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Summary Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3andWarzoneare implementing new measures to combat boosting, a prevalent issue in many online multiplayer games. Cheating has long been a problem in the franchise, with players using unfair means to gain an advantage. Despite ongoing efforts to curb these activities, many players believe cheating is still rampant, as evidenced by thousands of accounts being banned inCall of Duty: Warzoneand Modern Warfare 3. Boosting inCall of Duty: Warzonehas become a significant concern, leading to the use of bot lobbies to artificially inflate Skill Ratings....

Sparkles is a well-knownCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveYouTuber, and he has just done what many thought was impossible. Thankfully, he had an ace up his sleeves to bring his goal within reach: a whole lot of money. Sparkles justspent an estimated $15,000 on the gamein an effort to get one single weapons skin, a StatTrak AK47 Fire Serpent in Factory New. Counter-Strike: Global Offensiveoffers players a couple of ways to get weapon skins, but Sparkles opted to use the trade-up method....

Summary Rule of Rose, a cult-classic PlayStation 2 title from 2006, may be getting a remaster. While horror franchises likeFatal FrameandSilent Hillrose in popularity in the 2000s, Sony asked developer Punchline to create a survival horror title for thePlayStation 2. This led toRule of Rose, which featured gameplay focused on puzzle solving and surviving combat scenarios. After release,Rule of Rosereceived a cult-following, with some believing it to be amongthe best PS2 survival horror games....

Quick Links With the release of Patch 1.5,Cyberpunk 2077has added four new apartments for V. In addition to the new apartments, there are some new customization options forCyberpunk 2077’sstarting apartment and more. Along with theslew of updates in Patch 1.5that would have made more sense in the initial release, come additional living spaces for V.Cyberpunk 2077’sprotagonist is now able to expand their real estate empire with four additional properties in Watson, Westbrook, Heywood, and City Center....

Quick Links After all of the secrecy from Bungie over the past few weeks,Destiny 2players were officially introduced to Season of the Haunted this week. Season 17 has brought with it plenty of changes and new things to do, including thehighly anticipated Solar subclass reworks. From a story perspective, Calus and his Leviathan Ship have reappeared, this time hovering over the Moon attempting to unlock the secrets of the buried pyramid ship there....

The Disney+ Twitter, which made fans wait all morning for any morsel of Marvel news, dropped all of its series announcements at once. Among some of the morewell-known projects likeMs. MarvelandSecret Invasionwere some more surprising reveals. This included a title reveal forthe Agatha Harkness show that was previously announced. It will be known asAgatha: House of Harkness.Also dropped in was the official reveal that Marvel Studios would be reviving the 90s animated X-Men as a new series titledX-Men ‘97....

2019 was a particularly strong year forDota 2,having managed to once again accrue over 1 million players, and Valve clearly has no intentions of stopping support for the title, witha new esport eventhappening later this month. However, there are signs that the game is somewhat struggling at the moment, with its player count gradually dropping. Dota 2’s player count peaked at 1,064,377 players back in September 2016, and the numbers have overall declined since then....

Metagaming is something that can occur pretty naturally in a game ofDungeons & Dragons, sometimes without players even realizing what they’re doing at first. There’s usually at least one metagamers in the pack when it comes to RPGs, which is the term for a person who uses their own knowledge ofDungeons & Dragons’rules to gain an advantage where they wouldn’t otherwise have one. That can apply to a ton of different in-game situations....

At this point, the MCU has such a wide reach that half of the actors in Hollywood have been involved in it at some point. As it turns out, the MCU specifically shares a lot of talent with one of the other biggest tentpoles in nerd culture -Lord of the Rings. This list will highlight all of the actors who have appeared in both the Marvel Cinematic Universe (sorry,X-Mendoesn’t count…at least not yet) andThe Lord of the Rings(includingThe Hobbittrilogy)....

Epic Games’Fortnitehas achieved a popularity that few games can rival. It’s absolutely everywhere, played and streamed by millions of players of all ages, and it’s so enmeshed in its own corner of gaming culture at this point thatEpic Games had to explain whyFortnitewasn’t available on Stadia. The developers ofFortnitehave kept up with this popularity by keeping the game fresh however they can. The map has undergone a complete overhaul and continues to change....

Summary FromSoftwarehas shot up the ranks to becomeone of the most reputed video game developers of the modern era. Ever since the release ofDark Souls, the developer has wowed players time and time again with its tough combat mechanics, amazing worldbuilding, engrossing lore, anda wealth of challenging boss fightsthat have become a staple of their games. Elden Ringis the game that has pushed the studio into the mainstream, with more and more fans checking out FromSoftware’s games for themselves and finding out why people love their hard yet fair combat....

Genshin Impactofficially confirmed the three four-star characters that will appear on the upcoming double banner. The previous live stream event already confirmed that the second phase of update 3.3 will have two very strong five-star characters, the Electro Archon Raiden Shogun and Ayato, the leader of the Kamisato Clan. This means thatGenshin Impactplayers who want to acquire the currently available limited five-stars, Wanderer and Itto, will have a couple of more days to do so as their banner is scheduled to expire around December 27....

Halo Infinitehas been a long time coming, with fans awaiting the follow-up toHalo 5for nearly 6 years now. While the game was originally supposed to launch alongside the Xbox Series X,Halo Infinitewas delayedso that 343 Industries could give it the love that it deserves. That tacked on an extra year to the development cycle, but it appears fans aren’t any less excited for it. Earlier today,Halo Infinitestarted trending after a viral tweet asked gamers what their most anticipated games of the year were from each of the major three game companies:Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo....