It’s the start of a new week, so let’s get back into some exciting video game news! Today, Activision and Infinity Ward gave us all the details about Call of Duty: Warzone Season Six, The Pokémon Company announced it will be revealing more about the Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass tomorrow, and more. Here’s the video game news you might’ve missed on Sept. 28, 2020.
Call of Duty: Warzone & Modern Warfare Season Six Goes Live Tomorrow
Today, we got a closer look at what to expect from Call of Duty: Warzone Season Six. It will launch tonight at 11 p.m. PT and include a host of new features, including a new subway system added to Verdansk, a limited-time mode called Armored Royale, new weapons, and a slew of maps for Modern Warfare‘s multiplayer. As with all seasonal content, this update will be free and is available to pre-load onto your systems right now.
New maps, new modes, new Operators, and much, much more is headed your way in Season Six, kicking off tonight at 11PM PDT.
Get caught up on all of the latest intel here: https://t.co/wQMXWjuyPn pic.twitter.com/bw9hVwpb83
— Infinity Ward (@InfinityWard) September 28, 2020
The Original FarmVille Is Being Discontinued Later This Year
Remember FarmVille? The game even grandma wanted to play through Facebook. Today, Zynga announced that the original FarmVille will be shutting down on Dec. 31, 2020 — due to Adobe ceasing to update Flash Player for all browsers. You’ll have until Nov. 17, 2020 to make any in-app purchases prior to the game’s conclusion at the end of the year. Farmville launched in 2009 and became a global phenomenon — reaching 83.76 million monthly active users at its peak in March 2010.
Farmville is shutting on Dec 31st, 2020 due to Flash games ending on Facebook https://t.co/KqxFS3Tgjy pic.twitter.com/bxLe4JDMS0
— Wario64 (@Wario64) September 28, 2020
Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass News Dropping Tomorrow
Today, The Pokémon Company announced… an announcement for the upcoming Sword and Shield expansion titled The Crown Tundra. This is the second part of the Expansion Pass, the first of which was The Isle of Armor that released this past June. The news will be shared via a YouTube video that will air on Sept. 29 at 6 a.m. PT / 9 a.m. ET. There isn’t much we know about this upcoming expansion, but new Legendary Pokémon will make an appearance, in addition to around a hundred or more returning Pokémon. We hope to get a release date for the expansion as well.
Get ready, Trainers: we’ve got updates on #PokemonSwordShieldEX!
📅 September 29
⏰ 6:00 a.m. PDThttps://t.co/K2OFGBdOfs pic.twitter.com/jirEZMlH6o— Pokémon (@Pokemon) September 28, 2020
Next Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Update Will Launch in October
Capcom announced the release date of the new Monster Hunter World: Iceborne update, and it’s coming out very soon. It will serve as the game’s fifth free update and will go live on Oct. 1 across all platforms. You can expect to face off against new monsters known as the Fatalis and the Arch-Tempered Velkhana, and quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes will come along for the ride as usual.
Get ready, Hunters! Title Update 5 storms onto #Iceborne Oct 1st at 00:00 UTC.
🐉 Fatalis
❄️ Arch-Tempered Velkhana
🌏 USJ Collaboration
👻 Fun Fright Fest pic.twitter.com/DewPsoz7VB— Monster Hunter (@monsterhunter) September 28, 2020
Tekken 7 Has Surpassed 6 Million Copies Sold
Tekken 7 director Katsuhiro Harada revealed that the game has now surpassed 6 million copies sold since its 2017 home console release. This brings the total number of copies sold for the entire series to over 50 million units since its debut over 25 years ago — an impressive accomplishment. Tekken 7 has received numerous updates, with season 4 set to launch later this fall. You can grab Tekken 7 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC now.
TEKKEN7 had achieved Over 6 million sales !
We recorded Over 50 million copies sales for the series.鉄拳7が600万枚超を達成し、シリーズ累計は5000万枚超となりました。まだまだダウンロード販売が伸びています。
記念イラストを公開！#TEKKEN7 #TEKKEN #鉄拳7 #鉄拳 pic.twitter.com/U30ZPUg9tN— Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) September 27, 2020
