s Skybound Interactive company. This partnership will extend “into the next decade” and marks a new era for Starbreeze, the company said.

The game is scheduled to launch in 2016.

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