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How To Take Part In The Fortnite Remix Prelude Live Event

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 04:45

Another year, another chapter down--and it's just about time to say goodbye to the Chapter 5 island as we head into Fortnite Remix season. Similar to last year's OG season, Remix will take us back to an old version of the battle royale island for a month before Chapter 6 begins in December. And the Remix party will start on Friday, Nov. 1, at 6:30 PM ET/3:30 PM PT, when a new live event will usher in whatever this new season has in store.

The event, dubbed Remix Prelude, will take place during battle royale and zero build matches at Restored Reels, the ancient Greek movie theater at the center of the island. What exactly will this event involve? We really don't know, but Epic really wants you to be able to watch whatever it is without being griefed by random other players--it's making Restored Reels a "protected area" in which you can't kill other players during the event, and there won't be any damage from the storm should it overtake you before the event ends.

Shortly before the event, Restored Reels will become a protected area where eliminations will not be possible!

— Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) November 1, 2024

While we don't know what exactly to expect from the event itself, enough info about the new season has already leaked that we can make some guesses. We've known for months, to cite one example, that Snoop Dogg will be the new Fortnite Festival headliner, and so it's a safe bet he'll pop in for a song or two a la Eminem during last year's Chapter 5 event.

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Here's Everything Coming In Final Fantasy XVI's 7.1 Crossroads Update Very Soon

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 04:44

Final Fantasy XIV's patch 7.1 update, Crossroads, will launch on November 12 and it features a hefty amount of new content.

The new Crossroads main scenario quest involves the Warrior of Light and their companions as they seek help the people of two worlds move forward. The game's first raid is a crossover with Final Fantasy XI called "Echoes of Vana'diel - Jeuno: The First Walk and will allow for 24-player battle content. There's also a new dungeon called "Yuweyawata Field Station," a new trial called "The Minstel's Ballad: Sphene's Burden," and a new eight-player ultimate raid called "Futures Rewritten."

For those who fancy a challenge, Chaotic Alliance Raids will be introduced. These are harder versions of existing alliance raids. One week after the subsequent sub-patch 7.15 is released, the "Cloud of Darkness (Chaotic)" raid will launch. Unreal trials are older trials scaled up to the max level, and the new one is "The Jade Stoa."

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Save On Prebuilt PCs From Maingear With These Early Black Friday Deals

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 04:42

Black Friday is still weeks away, but that’s not stopping some brands from getting a jump start on the biggest shopping holiday of the year. Maingear is one of the first to rush through the gates, with massive savings that run through December 8. Along with big discounts on four prebuilt gaming PCs, most PCs in the sale are eligible for free two-year warranties, free shipping, and a Nvidia game bundle that gets you a free copy of Star Wars Outlaws.

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Most of the gaming rigs on sale are ultra-premium models equipped with the latest hardware on the market. The most enticing of the bunch might be the MG-1 4070 Super / 7800X3D, which is seeing a nice $420 discount. Along with the RTX 4070 Super and Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU, it’s equipped with 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, and Windows 11. The discount brings it to $1,877--which is a pretty great deal for all those components.

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Official Skyrim Mega Bloks Building Set Is Available At Amazon For Only $50 (If You Hurry)

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 04:24
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Skyrim launched on Xbox 360 over a decade ago, yet it remains quite popular and relevant today. The game has seen a variety of collaborations over the years--and now you can build the first-ever Mega Bloks Skyrim Set, featuring Alduin and the Dragonborn. The set just launched today but has already gone out of stock. Thankfully, Amazon is letting shoppers continue to place orders and will message you when an updated shipping date is available. We'd recommend ordering soon, because "temporarily out of stock" often turns into "currently unavailable" at Amazon. Amazon is also taking preorders for Fallout's Red Rocket Mega Bloks set, which releases November 10 and is no longer available to preorder at Target.

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Skyrim: Alduin The World Eater Mega Bloks Set (619 pieces)

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Dragon Age Boss Discusses Ditching Live-Service And Multiplayer Focus For The Veilguard

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 04:08

BioWare's Dragon Age: The Veilguard is out now, after years of development and significant shakeups in design. As reported by Bloomberg, The Veilguard started as a single-player game, before being rebooted with a focus on multiplayer and live-service. After Gary McKay took over as BioWare GM, he began to question if that was the right choice, ultimately leading to the decision to reboot the game once again, going back to a single-player design.

"We were thinking, 'Does [multiplayer/live-service] make sense, does this play into our strengths, or is this going to be another challenge we have to face?'" he said. "No, we need to get back to what we're really great at."

McKay spent months discussing the issue with senior staff at BioWare and EA, and it was decided that the game would revert to its original design as a single-player game.

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard Has A Mass Effect Easter Egg

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 04:01

In Dragon Age: The Veilguard, there's a Mass Effect Easter egg awaiting for players to discover. It involves one of Rook's companions, Bellara.

Minor spoilers ahead for Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

Early on in the game, Bellara joins the player's group, and at one point in the story, she can found repairing the Eluvian mirror in the group's home base. If you repeatedly try to speak to her, eventually she'll say, "Sorry Rook. I'm just in the middle of some calibrations."

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Amazon Prime Members Get These 24 Free Games In November

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 04:00

Amazon has revealed the next batch of free PC games that'll be available through its Prime Gaming service, and in November, subscribers can look forward to 24 games in total.

As a reminder, once you claim the free games from Prime Gaming, they are yours to keep forever--even if your subscription expires. If you aren't a member, you can sign up for Amazon Prime for as little as one month to take advantage of the subscription and score some great freebies.

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Available right now, subscribers can add Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and Mafia: Definitive Edition to their game libraries. Guardians of the Galaxy isn't just a fun romp with a team of misfits; it's also one of the best-looking Marvel games currently available and tells a fantastic story along the way. Mafia: Definitive Edition is also a good-looking game, and while some of its gameplay can feel dated, it's still a fun open-world adventure that follows the rise and fall of the Salieri crime family during the 1930s.

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Call Of Duty: Black Op 6's Nuketown Map Is Live With Double XP

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 03:45

It's been one week since Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 released with 16 brand-new multiplayer maps, but Treyarch has already added Nuketown to the game's map pool. The new update also includes a limited-time double XP event, and here we highlight everything that's included.

Nuketown is live in Black Ops 6 with the map's original 1950s-style from 2010's Black Ops 1, with the only major difference being the updated graphics. Fans of the map will likely notice everything from the map's design replicates the original. This even includes the iconic map's double rainbow in the distance.

"This remaster remains extremely faithful to the original design and layout of the map, even down to the precise placement of parked vehicles and other scenery harking back to the original three-lane design," Treyarch says.

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Apex Legends Loses Steam Deck Support Due To Cheating Concerns

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 03:30

Apex Legends is no longer supported on Steam Deck or Linux as a result of cheating, according to EA.

"Linux is used by default on the Steam Deck," an EA community manager wrote in a post announcing the change. "There is currently no reliable way for us to differentiate a legitimate Steam Deck from a malicious cheat claiming to be a Steam Deck (via Linux)."

Apex Legends introduced Steam Deck support in March 2022, making it one of the only battle royales available to Steam Deck users. The same year, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said that there were no current plans to make Fortnite accessible on Steam Deck, citing the very same anti-cheat concerns EA is now raising regarding Apex.

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New Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 XP Farming Trick Turns You Into A Terrible Teammate

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 03:16

Flashbang grenades are meant to disorient your foes. Instead, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 players have discovered that using them to blind your teammates will net you 15 XP. It's a farming trick that promotes bad cooperation.

YouTube streamer Expel posted a video of the XP exploit on X, adding that throwing flashbang grenades at allies "gives you XP" and "do with this information what you will." The UI text on screen states, "Flashed Enemy," so it seems likely this is an unintended benefit for being a terrible teammate.

Flash banging your teammates on repeat gives you XP in Black Ops 6.

Do with this information what you will. pic.twitter.com/TqrMoo0q14

— Expel (@iamExpel) October 30, 2024

Grinding for progression and prestige is a core tenet of Black Ops 6, on top of the rewards and unlockables in multiplayer. As such, there will always be players looking for easy ways to level up. For instance, the original Destiny famously had a loot cave for farming a decade ago, when people mindlessly shot at a cavern for hours on end. That exploit was addressed but ended up leading to an in-game dungeon acknowledging the loot cave.

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We Finally Know How Many PS3s Were Ever Made

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 02:45

The exact number of PlayStation 3 consoles that were ever produced has been revealed, according to a current Sony employee.

In what started as a discussion on Twitter about the PS3's infamous boomerang controller, a Sony programmer responded that they had walked past the controller in Sony's Japan headquarters recently and that it was located on the 16th floor near a coffee machine.

The employee took a picture of the boomerang controller in the display case, and on the shelf under it, there was a PS3 console marked with the words, "In memory of PS3 last production. Manufactured 88,159,116 pcs. Period: Oct 2006 - June 2016."

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Destiny: Rising's Closed Alpha Test Starts Today, Includes Multiplayer And Story Content

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 01:58

Destiny: Rising, the mobile RPG based on Bungie's shooter series from NetEase, is kicking off its closed alpha test today, November 1. The test, which requires an invitation, runs until December 5 at 11:59 PM PT.

The alpha test is open to people in the US and Canada. If you haven't already signed up, you can do so at the Destiny: Rising website for a chance to get in. The test goes live today at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET, so footage is likely to emerge soon.

The closed alpha includes a sampling of content from the full game, including the prologue of the main story campaign, three public events, two strike missions, and access to Gauntlet--this is a raid-like, six-player mode. The alpha also includes the game modes Morgran's Prey, The Realm of the IX, Legacy, and Shifting Gates, along with "casual activities" set between missions.

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B1G1 50% Off Video Games: Metaphor: ReFantazio, Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster, Space Marine 2, And More

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 01:36

Best Buy has launched a new Buy One, Get One 50% Off Sale on hundreds of video games for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch. As the title suggests, you can pick any two games from the lists below, and when you check out, you'll get a 50% discount on the list price of a game with an equal price or cheaper in your basket. The weird thing here is that this only applies once per transaction, so if you're looking to grab 10 games and unlock five discounts for example, you'll need to make five separate purchases of two games each.

B1G1 50% off video games for:

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But you don't want to miss this promotion, as it includes a bunch of new releases, such as Metaphor: ReFantazio, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Final Fantasy I-VI Pixel Remaster Anniversary Collection, and more. If the game you're looking at is multiplatform, you can take advantage of this deal on any console.

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard Is BioWare's Biggest Launch Ever On Steam

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 01:30

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is BioWare's biggest launch on Steam, reaching the top spot on Steam's sales charts and knocking down Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.

According to SteamDB, Dragon Age: The Veilguard has peaked at 70,414 concurrent players within the first 24 hours of its release. This beats out BioWare's previous record of 59,817 concurrent players for Mass Effect: Legendary Edition.

BioWare put extra effort into making sure the PC version of Dragon Age: The Veilguard was up to snuff on Steam. The game is verified on Steam Deck, and passes Valve's internal tests on inputs, display, performance, and seamlessness. A technical breakdown of the PC version by Digital Foundry revealed it to be an excellent port, which is often not the case at launch for major game releases on PC.

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Stalker 2 PC Specs Require A Ton Of Storage Space But Surprisingly Modest Hardware

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 01:22

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl looks like visually impressive, and fittingly, it'll need a lot of hard drive space to fit in all 64km² of the Exclusion Zone. The official PC specs for the game are now live, and while it's not too demanding in terms of RAM, GPU, and CPU requirements, you will need to ensure that you have 150GB of SSD storage capacity available.

Like several other modern games, Stalker 2 lists a solid-state drive as a mandatory requirement, likely due to them having vastly superior read/write speeds when compared to traditional hard disk drives. Developer GSC Game World has previously spoken about how it has attempted to create a photorealistic version of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, and early previews of Stalker 2 have shown off a lush environment for players to explore.

Beyond that, the rest of the PC requirements listed on Steam are very forgiving toward older machines, possibly as a result of Stalker 2 being in development for a long period of time. GSC Game World recommends an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT GPU with at least 8GB of VRAM and 16GB of RAM, although it's worth noting that the system requirements didn't list what kind of graphical output players can expect. If you're aiming for a 4K resolution and high frame rates, you'll likely want newer hardware to get the best out of Stalker 2.

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Monster Hunter Wilds Beta Begins With Almost 500,000 Concurrent Players On Steam

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 01:17

Talk about a strong start for the Monster Hunter Wilds beta. Just hours after releasing, the early test for the action-adventure game hit over 460,000 concurrent players on Steam. Keep in mind those figures don't even account for people on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, either.

On SteamDB, the Monster Hunters Wild beta reached a peak of 463,798 players roughly hours after it began last night at 8 PM PT / 11 PM ET on October 31. The open beta will run until 6:59 PM PT / 9:59 PM ET this Sunday, November 3. So it's possible the concurrent-player count hits an even higher number as the weekend kicks off. (At the time of publication, around 430,000 people on Steam were checking it out.) Overall, it's been a year of big numbers on Steam, with user numbers being broken.

Now, this is a beta for Monster Hunter Wilds, and GamesRadar spotted players running into some comical graphical bugs for the game. For example, one Reddit post shows a monster turning into what looks like an original PlayStation polygonal creature. The official Monster Hunter account on X stated it's aware of some issues with the game so far.

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Major GTA Online Update Releases This December; PS5/Series X Features Come To PC In 2025

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 01:09

Rockstar Games is continuing to update and expand Grand Theft Auto Online, and a major new update is coming this December. The developer has announced a new robbery-themed expansion is coming to the multiplayer experience next month, focused on the Darnell Bros. Garment Factory.

The factory is under new management, now being run by Pavel and a former FIB officer. Players will help them convert the factory into a "hive for clandestine infiltration operations." From the base, players can launch into "a bevy of thrilling and strategic new robberies."

GTA Online's next big update arrives in December

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Death Stranding 2's Title Screen Revealed, But There Is A Catch

Fri, 11/01/2024 - 23:39

Hideo Kojima has revealed Death Stranding 2: On The Beach's title screen with a tantalizing teaser, but no one should get too attached to it just yet. Kojima clarified that the title screen is "still very much temporary."

Right now, the screen features the game's name and a background image of Norman Reedus' character, Sam Porter, and a baby. The title screen has options for "Continue," "New Game," "Load Game," "Options," and "Recap of Death Stranding." That last one might be handy for anyone who needs a refresher on the events of the 2019 game, which had a narrative full of twists, turns, and Conan O'Brien.

This screen is still very much temporary. pic.twitter.com/R2n9vKLDG0

— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) October 30, 2024

In another update, Kojima shared an image of his work desk featuring a very comfy-looking chair. A second image appears to show multiple Death Stranding 2 save files.

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Samurai Champloo Limited-Edition Blu-Ray Collection Releases Next Week

Fri, 11/01/2024 - 15:35
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How do you follow up an anime series like Cowboy Bebop, a hard-hitting blend of sci-fi and jazz? If you're Shinichiro Watanabe the answer is with a hip-hop adventure set in alternate Edo-era Japan. Samurai Champloo can regularly be found near the top of best anime roundups, and if you're looking for an excuse to revisit the beloved series, Crunchyroll has one for you: a limited-edition Blu-ray collection with a premium presentation. Samurai Champloo: The Complete Series Limited Edition arrives November 5 exclusively on the Crunchyroll Store. Fans can preorder the soon-to-be released Samurai Champloo box set for $67.49 (was $90).

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The Upcoming Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Blu-ray Is Discounted At Amazon

Fri, 11/01/2024 - 06:33

Looking for a cool gift to give the Doctor Who fan in your life? Or just want something cool to add to your Blu-ray collection? Then check out the upcoming Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials Blu-ray, which is currently discounted at Amazon ahead of its December 10 release. The three-disc bundle pulls together the trio of hour-long specials released in 2023 to celebrate the sci-fi series’ 60th anniversary, making it a great addition to any fan’s collection.

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials Blu-ray $18 (was $25)

This Blu-ray set features three 60-minutes movies--The Star Beast, Wild Blue Yonder, and The Giggle. David Tennant stars as the Doctor in all three, with Catherine Tate by his side as Donna Noble. All three films were met with positive reviews, and The Giggle is especially notable due to Neil Patrick Harris’s performance as the Toymaker, which coincided with colorized flashbacks of William Hartnell and Michael Gough as the first Doctor and Toymaker, offering up a bit of nostalgia for longtime fans.

Note that the collection does include bonus features, though a list is not yet available online. Expect to find various featurettes and behind-the-scenes content. Preordering through Amazon makes you eligible for any price drops between now and release. You also won't pay a dime until the Blu-ray ships.

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Since Doctor Who has been on the air for more than six decades, it’s no surprise it’s seen its fair share of Blu-ray releases. Many of these are currently on sale, so if you’re seeking even more sci-fi adventures, check out a list of some of the best Doctor Who Blu-ray deals below.

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