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Call of Duty: Ghosts – Freight 24/7 Playlist is Live Today, Showtime 24/7 on September 5

Fans of Infinity Ward’s latest shooter have a couple of 24/7 playlists to look forward to in the coming days.

Call of Duty: Ghosts is getting two 24/7 playlists across all platforms — one today, Friday, August 22, and one two Fridays from now on September 5.

Influenced by results gathered from a recent survey, today’s playlist highlights the vanilla map Freight, while September 5th’s playlist will highlight the DLC map Showtime, a remake of the classic Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 map, Shipment, in celebration of the launch of Nemesis DLC on PS4, PS3, and PC August 4.

Infinity Ward made the announcement on Twitter:

What other Ghosts maps would you like to see get the 24/7 treatment? Also, what’s your take on the re-imagining of COD4’s Shipment? Is is better or worse than the original?

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The Crew Hits The Open Road With a Brand New Overview Trailer

Ubisoft and Ivory Tower lay down the details on what sort of activities you’ll get up to in their massive, open-word, action-RPG racer, The Crew, when it launches this Fall.

Their latest trailer highlights the many game modes and challenges available to take part in alone or with friends inside your new playground, a re-creation of 12 major cities spread across all corners of United States of America.

Ivory Tower is bringing The Crew to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC November 11, while Asobo Studio will also be delivering an Xbox 360 version of the racer on the same day.

The Crew is once again heading to closed beta on PC this August 25 and also heading to closed beta on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 late september.

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Call of Duty: Ghosts Nemesis DLC Heads to PlayStation and PC Early September

Nemesis, the fourth and final DLC add-on for Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Ghosts, is heading to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PC on September 4, the studio announced today.

The DLC rounds off all of the content included in Ghosts’ Season Pass, though it can also be picked up in the in-game store for $14.99 USD for non-pass holders.

Nemesis offers four new maps — Goldrush, Subzero, Dynasty, and Showtime, a recreation of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’s smallest map, Shipment — and the final chapter of Ghosts’ Extinction series, Episode 4: Exodus. You can see the new maps in action in the launch trailer above.

Nemesis launched on Xbox One and Xbox 360 earlier this month.

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Dead Island 2 First Gameplay Trailer – “Sunshine & Slaughter”

Publisher Deep Silver has released the very first gameplay footage of their upcoming sequel Zombie survival title, Dead Island 2.

Dead Island 2 is currently being developed by Yager Development. Originally, the title was being done by the original devs, Techland, though they now have got their hands full with their other zombie project, Dying Light. It’ll certainly be interesting next year when both titles release on the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

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The Last of Us Upcoming New DLC Maps Will Be Free, Update On Matchmaking Issues

Teased late last month, Naughty Dog has announced that the two new upcoming maps for The Last of Us will be released at no cost.

They stated on their official blog post that the maps will be free due to many still waiting patiently for the match making system to be fixed. This certainly is great news as many have felt that the new maps, if they had to be paid for, would divide the community up too fast. As for an update on the match making system, despite the recent patch fixing it for some, Naughty Dog continues to find more ways to improve it, and has stated that they have something in the works that is estimated to go up in a matter of weeks.

“Over the last two weeks, we’ve discovered that the most significant improvements may come from working with other teams at PlayStation to make updates to some of the existing matchmaking libraries. Since we are working with multiple groups inside and outside of the studio, we don’t yet have an exact date on when these updates will roll out. Our current estimate is on the short side of weeks, rather than months. We’ll be sure to keep you updated the moment we can provide more specific timing, or an actual date.”

The two new maps currently do not have a set release date, though a developer live stream showing them off is suppose to happen soon. They will be free for both new owners of the Remastered PS4 version, and for the PS3 version.

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Titanfall 48-Hour Free Trial is Back on Origin, Standard and Deluxe Editions Now On Sale

Game Time with Titanfall is back on EA Origin.

The free 48-hour trial was first offered to Titanfall fans on PC back in June, providing access to the entire game, minus any paid DLC content, for a full 48 hours of in-game time.

It’s now back and gamers will have access to the most up-to-date version of the game, enjoying all the new features introduced in Game Update 4 and Game Update 5. Click “Get It Now” over on the official Origin page.

In addition, Titanfall’s Digital Deluxe Edition and Standard Edition are now both on sale until August 25 for $35.99 and $19.99, respectively. The Digital Deluxe Edition includes a subscription to Titanfall’s Season Pass.

If giant mech robots aren’t quite your thing, Origin is also still offering a three-day trial of PopCap HD’s quirky shooter, Plants vs. Zombie: Garden Warfare.

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Become Legend and Watch The New Destiny Launch Trailer

If the Mars and Venus gameplay trailers weren’t enough to subdue your Destiny obsession, then maybe this new launch trailer, which you can watch above, will calm your craving down before Bungie’s new IP drops early next month.

Destiny’s launch is just short of three weeks away, arriving on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on September 9.

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All Call of Duty: Ghosts DLC Showcased in New Season Pass Trailer

Hype for Sledgehammer Games’ upcoming Call of Duty title it at an all-time high with the Advanced Warfare’s multiplayer reveal only a few days behind us. But, until it officially drops this early November, there are still killstreaks to be earned and kill-death ratios to be padded in Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Ghosts.

If you’ve managed to stick it out with only vanilla content all this while but are looking for something new to tie you over until then, Ghosts’ Season Pass is now 50% off for Xbox One and Xbox 360 users on the Xbox Live Marketplace. The studio has also put together a brand new trailer showing off all the content that’s been offered in the pass thus far, including the Onslaught, Devastation, Invasion, and Nemesis packs. You can watch it above, if you’re interested.

We’re curious to know, however, what’s your current outlook on Ghosts’ DLC offerings throughout the year? Was it worth the price of a Season Pass? Do you think it added to this year’s Call of Duty experience in a positive way, or was it just more of the same? If you had to pick, what’s been your favorite add-on out of the four?

More importantly, what sort of route would you like to see Sledgehammer Games take with Advanced Warfare DLC? Tell us in the comments!

 

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Re-Watch Advanced Warfare’s “Collapse” Gameplay Demo, Now With Commentary From Sledgehammer

Sledgehammer Games co-founders Michael Condrey and Glen Schofield offer up some commentary over top a demonstration of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare‘s “Collapse” single player mission that takes place in San Francisco, CA on the iconic Golden Gate Bridge.

The gameplay demo first debuted at Gamescom 2014, and, for the most part, is exactly the same, but you can now re-watch it with some insight straight from the developers. According to Schofield, players will acquire two different Exo Types in the story mode, each with their own specific abilities. Players will be able to upgrade these throughout the course of the campaign.

Check it out above!

What’s your take on Advanced Warfare’s single player? Are you going to be taking it for a spin this year, or is it all multiplayer all the time?

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Advanced Warfare Not Coming to Wii U, 13 Game Modes at Launch, Customizable Camos, and More

Sledgehammer Games’ co-founder Michael Condrey is at it again answering questions about the studio’s upcoming shooter coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, but not Wii U.

According to Tweets from Condrey, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare will not be making its way to Nintendo’s latest platform this year. He says the studio is “focused on Xbox One, PS4, and PC.” We do know, however, that Advanced Warfare is still landing on Microsoft and Sony’s previous-gen hardware and — though we’ve no specifics — that it’s being developed or ported by a separate studio.

Condrey then went on to answer a few more inquiries about Advanced Warfare’s multiplayer game modes, mentioning that there will, in fact, be 13 at launch, which is plus one in addition to the intel we were previously given. Sadly, Demolition will not be one of them. Myself and fellow MP1st co-founder Fahed were particular admirers of this one!

Condrey did, however, confirm that, in addition to Team Deathmatch, Kill Confirmed, Domination, Hardpoint, Search & Destroy, Search & Rescue, and Capture the Flag, more familiar Call of Duty game modes will be making a return.

A few specifics on Advanced Warfare’s Hardcore playlist were also dropped, including the fact that Hardcore modes will “definitely” be Team Kill and not Ricochet, meaning friendly fire will kill teammates, as in older Call of Duty titles, instead of harming the shooter.

As for weapons, Condrey also confirmed that more “traditional” Call of Duty weapons, like the AK-47, will be returning. Furthermore, the studio has “got you covered” on customizable camos for those weapons. He also mentioned that DLC weapon camos are a probability.

Catch all of Condrey’s Tweets below:

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare hits shelves on November 3 for those picking up the Day Zero Edition. Be sure to catch the most recent details on our dedicated Advanced Warfare page, as Sledgehammer has been spilling a ton of info since the game’s official multiplayer reveal.

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Battlefield Hardline – Visceral Lead MP Designer on Asymmetrical Weapon Unlocks, New Gadgets, and Alligators

Battlefield YouTube personality JackFrags caught Battlefield Hardline‘s lead multiplayer designer Thadeus Sasser at Gamescom 2014 to talk about some of the tweaks and improvements Visceral’s multiplayer design team has made since the last beta.

Sasser touches on some of the new maps, modes, weapons, and gadgets coming to Hardline. He also explains what the studio has in the works when it comes to asymmetrical unlocks, gadget tweaks, CTE improvements, and …alligators.

Catch the entire interview with Sasser above to hear about “all the things!”

We recently learned that Battlefield Hardline is now headed towards a February release with a second multiplayer beta occurring this January.

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Week-Long Call of Duty Sale Hits Xbox Live, Games and DLC 50% Off For Gold Members

Until August 25, a ton of Call of Duty content is 50% off on the Xbox Live Marketplace for Xbox Live Gold members.

The sale extends across both the Xbox One and Xbox 360 and offers both full game downloads and downloadable add-on content at a discounted price, including both Infinity Ward and Treyarch titles.

You can catch the full list of content on sale below and visit Major Nelson’s blog for more details.

Xbox One

  • Call of Duty: Ghosts – Season Pass \\ 50% Off
  • Call of Duty: Ghosts – Snoop Dog VO Pack \\ $50% Off
  • Call of Duty: Ghosts – Squad Pack Extinction \\ 50% Off
  • Call of Duty: Ghosts – Makarov Legend Pack \\ 50% Off
  • Call of Duty: Ghosts – Captain Price Legend Pack \\ 50% Off

Xbox 360

  • Call of Duty: Ghosts – Season Pass \\ 50% Off
  • Call of Duty: Ghosts – Snoop Dog VO Pack \\ 50% Off
  • Call of Duty: Ghosts – Squad Pack Extinctions \\ 50% Off
  • Call of Duty: Ghosts – Makarov Legend Pack \\ 50% Off
  • Call of Duty: Ghosts – Captain Price Legend Pack \\ 50% Off
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 \\ 50% Off
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – Season Pass \\ 50%0 Off
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 \\ 60% Off
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Collection Pack 1 \\ 50% Off
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Collection Pack 2 \\ 50% Off
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Collection Pack 3: Chaos Pack \\ 50% Off
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Collection Pack 4: Final Assault \\ 50% Off
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops \\ 50% Off
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 \\ 50% Off

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Learn to Fly in GTA Online’s San Andreas Flight School Update, Arrives Tuesday

This Tuesday, pilots will take to the virtual skies of San Andreas in a brand new update coming to Grand Theft Auto Online on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

The San Andreas Flight School Update will offer a collection of new air and land vehicle while tossing in a few new solo challenges as well, according to the latest announcement from Rockstar. Gameplay updates are also in store, including increased payouts for those tougher missions and GTA$ bonuses for playing missions with friends.

Rockstar promises more details closer to launch, but for now, you can catch the entertaining instructional video above.

Lastly, for the one or two of you out there who’ve yet to ever actually set foot in Grand Theft Auto V on Xbox 360, the entire game is now being offered for $29.99 USD, or half off, on the Xbox Live Market place in this week’s XBL deal. Might be worth checking out, at that price!

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Xbox 360 Gamers, Titanfall Frontier’s Edge DLC and Game Update 5 Arrives Tuesday

Titanfall‘s most recent paid downloadable content and free game update are hitting Xbox 360 users throughout the day on Tuesday, August 19, says developer Respawn Entertainment.

Frontier’s Edge DLC introduces three new maps — Dig, Export, and Haven — which Xbox 360 users will be able to pick up for $9.99, or simply hit that download button on the online store if you already own Titanfall’s $25 season pass.

Game Update 5, free for everyone, offers up a ton of new features and bug fixes. You can catch the full patch notes below.

New Features

“For this update, we’re introducing the Black Market – where you can buy and sell burn cards. Additionally there are eight new Titan decals available in the Black Market which you can also buy with in-game credits.

“Daily Challenges – Collect three new Daily Challenges every day. You can have a total of 9 active daily challenges at any one time.”

“We have moved Campaign game mode in with the other existing game modes. It will rotate through all maps over and over and you can join at any point.

“Added message when a friendly Pilot with the flag jumps on your Titan in CTF.

“There is now a Gen 1 image which will show up for Gen 1 players in all menus.

“Added achievements for Frontier’s Edge DLC.”

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed Titan decal unlocks showing up repeatedly.
  • Removed pre-lobby after selecting a game mode, now you will be taken directly to the game lobby.
  • Made wi-fi hacking count towards Spectre leeching for stats / challenges / insignias.
  • Fixed an issue where you could earn enough XP that it would appear to wrap around and reset your level.
  • Nuclear Eject: fixed a rare bug where an invincible Titan would be left roaming around the level because the player died upon ejecting.
  • Lots of yummy bandwidth optimizations as well as various delicious framerate optimizations have been lovingly hand-crafted and squeezed into the game.
  • Fixed case of being smushed into a solid wall while rodeoing and becoming unable to shoot through the Titan.
  • Fixed many cases of incorrect or missing impact sounds from explosions including Arc Cannon fire and Cluster Rockets.
  • Fixed a server issue when players used the Rematch burn card in areas where they would get stuck.
  • Fixed a case of getting a double lock-on with the Archer.
  • Fixed an annoying case of the party chat icon not appearing.
  • Fixed a case where parties could be split up.
  • Fixed text overlap on controller layout menu.
  • Fixed some kills/events not counting towards progress on challenges, achievements, or decals.

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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain First Look At Multiplayer – Mother Base Invasion

Some footage showing off one of the multiplayer modes in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has surfaced, giving us a glimpse of whats to come.

In the video below, you’ll watch as a player infiltrates another player’s base of operations in hopes of recruiting new soildiers for themselves, and capturing other resources scattered around the other player’s base. Skip to the 17-minute mark.

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This is just one of hopefully many different multiplayer modes that Metal Gear Solid V will offer. No details whether or not it will feature the traditional Metal Gear Online component in past MGS games, though it is most likely that it will.

MGS5 releases on PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One, and PC sometimes next year.

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Latest Destiny Gameplay Trailer Explores Venus

First Mars, now Venus. Next month, Bungie plans to take you and your Guardian on an epic adventure that spans our vast solar system that’s been significantly altered by the magic of The Traveller.

Check out the latest Destiny gameplay trailer that explores Venus, a playable location in your adventure beginning this September 9.

If exploration isn’t quite your thing, you can always test your might in the Crucible against other Guardians in online PvP combat. If you missed it, watch the Destiny’s competitive multiplayer trailer that debuted during Gamescom 2014.

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Latest Xbox One System Update Improves Activity Feed, Offers Mobile Purchases and 3D Blu-ray Support, Now Rolling Out

Never mind those those weird noises your Xbox One console might make throughout the night, Microsoft’s latest public system update is now beginning to roll out to all homes.

The update introduces new improvements to the activity feed, and now offers mobile purchases, battery notifications, 3D Blu-ray support, and the option to turn off notifications during video.

Here are the official notes, courtesy of Major Nelson:

  • Mobile purchase: One of the most requested features on Xbox Feedback. Using Xbox SmartGlass or on Xbox.com, you can remotely purchase games and Add-on content. No more waiting to begin downloading when you get home – if your console is set to automatically take updates, your console will begin downloading your purchase.
  • Activity feed updates: We’re adding new ways for you to interact with friends in the activity feed. The interface will change to a single column scrolling list that is longer and includes more content. We’ll add the ability to post text to your feed, and to “like” and comment on feed items. You can share game clips and anything else in the feed with friends either publicly (to your activity feed) or privately (as an attachment to a message). You’ll also be notified when anyone likes, comments on or shares your items. Each user will get a personal feed on their profile, so you can see what specific friends have been up to. And, with SmartGlass, you can see what your friends have shared to their activity feed and “like” specific posts (additional activity feed support coming in future SmartGlass updates).
  • Low battery notification: You asked for it, now a notification will pop up when your controller battery is getting low.
  • Disable notifications during video: Adding the ability to turn off notifications based feedback we heard from you.
  • Enabling 3D Blu-ray: An update to the Blu-ray player app will enable 3D Blu-ray functionality on Xbox One.
  • Last seen time in Friends list: Direct from Xbox Feedback, the friends list will now show how long it’s been since a friend has been online. For example, “Last seen 20m ago: Forza Motorsport 5.”

Members of Xbox One’s preview program are already a few updates ahead with the latest one that went out earlier last week. Here are the details, if you missed it.

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Advanced Warfare’s “Combat Readiness Program” Will Offer Practice Bots, More On Supply Drops and 3rd-Person Modes

What was rather ambiguous during the reveal of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s multiplayer is now becoming clearer as Sledgehammer Games co-founder Michael Condrey continues to interact with fans of the studio’s upcoming shooter.

On Twitter, Condrey was able to confirm to one questioner that practice bots will be featured in a mode the studio is tentatively calling the “Combat Readiness Program.” Practice bots have been a heavily requested feature since they were last available in Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Ghosts and it appears Sledgehammer continuing the trend.

Elsewhere, Condrey dropped a few more details on Advanced Warfare’s Supply Drops feature, confirming that they will unlock multiplayer content through the game’s single player campaign and will offer rewards based on difficulty level. He also mentioned that weapon camos can still be unlocked traditionally, in addition to camos earned through Supply Drops.

Lastly, Condrey offered a few specifics on aim assist in Advanced Warfare and confirmed that a third-person view mode will not be available at launch.

Check out his Tweets below:

Condrey’s been on a bit of a streak with intriguing multiplayer announcements. Earlier, he confirmed that Advanced Warfare will offer a traditional multiplayer playlist that does away with Exo Abilities and Exo movements. He also touched on dynamic maps, hardcore game modes, and prestige details.

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare hits current and previous gen consoles and PC on November 3.

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Watch The Final Day of Counter Strike: Global Offensive’s Epic ESL One Cologne Championship

If all-nighters aren’t your thing and you weren’t one of the 400,000+ viewers able catch the final day of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive‘s major ESL One tournament in Cologne, Germany, the internet has your back.

For your viewing pleasure, ESL has posted the entire rebroadcast of the 10-hour long final day of the tournament where only the best of the world’s top 16 CS:GO teams competed for first place and a $100,000 slice of the $250,000 prize pool.

If you’re anxious to see how it all went down, watch the conclusion of ESL One Cologne below:


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Our sincere congratulations to the winners!

Follow ESL on Twitter for images and updates from the event.

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Halo: The Master Chief Collection Gamescom Showdown 4v4 Finals Rebroadcast Now Live

Chances are, if you live in North or South America, you probably slept right through the finals of the Halo: The Master Chief Collection Gamescom Showdown that took place all throughout last night.

But if you are still anxious to catch some competitive Halo 2 Anniversary action, developer 343 Industries has thrown up a rebroadcast of the entire final 6-hour day on their Twitch channel, so you can watch it at a much more decent hour.

Here’s how the finals went down, featuring eight teams competing on two classic Halo 2 maps remade for Xbox One, Sanctuary and Ascension:


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Halo: The Master Chief Collection hits Xbox One on November 11 and includes Halo 2 Anniversary, as well as all Halo titles starring Master Chief, the Halo: Nightfall digital series, and access to the Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer beta taking place this December.

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