If the trailers for Marvel’s Avengers haven’t convinced you yet, well maybe actually playing the game may help.

Square Enix is helping on that front with an Open Beta this weekend on PS4, XB1, and PC.

The beta includes four of the game’s single-player campaign Hero Missions, three HARM Room challenges, four War Zones, and five Drop Zones.

PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players who link their Square Enix Members and Epic Games accounts then and complete the beta’s three HARM-room challenges will earn the Hulk Smashers Pickaxe with bonus Hulkbuster style in Fortnite.

Marvel’s Avengers launches worldwide on September 4.
 
 
A Square Enix Members account will be required to play the beta. Players can sign up for the account for free at https://membership.square-enix.com/register. Everyone who signs up for an account will receive a Thor in-game nameplate in the final game

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If you aren’t sold on Blightbound yet, great news you can try it for free this weekend in the Open Beta.

It will be available between July 24th-26th but this is US time and we will likely get it down under (AU\NZ) Saturday to Monday.

Intrepid heroes will get their first opportunity to sample the horrors of the Blight this weekend when Blightbound unlocks its gates to fearless warriors for its Open Beta, July 24th-26th. Brave souls can head to Steam to download the beta: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1263070/Blightbound/

Blightbound, a dark and stylish multiplayer dungeon crawler, will battle its way onto Steam Early Access on July 29th with a 10% discount.

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There are some sweet games coming to Xbox Game Pass this month as well as the Jungle Awakenns DLC for Minecraft Dungeons.

Personally I have been eyeing up Crosscode so will be jumping feet first into that one on the 9th.

Out Now

Out of the Park Baseball 21 (PC) ID@Xbox

The 21st version of the award-winning baseball strategy franchise delivers the newest features and improvements in series history! It features unprecedented depth and customization, brand-new guided experiences for newcomers and veterans, authenticity licensed by MLB and the MLBPA, and a bounty of offline and online experiences found nowhere else.

Soulcalibur VI (Console)

Prepare to clash in the retold Stage of History. Soulcalibur VI is the premier weapons-based fighter, head-to-head fighting series with a massive roster of iconic characters and special guest fighters such as Geralt from The Witcher. The heroic 3D battles transpire in a beautiful and fluid world, and now features all-new battle mechanics and characters. Pick your warrior and experience Soulcalibur’s untold history on Xbox One.

Coming Soon

CrossCode (Console) ID@Xbox  – July 9

If you are looking for a game with more than 30 Boss fights, over 120 enemy types, huge dungeons filled up with countless puzzles, combat skills and a ton of quests supported by a handmade music tracks with plenty of playtime, well, in that case you are looking for CrossCode! A retro action RPG set in the distant future in the veins of Secret of Mana and Zelda. Look forward to butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, engaging puzzle mechanics, all served with a gripping sci-fi story.

Fallout 76 (Console & PC) – July 9

Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Skyrim and Fallout 4, welcome you to Fallout 76, the online multiplayer role-playing game. Work together, or not, to survive. Under the threat of nuclear annihilation, you’ll experience the largest, most dynamic world ever created in the legendary Fallout universe.

Leaving July 15

·       Blazing Chrome (Console & PC)

·       Dead Rising 4 (Console & PC)

·       Metal Gear Solid V (Console and PC)

·       Timespinner (PC)

·       Unavowed (PC)

·       Undertale (PC)

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The latest Total War game, Total War: TROY will be an exclusive to Epic Game Store when it launches on the 13th of August this year.

If you aren’t a fan of that then maybe it being free for 24 hours on launch day will help. If you nab it in those 24 hours, it’s yours to own.

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On top of the usual free games on Epic Games Store, Devolver has announced that SLUDGE LIFE is free for a limited time.

SLUDGE LIFE Features:

* Experience the thrills of vandalism from the safety of your computer.
 
* Curiosity and free will are your only motivators – roll as you please through a tiny open-world.
 
* Find and download apps to your laptop and waste your life away playing a game within a game.
 
* Smoke Ciggy Cigs brand cigarettes. Smoke ‘em up real good.
 
* Take photos of exotic fauna and ambivalent NPCs.
 
* Dedicated fart button.
 
* A huge baby, community basketball court, and a cat with two buttholes. [no extra charge]
 
* Three distinct endings and pretty robust credits.

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If you checked out the trailer at X018 for Crackdown 3 and still don’t quite get the hype, great news party people, Crackdown is free right now on Xbox One Backwards compatibility.

Check out the Crackdown 3 trailer below for some Terry Crews action, then download the first Crackdown now!

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