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Armored Core 6 Update 1.07 Marches Out During Server Downtime This Sept. 19 (Update)

  by   Alex Co  
September 19, 2024 4:52 am in Title Updates and Patches

FromSoftware has pulled the Armored Core 6 servers down this September 19, and this is to apply a title update to the mech game. Players should be prompted to download Armored Core 6 update 1.07, and this brings balance changes and bug fixes.

According to FromSoftware, the server downtime maintenance schedule is as follows:

Maintenance begins: 12:00 am PDT/3 am EDT/9 am CEST/4 pm JST/3 pm HKT

Duration: 3 hours

During this downtime, the game’s single-player mode will be available.

Armored Core 6 Update 1.07 Patch Notes for September 19:

Update: Full patch notes are now released.

Balance Adjustments

Weapon Units

LASER BLADE “Vvc-770LB”

・increased Chg. Attack Power / Chg. Accum. Impact / Cooling

LASER LANCE “VE-67LLA”

・increased Chg. Attack Power / Chg. Accum. Impact / PA interference

PLASMA THROWER “44-143 HMMR”

・decreased Attack Power / Impact / Accumulative Impact

CORAL OSCILLATOR “IB-C03W2: WLT 101”

・increased Attack Power / Cooling; decreased EN Load

LINEAR RIFLE “LR-036 CURTIS”

・increased Projectile Speed; decreased Recoil

MACHINE GUN “MG-014 LUDLOW”

・increased Projectile Speed

MACHINE GUN “DF-MG-02 CHANG-CHEN”

・increased Projectile Speed; decreased Recoil

BURST MACHINE GUN “MA-E-210 ETSUJIN”

・decreased Attack Power / Impact / Accumulative Impact

HANDGUN “HG-004 DUCKETT”

・increased Attack Power / Impact / Accumulative Impact / Magazine Rounds / Total Rounds

BAZOOKA “LITTLE GEM”

・decreased Weight / EN Load

DETONATING BAZOOKA “44-141 JVLN ALPHA”

・decreased Weight

GRENADE LAUNCHER “DIZZY”

・decreased Reload Time / Weight

GRENADE LAUNCHER “IRIDIUM”

・decreased Reload Time

STUN BOMB LAUNCHER “WS-1200 THERAPIST”

・increased Reload Time

FLAMETHROWER “WB-0000 BAD COOK”

・decreased Weight

LASER RIFLE “VP-66LR”

・increased Attack Power / Impact / Accumulative Impact

LASER SHOTGUN “VP-66LS”

・increased Chg. Accumulative Impact / Cooling / Chg. Projectile Speed; decreased Chg. Time

・increased speed at which charge gauge empties

LASER HANDGUN “VP-66LH”

・increased speed at which charge gauge empties on

PLASMA RIFLE “Vvc-760PR”

・increased Projectile Speed

CORAL RIFLE “IB-C03W1: WLT 011”

・increased ATK Heat Buildup / Projectile Speed

MULTI ENERGY RIFLE “44-142 KRSV”

・increased Impact / Accumulative Impact / ATK Heat Buildup / Cooling

・Increased cooling when overheated

PULSE SHIELD “VP-61PS”

・decreased Dply. Heat Buildup

PULSE BUCKLER “VP-61PB”

・Increased IG Duration; decreased Dply. Heat Buildup

PULSE BUCKLER “SI-29: SU-TT/C”

・decreased Dply. Heat Buildup

GATLING CANNON “DF-GA-09 SHAO-WEI”

・increased Attack Heat Buildup; decreased Recoil

SPREAD BAZOOKA “SB-033M MORLEY”

・increased Attack Power

・decreased projectile spread

SPLIT MISSILE LAUNCHER “BML-G2/P19SPL-12”

・decreased Homing Lock Time

SPLIT MISSILE LAUNCHER “BML-G2/P16SPL-08”

・decreased Homing Lock Time

SPLIT MISSILE LAUNCHER “BML-G2/P17SPL-16”

・decreased Homing Lock Time

DUAL MISSILE LAUNCHER “BML-G1/P31DUO-02”

・decreased Homing Lock Time / Reload time

DUAL MISSILE LAUNCHER “BML-G1/P32DUO-03”

・decreased Reload time

DUAL MISSILE LAUNCHER “BML-G2/P08DUO-03”

・decreased Reload time

ACTIVE HOMING MISSILE LAUNCHER “BML-G3/P04ACT-01”

・decreased Homing Lock Time / Weight

Frame Parts

HEAD “AH-J-124 BASHO”

・increased Attitude Stability / System Recovery / Scan Distance

HEAD “HD-011 MELANDER”

・increased AP / System Recovery / Scan Distance

HEAD “HD-012 MELANDER C3”

・increased AP / System Recovery

HEAD “DF-HD-08 TIAN-QIANG”

・increased AP / Attitude Stability / System Recovery / Scan Distance

HEAD “VP-44S”

・increased Attitude Stability / System Recovery

HEAD “NACHTREIHER/44E”

・increased Attitude Stability / System Recovery / Scan Distance

HEAD “KASUAR/44Z”

・increased AP

HEAD “LAMMERGEIER/44F”

・increased Attitude Stability / Scan Distance

HEAD “VE-44A”

・increased Attitude Stability / System Recovery

HEAD “VE-44B”

・increased Attitude Stability

HEAD “HC-2000 FINDER EYE”

・increased Attitude Stability / Scan Distance; decreased EN Load

HEAD “HC-2000/BC SHADE EYE”

・increased Attitude Stability / System Recovery

HEAD “HC-3000 WRECKER”

・increased Attitude Stability / System Recovery / Scan Distance

HEAD “HS-5000 APPETIZER”

・increased AP / Attitude Stability / System Recovery

HEAD “EL-TH-10 FIRMEZA”

・increased AP / Attitude Stability / System Recovery / Scan Distance; decreased Weight

HEAD “EL-PH-00 ALBA”

・increased Attitude Stability / System Recovery

HEAD “20-081 MIND ALPHA”

・increased Attitude Stability / Scan Distance

HEAD “IB-C03H: HAL 826”

・increased Attitude Stability

CORE “AC-J-120 BASHO”

・increased AP / Attitude Stability / Generator Output Adj.

CORE “BD-011 MELANDER”

・increased AP / Attitude Stability; Decreased Weight

CORE “BD-012 MELANDER C3”

・increased AP / Booster Efficiency Adj. / Generator Supply Adj.; decreased Weight

CORE “DF-BD-08 TIAN-QIANG”

・decreased Generator Supply Adj.

CORE “VP-40S”

・increased Generator Output Adj.

CORE “EL-TC-10 FIRMEZA”

・increased AP / Generator Output Adj.

ARMS “AR-011 MELANDER”

・increased Melee Specialization

ARMS “AR-012 MELANDER C3”

・increased Melee Specialization

ARMS “DF-AR-09 TIAN-LAO”

・increased Melee Specialization

・decreased AP / Firearm Specialization

ARMS “VP-46S”

・increased Melee Specialization

ARMS “VP-46D”

・increased Melee Specialization

ARMS “AC-3000 WRECKER”

・increased Melee Specialization

ARMS “AS-5000 SALAD”

・increased Melee Specialization; decreased EN Load

ARMS “EL-TA-10 FIRMEZA”

・increased Melee Specialization

ARMS “EL-PA-00 ALBA”

・increased Melee Specialization

ARMS “04-101 MIND ALPHA”

・increased Melee Specialization

ARMS “IB-C03A: HAL 826”

・increased Melee Specialization

BIPEDAL “AL-J-121 BASHO”

・increased Jump Distance

BIPEDAL “LG-012 MELANDER C3”

・increased Jump Distance

BIPEDAL “NACHTREIHER/42E”

・decreased AP / Attitude Stability

BIPEDAL “VE-42A”

・decreased AP / Anti-Kinetic Defense / Anti-Energy Defense / Anti-Explosive Defense

BIPEDAL “2S-5000 DESSERT”

・decreased AP / Anti-Energy Defense / Anti-Explosive Defense

BIPEDAL “EL-TL-10 FIRMEZA”

・increased Jump Distance

BIPEDAL “EL-PL-00 ALBA”

・increased Jump Distance

BIPEDAL “IA-C01L: EPHEMERA”

・increased Jump Distance

REVERSE JOINT “KASUAR/42Z”

・increased Load Limit

REVERSE JOINT “RC-2000 SPRING CHICKEN”

・increased Attitude Stability

TETRAPOD “LAMMERGEIER/42F”

・decreased Attitude Stability

・Reduced max movement speed while hovering

TANK “EL-TL-11 FORTALEZA”

・increased AP / AB Thrust

Inner Parts

BOOSTER “BST-G2/P06SPD”

・increased Melee Attack Thrust

BOOSTER “FLUEGEL/21Z”

・increased Melee Attack Thrust

BOOSTER “BUERZEL/21D”

・decreased QB EN Consumption

BOOSTER “BC-0600 12345”

・increased AB Thrust

BOOSTER “BC-0200 GRIDWALKER”

・increased Melee Attack Thrust

BOOSTER “IA-C01B: GILLS”

・increased AB Thrust

FCS “FC-006 ABBOT”

・increased Close-Range Assist / Medium-Range Assist

FCS “FC-008 TALBOT”

・increased Close-Range Assist / Medium-Range Assist / Long-Range Assist

FCS “VE-21A”

・increased Close-Range Assist / Medium-Range Assist; decreased EN Load

FCS “VE-21B”

・increased Medium-Range Assist / Long-Range Assist

FCS “IA-C01F: OCELLUS”

・decreased Close-Range Assist / Missile Lock Correction

GENERATOR “AG-E-013 YABA”

・increased EN Capacity / EN Recharge

GENERATOR “AG-T-005 HOKUSHI”

・increased EN Capacity / EN Recharge

GENERATOR “DF-GN-02 LING-TAI”

・increased EN Capacity

GENERATOR “DF-GN-06 MING-TANG”

・increased EN Capacity / EN Recharge / EN Output

GENERATOR “DF-GN-08 SAN-TAI”

・decreased EN Recharge / Supply Recovery / Post-Recovery EN Supply

GENERATOR “VP-20S”

・increased EN Capacity / EN Recharge / EN Output

GENERATOR “VP-20C”

・increased EN Capacity / EN Recharge / Post-Recovery EN Supply

GENERATOR “VP-20D”

・increased EN Capacity / EN Firearm Spec.

GENERATOR “VE-20A”

・increased EN Capacity / EN Recharge / EN Firearm Spec. / EN Output

GENERATOR “IB-C03G: NGI 000”

・decreased Post-Recovery EN Supply / EN Firearm Spec.

Player AC related fixes

  • Fixed an issue that occurs when equipping a chargeable shoulder mounted weapon and pressing the shift control button while being staggered, resulting in any attack following the initial stagger to not incur a heavy stagger state on the player.
  • During online play, fixed an issue where players releasing the guard button right before becoming staggered would cause subsequent attacks to not result in a heavy stagger state.
  • Fixed an issue where hits would sometimes not register when attacking enemies using Pulse Armor/Terminal Armor with a melee weapon
  • Fixed an issue that caused melee attacks to not connect with enemies due to interactions with walls and terrain.
  • Fixed an issue that caused player AC to continuously float upwards after recovering from falling out of the map area

Online match related Fixes

  • In Ranked Matches, the change to rating for S-Rank matches has been adjusted.
    *Specifically, the number of matches required for the rating value to even-out has been increased.
    This is to avoid the the player being repeatedly demoted/promoted shortly after reaching S-Rank.
  • Fixed an issue that, under certain circumstances, players not subject to rank resets would be unable to progress past the rank-up results phase

System related fixes

  • Fixed issue that caused game to crash after customizing AC via the ASSEMBLY menu.
  • Fixed an issue that sometimes occurred after applying WEATHERING via the PAINT menu, resulting in graphical abnormalities as well as game crashes.

Steam version related fixes

  • Fixed an issue where in-game movies would not play if the PC’s sound device was disabled.
  • Fixed an issue where pressing Alt＋Enter to change the screen mode would result in SYSTEM Menu>Graphics Settings not being selectable.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the key icons shown within “input device settings>key settings” to not display correctly for certain languages.

Other

  • Other bug fixes and improvements

In terms of what’s in the patch, there is no new content included though there is balance changes and a balance adjustments per the Armored Core 6 producer.

Some of the key things that the community noticed that got changed:

  • Melee specialization massively increased (second best is now at 139 instead of 117)
  • Lammergeier legs got their stability reduced from 1051 to 980, and they
  • The Ocellus FCS got a big nerf from 90 to 81 close-range specialization
  • Long-range FCS got their mid-range specialization buffed, one of them has 85 now which is the highest in the gameEnergy specialization of some generators has changed, the VE-20A has 120 now
  • Etsujin got its damage/impact/acc. impact reduced from 51-48-22 to 48-44-20,
  • Chang-Chen got its recoil reduced from 6 to 5, but both it and the Ludlow are still completely unmanageable when dual wielded, even on Wrecker arms. via y ASNUs27

While Armored Core 6 performed better than expectations according to FromSoftware, there is no announced DLC for the game.

Once the official patch notes are out, we’ll update the article with the info.

[Source: Bandai Namco]
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XDefiant Season 2 Shoots Out September 25, New Faction, Weapons, Maps Revealed

  by   Alex Co  
September 18, 2024 7:39 pm in News

For those looking to jump into XDefiant, or those who are still playing the game, Season 2 is right around the corner, as it’s set to kick off this September 25! Included in the second season of the free-to-play shooter is a new faction in the Highwaymen, new weapons, maps and more.

New Faction: The Highwaymen

Based on: Far Cry

Passive – Revved – Increases fire and reload rate for consecutive kills

Abilities:

  • M79 Grenade Launcher – The M79 is as straightforward as it is devastating; simply point it at your target, whether that’s an enemy or their ability, and blow it up. Two shots before it goes into cooldown.
  • Scrap Turret – Mounted machine gun provides 360-degree coverage from wherever you place it.

Ultra: Saw Launcher – Blasts ricocheting buzzsaws to effectively dominate any close-quarters space

New Weapons:

  • PP19 SMG – Stands apart from other SMGs in the game by focusing on damage and accuracy over movement speed and rate of fire, with the highest headshot-damage multiplier in the group. It boasts a large magazine, increased range, and a more consistent recoil pattern.
  • L86 LSW – Designed to allow runners to run, aim, and shoot faster, functioning almost as a middle ground between the AR and LMG classes. To balance out its boosted speed, the L86 deals less damage and carries fewer ammo than other LMGs it has the fastest time to kill in 30-45 meters.
  • SPAS-12 – A new semi-automatic shotgun, a combination of the AA-12 and the M8-70. It has the capability to one-shot kill, but can quickly finish the job with a second shot if the first one wasn’t enough

New Maps:

  • Waterfront (Available at S2 launch) – Inspired by the post-apocalyptic Hope County, Montana in Far Cry: New Dawn. Waterfront is big, holding both a skate park and music stage area, and favors long- to medium-range playstyles (sorry, SMGs).
  • Signal (Available In-Season)
  • Air & Space ( (Available In-Season))

New Game Mode: Bomb

Coming later in Season 2, Bomb is a new arena-style mode where the attacking team picks up a bomb, plants it in one of two designated locations, and attempts to ensure its detonation. Meanwhile, the defending team attempts to defuse it – or prevent the bomb from being planted in the first place. Teams switch sides every round, and the first team to win six rounds wins the match. Bomb will start in casual playlists, allowing the developers to gather community feedback and refine gameplay before it hits Ranked.

Bomb also switches up some aspects of gameplay, designed to ensure teammates are working together to form the best strategy to win the game instead of relying on faction abilities or camping. Once your Ultra meter is full, you can’t switch to another faction to use its Ultra ability; if you try, your meter will be reset. Stick with your pick and activate that Ultra right when your team needs it the most.

Oh, and the other thing about Bomb? No respawns. You only get one life per round, so tread carefully and don’t go barreling right into the path of a Cleaners’ Incendiary Drone.

Private Matches

Private matches are coming to XDefiant later in Season 2, allowing you to create custom games for you and your friends. You’ll be able to select the map, mode (both Ranked and Unranked iterations), and how many players you want in your lobby. In private matches, you can roll with the standard 6v6 (or 4v4 in Ranked) party size, or customize to 1v1, 2v2, or trios.

You can watch the new faction in action in the latest XDebrief episode:

Aside from this, there’s also a new device incoming and a new limited-time mode out for Season 2. Once we know more about those, we’ll be sure to let our readers know. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Year 1 roadmap which got an update, right here.

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Rumor: Next Battlefield Game Aims to Feature 45 Weapons at Launch, 10 Maps, and Include a F2P Battle Royale

  by   Alex Co  
7:09 pm in News

Following EA’s recent discussions about the next Battlefield game headed to players, a new rumor report has surfaced talking about the game’s single-player, multiplayer details and even state that the next entry in the franchise will include a free-to-play (F2P) battle royale mode.

The report comes from Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson, who mentions that the “new experience” Ripple Effect is working on is a battle royale mode — and it will be free-to-play much like Call of Duty: Warzone.

We’ve broken down the info into sections are an easier read.

Campaign:

  • Will take place somewhere between 2027 and 2030
  • The campaign focused on a massive private military going up against NATO
  • Will be set in various locations worldwide which includes Gibraltar (which was teased in the game’s first concept art), and the US

Multiplayer:

  •  The aim is to have 45 different weapons at launch
  • Around 10 maps.
  • In terms of destruction, it’s not confirmed whether levolution is returning, though “half a dozen sources” allegedly mentioned that the upcoming Battlefield game will feature “caliber-based” destruction, which is what’s in Rainbow Six Siege. This means that different calibers will cause different amounts of destruction.
  • Movement changes are expected with one example given wherein players will have the ability to pick up and move downed players. This body dragging mechanic won’t be relegated to battle royale, as it’s believed to be part of the dev team’s “Battlefield Moments” initiative.

Finally, the report also mentions that there is no final title for the game yet, though it mentions that EA has allegedly been carrying out mass surveys with participants voting on whether they want the game to be titled “Battlefield 6” or simply “Battlefield.” Mind, if there were surveys sent out, it would have leaked already, no?

Of course, treat all these with a grain of salt, as none have been confirmed by EA or any of the game’s four studios.

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Space Marine 2 AI Stupidity to Be Improved via Patch; FAQ on PvE, PvP and More Discussed

  by   Alex Co  
6:30 pm in News

If you’ve played through Warhammer 40K: Space Marines 2’s campaign solo, chances are you experienced your AI either not helping, just standing around and letting you get eaten alive by bugs, get stuck on something — or in short: be stupid. Well, that’s going to change in a patch according to developer Saber Interactive.

Answering community concerns in a new Q&A, the dev team touches on topics such as connection issues, the AI bots, PvE, PvP and a lot more.

On the Topic of AI Bots Getting Better via Updates:

Question: Bots are regularly mentioned as inefficient, making solo games significantly harder, and you suggested we work on them. According to you, they don’t participate in focusing on objectives or don’t do enough in tense situations.

Answer: Bots seem a bit passive because we don’t want them to take the spotlight from the player. However, they can sometimes be a bit too passive. In the next patch, we have a few improvements of their behavior against boss fights in the campaign. We are also considering improving their involvement during specific objectives in the campaign for a later patch.

Addressing Connectivity Issues:

​We know some of you are experiencing server issues, loss of saves or impossibility to connect with friends. We are ramping up our server capacity to reduce the load on them, and are working day and night to reduce the issues. This is a top priority for the team. A bigger patch is planned soon to improve this topic further, alongside new content.

Space Marine 2 Best Settings

Campaign Veteran Difficulty Being Too Hard to Solo:

Q: Veteran difficulty is said to be too hard in solo as the bots don’t help with the objectives. 

A: We will adjust Veteran difficulty in a future patch. It will remain challenging but it will be slightly more fair because we will tweak AI aggressiveness on this difficulty. Other difficulties will remain untouched.

PvE Q&A

BALANCING

Q: Assault is often listed as less powerful than other classes: the jump pack in PVE loses its versatility compared to the one in the campaign. 

A: We are still collecting data on this issue to see how we can work on it.

Q: The Blocking weapon trait is seen by the community as a bad thing for melee weapons as it removes the potential for mastery (because there is no “perfect” parry window).  

A: We fully agree that this is a bummer, and we’ll definitely make changes in a future patch.

Q: Bolt Rifle family is underperforming while Melta Gun is considered OP 

A: We have noticed a bug where the Melta allows the user to heal above the contested health, we aim to fix this in the next patch. As for the rest of weapon balancing, we hear you, and some weapons can underdeliver on the power fantasy at higher difficulty levels. We also recognize that enemies can be too bullet spongy on higher difficulty, which is not much fun. That’s the core issue, rather than the bolters themselves. For now, we are testing some tweaks in difficulty to make the enemies have less health but keep the engaging difficulty.

QUALITY OF LIFE

Q: You asked to be able to have several of the same class, in Operations mode. There is also frustration in matchmaking when two players want to be the same class. 

A: For now, we are focusing on improving matchmaking so that you will not matchmake with players of the same class. This is not an easy fix, so it will take us some time to roll it out. As for using the same class, we don’t want to change that rule for regular matchmaking, but we are considering it as an expansion of private lobbies in the future. It will take us time to finish it.

Q: It was observed that players tend to show toxic behaviors as they get kicked late during a game made by a group of friends to let their friend get the XP.  

A: We understand this is unfair, and each player will receive XP based on his actual involvement in the mission.

Q: Saved loadouts don’t include skill tree customization, making them less relevant. 

A: This is not a priority for us at the moment.

PvP Q&A

MATCHMAKING

Q: You have suggested making it possible to tag as a squad of 6. 

A: We understand this need. We want to add custom PvP lobbies and give players more control over the match (for example: frag limit, class restriction, etc.). It’s not that easy to make and it takes time! So please bear with us while we work on it, and we will let you know when we have clearer visibility on when it will be released.

BALANCING

Q: It was brought to our attention that shock grenades are OP. Also, many of you consider melee to be underpowered. 

Q: Assault is considered weak in PVP. Bulwark is overpowered in capture zones. And, Heavy is overpowered: too much damage for its durability.

A: Regarding pvp balancing, we are currently reading and crunching the data. We don’t want to make rash decisions before seeing the global picture. At the moment we are checking the most common topics such as melee balancing, shock grenades, bulwark & heavy being too present in capture game modes. Expect some tweaks in the first big content patch but not before.

Q: No team balancing after matches creates unbalanced matches for several matches in a row. 

A: We have heard this many times, and we want to improve this in future patches. We are looking into it!

SPAWNING

Q: Spawning locations can create spawn-kill situations. 

A: This will be tweaked with some parameters in a future patch. We will implement spawn protection.

Space Marine 2 Update 1.003

Most Upvoted Topics by the Community:

Q: Are we getting new colors for the lenses? 

A: New lens colors are planned and coming soon in the next big patch!

Q: You asked to pick the Chaos Space Marines Legions you want for every classes: 

A: There are many lore restrictions preventing us from doing this (For instance: We cannot make a sniper with a World Eater armor). It is very tricky to match armor pieces for Chaos. Armor pieces have different sizes and styles, will clip through each other, etc. Also, in PvP it is important to be able to recognize an enemy’s class, and we want to keep the visual identity of each of them. Now, we will not keep it as it is and would like to expand Chaos customization, but the reality is they won’t be as modular as the Loyalist.

Q: Many of you have asked for new classes: 

A: That is definitely something we are heavily discussing. Adding a new class is quite heavy on production as we also need to create all the customization, PVP Chaos model variant, and animation set depending on what we go for. We’ll keep you updated about this topic.

Q: About the missing armor colors: 

A: We aim to expand specific color masks, such as hand, decals or facemask, in upcoming patches. We will be adding all successor chapters eventually. 😉

​Q: Adding new melee weapons: 

A: New melee weapons would definitely be an extremely cool addition. Making a weapon and designing it is fine, but we need to make all finishers animations for it. It will take time.

Q: Customizing your Marine’s face: 

A: Not a quick fix, but we will add an option to change your Marine’s face!

Q: Optimizing PvP Crossplay: 

A: We need more time to discuss that. Custom PvP lobbies will solve a good part of the issue.

Q: Thunderhawk Customization: 

A: Doing full Battlebarge and Thunderhawk customization is very cool but not up in our priority list. We prefer to focus our art teams on creating new maps.

Q: Pyreblaster in PvE or PvP: 

A: We will add it but it will take time because of visual and gameplay progression. We’ll keep you updated!

Q: To be able to customize the AI squad mates: 

A: Still in discussions.

Q: Delete Custom Armor Profile: 

A: We worked on this. In the next patch, you will be able to overwrite a custom preset with a default one.

Q: FoV Slider and Left / Right Shoulder swap: 

A: FoV slider is not something we are comfortable with, as it can degrade the visual aspect of the game. And on top of that, it is very complex. Our game is not a first person shooter, the camera that we have is very cinematic and constantly changes position and FoV based on what you are doing. Still, we understand that is a very popular request so we are considering it anyway.

As for the shoulder swap,if we are to implement shoulder swap we will need to support it for all melee animations and transitions because everything in melee combat was made based on the fact that you hold pistol in the left hand and melee weapon in the right hand (because it looks badass). Nevertheless, shoulder swap is a feature we will not add in the game.

Q: Get rid of class restriction on cloaks and tabards: 

A: These are part of class identity; you get to recognize snipers because of those elements.

Q: I-Frames on gun-strikes: 

A: Gun-strikes are a risk/reward action, and it is very easy to spam. We specifically did not put an i-frame on it for balancing reasons, and we are not looking to change this intention.

No word yet on when we’ll be getting the game’s next patch, but once we know more, we’ll let our readers know. On the topic of the AI, it was one of the game’s main issues, which is something we touched on in our review, though it didn’t mire the overall experience.

[Source: Focus Community Forums]

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The Sims 4 Update 1.99 Drops a Ton of Improvements This Sept. 18

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Maxis has pushed out The Sims 4 update 1.99 on both consoles and PC this September 18, and this is one heck of a patch. There’s a lot of improvements touching on performance, the base game’s various bugs, the various expansions got fixes as well. There’s a lot to take in, so read on for what’s new in The Sims 4 in the official patch notes.

The Sims 4 Update 1.99 Patch Notes:


Sul Sul, Simmers!

This patch is a big one and brings many new updates and fixes into the game that span across different packs, including improvements to apartment walls, ceiling lighting, and a whole host of fixes for our recently released expansion pack, Lovestruck. These, along with so many more across both Base Game and Packs, can be found below.

Thank you for your continued reporting efforts at AnswersHQ. It really helps to let us know the issues you care most about. We hope these fixes keep improving your game and allow you to keep having more fun! More to come.

  • The Sims 4 team

What’s New in The Sims 4

There’s a colorful update to Build/Buy items! 650 color variants have been added and there are new items such as archways, doors, and even ground covers to spruce up your terrain. Check out the vibrant colors and new items in the video. For more details, scroll to the end of the patch notes to see a list of all the Build/Buy items. We can’t wait to see how you mix and match!

Performance

Reducing Memory Usage:

  • Frequent Memory Updates – Increased the frequency of memory usage data updates to prevent out-of-memory crashes.

Improving Simulation Performance:

  • Streamlining Data Storage – We restructured how we store game data to reduce the overhead of using Python objects, making the game run faster and use less memory.
  • Efficient Buff Generation – Reworked how temporary data is generated and stored to fix previous issues and optimize memory usage.

Reducing Load Times:

  • Optimizing Render Target Allocation – Stopped unnecessary allocation of large color targets during certain rendering processes, now saving valuable memory especially in high-resolution settings.

DirectX 11 (DX11) Updates

We’re pleased to announce improvements to the DirectX 11 executable for PC users. While these updates are focused on Windows PC’s, Xbox Simmers will also see benefits from these changes as the Xbox runs a console-based variant of DirectX 11. Here’s what to expect:

NVIDIA and AMD

  • NVIDIA and AMD Graphics Cards
      • Players using NVIDIA and AMD GPUs will now automatically default to the DX11 executable. Players on other GPUs like Intel, will continue to enjoy The Sims 4 on DX9 until a later update.
  • DirectX 11 Enhancements
      • Faster Graphics Processing – Implemented changes to how graphics data is updated, reducing delays between the CPU and GPU for smoother gameplay.
  • Performance Boost with Constant Buffers (cbuffers)
      • This enhances performance by reducing overhead and managing memory more efficiently. Users with mid to high-end GPUs should notice improved performance!
  • New DirectX 9 Option in Graphics Setting
      • By default, Simmers on NVIDIA and AMD GPUs will launch The Sims 4 using DX11. If you prefer, you can switch to DX9 via Game Options > Graphics and enable the DirectX 9 toggle before re-launching The Sims 4 to play using DirectX 9.

Intel

  • Ongoing Intel Development
      • We are continuing development on bringing DirectX 11 to Intel GPU based PC’s but it needs a little longer before we can bring it to Simmers as the default option. For now Intel based Simmers will continue to use DirectX 9 when running The Sims 4.
  • DirectX 11 Opt-In
      • DirectX 11 is available for those Simmers who want to try it, including those using an Intel GPU, you may experience visual issues with mods. We recommend disabling all mods while using the -dx11 command line argument.

The Gallery

  • Pack filters now properly work for Home Chef Hustle in The Gallery and library. No more hiding.

Base Game

  • [AHQ] Outdoor lighting will no longer affect inside the room through ceilings. Let there be (proper) light.
  • [AHQ and AHQ] When attempting to save, “Error Code: 0“ no longer occurs related to Gigs or Neighborhood Stories.
  • [AHQ] Addressed an additional issue where the game would fail to load and display Error Code 123 when traveling between lots.
  • [AHQ] Clay and Future Cubes will no longer get left on lots during events. Pick up your trash and leave nothing behind.
  • [AHQ] Frogs, mice and fishes in tanks are now visible when placed in laptop mode. Welcome back, friends!
  • [AHQ] Sims will put their tablets and homework back into their inventory instead of placing them in the world as long as they are standing or sitting. Again, stop littering, Sims!
  • [AHQ] The call is not coming from inside the house–you’ll stop getting invitational phone calls from your own Household Members.
  • [AHQ] “Complete a Daily Work Task” Want now completes properly after finishing a daily work task. Work work work.
  • [AHQ] Children now have the option to quit their “After School Activity“. Although quitters never prosper.
  • [AHQ] Thought bubbles of Sims will no longer appear through walls and floors. Keep your thoughts to yourself.
  • [AHQ] Family fortune – “Heal Negative Sentiments” task will now properly complete.
  • [AHQ] Sims will return from work or school and switch into the same Everyday Outfit they had on instead of defaulting to the first Everyday Outfit in the Create a Sim list. You will wear what I tell you to wear, Sim!
  • [AHQ] Certain cabinet/shelf combinations over kitchen sinks will no longer prevent Sim from washing in the sink. No excuses for not cleaning up after yourself.
  • [AHQ] Outdoor shadows now move smoothly without jumping on the screen on ultra graphics settings and at different Live Mode speeds.
  • [AHQ] Camera jittering is no longer observed in Build Buy mode after using Terrain Tools.
  • [AHQ] When recent neighborhood stories mention a Sim that died in another neighborhood, switching to the respective Sim household will now have an urn present. RIP.
  • [AHQ] Upgrading washer/dryer now completes Nerd Brain Aspiration.
  • [AHQ] Sims will now hold the acarajé dish the right way while eating. It’s delicious however you eat it, though.
  • [AHQ] Autonomous check infant no longer causes new random cold weather outfit to be generated for infant. They’re not cold.
  • Infant no longer stretches when crawling in deep snow. Although we question why you’re letting your infant crawl in the snow.
  • [AHQ] Teen Sim is able to take vacation days while working in the lifeguard career. It’s only fair.
  • [AHQ] Event goals remain visible  even after editing from the Calendar.
  • Siblings can no longer be set as engaged in Create a Sim.
  • [AHQ] The Teen Goal Oriented Aspiration now gets completed properly after getting promoted at work.
  • Investigating missing Doodlepip splines. Reticulation progressing.
  • [AHQ] “Become friends with“ Want no longer appears for Sims with relationship equal or above friends. We’re already friends.
  • [AHQ] World icons on the world selection screen no longer move when middle-clicked.
  • [AHQ] Locked seed packets are unlocked in BB when using the gardening skill cheat “stats.set_skill_level Major_Gardening 10”. Gimme my seeds!
  • [AHQ] Female Sims’ stomachs will no longer become invisible when paired with Masculine cargo pants in certain color swatches.
  • “Likes/Dislikes“ Sim preferences are now available for Sims created via Create a Sim Stories.
  • Sim animation will no longer pop when sitting on a stool and asking another Sim an inappropriate question.
  • [AHQ] Sim thumbnails are no longer low resolution on the Resume button.
  • [AHQ] Re-fixed issue where Skill List gets out of order, specifically when switching between Sims.
  • [AHQ] ‘ymTop_TshirtRolled_Yellow’ top no longer clips with bottoms in Create a Sim.
  • [AHQ] Event Goals created through the Calendar properly show up during the Event, even if you edit the Event.

Affecting Multiple Packs

  • [AHQ] In apartments, University dorms, and penthouses: Walls and doors will now cut away properly in wall down/cutaway viewing mode. Adjusted checks for exterior walls and inactive units.
  • [AHQ] Vampire scars are no longer observed while creating a genetics-based Spell Caster Sim, and any scars generated can now be removed (mouth, eye, cheeks and brow details).
  • [AHQ] Werewolf/Vampire Sims will swap to occult form and vice-versa after the animation instead of before or during.
  • [AHQ] Nails no longer cause shoulder tears on ‘yfTop_EP08SweaterScarf_Solid’ and ‘ymBody_EF90Djellaba_Solid’ outfits.
  • [AHQ] Leather Pants no longer overlap with low boots.

Get to Work

  • [AHQ] Sim targeted by the Simray now change to the proper blue skin tone.
  • [AHQ] Child eyebrows now update to match their hair color in Create a Sim.

City Living

  • [AHQ] Strange wall patches and gaps are no longer visible in Wall Down View in San Myshuno Apartments.
  • [AHQ] Food stalls in San Myshuno no longer disappear after coming out of Create a Sim and Manage Worlds.
  • [AHQ] Snow no longer appears inside the Planet Honey Pop building.

Cats & Dogs

  • [AHQ] Feline friends rejoice!  “Give Catnip Treat” action to cats will no longer cancel. The cat deserves a treat!

Seasons

  • [AHQ] Sim will now receive a vacuum along with the vacuum dock as a Holiday gift. Wow…a vacuum. That’s just exactly what I wanted. Thank you?
  • [AHQ] The “lose weight” New Year’s resolution will now be properly completed. But really, you look great just as you are.
  • [AHQ] ‘Holiday Decoration Box’ will no longer become unowned after moving to another Residential lot or Residential Rental lot–take those holiday memories with you!
  • [AHQ] The “Countdown to Midnight“ tradition on all TVs now can be completed.

Discover University

  • [AHQ] Sim will return from visiting the law class as a guest speaker–in both judge or private attorney branches–whether through the phone or the building interaction. We don’t know where they were previously going. Very sus.
  • [AHQ] Sims without the Active Trait will no longer get trait-related buffs when playing with a soccer ball.
  • [AHQ] “Contribute Knowledge” will now satisfy Writing Aspiration on a Research Archive Machine goal counting towards the “Senior Scholar” milestone Academic Aspiration.
  • [AHQ] Servo’s graduation portrait now shows an accurate picture.

Eco Lifestyle

  • [AHQ] Other Sims will stop stressing you out by constantly making de-stressing decoctions autonomously in the neighborhood or in the active Sim’s lot during Self-Sufficiency Neighborhood Action Plan
  • [AHQ] Notifications for a Neighborhood  Action Plan  no longer trigger with the option turned off and only send the notification if the Eco Footprint feature is enabled.
  • [AHQ] Stacking sun rays/aurora no longer get stuck loading.
  • [AHQ] Blue void lines no longer appear in Evergreen Harbor.

Snowy Escape

  • [AHQ] The platform roof at 2-4-3 Wakabamori now looks correct…
  • [AHQ] Fun and Social Needs no longer reduce while Hiking together. Exercise is fun. Everyone knows that.

Cottage Living

  • [AHQ] Finchwick Fair results no longer appear during Sports Day Competition results.

High School Years

  • [AHQ] Teen Sims no longer randomly stop taking exams.
  • [AHQ] Teen Sims can travel to prom even if Principal Mei Prescott is not alive.
  • [AHQ] Sims are paid in full for WFH tasks for Simfluencer/Video Game Streamer career.

Growing Together

  • [AHQ] San Sequoia’s world map properly loads into all lots and avoids corrupted white screens.
  • [AHQ] ‘Left-Side Work of Modern Art Window’ is now properly transparent.

Horse Ranch

  • [AHQ] Goats and Sheep now have “Care”, “Put In Inventory”, and “Trade For” interactions right after moving to a new lot.
  • There is now self-interaction on the Sim to walk to Dreadhorse Caverns.

For Rent

  • [AHQ] You can now select and edit wall heights on Residential Rentals without having to delete and replace the walls.
  • [AHQ] Ownership no longer disappears from objects after “Move Household“.
  • [AHQ] Kettle and Pressure Cooker no longer randomly disappear from inventory.
  • [AHQ] The “Do You Be-leaf in Concrete?“ red/orange swatch and green/gray swatch displays properly.
  • [AHQ] Work From Home Sims in the Handyperson career will be properly paid.
  • [AHQ] On rental properties when someone dies, you are now given a headstone/urn.
  • Visits from property owner Panya count towards the “Have the Property Owner Visit your Unit“ goal for the Discerning Dweller Aspiration.
  • Lot Traits and Lot Challenges stay selected for Residential Rental lot units when converted from Residential or Venue lot.
  • [AHQ] “Venue Funds Transfer” button no longer appears for community lots.
  • Able to enter a vacation rental unit by using phone and last exception no longer triggers when loading the save.
  • When objects are being repossessed, the Utility BIlls and Unpaid Taxes properly update in Bills Info Panel.
  • Unit Details text no longer overlap when hovering on Residential Rental lots in Map View
  • [AHQ] When bills are delivered while you are in another world, it will now process utilities correctly.

Lovestruck

  • [AHQ] Players who had saved after using Cupid’s Corner while Gallery Sims were not available were still not getting Gallery Sims there after the previous update. NOW everyone who is online and has the feature enabled should see them.
  • Vet Clinics can no longer be a venue for Create a Date events. Find a different place to get to know your date!
  • Activities from packs you do not own now cannot be selected for a Create a Date activity.
  • Saved games that have used Cupid’s Corner now stay at an appropriate size.
  • Sims with a special role (such as Bartender or Librarian) that are invited on a Date now join even though they’re very busy at work and just trying to do their job.
  • [AHQ] The occasional occurrence of a blank Create a Date goal has been fixed.
  • Changing a Create a Date event from the calendar from no goals to goals enabled and then switching back to no goals will now correctly remove the goals from the event.
  • The Romantic Explorer and Paragon Partner goal for going on a date will now be completed properly if the date does not have goals enabled.
  • The goal “Use Romantic Blanket” for the Romantic Explorer Aspiration now lights up when completed.
  • The interface to “Create Your Own Relationship Label“ now works properly with a controller or when switching between Keyboard/Mouse and a controller on consoles.
  • When setting up Household Relationships in Create a Sim, all the Romance Dynamics options are selectable now for Sims towards the bottom of the list on console.
  • The “Romance Enthusiasts” category is now available under “Attraction Characteristics” in Create a Sim Preferences.
  • A few objects were not properly sorting or filtering due to missing tags. The following objects have been fixed: Rose Radiance Flower Bouquet (flowerBouquet_EP16GENlove), Herbert Heart (sculptTableMedium_EP16GENplush), Exotic Elegance Flower Bouquet (flowerBouquet_EP16GENmodern), Tri-Aviary Love Symphony Sculpture (sculptTableMedium_EP16GENloveBirds), Floral Symphony Flower Bouquet (flowerBouquet_Ep16GENvariety), Draped Desires (sculptFloor_EP16GENcanopyStraight), Flexible Three-Seat Loveseat (sitLoveseat2x1_EP16GENartsy), Delicate Iron Bench (sitLoveseat2x1_EP16GENparkIron), and Couples Crest Bench (sitLoveseat2x1_EP16GENartistic).
  • When using The García Amor Costume Trunk, the Sim’s portrait at the bottom of the screen now updates to reflect the costume they are wearing.
  • [AHQ] Romantic interactions should no longer be available for family members at the gym.

Dine Out

  • [AHQ] Interactions are now available on culinary pot racks.
  • Removed instances of duplicate menu items in Restaurants.
  • [AHQ] Photo of experimental food no longer changes upon adding frame.

My Wedding Stories

  • There are new interactions on the wedding arch that will allow you to set which Sims to sit on either side of the aisle.
  • You will now be able to pick which Sims perform the requested behavior when clicking on the wedding arch and do Ceremony Activities. This will allow greater control of what is happening in the wedding.
  • After telling guests to do a ceremony activity, they’ll stop doing other things autonomously.
  • Music specific interaction is now available on the wedding arch in order to control when wedding music plays.
  • The text of these new interactions above will be translated into all supporting languages in an upcoming release.
  • Sims gather around without getting stuck as the wedding couple dances.
  • [AHQ] Sims will properly perform “Exchange Vows with Officiant and Kiss“ interaction after performing “Gather at the Aisle“ interaction.
  • [AHQ] You can now sell wedding cakes to local bakers! “Sell to Local Bakery“ action is available now on wedding cakes.
  • “Take your seats” interaction will no longer show up 3 times.
  • [AHQ] No lines will appear on Sim’s neck after applying the nail asset ‘yfAcc_ManiGP11Patterned_blue’.

Werewolves

  • [AHQ] Skin details (like acne or freckles) will no longer appear on Werewolves’ in their wolf form.

Laundry Day

  • [AHQ] Sim only has to wash only once (not twice) for clothes to be clean or pristine.

Tiny Living

  • [AHQ] Butlers can now sleep on Murphy beds (at their own risk).

Nifty Knitting

  • [AHQ] Legendary Knitting will now count for Excellent Knits Aspiration.

Paranormal

  • [AHQ] More spawners like the specters, weird dolls, occult markings, etc now trigger during Paranormal Investigation for Occult Sims.
  • [AHQ] Paranormal Investigation Gigs no longer showing blank Goal Bar. Specters beware. We’re back on the case.

Crystal Creations

  • [AHQ] New item highlights on the Accessories tab properly disappear after checking out the new item(s).

Party Essentials

  • [AHQ] Fun and Dancing Skill tooltips now appear for ‘The Minimalist’s Dance Floor’.

Updates to Build/Buy

New Items:

  • Prairie-Style Entry Frames
  • Pointless Renovation Doors
  • Trabeated Entry Frames
  • Delight
  • VAULT 2 Pro-Er-Level Bar
  • The Sloop Jr.
  • Iconless Fiberglass Door
  • Kickless Fiberglass Door

New Ground Covers:

  • 21 Rock
  • A Fine Geometry Ground Pavers
  • Bright Moss
  • Grassy Pavers
  • Gravel Pavers
  • Murky Moss
  • Pebbles Please
  • Rich Moss
  • Rock Storm
  • Weeds are Flowers Too

New Variants:

  • Mega Chimneys
  • Low Stucco Roof Parapet
  • Feathered Friends Turret
  • Shaped Mission Roof Parapet with Quatrefoil
  • Curved Iron Balcony
  • Mega Wall Hunk
  • Mission-Style Slatted Wooden Balcony
  • Made in the Shade Tile Awning
  • Boxy Iron Balcony
  • Annesley Square Column
  • FitzHerbert Column
  • Grosvenor Column
  • Mega Columns
  • Woodn’t You Like to Know
  • Spandrel with Decorative End Caps
  • High-tide Exterior Trim
  • Jutting Exterior Trim
  • Mega Windows
  • The Craftsman
  • Old Meets View
  • Arch You Happy to See Me?
  • Cha Cha Mostly Tall Sliding Door
  • Mega Doors
  • Island Mahogany Sliding Doors
  • Mega Stairs
  • Handsome Knuckled Banister
  • Mega Railing
  • Mission-Style Turned Wood Banister
  • Shoe Rail with Square Newels
  • Slatted Railing with Chunky Newels
  • Slatted Railing with Square Newels
  • Elegant Shoe Rail with Rounded Newels
  • A Simple Fence
  • Archetypal Picket Fence
  • Fancy Fencing
  • Fancy Picket Fence
  • Mega Fence
  • Mission-Style Wooden Slat Fence
  • Narrow Slatted Fence
  • Rustic Stone Wall
  • Short Picket Fence
  • Simple Picket Fence
  • Spanish Revival Wall
  • Smooth Keeper
  • Cottage Gate
  • Garden Gate
  • Maiden’s Gate
  • Mega Gate
  • Modern Vista Gate
  • Narrow Vista Gate
  • Spanish Inquisition
  • Modern Wonder
  • Dorm Life Panel
  • Droopy Drapes
  • H.S. Trionic Draperies
  • Nouveau Riche Blinds
  • Indecision Swags
  • Indecision Valances
  • Royal Wedding Swag
  • Indulgence
  • The Long Island
  • The Money Maker
  • The Sloop
  • Breath of Fresh Air Stove Hood
  • Caress Stove Hood
  • Close Quarters Range Hood
  • Copperrrr and Otherrr Metal Stove Hall Ceiling
  • Copperrrr and Otherrr Metal Stove Hall Wall
  • Discretion Stove Hood
  • Double Whoosh! Ceiling Stove Hood
  • Dramatic Heights Stove Hood
  • EuroBreeze Range Hood
  • Postilion Ceiling-Mounted Range Hood
  • Pro Performance Range Hood
  • Steely Fan Range Hood
  • Super Sucker Range Hood
  • Tempest Range Hood
  • The Noblesse
  • The Obelisk
  • Wall-Mounted Modern Stove Hood
  • Whoosh! Ceiling Stove Hood
  • Fate Postmodern
  • Antique Tomes
  • Scholarly Stack
  • School Binders and Bookend
  • The Note Book
  • Simplicit-Ease Chair
  • The Hipster Hugger
  • Whipped Cream Cupcake Factory

Now that’s one massive update! Hopefully, we won’t have to wait as long for the next one. Stay tuned to all our The Sims 4 coverage here.

[Source: EA]

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PSN Store “PlayStation Plus Exclusive Discounts” Sale Starts Today; Helldivers 2 the “Deal of the Week”

  by   Alex Co  
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Sony has sprung another PSN Store promotion today and this one is called the PlayStation Plus Exclusive Discounts.” As one might expect this sale is only available for those who are active PS Plus members. This is a pretty small list, and we have the complete games that are discounted and our recommendations available below.

PSN Store “PlayStation Plus Exclusive Discounts” List of Games – Ends 10/2:

Helldivers 2 Deal of the Week (-20%)

Games List:

Note: Price listed below is not discounted, since you’ll need to be logged in to see the price reduction.

We have enabled a collapsible table for the games given the huge list. To see the games in each list, click on the black arrow and/or the letters (A – E, F – J, K – O, P – T, U – Z).

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  • F1 24 Champion Edition (-40%, $53.99) – Can’t say the bonuses are worth it. If you dig F1, then this is a no-brainer.
  • Sea of Thieves Deluxe Edition (-40%, $29.99) – Over 1 million players can’t be wrong, right? Pirate game without needing a peg leg. If you seek an alternative to Skull and Bones. Still heavily supported.
  • AC Valhalla + Immortals Fenyx Rising Bundle (-75%, $22.49) – Not a bad deal given Valhall isn’t a bad game by any means but just a tad too long for its own good.
  • AC Valhalla + Watch Dogs Legion Bundle (-70%, $21.99) – Same as the one above, not a bad deal. But might drive too much open-world Ubi into your brains where you’ll see markers everywhere.
  • Watch Dogs 1 + 2 Golds Editions (-85%, $13.49) – Not a bad deal, though can’t say if gameplay holds up to this day.
  • Hell Let Loose Ultimate Edition (-50%, $34.99) – Includes a bunch of DLCs though not sure if worth it for the extra items. Era FPS that’s still supported on consoles and PC.
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  • Far Cry Anthology Bundle (-75%, $37.49) – This bundle include Far Cry 3, 4, 5, 6. Dip your toes into the Far Cry pool in one go!
  • Metro 2033 Redux (-85%, $2.99) – First Metro game from 4A, and this one adds graphical enhancements to the original game.
  • Metro Last Light Redux (-85%, $2.99)  – Adds all the DLC and graphical improvements
  • Skull Island: Rise of Kong (-65%, $13.99) – Not worth the buy, but in case you want to torture someone on how a giant ape game can be boring.
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The Elder Scrolls Online New Update for Sept. 18 Fixes Console Issues From Patch 43

  by   Alex Co  
12:25 pm in Title Updates and Patches

Bethesda has pushed out The Elder Scrolls Online new update for September 18 for consoles, and this should show up as version 2.63 on last-gen, and version 1.013.001 on current-gen. Players can expect a bunch of fixes from issues that surfaced from Patch 43, which was released earlier this month.

The Elder Scrolls Online New Update Version 2.63/1.013.001 Patch Notes:

The Elder Scrolls Online v2.63 (PS4)/ v1.44(PS5) fixes several issues from Update 43 launch, including fixes for Gold Road and Base Game content. Included are fixes to Summon Shade and Winter’s Embrace abilities, adjustments to Ithelia’s facial animations when speaking, and fixes to some Infinite Archive functionality. You’ll find those and several other notable game fixes and adjustments listed below. The size of this patch is approximately 4.7GB (PS4) 741.8 MB (PS5).

Combat & Gameplay

Nightblade
Shadow

  • Summon Shade
    • Shadow Image: Fixed an issue where this morph could be used in areas where movement abilities are meant to be suppressed, such as Imperial City spawn areas. Now, activating the ability in these areas will always fail to spawn the shade but will still act as activating a Shadow ability and drain resources (so activate them to your Magicka’s peril).

Warden
Winter’s Embrace

  • Frozen Gate: Reduced the placement range on this ability and its morphs to 22 meters ( down from 28 meters) so that they can no longer be augmented by range enhancing effects. Fixed an issue where this ability and morphs’ teleport could ignore its ranged requirements and line of sight, creating cases where it could be used to pull enemies through walls or extreme distances. Fixed an issue where this ability and its morphs could be used in areas where movement abilities are meant to be suppressed.

Itemization & Item Sets

Class Sets

  • Nobility in Decay: Fixed an issue where the special case of treating yourself as a corpse granted from this set would fail to activate conditions that stated “When you consume a corpse.”

Fixes and Improvements – Gold Road

Monsters & NPCs

Ithelia

  • Made adjustments to Ithelia’s facial animations when speaking.
  • Added light reflections to Ithelia’s eyes.

Dungeons & Group Content

Silorn Public Dungeon

  • Implemented performance and FPS improvements within certain areas of the Silorn public Dungeon (West Weald).

Quests & Zones

Ayleid Altercations

  • Fixed an issue where you could not see Elfbetta when starting her quest from an alternate location.

Tracking the Trapper

  • Marcien no longer bumps into things as he walks around the area.

General

  • Hassedaz’s Voriplasm no longer heal themselves to full after being defeated.

Fixes & Improvements – Base Game

Alliance War & PvP

General

  • Fixed an issue where you could encounter an infinite load screen when loading into a Battleground.
  • Fixed an issue with the Ebonheart armory station in Cyrodiil that was incorrectly stating it was out of range during interaction.

Art & Animation

General

  • Fixed an issue where icons were not visible when crafting items in the Hircine Bloodhunter Crafting Style.

Crown Store & Crown Crates

Motifs

  • Added image to replace missing one in product tiles for West Weald Legion Bundle and the Lucent Sentinel Style.
  • Added image to replace missing one in product tiles for Blind Path Cultist Style.

Dungeons, Arenas & Group Content

Infinite Archive

  • Audio
    • SFX & VO mix updates to Tho’at Replicanum bossfight to improve presentation.
  • General
    • The Mystery Transformation Verse consumable has new information on its tooltip to indicate its use is limited to once per Archive attempt.
    • The movement speed effect from having Tentacular Motivation unlocked now correctly reapplies after returning from a Portal to the Unknown.
  • Verses and Visions
    • You will no longer have the chance to select the Storm Projection vision once you have reached five stacks of that vision.
    • The Storm Projection and Adaptive Conqueror visions now function correctly after returning from a Portal to the Unknown.
    • Several Verses including Undead Avatar, Iron Atronach, Ice Avatar, Frenzied Zeal and Temporal Speed now correctly reapply all of their effects after returning from a Portal to the Unknown.

Events & Celebrations

Witches Festival

  • The Lord of Fear: Fixed an issue where certain fixtures in Gatzug’s nightmare might not appear

Exploration & Itemization

General

  • Achievements
    • Quartermasters who can function as Guild Traders in Cyrodiil now correctly progress the achievement “Guild Store Shopper.”

Housing

General

  • Fixed an issue where the Report action would sometimes appear unbound in gamepad mode when visiting a home listed in Home Tours.
  • Fixed an issue with the furnishing “Colovian Chandelier, Metal” where its light was offset.
  • Home Visitors with “Limited Visitor” permissions can now use Home Owners Mundus Stones.

UI

  • Added the “View Gamercard” option to housing occupants list on console. You can now see visiting player’s Gamercards if they have visited your home.

Miscellaneous

PS4

  • The update history for 2.63 is now present while in Japanese on PlayStation 4.

Quests & Zones

General

  • Fixed an issue where a number of Thalmor-dressed NPCs erroneously had their equipment changed to Divine Prosecution gear, which had the side effect of making many mage-types pantsless.

Glenumbra

  • Fixed an issue where the Red Rook Camp became associated with Gold Road ownership, causing the completion icon to look weird.

The Rift

  • Fixed an issue where a Shardborn Warpriest snuck out of West Weald and into Pinepeak Cavern.

UI

General

  • Switching tabs in the gamepad inventory should no longer produce a UI error when search results are empty.
  • You should no longer encounter issues navigating to the scribing section of the skills menu on gamepad UI while attempting a skill Respec.

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COD: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Update Version 1.055 Delivers Season 6, Here Are the Patch Notes

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Call of Duty players, the final season of Modern Warfare 3 is here! Activision has released the COD: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone update version 1.055, and this brings the Season 6 content into both games. Read on for the complete patch notes for Multiplayer, Zombies and Warzone all broken down into a handy table by MP1st!

COD: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Update Version 1.055 Patch Notes:

Download Size: 5GB (PS5)

Season 6 New Content:

New Maps:

  • Drive Thru (6v6)

Order up some mayhem at Funny’s Fried Fun. This original, small-sized map features a moving carousel and close-quarters action for thrilling gameplay!

  • Mad Cow (6v6, Meat Variant)

The dark side of East Bay Meats surfaces in this unsettling variant of the fan-favorite Meat map.

  • Arena Shipment (6v6, Shipment Variant)

Showcase your skills in front of a (totally real) crowd in Arena Shipment.

  • Stay High (6v6, Shipment Variant)

Yo, dawg, we heard you like Get High, so we put Get High in your Shipment so you can Stay High while you grind.

  • Bit-ment (6v6, Shipment Variant)

Pixels and polygons clash in the retro-inspired Bit-ment.

  • Ghost Ship (6v6, Shipment Variant)

Darkness and dread fill every corner of the grounds of Ghost Ship.

  • Sunny Shipment (6v6, Shipment Variant)

Today’s forecast calls for clear skies and good vibes in Sunny Shipment.

New Weapons:

  • Kastov LSW (Light Machine Gun, Battle Pass)

With its best-in-class fire rate and Tac Stance accuracy, this LMG was crafted to tear enemies through at short to medium range.

  • DTIR 30-06 (Battle Rifle, Battle Pass)

Eliminate long-range threats with this slow-firing and hard-hitting battle rifle chambered in .30-06.

New Attachments:

  • XTEN Binate Suppressor (Muzzle)

A large-caliber suppressor with an integral laser for tactical, low-profile action.

  • Bracefire-HC Grip (Underbarrel)

A side-angled foregrip that provides improved recoil control, stability, and handling.

  • Caster-X1 Compensator (Muzzle)

A vented compensator designed to offer better muzzle control with higher caliber rounds.

New Aftermarket Parts:

In addition to new Aftermarket Parts, complete all 4 Weekly Challenges to unlock the Drawn and Quartered animated Weapon Camo.

  • JAK Salvo (KATT-AMR Sniper Rifle, Week 1 Challenges)

A sniper modification that fires anti-materiel explosive rockets that deal significant explosive damage.

  • JAK Lance (MX Guardian Shotgun, Week 2 Challenges)

A pressurized magazine that fires three ballistic rivets, one per magazine rotation. Pressure builds while the weapon is idle until the maximum output is reached. At critical pressure, velocity and precision are vastly improved.

  • JAK Voltstorm (Stormender Launcher, Week 4 Challenges)

High-voltage electricity is cycled through copper coils and discharged in a lethal bolt capable of hitting multiple targets.

New Operators:

  • Sam (SpecGru)
  • Daryl Dixon (SpecGru)
  • Slamfire (SpecGru)
  • Art the Clown (KorTac)
  • Michael Myers (KorTac)
  • Alone (KorTac)

New Events:

  • The Walking Dead: Road to Terminus (September 25 – October 2)

Fear the Living. Earn XP in-game to unlock The Walking Dead rewards. Use the Daryl Dixon Operator for a boost.

  • Trick ‘r Treat: Candy Hunt (October 2 – October 16)

Collect candy in game to unlock rewards, including some tricks and treats. Wear the Sam Operator Skin or VARIANT NAME to earn more candy per match. Fill up the King Size bar for the ultimate treat!

  • MWIII Rewind (October 9 – October 16)

That’s a wrap folks! Take a walk down memory lane and complete challenges to earn rewards.

New Prestige

Finish your seasonal player rank journey at Prestige 25 Level 1,250 with new Prestige Challenges and rewards to unlock.

Additionally, the final Weapon Prestige Camo is upon us… Unlock the Constellation’s End animated camo by earning 300,000 Weapon XP after earning the Weapon Prestige Camos of previous Seasons. Trust us, it’s worth the grind!

New Ranked Play Season

Season 6 of MWIII Multiplayer Ranked Play ends on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at 12 AM PT. A countdown timer will be displayed in the UI to inform all players of the imminent closure. Skill Division Rewards will be granted soon after the Season has come to an end.

Based on the highest placement in your Skill Division, the following rewards are earnable:

  • Bronze: MWIII Season 6 Bronze Emblem
  • Silver: MWIII Season 6 Silver Emblem
  • Gold: MWIII Season 6 Gold Animated Emblem
  • Gold: MWIII Season 6 Gold Weapon Camo
  • Platinum: MWIII Season 6 Platinum Animated Emblem
  • Platinum: MWIII Season 6 Platinum Weapon Camo
  • Diamond: MWIII Season 6 Diamond Animated Emblem
  • Diamond: MWIII Season 6 Diamond Weapon Camo
  • Crimson: MWIII Season 6 Crimson Animated Emblem
  • Crimson: MWIII Season 6 Crimson Weapon Camo
  • Iridescent: MWIII Season 6 Iridescent Animated Emblem
  • Iridescent: MWIII Season 6 Iridescent Weapon Camo
  • Iridescent: MWIII Season 6 Iridescent Animated Calling Card
  • Top 250: MWIII Season 6 Top 250 Animated Emblem
  • Top 250: MWIII Season 6 Top 250 Animated Calling Card
  • Top 250: MWIII Season 6 Top 250 Animated Weapon Camo

Global

Stability & Performance

  • Addressed several causes of server-side stability and performance degradation.
  • Fixed a crash that occurred while editing Loadouts on a fresh account.

Customization

  • Increased animation rate and emissive intensity of the Orion MWII Mastery Camo.
  • Added a scrolling animation to the Penny Camo.
  • Removed a duplicate Suited Aegis Calling Card from the selection menu.

Multiplayer

UIX

  • Locked MWII Weapon Mastery Calling Cards are now visible in the Customization menu.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue causing an incorrect mode icon to be displayed during map voting.
    • Fixed a menu performance degradation that occurred when tracking Challenges.
    • Fixed an issue causing parties to disband upon transitioning to Warzone.

Progression

  • Added several static and animated Calling Cards and Emblems to Armory Unlocks.

Modes

  • Cyber Attack
    • Fixed an issue causing the icons indicating death and bomb carrier to not be visible on the scoreboard in Hardcode mode.
    • Fixed an issue causing enemy pings to not transition to an inactive state upon death.
    • Fixed an issue causing Enhanced Vision Goggles to draw red outlines on dead enemies.
    • Fixed a crash that occurred when a player using the Juggernaut Recon Killstreak is killed.
    • Fixed an issue causing the Spear to become unusable after being revived.
  • Infected
    • Fixed an issue preventing the Final Survivor health bonus from working in Private Matches.
    • Final Survivor health bonus will no longer be removed upon another Survivor joining the ongoing match.
    • Players will no longer forcibly activate the Dead Silence Field Upgrade upon becoming the First Infected.
    • Disabled UAV sweeps for the Infected to allow Survivors to hide.
    • Additional time is now only added for the first 5 Survivor deaths, effectively capping the maximum match duration at 5 minutes.
    • Reintroduced the majority of available maps to the Infected Playlist.
    • Improved Infected Loadouts to coincide with Survivor Loadout adjustments.
      • First Infected
        • Primary: Same as Survivors
        • Secondary: Same as Survivors
      • Regular Infected
        • Primary: Combat Knife (Melee)
        • Secondary: Fists (Melee)
      • All Infected Loadouts
        • Field Upgrade: Dead Silence
        • Lethal: Throwing Knife x2
        • Tactical: Tactical Insertion
        • Vest: Infantry Vest
        • Gloves: Ordnance Gloves
        • Boots: Lightweight Boots
        • Gear: Bone Conduction Headset
        • Gear: Blacklight Flashlight
    • Overhauled Survivor Loadouts to increase effectiveness against the Infected.
      • Survivor Loadout 1
        • Primary: Kastov LSW (Light Machine Gun)
          • Bombast T54 Short Barrel
          • Bracefire-HC Underbarrel Grip
          • 150 Round Magazine
          • State50 Rear Grip
          • No Stock
        • Secondary: COR-45 (Handgun)
          • XRK IP-V2 Conversion Kit
          • Mk. 3 Reflector Optic
          • 30 Round Magazine
          • .45 Auto AET Rounds Ammunition
          • Kimura RYN-03 Underbarrel Vertical Grip
      • Survivor Loadout 2
        • Primary: Haymaker (Shotgun)
          • JAK Maglift Conversion Kit
          • Corvus PEC Beam-5 Laser
          • Imperator Long Barrel
          • Crown Breaker Choke
          • GRV-Z Short Underbarrel Grip
        • Secondary: Renetti (Handgun)
          • JAK Ferocity Carbine Conversion Kit
          • Mk. 3 Reflector Optic
          • 30 Round Magazine
          • 9mm AET Rounds Ammunition
          • XTEN Sidearm-L400 Laser
      • Survivor Loadout 3
        • Primary: Holger 556 (Assault Rifle)
          • JAK Backsaw Conversion Kit
          • Ignis F43 Stock
          • Intruder Rear Grip
          • Cario LAZ-44 v3 Laser
          • JAK Glassless Optic
        • Secondary: COR-45 (Handgun)
          • Akimbo COR-45 Rear Grip
          • 40 Round Drum Magazine
          • XTEN Sidearm-L400 Laser
          • XRK Lightning Fire Trigger Action
          • .45 Auto AET Rounds Ammunition
      • Survivor Loadout 4
        • Primary: FJX Horus (Submachine Gun)
          • JAK Scimitar Conversion Kit
          • Kimura RYL33 Laser Light
          • Paracord Underbarrel Grip
          • Ripper Light Stock
          • Lull-9mm Rear Grip
        • Secondary: TYR (Handgun)
          • JAK Beholder Rifle Conversion Kit
          • Mk. 3 Reflector Optic
          • Ullr’s Fury Trigger Action
          • FJX DIOD-70 Laser
          • FSS Sharkfin 90 Underbarrel
      • Survivor Loadout 5
        • Primary: Longbow (Sniper Rifle)
          • JAK Tyrant 762 Conversion Kit
          • FSS OLE-V Laser
          • Demo 650 Rear Grip
          • DR-6 Underbarrel Handstop
          • JAK Glassless Optic
        • Secondary: WSP Stinger (Handgun)
          • Akimbo WSP Stinger Rear Grip
          • WSP Factory Stock
          • 32 Round Magazine
          • XTEN Sidearm-L400 Laser
          • 9mm AET Rounds Ammunition
      • All Survivor Loadouts
        • Lethal: Claymore
        • Tactical: Scatter Mine
        • Field Upgrades: Munitions Box
        • Vest: Infantry Vest
        • Gloves: Scavenger Gloves
        • Boots: Lightweight Boots
        • Gear: Mag Holster
        • Gear: Data Jacker
  • Private Match
    • Added the following Maps to the available selection.
      • Airborne
      • Arena Shipment
      • Bit-ment
      • Bitvela
      • Breenbergh Hotel (MWII)
      • Celship
      • Crown Raceway (MWII)
      • Das Gross
      • Dome (MWII)
      • Drive Thru
      • Farm 18 (MWII)
      • Get High
      • Ghost Ship
      • Hangover
      • Ink House
      • Mad Cow
      • Mercado Las Almas (MWII)
      • Satan’s Quarry
      • Shipmas
      • Shipment (MWII)
      • Shoot House (MWII)
      • Skidgrow
      • Sporeyard
      • Stay High
      • Sunny Shipment
      • Tetanus
      • Toonoxide

Weapons & Attachments

Assault Rifles

  • STG44
    • Decreased maximum damage from 36 to 33 (-8%).
    • Decreased maximum damage range from 44.5m to 36.8m (-17%).
    • Decreased near-medium damage range from 51.8m to 44.5m (-14%).
    • Decreased medium damage range from 61m to 53.3m (-13%).

Within its maximum damage range, the STG44 is no longer capable of a 3-shot kill.

  • M4 (MWII)
    • Increased near-medium damage from 26 to 29 (+12%).
    • Increased minimum damage from 24 to 25 (+4%).
    • Increased head and neck damage multipliers from 1.1x to 1.15x.
  • Chimera (MWII)
    • Increased minimum damage from 20 to 23 (+15%).
    • Increased maximum damage range from 16m to 25.4m (+59%).
    • Increased near-medium damage range from 31.8m to 41.9m (+32%).
  • Tempus Razorback (MWII)
    • Increased maximum damage from 29 to 30 (+3%).
    • Increased near-medium damage from 26 to 27 (+4%).
    • Increased minimum damage from 20 to 23 (+15%).
    • Increased near-medium damage range from 32.2m to 39.4m (+22%).
  • M13C (MWII)
    • Decreased sprint to fire time from 210ms to 189ms (-10%).
    • Decreased recoil gun kick from 35.6deg/s to 28.7deg/s (-19%).
    • Increased maximum damage range from 25.4m to 36.8m (+45%).
    • Increased near-medium damage range from 39.4m to 47m (+19%).
    • Increased medium damage range from 49.8m to 57.4m (+15%).
  • TR-76 Geist (MWII)
    • Decreased aim down sight time from 280ms to 240ms (-14%).
    • Increased maximum damage range from 24.1m to 33m (+37%).
    • Increased near-medium damage range from 36.8m to 44.5m (+21%).
    • Increased medium damage range from 48.3m to 55.9m (+16%).

Battle Rifles

  • Lachmann-762 (MWII)
    • Decreased horizontal recoil from 10.8deg/s to 9.6deg/s (-11%).
    • Decreased vertical recoil from 53.6deg/s to 48.2deg/s (-10%).
    • Increased firing aim stability.
  • Cronen Squall (MWII)
    • Decreased horizontal recoil from 6.9deg/s to 6deg/s (-13%).
    • Decreased vertical recoil from 52deg/s to 47.7deg/s (-8%).
    • Increased firing aim stability.
  • FTAC Recon (MWII)
    • Decreased horizontal recoil from 5.8deg/s to 4.7deg/s (-19%).
    • Decreased vertical recoil from 63.9deg/s to 53.5deg/s (-16%).
  • TAQ-V (MWII)
    • Decreased aim down sight time from 290ms to 260ms (-10%).
    • Increased firing aim stability.
  • SO-14 (MWII)
    • Increased maximum damage range from 19.3m to 22.3m (+16%).
    • Increased near-medium damage range from 31.8m to 34.9m (+10%).
    • Increased medium damage range from 39.6m to 45.7m (+15%).

Submachine Guns

  • Superi 46
    • Decreased near-medium damage from 27 to 26 (-4%).
    • Decreased maximum damage range from 18.8m to 13.7m (-27%).
    • Decreased near-medium damage range from 30.5m to 22.9m (-25%).
    • Decreased medium damage range from 41.4m to 33m (-20%).
  • Static-HV
    • Decreased maximum damage from 33 to 30 (-9%).
    • Decreased near-medium damage from 30 to 28 (-7%).
    • Decreased medium damage from 28 to 26 (-7%).
    • Removed far-medium damage range.

Within its maximum damage range, the Static-HV is no longer capable of a 4-shot kill without a headshot.

  • ISO 45 (MWII)
    • Increased near-medium damage from 27 to 29 (+7%).
    • Increased minimum damage from 22 to 24 (+9%).
    • Increased maximum damage range from 9.1m to 11.7m (+28%).
    • Increased arm, hand, leg, and foot damage multipliers from 0.95x to 1x.
  • ISO 9mm (MWII)
    • Increased maximum damage from 24 to 25 (+4%).
    • Increased near-medium damage from 22 to 23 (+5%).
    • Increased medium damage from 20 to 22 (+10%).
    • Increased minimum damage from 17 to 20 (+18%).
  • PDSW 528 (MWII)
    • Increased maximum damage from 30 to 33 (+10%).
    • Increased near-medium damage from 25 to 30 (+20%).
    • Increased medium damage from 24 to 25 (+4%).
    • Increased minimum damage from 20 to 22 (+10%).
    • Decreased near-medium damage range from 20.6m to 12.7m (-40%).
    • Removed far-medium damage range.
    • Increased headshot damage multiplier from 1.2x to 1.3x.

Adjustments to damage ranges are to compensate for the decreased number of shots to kill.

  • Fennec 45 (MWII)
    • Increased maximum damage from 25 to 27 (+8%).
    • Increased near-medium damage from 20 to 26 (+30%).
    • Increased medium damage from 18 to 23 (+28%).
    • Increased minimum damage from 17 to 20 (+18).
    • Decreased maximum damage range from 12.7m to 5.1m (-60%).
    • Decreased near-medium damage range from 17.3m to 12.7m (-26%).
    • Decreased medium damage range from 22.6m to 20.3m (-10%).

Adjustments to damage ranges are to compensate for the decreased number of shots to kill.

  • BAS-P (MWII)
    • Increased near-medium damage from 27 to 28 (+4%).
    • Increased neck and upper torso damage multipliers from 1x to 1.1x.
  • Vaznev-9K (MWII)
    • Increased maximum damage from 31 to 33 (+6%).
    • Increased medium damage from 25 to 28 (+12%).
    • Increased far-medium damage from 23 to 24 (+4%).

Light Machine Guns

  • RPK (MWII)
    • JAK Cataclysm Conversion Kit
      • Decreased maximum damage from 140 to 130 (-7%).
      • Decreased near-medium damage from 130 to 120 (-8%).
      • Decreased minimum damage from 120 to 100 (-17%).
      • Decreased maximum damage range from 35.6m to 27.9m (-21%).
      • Decreased near-medium damage range from 50.8m to 40.6m (-20%).
      • Decreased head damage multiplier from 2.1x to 1.5x.
  • 556 Icarus (MWII)
    • Increased near-medium damage from 27 to 28 (+4%).
    • Increased maximum damage range from 24.1m to 33m (+37%).
    • Increased near-medium damage range from 40.6m to 45.7m (+13%).
    • Increased neck and upper torso damage multipliers from 1x to 1.1x.
    • Increased leg and foot damage multipliers from 0.9x to 1x.

 

Marksman Rifles

  • EBR-14 (MWII)
    • Increased neck and upper torso damage multipliers from 1.27x to 1.35x.
    • Increased lower torso damage multiplier from 1x to 1.27x.
  • SP-R 208 (MWII)
    • Increased maximum damage range from 13m to 20.3m (+57%).
    • Increased lower torso damage multiplier from 1x to 1.5x.
  • Tempus Torrent (MWII)
    • Increased minimum damage from 37 to 43 (+16%).
    • Increased neck, upper torso, and upper arm damage multipliers from 1.1x to 1.2x.
  • LM-S (MWII)
    • Increased neck and upper torso damage multipliers from 1.25x to 1.35x.
  • SA-B 50 (MWII)
    • Increased maximum damage range from 10.4m to 17.8m (+71%).

Sniper Rifles

  • Carrack .300 (MWII)
    • Increased maximum damage from 128 to 140 (+9%).
    • Increased near-medium damage from 95 to 128 (+35%).
    • Increased medium damage from 90 to 95 (+6%).
    • Increased minimum damage from 70 to 73 (+4%).
    • Decreased near-medium damage range from 30.7m to 25.4m (-17%).

Handguns

  • Basilisk (MWII)
    • Increased maximum damage range from 8.4m to 11.4m (+36%).
    • Increased near-medium damage range from 22.9m to 30.5m (+33%).

Melee

  • Spear
    • Fixed an issue causing Fists to retain increased damage after depleting thrown Spears.

Attachments

  • Kimura RYL33 Laser Light
    • Removed duplicate Attachment entries for the Bryson 800 and Bryson 890 Shotguns.
  • JAK Volk Conversion Kit
    • Fixed an issue causing incompatible Attachments to be equipped when applying the Flammable Fury Blueprint.

Field Upgrades

  • Enhanced Vision Goggles
    • Fixed an exploit involving the Juggernaut Killstreak that allowed red enemy outlines to persist through battery depletion.

Zombies

Gameplay

  • Fixed an issue causing Shock Sticks to prevent the Entity encounter from progressing.
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when throwing a Spear at a Hellhound.

Weapons & Attachments

Shotguns

  • Reclaimer 18
    • JAK Devastators Conversion Kit
      • Fixed an issue preventing damage from being dealt to Mercenary enemies.

GLOBAL (WZ, MP, Zombies)

EVENTS

The Haunting Limited-Time Event [Activation Dates: September 18 – October 16]

  • The Walking Dead: Road to Terminus
    • Activation Dates: September 25 – October 2
    • Fear the Living! Earn XP to unlock The Walking Dead rewards. Equip the Daryl Dixon Operator for a boost.
  • Trick ‘r Treat: Candy Hunt
    • Activation Dates: October 2 – October 16
    • Collect candy to unlock rewards. Some will be tricks, some will be treats. Equip the Sam or Sam Unmasked Operator to earn even more candy per match. Fill up the King Size bar for the ultimate treat!
  • Purgatory Island
    • Activation Dates: September 18 – October 16 (Call of Duty: Warzone)
    • Explore the twisted island of Purgatory and complete event challenges for rewards.

PERFORMANCE

  • Addressed several causes of server-side stability and performance degradation.
  • Fixed a crash that occurred while editing Loadouts on a fresh account.

CUSTOMIZATION

  • Increased animation rate and emissive intensity of the Orion MWII Mastery Camo.
  • Added a scrolling animation to the Penny Camo.
  • Removed a duplicate Suited Aegis Calling Card from the selection menu.

Warzone

MAPS

MAP UPDATES

» REBIRTH ISLAND «
  • Hellspawn Variant
    • The hellmouth has opened over Rebirth Island, transforming it into a gore-soaked nightmare. Devilish tentacles, a blood-red ocean, and crimson vegetation now dominate the landscape. Venture into the prison and lighthouse to encounter foul anomalies and ominous shadows. The Factory and Dockyards are filled with unnatural red waters and fleshy growths. Lightning crackles as grotesque sights and eerie threats await around every corner. Enter Hellspawn if you dare.

» VONDEL «

  • Vondel Night Variant
    • Night falls on Vondel, casting shadows over the city and its canals. Battle from the Castle to the Cruise Terminal, navigating the waterways under moonlight. While visibility is good under the city lights, beware of the undead terrors lurking throughout.

MODES

NEW LIMITED-TIME MODES

  • Purgatory
    • There’s lots of fun to be had in Purgatory, a new squad-based LTM taking place on the Rebirth Island Hellspawn map variant featuring a sandbox setting where squads can battle and complete objectives at their own pace.
    • Custom Loadouts are always available, and all Operators receive infinite respawns.
    • The mode supports a variety of interesting mechanics to enjoy during your long stay, including:
      • Insane Powerups: Purgatory features excellent loot including powerful Weapon Blueprints and plentiful Killstreaks. Find and equip super weapons from the Arcade mode and gain enhanced abilities from Mutation.
      • Portals: Peer into the image of a portal to see where it will take you. Step inside to transport there.
      • Flying Shipment: In this strange environment, Shipment flies over the island on a drivable platform, accessible via parachute, helicopter, and by portal.
      • Chill in the Safe Zone: Move into designated Safe Zones to take a break from combat and chill with other Operators. Safe Zones are easily identified by the translucent dome enclosing them. Inside the dome, Operators enter third-person perspective and are unable to deal or receive damage.
      • Torment Level: Eliminating enemies increases your Torment Level. The higher your Torment Level, the more XP you earn per elimination. But the advantage comes at a cost: as your Torment Level increases, so does your presence on the enemy minimap, increasing your visibility to enemy players.
      • Scare Packages: Dropped in various locations throughout the match, Scare Packages include powerful loot and some unexpected side effects. Seek them out and roll the dice…
      • Terriball: You’ll need to be quick on your feet around Terriballs. They spawn around the map and are found in Scare Packages, too. Shoot, melee, or run into a Terriball to send it flying, instantly eliminating any Operator it hits.
    • Squads can achieve a victory condition. Eliminate enemies and commend your peers to progress during your stay in the afterlife.
    • Duration: 4 Weeks
    • Map: Hellspawn
  • Zombie Royale
    • Fall and rise again as the undead in Zombie Royale. Eliminated Operators will become zombies, giving you the chance to seek revenge while taking out any other living Operators you encounter on the way. Zombies gain unique abilities like faster movement speed, stronger melee attacks, advanced vision, a charged jump and more.
    • Duration: 4 Weeks
    • Maps: Hellspawn (Weeks 1 & 2), Vondel Night (Weeks 3 & 4)

GENERAL

  • Warzone Rewards
    • The previously introduced reward system continues with new trackable Challenges and rewards:
      • Combat Expertise: Acquire your Loadout and get hunting. Earn rewards for taking the fight to the enemy and surviving to the end.
      • Cooperation: Assemble your squad, work together to eliminate enemies, and share your Cash.
      • Mobility: Get out and explore the map. Move fast and far to acquire the rewards in this category.
      • Redacted: Sometimes Operators must make do with limited intel. Puzzle out these redacted Challenges to reap the rewards.
    • A reward is given after completing every Challenge. Unlock a new Weapon Camo in each, including “The Fallout” Weapon Camo for completing Combat Expertise, “Whispering Veil” Weapon Camo for completing Cooperation, “Mutant Flux” Weapon Camo for completing Mobility, and “Headed to Hell” Weapon Camo for completing Redacted.
  • Champion’s Quest Reward Refresh
    • Successfully completing Champion’s Quest now unlocks the new “Gamma Storm” weapon camo.

GAMEPLAY

ADJUSTED

» ALL MAPS | ALL MODES «

  • Loot Refresh
    • We’ve made some minor adjustments to loot acquired via ground and Supply Boxes.
  • Upload Intel Contract
    • Upload Intel Contracts will no longer award a Bunker key.

» FORTUNE’S KEEP | RESURGENCE «

  • Daily Challenge
    • The number of kills required to complete the Fortune’s Keep Daily Challenge has been reduced to 2, down from 5.

WEAPONS

NEW WEAPONS

  • Kastov LSW Light Machine Gun
    • With its best-in-class fire rate and Tac Stance accuracy, this LMG was crafted to tear enemies through at short to medium range.
    • Available via Battle Pass Sector 18
  • DTIR 30-06 Battle Rifle
    • Eliminate long-range threats with this slow-firing and hard-hitting battle rifle chambered in .30-06.
    • Available via Battle Pass Sector 6

NEW ATTACHMENTS

MUZZLE «

  • XTEN Binate Suppressor
    • A large-caliber suppressor with an integral laser for tactical, low-profile action.
  • Caster-X1 Compensator
    • A vented compensator designed to offer better muzzle control with higher caliber rounds.

» UNDERBARREL «

  • Bracefire-HC Grip
    • A side-angled foregrip that makes it possible to sprint and fire at the same time.

NEW AFTERMARKET PARTS

  • JAK Salvo (Week 1 Challenges)
    • Compatibility: KATT-AMR Sniper Rifle
    • A sniper modification that fires anti-materiel explosive rockets that deal significant explosive damage.
  • JAK Lance (Week 2 Challenges)
    • Compatibility: MX Guardian Shotgun (MWII)
    • A pressurized magazine that fires three ballistic rivets, one per magazine rotation. Pressure builds while the weapon is idle until the maximum output is reached. At critical pressure, velocity, and precision are vastly improved.
  • JAK Voltstorm (Week 4 Challenges)
    • Compatibility: Stormender Launcher
    • High-voltage electricity is cycled through copper coils and discharged in a lethal bolt capable of hitting multiple targets.

WEAPON ADJUSTMENTS

Assault Rifles

BP50

  • Far-Mid Damage Range increased to 40.64 meters, up from 35.3.
  • JAK Revenger Conversion Kit
    • Near-Mid Damage increased to 22, up from 21.
    • Neck Modifier decreased to 1.1x, down from 1.2x.

Holger 556

  • Max Damage Range increased to 50.8 meters, up from 41.91.

MCW

  • Near-Mid Damage Range increased to 50.8 meters, up from 44.45.
  • Mid Damage Range increased to 60.96 meters, up from 53.34.

MTZ 556

  • Headshot Modifier increased to 1.3x, up from 1.25x.

STG-44

  • Max Damage Range decreased to 27.94 meters, down from 36.83.
  • Near-Mid Damage Range decreased to 36.83 meters, down from 44.45.
  • Lower Torso Modifier decreased to 1.15x, down from 1.3x.
  • Lower Arm and Hand Modifiers decreased to 1.15x, down from 1.3x.

SVA 545

  • Near-Mid Damage Range increased to 50.8 meters, up from 44.95.

M13C (MWII)

  • Decreased sprint to fire time to 189ms, down from 210ms.

M16 (MWII) 

  • JAK Patriot Conversion Kit
    • Max Damage Range increased to 36.83 meters, up from 30.48.
    • Near-Mid Damage Range increased to 43.18 meters, up from 37.33.
    • Mid Damage Range increased to 60.96 meters, up from 53.34.

TR-76 Geist (MWII)

  • Decreased aim down sight time to 240ms

Battle Rifles

Cronen Squall (MWII)

  • Decreased horizontal recoil to 6deg/s, down from 6.9deg/s.
  • Decreased vertical recoil to 47.7deg/s, down from 52deg/s.
  • Increased firing aim stability.

FTAC Recon (MWII)

  • Decreased horizontal recoil to 4.7deg/s, down from 5.8deg/s.
  • Decreased vertical recoil to 53.5deg/s, down from 63.9deg/s.

Lachmann-762 (MWII)

  • Decreased horizontal recoil to 9.6deg/s, down from 10.8deg/s.
  • Decreased vertical recoil to 48.2deg/s, down from 53.6deg/s.
  • Increased firing aim stability.

TAQ-V (MWII)

  • Decreased aim down sight time to 260ms, down from 290ms.
  • Increased firing aim stability.

Submachine Guns

AMR9

  • Max Damage Range increased to 13.97 meters, up from 12.7.
  • Mid Damage Range increased to 24.13 meters, up from 21.59.
  • Lower Torso Modifier increased to 1.1x, up from 1x.

HRM-9

  • Max Damage Range increased to 12.7 meters, up from 10.41.
  • Lower Torso Modifier increased to 1.05x, up from 1x.

RAM-9

  • Max Damage Range increased to 12.19 meters, up from 10.16.
  • Mid Damage Range increased to 20.32 meters, up from 17.27.

Light Machine Guns

RAAL MG (MWII)

  • JAK Protean Conversion Kit
    • Headshot Modifier decreased to 1.67x, down from 3x.
    • Neck Modifier decreased to 1.5x, down from 2x.
    • Upper and Lower Torso Modifiers decreased to 1.5x, down from 2x.
    • Arm Modifier decreased to 1.2x, down from 2x.

Melee

SPEAR

  • Fixed an issue causing Fists to retain increased damage after depleting thrown Spears.

WARZONE RANKED PLAY

GENERAL

Season 6 of Warzone Ranked Play ends on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at 12 AM PT. A countdown timer will be displayed in the UI to inform all players of the imminent closure. Skill Division Rewards will be granted soon after the Season has come to an end.

UPDATED

» RESURGENCE «

Compete in the next season of Call of Duty: Warzone Ranked Play as Rebirth Island Resurgence returns challenging players to prove their skillset on the way to the Top 250. Harness the competitive spirit and earn new rewards for ranking up and advancing through the Skill Divisions. For a refresher on this Mode, click here.

Ranked Play Resurgence players can earn rewards via Ranking, the completion of Placement Challenges, and Skill Division rewards.

Here are the Season 6 Kills or Assists and Placement rewards:

  • Get 25 Kills or Assists: “WZ Season 6 Competitor” Weapon Sticker
  • Get 250 Kills or Assists: “WZ Ranked Play Season 6” Loading Screen
  • Get 1,000 Kills or Assists: “WZ Season 6 Ranked Veteran” Weapon Camo
  • Place in the Top 15, 25 times: “Team Spirit” Weapon Decal
  • Place in the Top 5, 25 times: “Retired Pro MCW” Weapon Blueprint
  • Place 1st: “Gold Lining” Weapon Charm

The End of Season rewards for Season 6 are awarded based on your highest Skill Division placement, including:

  • Bronze: “WZ Season 6 Bronze” Emblem
  • Silver: “WZ Season 6 Silver” Emblem
  • Gold: “WZ Season 6 Gold” Animated Emblem
  • Gold: “WZ Season 6 Gold” Weapon  Camo
  • Platinum: “WZ Season 6 Platinum” Animated Emblem
  • Platinum: “WZ Season 6 Platinum” Weapon  Camo
  • Diamond: “WZ Season 6 Diamond” Animated Emblem
  • Diamond: “WZ Season 6 Diamond” Weapon  Camo
  • Crimson: “WZ Season 6 Crimson” Animated Emblem
  • Crimson: “WZ Season 6 Crimson” Weapon  Camo
  • Iridescent: “WZ Season 6 Iridescent” Animated Emblem
  • Iridescent: “WZ Season 6 Iridescent” Animated Calling Card
  • Iridescent: “WZ Season 6 Iridescent” Weapon  Camo
  • Top 250: “WZ Season 6 Top 250” Animated Emblem
  • Top 250: “WZ Season 6 Top 250” Animated Calling Card
  • #1 Overall: “Season 6 #1 Overall” Animated Emblem
  • #1 Overall: “Season 6 #1 Overall” Animated Calling Card

Ranked Play competitors can also earn the Skill Division Operator Skin sets for use with both the CDL Male and Female Operators (for both factions) to represent your highest Skill Division obtained above Gold. These Skins are the same as the ones you can unlock in Modern Warfare III Multiplayer Ranked Play.

BUG FIXES

  • Fixed a menu performance degradation that occurred when tracking Challenges.
  • Fixed an issue causing parties to disband upon transitioning to Warzone.
  • Fixed an issue causing UI performance issues when players in a party enter a Warzone mode from the frontend.

That’s about it. Don’t forget, once Black Ops 6 is released and integrated into Warzone, it’ll become the flag bearer for the new seasons.

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Final Fantasy 16 Profits Did Not Meet Expectations, Admits Square Enix

  by   Alex Co  
11:08 am in News

While the PS5 is unquestionably the market leader in consoles this gen, it seems the game’s userbase isn’t enough to carry the game where Square Enix wants it in terms of commercial success.

This was revealed by Square Enix in its financial results briefing which was held in May, but the report was just released today. According to Square Enix President and Representative Director Takashi Kiryu, “In the HD Games sub-segment, we released multiple new titles, including major titles such as “Final Fantasy XVI” and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but profits unfortunately did not meet our expectations.”

While no sales figures were released for both Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Final Fantasy 16, this is the first time Square Enix admitted that both games’ sales performance were not as good as they would have liked, With Final Fantasy 16 now available on PC, this should help bolster its sales. Of course, releasing the game on Xbox Series X|S would further add to the overall sales figure, but Square Enix has made no announcement about that. As for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, it’s just a matter of time until it’s announced for PC, as Final Fantasy 7 Remake did see a PC release a year after the RPG was released on PlayStation platforms.

In terms of quality, both FF7 Rebirth and FF16 fared quite well among critics. Our review of FF16 gave it an outstanding 9.5/10 score, while our Rebirth review got a perfect 10/10 from the site.

Alongside both Final Fantasy games that underperformed, another game by Square Enix that didn’t meet expectations is Foamstars, as the game recently went free-to-play amid its fledgling player base.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Update 1.55 Deployed for Season 6 This September 18

  by   Alex Co  
10:12 am in Title Updates and Patches

The last season of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is here, as once Black Ops 6 is released, expect Warzone’s integration with that game to be the one carrying the torch moving forward. For those on PS4 and PS5, players can pre-load Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 update 1.55 ahead of the Season 6 start today.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Update 1.55 Patch Notes:

Highlights:

Connected Content:

CONTENT SUMMARY

  • Two Free Weapons: Unlock two new weapons for free in the Season 6 Battle Pass, a powerful Battle Rifle and an LMG specialized for close combat.

  • A Trio of AMPs: Earn three new Aftermarket Parts arriving throughout Season 6, including the JAK Salvo, JAK Voltstorm, and JAK Lance.

    BlackCell: Petrify your enemies as the horrifying three-headed Alone, Season 6’s leading BlackCell Operator featuring a melding of human skin across a ghastly mutant body. Use the accompanying BlackCell Finishing Move to silence the opposition.

  • Operators: Farah headlines alongside Michael Myers and the new Slamfire Operator. Unlock these and other rewards in the Season 6 Battle Pass including additional Operator Skins, Weapon Blueprints, COD Points, and more.

  • Store Offerings: Haunt your enemies with terror-inducing Operators including characters from your favorite horror franchises.

  • Events and More: Face your fears and unlock new content in Weekly Events. Climb those Prestige Ranks all the way to Level 1,250 to reach new rewards for the most dedicated grinders.

Multiplayer:

CONTENT SUMMARY

  • Blood-soaked Maps and More: Get a bite to eat in the new killer clown-themed Drive Thru Multiplayer map and steak your claim as the king of the meats in the Mad Cow variant along with five other new map variants.
  • Terrifying Modes: Play a scary twist on Infected and fight back the undead with the return of Hordepoint. Power up your Operator with super weapons in Arcade and embrace the change in Mutation.
Zombies:

CONTENT SUMMARY

  • Free Rift Runs: Complete Free Dark Aether Rift Runs without the need to offer up a Sigil. Survive to access powerful schematics plus earn a boatload of XP and other rewards.
  • Double Schematic Recovery: Head into battle armed to the teeth as schematics take only half as long to recharge throughout the season.
Warzone:

CONTENT SUMMARY

  • New Terrifying Terrain: Watch your step around the living tentacles slithering across Rebirth Island in Hellspawn and battle under a blood moon as night descends on Vondel.
  • Brave Purgatory, Zombie Royale LTMs: Cheat death in the new Purgatory LTM where anything goes and face off against the undead with the return of Zombie Royale.

For a deeper dive into the new content, head on over here.

Season 6 New Content:

New Maps:

  • Drive Thru (6v6)

Order up some mayhem at Funny’s Fried Fun. This original, small-sized map features a moving carousel and close-quarters action for thrilling gameplay!

  • Mad Cow (6v6, Meat Variant)

The dark side of East Bay Meats surfaces in this unsettling variant of the fan-favorite Meat map.

  • Arena Shipment (6v6, Shipment Variant)

Showcase your skills in front of a (totally real) crowd in Arena Shipment.

  • Stay High (6v6, Shipment Variant)

Yo, dawg, we heard you like Get High, so we put Get High in your Shipment so you can Stay High while you grind.

  • Bit-ment (6v6, Shipment Variant)

Pixels and polygons clash in the retro-inspired Bit-ment.

  • Ghost Ship (6v6, Shipment Variant)

Darkness and dread fill every corner of the grounds of Ghost Ship.

  • Sunny Shipment (6v6, Shipment Variant)

Today’s forecast calls for clear skies and good vibes in Sunny Shipment.

New Weapons:

  • Kastov LSW (Light Machine Gun, Battle Pass)

With its best-in-class fire rate and Tac Stance accuracy, this LMG was crafted to tear enemies through at short to medium range.

  • DTIR 30-06 (Battle Rifle, Battle Pass)

Eliminate long-range threats with this slow-firing and hard-hitting battle rifle chambered in .30-06.

New Attachments:

  • XTEN Binate Suppressor (Muzzle)

A large-caliber suppressor with an integral laser for tactical, low-profile action.

  • Bracefire-HC Grip (Underbarrel)

A side-angled foregrip that provides improved recoil control, stability, and handling.

  • Caster-X1 Compensator (Muzzle)

A vented compensator designed to offer better muzzle control with higher caliber rounds.

New Aftermarket Parts:

In addition to new Aftermarket Parts, complete all 4 Weekly Challenges to unlock the Drawn and Quartered animated Weapon Camo.

  • JAK Salvo (KATT-AMR Sniper Rifle, Week 1 Challenges)

A sniper modification that fires anti-materiel explosive rockets that deal significant explosive damage.

  • JAK Lance (MX Guardian Shotgun, Week 2 Challenges)

A pressurized magazine that fires three ballistic rivets, one per magazine rotation. Pressure builds while the weapon is idle until the maximum output is reached. At critical pressure, velocity and precision are vastly improved.

  • JAK Voltstorm (Stormender Launcher, Week 4 Challenges)

High-voltage electricity is cycled through copper coils and discharged in a lethal bolt capable of hitting multiple targets.

New Operators:

  • Sam (SpecGru)
  • Daryl Dixon (SpecGru)
  • Slamfire (SpecGru)
  • Art the Clown (KorTac)
  • Michael Myers (KorTac)
  • Alone (KorTac)

New Events:

  • The Walking Dead: Road to Terminus (September 25 – October 2)

Fear the Living. Earn XP in-game to unlock The Walking Dead rewards. Use the Daryl Dixon Operator for a boost.

  • Trick ‘r Treat: Candy Hunt (October 2 – October 16)

Collect candy in game to unlock rewards, including some tricks and treats. Wear the Sam Operator Skin or VARIANT NAME to earn more candy per match. Fill up the King Size bar for the ultimate treat!

  • MWIII Rewind (October 9 – October 16)

That’s a wrap folks! Take a walk down memory lane and complete challenges to earn rewards.

New Prestige

Finish your seasonal player rank journey at Prestige 25 Level 1,250 with new Prestige Challenges and rewards to unlock.

Additionally, the final Weapon Prestige Camo is upon us… Unlock the Constellation’s End animated camo by earning 300,000 Weapon XP after earning the Weapon Prestige Camos of previous Seasons. Trust us, it’s worth the grind!

New Ranked Play Season

Season 6 of MWIII Multiplayer Ranked Play ends on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at 12 AM PT. A countdown timer will be displayed in the UI to inform all players of the imminent closure. Skill Division Rewards will be granted soon after the Season has come to an end.

Based on the highest placement in your Skill Division, the following rewards are earnable:

  • Bronze: MWIII Season 6 Bronze Emblem
  • Silver: MWIII Season 6 Silver Emblem
  • Gold: MWIII Season 6 Gold Animated Emblem
  • Gold: MWIII Season 6 Gold Weapon Camo
  • Platinum: MWIII Season 6 Platinum Animated Emblem
  • Platinum: MWIII Season 6 Platinum Weapon Camo
  • Diamond: MWIII Season 6 Diamond Animated Emblem
  • Diamond: MWIII Season 6 Diamond Weapon Camo
  • Crimson: MWIII Season 6 Crimson Animated Emblem
  • Crimson: MWIII Season 6 Crimson Weapon Camo
  • Iridescent: MWIII Season 6 Iridescent Animated Emblem
  • Iridescent: MWIII Season 6 Iridescent Weapon Camo
  • Iridescent: MWIII Season 6 Iridescent Animated Calling Card
  • Top 250: MWIII Season 6 Top 250 Animated Emblem
  • Top 250: MWIII Season 6 Top 250 Animated Calling Card
  • Top 250: MWIII Season 6 Top 250 Animated Weapon Camo

Global

Stability & Performance

  • Addressed several causes of server-side stability and performance degradation.
  • Fixed a crash that occurred while editing Loadouts on a fresh account.

Customization

  • Increased animation rate and emissive intensity of the Orion MWII Mastery Camo.
  • Added a scrolling animation to the Penny Camo.
  • Removed a duplicate Suited Aegis Calling Card from the selection menu.

Multiplayer

UIX

  • Locked MWII Weapon Mastery Calling Cards are now visible in the Customization menu.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue causing an incorrect mode icon to be displayed during map voting.
    • Fixed a menu performance degradation that occurred when tracking Challenges.
    • Fixed an issue causing parties to disband upon transitioning to Warzone.

Progression

  • Added several static and animated Calling Cards and Emblems to Armory Unlocks.

Modes

  • Cyber Attack
    • Fixed an issue causing the icons indicating death and bomb carrier to not be visible on the scoreboard in Hardcode mode.
    • Fixed an issue causing enemy pings to not transition to an inactive state upon death.
    • Fixed an issue causing Enhanced Vision Goggles to draw red outlines on dead enemies.
    • Fixed a crash that occurred when a player using the Juggernaut Recon Killstreak is killed.
    • Fixed an issue causing the Spear to become unusable after being revived.
  • Infected
    • Fixed an issue preventing the Final Survivor health bonus from working in Private Matches.
    • Final Survivor health bonus will no longer be removed upon another Survivor joining the ongoing match.
    • Players will no longer forcibly activate the Dead Silence Field Upgrade upon becoming the First Infected.
    • Disabled UAV sweeps for the Infected to allow Survivors to hide.
    • Additional time is now only added for the first 5 Survivor deaths, effectively capping the maximum match duration at 5 minutes.
    • Reintroduced the majority of available maps to the Infected Playlist.
    • Improved Infected Loadouts to coincide with Survivor Loadout adjustments.
      • First Infected
        • Primary: Same as Survivors
        • Secondary: Same as Survivors
      • Regular Infected
        • Primary: Combat Knife (Melee)
        • Secondary: Fists (Melee)
      • All Infected Loadouts
        • Field Upgrade: Dead Silence
        • Lethal: Throwing Knife x2
        • Tactical: Tactical Insertion
        • Vest: Infantry Vest
        • Gloves: Ordnance Gloves
        • Boots: Lightweight Boots
        • Gear: Bone Conduction Headset
        • Gear: Blacklight Flashlight
    • Overhauled Survivor Loadouts to increase effectiveness against the Infected.
      • Survivor Loadout 1
        • Primary: Kastov LSW (Light Machine Gun)
          • Bombast T54 Short Barrel
          • Bracefire-HC Underbarrel Grip
          • 150 Round Magazine
          • State50 Rear Grip
          • No Stock
        • Secondary: COR-45 (Handgun)
          • XRK IP-V2 Conversion Kit
          • Mk. 3 Reflector Optic
          • 30 Round Magazine
          • .45 Auto AET Rounds Ammunition
          • Kimura RYN-03 Underbarrel Vertical Grip
      • Survivor Loadout 2
        • Primary: Haymaker (Shotgun)
          • JAK Maglift Conversion Kit
          • Corvus PEC Beam-5 Laser
          • Imperator Long Barrel
          • Crown Breaker Choke
          • GRV-Z Short Underbarrel Grip
        • Secondary: Renetti (Handgun)
          • JAK Ferocity Carbine Conversion Kit
          • Mk. 3 Reflector Optic
          • 30 Round Magazine
          • 9mm AET Rounds Ammunition
          • XTEN Sidearm-L400 Laser
      • Survivor Loadout 3
        • Primary: Holger 556 (Assault Rifle)
          • JAK Backsaw Conversion Kit
          • Ignis F43 Stock
          • Intruder Rear Grip
          • Cario LAZ-44 v3 Laser
          • JAK Glassless Optic
        • Secondary: COR-45 (Handgun)
          • Akimbo COR-45 Rear Grip
          • 40 Round Drum Magazine
          • XTEN Sidearm-L400 Laser
          • XRK Lightning Fire Trigger Action
          • .45 Auto AET Rounds Ammunition
      • Survivor Loadout 4
        • Primary: FJX Horus (Submachine Gun)
          • JAK Scimitar Conversion Kit
          • Kimura RYL33 Laser Light
          • Paracord Underbarrel Grip
          • Ripper Light Stock
          • Lull-9mm Rear Grip
        • Secondary: TYR (Handgun)
          • JAK Beholder Rifle Conversion Kit
          • Mk. 3 Reflector Optic
          • Ullr’s Fury Trigger Action
          • FJX DIOD-70 Laser
          • FSS Sharkfin 90 Underbarrel
      • Survivor Loadout 5
        • Primary: Longbow (Sniper Rifle)
          • JAK Tyrant 762 Conversion Kit
          • FSS OLE-V Laser
          • Demo 650 Rear Grip
          • DR-6 Underbarrel Handstop
          • JAK Glassless Optic
        • Secondary: WSP Stinger (Handgun)
          • Akimbo WSP Stinger Rear Grip
          • WSP Factory Stock
          • 32 Round Magazine
          • XTEN Sidearm-L400 Laser
          • 9mm AET Rounds Ammunition
      • All Survivor Loadouts
        • Lethal: Claymore
        • Tactical: Scatter Mine
        • Field Upgrades: Munitions Box
        • Vest: Infantry Vest
        • Gloves: Scavenger Gloves
        • Boots: Lightweight Boots
        • Gear: Mag Holster
        • Gear: Data Jacker
  • Private Match
    • Added the following Maps to the available selection.
      • Airborne
      • Arena Shipment
      • Bit-ment
      • Bitvela
      • Breenbergh Hotel (MWII)
      • Celship
      • Crown Raceway (MWII)
      • Das Gross
      • Dome (MWII)
      • Drive Thru
      • Farm 18 (MWII)
      • Get High
      • Ghost Ship
      • Hangover
      • Ink House
      • Mad Cow
      • Mercado Las Almas (MWII)
      • Satan’s Quarry
      • Shipmas
      • Shipment (MWII)
      • Shoot House (MWII)
      • Skidgrow
      • Sporeyard
      • Stay High
      • Sunny Shipment
      • Tetanus
      • Toonoxide

Weapons & Attachments

Assault Rifles

  • STG44
    • Decreased maximum damage from 36 to 33 (-8%).
    • Decreased maximum damage range from 44.5m to 36.8m (-17%).
    • Decreased near-medium damage range from 51.8m to 44.5m (-14%).
    • Decreased medium damage range from 61m to 53.3m (-13%).

Within its maximum damage range, the STG44 is no longer capable of a 3-shot kill.

  • M4 (MWII)
    • Increased near-medium damage from 26 to 29 (+12%).
    • Increased minimum damage from 24 to 25 (+4%).
    • Increased head and neck damage multipliers from 1.1x to 1.15x.
  • Chimera (MWII)
    • Increased minimum damage from 20 to 23 (+15%).
    • Increased maximum damage range from 16m to 25.4m (+59%).
    • Increased near-medium damage range from 31.8m to 41.9m (+32%).
  • Tempus Razorback (MWII)
    • Increased maximum damage from 29 to 30 (+3%).
    • Increased near-medium damage from 26 to 27 (+4%).
    • Increased minimum damage from 20 to 23 (+15%).
    • Increased near-medium damage range from 32.2m to 39.4m (+22%).
  • M13C (MWII)
    • Decreased sprint to fire time from 210ms to 189ms (-10%).
    • Decreased recoil gun kick from 35.6deg/s to 28.7deg/s (-19%).
    • Increased maximum damage range from 25.4m to 36.8m (+45%).
    • Increased near-medium damage range from 39.4m to 47m (+19%).
    • Increased medium damage range from 49.8m to 57.4m (+15%).
  • TR-76 Geist (MWII)
    • Decreased aim down sight time from 280ms to 240ms (-14%).
    • Increased maximum damage range from 24.1m to 33m (+37%).
    • Increased near-medium damage range from 36.8m to 44.5m (+21%).
    • Increased medium damage range from 48.3m to 55.9m (+16%).

Battle Rifles

  • Lachmann-762 (MWII)
    • Decreased horizontal recoil from 10.8deg/s to 9.6deg/s (-11%).
    • Decreased vertical recoil from 53.6deg/s to 48.2deg/s (-10%).
    • Increased firing aim stability.
  • Cronen Squall (MWII)
    • Decreased horizontal recoil from 6.9deg/s to 6deg/s (-13%).
    • Decreased vertical recoil from 52deg/s to 47.7deg/s (-8%).
    • Increased firing aim stability.
  • FTAC Recon (MWII)
    • Decreased horizontal recoil from 5.8deg/s to 4.7deg/s (-19%).
    • Decreased vertical recoil from 63.9deg/s to 53.5deg/s (-16%).
  • TAQ-V (MWII)
    • Decreased aim down sight time from 290ms to 260ms (-10%).
    • Increased firing aim stability.
  • SO-14 (MWII)
    • Increased maximum damage range from 19.3m to 22.3m (+16%).
    • Increased near-medium damage range from 31.8m to 34.9m (+10%).
    • Increased medium damage range from 39.6m to 45.7m (+15%).

Submachine Guns

  • Superi 46
    • Decreased near-medium damage from 27 to 26 (-4%).
    • Decreased maximum damage range from 18.8m to 13.7m (-27%).
    • Decreased near-medium damage range from 30.5m to 22.9m (-25%).
    • Decreased medium damage range from 41.4m to 33m (-20%).
  • Static-HV
    • Decreased maximum damage from 33 to 30 (-9%).
    • Decreased near-medium damage from 30 to 28 (-7%).
    • Decreased medium damage from 28 to 26 (-7%).
    • Removed far-medium damage range.

Within its maximum damage range, the Static-HV is no longer capable of a 4-shot kill without a headshot.

  • ISO 45 (MWII)
    • Increased near-medium damage from 27 to 29 (+7%).
    • Increased minimum damage from 22 to 24 (+9%).
    • Increased maximum damage range from 9.1m to 11.7m (+28%).
    • Increased arm, hand, leg, and foot damage multipliers from 0.95x to 1x.
  • ISO 9mm (MWII)
    • Increased maximum damage from 24 to 25 (+4%).
    • Increased near-medium damage from 22 to 23 (+5%).
    • Increased medium damage from 20 to 22 (+10%).
    • Increased minimum damage from 17 to 20 (+18%).
  • PDSW 528 (MWII)
    • Increased maximum damage from 30 to 33 (+10%).
    • Increased near-medium damage from 25 to 30 (+20%).
    • Increased medium damage from 24 to 25 (+4%).
    • Increased minimum damage from 20 to 22 (+10%).
    • Decreased near-medium damage range from 20.6m to 12.7m (-40%).
    • Removed far-medium damage range.
    • Increased headshot damage multiplier from 1.2x to 1.3x.

Adjustments to damage ranges are to compensate for the decreased number of shots to kill.

  • Fennec 45 (MWII)
    • Increased maximum damage from 25 to 27 (+8%).
    • Increased near-medium damage from 20 to 26 (+30%).
    • Increased medium damage from 18 to 23 (+28%).
    • Increased minimum damage from 17 to 20 (+18).
    • Decreased maximum damage range from 12.7m to 5.1m (-60%).
    • Decreased near-medium damage range from 17.3m to 12.7m (-26%).
    • Decreased medium damage range from 22.6m to 20.3m (-10%).

Adjustments to damage ranges are to compensate for the decreased number of shots to kill.

  • BAS-P (MWII)
    • Increased near-medium damage from 27 to 28 (+4%).
    • Increased neck and upper torso damage multipliers from 1x to 1.1x.
  • Vaznev-9K (MWII)
    • Increased maximum damage from 31 to 33 (+6%).
    • Increased medium damage from 25 to 28 (+12%).
    • Increased far-medium damage from 23 to 24 (+4%).

Light Machine Guns

  • RPK (MWII)
    • JAK Cataclysm Conversion Kit
      • Decreased maximum damage from 140 to 130 (-7%).
      • Decreased near-medium damage from 130 to 120 (-8%).
      • Decreased minimum damage from 120 to 100 (-17%).
      • Decreased maximum damage range from 35.6m to 27.9m (-21%).
      • Decreased near-medium damage range from 50.8m to 40.6m (-20%).
      • Decreased head damage multiplier from 2.1x to 1.5x.
  • 556 Icarus (MWII)
    • Increased near-medium damage from 27 to 28 (+4%).
    • Increased maximum damage range from 24.1m to 33m (+37%).
    • Increased near-medium damage range from 40.6m to 45.7m (+13%).
    • Increased neck and upper torso damage multipliers from 1x to 1.1x.
    • Increased leg and foot damage multipliers from 0.9x to 1x.

 

Marksman Rifles

  • EBR-14 (MWII)
    • Increased neck and upper torso damage multipliers from 1.27x to 1.35x.
    • Increased lower torso damage multiplier from 1x to 1.27x.
  • SP-R 208 (MWII)
    • Increased maximum damage range from 13m to 20.3m (+57%).
    • Increased lower torso damage multiplier from 1x to 1.5x.
  • Tempus Torrent (MWII)
    • Increased minimum damage from 37 to 43 (+16%).
    • Increased neck, upper torso, and upper arm damage multipliers from 1.1x to 1.2x.
  • LM-S (MWII)
    • Increased neck and upper torso damage multipliers from 1.25x to 1.35x.
  • SA-B 50 (MWII)
    • Increased maximum damage range from 10.4m to 17.8m (+71%).

Sniper Rifles

  • Carrack .300 (MWII)
    • Increased maximum damage from 128 to 140 (+9%).
    • Increased near-medium damage from 95 to 128 (+35%).
    • Increased medium damage from 90 to 95 (+6%).
    • Increased minimum damage from 70 to 73 (+4%).
    • Decreased near-medium damage range from 30.7m to 25.4m (-17%).

Handguns

  • Basilisk (MWII)
    • Increased maximum damage range from 8.4m to 11.4m (+36%).
    • Increased near-medium damage range from 22.9m to 30.5m (+33%).

Melee

  • Spear
    • Fixed an issue causing Fists to retain increased damage after depleting thrown Spears.

Attachments

  • Kimura RYL33 Laser Light
    • Removed duplicate Attachment entries for the Bryson 800 and Bryson 890 Shotguns.
  • JAK Volk Conversion Kit
    • Fixed an issue causing incompatible Attachments to be equipped when applying the Flammable Fury Blueprint.

Field Upgrades

  • Enhanced Vision Goggles
    • Fixed an exploit involving the Juggernaut Killstreak that allowed red enemy outlines to persist through battery depletion.

Zombies

Gameplay

  • Fixed an issue causing Shock Sticks to prevent the Entity encounter from progressing.
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when throwing a Spear at a Hellhound.

Weapons & Attachments

Shotguns

  • Reclaimer 18
    • JAK Devastators Conversion Kit
      • Fixed an issue preventing damage from being dealt to Mercenary enemies.

GLOBAL (WZ, MP, Zombies)

EVENTS

The Haunting Limited-Time Event [Activation Dates: September 18 – October 16]

  • The Walking Dead: Road to Terminus
    • Activation Dates: September 25 – October 2
    • Fear the Living! Earn XP to unlock The Walking Dead rewards. Equip the Daryl Dixon Operator for a boost.
  • Trick ‘r Treat: Candy Hunt
    • Activation Dates: October 2 – October 16
    • Collect candy to unlock rewards. Some will be tricks, some will be treats. Equip the Sam or Sam Unmasked Operator to earn even more candy per match. Fill up the King Size bar for the ultimate treat!
  • Purgatory Island
    • Activation Dates: September 18 – October 16 (Call of Duty: Warzone)
    • Explore the twisted island of Purgatory and complete event challenges for rewards.

PERFORMANCE

  • Addressed several causes of server-side stability and performance degradation.
  • Fixed a crash that occurred while editing Loadouts on a fresh account.

CUSTOMIZATION

  • Increased animation rate and emissive intensity of the Orion MWII Mastery Camo.
  • Added a scrolling animation to the Penny Camo.
  • Removed a duplicate Suited Aegis Calling Card from the selection menu.

Warzone

MAPS

MAP UPDATES

» REBIRTH ISLAND «
  • Hellspawn Variant
    • The hellmouth has opened over Rebirth Island, transforming it into a gore-soaked nightmare. Devilish tentacles, a blood-red ocean, and crimson vegetation now dominate the landscape. Venture into the prison and lighthouse to encounter foul anomalies and ominous shadows. The Factory and Dockyards are filled with unnatural red waters and fleshy growths. Lightning crackles as grotesque sights and eerie threats await around every corner. Enter Hellspawn if you dare.

» VONDEL «

  • Vondel Night Variant
    • Night falls on Vondel, casting shadows over the city and its canals. Battle from the Castle to the Cruise Terminal, navigating the waterways under moonlight. While visibility is good under the city lights, beware of the undead terrors lurking throughout.

MODES

NEW LIMITED-TIME MODES

  • Purgatory
    • There’s lots of fun to be had in Purgatory, a new squad-based LTM taking place on the Rebirth Island Hellspawn map variant featuring a sandbox setting where squads can battle and complete objectives at their own pace.
    • Custom Loadouts are always available, and all Operators receive infinite respawns.
    • The mode supports a variety of interesting mechanics to enjoy during your long stay, including:
      • Insane Powerups: Purgatory features excellent loot including powerful Weapon Blueprints and plentiful Killstreaks. Find and equip super weapons from the Arcade mode and gain enhanced abilities from Mutation.
      • Portals: Peer into the image of a portal to see where it will take you. Step inside to transport there.
      • Flying Shipment: In this strange environment, Shipment flies over the island on a drivable platform, accessible via parachute, helicopter, and by portal.
      • Chill in the Safe Zone: Move into designated Safe Zones to take a break from combat and chill with other Operators. Safe Zones are easily identified by the translucent dome enclosing them. Inside the dome, Operators enter third-person perspective and are unable to deal or receive damage.
      • Torment Level: Eliminating enemies increases your Torment Level. The higher your Torment Level, the more XP you earn per elimination. But the advantage comes at a cost: as your Torment Level increases, so does your presence on the enemy minimap, increasing your visibility to enemy players.
      • Scare Packages: Dropped in various locations throughout the match, Scare Packages include powerful loot and some unexpected side effects. Seek them out and roll the dice…
      • Terriball: You’ll need to be quick on your feet around Terriballs. They spawn around the map and are found in Scare Packages, too. Shoot, melee, or run into a Terriball to send it flying, instantly eliminating any Operator it hits.
    • Squads can achieve a victory condition. Eliminate enemies and commend your peers to progress during your stay in the afterlife.
    • Duration: 4 Weeks
    • Map: Hellspawn
  • Zombie Royale
    • Fall and rise again as the undead in Zombie Royale. Eliminated Operators will become zombies, giving you the chance to seek revenge while taking out any other living Operators you encounter on the way. Zombies gain unique abilities like faster movement speed, stronger melee attacks, advanced vision, a charged jump and more.
    • Duration: 4 Weeks
    • Maps: Hellspawn (Weeks 1 & 2), Vondel Night (Weeks 3 & 4)

GENERAL

  • Warzone Rewards
    • The previously introduced reward system continues with new trackable Challenges and rewards:
      • Combat Expertise: Acquire your Loadout and get hunting. Earn rewards for taking the fight to the enemy and surviving to the end.
      • Cooperation: Assemble your squad, work together to eliminate enemies, and share your Cash.
      • Mobility: Get out and explore the map. Move fast and far to acquire the rewards in this category.
      • Redacted: Sometimes Operators must make do with limited intel. Puzzle out these redacted Challenges to reap the rewards.
    • A reward is given after completing every Challenge. Unlock a new Weapon Camo in each, including “The Fallout” Weapon Camo for completing Combat Expertise, “Whispering Veil” Weapon Camo for completing Cooperation, “Mutant Flux” Weapon Camo for completing Mobility, and “Headed to Hell” Weapon Camo for completing Redacted.
  • Champion’s Quest Reward Refresh
    • Successfully completing Champion’s Quest now unlocks the new “Gamma Storm” weapon camo.

GAMEPLAY

ADJUSTED

» ALL MAPS | ALL MODES «

  • Loot Refresh
    • We’ve made some minor adjustments to loot acquired via ground and Supply Boxes.
  • Upload Intel Contract
    • Upload Intel Contracts will no longer award a Bunker key.

» FORTUNE’S KEEP | RESURGENCE «

  • Daily Challenge
    • The number of kills required to complete the Fortune’s Keep Daily Challenge has been reduced to 2, down from 5.

WEAPONS

NEW WEAPONS

  • Kastov LSW Light Machine Gun
    • With its best-in-class fire rate and Tac Stance accuracy, this LMG was crafted to tear enemies through at short to medium range.
    • Available via Battle Pass Sector 18
  • DTIR 30-06 Battle Rifle
    • Eliminate long-range threats with this slow-firing and hard-hitting battle rifle chambered in .30-06.
    • Available via Battle Pass Sector 6

NEW ATTACHMENTS

MUZZLE «

  • XTEN Binate Suppressor
    • A large-caliber suppressor with an integral laser for tactical, low-profile action.
  • Caster-X1 Compensator
    • A vented compensator designed to offer better muzzle control with higher caliber rounds.

» UNDERBARREL «

  • Bracefire-HC Grip
    • A side-angled foregrip that makes it possible to sprint and fire at the same time.

NEW AFTERMARKET PARTS

  • JAK Salvo (Week 1 Challenges)
    • Compatibility: KATT-AMR Sniper Rifle
    • A sniper modification that fires anti-materiel explosive rockets that deal significant explosive damage.
  • JAK Lance (Week 2 Challenges)
    • Compatibility: MX Guardian Shotgun (MWII)
    • A pressurized magazine that fires three ballistic rivets, one per magazine rotation. Pressure builds while the weapon is idle until the maximum output is reached. At critical pressure, velocity, and precision are vastly improved.
  • JAK Voltstorm (Week 4 Challenges)
    • Compatibility: Stormender Launcher
    • High-voltage electricity is cycled through copper coils and discharged in a lethal bolt capable of hitting multiple targets.

WEAPON ADJUSTMENTS

Assault Rifles

BP50

  • Far-Mid Damage Range increased to 40.64 meters, up from 35.3.
  • JAK Revenger Conversion Kit
    • Near-Mid Damage increased to 22, up from 21.
    • Neck Modifier decreased to 1.1x, down from 1.2x.

Holger 556

  • Max Damage Range increased to 50.8 meters, up from 41.91.

MCW

  • Near-Mid Damage Range increased to 50.8 meters, up from 44.45.
  • Mid Damage Range increased to 60.96 meters, up from 53.34.

MTZ 556

  • Headshot Modifier increased to 1.3x, up from 1.25x.

STG-44

  • Max Damage Range decreased to 27.94 meters, down from 36.83.
  • Near-Mid Damage Range decreased to 36.83 meters, down from 44.45.
  • Lower Torso Modifier decreased to 1.15x, down from 1.3x.
  • Lower Arm and Hand Modifiers decreased to 1.15x, down from 1.3x.

SVA 545

  • Near-Mid Damage Range increased to 50.8 meters, up from 44.95.

M13C (MWII)

  • Decreased sprint to fire time to 189ms, down from 210ms.

M16 (MWII) 

  • JAK Patriot Conversion Kit
    • Max Damage Range increased to 36.83 meters, up from 30.48.
    • Near-Mid Damage Range increased to 43.18 meters, up from 37.33.
    • Mid Damage Range increased to 60.96 meters, up from 53.34.

TR-76 Geist (MWII)

  • Decreased aim down sight time to 240ms

Battle Rifles

Cronen Squall (MWII)

  • Decreased horizontal recoil to 6deg/s, down from 6.9deg/s.
  • Decreased vertical recoil to 47.7deg/s, down from 52deg/s.
  • Increased firing aim stability.

FTAC Recon (MWII)

  • Decreased horizontal recoil to 4.7deg/s, down from 5.8deg/s.
  • Decreased vertical recoil to 53.5deg/s, down from 63.9deg/s.

Lachmann-762 (MWII)

  • Decreased horizontal recoil to 9.6deg/s, down from 10.8deg/s.
  • Decreased vertical recoil to 48.2deg/s, down from 53.6deg/s.
  • Increased firing aim stability.

TAQ-V (MWII)

  • Decreased aim down sight time to 260ms, down from 290ms.
  • Increased firing aim stability.

Submachine Guns

AMR9

  • Max Damage Range increased to 13.97 meters, up from 12.7.
  • Mid Damage Range increased to 24.13 meters, up from 21.59.
  • Lower Torso Modifier increased to 1.1x, up from 1x.

HRM-9

  • Max Damage Range increased to 12.7 meters, up from 10.41.
  • Lower Torso Modifier increased to 1.05x, up from 1x.

RAM-9

  • Max Damage Range increased to 12.19 meters, up from 10.16.
  • Mid Damage Range increased to 20.32 meters, up from 17.27.

Light Machine Guns

RAAL MG (MWII)

  • JAK Protean Conversion Kit
    • Headshot Modifier decreased to 1.67x, down from 3x.
    • Neck Modifier decreased to 1.5x, down from 2x.
    • Upper and Lower Torso Modifiers decreased to 1.5x, down from 2x.
    • Arm Modifier decreased to 1.2x, down from 2x.

Melee

SPEAR

  • Fixed an issue causing Fists to retain increased damage after depleting thrown Spears.

WARZONE RANKED PLAY

GENERAL

Season 6 of Warzone Ranked Play ends on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at 12 AM PT. A countdown timer will be displayed in the UI to inform all players of the imminent closure. Skill Division Rewards will be granted soon after the Season has come to an end.

UPDATED

» RESURGENCE «

Compete in the next season of Call of Duty: Warzone Ranked Play as Rebirth Island Resurgence returns challenging players to prove their skillset on the way to the Top 250. Harness the competitive spirit and earn new rewards for ranking up and advancing through the Skill Divisions. For a refresher on this Mode, click here.

Ranked Play Resurgence players can earn rewards via Ranking, the completion of Placement Challenges, and Skill Division rewards.

Here are the Season 6 Kills or Assists and Placement rewards:

  • Get 25 Kills or Assists: “WZ Season 6 Competitor” Weapon Sticker
  • Get 250 Kills or Assists: “WZ Ranked Play Season 6” Loading Screen
  • Get 1,000 Kills or Assists: “WZ Season 6 Ranked Veteran” Weapon Camo
  • Place in the Top 15, 25 times: “Team Spirit” Weapon Decal
  • Place in the Top 5, 25 times: “Retired Pro MCW” Weapon Blueprint
  • Place 1st: “Gold Lining” Weapon Charm

The End of Season rewards for Season 6 are awarded based on your highest Skill Division placement, including:

  • Bronze: “WZ Season 6 Bronze” Emblem
  • Silver: “WZ Season 6 Silver” Emblem
  • Gold: “WZ Season 6 Gold” Animated Emblem
  • Gold: “WZ Season 6 Gold” Weapon  Camo
  • Platinum: “WZ Season 6 Platinum” Animated Emblem
  • Platinum: “WZ Season 6 Platinum” Weapon  Camo
  • Diamond: “WZ Season 6 Diamond” Animated Emblem
  • Diamond: “WZ Season 6 Diamond” Weapon  Camo
  • Crimson: “WZ Season 6 Crimson” Animated Emblem
  • Crimson: “WZ Season 6 Crimson” Weapon  Camo
  • Iridescent: “WZ Season 6 Iridescent” Animated Emblem
  • Iridescent: “WZ Season 6 Iridescent” Animated Calling Card
  • Iridescent: “WZ Season 6 Iridescent” Weapon  Camo
  • Top 250: “WZ Season 6 Top 250” Animated Emblem
  • Top 250: “WZ Season 6 Top 250” Animated Calling Card
  • #1 Overall: “Season 6 #1 Overall” Animated Emblem
  • #1 Overall: “Season 6 #1 Overall” Animated Calling Card

Ranked Play competitors can also earn the Skill Division Operator Skin sets for use with both the CDL Male and Female Operators (for both factions) to represent your highest Skill Division obtained above Gold. These Skins are the same as the ones you can unlock in Modern Warfare III Multiplayer Ranked Play.

BUG FIXES

    • Fixed a menu performance degradation that occurred when tracking Challenges.
    • Fixed an issue causing parties to disband upon transitioning to Warzone.
    • Fixed an issue causing UI performance issues when players in a party enter a Warzone mode from the frontend.

Once the official patch notes are out, we’ll slot them in the article, alongside a handy table so you can jump to which part you want to read about ASAP.

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Helldivers 2 Hotfix Version 1.001.101 for September 18 Fixes Shield Pack; Known Issues Listed

  by   Alex Co  
10:02 am in Title Updates and Patches

Following yesterday’s gargantuan patch that addressed a lot of balance concerns and an initiative to make the game more user-friendly, there’s a new patch released today for Helldivers 2 for a hotfix. This is a client-side download and will show up as Helldivers 2 update 1.001.101, and this includes a short list of fixes.

Helldivers 2 Update 1.001.101 Patch Notes for September 18:

Overview

  • Fix for SH-32 Shield Generator Pack
  • Crash fix

Fixes

  • Fix for a crash during host migration when a new player joins.
  • Helldivers were accidentally granted the SH-32 Shield Generator Packs from General Brasch´s personal stash. These are reserved for 10 star generals only. The workers at the distribution center have been sent to re-education camps and regular shields will resume distribution.

Alongside the short list of fixes, Arrowhead Game Studios has also relayed the known issues they are dealing with right now too:

Known Issues

These are the highest priority issues that were either introduced by this patch and are being worked on, or are from a previous version and have not yet been fixed. This is not a comprehensive list.

Top Priority:

  • Players may not receive Friend Requests sent from another platform
  • Large units have no audio cues, allowing them to sneak up on players
  • Enemies will try to shoot the generators through walls in the Rescue High-Value Assets mission
  • Enemies are sometimes capable of shooting through walls
  • Social menu is stuck on ‘Please Wait Democratically’ for some players
  • Dead bodies of Chargers can launch the Helldiver into the air
  • Stratagem balls bounce unpredictably off cliffs and some spots
  • Players may sometimes be unable to join specific friends, or are returned to ship when joined

Medium Priority:

  • Reinforcement may not be available for players who join a game in progress
  • Mines may become invisible or may disappear in Multiplayer lobbies
  • Pelican-1 may sometimes be launched away if hit with an impaler tentacle
  • Supply packs may be incorrectly used if pressing down on a controller while calling in a stratagem
  • Friends “Invite only” games can still be seen on the Galactic War Map but cannot be joined
  • High damage weapons will not detonate hellbombs
  • Some enemies that bleed out do not progress Personal Orders and Eradicate missions

Expect more patches to be released for the game as part of its 60-day plan.

[Source: Helldivers Discord]

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Crusader Kings 3 Update 1.024 Fixes Graphic, Death Screen Bugs on Consoles

  by   Alex Co  
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Console players of Crusader Kings 3, a new patch (Update #13) is now available for download! This will show up as Crusader Kings 3 update 1.024, and this brings a short list of fixes relating to the death screen, graphical degradation bugs and more.

Crusader Kings 3 Update 1.024 Patch Notes for September 18:

  • Fixed an issue that caused characters to be displayed at low quality setting and removed details in textures (e.g. skin or eyes).
  • Fixed issue that caused the character death screen to be empty.
  • Added a disabled state for the “equip” button for artifacts, resolving an issue where players were unable to navigate to or equip certain artifacts.
  • Various technical improvements to texture streaming, improving the general rendering quality of character clothes and armors.

The fixes above are some of the community-reported issues that stemmed from the Friends & Foes title update that was pushed out last month. Of course, this doesn’t mean the devs are done patching the game, and once we know more about the next update or content drop, we’ll let our readers know.

If you notice any changes made that’s not mentioned above, leave a comment below and let us know what you spot.

[Source: Paradox Plaza]

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Hunt Showdown Update 1.000.006 Leads You Back to Stillwater Bayou With Patch 2.0.1

  by   Alex Co  
6:10 am in Title Updates and Patches

Crytek is sprucing up Stillwater Bayou in Hunt Showdown 1896 and you’re invited to visit the place one more! The Hunt Showdown update 1.000.006 patch is now live on consoles and PC, and this brings a load of improvements to the map! Curious what they are? Read on for what the CryEngine 5.11 can do to an old map to make it look new again!

Hunt Showdown Update 1.000.006 Patch Notes for September 18:

The Stillwater Bayou Improvements:

  • Complete upgrade of the Stillwater Bayou map using the power of upgraded CRYENGINE 5.11
  • Extensive terrain improvements
  • Enhanced lighting tech and global lighting improvements across the map and inside compounds
  • High detail pass on all compounds, with significant upgrades to dressing and assets
  • A complete rework of the swamp biome, with improved vegetation and ground details
  • Improved, more detailed water
  • Shader improvements
  • Better readability with improved color and tonal separation in key areas
  • Fine-tuned and improved design of key areas such as Reynard Mill & Lumber, Blanchett Graves, Lockbay Docks, Stillwater Bend, and Pitching Crematorium, with new paths, windows, doors, and access points.

Highlights:

Stillwater Bayou – Map Reintroduction
  • Complete upgrade of the map, brought to life through the power of our new and updated CRYENGINE 5.11.
  • Full rework of the swamp biome.
  • Extensive terrain and vegetation improvements.
  • Detail, dressing, and lighting pass on all compounds.
Developer Note: We’re excited to bring back the newly reimagined Stillwater Bayou, revitalized through the power of CRYENGINE 5.11! This map has undergone significant enhancements thanks to your feedback and our commitment to improving your experience.

The swamp biome has been carefully reworked to offer a more immersive and challenging environment. We’ve made targeted terrain improvements and enhanced the lighting and details across various compounds, refreshing key areas while maintaining the essence of the original map.

Specific areas like Reynard Mill & Lumber, Blanchett Graves, Lockbay Docks, Stillwater Bend, and Pitching Crematorium have been fine-tuned with new paths, windows, doors, and strategic access points to encourage dynamic gameplay.

General Updates:

UI Improvements

We’ve addressed several community-reported issues in this update and are committed to making ongoing UI improvements based on your feedback. This is just the first step in a longer process, with many more issues to be addressed in the coming updates. Thank you for your continued support and patience.

  • Added the Bounty Hunt lobby to the ‘PLAY’ section in the top navigation.
  • Clicking on Bloodline Info above a Hunter in the lobby now opens the player profile.
  • Currencies in the menu header (top-left) now display in their respective colors.
  • Streamlined the ‘Quit’ button interaction for keyboard and mouse users.
  • Updated certain 2D icons, replacing older versions with new designs.
  • Added a shortcut command for ‘Inspect Equipment’ in the lobby screen.
  • Favorite filters are now prioritized.
  • Owned items will always appear first in the inventory.
  • Removed ‘GEAR’ from the top navigation.
  • Removed the ‘Sell’ confirmation pop-up window from the Gear screen.
  • Blood Bond prices are now more prominent when purchasing Skins.
  • A distinct gold pop-up has been added for items that can be purchased with Blood Bonds.
Developer Note: We remain dedicated to refining the UI/UX of Hunt: Showdown 1896, and will continue to address the community’s pain points as time goes on.
Melee Weapons & Tools
  • Spear melee damage has been reduced.
  • Spear light attack speed has been reduced.
Gameplay
  • Decreased the chance to spawn in a corner compound in favor of more spawn fights.
Rotjaw
  • Rotjaw will now drop 2 Bounty Tokens instead of 1.

Bug Fixes:

AI
  • Hellborn
    • Fixed an issue where the Hellborn could spawn next to an extraction location.
  • Rotjaw
    • Fixed an issue where Rotjaw could get stuck during combat indefinitely.
    • Fixed an issue where Rotjaw would try attacking players outside the arena.
    • Fixed an issue where players would not receive credit for killing Rotjaw, with only the Accolade for banishment being awarded.
    • Fixed an issue where Rotjaw could get stuck underwater after downing a player near the arena’s edge. While Rotjaw could still be damaged if her location was found, the death animation would not play when she was killed.
  • The Butcher
    • Fixed an issue where The Butcher could get stuck under the stairs in Lockbay Docks.
World
  • Performed a player collision pass on complex groups of trees and roots, to prevent the player from getting stuck between objects.
  • Performed a cloth adjustment pass for all Boss Target lairs to reduce the noise and open some sight lines inside.
  • Stillwater Bend: Opened a long line of fences to the southwest cornfield.
  • Pitching Crematorium: The southern downwards ramp and the east entrance have been tweaked.
  • Reynard Mill & Lumber: Added stairs to the Boss Target lair in the workshop building to connect the upper and lower parts. Additionally, a window has been added.
  • Blanchett Graves: Added an open door to the northern entrance of the church and performed small adjustments around the graveyard.
  • Lockbay Docks: Added a window to the upper section of the boat house, making parts of the roof accessible. Smaller adjustments for attacker spots have also been made.
Other
  • Fixed bugs that could lead to crashes on dedicated servers.
  • Fixed an issue where a black screen could appear when launching the game for the first time on Windows 10.
  • Fixed an issue where Alt-Tabbing in and out of the game could occasionally cause the display to freeze, showing a static image while the game and audio continued to run in the background.
  • Fixed a bug where the KDA in the lobby did not count assists, causing it to differ from the KDA displayed in the statistics screen.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Concertina Trip Mine to be inconsistent, often dealing only a single tick of damage.

Enjoy the newly imagined map, hunters!

[Source: Steam]

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Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered ESRB Rating Surfaces, Lists It for PS5, PC

  by   Alex Co  
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Back in 2022, we broke a story on how Sony was remaking Horizon Zero Dawn. At the time, it was a bit fuzzy whether it was a full-on remake or it was just being remastered. Well, it seems we have the answer to that, as the Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered ESRB rating has surfaced!

Rated “T” for Teen, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered is listed for PS5 and PC and has the following summary on the ESRB website:

Rating Summary

This is an action/role-playing game in which players assume the role of a hunter (Aloy) surviving through a post-apocalyptic world. Players guide Aloy as she learns to hunt robotic creatures and animals in the wild. Aloy uses arrows, spears, and explosive traps to injure and kill machines, boar, and occasional human enemies. Animals and humans emit small puffs of red blood when struck; one sequence depicts an abandoned camp with large blood stains on rocks and trees. The game contains a brief reference to sexual material (e.g., “Eighteen months hard labor in exchange for thirty years lounging around Elysium watching porn?”). In text/audio files, characters sometimes reference fictional drugs, overdoses, and getting high: “…not even out of junior high and already a drug addict”; “…I ran across a pusher who was selling Razorwing for eight bucks a tab”; “I’d spend a few days getting high, then OD on Overcast.” The word “sh*t” appears in the text/dialogue.

Chances are, an announcement is right around the horizon (sorry! Couldn’t resist). Perhaps a new State of Play is in order? This makes a lpt more sense especially after the disastrous PS5 Pro reveal event.

Horizon Zero Dawn was released on the PS4 back in February 2017 to critical acclaim, and it was followed up by an expansion titled the Frozen Wilds that was pushed out in November of the same year. Since then, we’ve gotten its sequel Horizon Forbidden West which was released in 2022,  and it also got an expansion titled Burning Shores that was released in 2023.

Will players want another remaster from Sony though? We’ll know for sure once it’s announced, and we see the reception.

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Ark Survival Ascended Update 1.052.026 Roars Out for Today, September 17

  by   James Lara  
September 17, 2024 9:33 pm in News

Studio Wildcard has just released a brand-new client and server update for Ark Survival Ascended, addressing a new set of issues across each platform. Here’s everything to know about Ark Survival Ascended update version 1.052.026.

Ark Survival Ascended Update 1.052.026 Patch Notes

PlayStation Patch Notes

v52.26 – Minor version for PS5 Clients – 09/17/2024

  • Fixed a crash when opening the inventory

v52.27 – Minor version for Servers – 09/17/2024

  • Fixed an issue where going into Photo Mode could cause a desync when exiting.
  • Fixed a few server crashes.

Xbox Patch Notes

v52.26 – Minor version for Xbox Clients – 09/17/2024

  • Fixed a Crash when opening the inventory.

v52.18 – Minor version for Xbox Clients – 09/17/2024

  • Improved memory usage while in the inventory screen.
  • Fixed the flickering issue on Aberration.
  • Fixed some crashes.

v52.27 – Minor version for Servers – 09/17/2024

  • Fixed an issue where going into Photo Mode could cause a desync when exiting.
  • Fixed a few server crashes.

PC Patch Notes

v52.27 – Minor version for Servers – 09/17/2024

  • Fixed an issue where going into Photo Mode could cause a desync when exiting.
  • Fixed a few server crashes.

That’s all for today’s Ark Survival Ascended update, though we expect we’ll likely get plenty more as the studio continues to work on fixes and other issues that were introduced from the big Aberration update that was released earlier this month. 

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XDefiant Year 1 Roadmap Update Revealed, Netcode/Hitreg Improvements Detailed

  by   Alex Co  
7:22 pm in News

With Season 2 of XDefiant kicking off soon, the devs at Ubisoft San Francisco has stuck to their word, revealed the XDefiant Year 1 roadmap update, which highlights the stuff incoming in Season 2 up to Season 4.

Read on for the list to see what’s coming this month and beyond for the free-to-play shooter.

XDefiant Year 1 Roadmap Update:

Season 2:

Featured Content:

  • New Faction – Highwaymen
  • 3 New Weapons
  • 3 New Maps
  • New Device
  • Bomb Mode
  • Beta Private Matches
  • Limited-Time Modes

Player Progression:

  • Event Challenges
  • Objectives Progress Weapon XP
  • Improved Battle Pass Progression Speed
  • New Weapons Mastery Skin
  • New Ranked Rewards
  • New Battle Pass

Quality of Life:

  • Mantle Improvements
  • Player Collision  Improvements
  • Footstep Audio Improvements
  • Top 500 Leaderboard
  • Ranked Loadouts
  • Ranked Map Voting

Season 3:

Featured Content:

  • New Faction
  • 3 New Weapons
  • New Mode + New Map Type
  • Bots Mode
  • Limited-Time Modes

Player Progression:

  • Daily Rewards
  • Prestige
  • Faction Mastery
  • Badges
  • New Ranked Rewards
  • New Battle Pass

Quality of Life:

  • Replay (Death Replay Cam)
  • Improved First-Time User Experience
  • Ranked Rejoin
  • Ranked Sanctions

Season 4:

Featured Content:

  • New Faction
  • 3 New Weapons
  • New Device
  • Major Event Takeover
  • Limited-Time Modes

Player Progression:

  • Weapons Mastery 2.0
  • Weapon Skin Challenge
  • New Ranked Rewards
  • New Battle Pass

More Info Coming Soon!

Quality of Life:

  • Ranked Vote to Surrender

More Info Coming Soon!

Also, the devs note that there will be ongoing netcode, matchmaking and anti-cheat improvements all throughout the game’s seasons as well.

Speaking of netcode, the dev team has hired “specialist engineers” to help with this and hitreg (hit registration). There are two key areas they are working on:

  1. Focus on increasing the amount of proactive resend of packets to mitigate issues experienced by players suffering from packet loss.
    • Bandwidth reduction efforts ongoing to allow for this as we need to reduce bandwidth usage to accommodate the bandwidth increases associated with proactive resend.
  2. Migrating more gameplay systems to lightweight networking protocols to improve their responsiveness.

So basically, we want to automatically resend every packet 4 times. That is the basic industry standard because packet loss is more common than people realize but usually losing a few packets here and there isn’t a big deal. In a twitch shooter however, it is. Right now, we are only resending twice because our packets are basically too big (simplifying the issue) and if we resend 4 times the traffic will slow down and will create worse Netcode/Hitreg issues. So, we need to reduce the size of our packets (again simplifying) and then we should be able to do 4 frames of automatic resends and that should make a huge difference in people’s Netcode/Hitreg experience.

This is a big task, but everyone is working as hard as possible to get this work in as soon as possible. It’s hard to give you a solid estimate as to when it will be ready because there is a lot of iteration and testing time. But we’re hoping to see something towards the end of Season 2 if not sooner.

The dev team also clarified that the game is “absolutely” NOT dying, and that the game is doing well, but they want it to do even better. The Season 2 reveal is happening tomorrow, September 18, and once more info on that is known, we’ll be sure to let our readers know.

[Source: Ubisoft]

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Starfield Beta Update 1.14.68 Released, Here’s Everything in It

  by   Alex Co  
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Bethesda’s big September update for Starfield is about to go live later this month, but before that, the studio will test it out on select gamers. If you’ve opted in to the beta program, you’ll be able to download and install Starfield beta update version 1.14.68, and this is one patch packed with bug fixes and even features.

Starfield Beta Update 1.14.68 Patch Notes:

Features

Creation Kit: The automated process used to create models for Distant LOD is now available

General

  • General performance and stability improvements
  • Resolved an issue that limited the number of loaded creations to 255
  • Lighting changes and enhancements have been made throughout the game
  • Made several visual improvements and bug fixes for weapon models
  • Improved player headtracking when exiting dialogue
  • The player’s camera should no longer be jostled when jumping

Gameplay

  • The Annihilator Particle Beam damage-over-time effect no longer affects Companions
  • Robots and Turrets will now take damage from EM weapons
  • Crafting: Addressed an issue with The Boom Pop! Dynamite recipe
  • Elite Crew: Autumn Macmillan no longer repeats herself when asking about her sister
  • Addressed an issue with Crowd behavior near The Well elevator in the New Atlantis Spaceport when combat is initiated

Quests

  • Brownout: Addressed an issue with progression after speaking with Joyce Osaka in New Homestead
  • Due In Full: Addressed a rare issue with The Delinquent Space Ship appearing
  • Eye Witness: Player can no longer enter the destroyed ship on the spaceport landing pad
  • Hostile Intelligence: Addressed an issue that could cause the door to the Security Office to be inaccessible if they fast travel away and wait during this quest objective
  • In Memoriam: Addressed an issue that could prevent progression during the “Speak with Sarah” objective that takes place near the waterfall
  • In Memoriam: Fixed an issue that could prevent the objective “Proceed to Cassiopeia I” from completing if the planet had been visited previously
  • Leader of the Pack: Addressed an issue that could prevent the Ashta Alpha from being aggressive
  • Legacy’s End: Addressed an issue that could prevent interaction with Delgado if siding with SysDef
  • Legacy’s End: Released Crimson Fleet prisoners will no longer target Ikande after obtaining weapons
  • Managing Assets: Addressed a rare issue that could prevent Tomo from appearing at Paradiso
  • One Giant Leap: Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect music to play during the Unity Scene
  • One Giant Leap: Addressed an issue with Audio that could occur during the credits
  • One Small Step: Resolved a rare camera issue that could occur if the first Crimson Fleet ship in the tutorial is boarded
  • Revelation: Addressed an issue with Quest Target consistency in the final encounter
  • Rook Meets King: Dmitri Moldavski will now respond as intended if Austin Rake is killed during the encounter
  • Rook Meets King: Addressed an issue where one of the Ragana crew was using the incorrect weapon animations
  • Rough Landings: Fixed a rare issue with Milena Axelrod’s ship to appearing
  • The Best There Is: Addressed an issue that could prevent Huan from moving to the Jade Swan after the first meeting
  • The Best There Is: The Jade Swan is now accessible if the player still has the “Search and Seizure” quest active
  • The Best There Is: Addressed an issue that could make the UC Vigilance difficult to locate because it was very far away
  • The Showdown: Resolved an issue that could cause the door to the Strikers Hangout to remain locked

Locations

  • Akila: Updated some textures in the Slums
  • Akila: Resolved a collision issue with bunk beds
  • Deserted Biotics Lab: Fixed missing panels on the exterior floor
  • Lair of the Mantis: Resolved a minor texture issue that could appear on some panels
  • Londinion Steam Tunnels: Fixed collision in an area that could allow players to get out of bounds
  • Maheo I: Closed an open gap on the roof of Sonny Di Falco’s Mansion
  • Neon: Nyx’s Apartment: Fixed an issue with collision in the area
  • Neon: Addressed a collision issue with grated panels in Ebbside
  • New Atlantis: Addressed small areas where water in the lake North of New Atlantis could appear to intersect terrain
  • Stroud-Eklund Staryard: Addressed collision in an area
  • The Clinic: Addressed a visual issue that could appear in Dr. Cassidy’s office
  • The Red Mile: Addressed a collision issue under the platforms in the final area

Ships

  • Ship Builder: A new option has been added to the game settings to allow for toggling Flip Merge behavior use
  • Ship Builder: Fixed an audio issue that could occur when deleting a hab
  • Ship Builder: Fixed a crash that could occur when modifying a ship that contained a live mine
  • Addressed an issue that could allow non-sellable ships to be sold to vendors

Vehicle

  • Addressed an issue with Set Active in the Vehicle menu when using a gamepad
  • Fixed an issue with the position of Wheel VFX
  • Addressed an issue with opening the Favorites menu while entering the vehicle
  • Name plates and health bars will now display consistently while in a vehicle
  • Settings for look sensitivity will now affect the vehicle camera
  • Kaiser and Vasco will no longer both sit in the Rev-8 when following the player
  • The vehicle icon will no longer display in interior maps
  • The vehicle lights will no longer be automatically on when loading a save
  • The fast travel distance for the vehicle is now in-line with other POIs and landed ships

UI

  • Xbox Display Settings: Resolved an issue where setting the frame rate target to 60 would automatically revert the priority back to performance
  • Removed a debug string that would display when uploading saves on Xbox to Customer Service
  • Updated the Skills menu to resolve an issue in Large Font Mode for certain languages
  • Resources with long names are now truncated for Large Font Mode when scanning
  • Resolved an issue with Large Font Mode in the Barter Menu when selling higher quantities of items
  • Temporary text will no longer display if you quickly select the “Continue” option from the Main Menu
  • Ship registration costs will now display the accurate amount both on vendors and the hangar menu
  • Addressed Mass display when selling items from ship cargo
  • Skill Challenge pop-ups will now have truncated text instead of shrunken text where applicable
  • Resolved an issue with gravity wells appearing on the Missions Menu when opening it from the Starmap
  • Location names and quest objectives will now truncate properly on the planet map
  • Creations store title displays fully in all languages
  • A message prompt will appear when trying to load a save where a Creation is unavailable on the current platform
  • Weapons will default to their original skin in menus if a weapon skin creation is disabled
  • Addressed an issue with sorting for Best Results in Creations menu
  • Addressed an incorrect notification of insufficient credits when an exceptionally large number of credits are available
  • Ammo counts should now display correctly for values over 100,000
  • The damage popup can now display numbers larger than 4 digits
  • Addressed an issue caused by aiming down sights while pickpocketing a character
  • Crew menu will now correctly display when someone is assigned to the player’s home
  • The repair button is no longer visible in the hangar inspect menu
  • Resolved an issue with waiting that could briefly cause unintended text to appear
  • Healing items now preview the amount of health restored
  • Storage containers will now have their weight updated when all items are cleared from them
  • The ship marker in the scanner will display at the correct location when docked at a space station
  • Crafting completion confirmation prompt will now be spaced correctly for longer titles
  • Tunneling creatures will no longer show their nameplates or quest targets when tunneling
  • Scanner Anomalies can now be a landing target while piloting a ship in orbit

Audio

  • Increased center channel audio usage for surround sound setups
  • Addressed an issue that could cause power allocation audio to play repeatedly while the engine system is damaged with one power allocated
  • Ecliptic Mercenary voices now use the same filtering in all languages

[Source: Bethesda]<

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New Battlefield Game Has BF Portal Devs Working on “New Experience;” Large Scale Community Testing Program Launching Early 2025

  by   Alex Co  
3:55 pm in News

Following yesterday’s new Battlefield game concept art reveal, EA seems to be ramping up on the game’s hype a bit, as new details about the in-development title has surfaced during today’s EA Investor Day presentation.

Group GM of the Battlefield franchise Byron Beede went on stage to address the four studios working on the game. In case you didn’t know, we reported back in May that there are four first-party EA studios working on the upcoming Battlefield game. This time around, Beede confirmed each studio’s involvement:

  • DICE – Multiplayer
  • Criterion Games – Single-Player & Multiplayer
  • Motive – Single-Player
  • Ripple Effect – Working on a “new experience.”

Based on past games in the franchise, DICE Sweden is once again heading the multiplayer part of the game with Criterion helping out (especially with vehicle gameplay). Motive, which developed the excellent Dead Space remake, is heading the single-player campaign, while Ripple Effect Studios which worked on Battlefield 2042’s Battlefield Portal mode is working on something new. Could this be a new iteration of BF Portal in the new Battlefield game? Perhaps another stab at battle royale? We can’t say for sure for now.

In the same presentation, Beede also showed off two new screens for the new Battlefield game as well. While they’re obstructed a bit with text, you can still see a good part of it.

Beede mentioned that they’ve been playtesting the new Battlefield game almost daily for “well over a year” and how this time around, they are focusing on their “keep green” initiative, which means they are targeting software stability, so the game is always playable for playtesting. Furthermore, Beede confirmed they are already testing with players, and what’s more, they are planning to introduce a “large scale community-driven testing program” early next year! Beede says this should give EA more feedback on gameplay, performance, and fun factor,  and should help in what the studio chief calls “finding the fun” like never before.

Finally, Beede concludes by saying everyone at EA are “all in” on Battlefield, and how the franchise and the players deserve their best.

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Star Wars Jedi “Final Chapter” Being Worked on by Respawn

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3:06 pm in News

It looks like the next adventure of Cal Kestis will be his last, as EA has confirmed that the “final chapter” of Star Wars Jedi is being worked o by Respawn Entertainment.

This was announced during Electronic Arts’ Investor Day 2024 presentation. In the event, Laura Miele, EA Entertainment and Technology president shared some impressive stats on the Star Wars games the publisher has pushed out, stating they earned over $5 billion in net bookings and added,  “This impressive track record includes, of course, the Star Wars Jedi games, where over 40 million Star Wars fans have connected with Cal Kestis and his arc of becoming a powerful Jedi.” Miele followed that up by stating that “Respawn is working hard to bring the final chapter of this thrilling story to players.”

No other info was shared outside of that, but at least we know the third chapter is being worked on, and that it’ll be the final one. Of course, the franchise ending with the third game isn’t really all that surprising given Star Wars Jedi: Survivor director and former Respawn employee Stig Asmussen mentioned that he sees the franchise as a trilogy, and with EA stating that the game was pacing “very strongly,” then that means the publisher was happy with the sales numbers (even though no specific data was shared).

Speaking of the franchise, the last-gen (PS4, Xbox One) versions of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is being released today. If you haven’t played it yet, go check out our review of it here where we state, “Respawn hasn’t hit the dreaded Sophomore Slump with Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, but it’s not the massive follow-up that a lot of people were hoping for. ”

We’ll have more on EA’s Investors Day presentation, so stay tuned.

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Overwatch 2 x World of Warcraft Crossover Rampages Out, New Content and Patch Notes Listed

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Blizzard worlds are colliding today, as the big Overwatch 2 x World of Warcraft (WoW) crossover is now live! This brings new cosmetics, balance changes and more. Players can download Overwatch 2 update 3.84 on PS4, Xbox One, PC and version 1.000.049 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S.

Check out the complete patch notes below sorted with our handy table to make reading through the new stuff easier.

Overwatch 2 Update 3.84/1.000.049 Patch Notes:

Crossover Info:

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of World of Warcraft, Blizzard today kicked off a collaboration event for the storied MMO in Overwatch 2! From September 17-30, players can collect up to ten free rewards including charms, sprays, icons, and name cards. Legendary skins honoring iconic WoW characters will also be available in the Shop, including Sylvanas Windrunner Widowmaker, Lich King Reinhardt, Thrall Zenyatta, and Diamond Magni Torbjorn.
Additionally, starting on September 24, Blizzard also celebrates another year of Overwatch 2 with a month-long event featuring fan-favorite game modes from the past year:
  • Week 1: Beast Hunt and Community Crafted
  • Week 2: April Fools 2024 and Cosmic Crisis
  • Week 3: Mirrorwatch and Prop Hunt

General Updates:

Role Queue Mystery Heroes

Role Queue Mystery Heroes is a new variation of the popular Mystery Heroes game mode but using the Role Queue rules. Once you select your role, your heroes played will be randomly selected among the heroes in that role and will not change roles throughout the match.

  • Role Queue Mystery Heroes added to the Unranked Menu.
  • Open Queue Mystery Heroes removed from the Unranked Menu.
  • You can still create a custom game of Open Queue Mystery Heroes in Custom Games.
Deathmatch
  • Deathmatch is moved from the Unranked Menu to the Arcade Menu and will appear in daily rotation with other Deathmatch modes.

Competitive Updates

Competitive Drives

Competitive Drives are limited-time events that take place near the end of seasons in Competitive Play Role Queue. As you complete a Drive you’ll earn bonus Competitive Points and a new reward called “Signatures”. Signatures are a cosmetic reward that appears on your name in most locations where your name is displayed, including your Name Card, Play of the Game Highlights, Scoreboard, and Hero Select. Signatures are upgraded as you reach Checkpoints in a Drive.

When you win a match you’ll earn Drive Score and progress toward the next Checkpoint. Losing subtracts Drive Score, but generally less than winning, and Checkpoints prevent you from losing score once you reach them.

There are 6 Checkpoints and they grant the following rewards in order of completion:

  • 500 Competitive Points
  • Signature
  • 1000 Competitive Points
  • Advanced Signature
  • 500 Competitive Points
  • Elite Signature

Your progression on a Drive is shared across all roles in Role Queue. You do not earn progression toward your Drive in Open Queue Competitive Play.

When you complete Drives your Signature will be upgraded to show off how many Drives you’ve completed in total.

Signatures are removed after a Rank Reset.

Hero Updates

GENERAL
  • Armor flat damage reduction decreased from 10 to 7 per impact.

Developer Comment: The recent increase to armor’s effectiveness improved the survivability of armored heroes more than we’d like for how passive it is, so we’re tuning it down to a middle-ground value.

TANK

Tank Role Passive

• Knockback resistance reduced from 40% to 25%.

Developer Comment: This knockback resistance value has changed a few times as the environment of the game shifts. With Juno entering the roster and bringing more sources of speed boost to help rush down the enemy team, we’d like to make tanks more susceptible to displacement again.

D.Va

Developer Comment: There has been a lot of community feedback surrounding D.Va lately. On average she hasn’t been overperforming, but she’s quite difficult to take down. So we’re shifting some of her armor to normal health and reducing her max combined health by 25 armor. With armor’s effectiveness being hit in the same patch, we’ll keep an eye on how this plays out and adjust as necessary.

  • Mech armor health reduced from 375 to 325.
  • Mech base health increased from 200 to 225.

Orisa

Developer Comment: We still don’t want Orisa to easily chase enemies down while Fortified since there’s not much you can do to fight back during that time, so while we’re not removing the movement speed penalty entirely, we are lowering it to a point where it will feel much better for Orisa to use.

Fortify
  • Movement speed penalty reduced from 20% to 10%.

Roadhog

Developer Comment: This is a reversion to Roadhog’s previous resource regeneration rate to improve his primary tanking ability’s uptime. There were several adjustments to reduce the power of this ability but they may not have been necessary as Roadhog has been underperforming for some time now.

Take a Breather
  • Resource regeneration rate increased from 8 to 10 per second.

Sigma

Developer Comment: This shift in damage from the Hyperspheres direct impact into the explosion component is to improve the effectiveness of the airburst explosion when playing at max range and makes it more threatening against tightly grouped enemies.

Hyperspheres
  • Impact damage reduced from 25 to 15.
  • Explosion damage increased from 30 to 40.
  • No longer deals damage to self.

Damage

Bastion

Developer Comment: The spread reduction is intended to improve the Assault mode weapon’s effective range against smaller targets while not changing much in regard to how good it is against tank heroes and their large size.

Configuration: Assault
  • Spread reduced from 2.2 to 2 degrees.
Configuration: Artillery
  • Ultimate cost reduced 12%.

Cassidy

Developer Comment: We’re reducing how impactful the hinder effect is by lowering its duration, as this crowd control can be a significant source of frustration for players. Since now there is less time to follow up with shots from the weapon while the opponent is hindered, we’re increasing the explosion damage of Flashbang.

Flashbang
  • Hinder duration reduced from 1.2 to 0.9 seconds.
  • Explosion damage increased from 45 to 75.
Deadeye
  • Ultimate cost reduced 10%.

Hanzo

Developer Comment: This change restores Hanzo’s one hit headshot kill against 250 health heroes, though it will require more accuracy with the smaller projectile size and is now slower to charge shots to reduce the frequency of projectiles being thrown out.

After trying the recent iterations of Hanzo post Season 9, we feel the one-shot capability is too essential to the core gameplay feel of these sniper heroes (similar to Widowmaker) without a much larger rework. Being limited to a smaller range of heroes that could be one shot (225 HP and below) added some texture to the hero matchups but wasn’t a satisfying compromise for either side.

Storm Bow
  • Normal arrows are no longer affected by global projectile size increases.
  • Maximum damage increased from 120 to 125.
  • Time to fully charge increased from 0.72 to 0.87 seconds.

Venture

Developer Comment: As a highly mobile damage hero, Venture doesn’t need quite as much shield health from their passive as they currently get to be successful. Even though they are a close-range hero, their abilities enable them to close the gap quickly and effectively without taking much damage.

Explorer’s Resolve
  • Shield health gained per ability reduced from 40 to 30.

Support

Moira

Developer Comment: Moira’s ultimate didn’t feel threatening enough after the health adjustments across the cast and her own lower health value.

Coalescence
  • Damage per second increased from 70 to 85.

Lifeweaver

Developer Comment: The increased firing duration for Thorn Volley will give Lifeweaver more damage presence and it lines up better with his auto-charging heal timing to help that flow nicely.

Thorn Volley
  • Maximum ammo increased from 80 to 100

Zenyatta

Developer Comment: With the current addition of more speed boosts in the game, Zenyatta (and generally more poke-oriented team compositions by extension) has fallen off a bit due to how immobile and vulnerable he can be. We’ve tried increasing his health in the past but it’s proven problematic, so instead we’re leaning into his glass-cannon nature. We’re improving his damage this time, which should enable new break points in how many shots are required to eliminate an enemy.

Destruction Orb
  • Damage increased from 48 to 50.
Orb of Discord
  • Cooldown per target reduced from 7 to 6 seconds.

Map Updates

CLASH
  • Fast Respawn after a point has been captured has been removed from Clash. We’ll be looking to implement an alternate version of it for Clash in the future.
  • Respawn times for defenders get reduced by 2 seconds for each segment the attackers secure in the final capture zone.
FLASHPOINT
  • The initial boost of speed heroes receive when leaving the spawn has been increased in duration from 1 second to 2 seconds.
  • Increased maximum potential duration of the speed boost effect from 5 to 6 seconds.

Bug Fixes

GENERAL
  • Fixed an issue where players were not gaining credit when queuing for all roles in challenges and progression stats.
  • Fixed an issue where wall climbing heroes could infinitely ledge grab.
HEROES

CASSIDY

  • Fixed an issue where Deadeye would incorrectly indicate a killing blow on Ramattra.

D.VA

  • Fixed an issue with D.Va’s Boosters movement speed stacking multiplicatively with speed boosting abilities.

LIFEWEAVER

  • Fixed an issue that would cause Lifeweaver’s petal platform to continue to rise when interacting with Mei’s Ice effects.
  • Fixed an issue where Lifeweavers’s petal platform can move horizontally if placed on a moving object.

SIGMA

  • Fixed an issue with Sigma’s Gravitic Flux percentage health damage being affected by damage reduction.

SYMMETRA

  • Fixed an issue where audio would remain muffled if you used a teleporter while hindered.

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