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Xbox Design Lab Returns More Customization Options Including Metallic Finishes & Rubberized Grips

This fall alone, Microsoft continues to ship out quite a few controller options for players to get their hands on. So far, there is the limited edition Forza Horizon 5 paddle, Xbox 20th Anniversary gamepad, and the Master Chief Xbox Elite 2 Controller as well. However, there are certainly more ...
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Xbox PC App To Feature Mod Support, User-friendly Update Allows Moving Games To Any Folder

Over on the PC front of things for Microsoft, the Xbox firm is still discovering new ways to improve the experience for users on that realm of the industry. With Xbox Game Pass featuring its own version for the platform already, Microsoft previously pledged to deliver improvements later on this ...
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Sony Interactive Entertainment Reveals PlayStation 5’s Most Played Games For Its First Year

In the swift up and coming for Sony Interactive Entertainment’s PlayStation 5, it was not long before the newest iteration on the market approached the 5 million mark. By December of last year, the PlayStation 5 was reported to have sold roughly 4.5 million units then. More interesting, launch title ...
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Co-Op Multiplayer Game Dragon Ball: The Breakers Announced

Over at Bandai Namco, the Japanese publisher continues to deliver consistent and fruitful releases on a variety of anime/manga-originated properties. For Dragon Ball, the firm alongside CyberConnect2 delivered Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. The game follows the origin story of the titular character Goku in an RPG format which is not ...
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Volition Announces New August 2022 Release For Saints Row Reboot

Earlier this summer, fans of the Saints Row IP glowed with excitement learning that developer Volition is officially rebooting the Saints Row franchise. “Rebooting” the initial teaser image reads ahead of its announcement at Gamescom Opening Night Live. Upon the reveal, it was soon after that the game will be ...
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Nominations For 2021’s The Game Awards Revealed

Upon the show’s airing last December, The Game Awards continued its tradition of carrying out some anticipating announcements at the time alongside the event finding higher viewership as each year proceeds. Alongside the late year show, host Geoff Keighley also organizes June’s Summer Game Fest as it transitions to a ...
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Undungeon, My Friend Pedro Headlines Xbox Game Pass Additions For Mid November 2021

Over on Xbox Game Pass for this month, fans grow excited on the approaching additions for the service as 2021 is one month away from closing. In that, anticipated releases such as Forza Horizon 5 is slated for the service as promised by Microsoft. Additionally, Rockstar Games disclosed that Grand ...
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Far Cry 6 Vaas DLC ‘Insanity’ Is Out Today

From the looks of it, Ubisoft surely is cashing in for the coming DLC campaign planned for the October-released Far Cry 6. As part of the post-launch plans for the game already, the developer paves ahead three collaborative add-ons for the title. Namely, the trio bridges the IP with recognized ...
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FPS Boost Branches Over To Support Xbox Backwards Compatible Titles For Xbox 360 With 30+ New Additions

While keeping an eye at some of the explicit hints being made for the then-approaching Xbox Anniversary Celebration livestream *ahem* Halo TV series & Halo Infinite multiplayer, there was also speculation for more to come in terms of legacy releases for Xbox. Previously in a report from TrueAchievements, claims suggested ...
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Latest Xbox Backwards Compatibility Additions Welcomes 70 New Titles, Microsoft Confirms To Be The Last Roster Update

In the anticipation building up for the Monday livestream for Xbox’s 20th birthday, excitement swelled in terms of what announcement will take place. So far, claims arose for the Halo Infinite multiplayer early release. Already, 343 Industries announced that the online portion will launch a beta playtest for the game ...
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Rectify Signs CS:GO 2020 Roster

Today, Rectify announced the signing of brand new CS:GO 2020 Roster that will be competing in the ESEA Main League in Season 34.  The team consists of the following players: tRill Yip Dew Crimson Twin This team is quite familiar with each other making only one roster change with Dew ...
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Esports Popularity in Asia

It’s no secret that Asia is the largest eSports market, with China having the largest industry by number of gamers. Over 600 million Chinese citizens, or around over half of the country’s population, participate in mobile, console, and PC gaming. However, other Asian countries are just as dedicated to gaming ...
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Activision Announces Return Of Call Of Duty League With Online Events Starting Next Friday

Last year, Activision Blizzard revealed the newly revamped franchise of competitive Call of Duty with the Call of Duty League. Announcing a $6 million prize pool for the duration of 2020, fans were eager to see teams from across the United States to compete for the top place. And with ...
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Combo Breaker Cancels Its Memorial Day Weekend Event Due To COVID-19 Pandemic

Today has been a worrisome day for event attendees as it was just disclosed elsewhere that the 25th anniversary for QuakeCon has been squandered due to the growing impact from the novel coronavirus. Now in a separate announcement regarding this coming May’s Combo Breaker, the organizer revealed that the yearly ...
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Organizers For EVO 2020 Still Planning This Year’s Event For Mid Summer

It is no question that the continually increasing concerns that surround the COVID-19 (novel Coronavirus) is making a large impact on the gaming industry for both games in development alongside the hosted events initially scheduled to take place throughout the course of 2020. This is also applied to the multiple ...
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Brawlhalla LAN at CEO Dreamland canceled, will offer online alternative

The rising of the Coronavirus or known as COVID-19 has been the story of this week with multiple events being canceled including E3 2020, Overwatch League Homestands for March and April. Now Brawlhalla has been affected by this as this weekend was CEO Dreamland which marked the first LAN of ...
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// Product Reviews

Product Review: BenQ Zowie XL2740 Monitor

Price Of Reviewed Product $599.00 The great folks at Zowie BenQ were kind enough to let us review some of their products including their XL2740 Monitor. Welcome to our review of the BenQ ZOWIE XL2740 monitor. This will not be your typical review because I think the XL2740 (at least ...
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CoolerMaster MH751 Headset – Review

The MH751 - Where has this headset been?! Review Summary If you’re looking for a clean, clear, crisp audio headset, with comfort that you’ve always dreamed about, then the MH751 delivers. In a land of endless headset possibilities, a well-established and highly regarded computer peripheral company hits the mark with ...
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// Media Events

The Game Awards 2020: New Gameplay Trailer Reveals Housemarque’s Returnal Launches In March 2021

Upon the run up to this Thursdays Game Awards, many fans continued to speculate Sony would drop a bomb (figuratively) in regards to the PlayStation 5. While hopes were high, there happened to be no definite evidence to suggest such an act. That was until the eleventh hour that Sony ...
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The Game Awards 2020: Among Us Airship Map Features Ladders, Room Spawning, And New Tasks, Coming Early 2021

For independent developer InnerSloth, the excess amount of popularity came to surely be a surprise when Among Us still stands to be one of the most frequented titles by players and viewership on Twitch. So much that the game studio decided to outright cancel plans for a sequel and dedicate ...
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The Game Awards 2020: Fall Guys Season 3 Set To Arrive On December 15

It was just a few months in August that Mediatonic’s Fall Guys took the Earth by storm to becoming the next big online multiplayer hit. Every streamer regular the wipeout-like game running through obstacles to rep the best outfits and continue to earn crowns at the number one spot. And, ...
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The Game Awards 2020: Scarlet Nexus Revealed For Summer 2021 Release Date

When predating back to the initial Xbox Series X third-party game preview Microsoft held in the form of an Xbox 20/20 live event this past May, many were already anticipating a dozen or so entries from either North American or European developers to stand as the primary demographic of studios ...
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The Game Awards 2020: Saber Interactive Announces Evil Dead: The Game, Coming Sometime In 2021

When concerning Saber Interactive in recent weeks, the New Jersey studio in September released its new collaborated project with 2K, WWE Battlegrounds. The game holds in similarity to the ways of the previous NBA Playgrounds featuring namely superstars of World Wrestling Entertainment and adds a layer of arcade fun to ...
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The Game Awards 2020: BioWare Offers Teaser Trailer For Next Mass Effect Game

This year’s Game Awards already happened to be flowing with BioWare anticipation as the developer was told to be presenting a new, first-look at the coming Dragon Age game. Following roughly half a decade since the release of Dragon Age: Inquisition, it is refreshing to learn that the developer is ...
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// Editorial

Parental Playtime: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Review

9.2/10 Total Score - 9.2/10 9.2/10 Summary Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart is Insomniac creating a game that captures the full potential of the series and delivers an absolute stunner of an experience. Developer – Insomniac Games Publisher – Playstation Game Studios Platforms – PS5 “Review copy given by PlayStation ...
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Best PUBG Mobile Weapon Combos

One of the best battle royales on mobile to date, PUBG Mobile has its own fair share of challenges and tricks. But today, we’re going to be taking a look at their weapons and which combinations would work best. Before we get into it though, you might want to get ...
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Is Online Gaming Good For Your Health? Here Is How Playing These Games Can Boost Your Health

Online games have continued to grow in popularity, and people of all ages are embracing them. But did you know that besides being a form of entertainment, they have numerous health benefits? Here is how online games can improve your health, as well as some consequences linked to overdoing it ...
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Elite Dangerous: Odyssey – A bold “step” forward.

“Hello Stranger, sit down and let me give you a history lesson” Elite has been a stalwart of the space sim genre ever since the 80’s. Before Star Fox, Wing Commander, Descent Freespace, hell, even before consoles were a thing and videogames crashed. Elite for those not in the know, ...
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Here Are The Current Trends Shaping The Gaming Industry, For Better Or Worse

It’s worth exploring the latest trends shaping the gaming world. In doing so, we can look at the challenges and the problems that lie ahead for both developers and consumers. Pexels Source CCO License Working From Home It’s worth pointing out that a lot of gaming jobs right now are ...
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The Game Industry Thrived in 2020

It’s been a full year since the coronavirus overtook our lives. We have lived through lockdowns, practiced social distances. Plus, for many, the isolating part really did take its toll. We have had to accept that we will never return to how things were pre-corona. However, we can do what ...
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// Entertainment

The Witcher

Netflix releases a new Witcher teaser trailer

When Netflix casted Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia for The Witcher, there was a huge speculation as to whether Cavill’s days as the Man of Steel are over. While it’s still open for debate, it seems to be heading in that direction, because Netflix has now released a new Witcher teaser trailer. The trailer ...
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GET RECT Ep. 3: BYOWP (Bring Your Own Wolf Pelts)

Welcome to GET RECT, a new podcast brought to you by Rectify Gaming! Nick is back from Japan and we couldn’t be more stoked! On today’s episode we talk about which games have had great (and not so great) post-game content, and we talk about how long is TOO long for a game to take ...
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GET RECT Ep. 2: The Square Tetromino is Thicc

It’s been a pretty wild week in gaming news, so we figured the best way to cover everything would be a lightning round of Nick and Garrett’s reactions to all the biggest headlines. Evan reads a listicle featuring the top 10 greatest rivals in video game history (which we may or may not agree with), ...
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Rectify Gaming Expands Media Network With Launch Of New Podcast, ‘GET RECT’

Over the past few months we at Rectify Gaming have been deciding on what to do with the Rectify Gaming podcast as it is just about 4 years old already. The number one goal we had for the new podcast crew was to be as professional as possible unlike our early episodes we’ve had. So ...
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