October 2021 Archive
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- GoldenEye 007's German ban has lifted, fuelling speculation it'll arrive on Nintendo Switch Online
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Happy Home Paradise is the game's final paid DLC, introduces 8 new villagers
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- Resident Evil Village to receive free DLC
- Future Cyberpunk 2077 patches and DLC pushed into 2022
- Xbox Games with Gold November - Kingdom Two Crowns, Lego Batman 2, more
- More information on Multiversus, the Super Smash Bros-style game from Warner, has leaked
- Skyrim: Anniversary Edition features some Morrowind content and a new Mythic Dawn encounter
- Uncharted's Amy Hennig working on a new Marvel title at Skydance New Media
- What are you playing this weekend?
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- The Witcher season 2 has got a monstrous new trailer
- The Dark Pictures: The Devil In Me is the final part of the horror anthology's first season
- Weird West buckles up for a January 11 release
- Assassin's Creed Infinity won't be free-to-play, still very early in development
- The Diablo Immortal closed beta has gone live - alongside multiple gameplay changes
- The Division Heartland and the Prince of Persia remake have been delayed
- Bright Memory: Infinite gets a PC release date – but no news about Xbox launch
- Facebook is dropping the Oculus name from products and services following Meta rebrand
- Ubisoft takes aim at blockchain games to 'enable more play-to-earn' opportunities
- A new VR version of GTA: San Andreas is coming to the Oculus Quest 2
- Call of Duty Warzone's Caldera map dated, Vanguard owners get 24-hour early access
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- November PlayStation Plus line-up confirmed
- Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and Temple of Osiris coming to Nintendo Switch
- Battlefield 2042 video provides first in-depth look at three of the launch maps
- Apex Legends: Escape gameplay and everything you need to know about season 11
- Vicarious Visions set to undergo a name change
- Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick asks for salary cut in wake of ongoing legal battles
- Rise of the Tomb Raider will be free on PC for Prime members starting next week
- There's a free demo of Metroid Dread available to download right now
- According to Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre is creating "Great F-cking music" for GTA 6
- The PS5 has sold 13.4 million units, according to a new earnings report
- Resident Evil Village has now shipped 5 million units, selling faster than Resident Evil 7
- KartRider: Drift – a free-to-play kart racer – lands on PS4 and PS5 in 2022
- Got an Apple Music subscription? You can now download it on your PS5
- Little Devil Inside's latest trailer is all kinds of weird and wonderful
- Deathverse: Let It Die brings online action to PS4 and PS5 in 2022
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- The King of Fighters 15 is getting an open beta on PlayStation systems in November
- Star Ocean: The Divine Force announced for PC, PlayStation and Xbox
- Free Bugsnax update takes you to Isle of Bigsnax next year
- Death's Door is coming to PS4, PS5, and Switch next month
- Final Fantasy 5 releases as part of the pixel remaster series in November
- Stadia is experimenting with 30-minute game demos and kicks things off with Hello Engineer
- Grab a bucket - The PS Plus line-up for November has been leaked
- A new PlayStation State of Play is happening today - watch it here
- Guardians of the Galaxy team praised for properly crediting trans dev who left during development
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure could be the next PlayStation game to launch on PC
- Ubisoft is taunting Far Cry 6 players for dropping the game
- The Division 2's next big update and new game mode delayed into February 2022
- Back 4 Blood has attracted over 6 million players
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- Returnal now has a suspend cycle feature along with Photo Mode
- Blizzard has canceled next year's BlizzConline
- Shadow Warrior 3 delayed into early next year
- Native Twitch streaming is coming back to Xbox
- Hitman 3 Season of Wrath is the final Seven Deadly Sins Act and it's live
- There's a game based on A Quiet Place in the works
- Destiny 2 PC players - don't tab out before crucible matches
- There's a new campaign trailer for Halo Infinite, and it looks awesome
- Here are the rest of the Steam Sale dates for 2021
- Activision Blizzard's attempt to pause California sexual harassment lawsuit rejected by judge
- Apex Legends' Escape has an exciting new gameplay trailer
- You've got just over a week to change your Battle.net name for free
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- Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition PC specs have been released
- Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy reviews round-up - all the scores
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy review: one of the best story-focused games of the year - with some catches
- Age of Empires 4 reviews round-up - all the scores
- We're getting a look at Halo Infinite campaign gameplay today
- Age of Empires 4 review — A learning experience
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- Graphics card and CPU shortages may last until at least 2023, says Intel
- Xbox is collaborating on a Wu-Tang themed action-RPG – report
- Payday 3 is set in New York, stars the original gang
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- Xbox October update adds 4K Dashboard, Night Mode, and more
- Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp delayed to spring 2022
- Pokemon Go Festival of Lights and Shinx Community Day coming in November
- Overwatch’s McCree gets a name change next week
- What are you playing this weekend?
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- Horde Mode comes to Doom Eternal next week alongside 6.66 update
- CD Projekt has acquired the studio behind The Flame in the Flood
- NetEase acquires Suda51’s Grasshopper Manufacture
- Valheim devs tease Mistlands update with images of the mountain biome
- PlayStation's next State of Play will air October 27
- ConcernedApe’s Haunted Chocolatier is the next game from the Stardew Valley creator
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes review - caught between a video game and a movie
- GTA 3 and San Andreas Definitive Editions coming to PlayStation Now and Game Pass, respectively
- GTA: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition out digitally in November followed by a physical release in December
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Sora Impressions - How good is the game's final fighter?
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- Fortnite Shipwreck Cove guide - How to visit Shipwreck Cove
- Among Us releases for PlayStation and Xbox consoles in December
- Tiny Tina's Wonderlands classes, environments, spells, and melee mechanics revealed
- GTA Online Slashers and Phantom Car Halloween Events: How to spawn slashers
- Fortnite Spirit Vessel locations and how to use a Shadow Stone to recover a Spirit Vessel
- Pokemon Legends: Arceus video shows off Hisuian Zorua and Hisuian Zoroark
- Performance, UI, Commorose, squad play and everything else DICE learned from the Battlefield 2042 beta
- One of Battlefield 2042's Specialists can basically wallhack
- GTA Online UFO Event: All UFO locations
- Here's an official look at the Uncharted movie trailer
- Fallout 76 is free to play now through October 25
- Saints Row opening mission gameplay has been revealed
- Amazon will now let you transfer between New World servers, regional transfers coming at some point
- The Uncharted movie trailer has leaked –?and it looks pretty authentic to the games
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- Sea of Thieves is celebrating reaching 25 million players by handing out gold and Doubloons
- Microsoft Flight Simulator Game of the Year Edition coming soon
- Starfield video introduces you to the game's Settled Systems
- Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 won't arrive on PS5 or Xbox Series X/S until next year
- God of War is coming to PC in January
- Warzone Spectral Blast and how to play as a ghost in Warzone
- Where to find candy in Fortnite to complete Hollowhead's quests
- No Man's Sky's latest expedition introduces ridable sandworms
- EA opens new studio in Seattle to work on first-person games, led by Marcus Lehto
- There's a new PS5 firmware update
- Xbox Game Pass subscriptions miss Microsoft's target
- You can't get Dying Light on Switch via EU eShop because the game is banned in Germany
- Destiny 2 will charge you extra for dungeons from Witch Queen expansion onwards – and fans aren't happy
- Activision has fired "more than 20 employees" following harassment allegations
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- Fortnite Ghostbusters Containment Specialist Quests: Where to find Seismographs, mini-Pufts, and Ghost Traps
- Fortnite The Oracle Speaks guide - How to complete all Dark Jonesey quests
- Fortnite Ariana Grande Monster Hunter Quests: How to reveal the Command Symbol
- One of the year's best games headlines October Game Pass titles
- A new Splinter Cell is in development - report
- Riders Republic is free to play for a week
- The Witcher 3 - Game of the Year Edition rated for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S
- Twitch’s ‘no ban list’ intended to keep key talent from leaving the streaming platform
- GTA Trilogy datamine suggests upgraded visuals and GTA 5-style controls for the remasters
- I’m tumbling back down the Pokemon Cards rabbit hole, but I wish they weren’t so hard to get hold of
- The Haunting returns to Call of Duty Warzone today, introduces Scream, Donnie Darko and more
- Valve is reviewing the entire Steam library for Steam Deck compatibility
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- Outriders arrives on Xbox Game Pass for PC tomorrow
- Miss the Xbox 360’s blades? Well they’re back… on the Xbox website
- Salt and Sacrifice will be exclusive to Epic Games Store on PC
- Ash is Apex Legends' next playable hero, Season 11 trailer coming later this week
- Genshin Impact Wishes - How to unlock Tuned to the World's Sounds
- Tales Of Arise breaks series records, Madden NFL 22 2nd highest-selling game of 2021 - NPD
- Elden Ring delayed to February
- Elden Ring gets free closed network test, coming to consoles in November
- Square Enix once again hints that Final Fantasy 14 could come to Xbox
- Guardians of the Galaxy PC specs revealed, needs 150GB disc space
- Call of Duty: Warzone and Vanguard's Ricochet anti-cheat leak was planned
- Gotham Knights trailer reminds us it's about the Court of Owls
- 30 seconds of terrible quality Elden Ring gameplay have leaked
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- Ubisoft may have leaked the Rainbow Six Extraction release date
- FIFA issues statement taking shots at EA's dominance of football games
- Minecraft Dungeons is getting seasons, a battle pass and more
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- Minecraft’s Caves & Cliffs: Part 2 coming soon, The Wild update and Allay mob coming in 2022
- Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League trailer released out of DC FanDome
- Minecraft coming to Game Pass PC in a bundle that includes both the Java and Bedrock Editions
- Steam has banned games based on blockchain tech with NFTs, but Epic seems down with adding them to its store
- Epic Games will give you a $10 Epic Coupon if you sign up for its emails
- What are you playing this weekend?
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- The Invincible teaser gives us a look at the upcoming sci-fi thriller where your choices have consequences
- Far Cry 6 Seeds of Love - All Lorenzo's children locations
- The Froggy Chair is finally coming to Animal Crossing New Horizons
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise is paid DLC coming in November
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons free update lands on November 5
- The Xbox Series X replica mini fridge goes on pre-sale next week
- Back 4 Blood review - modern co-op done right
- Sony brings back the PS5 register to buy program
- Watch the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct here
- Lego review rejects sets based on Zelda, Metroid, Animal Crossing, and Among Us - they won't be released
- Back 4 Blood's first hotfix makes it so you're not running into special zombies constantly
- Dungeon Encounters is interesting, deep, and probably the most mechanically rich Square Enix game in years
- Progress-blocking bug found in Metroid Dread, but you can avoid it
- Call of Duty: Warzone and Vanguard anti-cheat Ricochet seemingly leaked and is being reverse-engineered
- Crysis Remastered Trilogy review - defying time
- Crysis Remastered Trilogy - Three classic shooters now better than ever
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- Call of Duty: Vanguard's Zombies mode revealed in new trailer
- Baldur's Gate 3 update overhauls visuals, adds Sorcerer class and new area to explore
- FIFA 22 Best Pre-Contract and Free Agent Signings: Where to find the best free transfers
- Battlefield 2042’s Hazard Zone finally detailed – Tarkov meets The Division’s Dark Zone
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Borderlands 3, and Dirt 5 are free to play with Xbox Gold and Ultimate
- Solar Ash delayed to December
- Monster Hunter Rise PC demo now available on Steam
- New Saints Row footage shows off vehicles and car combat
- Call of Duty: Warzone and Vanguard get kernel-level anti-cheat dubbed Ricochet
- ResetEra gaming forum sold for $4.5 million
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- Skyrim Anniversary Edition could leave many mods behind
- Disney teases new Star Wars video game reveal for December 14
- Final Fantasy 14 becomes most profitable entry in the series thanks to exceeding 24 million players
- EA and FIFA renewal talks stall over football organization asking $1 billion for the license - report
- Ubisoft delays Ghost Recon Frontline closed tester which was set to kick off tomorrow
- World War 3 closed beta test kicks off on November 25
- Sony giving away free games to PS Plus members to celebrate PlayStation VR's fifth anniversary
- 7 Best Switch OLED games that will pop on your new OLED screen
- A Little Golf Journey is the relaxing Switch game I didn't know I wanted
- Undead Labs and ArenaNet founder Jeff Strain's new studio hires an abundance of talent
- Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Hands-on | Another promising expansion awaits
- Call of Duty: Vanguard Zombies reveal happening tomorrow
- Avowed is an action RPG that borrows from Skyrim and The Outer Worlds - report
- The VG247 Gear List: the best gaming hardware used by the team
- Battlefield 2042's Hazard Zone is finally being revealed tomorrow
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- Epic finally admits Fortnite's Imposters mode was inspired by Among Us
- Destiny 2's Festival of the Lost kicks off today with dino-inspired duds
- Nvidia DLSS being added to 10 more titles including Back 4 Blood and Baldur’s Gate 3
- Hearthstone Mercenaries List: All abilities and characters
- Check out the action-packed Guardians of the Galaxy launch trailer
- Back 4 Blood tips: unlocking Prepper Stash doors, sharing ammo, Supply Point farming and healing trauma
- 42 new names for FIFA that EA can use free of charge
- Pokemon Go Halloween 2021 event tasks you with sizing up your pumpkins
- FIFA 23 may end up being called EA Sports FC, per new EA trademarks
- Take a look at some of the rebooted Saints Row gameplay here
- Monster Hunter Rise cross-play and cross-save between PC and Switch not possible, says Capcom
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- There's a SpongeBob Squarepants Xbox Series X now, because of course there is
- Evil Genius 2 plots to take over consoles in November
- Epic Games eyes Fortnite movie as it begins expansion into wider entertainment media
- Check out the Call of Duty: Vanguard story trailer here
- PETA calls for Ubisoft to take the cockfighting mini-game out of Far Cry 6
- Shareholders have pressured Microsoft into re-thinking its approach to right to repair
- New World Sliver of Adderstone - How to find and farm Sliver of Adderstone
- GTA: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition will cost $70, physical versions coming December – report
- PlayStation 4 copies of Far Cry 6 not upgrading to PS5 versions for some UK customers
- New World players are getting opponents banned to win PvP wars
- Riders Republic is free to play for 24 hours starting tomorrow
- New World backtracks on region transfers, screwing players
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- Sony's Jim Ryan wants "hundreds of millions" of people to have access to PlayStation titles
- Metroid Dread proves that Samus is cooler than Master Chief
- Codemasters is hiring staff for its “most ambitious and biggest game” yet
- California issues formal objection to Activision Blizzard’s $18 million settlement
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- Apex Legends is getting into the Halloween spirit with the Monsters Within event
- Back 4 Blood players a bit miffed over lack of single-player progression, but changes may be coming
- Pokemon Legends: Arceus isn't an open-world game after all
- What are you playing this weekend?
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- Sony's Play at Home Initiative saw 60 million games redeemed
- By cycling GTA Online Jobs and Adversary modes, Rockstar is freeing up space for new missions and modes
- The soundtrack to Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy has some really great 80s tunes
- Switch OLED model features improved Joy-Con controllers, but drift could still become an issue
- Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition officially announced
- Back 4 Blood is the best feeling FPS on console I've played in ages
- Resident Evil 7 has sold over 10 million copies
- Marvel’s Avengers is breaking promises and angering fans with paid boosts - but what really matters is balance
- Twitch resets stream keys following major hack, just to be cautious
- Yakuza series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi confirms his departure from Sega
- Let’s Play Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl - more than a hit of nostalgia?
- Destiny 2's Forsaken campaign and the Tangled Shore are going away
- Battlefield 2042 open beta delayed slightly
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- Xbox is celebrating its 20th Anniversary by releasing a new controller and headset
- Gearbox Software gets a new president as Randy Pitchford moves to head up Gearbox Studios team
- Resident Evil movie trailer welcomes you to Raccoon City
- Riders Republic Year 1 roadmap contains all sorts of free and paid content
- Watch Cosmo the space dog fetch and chase his tail in this Guardians of the Galaxy cutscene
- Battlefield 2042 has frustratingly done away with some of Battlefield 5's best gameplay mechanics
- EA is considering renaming the FIFA franchise
- New World Relics of the Tower and how to beat Taskmaster Holm
- New PS5 firmware update does the you know what
- VG247 is at EGX 2021 with a test of retro gaming knowledge - watch it live at 3:30 PM BST
- Babylon's Fall updates visuals so they're no longer a blurry mess
- Steam Deck teardown shows the hardware's insides, begs you not to do it yourself
- Twitch confirms massive leak is real as it scrambles to understand its extent
- Universal Studios' Japanese theme park is getting Pokemon attractions in 2022
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- The first major patch for FIFA 22 has been released and it's a big one
- Here's a look at The Witcher 3 running on Steam Deck
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct is coming October 15
- Monster Hunter Rise shipments now total 7.5 million units
- Metroid Dread reviews round-up, all the scores
- New World Thick Hide - Where to find Thick Hide and how to level Tracking and Skinning
- Switch OLED review: a far more impressive upgrade than I’d imagined
- Metroid Dread review: a strong adventure that’ll delight fans
- Far Cry 6 reviews round-up, all the scores
- Everything we learned from playing the Battlefield 2042 beta early
- Matchmaking, VOIP, PS5 adaptive triggers and all other Battlefield 2042 open beta known issues
- We still have plenty of unanswered questions about Battlefield 2042
- Far Cry 6 review - Chaos in paradise
- Twitch source code, streamer earning information leaked – report
- Sony is halting card and PayPal payments on the PS3 and Vita stores later this month
- GTA Trilogy remaster references appear in Rockstar Launcher as new achievements and artwork surface
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- Kingdom Hearts collections coming to Nintendo Switch via Cloud
- Ghost Recon Frontline, is a new free-to-play, massive PvP shooter set in the Ghost Recon universe
- Battlefield 2042 open beta pre-load is live, but a couple of issues have cropped up
- Back 4 Blood, Destiny 2: Beyond Light for PC, and more coming to Xbox Game Pass
- Battlefield 2042's $70 standard edition on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S now includes last-gen version
- The final Super Smash Bros. Ultimate character is Sora from Kingdom Hearts
- Warframe codes for free Glyphs and more [October 2021]
- New World trials - Trial of the Gladiator and Trial of the Scrivener
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC - watch the final character reveal here
- Jett: The Far Shore reviews round-up, all the scores
- New World is implementing new measures to crack down on players going AFK
- Elden Ring producer shares more details about the game’s “unusual map”
- BPM: Bullets Per Minute PS5 gameplay - the innovative FPS hits consoles
- Forza Horizon 5 improves its character customization, changes progression for the better
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- Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires comes West in February 2022
- Microsoft is using information tags to make the Xbox Game Store more accessible
- New World Overseer Zane - Overseer Zane spawn rate and location
- Genshin Impact update 2.2 brings a new location, a new character and more later this month
- New World Void Metal - Where to find Void Metal and what it does
- EGX 2021 kicks off later this week –?check out the schedule and get your tickets here
- Achievements are finally coming to Epic Games Store next week
- All Destiny 2 Emblem codes and Shader codes for October 2021
- Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin is an Epic Games Store exclusive on PC
- Marvel Future Revolution Coupon Codes for Gold, Potential Reports, and more
- Sakurai encourages everyone to watch Smash Bros.' final character reveal 'even if you don't play'
- All Castle Clash codes and Magic Lab codes for free Gems and more [October 2021]
- Jett: The Far Shore review impressions - This game really doesn't want me to like it
- Alan Wake Remastered review - It's made me realise I was right to love the original so much
- NBA 2K22 locker codes for free players, banners, markers, and more
- Wanted: Dead is a stylish action game from ex-Ninja Gaiden devs with a lot of limb-chopping
- New World's full servers won't accept new character creations, as game sets new Steam record
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- Here's your first look at River City Girls 2
- Final Fantasy 7: The First Soldier arrives on iOS and Android in November
- Final Fantasy 16's main scenario is complete, ‘only has a few quality improvements left’
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- A Game Trials feature has been added to PlayStation 5, but there's one drawback
- EA adds Battlefield 1, Dragon Age: Inquisition, and more titles to GeForce Now
- The Haul is new online marketplace for pop culture enthusiasts and convention-goers
- Bloober Team teases next entry in the Layers of Fear universe
- Steam Next Fest: October Edition - here's just sampling of the demos available
- What are you playing this weekend?
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- Castlevania reimagining and Metal Gear 3 remake in the works at Konami - report
- New World Boatswain Ambrose - Where to find Boatswain Ambrose
- Let’s play Lemnis Gate, a new type of FPS on Game Pass that'll mess with your mind
- New World server transfer feature in the works as developers work to combat queue times
- Twitch will soon let viewers pay to advertise streamer channels
- Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin looks a lot better in TGS trailer, coming March 18
- Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin brings a little FF13 to its world - hands-on
- Capcom is asking players about PC-Switch cross-play and cross-save in Monster Hunter Rise
- Call of Duty: Warzone Season 6 turns Verdansk upside down, brings last Zombies map to Black Ops Cold War
- Life is Strange Wavelengths is the ending Before the Storm needed