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  • Warmind, Destiny 2’s latest expansion, is out now and it also marks the beginning of Season 3 in-game. Along with every season, Bungie issues sweeping patches that fix a lot of the bugs and balance issues that fans report. In the most recent Destiny 2 update, Bungie fixed the infamous Wardcliff Coil glitch, which would allow players to get extra power ammo when switching from the rocket launcher to a different power weapon. Overall, the changes that came in today’s update have done quite a bit t
    Destiny 2 Patches Out Controversial Exploit

  • Over the last few months, Microsoft has been criticized for its lack of Xbox One exclusives. Today, fans noticed a job posting from Microsoft that seemed to suggest that the company is building up its in-house game development projects. The job is based in Santa Monica, California and is for a Principal Program Manager. The job listing also comes not long after Microsoft hired Activision’s former senior vice president and head of development, Darrell Gallagher, who has now taken on an undisclose
    Microsoft Building Xbox Team in Santa Monica for New Franchise

  • Destiny 2’s second expansion, Warmind, launches today and a series of changes come along with it. As with every new season in Destiny 2, Bungie released patch notes that break down the major changes that season three will bring, including enemy difficulty changes and exotic weapon reworks. Fans of vanilla Destiny will remember stumbling upon high level enemies accidentally who were immune to all incoming damage. Damage dealt by players will also be relative to the power level of both the player
    Destiny 2 Adds New Difficulty Changes, Heroic Strike Modifiers with Season 3

  • Today, Epic Games officially released what is being called the Infinity Gauntlet mode for its sandbox survival title Fortnite, with fans being able to wield the iconic glove from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to turn into Thanos and wreak havoc upon their enemies. After it was announced, in a seeming bid of reverence for the Limited Time Mode, one fan decided to take it upon themselves to craft an awesome crossover poster celebrating both the Battle Royale release and the film from which the LTM
    Fortnite Fan Creates Epic Avengers: Infinity War Crossover Poster

  • After about a few weeks of battling Latios in Legendary Battle Raids, western Pokemon GO players are about to start encountering Latias instead. The creature apparently has a higher defense than Latios, which means that it will take a bigger group of Pokemon GO trainers to defeat than Latios. The players reported that Latias raids require similar numbers to Ho-Oh, Groudon, or Kyogre. Latias’ dragon move is Outrage, not Dragon Claw, which means Dragon-types are in big trouble for this fight. In t
    Pokemon GO: Latias Raids Are Harder Than Latios

  • With the Avengers-inspired Infinity Gauntlet mode now live, it seems pretty clear that Fortnite’s Hero vs. Moreover, a recent datamine has suggested that there will be some form of a showdown between the two teams and another destruction of the in-game map. In the villain’s base of operations, players discovered a massive missile, but this datamine suggests this could be space rocket, not a missile. It seems likely that this monster’s path of destruction will affect the map every few weeks throu
    Fortnite Datamine Teases Hero vs Villain Showdown, Map Destruction

  • Since its introduction a few months back, Pokemon GO’s recurring Community Day event has become one of the game’s most exciting topics. Niantic already confirmed that Pokemon GO’s featured monster for May’s Community Day event will be Charmander. Although players likely won’t find out which pokemon is next until after the May 19 event, the dates for the following two events have now been confirmed. In a recent press release that outlined Pokemon GO’s events for the first half of the summer, the
    Pokemon GO: June and July Community Day Dates Confirmed

  • It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Fortnite Battle Royale as all of the comet speculation over the past couple of months was finally settled with Season 4. In addition to all of the in-game loot, the Fortnite Battle Royale battle pass brings back the weekly challenge system. With week 2 now live, one of the challenges tasks players with finding and dancing in front of seven different film cameras. The challenge works similarly to a season 3 challenge that tasked players with dancing in forbidd
    Fortnite: Where to Find the Film Cameras for the Dancing Challenge

  • Even though the Nintendo Switch continues to be a sales juggernaut, the online service remains a weak spot for the system. Originally intending to launch back in 2017, Nintendo hasn’t said much on its plans after officially revealing Nintendo Switch Online earlier this year. With this membership option, up to eight Nintendo Account holders can access and use the Nintendo Switch Online service across different consoles. Nintendo Switch Online users will also get access to a Cloud Backup service,
    Nintendo Details Switch Online Service Pricing, Cloud Saves, and More

  • World of Warcraft is by far one of the most popular and bestselling online games in the world, as the World of Warcraft game world is so elaborate to the point that it has its own fluctuating in-game currency. In-game currencies are often weighed up against real-world currencies, as one can use real-world money to buy in-game currency, especially in WoW. Based on these calculations, 1 US dollar therefore costs 10,152 in-game gold. By dividing the 68,915 Bolivar with 10,152 gold, it shows that Wo
    World of Warcraft Gold Worth 7 Times as Much as Venezuela’s Real Currency

  • People are always looking for answers, a way to combat an issue that is plaguing this country, and once again there are those quick to give an answer that frees them of all responsibility, it must be the video games. It’s the sick movies and the sick TV shows and especially the sick video games around the planet that are creating sick, sick kids.”Grossman is a former U.S. Army Ranger and the author of numerous books on violent psychology. He is well known in the discussion of gun violence, havin
    NRA Blames Video Games For Gun Violence Yet Again

  • Monday morning Bandai Namco announced the next major update for Dragon Ball FighterZ will launch on May 9. Perhaps most exciting, though, are the update’s balance changes, which include nerfs to popular characters Adult Gohan, Vegeta, and Android 16. Within the competitive scene for Dragon Ball FighterZ, Adult Gohan, Vegeta, and Android 16 have long been considered amongst the game’s strongest fighters. While the balance changes will likely be the most impactful portion of the upcoming Dragon Ba
    Dragon Ball FighterZ Update to Nerf Adult Gohan, Vegeta, and Android 16

  • The Fortnite servers have come back up from the weekly maintenance and the new Infinity Gauntlet limited time mode is live. The basics of Infinity Gauntlet are fairly simple. Any player is free to pick up the Infinity Gauntlet and doing so will turn that player into Thanos. As Thanos, Fortnite players will have 700 HP and 300 Shield to work with, but HP does not replenish. Based on early playthroughs of the mode, it seems that Epic Games has balanced Infinity Gauntlet so that the fights feel fai
    How Fortnite’s Avengers Infinity Gauntlet Mode Works

  • What’s lurking around the corner of @Treyarch’s next Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Zombies experience? Come hear the history of Call of Duty Zombies from the creators themselves at #E3Coliseum! All things considered, while Zombies will surely be a high point for many Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 fans, a rumored battle royale mode could wind up usurping the undead-heavy feature in popularity. Then again, we will simply have to wait and see what’s in store for us when Black Ops 4 is more fully revealed.
    Zombies Mode Confirmed for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

  • Of course, this interest in battle royale modes doesn’t extend exclusively to AAA developers. As it so happens, even the modding community is jumping in on the craze, with one example being a recently crafted mod for Grand Theft Auto 5 that adds single player battle royale. In addition to simply trying to survive a match within Theaetik’s Complex Control mod for Grand Theft Auto 5, players will need to build-up kill streaks that will level up permanent-progress meters along the way. With this be
    Grand Theft Auto 5 Mod Adds Single Player Battle Royale

  • As Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery fans continue to make their way through the game, a number of issues with it have become apparent. In Year 2 of Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, players will reach a point where their friend Rowan Khanna is hit by a spell from an ice-covered Cursed Vault door. Game Rant readers have pointed out some other plot holes present in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, many of which have to do with the game flat-out ignoring choices players have made at certain points in th
    Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery Has Even More Plot Holes

  • As if needed to be said, Monster Hunter World has its fair share of beautiful beasts that also serve as some rather challenging and hard bosses to beat. To be specific, Fergusson recently declared that he wants to see GoW‘s Brumak make an appearance in the Capcom RPG. Should news relating to another Gears game be coming down the pipeline, Microsoft will likely save the announcement for its E3 2018 press conference. Gears of War 4 is available now for PC and Xbox One, while Monster Hunter World i
    Gears of War Developer Wants Brumak in Monster Hunter World

  • Today, Epic Games took to Twitter to announce that it will be hosting an Avengers: Infinity War-inspired crossover event in the sandbox survival title Fortnite tomorrow in the form of a Limited Time Mode based around the film’s Infinity Gauntlet. With this being the case, many fans began to wonder whether or not the studio would use the forthcoming LTM to offer up some new skins based on The Avengers themselves. While the introduction of tomorrow’s Infinity War LTM in Fortnite won’t immediately
    Fortnite Won’t Add Avengers Skins for Infinity War Crossover Mode

  • Now, however, week 1 is coming to an end, and the challenges for season 4 week 2 have been revealed. As usual, these challenges require players to complete a variety of tasks for rewards, but unlike season 3, these weekly challenges will go live on Tuesday instead of Thursday. Fortnite originally introduced weekly challenges in season 3 and continued to support the fan-favored feature as Season 4 began. It’s worth mentioning that those Fortnite players who have yet to finish the season 4 week 1
    Fortnite Week 2 Challenges for Season 4 Revealed

  • Now, in order to further keep players exploring the world around them and engaged with the title, the developer has announced that it will be bringing back different Safari Zone events across the globe. According to a post shared today on Pokemon GO‘s official website, Niantic is set to host a Safari Zone event with the support of the city of Dortmund in Germany in Westfalenpark from Saturday, June 30 until Sunday, July 1. In addition to Pokemon GO‘s Safari Zone event in Dortmund, Niantic also p
    Pokemon GO Bringing Back Safari Zone Events

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