Bethesda trademark points to future Starfield expansion, fans believe

Starfield fans believe a trademark for “Starborn” registered by Bethesda parent company Zenimax earlier this month points to the game’s currently unrevealed second expansion, likely due in 2025.
Bethesda’s space RPG released last year, and is set to launch its first expansion Shattered Space in the coming months. In conversation with YouTuber MrMattyPlays back in June, Bethesda’s Todd Howard confirmed there would be at least one more expansion to come after Shattered Space, stating the studio was already “planning for the one after this”.
It now appears that this ‘planning’ has made further progress, thanks to that aforementioned trademark. As spotted by Timur222 on social media platform X, Bethesda has filed a trademark for something known as Starborn. What is a …

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Epic pulls Fortnite from "rent collector" mobile stores as it readies own shop

This summer, Epic Games finally gets its wish when, thanks to new EU regulations, it’s launching its own digital store on iOS and Android. And ahead of its arrival, the company has announced it’s removing Fortnite and other Epic games from what it calls “rent collector” competing stores, “even if those stores offer us a special deal for our own games.”

In its announcement post, Epic first confirms developers selling games on its on its new mobile store will be subject to the same 12 percent fee seen on its PC digital storefront (zero percent if a developer uses a third-party payment system). It then reveals plans to pull its own games from some competing stores. More specifically, it says it’ll be “ending distribution partnerships with mobile stores that serve …

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Nintendo rescinds Splatoon 3 World Championship winners' title after racist messages surface online

Nintendo has formally revoked the Splatoon 3 World Championship 2024 winning team’s title after racist messages sent by several of its members surfaced online.

This year’s Splatoon 3 World Championship was held in April, with six teams competing for the crown. North American team Jackpot was eventually named the winner, but the four-person group became embroiled in controversy this June, after Discord and social media chats showing some of its members engaging in racist behaviour began circulating on social media.

And now, roughly six weeks later, Nintendo has officially rescinded Jackpot’s winning title, albeit without explicitly specifying the reason behind its decision.

Splatoon 3 – Grand Festival (Nintendo Switch)

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