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The recently released Battlefield 2042 trailer is full of memorable moments and surprises, but the biggest surprise may be the somewhat quiet reveal that Battlefield 2042‘s setting and plot are actually built around the dangers of global warming. “The real-world yet fictitious setting pitches a ‘what if’ scenario of societies crumbling in the face of violent climate changes and diminishing resources,” reads a description of Battlefield 2042‘s premise posted on the PlayStation Blog....

Changes to Battlefield V’s health pools that were meant to help new players in the game has been met with a severe backlash from the established community. In an attempt to make everyone happy, DICE has announced it is going to be bringing new “core” playlists to Battlefield V that will bring the time to kill back in line with what it was shortly after launch. DICE had made the time to kill longer by increasing the health pools after users new to the game were complaining they were getting killed off far too quickly....

It seems that more now than ever, Microsoft has begun utilizing the vast library of Rare IP it has been sitting on for years. After resurrecting the Killer Instinct series for the launch of the Xbox One, Microsoft has continued to bring back certain properties from throughout the developer’s long and illustrious history to appease fans that have been waiting on new installments in some of their favorite gaming franchises....

Bendy and the Dark Revival is being delayed to next year. The highly-anticipated followup to Bendy and the Ink Machine was announced back in early 2019, and the last we heard about the horror title was in June, when Joey Drew Studios revealed the game would be releasing as one complete package instead of an episodic format. Bendy and the Ink Machine debuted in 2017, and amassed a big following. In the story, a retired animator finds something terrifying in his old workplace....

Say the words “Metal Slug” in a group of old-school gamers and more than a few eyes will light up. The franchise arguably perfected the run-and-gun formula begun on home consoles by the NES classic Contra. A soldier with a gun, running across the screen and shooting the bad guys, with increasingly more bombastic weapons. Simple yet effective, and fans loved it. As the flagship title for SNK, one of the biggest developers of that era, Metal Slug holds an important place in the hearts of gamers everywhere....

2020 brought many things with it. Brexit. Another iPhone. The 30th anniversary of Fresh Prince Of Bel Air. A Crackerjack revival, the increasingly critical state of our burning planet, the inauguration of a Gangsta Granny rollercoaster at Thorpe Park, and a global pandemic that shut down life as we know it. A mixed bag, all told. One thing you can largely rely on in worrying times is television, and below are the top returning British shows that fought their way through the Covid-19 lockdown to come back in 2020....

Bethesda has taken to Twitter to confirm that it won’t be holding its annual E3-like Livestream event this year. Pete Hines (SVP of global marketing and communications at Bethesda) made the announcement today, stating, “Given the many challenges we’re facing due to the pandemic, we will not host a digital Showcase in June.” In the past, Bethesda would hold its own little event a day before E3 started to showcase its upcoming releases for the future....

Mass Effect and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic developer BioWare is reportedly working on a brand new IP — and the game might not be an RPG. In the years since the studio was founded back in 1995, BioWare has become firmly established as one of the best RPG developers anywhere in the world. Now, it seems that the company might be preparing to try its hand at the action genre with a brand new IP....

It’s been a busy year for fan-favorite developer BioWare - especially with the impending launch of their enormous Star Wars MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic set for a release on December 20. However, with so may games nearing the end of production, Mass Effect 3 or already on the shelves, Dragon Age 2, what is the critically acclaimed team working on next? While details are still scarce, today BioWare has unveiled an early sneak peek at their next all-new video game IP which, judging by the teaser image, may be somewhat of a departure for the developer....

The upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 features 4-player split-screen for the Zombies mode and multiplayer, as well as 2-player split-screen for the campaign. While some first-person shooter franchises are abandoning split-screen completely, the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 will feature it extensively. This is according to the game’s director, Dan Bunting, who has detailed how split-screen will work in Call of Duty: Black Ops 3. The game will support 4-player split-screen offline in both the Shadows of Evil Zombies mode and the multiplayer....

On Twitter this afternoon, Blizzard announced that plans for BlizzCon 2021 have been canceled. Originally set to take place this November at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, the company has decided to err on the side of caution with the uncertainty around COVID-19 guidelines in California. A short blog post details these issues and states that Blizzard doesn’t feel it will have the proper time to do BlizzCon justice this year....

In a move that hints at a possible next expansion for World of Warcraft, Blizzard has purchased the name “Mists of Pandaria.” This move leads many to believe that Blizzard is laying the framework for World of Warcraft’s fourth add-on in the series. The lore for Pandaria is in place already. What once started as an April Fool’s Day prank for WarCraft 3 has turned into something of a reality. Currently, a player can go to the Blizzard store and purchase a kung fu Panda for a companion pet, and there have also been rare sightings of pandas in Azeroth....

Summer is nearing its end and for gamers, that means we’re approaching the most wonderful time of the year (cue the music). With the fall season comes some of the year’s biggest titles and looking at 2011’s remaining first-person shooters, still to be released are Dead Island, Serious Sam 3: BFE, Resistance 3, Rage, Hard Reset, Battlefield 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. And this is after Deus Ex: Human Revolution released just yesterday and Call of Juarez: The Cartel a few weeks ago....

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild currently has a sequel in development for the Nintendo Switch that seems to take place shortly after the ending of the first game, so the version of Hyrule that appears will use the same map from the first game. Eiji Aonuma told Game Informer that the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild won’t be made from scratch, but will use the map from the first game, as there were still stories to be told in that setting....

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War brings with it a campaign that tells a complex Cold War narrative full of talk regarding Nuclear War and mind control. The campaign is surprisingly story-focused, with less of an emphasis on action and more of a push toward solving the many mysteries of Black Ops Cold War’s narrative. While this does work, and the campaign of the game introduces memorable new characters like Adler and Park, it feels fairly disconnected from the original Call of Duty: Black Ops....

Activision has revealed the first official details for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War‘s multiplayer, which will attempt to combine some of the best elements of previous Call of Duty games while incorporating some intriguing new elements. One of the biggest surprises of the reveal was Treyarch and Raven Software’s insistence that they intend to incorporate a narrative into the multiplayer experience. Said narrative will be featured in everything from the equipment multiplayer operatives use to the levels themselves and the objectives you complete....

Infinity Ward communications director Eric Monacelli confirms that Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare will have a Zombies Mode, and that PS4 owners get first dibs on DLC. While the mode used to be exclusive to the Treyarch-developed games in the series, it turns out that Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare from Infinity Ward will have a Zombies Mode. This was announced by Eric Monacelli, the studio’s communications director, though no footage of Zombies as it will appear in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is available at this time....

With the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles available, many games from the previous generation have making the leap to next-gen with special patches. These upgrades enhance these older games to improve their performance on PS5 and Xbox Series X, often offering features like better frame rates, higher resolution graphics, and other bells and whistles. Many popular games are getting the next-gen upgrade treatment, but one that’s been left out so far is 2019’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare....

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare players have been trying to achieve max rank since the game’s release, but XP isn’t always the easiest to come by, and seasonal resets make it all the more difficult for those with limited time. Though the game lacks the prestige system that previous titles in the Call of Duty franchise, players still want to prove their skills and dedication to the wider community. Recently, one player came forward with a strategy that will net gamers with unlimited XP enhancers....

Video game bugs are never fun, but certain ones can drastically impact the experience, leading to a frustrating time of trying to get things to work. It appears that one such impactful bug is plaguing PS5 owners that try to uninstall and reinstall Call of Duty: Modern Warfare at the moment, with the issue so severe that it’s even blocking the game from working entirely, according to some players. A post by u/puzzled-soup is making the rounds on Reddit right now, with the user shedding some light on an apparently severe Call of Duty: Modern Warfare bug....