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Google accused of allowing third-parties to read your Gmail
- The Wall Street Journal alleges that Google allows third-party companies to read your Gmail messages with an unknown amount of oversight.
- Google itself promised to end the practice of reading Gmail messages a year ago; but apparently, third-parties were not part of that promise.
- Google declined to comment on the WSJ article.
Today, The Wall Street Journal published an exposé about how Google reportedly allows partner companies to read your Gmail messages in order to offer you better products and services.
While many of the companies in question use machines to skim email messages for keywords and phrases, some companies allow human employees to read through your messages the old-fashioned way.
People who subscribe to email-based services are most susceptible to message skimming. These services are things like product price comparisons and automated travel planning.
A year ago, Google promised to stop reading email messages of its users; but according to this WSJ article, it has done little to prevent other organizations from doing so.
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Google declined to comment on the matter.
Pretty much every major email provider allows developers to access inboxes of their users and people are almost always given a chance to opt-in or opt-out of the practice. With that in mind, the allegations against Google in this matter are not revelatory for the act of email-skimming, but rather for the idea that Google itself is curbing the method while still allowing others access.
It is also not clear what measures Google takes to vet and police third-party companies with access to Gmail messages.
Various representatives from companies that work with Google and read Gmail messages went on the record with The WSJ admitting that it is a “common practice” to snoop through email. However, the reps did acknowledge that there are strict rules put in place as specified by user agreements.
With 1.4 billion users, Gmail is far and away the world’s most popular email service. Gmail is so huge that if you combined all the users of the next 25 largest email providers, it would still be a smaller base than Gmail.
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Video Game Release Date Schedule 2018
It's a good time to be a gamer. Not only did 2017 play host to some of the best games in the current generation, it also laid down a solid foundation full of great experiences for players to enjoy while waiting for the bigger releases of 2018 to make their debut. To stay on top of each exciting new game launch, we've put together a list of all the most noteworthy games we're expecting to play in 2018, spanning from the PC to home consoles and mobile to VR and beyond.
This list is definitely subject to change, which is one of the reasons why we will continually update it throughout the year with all of the latest release date information from events like E3, PAX, or even Nintendo's frequent Nintendo Direct presentations. Keep checking back as we update this schedule with new game release dates and announcements as well as any potential changes to previously-revealed release dates.
This list was last updated on July 2, 2018.
Looking for game releases for a specific month? Try using the links below.
| January | February | March | April | May | June |
| July | August | September | October | November | December |
January
Monster Hunter: World
Though we might still be busy with some of our favorite games of 2017, January 2018 will see several new titles that ought to be able to tide over even the hungriest of players for months to come, including the likes of Lost Sphear on the Switch and the promising release of Monster Hunter: World on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
The Escapists 2 (Nintendo Switch) - January 11
Furi (Nintendo Switch) - January 11
Super Meat Boy (Nintendo Switch) - January 11
Sega Slots (iOS, Android) - January 12
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition (PC, PlayStation 4) - January 16
Ambition of the Slimes (Nintendo Switch) - January 18
Darkest Dungeon (Nintendo Switch) - January 18
Power Spikes II (Nintendo Switch) - January 18
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory (PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita) - January 19
Kirby Battle Royale (Nintendo 3DS) - January 19
Night in the Woods (Nintendo Switch) - January 19
Lost Sphear (PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch) - January 23
The Inpatient (PlayStation VR) - January 23
Celeste (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch) - January 25
Strikers 1945 II (Nintendo Switch) - January 25
The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia (PlayStation 4) - January 25
Dragon Ball FighterZ (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - January 26
Monster Hunter: World (PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - January 26
Assemblance (Xbox One) - January 30
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT (PlayStation 4) - January 30
Railway Empire (Xbox One) - January 30
Striker's Edge (PlayStation 4, PC) - January 30
Unicycle Hero (iOS) - January 31
Wulverblade (Xbox One) - January 31
February
Shadow of the Colossus
February of 2018 will play host to several big-name releases, most notably including the Shadow of the Colossus remaster for PlayStation 4 as well as Metal Gear Survive, the latest game to make use of the Fox Engine.
Night in the Woods (Nintendo Switch) - February 1
Samurai Shodown II (Nintendo Switch) - February 1
SteamWorld Dig (Nintendo Switch) - February 1
EA Sports UFC 3 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - February 2
Nightmares from the Deep 3: Davy Jones (Xbox One) - February 2
Dandara (Nintendo Switch, PC, Android) - February 6
Mercenary Kings Reloaded Edition (Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Vita) - February 6
Shadow of the Colossus (PlayStation 4) – February 6
Little Triangle (Xbox One) - February 7
Samsara (Xbox One) - February 7
Attack of the Earthlings (PC) - February 8
Black Hole (Nintendo Switch) - February 8
Civilization VI: Rise and Fall (PC) - February 8
Disc Jam (Nintendo Switch) - February 8
Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition (iOS, Android) - February 8
Mercenaries Saga Chronicles (Nintendo Switch) - February 8
Dragon Quest Builders (Nintendo Switch) - February 9
Overdriven Reloaded: Special Edition (Xbox One) - February 9
ACA NEOGEO Fatal Fury 3 (Nintendo Switch) - February 13
Aqua Kitty UDX (Nintendo Switch) - February 13
Dynasty Warriors 9 (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One) – February 13
Escape Trick: 35 Fateful Enigmas (Nintendo Switch) - February 13
Joe Dever's Lone Wolf (Nintendo Switch) - February 13
Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Gate of Doom (Nintendo Switch) - February 13
Kingdom Come: Deliverance (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - February 13
Monster Energy Supercross (Nintendo Switch) - February 13
Owlboy (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch) - February 13
Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology (Nintendo 3DS) - February 13
The Fall Part 2: Unbound (Nintendo Switch) - February 13
The Longest Five Minutes (Nintendo Switch) - February 13
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap retail (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch) - February 13
Secret of Mana (PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita) - February 15
Bayonetta 1 and 2 Collection (Nintendo Switch) - February 16
Bayonetta (Nintendo Switch) - February 16
Bayonetta 2 (Nintendo Switch) - February 16
Fe (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch) - February 16
Long Days Gone (PC) - February 18
The Station (Xbox One) - February 19
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition (PC) - February 20
Metal Gear Survive (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - February 20
Old Man's Journey (Nintendo Switch) - February 20
Pool (Nintendo Switch) - February 20
Puzzle Puppers (Nintendo Switch) - February 20
The Station (Xbox One) - February 20
Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten DX (Xbox One) - February 21
Layers of Fear: Legacy (Nintendo Switch) - February 21
Rad Rodgers: World One (Xbox One) - February 21
Xenon Valkyrie+ (Xbox One) - February 21
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Plus (Nintendo Switch) - February 22
SEUM: Speedrunners From Hell (PlayStation 4) - February 22
SteamWorld Dig 2 (Nintendo 3DS) - February 22
Stellaris: Apocalypse (PC) - February 22
Typoman (Nintendo Switch) - February 22
Abo Khashem (Xbox One) - February 23
Fable Fortune 1.0 (Xbox One) - February 23
Fumiko! (Xbox One) - February 23
Past Cure (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - February 23
The Final Station (Nintendo Switch) - February 23
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet (Xbox One) - February 23
Symmetry (Xbox One) - February 23
Toki Tori 2+: Nintendo Switch Edition (Nintendo Switch) - February 23
Twin Robots: Ultimate Edition (Nintendo Switch) - February 23
Yume Nikki: Dream Diary (PC) - February 23
Gravel (Xbox One) - February 26
Spot The Difference (Nintendo Switch) - February 26
de Blob (Xbox One) - February 27
de Blob 2 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - February 27
Gravel (Xbox One) - February 27
Immortal Redneck (Nintendo Switch) - February 27
Into the Breach (PC) - February 27
Moss (PlayStation VR) - February 27
Payday 2 (Nintendo Switch) - February 27
Puyo Puyo Tetris (PC) - February 27
Bridge Constructor Portal (Xbox One) - February 28
Riffstar Raiders (Xbox One) - February 28
Bridge Constructor Portal (Nintendo Switch) - February 28
Deep Rock Galactic (Xbox One, Steam Early Access) - February 28
Darkest Dungeon (Xbox One) - February 28
Switch or Die Trying (Xbox One) - February 28
March
Far Cry 5
The many blessings of March have arrived, offering a little something to suit players of any specific taste. In particular, March played host to the release of Final Fantasy XV: Royal Edition as well as the late-month release of Far Cry 5.
Subsurface Circular (Nintendo Switch) - March 1
Mulaka (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch) - March 2
Pit People 1.0 (Xbox One) - March 2
Shoppe Keep (Xbox One) - March 2
The Story Goes On (Xbox One) - March 2
Turok (Xbox One) - March 2
Turok 2 (Xbox One) - March 2
Bravo Team (PlayStation VR) - March 6
Fear Effect Sedna (Xbox One) - March 6
Final Fantasy XV: Royal Edition (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - March 6
Frantics (PlayStation 4) - March 6
North (Xbox One, Nintendo Switch) - March 6
Scribblenauts Showdown (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch) - March 6
TT Isle of Man - (Xbox One) - March 6
Nine Parchments (Xbox One) - March 7
Way of the Passive Fist (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - March 7
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (PC) - March 8
Darwin Project (Xbox One) - March 9
One Eye Kutkh (Xbox One) - March 9
Mowy Lawn (mobile) - March 12
Beast Quest (Xbox One) - March 13
Train Sim World: Founder's Edition (Xbox One) - March 9
Devil May Cry HD Collection (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - March 13
Golem (PlayStation VR) - March 13
Pure Farming 2018 (Xbox One) - March 13
Q.U.B.E. 2 (Xbox One) - March 13
The Raven Remastered (Xbox One) - March 13
Spiral Splatter (Xbox One) - March 13
The Long Reach (Xbox One) - March 14
Surviving Mars (Xbox One) - March 15
Burnout Paradise Remastered (Xbox One) - March 16
Kirby Star Allies (Nintendo Switch) - March 16
Tesla vs Lovecraft (Xbox One) - March 16
Vicious Attack Llama Apocalypse (Xbox One) - March 16
Assassin's Creed Rogue: Remastered (PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - March 20
Attack on Titan 2 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch) - March 20
R.B.I. Baseball 18 (Xbox One) - March 20
Sea of Thieves (Xbox One, PC) - March 20
South Park: The Fractured But Whole: From Dusk Til Casa Bonita DLC (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - March 20
Titan Quest (Playstation 4, Xbox One) - March 20
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (PlayStation 4) – March 20
The Count Lucanor (Xbox One) - March 21
Where Are My Friends? (Xbox One) - March 21
A Way Out (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - March 23
Detective Pikachu (Nintendo 3DS) - March 23
Max: Curse of the Brotherhood (Nintendo Switch) - March 23
MX vs ATV All Out (Xbox One) - March 23
Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom (PC, PlayStation 4) – March 23
Pure Farming 2018 (PlayStation 4, PC) - March 23
Western Press (Xbox One) - March 23
X-Morph: Defense - European Assault (Xbox One) - March 26
Bridge Constructor Stunts (PlayStation 4) - March 27
Far Cry 5 (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - March 27
MLB The Show 18 (PlayStation 4) - March 27
PixARK (Xbox One) - March 27
Trove: Heroes (Xbox One) - March 27
Agony (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - March 30
Alteric (Xbox One) - March 30
Space Hulk: Ascension (Xbox One) - March 30
April
God of War
We know of at least one big game coming in April of 2018 — the latest violence-filled outing of Kratos in God of War for the PlayStation 4. Beyond that, we're still looking to hear more about other releases happening throughout the month.
Infernium (Nintendo Switch) - April 5
Masters of Anima (Xbox One) - April 9
Extinction (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - April 10
Owlboy (Xbox One) - April 10
Robocraft Infinity (Xbox One) - April 10
Bombslinger (Xbox One) - April 11
Deep Ones (Xbox One) - April 11
Earthlock: Festival of Magic (Xbox One) - April 11
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Xbox One) - April 11
Ys Origin (Xbox One) - April 11
Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs (Xbox One, Nintendo Switch) - April 12
Casey Powell Lacross 18 (Xbox One) - April 17
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (PlayStation 4) - April 17
I, Hope (Xbox One) - April 18
Atomic Heist (Xbox One) - April 20
Babylon 2055 Pinball (Xbox One) - April 20
God of War (PlayStation 4) - April 20
Nintendo Labo (Robot Kit/ Variety Kit) (Nintendo Switch) - April 20
Phantom Trigger (Xbox One) - April 20
Space Hulk: Ascension (Xbox One) - April 20
Frostpunk (PC) - April 24
South Park: The Fractured But Whole (Nintendo Switch) - April 24
Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story (Nintendo Switch) - April 26
A Robot Named Fight! (Nintendo Switch) - April 26
Light Fall (Nintendo Switch) - April 26
Trails of Cold Steel II: Kai (PlayStation 4) - April 26
Saturday Morning RPG (Nintendo Switch) - April 26
Korgan (Xbox One) - April 27
Monster Prom (PC) - April 27
May
Dragon's Crown Pro
May has finally arrived, and so far we know that RPG fans and followers of Vanillaware titles will be in for a treat when Dragon's Crown Pro releases around the middle of the month. Beyond that, players should also be on the lookout for the Destiny 2 Warmind expansion dropping on May 8, plus the imminent arrival of Dark Souls Remastered later in the month.
Battlezone Gold Edition (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - May 1
Killing Floor: Incursion (PlayStation VR) – May 1
Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles (Xbox One) - May 1
Super Mega Baseball 2 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - May 1
Coffee Crisis (PC) - May 2
Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia (PC) - May 3
City of Brass (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - May 4
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch) - May 4
Conan Exiles (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - May 8
Destiny 2: Warmind (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - May 8
Last Encounter (PC) - May 8
Megadimension Neptunia VIIR (PlayStation 4) - May 8
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire (PC) – May 8
Raging Justice (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC) - May 8
Tacoma (PlayStation 4) - May 8
AO International Tennis (PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - May 8
Subaeria (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - May 9
Immortal Redneck (Nintendo Switch) - May 10
Laser League (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - May 10
Hyper Sentinel (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch) - May 11
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 (Switch) - May 11
Battle Chasers: Nightwar (Nintendo Switch) - May 15
Dragon's Crown Pro (PlayStation 4) - May 15
Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time (PlayStation 4, PC) - May 15
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux (Nintendo 3DS) - May 15
Horizon Chase Turbo (PlayStation 4, PC) - May 15
Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time (PlayStation 4, PC) - May 15
Omensight (PlayStation 4, PC) - May 15
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux (Nintendo 3DS) - May 15
Wizard of Legend (Nintendo Switch) - May 15
Far: Lone Sails (PC) - May 17
Fox N Forests (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC) - May 17
Worlds Adrift (PC) - May 17
Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition (Nintendo Switch) - May 18
Little Nightmares: Complete Edition (Nintendo Switch) - May 18
State of Decay 2 (Xbox One, PC) – May 18
Ancestors Legacy (Xbox One, PC) – May 22
NBA Playgrounds 2 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC) - May 22
Mega Man Legacy Collection (Nintendo Switch) - May 22
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 (Nintendo Switch) - May 22
Runner 3 (Nintendo Switch, PC) - May 22
Space Hulk: Deathwing - Enhanced Edition (PlayStation 4, PC) - May 22
Tennis World Tour (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC) - May 22
Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers (Nintendo 3DS) - May 24
Dark Souls Remastered (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC) - May 25
Detroit: Become Human (PlayStation 4) - May 25
PixelJunk Monsters 2 (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch) - May 25
Agony (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - May 29
Birdcakes (Xbox One) - May 29
Everspace (PS4) – May 29
Legend of Kay Anniversary (Nintendo Switch) – May 29
Moonlighter (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) – May 29
Sega Genesis Classics (PlayStation 4, Xbox One) – May 29
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch) - May 29
Yoku's Island Express (Xbox One) - May 29
Die for Valhalla! (Xbox One) - May 30
Fox n Forests (Xbox One) - May 30
Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Deluxier Edition (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC) - May 30
The Journey Down - Chapter One (Xbox One) - May 30
Stay (Xbox One) - May 30
Zamb! Redux (Xbox One) - May 30
Millanoir (Xbox One) - May 31
Yesterday Origins (Nintendo Switch) - May 31
June
Mario Tennis Aces
The latter half of June marks the beginning of Summer for North American players, a time for many when gaming hours are at their peak. This June will see the release of titles such as BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle for mutliple platforms, Mario Tennis Aces for the Nintendo Switch, and the return of Shaq Diesel in Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn.
Earth Atlantis (Xbox One) - June 1
Lightspeer: Double Speer Edition (Xbox One) - June 1
Mining Rail (Xbox One) - June 1
Oh... Sir! The Hollywood Roast (Xbox One) - June 1
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC) - June 5
The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - June 5
Onrush (PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - June 5
Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC) - June 5
Vampyr (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - June 5
MotoGP 18 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - June 7
Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido (Nintendo Switch, 3DS) - June 8
Unravel 2 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - June 9
Fallout Shelter (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch) - June 10
Hollow Knight (Nintendo Switch) - June 12
Super Bomberman R (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - June 12
Jurassic World Evolution (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - June 12
The Lost Child (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Vita) - June 19
Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo Switch) - June 22
New Gundam Breaker (PlayStation 4, PC) - June 22
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - June 26
Far Cry 3 Classic Edition (PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - June 26
Lumines Remastered (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch) - June 26
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA (Nintendo Switch) - June 26
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch) - June 26
The Crew 2 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - June 29
Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus (Nintendo Switch) - June 29
July
Octopath Traveler
We haven't seen too much about which titles gamers can expect to see landing in July, but we do know that the much-anticipated RPG Octopath Traveler is slated to release around the middle of the month.
Red Faction: Guerrilla Remastered (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - July 3
Gnomes Garden 3: The Thief of Castles (Xbox One) - July 4
What the Box? (Xbox One) - July 4
Mushroom Wars 2 (Nintendo Switch) - July 5
Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr (PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - July 5
Asdivine Hearts (Xbox One) - July 6
Wheelspin Frenzy (Xbox One) - July 6
20XX (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch) - July 10
20XX (Xbox One) - July 11
MXGP Pro (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - July 10
Shining Resonance Refrain (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch) - July 10
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS) - July 13
Earthfall (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - July 13
Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch) - July 13
Octopath Traveler (Nintendo Switch) - July 13
Sonic Mania Plus (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch) - July 17
Pool Panic (Nintendo Switch, PC) - July 19
The Banner Saga 3 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC) - July 24
Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC) - July 24
Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC) - July 24
No Man's Sky (Xbox One) - July 24
Train Sim World (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - July 24
Sleep Tight (Nintendo Switch, PC) - July 26
Code of Princess EX (Nintendo Switch) - July 31
August
F1 2018
Yakuza 0 (PC) - August 1
WarioWare Gold (Nintendo 3DS) – August 3
Overcooked 2 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch) - August 7
Okami HD (Nintendo Switch) - August 9
Command and Conquer: Rivals (mobile) - August 10
Madden 19 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - August 10
We Happy Few (Xbox One, PC) - August 10
Death's Gambit (PlayStation 4, PC) - August 14
The Walking Dead: The Final Season (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - August 14
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth (PC) - August 14
Madden NFL Overdrive (mobile) - August 15
F1 2018 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - August 24
Little Dragon's Cafe (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch) - August 28
Monster Hunter Generations Ultiamte (Nintendo Switch) - August 28
Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - August 28
Strange Brigade (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - August 28
Yakuza Kiwami 2 (PlayStation 4) - August 28
Divinity: Original Sin 2 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - August 31
Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - August 31
September
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Destiny 2: Forsaken (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - September 4
Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an Elusive Age (PlayStation 4, PC) - September 4
Immortal: Unchained (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - September 7
Marvel's Spider-Man (PlayStation 4) - September 7
NBA Live 19 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - September 7
SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch) - September 7
NHL 19 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - September 14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - September 14
Spyro Reignited Trilogy (PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - September 14
Star Control Origins (PC) - September 20
Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna The Golden Country DLC (Nintendo Switch) - September 21
Code Vein (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - September 28
FIFA 19 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - September 28
October
Red Dead Redemption 2
Forza Horizon 4 (Xbox One, PC) - October 2
Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise (PlayStation 4) - October 2
Mega Man 11 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC) - October 2
Assassin's Creed Odyssey (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - October 5
Super Mario Party (Nintendo Switch) - October 5
Disgaea 1 Complete (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch) - October 5
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - October 12
For Honor: Marching Fire (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - October 16
LEGO DC Super Villains (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch) - October 16
Starlink: Battle for Atlas (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch) - October 16
Warriors Orochi 4 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch) - October 16
Battlefield 5 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - October 19
SoulCalibur 6 (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - October 19
Just Dance 2019 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch) - October 23
Red Dead Redemption 2 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One) - October 26
November
Overkill's The Walking Dead
Overkill's The Walking Dead (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - November 6
Ride 3 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - November 8
Hitman 2 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - November 13
Fallout 76 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - November 14
Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! (Nintendo Switch) - November 16
Pokemon: Let's Go, Evee! (Nintendo Switch) - November 16
December
Just Cause 4
Just Cause 4 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - December 4
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo Switch) - December 7
Other Notable 2018 Releases
They say patience is a virtue, and it's one that players will have plenty of time to work on while waiting for more solid information regarding the following games that are slated to release at unspecified dates later this year.
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Xbox One)
Anno 1800 (PC)
Antigraviator (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Ape Out (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Artifact (PC)
Ashen (PC, Xbox One)
Battalion 1944 (PC)
Battlezone: Combat Commander (PC)
Bayonetta 3 (Nintendo Switch)
Below (PC, Xbox One)
Beyond Good and Evil 2
Biomutant (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Blood and Truth (PlayStation VR)
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One)
Call of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Children of Morta (PlayStation 4)
Claws of Furry (Nintendo Switch)
Collapsus (Nintendo Switch)
Concrete Genie (PlayStation 4)
Darksiders 3 (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Days Gone (PlayStation 4)
Dead Dozen (PC)
Death Stranding (PlayStation 4)
de Blob (Nintendo Switch)
Donut County (PC, PlayStation
Dreams (PlayStation 4)
Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain (PlayStation 4)
Fantasy Strike (PlayStation 4)
Firewall: Zero Hour (PlayStation VR)
Flipping Death (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch)
Ghost of Tsushima (PlayStation 4)
GreedFall (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
GTFO (PC)
Guacamelee 2 (PlayStation 4)
Hollowpoint (PC)
Hover (PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Insurgency: Sandstorm (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
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Nintendo Confirms Returning Smash Characters Will Get New amiibo Figures
Did you have a favorite Super Smash Bros. fighter that didn't end up getting their own amiibo figure during the first run? There's good news ahead, because it looks like a new set of amiibo based on the veteran fighters returning to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate have indeed been confirmed. Ridley, Inkling, and Daisy had previously been confirmed to receive figures in celebration of the new game, but they won't be the only ones.
Yes, that means none other than Solid Snake will be immortalized on his own amiibo figure stand, hopefully with the big butt we know and love him for, and not the nerfed butt that they appear to have given him in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
We'll also see characters like Ice Climbers and Pichu, which have both specifically been named as upcoming amiibo releases. We'll also get Wolf, Young Link, and tons of other characters like the Pokemon Trainer as well, meaning you're going to officially have to clean off your shelves for more amiibo goodness. If you went through and opened all your packages because you thought the amiibo craze was over (like yours truly), it might be time to go ahead and start opening up your wallet when the new set arrives. It's going to be awesome.
Seriously, Snake amiibo. He truly has kept us waiting, huh?
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Anatomy of an app: An introduction to activity lifecycles
When you first boot up a new Android Studio project, you’re greeted not with a blank page, but a whole bunch of what is known as “boilerplate” code. This is code needed for the vast majority of apps and to get that “Hello World” example up and running.
But what does it all mean? What is an onCreate() anyway?
If you have ever tried reverse-engineering a project or following instructions, you’ll likely have spotted that a lot of the same lines come up time and again: things like onPause(). What does all that mean?
Let’s look at the Android activity lifecycle — how it handles things like screen rotations, or being sent to the background while the user does something else. As we explore this concept, you’ll discover what a lot of these common lines of code mean and why they need to be there.
The Android activity lifecycle
Android apps — more specifically Android activities — go through a number of stages from when they’re first loaded to when they get closed down.
These are handled as “events” inside your code when the user changes your app’s state in some way: by launching it, pausing it, closing it, and so on. Events run in methods (sequences of instructions inside curly brackets) and this means that we can then hijack those methods and decide what we want to happen at each stage. This is where the line @Override comes from: it means we’re using a method that isn’t brand new, but rather one that would always have executed (usually inherited from the superclass, which will be explained below) and we’re just hopping on and adding some tweaks.
For a typical activity, the key events include:
- onCreate
- onStart
- onResume
- onPause
- onStop
- onDestroy
onCreate() is called when the activity is first brought to life. Apps use onResume() when returned to focus after another event. Apps only pause (via onPause()) in a few specific scenarios, like during multiscreen operations or while using transparent apps on top. An app calls onStop() if it’s sent to the background while another app is opened. In here, we might stop any memory hungry processes that aren’t necessary while the app is not visible. When a user completely shuts an app down, or when the system shuts it down to conserve memory, it calls onDestroy(). Changing an app’s configuration — like rotating it — also calls onDestroy(), followed immediately by calling onCreate() again to build a new Activity. You can differentiate between the two functions with isFinishing.
The line super.onSaveInstanceState(); tells Android to save the “state” of all of our views so all the text fields will still contain the same text and any elements that have moved around the page will still be where our user last left them if an app is destroyed via rotation. If you don’t include that line, then some strange things can happen. Here, the word super tells us we are calling a method from the superclass — in this case AppCompatActivity.
This graphic from Google showing the Android activity lifecycle can help:
Notice how we also override the onClick method belonging to the Button. The button is handled by a separate class (hence our need to import it) and we’re once again hijacking the code to define what happens when the button gets clicked ourselves!
Inheritance and AppCompatActivity
This is the next line we’ll put under the microscope:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
This line essentially defines our code as a class. It’s what implements the Android activity lifecycle. A class is a module of code that works elsewhere and has specific properties we’ll discuss in a future post (technically it describes an object). Because the class is described as public, we could theoretically access its methods from other classes too.
The next part of the line, extends AppCompatActivity, means that we’re inheriting properties from another class. This gives us access to additional methods that define the behavior of our activity. Methods such as onCreate and findViewByID. This line is what takes our Java code and turns it into an Android activity! We “inherit” the methods making the code behave as such, which lets us access them in our code using @Override as you saw earlier. It’s all starting to make sense! Maybe. Probably not.
Technically, our activity class is really a “subclass” of AppCompatActivity. This is the way we actually want to handle most of the classes we intend to use as activities, as it will allow them to behave the way activities are supposed to behave with the functionality expected of an app. There are exceptions however, like when you might want to extend Activity instead of AppCompatActivity. This removes features like the action bar, which can be helpful in game development. It still builds an activity, just a slightly different kind. It’s only when you start creating activities that purely handle data, or execute tasks in the background, that you will start using other types.
Most activities you create are going to feature these statements and will override the same methods. Each new screen you create is automatically populated with this code and which is what all that boilerplate code is telling us.
Summary
This explains how your activities will run and why certain elements in your code need to be there. Hopefully, you now have a bit more understanding of how things are operating behind the scenes and what is meant by the term Android activity lifecycle.
To get a fuller grasp of this, stay tuned for an upcoming post where I’ll be looking at launching new activities from within your app. There, we’ll see how to set up a new activity with inheritance and demonstrate how an app would handle multiple Android activity lifestyles.
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