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Twitter Hires First Ever Director of Gaming

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Twitter is embracing the social media aspect of gaming by filling its first ever position dedicated to gaming.

YouTube’s former head of gaming content, Rodrigo Velloso, takes the helm of director of gaming partnerships at Twitter. Velloso will be working with gaming content creators for better use of the platform.

This could be really good for Twitter and for gamers. Twitter now is a good platform for gaming content creators, but with a lot more dedication from Twitter itself, this could be a really great thing for gamers to make more connections and talk about the things we love.

Check out Variety for the full story.

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Street Fighter V Beta 3 is Live!

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The third and final Street Fighter V beta test is underway! The beta runs today, Friday the 18th until Sunday, the 20th. Characters included in the beta are: Ryu, Birdie, Cammy, Necalli, Nash, and Laura. Dhalsim and Zangief will become available at a later date, but Capcom’s Peter “Combo Fiend” Rosas says there could be some surprises along the way.

Channeling straight from the Capcom Unity blog, here are the modes that will be tested and the scheduled times for maintenance:

Modes:

Ranked Match
Fight for glory and status in high stakes matches!
Casual Match
Enjoy more casual matches without pressure.
Training
Improve your skills against a training dummy with a variety of options and settings.
Capcom Fighters Network (CFN)
Check out the latest leaderboard rankings, search for replays, and rivals.
Battle Setting
Customize your character profile and button configuration, among other options.
Options
Manage the screen and sound settings.
Schedule:

12/18 00:01 PT (12/18 08:01 GMT) – SFV 3rd beta starts for PS4 and PC users
12/18 08:00 PT (12/18 16:00 GMT) – Servers down for 10 hour maintenance
12/18 18:00 PT (12/19 02:00 GMT) – Servers back online, play resumes
12/19 18:00 PT (12/20 02:00 GMT) – Servers down for 10 hour maintenance
12/20 04:00 PT (12/20 12:00 GMT) – Servers back online, play resumes
12/20 22:00 PT (12/21 06:00 GMT) – SFV 3rd beta concludes

Beta testers will also receive invite codes to share with their friends as well. Check out Capcom Unity for more information.

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Fable Legends Open Beta Pushed Back Into 2016

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Spring 2016 to be exact. Lionhead Studios says that the game is great, but it is becoming a lot bigger than they thought it would be. “It’s simply the most ambitious game we’ve ever created at Lionhead,” says Fable Legends’ creative director. The news may be a bit of a downer, but Lionhead says they will be adding an additional 100,000 fan into the Fable Legends closed beta over the next few weeks. You can sign up at FableLegends.com.

You can get more information at the Fable Legends website and check out the update video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9vpbcymR8Q

There is no word on when Fable Legends releases just yet.

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DICE is Now Moving on to Working on the Next Battlefield Game

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DICE’s development director tweeted recently that he will be moving on to the project since Star Wars Battlefront is now done.

Work is still being done for Battlefront DLC and such, but the team will now start to focus on the next true Battlefield installment.

Others on twitter, including myself, have already been a bit concerned. DICE has handled the Battlefield series pretty well for the most part aside from Battlefield 4 being a bit buggy, but you just have to wonder if it will be a true Battlefield game and not super casual like Battlefront is. Only time will tell.

The next Battlefield is slated for a holiday 2016 release.

Source: IGN

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Here Are the 12 Mighty Eidolons of Final Fantasy Explorers

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Final Fantasy Explorers will feature a total of 12 eidolons to fight and summon throughout the game. All of the beloved classic eidolons are included, such as Shiva and Ifirit, but there are also 2 new fresh faces. Those 2 are Dryad and Amaterasu. You can check out the image below for a little bit more information on the 12 featured eidolons.

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Final Fantasy Explorers comes out January 26th, 2016.

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Street Fighter: Resurrection Coming March 2016

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The same team that brought us the magnificent Street Fighter: Assassins Fist, is bring us a new chapter in the Street Fighter saga.

The trailer gives us a look at Guile’s long time best buddy, Charlie. This is the new version of Charlie though, the same version featured in Street Fighter V. Judging from the title of the series, we could possibly get a good look into what exactly happened to Charlie. It’s perfect timing considering Street Fighter V comes out in February.

Here is the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP8W-ezRwzk

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New The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine Screenshots

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Cd Projekt Red just released the first 2 screenshots for the final Witcher 3 expansion, Blood and Wine. The second paid expansion will double the hours of Hearts of Stone by offering up to 20 hours of new add on content. 

The screenshots are of the new Toussaint region.

   
 Blood and Wine is slated for a Q1 2016 release date. Check out The Witcher 3 expansion product page for more information.  

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