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  • Valve Addressed Fan Complaints Before The Artifact Beta Launched

    The beta for Valve’s new Dota 2-inspired card game Artifact went up yesterday, and before it launched, many players weren’t happy with all that was being offered. In a blog post, Valve addressed some of these complaints and said that more features will be arriving before the game’s official launch.

    Responding to three major complaints, Valve said they would add an option for players to draft with friends and a casual draft mode before the beta’s launch. Initially there was no option to draft with friends, nor practice draft modes without spending an event ticket. The third complaint Valve addressed was players’ inability to recycle duplicate cards. In response, Valve said they’d implement a new system where players could recycle cards for event tickets.

    Valve implemented the first two changes before the beta’s launch. The new recycling system is set to be implemented over the next week and half, along with further improvements.  

    The beta opened up yesterday for all players who redeemed a beta key or attended this year’s Dota 2 International. Artifact launches officially on November 28.

    For our first impressions of the game, go here, or check out our constantly-updating news hub for the latest on Valve’s foray in the trading card game. 

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  • Catch Up With The Horseman Of The Apocalypse In Darksiders III Intro Video

    Catch Up With The Horseman Of The Apocalypse In Darksiders III Intro Video

    The third installment of the Darksiders series is coming out next week. In anticipation of the launch, THQ Nordic released a three-minute intro to prepare you for the battle. Watch the video below to remind yourself of the characters and the world before picking up the game.

    Darksiders III releases November 27 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Watch our Darksiders III interview with David Adams to get the latest scoop on the game. You can also read about the two already-announced post-game DLC pieces for Darksiders III here. 

    [Source: THQ Nordic]

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  • Get The Intel On Rainbow Six Siege's Operation Wind Bastion

    Get The Intel On Rainbow Six Siege's Operation Wind Bastion

    Ubisoft has released details of Rainbow Six Siege’s last season of Year 3 content: Operation Wind Bastion, which introduces a new Fortress map along with two new operators: Nomad and Kaid.

    Take a look at the overview video above to get a rundown of the operators’ capabilities as well as the map itself.

    Ubisoft also says the season contains various quality-of-life improvements for users.

    The content goes to the game’s PC test server today before a full release expected in early December. At the time of this writing Ubisoft has not announced an official release date.

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  • Announcing HCS Grassroots – The Next Chapter of Halo Esports

    This weekend, DreamHack Atlanta saw the world’s best Halo 5: Guardians players and Halo legends come together for the Halo Championship Series 2018 Finals. The resulting action was a worthy community celebration, sending Halo 5: Guardians esports into the sunset in dramatic fashion.

    During the tournament, we were delighted to announce the next chapter of Halo esports: HCS Grassroots. Designed to help the community directly, this new initiative will assist tournament operators and content creators to continue to do what they love while introducing all-new opportunities for growth. Halo wouldn’t be what it is today without a rich history of community contribution, and we’re excited to continue fostering this spirit moving forward.

    HCS Grassroots is a partnership program where tournament organizers big and small, along with content creators, can apply for support from 343 Industries for the facilitation and promotion of their esports activities. For example, tournament organizers can receive assistance in the form of prize pool contributions, loaner consoles, social media promotion and sponsor acquisition support, while content creators can receive social media promotion, hosting opportunities on broadcast channels, graphics and content. Our goal is for these offerings to evolve over time alongside the support of our community and partners. Head to Halo.gg/Grassroots to apply, and for a full breakdown of the program check out Halo Waypoint.

    Our goal with HCS Grassroots is to give back to the community through the fostering and support of Halo’s diverse competitive community. We want to support all flavors of competitive multiplayer, from whether its Halo 5: Guardians or our first LAN event of the program – The Halo Classic, featuring Halo 3 from Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Whether you are brand new to Halo esports or have been part of the competitive scene since Halo: Combat Evolved, HCS Grassroots is here to grow your community. We’re thrilled to begin the next chapter of competitive Halo, and can’t wait to experience the action alongside you.

    For all the latest on the Halo Championship Series, keep it locked to Halo.gg and follow @HCS and @Halo on Twitter. For everything Halo, stay tuned to Halo Waypoint and Xbox Wire.

    See the rest of the story on Xbox Wire

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  • Review: Fallout 76 – A Shockingly Bad Attempt at Multiplayer Survival

    Nuclear hazard.

    Fallout 76 will be remembered as a defining moment for Bethesda Game Studios, and not in a good way. This entirely multiplayer take on the Fallout franchise is a technical failure stuffed to bursting point with bugs and performance issues. The real kicker, though, is that even without all of its glitches and frame rate problems, Fallout 76 would still feel like a janky, hollow cash in that fails to justify its existence on almost every level.

    The core of Fallout 76 is taken from Fallout 4 – an open world title that we rather liked. Although Fallout 4’s role-playing elements were disappointingly dialled back, its gameplay loop of exploring, shooting mutants, looting, completing quests, scavenging for resources, levelling up, and crafting was well done and addictive. This same gameplay loop is present in Fallout 76, but it’s placed in an open world that, in 2018, is woefully outdated both visually and mechanically.

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  • Review: Hitman 2 – More Darkly Amusing Murder

    Hit me baby one more time.

    Poor Sierra Knox. She lived her life as a successful racing car driver, and along with her father was a powerful figure within Kronstadt Industries, a tech firm making waves in the robotics field. She had it all: fame, money, power, and a name that made her sound a bit like a baddie from a Bond film. It’s everything a girl could ask for. And then out of nowhere an assassin dressed like a pink flamingo kicked her down an open trap door to her death. The ignominy of it all. Kicked down a trap door by a pink flamingo. He got away with it, too. “An accident,” they called it. Nobody ever suspects the pink flamingo.

    In a game that takes itself seriously, an amnesiac killer hunting down members of a cabal secretly pulling the strings on world politics from behind the scenes would be even more eye-roll inducing than the last season of Prison Break. Rather than settling for being a po-faced techno thriller, Hitman 2 – mercifully – knows exactly how ludicrous it is, embraces the absurdity, and at times, goes full tilt into black comedy territory. Murder has rarely been this amusing.

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  • Black Friday 2018: Sony's Big Black Friday Bundle Is Already Selling Out in USA

    Running thin.

    It’s not Black Friday 2018 yet, but Sony’s flagship holiday bundle is already selling out. In the United States, the platform holder launched its heavily promoted 1TB PS4 Slim Spider-Man bundle over the weekend, and you can’t get it from Amazon anymore. Stores all over the country are reporting sell-outs, and while you probably will be able to track down stock if you search for it, it’s clear that this is going to be a hot holiday offer.

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  • Lack of Subtitles in Spyro: Reignited Trilogy Is a Result of 'No Industry Standard'

    Activision fuels the fire.

    Spyro: Reignited Trilogy is out now, and it’s a gorgeous remake of the beloved PSone platformers. While many are enjoying their time with Spyro and Sparx, some are left flabbergasted by the apparent lack of subtitles across the three games. Some minor characters in the games have them, but the main cutscenes don’t, leaving those with hearing disabilities out in the cold.

    Gaming blog Gamepitt reached out to Activision regarding the omission, and received a short statement on the matter. Here’s what the publisher had to say:

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  • Black Friday 2018: Spider-Man PS4 Swings to Its Lowest Price Yet

    No excuses now.

    There’s never been a better time to nab one of the best games of the year, as Marvel’s Spider-Man has swung to an impressive £28.99 in the UK, making it a borderline no-brainer. You can grab the title from Amazon:

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  • Gigantic Fallout 76 PS4 Patch 1.02 Out Now, Promises Better Performance and Is Almost as Big as the Game

    Let’s hope it works.

    Fallout 76’s first post-launch patch is out now on PlayStation 4, and it weighs in at a whopping 47GB. This is the update that Bethesda says will improve the game’s performance, so let’s hope that the near constant stuttering and ridiculously low frame rates are eradicated with it installed.

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