Ah, Bungie. Every so often the Destiny 2 developer will surprise Guardians globally by subtly launching a mission or quietly adding secrets to the game. This time around, the Barrow Dyad Exotic mission has been added to the game with the weekly reset, and no prior warning at all.

Luckily, we've figured out how to locate the new Derealize Exotic mission, how to start it, and we have a step-by-step guide on how you can get your hands on the bizarre-looking SMG.

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• Nether Blights

Nether Blights

If you've been playing Destiny 2 Episode Heresy already, you'll be familiar with the Nether activity. Formerly, we thought that you'd need to reload it until you spawn at the Trenchway or Hall of Souls, but it seems that you can start the Exotic quest from any landing zone in the Nether; you just might have a bit more of a search on your hands before you can trigger the quest steps.

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Best Buy has brought back one of the most popular gaming accessory deals we saw last summer. The Asus ROG 65W Charger Dock is on sale for only $30. Normally $65, the official Asus Charger Dock was designed with the ROG Ally family of PC handhelds in mind. That said, you can use this portable docking station with other handhelds, including Steam Deck and Nintendo Switch--just make sure you update the accessory to its latest firmware.

Asus ROG 65W Charger Dock $30 (was $65)

It doubles as both a power brick and a docking station thanks to its built-in HDMI 2.0 port and USB 2.0 port. It connects to your handheld via USB-C to deliver power. As long as the device you want to use supports external displays and doesn't draw more than 65W of power, you should be able to use it with the ROG Charger Dock.

It supports fast-charging via USB-C and is capable of displaying in 1080p with a 120Hz refresh rate or 4K at 60Hz. You can also use the USB-A port to charge a separate device, which could save you a spot in your power brick. Or you can use the USB-A port for accessories, such as dongles for keyboards, mice, or controllers.

The compact design makes it ideal for travel, so if you bring your ROG Ally or Steam Deck with you on trips, this can substitute for a traditional dock--though you may want to pair it with a budget-friendly portable stand, like this great one from JSAUX.

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Keep in mind that the ROG 65W Charger Dock deal has sold out quickly in the past, and it's very possible the same will happen with this deal before the end of the week.

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In 2013, John Riccitiello stepped down as EA's CEO following a tumultuous six-year run on top of the company. During Riccitiello's reign, Activision's Call of Duty franchise overtook Battlefield in terms of popularity, and it didn't help when Riccitiello joked that Battlefield players should be charged to reload. Now, ex-Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has shared his belief that Riccitiello was the worst CEO in the video game industry.

During a joint appearance on Grit with former EA Chief Creative Officer Bing Gordon, Kotick revealed that Activision was afraid that Gordon would assume control of EA and prove to be a good leader for the company.

"I'm not saying this because [Gordon is] sitting here," said Kotick. "Our fear was always that Bing was going to run [EA]. And we would have paid for Riccitiello to stay a CEO forever... like we thought he was the worst CEO in video games." Gordon also noted that Riccitiello may have hastened his departure from EA as well.

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According to Activision founder Bobby Kotick, Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger was at one point in time interested in buying Nintendo, or at least interested in exploring the idea of buying Nintendo.

Kotick said on the Grit podcast that Munger was not a fan of video games, but saw an opportunity to potentially make a bid for Nintendo. Munger is said to have floated the idea of spending some of Berkshire's immense holdings on making moves in the video game space. One of Munger's ideas, apparently, was to buy Nintendo.

"He goes, 'You know, I was looking at a couple other companies in your sector. I think if we bought yours, we should buy that company Nintendo, too,'" Kotick recalled. "He said, 'Have you guys looked at it? I was like, 'Yeah.' It was trading [at the time] at like 13 billion, with 7 billion in cash. He goes, 'You know, I don't think anything is gonna go really bad before I'm dead, and then if it goes bad after I'm dead, they'll just chalk it up to the folly of an 82-year-old, so you don't have to be so concerned about disappointing me."

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One of the first and longest-running MMORPGs ever made, Tibia, will receive a new class for the first time ever in its almost 30-year history, developer CipSoft has announced. The Monk class will join Tibia's four original classes--Sorcerer, Paladin, Druid, and Knight--which launched alongside the top-down 2D MMO in 1997.

As revealed in a blog post and teaser video, the Monk will be a melee fighter that can also provide a support role by healing allies. CipSoft said the Monk can be "played in a very special way" but wanted to make sure it fit seamlessly into the world of Tibia and existed in harmony with the game's existing four classes. The team also knew it wanted to introduce a new melee class that could also heal, but didn't want it to encroach on secondary roles like debuffing filled by Paladin and Sorcerers.

"In fact, one of our main goals was to ensure that the new vocation holds a unique position without undermining the value of others or rendering them obsolete," CipSoft said. "We are very happy about the arrival of the Monk and hope you are just as eager to experience what it is like when they spring into action."

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The Season 2 Reloaded update for Call of Duty arrives in Black Ops 6 and Warzone later this month, and here you'll find everything rumored and announced so far. This includes new melee weapons, more maps, and limited-time events. There's even a rumor of a potential TMNT crossover this season.

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Call of Duty Season 2 Reloaded start times

Based on the days left for the Season 2 battle pass, the midseason "Reloaded" update should arrive around Thursday, February 20. These seasonal updates usually go live around 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM BST across all platforms.

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Filming on Mortal Kombat 2 began in June 2023, and at long last, a first look at Karl Urban's character of Johnny Cage has been revealed. This glimpse of the Hollywood A-lister comes from the Mortal Kombat X/Twitter account, and as you'd expect, it's the perfect way to tease the arrival of one of the franchise's biggest stars.

It’s Johnny ******* Cage. Mortal Kombat II – coming soon only in theaters. #MortalKombatMovie pic.twitter.com/VqRZjJpJks

— Mortal Kombat Movie (@MKMovie) February 11, 2025

While Cage has been a mainstay of Mortal Kombat video games ever since the franchise began in the early '90s, he was absent from the 2021 Mortal Kombat movie. He was teased at the end of that flick, and WWE superstar The Miz lobbied hard to get the role before it ultimately went to The Boys and Dredd actor Karl Urban.

Other actors appearing in Mortal Kombat 2 include Adeline Rudolph (Kitana), Tati Grabrielle (Jade), Martyn Ford (Shao Kahn), Desmond Chiam (King Jerrod), Ana Thu Nguyen (Queen Sindel), and Damon Herriman (Quan Chi). They'll be joined by Joe Taslim (Sub-Zero), Hiroyuki Sanada (Scorpion), Lewis Tan (Cole Young), Jessica McNamee (Sonya Blade), Ludi Lin (Liu Kang), and several other actors who appeared in the first movie as iconic Mortal Kombat characters.

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Although Activision Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft's gaming division, its rise to become one of the top video game publishers was inadvertently helped by EA's decision to turn down opportunities that could have been transformative. During a recent podcast appearance, former EA Chief Creative Officer Bing Gordon noted that EA had a chance to buy Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, and even Blizzard itself before Activision closed deals for all three.

"Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, and Blizzard, EA saw all those first and passed on all of them," said Gordon while appearing on Grit alongside Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard. Gordon went on to praise Kotick for keeping many of the original Blizzard team members in place after the company came under Activision's control.

Gordon told Kotick that he has "double high respect" for him for realizing that those properties were valuable to own "and then you kept the people around. I'm pretty sure that... the creative leaders would not have stuck around in another company. So you did some kind of a miracle of keeping them productive for long periods of time and probably biting your tongue from time to time."

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Xbox is offering South of Midnight’s premium edition upgrade, which includes early access and a range of other extras, at a discount for Game Pass subscribers, though there’s a small catch. The discount is only available for two of the subscription service’s tiers--Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass, which cost $20 per month and $12 per month, respectively.

Core and Standard Game Pass members will have to pay full price for the premium edition or upgrade their subscription. This deal only applies to the Xbox and Windows versions of South of Midnight. If you want to play on Steam instead, you’ll have to pay full price there as well.

With the discount, you can get South of Midnight’s premium edition upgrade for $10. The premium version normally costs $49.99, and it comes with:

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It's hard to imagine GoldenEye 007 without the silenced PP7 or Klobb, but when Activison was working on the Wii remake, a James Bond film rights holder "didn't really want guns in the game." This is according to former Activision head honcho Bobby Kotick, who opened up about the challenges of creating a new GoldenEye game in 2010.

Appearing on the Grit podcast, Kotick found himself in the middle of a Nintendo 64 discussion. The former Activision Blizzard CEO said that the original "GoldenEye is what actually sold the N64" and then transitioned to talking about the 2010 GoldenEye 007 reimagining for Wii. "We made a sequel, and it was a challenging thing to make because Barbara Broccoli [co-owner of the James Bond film franchise rights] did not really want anything that was violence," Kotick said. "And she didn't really want guns in the game."

Kotick does believe that Broccoli and her half-brother Michael G. Wilson "are great custodians for the IP." In fact, Kotick mentioned that he understood her point about violence because kids love James Bond, but you couldn't go that route with the expectations behind a new GoldenEye game.

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Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick has commented on the long wait for Grand Theft Auto VI and spoke out against the idea that artificial intelligence technologies will surpass the "creative genius" that is only possible from humans. In an interview, Zelnick said the wait for GTA 6 has been so long in part because developer Rockstar Games is seeking "perfection."

"What Rockstar Games puts into all of their titles is a desire for creative perfection, which is why it takes a long time and why it's complex. We don't claim success until it occurs," Zelnick told CNBC.

GTA 5 was released all the way back in 2013 and has been released across three generations of console platforms, in addition to PC. In total, it's sold more than 210 million copies. Zelnick said GTA 5 has been the "standard bearer" at Take-Two and the video game industry overall in terms of sales success.

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In 2016, Universal and Activision Blizzard brought World of Warcraft to the big screen in Warcraft. The film only earned $47.4 million in the United States, but its worldwide total was $439.1 million. Regardless, Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard, recently shared his belief that Warcraft was not only one of the worst movies he's ever seen, he also cited it as one of the reasons why World of Warcraft veteran designer Chris Metzen left Blizzard in 2016.

While appearing on the Grit podcast, Kotick explained that Metzen became burned out during the production of the Warcraft movie. Kotick added that he felt it was "a terrible idea" to make the film, but the deal was already in place before Activision merged with Blizzard. He also went on to say that Warcraft proved to be a major distraction for Blizzard that took the company's focus off of the games.

"It took a lot of resources and distracted [Blizzard]," recalled Kotick. "You think about all these people who make video games for a living and now they have the chance to like make a movie and they're like helping with the casting and they're on the set and it's just a huge distraction. Our expansions were late, you know patches weren't getting done on time and... it was one of the worst movies I've ever seen."

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Succession: The Complete Series on Blu-ray

$65 (was $95)

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Succession: The Complete Series on Blu-ray is discounted to only $65 (was $95) at Amazon. This is the lowest price yet for Succession: The Complete Series, which released on Blu-ray last August.

The hit HBO show ended its run in 2023 with a pile of Emmy awards, high ratings, and universal acclaim. It's one of the best HBO shows in recent memory. If you're interested in starting a rewatch, the Blu-ray box set lets you avoid paying monthly for Max.

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Last year, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the landmark horror movie, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a new Collector's Edition launched that includes 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and even VHS copies of the original film, alongside a replica Leatherface's signature chainsaw and other collectibles. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition originally launched at $400, but right now you can pick up the set for just $214 at Amazon.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition $214 (was $400)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition is a three-disc set. The first disc includes the 4K edition of the film, while the second disc is a standard Blu-ray version. These discs also feature four optional commentary tracks featuring various members of the cast and production crew. The third disc is packed with tons of special features, which we've outlined below.

Along with the film and special features, you also get a steelbook case, a mini chainsaw display replica, and even a working VHS of the film that you can watch in a VCR--assuming you've still got one lying around. The whole package comes in a giant collector's box.

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Here's a look at all the special features included in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition:

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition Special Features

Discs 1 and 2

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