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Hot Wheels Unleashed Update 1.09 Drives Out This January 14 (Update)

Milestone has delivered another Hot Wheels Unleashed patch this week, which makes htis the second title update of the week! The Hot Wheels Unleashed update 1.09 patch is live now on all platforms, and is a small download.

Hot Wheels Unleashed Update 1.09 Patch Notes:

Size: 270MB (PC)

Update: Per the PS4 update history:

Fixed a problem with local liveries preventing the game to start up.


Unfortunately, Milestone has not released the official patch notes for today’s update just yet. We expeting it to be for bug fixes more than anything else.

There is a Hot Wheels Unleashed design competittion on-going right now wheere players can see their in-game creations turn into physical die-cast models.

Details on that:

The contest runs between January 14, 2022 and February 14, 2022. Participants will design a livery for the Hot Wheels® Rodger Dodger™ die-cast model using the in-game Livery Editor. The winning Rodger Dodger will be transformed into a real Hot Wheels toy (scale 1:64) available for purchase globally in December 2022.

You can read more about that here.

For those unaware, there was a patch released yesterday, January 13, which included the following changes:

Community liveries:

  1. Fixed cached liveries not correctly displayed for some users.
    Previously downloaded community liveries should now appear correctly for everyone.

Multiplayer:

  1. Improved the UI of the multiplayer main page.
    We added some information about the currently equipped vehicle and the player profile.
  2. Improved track selection logics for multiplayer races.
    In the Track Voting page, we added one slot for the community  tracks and retuned the randomization logic to increase the variety of available tracks.
  3. Fixed Rare cars showing up as Secrets in lobby.

Other UI / UX:

  1. Added prices to the DLC page.
    Now each DLC will show the price taken from its corresponding platform store.
  2. Split Screen: fixed the controller selection menu to correctly display available options.
  3. Added Player’s Profile customizations (icon, background and tag) to the leaderboards and UGC pages.
  4. Added an indicator in the HUD of point-to-point races to show the percentage of the track completed. 
  5. In track selection, added an icon to distinguish point-to-point and circuits tracks.

Various:

  1. Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements. 

PC Version only:

  1. Added support for less common resolution monitors 

If we get more details regarding today’s patch, we’ll be sure to update the post.

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Uncharted Movie Theatrical Poster Released Featuring the Entire Cast

The Uncharted movie gets a new theatrical poster featuring the entire cast, with Holland as Nathan Drake and alongside other co-stars like Mark Wahlberg, Antonio Banderas, Sophia Ali, and Tati Gabrielle.

Here’s the new theatrical poster below as shared by the filmmakers on social media.

Serving as a prequel and companion piece to Naught Dog’s critically acclaimed Uncharted video game series, the live-action Uncharted film sees Tom Holland portraying a young Nathan Drake — who is joined by Mark Wahlberg’s Sully as they embark on a journey that involves the “greatest treasure never found”.

Street-smart thief Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter Victor “Sully” Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg) to recover a fortune lost by Ferdinand Magellan 500 years ago. What starts as a heist job for the duo becomes a globe-trotting, white-knuckle race to reach the prize before the ruthless Moncada (Antonio Banderas), who believes he and his family are the rightful heirs. If Nate and Sully can decipher the clues and solve one of the world’s oldest mysteries, they stand to find $5 billion in treasure and perhaps even Nate’s long-lost brother…but only if they can learn to work together.

The Uncharted movie will hit theaters on February 18. Check out the latest theatrical trailer here.

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God of War PC Was in Development for 2 Years, PlayStation Studios Pushed for Release

Santa Monica Studio has released some details with the re-release of one of their most iconic titles with God of War now available on PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. Apparently, the port was developed in two years, with PlayStation Studios pushing for the release and wanting to make their games available to a wider audience.

In an interview with Game Informer, Santa Monica Creative Director Cory Balrog explained that they had put so much extra effort to bring the once PlayStation-exclusive title to the PC.

 I think it was the collective of studios all over saying this is a really good idea. We should be looking into this. Eventually, I think it reached that tipping point. When we had sent so many suggestion box suggestions that they were like, “I’m tired of hearing all this. Fine, we’ll do this.” It’s a process. We’re still figuring it out as a company and as individual studios how to do this and what the process and strategy will be.

As one of the biggest games released in 2018 and winning multiple awards including Game of the Year, God of War is a continuation of the story of Kratos. The former Spartan warrior now lives in the realm of the Norse Gods and raises a son named Atreus. The developers worked on the port for two years, adding new features such as high fidelity graphics and ultra widescreen support while also allowing players to customize their control setup or even play with a mouse and keyboard if they wish.

If you’re planning to get God of War for PC, take note of the download size for the game here.

Source: Game Informer

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COD Mobile Season 1 Release Date Set for January 19, Here’s What’s to Expect

Activision will be releasing Call of Duty (COD) Mobile Season 1 next week, January 19, and with it comes a new Battle Pass, Lunar New Year events and a similarly themed new version of Nuketown, extra Battle Royale content, and more. Check out more details on Heist, Season 1 of COD Mobile, below.

Here are some of the features of Season 1 of COD Mobile:

  • New Maps
  • Hacienda – First appearing in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Hacienda takes Operators to the estate of a crime lord set in the Spanish countryside. Battle through a lavish vineyard, the boathouse, the arsenal, and for risk-takers, the highly contested central courtyard.
  • Nuketown Temple – Arriving later in the season, experience Nuketown like never before with a new setting celebrating the Lunar New Year. The usually isolated site is now in the middle of the city, with new architecture, props, and the same chaotic pace that the map is known and loved for.
  • New Events: Winter Wish and the Lunar New Year Puzzle –In the Winter Wish event, players may choose their favorite rewards from a pool of items, then complete missions to acquire tokens to spend on unlocking those items. For the Lunar New Year Puzzle, players earn tokens for completing different tasks, slowly revealing the puzzle over time and earning rewards in the process.
  • New Themed MP Mode – Red Envelope Confirmed – Launching at the end of the month, players battle it out in a 10v10 Kill Confirmed themed for the Lunar Year of the Tiger. Collect red envelopes in place of dog tags and discover the hidden Easter Egg to launch fireworks in celebration of a new beginning. Collect enough envelopes to earn additional rewards like credits and cosmetics.
  • Battle Royale Updates – Both Isolated and Blackout maps will receive cosmetic and themed updates to reflect the Lunar New Year celebrations. Players on Isolated may also participate in a snowboarding mini-game that is exclusive to that map.

In addition to all of the new stuff, players can also expect many updates and improvements to the game in this release on top of New Seasonal Challenges, Lucky Draws, Bundles, and more available in the store once the Season begins.

In case you missed it, the latest COD Warzone patch just dropped yesterday, and you can find the complete patch notes and details here.

Source: Call of Duty

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Chyna’s Twitter Pushing for Inclusion in WWE 2K22 Roster

While we have to wait for a few more weeks until the full WWE 2K22 roster is revealed, many fans are still wanting to know who made the cut. There is one current WWE Hall of Fame inductee that fans are hoping will be included in the game’s final roster count, and that is Chyna (real nameJoan Marie Laurer).

Even though Chyna passed away a few years ago, she continues to be one of the most recognized female WWE wrestlers of all-time. The official Chyna Twitter page is now campaigning for her to be included in the main WWE 2K22 roster. You can read the tweet posted down below.

The last two times that Chyna was included in the video games were 2019’s release of WWE 2K20 and 2020’s WWE 2K Battlegrounds. Hopefully she can be in the main game, or she could be added later as DLC.

As of right now, WWE 2K22 isn’t coming out until March 2022. Later this month we are expecting to hear more news about the game during January’s Royal Rumble event.

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Marvel’s Avengers Next Update Out Next Week Says Crystal Dynamics

While we’re just two weeks in the new year, Crystal Dynamics is already preparing the Marvel’s Avengers next update which is due sometime next week! For those keeping count, this is the second title update the game has gotten this first month of 2022, though the one released in January 6 was mostly for backend fixes.

This was confirmed by a Crystal Dynamics PR rep over on Twitch:

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Unfortunately, there is no confirmation what exactly this patch will contain and what issues it will fix. The latest title update which included gameplay tweaks was back in December 14, and had the following list of known issues that are being investigated by the dev team:

  • In Discordant Sound Raid, the bubble in the first puzzle area sometimes doesn’t appear, blocking progress.
  • On rare occasions, players may get stuck after completing the campaign.
  • Players may load into unintended areas in the Discordant Sound Raid.
  • Performance issues on PS4/PS5.

Once more details are revealed, we’ll let our readers know.

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Dying Light 2 Post-Launch Support to Last at Least 5 Years, Xbox One Gameplay Out Later This Month

Regardless if you liked the first Dying Light or not, it’s hard to argue agains the fact that Techland did an amazing job supporting the game post-launch. Today, the studio gave a guarantee (sort of) that Dying Light 2 post-launch support will last for at least five years!

This announcement was made over on Twitter, where the studio mentioned that there will be new stories, locations and more incoming after the game has released.

Want to know what will happen AFTER the premiere? We guarantee to expand the world of Dying Light 2 Stay Human for at least 5 years post launch with new stories, locations, in-game events and all the fun stuff you love!

That’s not only the big Dying Light 2 news that’s out today. Just yesterday, Techland showed us our first look at last-gen gameplay and even a comparison on how the PS4 version looked against the PS5. Over on the game’s official Discord channel, Techland’s “Uncy” confirmed that the footage yesterday was PS4, and that we’ll be getting Xbox One gameplay footage later this month.

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That’s definitely good news for those considering getting the game on Microsoft’s last-gen platform. Of course, given how the studio also confirmed that cross-gen gaming and crossplay won’t be available at launch, players will want to make sure which platform they get the game on.

Dying Light 2 will be released this February 4, 2022 on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, and PC.

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Monster Hunter Rise Concurrent Players Hit 109K on Steam

The Monster Hunter franchise reigns supreme in one of the biggest gaming platforms, as the newest title Monster Hunter Rise hits 109K concurrent players on Steam. This makes it the second biggest Capcom game on the platform just behind Monster Hunter World!

Posted on a thread on ResetEra by user dex3108, MHR has taken up a huge amount of players on Steam, with over 109,000 players playing the game and peaking actively with every update on the chart. This is in stark contrast to Capcom’s other big release last year in Resident Evil Village, which only has over a 1,500 players and peaked at 106,000 plus users in the last six months. Monster Hunter World still rules the charts with an all-time peak of 334,000 plus users in the past 4 years. However, it only has a concurrent player count of over 26,500 players right now.

Monster Hunter Rise was first released for the Nintendo Switch before getting ported over to PC this week. Here’s the overview from the game’s official Steam page.

Rise to the challenge and join the hunt! In Monster Hunter Rise, the latest installment in the award-winning and top-selling Monster Hunter series, you’ll become a hunter, explore brand new maps and use a variety of weapons to take down fearsome monsters as part of an all-new storyline. The PC release also comes packed with a number of additional visual and performance enhancing optimizations.

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New God of War PC Update v1.0.1 Punches Out This January 14

Those playing Sony Santa Monica’s excellent God of War on PC, the game just got a new patch! The new God of War PC Update v1.0.1 patch is live on Steam and includes a short list of fixes.

New God of War PC Update v1.0.1 Patch Notes | God of War PC January 14 Patch Notes:

If you have preloaded God of War, you will have this small update before launching the game. If you have not downloaded God of War, this version will be incorporated into the general download.

Please restart Steam to receive the update immediately.

Patch Notes:
Performance Improvements
  • Fixed an issue that could cause performance degradations after prolonged play sessions
  • Fixed an HDR issue that could cause scenes to be too dark
  • Fixed a few issues that were causing sporadic crashes

That’s about it. While PlayStation gamers might see the game as “old” by now, PC gamers are in for a treat, as God of War is not only a succesful semi-reboot for the franchise, but it’s an outstanding game in its own right.

As for the latest game in the saga, God of War Ragnarok is set to hit the PS4 and PS5 later this year.

Source: Steam

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Rumor: Respawn Entertainment New Game Is a First-Person Shooter Focused on ‘Mobility’ & ‘Style’

A report has emerged with new details on the Respawn Entertainment new game: firstly, its development is still being continued despite the departure of one of the game’s senior leads. The next is that the game’s focuses were revealed, with the studio going with ‘mobility’ and ‘style’ for this new FPS project.

According to story by VentureBeat, the game was already confirmed not to be a Titanfall sequel and something new, with writer Jeff Grubb stating that it has an emphasis on mobility and style. The project has a target window of somewhere between 2024 and 2025, and was being lead by director Mohammad Alavi before he announced that he was leaving Respawn Entertainment earlier this week.

While Alavi’s departure leaves the project without a director, Respawn Entertainment is actively continuing development on the new FPS game while remaining tightlipped about the details. In the report by VentureBeat, all that can be confirmed is that it is being developed alongside the sequel to Jedi: Fallen Order and that it is definitely a single-player experience.

As is with everything unconfirmed, take this one with a grain of salt until officially confirmed.

While Respawn Entertainment continues developing new games, it is also constantly updating and working on Apex Legends, with the PS5 version spotted and reported to be 80GB in size.

Source: Venture Beat

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Destiny 2 Xur Location Today January 14, 2022 (And What Xur Is Selling)

It’s Friday and for Destiny 2 players, this means Xur is back to sell his wares!  If you’re asking what Xur is selling in Destiny 2 this week and where he’s holed up, we’re here to help! The MP1st Destiny 2 Xur location today January 14, 2021 post is live, and you can check out Xur’s list of items this week in one handy list below.

Destiny 2 Xur Location Today January 14, 2022 (And What Xur Is Selling):

Xûr, Agent of the Nine

Description:

A peddler of strange curios, Xûr’s motives are not his own. He bows to his distant masters, the Nine.

Location:

Winding Cove, EDZ


Exotic Gear:

Name Type MOB RES REC DIS INT STR Total Cost
Exotic Engram Engram 97 Legendary Shards
Sweet Business Primary Auto Rifle 29 Legendary Shards
Gwisin Vest Hunter Chest Armor 9 8 17 7 19 6 66 23 Legendary Shards
Armamentarium Titan Chest Armor 10 12 12 11 2 20 67 23 Legendary Shards
Vesper of Radius Warlock Chest Armor 2 10 22 16 12 2 64 23 Legendary Shards

Legendary Weapons:

Name Type Cost
Jian 7 Rifle Energy Pulse Rifle 50 Legendary Shards & 1000 Glimmer
Seventh Seraph Officer Revolver Primary Hand Cannon 50 Legendary Shards & 1000 Glimmer
False Promises Primary Auto Rifle 50 Legendary Shards & 1000 Glimmer
Timelines’ Vertex Energy Fusion Rifle 50 Legendary Shards & 1000 Glimmer
Seventh Seraph CQC-12 Energy Shotgun 50 Legendary Shards & 1000 Glimmer
Seventh Seraph SAW Heavy Machine Gun 50 Legendary Shards & 1000 Glimmer
Swarm of the Raven Heavy Grenade Launcher 50 Legendary Shards & 1000 Glimmer

Legendary Armor:

Name Type Cost
Righteous Grips Hunter Gauntlets 50 Legendary Shards & 1000 Glimmer
Righteous Vest Hunter Chest Armor 50 Legendary Shards & 1000 Glimmer
Righteous Cloak Hunter Hunter Cloak 50 Legendary Shards & 1000 Glimmer
Righteous Mask Hunter Helmet 50 Legendary Shards & 1000 Glimmer
Righteous Strides Hunter Leg Armor 50 Legendary Shards & 1000 Glimmer

Exotic Ciphers:

Name Type Cost
A Question Quest Step

What’s a Xûr?

Xûr, Agent of the Nine, is a strange vendor who randomly appears in a Public Sector on one of the Worlds. Xûr sells Exotic equipment and only takes Legendary Shards in exchange for them.

TL;DR: He’s the Santa Claus of Destiny and every weekend is Christmas. Sometimes he brings you what you want, sometimes he brings you coal. Mostly it’s coal.

When does Xûr visit?

Xûr visits every Friday at 17:00 UTC and departs at Weekly Reset (Tuesday 17:00 UTC). If you would like to see all the live conversions of Time Zones, please follow this link here.

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Final Fantasy 14 Oceania Servers Will Open on January 25

The long-awaited release of the Final Fantasy 14 Oceania servers have been given a proper date, and that is coming in less than two weeks! On January 25, players can populate the new Oceania servers, with Square Enix releasing more details on everything players can get with new characters.

As noted in the official announcement post, here are the new Worlds coming with the release of the Oceania servers:

New Data Center / New Worlds

New Physical Data Center

  • Oceanian Data Center

New Logical Data Center on the Oceanian Data Center

  • Materia

New Worlds on the Materia Data Center

  • Bismarck
  • Ravana
  • Sephirot
  • Sophia
  • Zurvan

Character Creation Bonuses on New Worlds

Creating a character on a newly established World will grant the bonuses outlined below.

Please note the ability to use the Home World Transfer Service to transfer to the new Worlds will not be available immediately after the opening of the Data Center, but will begin Tuesday, January 25 around 10:00 p.m. (PST).

Character Creation Bonuses on New Worlds

Bonuses awarded at character creation

  • Double EXP bonus (until level 80 is reached)
  • Gift of 10 silver chocobo feathers, exchangeable for low-mid level gear to improve the leveling experience

Bonuses for characters created during bonus period that attain level 30 in any class

  • Gift of 1,000,000 gil (*1)
  • Gift of 15 days of free play time (*2)

*1 Limited to once per service account.
*2 Limited to once per service account when creating a new character on either a New or Preferred World.

Bonuses for Transferring to New Worlds

  • Home World Transfer Service is free of charge
  • Double EXP bonus (until level 80 is reached) (Valid for 90 days following transfer) *Newly added
  • Gift of 10 gold chocobo feathers, exchangeable for special rewards such as rare mounts
  • Owners of private estates/apartments are entitled to a certain amount of compensation in gil (*3)

*3 For private estates, DO NOT relinquish the land but remove all furnishings and your estate hall and then apply for a Home World Transfer.
For apartments, DO NOT vacate the apartment but remove all your furnishings and then apply for a Home World Transfer.
Please note that if you have relinquished the deed to your plot or the rights to your property, you will not be eligible to receive gil compensation.

Read on for more details regarding World Population Balancing Incentives.

These incentives will remain in place until the active player populations of the Worlds in question have grown to a specified number. Please note that once a World has been removed from the “Preferred World” category, the various bonuses will no longer be applied. In the case of newly created characters, these bonuses will continue for 90 days (including the day of creation) regardless of any change in World status.

Sale of Plots and Apartments

The various residential districts on the new Worlds will be unavailable at launch, in order to provide an opportunity for both existing and new players to purchase housing. This restriction will be lifted when the sale of plots and apartments begin in Patch 6.1.

Players will not be able to travel to the residential districts, with the exception of the first ward of Empyreum, which will be open for display only. As such, you will not be able to progress or complete the following quests until the sale of plots and apartments begin in Patch 6.1.

  • Sidequest: Where the Heart Is (Mist)
  • Sidequest: Where the Heart Is (The Goblet)
  • Sidequest: Where the Heart Is (The Lavender Beds)
  • Sidequest: I Dream of Shirogane

In case you missed it, the next big reveal for Final Fantasy 16 is coming this spring, and you can read more details here.

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Madden 22 Update 1.011 Patch Notes; Released for Gameplay Changes This Jan. 14

EA has released the first title update for Madden 22 today for both last-gen and next-gen platforms! The Madden 22 update 1.011 patch is the January Update for the sports sim, and it includes quite a number of gameplay-related changes. Read on for the full patch notes below.

Madden 22 Update 1.011 Patch Notes | Madden 22 January Update Patch Notes:

Madden NFL 22 (Xbox Series X|S & PS5)

Key Highlights:

  • Gameplay tuning around Run Commit and RPO Peek Plays
  • Various Franchise issues addressed

Gameplay Updates:

  • Addressed an issue when using Run Commit with 3 or fewer rushers on defense
  • Updated functionality of RPO Peek plays so the ball will be handed off automatically when the QB does not throw the ball within the provided window.
    • DEV NOTE: RPO Peek plays will now function like every other type of RPO play call, where the ball will be automatically handed off if the ball isn’t thrown. Players will be unable to scramble with the QB now unless they call RPO Read plays.
  • Fixed a ‘Spike’ Touchdown Celebration animation where the ball would be in the wrong hand and the scoring player would do the spike with an empty hand.
  • Addressed an issue with the Film Study Ability where the opponent’s play art was not being displayed in online games after meeting the requirements

Franchise Updates:

  • Fixed an issue where scenarios were incorrectly awards a development trait upgrade even though they failed reaching the goal when swimming
  • Fixed an issue where some scenarios were not tracking properly due to a bug with the stat type
  • Fixed an issue where users would rarely hit a soft lock in the Training Recap screen
  • Fixed an issue where users would occasionally soft-lock when exiting Franchise before the draft
  • Fixed an issue where users would soft lock after exiting a game

In December, we reiterated our commitment to continuing to improve Franchise as a part of our ongoing Madden NFL 22 live service and beyond. This includes two upcoming Franchise updates that we’ll deliver in Madden NFL 22. We will have more detail on those updates in an upcoming Gridiron Notes, thank you!

Madden ID Updates:

  • Minor Stability Updates

Source: EA

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Madden 22 Update 2.05 Brings Various Improvements This January 14

EA has released the Madden 22 update 2.05 patch this January 14, and this is for various improvements related to gameplay and technical issues. Head on for the patch notes for the last-gen version (PS4, Xbox One, PC, Stadia).

Madden 22 Update 2.05 Patch Notes | Madden 22 January 14 Update Patch Notes:

Madden NFL 22 (Xbox One, PS4, PC, Stadia)

Key Highlights:

  • Gameplay tuning with RPO Peek plays
  • Various Franchise issues addressed

Gameplay Updates:

  • Updated functionality of RPO Peek plays so the ball will be handed off automatically when the QB does not throw the ball within the provided window
  • Addressed an issue with the Film Study Ability where the opponent’s play art was not being displayed in online games after meeting the requirements

Franchise Updates:

  • Fixed an issue where scenarios were incorrectly awards a development trait upgrade even though they failed reaching the goal when swimming
  • Fixed an issue where some scenarios were not tracking properly due to a bug with the stat type
  • Fixed an issue where users would rarely hit a soft lock in the Training Recap screen
  • Fixed an issue where users would occasionally soft-lock when exiting Franchise before the draft
  • Fixed an issue where users would soft lock after exiting a game

For past patches and news on Madden 22, check out the game hub for it here.

Source: EA

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Cricket 22 Update 1.18 Rolled Out; Second Patch Released This Jan. 14

Big Ant Studios has released the second Cricket 22 patch this January 14, and it’s for more bug fixes! The Cricket 22 update 1.18 (PS5 version 1.000.018) patch is live on all platforms, and is for a specific fix. PC players should have already gotten the fix in this yesterday.

Cricket 22 Update 1.18 Patch Notes | Cricket 22 Update 1.000.018 Patch Notes:

Here’s the announcement from the studio:

Small hotfix for #Cricket22 will roll out over the next few hours. Build numbers as follows:
Xbox One 1650, Series X 1659
PS4 EU 1652, US 1654
PS5 1657
Steam 1651 (already live yesterday)

This is a cosmetic issue with Academy PlayFace only, no need to re-download players.

In case you didn’t know, a patch was released a few hours ago, which was version 1.17. To save you a click, here are the changes in that title update:

  • Added ability add Custom Stadiums to Tours
  • Added auto bowling to custom difficulty
  • Improved running between wickets
  • Balanced straight drive shots
  • Balanced aggressive drive shots
  • Reduced chance of overthrows when batters in crease
  • Rectified Big Wheel statistics
  • Rectified Trophies/Achievements issues
  • Improved stability when downloading Academy Teams and Players
  • Improved general stability

PS5 only:

  • Rectified issue with some Custom Stadiums in Career Mode

Once a new patch is out, we’ll let our readers know.

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GTA Online Weekly Update January 14 Reset

Rockstar Games has rolled out the GTA Online weekly update January 14 reset of actvities and discounts! Check out the complete highlights and recap in one handy list below.

GTA Online Weekly Update January 14 Reset:

Franklin and Lamar return to GTA Online this week in Double Down, a new co-op mode in which players step into the pair’s shoes for a weapon-heavy, close-quarters battle across a variety of Southern San Andreas locations against a shotgun-wielding opposing team with infinite lives.

Available for everyone in GTA Online, Double Down debuts alongside wide-ranging bonuses, including Double Rewards for helping Dr. Dre on The High Society Leak Finale – which features the Dr. Dre track, The Scenic Route.

Further highlights this week include:

  • A New Co-Operative Adversary Mode: Double Down, featuring Lamar and Franklin, Plus Triple GTA$ and RP for playing, and a bonus of GTA$200K for participating in a round
  • New Vehicle: The Nagasaki Shinobi, now available at Legendary Motorsport
  • Double GTA$ and RP on both The High Society Leak Finale and Payphone Hits
  • Triple GTA$ on Bodyguard/Associate Salaries through January 19
  • A Free Pastel Green Smoking Jacket for completing a Short Trip
  • The Ocelot Jugular is this week’s top prize at the Lucky Wheel
  • Prize Ride and Challenge: Those who place in the Top 2 in the Street Race Series five days in a row will score a Dinka RT3000
  • Test Rides: The Obey Tailgater S, Vulcar Warrener HKR, and Karin Sultan Classic
  • Discounts on Select Properties, Vehicle Upgrades, and Clothing: 25% off the Celebrity Solutions Agency and its upgrades, plus 30% off all Garages, Missile Lock-on Jammers and Remote Control Unit Upgrades for vehicles released as part of The Contract
  • Vehicle Discounts: 40% off Ocelot R88, Declasse DR1, Ocelot Lynx, Karin Previon, Överflöd Autarch, 35% off the Progen R, and 30% off the Dewbauchee Champion
  • Prime Gaming Bonus: Players who connect their Social Club account with Prime Gaming will get a GTA$100K bonus for playing any time this week

Discounts:

Get established by purchasing any Celebrity Solutions Agency and sprucing it up to your specifications, all for 25% off this week. Don’t forget to get your vehicles up to snuff, while you’re at it: Missile Lock-on Jammers and Remote Control Unit Upgrades for eligible vehicles released with The Contract are 30% off. Speaking of, snag yourself a Dewbauchee Champion for 30% off and stash it in your Garage (you guessed it — 30% off for those, too).

See below for a complete list, including vehicles on sale this week:

  • 30% off Dewbauchee Champion
  • 40% off Överflöd Autarch
  • 40% off Karin Previon
  • 40% off Ocelot Lynx
  • 40% off Declasse DR1
  • 40% off Ocelot R88
  • 35% off Progen PR4

Tune in next week for the next GTA Online weekly update.

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Xbox One Consoles Discontinued Officially by Microsoft

In a bid to focus more on its new-gen offerings, Microsoft announced that all Xbox One consoles have been discontinued, with the manufacturing stopped across the entire family of consoles. Initially, the more powerful Xbox One X and Xbox One S were the first to be cut, but now even the original consoles will no longer be produced.

In a statement to The Verge, Cindy Walker, senior director of Xbox console product marketing, says:

“To focus on production of Xbox Series X / S, we stopped production for all Xbox One consoles by the end of 2020.”

It’s not surprising that Microsoft has shifted all gears to their latest consoles. Xbox head Phil Spencer has stated recently that the Xbox Series consoles sold more than any of the other previous iterations of Xbox, with transactions still playing a bigger part than the subscription offerings.

In case you missed it, Spencer also talked about how the company is handling online toxicity and data collection, and you can read more details on that piece here.

Source: The Verge

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Hot Wheels Unleashed Design Battle Competition Announced

Mattel and Milestone have announced a Hot Wheels Unleashed Battle Design competition for interested players to join! This competition will see players across different platforms in a test of creativity to design a livery in-game, with the winning submission to be immortalized via an actuald design for a Hot Wheels Die-cast vehicle.

Check out the trailer for the contest below.

Here are a few details on the Hot Wheels Unleashed Design Battle:

The contest runs between January 14, 2022 and February 14, 2022. Participants will design a livery for the Hot Wheels® Rodger Dodger™ die-cast model using the in-game Livery Editor. The winning Rodger Dodger will be transformed into a real Hot Wheels toy (scale 1:64) available for purchase globally in December 2022.

The winner will be chosen by a special judging panel of Mattel’s world-class designers:

  • Ted Wu – Vice President and Global Head of Vehicle Design, Mattel
  • Bryan Benedict – Director of Product Design, Mattel
  • Dmitriy Shakhmatov – Manager of Product Design, Mattel
  • Jerry Thienprasiddhi – Principal Graphic Designer, Mattel

The rules for the competition can be found here. The contest is available to join for all Hot Wheels Unleashed players on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One X, Xbox One and Steam.

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Destiny 2 Artifact Mods Changes Coming in Season 16 Outlined by Bungie

Bungie is at it again with its constant community updates for its ever-evolving game Destiny 2, and in their weekly blog, the developer has outlined some of the upcoming Destiny 2 Artifact mods changes.

The team knows that Artifact Mods have been a huge talking point within the Destiny 2 community, and most of the changes being made won’t be taking place until the upcoming Season 16 of the game.

Team: One of the consistent pieces of feedback that we have been wanting to act on for a while involves the unlocking of Artifact mods. Starting in Season 16, players will no longer be limited to the number of Artifact mods they can unlock. This means that players could feasibly unlock all 25 Artifact mods by the end of the Season! While we have made some small adjustments to the amount of XP required to unlock Artifact mods 1-12, in general, the pace of unlocking these first twelve Artifact mods should be close to what we’ve seen in Season 15’s Artifact. For each unlock after the 12th, increased XP will be required for the next Artifact mod unlock, so the choice of which order to unlock mods still requires some decision-making. And if you change your mind? You can still reset your Artifact and make your picks again.

When it comes to the Artifact mods themselves, we are bringing back a few perennial favorite anti-Champion mods, including Anti-Barrier Scout Rifles and Bows, and have done some work to make disrupting an Overload champion (which can be done this Season with Auto-Rifles and SMGs) more reliable than in previous Seasons. We’ll also be highlighting the new Glaive weapon archetype coming in The Witch Queen through a variety of Artifact mods (including an option to make your Glaive the solution to Unstoppable Champions) and have a few new Artifact mods that will enhance some of the new weapon perks.

To take a little bit of pressure off your vault space, we are also making some adjustments to the way Masterwork armors work. Starting with the launch of The Witch Queen, you can change the energy type of a fully-Masterworked piece of armor for a much-reduced cost. A fully Masterworked piece of Legendary armor can be changed to another energy type for the cost of 10,000 Glimmer and one Upgrade Module, while a fully Masterworked piece of Exotic armor can be changed to another energy type for the cost of 20,000 Glimmer and one Upgrade Module. The costs for changing a piece of armor’s energy type before it is fully Masterworked remain unchanged.

Closing out, we are also making a change to the way Guardians create Orbs of Power with weapons. Elements of the new weapon crafting system will encourage you to use many different weapons and ask you to burn hard-earned Masterwork materials on a weapon that you may only be using for a few hours, just to generate Orbs. That … seemed like a tall order. This, combined with our desire to act on consistent feedback that players want to be able to generate Orbs of Power with Exotic weapons that do not yet have catalysts, led us to the implementation we’ll be using in The Witch Queen and beyond. Orb generation on weapon multikills will no longer be a function of a weapon’s Masterwork status but will instead be provided by a suite of armor mods, which are unlocked automatically for all players and which plug into the Helmet Armor Mod socket. Each such mod will apply the Orb-generation effect to all weapons you have equipped of a particular damage type, so a single mod will cover multiple weapons in your arsenal if they share a damage type (this also applies to a weapon that changes damage types, like Hard Light, or a Kinetic weapon with Osmosis). We will continue to create exciting Exotic catalysts over the next few Seasons, but in the meantime, you will be able to generate orbs with Cloudstrike, Thorn, Thunderlord, Tarrabah, and any other weapon in the game.

In case you missed it, check out the latest trailer for Destiny 2 The Witch Queen here.

Source: Bungie

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PUBG Update 1.95 Released for Gunfire Fixes This January 14

PUBG Corp. has released the (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) PUBG update 1.95 patch on consoles, and this is to fix gunfire sounds. Read up on the PUBG update Jan. 14 patch notes below.

PUBG Update 1.95 Patch Notes | PUBG Update January 14 Patch Notes:

The PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS team have recently deployed a hotfix without downtime to resolve an issue causing certain gunfire sounds to be heard from an incorrect location.

The hotfix has been released on PlayStation and Stadia. The hotfix will be released on Xbox as soon as possible.

That seems to be it for this title update. Of course, the big news regarding the game is that it is now available to play for free! Check out what got changed alongside that major shift right here.

Same as before, if there are other changes anyone from the community finds that’s not mentioned in the notes, leave a comment below to let us know.

PUBG is now available to download and play on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

Source: Reddit

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