Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 has outperformed both Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3 on Steam but falls short of Warzone 2.0's peak player count. Data from player tracking website SteamDB shows the Call of Duty app saw a peak concurrent player count of 306,460 in ****** Ops 6's first weekend on *****. It peaked at 263,174 during Modern Warfare 2's opening weekend in 2022 and just 190,707 for the universally panned Modern Warfare 3. Warzone 2.0 still has the best debut of a recent Call of Duty with a peak of 491,670 players, but the free to play battle royale is much more accessible than the $69.99 ****** Ops 6. This SteamDB data is the best indication of how ****** Ops 6 is performing, as neither Xbox or PlayStation release player numbers for their consoles and publisher Activision Blizzard hasn't shared any figures yet either. Further comparisons are also difficult due to Call of Duty bypassing Steam for five years between 2017 and 2022, when Activision Blizzard opted to release ****** Ops 4, Modern Warfare, ****** Ops: Cold War, and Vanguard exclusively on its own Battle.net on PC. These Steam numbers do indicate a bump in popularity though, and ****** Ops 6 has performed well critically too. Fans of single player shooters in particular are enjoying a return to form, as the Campaign earned a 9/10 in IGN's review. "An excellent string of missions that offer variety and flexibility come together to make ****** Ops 6 the best Call of Duty campaign in many, many years," we said. The launch of ****** Ops 6 is also special as it marks the first Call of Duty game to come to Xbox Game Pass on launch day. Analysts expected its release could boost the subscription service by up to four million new users, but at the cost of six million lost sales. If you’re jumping into Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 multiplayer, check out our Essential Multiplayer Tips and Tricks to help you get started. We’ve also got a full weapons list, a guide to all multiplayer maps and game modes, and details on how to unlock all ****** Ops 6 operators. Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day. View the full article
One of the things that made Summer Eternal stand out from the not quite Disco Elysium successor studio crowd when it was announced was the unique way its developers - the majority of whom are ex-ZA/UM - had gone about setting up its structure. Read more View the full article
Perks in ****** Ops 6 are vital for survival when playing Zombies, so it’s important to know where all the Perk-a-Cola machines are in Liberty Falls. That’s where we come in, as we can tell you where to find them all. Whether you want a boost to your health, quicker reload times, faster maneuverability, or the ability to revive teammates faster, the Perk-a-Cola machines in ****** Ops 6 help with huge boosts. View the full article
One of the few actually popular MMOs that has official Native Linux support, Albion Online has expanded again today with the Horizons update out now. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
British mobile network EE has teamed up with Call of Duty to offer exclusive in-game items for ****** Ops 6, including a snazzy operator skin, ******* charm, and more. Considering ****** Ops 6 hasn’t been out for long, cosmetic customization options in multiplayer are, to an extent, fairly limited. But EE is giving U.K.-based players the chance to stand out from the rest early on! View the full article
Mere days after launch, Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 players have already found a game-breaking exploit for the Zombies map Terminus. View the full article
There are a lot of Escape From Tarkov challengers right now. The tactical FPS genre is filled with the likes of Gray Zone Warfare, Delta Force, and Arena Breakout Infinite. Each game wants to offer you something a little different, and ABI itself has had some positive feedback so far. Apart from the common player complaint that paid items give those with deep pockets an advantage, it's a robust shooter with tense combat. It's about to get even better soon, too, as developer MoreFun Studios has finally outlined what we can expect in Season One. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Arena Breakout Infinite Twitch drops and how to claim Arena Breakout Infinite criticisms "quite normal" says studio head Best Arena Breakout Infinite weapons and guns View the full article
NIMRODS: GunCraft Survivor on the surface may look just like yet another survivor-like, but it has captured my total attention in a way not many have been able to. It's just thoroughly great. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Magic: The Gathering's announcement of Standard legal crossover sets last Friday went down like a lead balloon with a portion of the game's fanbase. These are dramatic changes: Wizards of the Coast is not only putting Universes Beyond tie-ins into every Magic format, it's also creating more crossovers. The company plans to move to a half and half model where 50% of its sets follow its own original IP and 50% are collaborations with other franchises. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Magic the Gathering: Short king Tinybones is now a main character MTG Foundations card reveal: Dragon tribal's newest baby MTG Foundations isn't a "diet version" of Magic, designer insists View the full article
Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 is bringing the beloved franchise back after its 4-year hiatus, aiming to take the iconic series to the heights of its origins. While the launch of CoD: BO6 is off to a rough start thanks to some technical difficulties, the engaging campaign and satisfying multiplayer gameplay have still been shining through for players. While it ******** to be seen if this year's entry into the monolithic Call of Duty franchise will hold up to the test of time, CoD: BO6's revitalized progression systems are a great start in the right direction. View the full article
Valve is forever dishing out small patches for Deadlock as the devs try to balance all the new heroes and team compositions. After a major update, which saw six new heroes added to the Hero Labs, we've got a small update that strengthens a few heroes and weakens a few others... Read more.View the full article
Although there are many unique types of light sources throughout the world, they’re all ******* by their ability to provide light. The “Emitted light” clue on today’s NYT Mini Crossword puzzle challenges you to uncover a specific word relating to this function in all types of light sources. You’ve got a full crossword puzzle to solve, so you may need some assistance completing this one if it has you stumped. Here are some hints and the official solution for the “Emitted light” clue on the Oct. 28 NYT Mini Crossword. View the full article
Like previous games in the series, Dragon Age: The Veilguard has three character classes: mage, rogue, and warrior. Classes determine each character's stats and abilities, and are chosen during character creation. Although they can be further altered through selected skills and specializations, the choice of class is not to be taken lightly. It's expected to be fixed from the very beginning, and like in other Dragon Age games, cannot be changed. View the full article
Asus highlighted this handy feature during its recent Z890 AMA live stream on YouTube. With EZ Flash 4, you no longer have to manually unzip the BIOS update file before flashing it to the motherboard. The utility now supports applying updates directly from compressed ZIP files, eliminating an extra step. Read Entire Article View the full article
As we build up to the imminent launch of the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, a newly leaked image of the upcoming gaming CPU shows it shorn of its heatspreader, exposing the silicon chips below. This AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D delid picture in turn hints at a key reason why this CPU is expected to run at higher clock speeds than previous X3D models. With the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D already expected to be the best gaming CPU around when it launches, there are several reasons why it has such a weight of expectation, including it being based on AMD's latest 9000-series architecture and including an extra stack of L3 cache. However, it could be a new arrangement of its 3D V-Cache that tips it over into truly chart-topping territory. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D gaming performance up 8%, says benchmark ***** AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D box art just leaked, and this new gaming CPU looks good If this leaked AMD Ryzen CPU is in the Steam Deck 2, then we're in for a treat View the full article
It seems there's been some confusion on who can play the upcoming Monster Hunter Wilds beta test, and Capcom is here to set the record straight. Read more View the full article
Just in time for Halloween, Kinetic Games is bringing one of the most well-known PC-exclusive horror games, Phasmophobia, to consoles on October 29. Although it will still be in early release at the time of launch, it will receive a day-one update to patch bugs, improve visuals, and address other concerns as is generally expected with these types of launches. View the full article
Now that the Call of Duty ****** Ops 6 launch weekend has passed and the dust has started to settle, it seems not everyone is enamored with the series' latest entry. In fact, a consistent crashing issue and disdain for the new CoD's multiplayer maps have smudged BO6's launch. Even if there's still a lot of fun to be had, the shooter's reputation on Steam has started to sour, as more players hit roadblocks stopping them from even playing. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Call of Duty ****** Ops 6 patch notes boost XP after some modes are found lacking Best ****** Ops 6 Marine SP loadout Best ****** Ops 6 XM4 loadout View the full article
Some games really do have absolutely fantastic soundtracks, and there's going to be a whole event dedicated to it with Save & Sound. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
I've often thought lighthouse keeping would make a fine second career, albeit mostly because in my head, it would give me endless time to write (and finish Baldur's Gate 3). You won't have much time to write in Static Dread, sadly. The world has ended, the oceans teem with unspeakable biofauna, and it's your job as the apparent sole surviving lighthouse keeper to distinguish vessels loaded with eldritch horrors from vessels loaded with people who need saving from eldritch horrors. Going by the teaser trailer, below, this appears to be comparable to playing border guard in Papers, Please, but it's less political and more tentacular. You field queries over the radio, run your finger down a clipboard, and decide whether to kindle the lamps or beg the coastguard to blast that ship back to *****. There's a dialogue line in the trailer which I, personally, would consider highly untrustworthy. "It's consuming my team!" screams a self-described ship captain. "Please, send help! Gosh..." Look, "friend", no genuine human being says "gosh" in an emergency situation. Not even British human beings say "gosh" in an emergency situation. That's what you say when somebody tells you the pizza-flavoured crisps are back on ***** at Aldis. Read more View the full article
The spooky season is upon Throne and Liberty, with cities across Solisium putting up Halloween decorations and the Haunted Harvest event in full swing. The event features new currencies and materials to obtain, including tasty Candy Corn. Candy Corn is one of the main event currencies. You need Candy Corn to open the reward chests in the Haunted Labyrinth co-op dungeon and earn rewards, including Dimension Pumpkins, that you can exchange for main event rewards at the Dimension Pumpkin Exchange Merchant vendor in every major city. View the full article
"Ten years in the ****** made you a..." pro Yakuza player. With up to 70% off some of the most notable games in the Yakuza franchise, now is the perfect chance to complete your collection or experience this iconic series from the beginning. Perhaps it's time to don your sharpest suit, step into Kamurocho, and unleash the Dragon of Dojima? Or maybe just a bit of karaoke? Everyone loves a rendition of Baka Mitai right? Well, this quirky action series has you covered from all angles. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best way to get premium games free each month Grab every Fallout game for up to 80% off if you're fast Grab 13 retro Atari titles for just $20 in this Steam Deck games bundle View the full article
If you loved the overall style of Portal and enjoy puzzle games, Total Reload looks like one to keep in your watch list. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Starfield may have stumbled when it launched, but someone with plenty of experience working with Bethesda is confident the studio's next attempt at the game will be significantly better. As is the case with many video game franchises, the sequel is generally better than the original, especially when the creative team has the right feedback and a larger budget to tweak everything that didn't work and enhance all the aspects that did. In the case of Starfield, one can only hope that the game has garnered enough support to warrant a second attempt. View the full article
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Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 has outperformed both Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3 on Steam but falls short of Warzone 2.0's peak player count. Data from player tracking website SteamDB shows the Call of Duty app saw a peak concurrent player count of 306,460 in ****** Ops 6's first weekend on *****. It peaked at 263,174 during Modern Warfare 2's opening weekend in 2022 and just 190,707 for the universally panned Modern Warfare 3. Warzone 2.0 still has the best debut of a recent Call of Duty with a peak of 491,670 players, but the free to play battle royale is much more accessible than the $69.99 ****** Ops 6. This SteamDB data is the best indication of how ****** Ops 6 is performing, as neither Xbox or PlayStation release player numbers for their consoles and publisher Activision Blizzard hasn't shared any figures yet either. Further comparisons are also difficult due to Call of Duty bypassing Steam for five years between 2017 and 2022, when Activision Blizzard opted to release ****** Ops 4, Modern Warfare, ****** Ops: Cold War, and Vanguard exclusively on its own Battle.net on PC. These Steam numbers do indicate a bump in popularity though, and ****** Ops 6 has performed well critically too. Fans of single player shooters in particular are enjoying a return to form, as the Campaign earned a 9/10 in IGN's review. "An excellent string of missions that offer variety and flexibility come together to make ****** Ops 6 the best Call of Duty campaign in many, many years," we said. The launch of ****** Ops 6 is also special as it marks the first Call of Duty game to come to Xbox Game Pass on launch day. Analysts expected its release could boost the subscription service by up to four million new users, but at the cost of six million lost sales. If you’re jumping into Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 multiplayer, check out our Essential Multiplayer Tips and Tricks to help you get started. We’ve also got a full weapons list, a guide to all multiplayer maps and game modes, and details on how to unlock all ****** Ops 6 operators. Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day. View the full article