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Piling on to previous rumors, the first details about Warner Bros.’ rumored Skylanders-style LEGO game emerged today on Reddit. According to this post, the name of the game is LEGO Dimensions.

A Starter Pack will reportedly include the game, a Toy Pad (what sounds like a Portal of Power from Skylanders), three LEGO minifigures (Batman, Gandalf, and Wyldstyle), and a LEGO Batmobile car.

The game’s reported official description is just the best:

“When a mysterious and powerful vortex suddenly appears in various LEGO worlds, different characters from DC Comics, Lord of the Rings, and the LEGO Movie are swept away. To save their friends, Batman, Gandalf, and Wyldstyle bravely jump into the vortex to rescue their friends and fight to save all of LEGO humanity.”

Players will journey through “unexpected worlds” and partner with “unexpected allies” in their effort to defeat the nefarious Lord Vortech. The game won’t be limited to Batman, Gandalf, and Wyldstyle, as its description also references Back to the Future characters, along with Wonder Woman and Ninjago.

“Get ready to break the rules, because the only rule with LEGO Dimensions is that there are no rules,” reads a line from the description. This matches up with the teaser campaign that Warner Bros. has been running this week. See below.

Bear in mind that Warner Bros. has not yet officially announced LEGO Dimensions. The company has teased that some kind of announcement is coming today, April 9, so we may be getting official details soon.

Other popular “toys-to-life” games include Disney Infinity and Nintendo’s Amiibo.

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With less than a week to go before Grand Theft Auto V‘s long-awaited release for PC, developer Rockstar Games has now revealed the open-world title’s extensive graphics options.

As you can see in the images embedded in this post, GTA V for PC has two settings for visuals: Graphics and Advanced Graphics. Players can toggle all manner of settings, including the overall resolution, aspect ratio, population density (and variety), distance scaling, and lots more.

You can even determine how nice-looking you want water and grass to be in the game. GTA V for PC also allows players to tweak keyboard/mouse settings and set key bindings, among other things.

GTA V launches for PC arrives worldwide on April 14. The digital version of the game is available now to pre-load from the Rockstar Warehouse and Steam, while the physical PC edition may ship on seven discs.

For lots more on the PC edition of GTA V, check out GameSpot’s new interview with Rockstar North. You can also watch this video to learn lots more about the game’s new editor and director mode.

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Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End has received some glowing new praise…from a prominent film producer.

Oscar-nominated producer Megan Ellison (Zero Dark Thirty, American Hustle, Her) recently visited Naughty Dog’s offices to play the upcoming PlayStation 4 game.

She was quite pleased, and says that–like the rest of us–she’s eager to play the game early next year.

A Thief’s End co-director Neil Druckmann also tweeted about Ellison’s visit to the studio.

Originally scheduled to launch this year, Naughty Dog recently delayed A Thief’s End to spring 2016. The few extra months of development time will help the studio realize the game’s full potential, Druckmann and his directing partner Bruce Straley said last month.

In addition to A Thief’s End the game, an Uncharted movie is in the works. Most recently, we learned that Jurassic World‘s Chris Pratt passed on playing Nathan Drake in the movie, while The Hurt Locker writer Mark Boal has come aboard to work on the screenplay.

Via: DualShockers

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A port of 1997’s ultra-violent game Postal has been rejected by Google for publishing on Google Play due to its “gratuitous violence.”

That’s according to the game’s developer, Running With Scissors, which explained the matter in its forums. The forums are currently unavailable, but Eurogamer was able to capture the following message.

“It seems we have hit a bit of a snag,” the developer said. “Unfortunately, it appears Postal has been rejected from Google Play due to it containing ‘gratuitous violence.’”

The developer said blocking Postal but not other violent games such as Grand Theft Auto represents something of a double standard.

Although it appears Postal won’t come to Google Play, the biggest Android app store, Running With Scissors said it plans to release the game through other means, including Amazon and the Humble Store.

According to Google’s own publishing rules, while apps that feature “graphic violence” are permissible, apps that include “gratuitous real violence” are not. We’ve followed up with Google, asking for additional insight into why Postal was rejected. We’ll update this post with anything we might hear back.

“We immediately filed an appeal and that was rejected,” Running With Scissors told Eurogamer about the initial decision. “Trying now to speak to an actual human being with a f***ing brain.”

In other Postal news, Running With Scissors plans to launch a new expansion for Postal 2–Paradise Lost–on April 17.

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Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix just announced a new game this week–Deus Ex: Mankind Divided–but the Japanese company is gearing up to reveal another project very soon.

The company has launched a new teaser website for a “secret” project. The website’s URL is: “http://www.jp.square-enix.com/secret/.“

As DualShockers discovered, clicking the Facebook or Twitter sharing buttons on the page reveal that Square Enix is planning to announce the project on Monday, April 13. A message that reads, “Square Enix New Project. NEXT 2015.04.13,” pops up when you click those sharing options.

Another mystery is a message printed on the website itself, containing the letters “S A R” and the numbers “0 1 0 1.” As DualShockers points out, these numbers and letters could be part of the title or a message that Square Enix plans to fill out in the lead-up to the official announcement next week.

No other details about Square Enix’s “secret” project are available, including its genre, platforms, or release date, among other things. Check back with GameSpot on Monday to see what it turns out to be.

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Publisher Warner Bros has lined up a day-one patch for its upcoming fighting game, Mortal Kombat X, which enhances online stability and multiplayer invite options.

Information on the update, which will be mandatory for those who want to connect the game online, has arrived due to one player receiving their copy ahead of release date.

A Reddit user, going by the name “Abudiix”, said the day-one patch apparently makes many of the game’s challenges more difficult. The user added that in-game currency awards have been reduced significantly, explaining: “My friend used to get 2,500 coins on a boss fight now he gets 200 on the same boss fight after the update.”

Meanwhile, the update is also said to expand the size of The Krypt, which is a warehouse-sized area filled with coffins that can be opened for in-game currency. Each coffin, once opened, provides the player with items such as concept art, videos, and even hidden special moves.

Mortal Kombat X launches April 14 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3editions, however, have been delayed.

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