Reactions to the new Liberty Falls Zombies map in Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 were heard loud and clear by the development team, with Activision confirming changes will be made that directly address complaints from fans. Treyarch showed off Liberty Falls earlier this year as anticipation builds ahead of the release of ****** Ops 6 later this October, which promises to take the studio's ever-expanding Zombies storyline into exciting new territory. However, reactions were mixed, with fans feeling disappointed by the upcoming map. View the full article
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is just still in early access, launching in full tomorrow (October 11), but that hasn't stopped fans from pushing it to massive early numbers on Steam. In fact, Sparking! Zero has sped past the peak player counts of every other Dragon Ball game — and it's not even close. SteamDB currently reports a peak player count of 91,005, which was achieved two days ago. As of the writing of this story, the game still has a sizeable amount of players (55,732 currently, with a 24-hour peak of 70,558), sustaining inarguably healthy momentum leading up to its proper release. That's already impressive when you consider that's just players who shelled out $100 or more for Sparking! Zero's Deluxe or Ultimate Editions, which allow for access to the game three days early. But that number also doubles the Dragon Ball fighting game with the next-highest peak player count, Dragon Ball FighterZ, which topped out at 44,303 per SteamDB charts. It's pretty major when you compare it to other major fighting game franchises, too. Street Fighter 6 had a peak player count of 70,573 16 months ago, while Mortal Kombat 1 peaked with 38,129 players on Steam 13 months ago. That player count will only rise when those who purchased the standard edition of Fighting! Zero get their hands on it tomorrow, so it's worth keeping an eye on. In the meantime, check out our review in progress, where we said playing the latest mainline entry in the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi series "feels just as much like a labor of love as the effort to resurrect the series in the first place." Alex Stedman is a Senior News Editor with IGN, overseeing entertainment reporting. When she's not writing or editing, you can find her reading fantasy novels or playing Dungeons & Dragons. View the full article
Activision has delivered a report on the work it’s done to combat toxicity in Call of Duty, insisting it’s already made a huge impact ahead of the launch of ****** Ops 6. Call of Duty was for years associated with toxic player behavior, both in voice chat and over text message. But Activision has worked to reverse the franchise's thorny reputation, launching 2023's Modern Warfare 3 with in-game voice chat moderation powered by AI. Activision is using ToxMod from Modulate, which uses AI to identify in real-time and enforce against toxic speech including hate speech, discriminatory language, and harassment. Addressing privacy concerns from the Call of Duty community, Activision has insisted voice chat is only monitored and recorded "for the express purpose of moderation," and "is focused on detecting harm within voice chat versus specific keywords." “The Disruptive Behavior team knows that hype and passion is part of Call of Duty’s DNA,” Activision said in a fresh progress update. “Voice and text-based moderation tools in Call of Duty don’t target our competitive spirit – it enforces against behavior identified in the Call of Duty franchise Code of Conduct, targeting harassment and derogatory language. “Similar to Modern Warfare 3, the Call of Duty Code of Conduct will be visible during the initial in-game flow when players first launch core multiplayer modes in ****** Ops 6, asking players to acknowledge the Code of Conduct pillars.” Since rolling out an improved voice chat enforcement in June, Call of Duty has seen a combined 67% reduction in repeat offenders of voice-chat based offenses in Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone, Activision added. In July 2024, 80% of players that were issued a voice chat enforcement since launch did not re-offend. Overall exposure to disruptive voice chat continues to fall, Activision said, dropping by 43% since January. At launch, ****** Ops 6 will expand its voice moderation to French and *******, in addition to English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Voice and text-based moderation tools in Call of Duty don’t target our competitive spirit. This is well-timed, given one new feature for ****** Ops 6 that's sure to test Call of Duty's AI voice chat moderation to its limit. ****** Ops 6 has a new Body Shield feature in multiplayer that lets you grab an ****** and hold them in front of you to soak up bullets while ******* off a few rounds of your own. But that's not all: it also enables voice chat between the attacker and the victim, which players certainly had fun with during the game's beta weekends. Call of Duty's text moderation tech, meanwhile, which analyzes text chat traffic in “near” real-time, has blocked over 45 million text-based messages in violation of the Call of Duty Code of Conduct since November 2023. Activision said Call of Duty has also implemented a new analysis system for username reports “to enhance efficiency and accuracy, surfacing critical reports to our moderation team for investigation and action.” Activision has used research from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to improve its approach here, and worked with researchers from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business to work out ways to better identify and combat disruptive behavior. Activision said it’s “actively engaged” in research surrounding disruptive behavior and prosocial activities in gaming. Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article
In a new announcement, Activision revealed that Nuketown will be coming to Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 on November 1. Few would have anticipated that Nuketown would be added to Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 after the reveal of Sandhouse, but it seems like Activision is set on building hype for the game by introducing one of the most popular maps in the history of the franchise. View the full article
The Deus Ex Randomizer, an extensive mod for customizing playthroughs of the classic immersive sim, has just delivered something I'd never thought I'd see: A seasonal update for Ion Storm's twisty cyberpunk noir, complete with Halloween-appropriate level decorations and new, survival horror-themed modes... Read more.View the full article
Call of Duty’s efforts to combat in-game toxicity both over voice and text messaging has yielded some eye-popping results, according to a new report published by Activision. Starting in November 2023 with Modern Warfare 3, Activision said it began collaborating with Community Sift for text-based moderation, and it has since resulted in over 45 million text-based messages “in violation of the Code of Conduct” being blocked since. Sounds like it’s working well, and that’s a good thing. View the full article
Enotria: The Last Song is touted as a sun-lit Soulslike inspired by Italian folklore. Fans of the subgenre will find plenty to like, even if this song doesn't exactly nail the high notes. View the full article
Sorry, footie folks, but Football Manager 25 is not going to make its November release date. Developer Sports Interactive announced today that after talking it out with ***** and its various other "licensors and partners," the studio has decided to push the release back to March 2025... Read more.View the full article
If you want Timon and Pumbaa to join your village in Disney Dreamlight Valley, you have to learn to master their ways of relaxation. There are lots of different tasks they ask you to do, but one of the trickiest is finding and using Pumbaa’s leafy napping spots. Although Timon and Pumbaa want you to test these spots out, they don’t tell you much about where to find them. These spots are fairly difficult to find, so here are the locations for all of Pumbaa’s leafy napping spots in Disney Dreamlight Valley. View the full article
Three things in life are always certain - ******, taxes, and a new Football Manager game dropping in either October or November. The iconic and massively popular management game series gets a fresh annual release like clockwork, but for the first time in two decades, there will be no new game for you to play this Fall. Citing a "difficult development cycle", Sports Interactive has announced that Football Manager 25's November release has been pushed back by around four months. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Football Manager 25 system requirements are a huge change for the franchise View the full article
The new Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 is going to be announced soon, according to the latest word from the tech rumor mill. However, this new mid-range gaming GPU looks as though it's going to suffer from some of the same issues as its predecessor, namely a lack of VRAM and memory bandwidth. If this latest ***** is correct, then the new RTX 5070 is being lined up for a big announcement in January 2025. The mid-range card will reportedly be revealed alongside the flagship RTX 5090, as well as the RTX 5080, with Nvidia reportedly planning to unveil all three new graphics cards at the CES tradeshow. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Check out this Lego Fortnite gaming PC with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 VRAM is so fast, it beats the RTX 4090, says ***** There's a full size Nvidia GeForce 4070 Ti gaming PC inside this DIY wooden lamp View the full article
You might think the life of a surfer is relatively *****-back, but that's certainly not true in the world of new ARPG Surfpunk. This stylish PvE extraction game sends you out on missions to gather valuable resources, mixing the run-based chaos of Hades and the coordinated co-op demands of Deep Rock Galactic into something altogether more fun-loving and upbeat than the likes of Diablo or Path of Exile. In its latest developer update, the team showcases the roaring tsunamis that offer your best escape route, and reveals an adorable new companion. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Surfpunk is a Diablo style ARPG but with hot anime surfers View the full article
We're certainly in the era of extraction shooters right now, but so many of the emerging and newly-announced projects look and feel frustratingly similar. Upcoming extraction FPS Sand, however, can't be accused of that as it takes an Escape From Tarkov gameplay loop, throws in massive mechs, and sets it all in a Dune-esque alien desert. Want a slice of that? Well you'll be happy to learn that Sand is getting a Steam demo this weekend, so you can give it a spin for yourself. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
An expansion on **** families tameable by hunters in World of Warcraft: The War Within features several new kinds of creatures that are exclusive to Khaz Algar and its respective zones. As they often are, many new **** models are openly roaming the maps for players to stumble upon, but others have special requirements that must be met before pets are tameable. The Khaz Algar area boasts at least twenty-two new looks for existing **** families and additional unique additions to the tameable gallery, including previous ******** bosses and newly tameable beasts that players are familiar with. View the full article
The latest generation of Intel processors, the Core Ultra 200S series, will launch on Thursday, October 24, alongside new Z890 motherboards from various partners like MSI and Asus. Formerly codenamed Arrow Lake, the Intel Core Ultra 200S desktop CPUs will include five models at launch, each with different specifications and starting prices. View the full article
Dragon Age: The Veilguard's character creator has come under ***** in recent weeks from certain sections of the Internet, leading to a viral tweet from someone that claimed character creators are "nothing but a *******, narcissistic waste of time". That's certainly one of the hottest takes you'll see out there regarding character creators, and they were thoroughly lambasted as a result, as many came to the defense of The Veilguard's take on the feature. View the full article
The MTG card Coalition Victory has spiked in price, as a cohort of players continue to buy up banned Commander cards in the expectation that Wizards is going to make them legal once more. On September 30, the day Wizards of the Coast announced it was assuming control of the Commander format, foil copies of this card were priced at $20.40. Now they're $48.90! Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: MTG knows you're ***** of cringe references, but expect more in 2025 MTG fixes the worst thing about Secret Lairs (but it's just a one-off) Get all four MTG Doctor Who commander decks $58 cheaper in Prime Day ***** View the full article
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Crossbow and Dagger (aka Scorpion) is one of the strongest single-target DPS classes in Throne and Liberty. It’s a squishy build, but you can deal lots of damage to an ****** or a boss with the right skills and stats. Here’s the best Crossbow and Dagger PvE build in Throne and Liberty. View the full article
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Krafton has released an all-new update for PUBG: Battlegrounds that not only improves the matchmaking experience with a region merge but also introduces significant changes to the game's meta. The region merge has been quite controversial since it was announced a few weeks ago, with fans already quite frustrated with ping issues, but it seems like the developers have decided to move forward with the decision to consolidate a few regional servers in PUBG: Battlegrounds. View the full article
Universal Studios has announced a new series of after-hours live action events, 'Universal Fan Fest Nights', which seem to be a scare-free version of the theme-park's hugely popular Halloween Horror Nights. We're particularly intrigued by the Dungeons and Dragons night - Universal Studios has the tech to make this into the most deluxe LARP, or 'live action roleplaying' event, on the planet. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: DnD sizes explained The Legend of Vox Machina Season 3 release schedule DnD rival releases the most upsetting playable race I've ever seen View the full article
Gloomhaven is one of our favorite board games of all time, so when I realized that Secret Door's first video game, Sunderfolk was basically Gloomhaven with cute animal characters, I was pretty excited. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
In the Starfield: Shattered Space DLC, players are faced with several choices that not only change the story outcome, but also change NPC opinions of you and affect your alliances. Shattered Space is the first major expansion for Starfield and brings you to the mysterious planet of Va'ruun. View the full article
Blizzard Entertainment has unveiled everything new coming to Overwatch 2 as part of Season 13, which is set to begin next week. Despite the new season not adding a new hero to the game's massive roster, Overwatch 2 still has a ton in store for players who are fans of spooky season. View the full article
A new Genshin Impact ***** reveals a game-changing quality-of-life feature coming in Version 5.2 that will let players achieve full exploration in every region. The Genshin Impact open-world map has gotten significantly ******* since the game's release and fans have long asked for better tools to make exploration less time-consuming. View the full article
Back from the other world, I missed love is an upcoming FMV (Full-Motion Video) dating simulator from ********* developer Daiyon no Kabe (lit. Fourth Wall). Players take on the role of a hero who defeated the ****** king in another world and are sent back to Japan. Now they work in an office but still have […] Source View the full article
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Reactions to the new Liberty Falls Zombies map in Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 were heard loud and clear by the development team, with Activision confirming changes will be made that directly address complaints from fans. Treyarch showed off Liberty Falls earlier this year as anticipation builds ahead of the release of ****** Ops 6 later this October, which promises to take the studio's ever-expanding Zombies storyline into exciting new territory. However, reactions were mixed, with fans feeling disappointed by the upcoming map. View the full article