Author: Ishraq Subhan
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343 Industries reflects on one year of Halo Infinite
[ad_1] It’s been over a year since the release of Halo Infinite and it’s safe to say 343 Industries’ live service experiment has received a mixed response. The developer shared some stats on this first year, with 170 million multiplayer matches played, 50 million campaign missions played, and 16 billion Spartans slayed. …
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GTA Online holiday update pays homage to Die Hard and The Grinch
[ad_1] With Christmas upon us, developers of live service games are adding the obligatory seasonal content to get players through the winter. Rockstar, perhaps being one of the pioneers of the live-service model, have of course a new update ready for Grand Theft Auto online. First up, we have “The…
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Rainbow Six Siege cheaters are forcing chickens onto people’s feeds
[ad_1] Rainbow Six Siege has received its fair share of cheaters over the years, but I have never seen anything quite like this new strategy. Hackers have exploited the ban feed, which alerts players when someone has committed a bannable offence, to display images on other players’ screens. The images…
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Mario Kart 8’s Lakitu now drops you off in the right location in London Loop
[ad_1] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe received a small patch following its big Wave 3 update, which fixed a couple of bug fixes. The first fix concerns an issue where the image would get “choppy” when playing online in Berlin Byways. The second concerns an issue when playing London Loop, where…
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Small band of gamers team up to sue Microsoft over Activision Blizzard deal
[ad_1] A group of 10 gamers in the US have teamed up to file a federal antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft over its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. As spotted by Bloomberg Law, the lawsuit argues that the acquisition will give Microsoft enough influence over multiple levels of the gaming industry “to foreclose…
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Outer Wilds and eight other games leave Xbox Game Pass this December
[ad_1] Nine games leave Xbox Game Pass by the end of this month, including the widely acclaimed Outer Wilds. The following nine games leave the subscription service soon: Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars Tropico 6 Scarlet Nexus Secret Neighbor Outer Wilds Gorogoa The Pedestrian Embr Iron Harvest (Windows) The Eurogamer Newscast News Quiz…
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Someone modded that God of War scene to have Messi and Mbappe battle it out
[ad_1] The World Cup may be over, but the internet has latched onto the rivalry (imagined or otherwise) of Paris Saint-Germain teammates Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe. The two faced each other while playing for their respective national teams in the World Cup final on Sunday, with the result securing Messi as…
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Much requested loadout drops make a return to Warzone 2.0
[ad_1] Call of Duty Warzone 2.0 developer Raven Software has announced that the fan-favourite Loadout Drop has returned. Previously a legacy feature of the original Warzone, a Loadout Drop let players and their squad use custom-made loadouts rather than the weapons scavenged in the battle royale. While Loadout Drops would…
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Rio Ferdinand reprimanded by Advertising Standards Authority over PlayStation sponsored posts
[ad_1] The Advertising Standards Authority has reprimanded former England star and football pundit Rio Ferdinand for failing to properly disclose that a series of Twitter posts made in partnership with PlayStation were advertisements. The now-deleted Tweets included a video of Ferdinand discussing the upcoming Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid,…
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Sony’s £210 DualSense Edge controller will have worse battery life than the original
[ad_1] Sony has revealed further details of its new DualSense Edge wireless controller for the PlayStation 5, but one particular point stuck out the most. In a hand-on preview, The Verge noticed that battery life was noticeably worse than the base DualSense controller, and this was later confirmed to the publication in…