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Another classic map is heading to Call of Duty Mobile, this time with Meltdown being added to the usual rotation of offerings. The map was a favorite in Call of Duty: Black Ops II and should be a hit among new and veteran players of the mobile game. For those that have not experience the map before, Meltdown takes players to fight around a power plant. It is a relatively large map and makes is great for players who love to explore new and unexpected routes to flank the enemy team....

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Yes, the time when Guardians all around the Tower start handing out personally baked cookies in order to grow their material wealth in the form of masterwork materials, engrams, and a chance at a brand new Legendary Fusion Rifle. I of course refer to The Dawning, Destiny 2’s annual holiday celebration. The latest trailer from Bungie shows that Eva will once again return to ring in the new year with her characteristic space grandma charm, and she’ll be doing it from a new central location in the Tower....

Last week brought a major update for Division 2 players as Title Update 3 brought a wave of new fixes, quality of life improvements, new content to the looter shooter. The massive update also paved the way for The Division 2’s first raid, Operation Dark Hours, which launched later that week and proved to be a massive challenge for event the most geared up players. Unfortunately, players have also discovered that this update may have also released a few unintended bugs back into the open world....

After breaking Ubisoft’s and the industry’s first week sales record for a new IP, Tom Clancy’s The Division overtakes Call of Duty as Xbox’s most popular game. Following the massive success of Ubisoft’s open beta for Tom Clancy’s The Division, expectations were high for the game to be a huge hit. Upon its release a few weeks ago, The Division didn’t disappoint, as not only did the game set a new UK sales record for the first three months of any year, it managed to break Ubisoft’s and the industry’s first week sales record for a new IP....

Multiple players of The Division complain that they’re not receiving the bonuses they were promised for pre-ordering the game or playing the alpha or beta builds. The Division hasn’t exactly had the smoothest launch ever, and it seems the problems plaguing its players aren’t over yet. Multiple gamers are now reporting that they haven’t been awarded the in-game bonus items they were promised. According to multiple posts across the official Ubisoft forum and The Division subreddit, many gamers have not yet received the hazmat suit that was to be awarded to them as a bonus for pre-ordering the game at select retailers....

The path of sword and might isn’t the only way to survive in Tamriel. A whole host of fantastical magical abilities are available to aspiring mages. But for those not willing to shoot fire from the palms of their hands there is always the option of using a staff. No staff, however, is one-size-fits-all. In fact, there exists quite a number of staves whose powers and origins are positively mythical. No ordinary mage can hope to wield such powerful weapons....

Anticipation for this year’s The Game Awards is as high as ever, with the excitement for next-gen consoles at a peak and the potential for new game announcements highly likely. Yet The Game Awards 2020 won’t be the same as previous years, as the COVID-19 pandemic has led the event to drop a live audience. A great example of how The Game Awards 2020 will be different is a recently announced panel confirmed for the pre-show....

The following contains spoilers for every episode of The Haunting of Bly Manor. Shortly after The Haunting of Bly Manor, the followup to Netflix’s massively successful Haunting of Hill House, was announced, series creator Mike Flanagan made an intriguing promise via his Twitter. “We are already discussing how to up our hidden ghost game,” the prolific horror writer and director wrote. Flanagan was referring to the fact that The Haunting of Hill House was positively teeming with ghostly Easter eggs....

This HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR review contains no spoilers. Mike Flanagan has slowly become one of the surest hands in horror. Not only has he excelled which original material like Oculus and Hush, he’s also expertly adapted tricky properties like Stephen King’s Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep, the daunting sequel to The Shining. Perhaps Flanagan’s most widely seen work, Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House, was a 10-episode series that updated Shirley Jackson’s famous novel of the same name....

The Last of Us Part II has sparked a lot of discussion on the internet, with everyone who plays it having a different opinion on the game. However, just as important is the discussion of who can play the game in the first place. According to reddit user SightlessKombat, The Last of Us II can be beaten without sight, and other games should pay attention to the features that make this possible....

Star Citizen has the potential to be one of the biggest video game releases of all time. Cloud Imperium Games has raised around $87 million dollars to fund the game at this point, and it seems that the result will be an experience quite unlike any other. The title isn’t just about navigating space in one of the countless ships on offer. As well as the open-ended structure of the main game, there’s a bevy of multiplayer options, a full campaign mode entitled Squadron 42 and the much-anticipated FPS module Star Marine....

DICE and Electronic Arts release an official trailer for the science fiction shooter Star Wars Battlefront’s forthcoming expansion pack Rogue One: Scarif. With the release date for Star Wars Battlefront’s impending expansion being next week for those who own the Season Pass, the game’s developers have decided to put out a trailer to give fans a feel for what the science fiction shooter’s final piece of paid DLC will be like....

Stardew Valley is a game that can be enjoyed in a variety of different ways, which is why so many players have poured thousands of hours into their beloved farms. Being able to play a game the way you want makes for a wider audience and high replayability. Some players enjoy the atmosphere of a rural lifestyle, caring for animals and forming close relationships with the townsfolk they find themselves enmeshed with....

Sophia is another farmer who is added when players install Stardew Valley Expanded. She is a marriage candidate that’s incredibly shy and into nerdy activities, like reading manga and cosplaying. This is a bit different from the hobbies of the rest of the town in Stardew Valley. Since Sophia doesn’t go out much, she can be rather hard to find for players who haven’t yet gone to her farm. She has fewer loves than the other newer additions to the game, making her a bit hard to romance....

Stardew Valley is set to receive its first big new content patch, according to the game’s creator. It’s been nearly two years since the release of runaway indie smash Stardew Valley, and while it’s been receiving regular patches along the way, this latest update is set to bring with it a long called for addition: multiplayer. Built in the tradition of farming simulator classic Harvest Moon, Stardew Valley is the indie game from 2016 that nobody could put down because it was so much more than just another farming simulator....

Plans for updating Steam’s front page and several other major changes leak, including changes geared towards ’targeted visibility’ for game launches and updates. With how popular PC gaming storefront Steam has become, any changes to the service and its user interface are likely to effect users dramatically. This means that when news leaks that Valve is planning a substantial update to Steam’s front page, with changes that allow users to customize how they interact with the storefront, it’s big news....

While console game marketplaces and other digital stores are inching closer and closer, Steam is still renowned for its generous sales with very deep discounts. In alignment with the Steam Summer Sale date that leaked a while ago, the annual offerings are finally here and Steam is displaying a wide selection of titles at attractive discounts. Here to stay for two weeks, Steam is offering relatively recent titles at notable discounts, as well as older and revered titles that may have been on gamers’ wishlists....

After seven years on air, Steven Universe and its companion series Steven Universe Future have finally come to a close and solidified themselves as some of the best TV out there. It’s funny, thought provoking, beautifully animated, and broke all kinds of ground when it comes to queer representation in media for children. (We talked all about that right here, actually.) All together the series totals 180 episodes. Even if they’re typically eleven minutes each, that can still be a lot for a newbie to jump into....

Princess Peach is the forever-damsel players save in a large majority of Mario games. The initial premise of countless titles in the franchise involve rescuing Peach from the clutches of the evil Bowser. However, if relations between the princess and her doughty plumber rescuer are examined more closely, gamers will see that all is not sunshine and roses. Mario is not the hero many make him out to be. As a matter of fact, there have been many moments when he treated Princess Peach worse than the villain....

At the end of this week, on September 18, 2020, to be exact, Super Mario 3D All-Stars will be released on Nintendo Switch. It feels a little strange since Mario fans were waiting months for Nintendo to officially announce the collection, followed by just a two-week wait between that announcement and its release. The buzz surrounding its release proves that gamers old and new are eager to play the three classics included in 3D All-Stars despite its lofty price and limited availability....