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On Wednesday, the White House announced steps it was taking to intervene and help ease the bottlenecks preventing products from getting to store shelves. However, the White House also cautioned that it could not guarantee that shortages would not affect the Christmas shopping season. Biden critics on Twitter have used the hashtags #EmptyShelvesJoe and #BareShelvesBiden to attack the president’s leadership. While #EmptyShelvesJoe was a top Twitter trend on Thursday, #BareShelvesBiden shot up to No....

Players with an itch to revisit the first two games during the lead-up to Arkham Knight might want to hold off, however. From Halo: The Master Chief Collection to The Last of Us: Remastered, giving older games a modern facelift has been all the rage for a while now – all the more so since the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One aren’t backwards compatible. Now the Dark Knight himself may be jumping on the remastering bandwagon....

After a series of disappointing delays last fall, we are finally approaching the June release date (check out the Limited Edition bundle) of Batman: Arkham Knight. During an interview with IGN, Rocksteady founder and Arkham Knight game director Sefton Hill revealed that the game will be released with an M rating, unlike the previous two installments (Arkham Asylum and Arkham City), which were both rated T for Teen. Details on why the game made the jump to M won’t be available until the Entertainment Software Rating Board publishes its content description of the game, but Hill had the following to say about the decision to not tone down the graphic content:...

[HTML1] After spending the last week teasing an “epic” reveal, the developers behind Batman: Arkham Origins have made good on their promise - releasing a new (at least somewhat) epic trailer. Titled “Nowhere to Run,” the new teaser for the next installment in the Arkham game series, shows-off a number of fan-favorite villains as well as puts the recent screenshots of Alfred and the Batcave in context. However, the most notable reveal, and the one with the most intriguing gameplay applications is the jet-pack joyriding evildoer Firefly....

Even with all of the pressures to deliver a satisfying product, developer Visceral Games has made sure to include some fun surprises for perceptive gamers to find while playing. Players with early access have started coming across some interesting Easter Eggs in the game like a drivable couch and also some items from Visceral’s previous franchise, Dead Space. Fans of the horror franchise can see the first Dead Space related Easter Egg during one of the campaign missions....

It was over a year ago that the first evidence appeared which supported the notion that Visceral Games may be handling the next Battlefield (on top of their unannounced Star Wars project), with further speculation pointing to a game focused on modern police and SWAT teams, not military. Now, an expansive batch of images and code unearthed from within Battlelog by Koen V. reveals not just the title and logo, but a number of awards, vehicle, and weapon icons confirming the setting....

Today, EA’s favorite son is making more news in the on-going fight. While Activision has a timed exclusivity deal with Call of Duty DLC on the Xbox 360, Battlefield 3 now has similar with the PlayStation 3. The EU PlayStation Blog issued a post from Tommy Rydling - Jr. Project Manager at DICE - that talks about a few things we already know about, such as 48 hour early access to the upcoming beta for owners of the Tier 1 Edition online pass or Medal of Honor: Limited Edition....

While we still don’t have much information in regards to the game, thanks to Game Informer we now know that some major details regarding Battlefield 3 will be revealed in next month’s issue as well as tomorrow on the Battlefield official site. Not to discredit the Bad Company titles or 2142 in any way, but it has certainly been a quite a while that gamers have had to wait for Battlefield 3....

While PlayStation 3 and PC owners (the later of whom received some additional improvements) have had a week to put their new-and-improved boots on the ground, only now are the Xbox 360’s platoons getting in on the action. According to the Battlefield Blog, the patch became available this morning and also includes the controversial “Instant Update” option as well as the new Rent-A-Server functionality. Staring at 120 Microsoft Points (or $1....

With the latest leaked GDC footage of the game showing serious time has been spent on the campaign, it’s hard to know exactly where the multi-player and PC experience will fit in the overall product. Wonder no more, as DICE’s General Manager Karl Magnus Troedssen has confirmed that the developers haven’t forgotten their roots one bit. With Battlefield 3, the team is building from the online multi-player out, and giving the PC version of the game some much-needed attention....

[HTML1] Beginning a week ago, developer DICE had members of its Battlefield 4 team taking to the “The Road to Battlefield 4” blog to detail multiplayer features - first with Field Upgrades system and and then to changes to the classes and progression. This was in an effort to inform fans before launching a livestream and new announcements at Germany’s Gamescom event, the European equivalent to LA’s E3 expo....

Now, as revealed by DICE earlier this week, we know that Second Assault will feature four fan-favorite maps from Battlefield 3, recreated using Frostbite 3. DICE has yet to reveal which four Battlefield 3 maps might make an appearance in Second Assault, but they have provided a few clues. Over on Reddit, Core Gameplay Designer Alan Kertz revealed that Operation Metro and Caspian Border are runaway favorites among Battlefield 3 fans....

Of the four maps coming to the game, two are from the original Battlefield Bad Company. As we predicted earlier, Oasis will be returning with some improvements. Additionally, the popular Harvest Day map will be returning. The other two maps, Cold War and Heavy Metal, are brand new and originated from the single player modes of the game. We will have a full feature on what is to be the largest Battlefield map, Heavy Metal, ever created on Wednesday....

Bayern are expected to be on the hunt for a new manager in the summer, with veteran coach Jupp Heynckes set to leave at the end of the season. The German giants have courted Klopp in the past, though no deal was ever finalised when the coach was working with Borussia Dortmund. Marc Kosicke does not believe that the 50-year-old will leave Anfield this summer, but he has talked up his client’s credentials....

Players who unlocked the special features in Bayonetta likely know about Cutie J. According to Kamiya, Cutie J is Jeanne as a heroine. But that is not the only Bayonetta-spinoff idea floating around Kamiya’s head. He also toys around with the idea of revisiting the period prior to the war between the Sages and the Witches, with a younger Balder. Bayonetta was pretty solid game that despite some initial hype did not get the attention it really deserved when it launched....

The CoA had on March 12 addressed an email to Jain, requesting him to consider if he would be willing to assume the role and discharge the functions of the BCCI ethics officer, in addition to his role as the BCCI ombudsman – as a pro tem measure till such time that an ethics officer is appointed. In response, the ombudsman in his letter dated March 21 gave his consent....

Announced earlier this month, the absurd, and let’s face it - utterly intriguing concept quickly took to Kickstarter to turn fans’ grizzly-themed dreams into reality. Now, just eight days on from its official commencement, the fundraising campaign has reached a whopping 43,000 dollars, over $10,000 more than the game’s original target. Advertized as a mini-Skyrim but with the added incentive of playing as a bear, the title’s official web page is chock full of humorous digs at mainstream games, unbelieving naysayers and an apparent government conspiracy to withhold all bear-centric entertainment....

In a recent interview with MMA Junkie, Kevin Holland admitted the above statement but did add that the storyline with Derek Brunson is good. The red-hot middleweight fighter even gave his next opponent props for having fun on social media to build-up the fight. Kevin Holland said that even if he beats Derek Brunson, there will be 1000 excuses on why he did so. Trailblazer would rather have the main event with no excuses....

Smith Rowe has scored 10 goals and made two assists in 25 appearances in all competitions for the Gunners. Meanwhile, Saka has scored eight and assisted four in 28 appearances in all competitions. Their impact cannot only be measured in goals as their performances on the pitch have been brilliant as well. If not for some poor finishing by Arsenal’s strikers, their numbers would’ve been even higher. Speaking on his YouTube channel Vibe with Five, Ferdinand praised the two stars, saying:...

The show, which premiered in 2013, follows a group of people who work on luxury yachts and gives fans a peek at what really goes on behind the scenes on the ships as the workers get themselves embroiled in major dramas, as well as having to deal with the demands of the clients on board. The hugely popular, Emmy Award-nominated series has spawned spinoff shows like Below Deck Mediterranean, Below Deck Aventure and Below Deck Sailing Yacht....