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For Halo Infinite’s first Halo Championship Series, the company has had to resort to using dev kits - that is, special consoles given to developers to test games during development - as it cannot source enough retail versions. However, 343i insist the functionality is “identical” and players shouldn’t worry that the kit will affect their performance. “Heads up open bracket players - you’ll be playing this weekend on Series X development consoles,” tweeted 343 Industries’ esports and viewership lead, Tashi (thanks, Notebookcheck....

Following the release of the Night Ops Camo, Arctic Camo, and Daystrike Camo controllers, this Mineral Camo Xbox controller comes in a “bold mineral blue, bright purple, aqua, and dark purple camouflage pattern”. Microsoft says this controller is inspired by “geode crystals”, and that it “finds the perfect balance between striking and subdued.” You can see it in all its glory below. This new controller comes with “Xbox Wireless and Bluetooth technology for wireless gaming on console, PC, mobile phones and tablets....

For most of those nine years it felt like Microsoft was making amends for those short but oh-so-damaging months; the official response to the outcry that met its grim stance on ownership was swift, but the overarching change in direction that seemed necessary at the time was always going to take so much longer. The assured stewardship of Phil Spencer, the powerhouse that is the Series X, the more diminutive but just as appealing Series S and the success story that is Game Pass combined made it feel like Microsoft turned a corner, but a weekend of spotty service suggests elements of old issues still need to be resolved....

The colourful, fun co-op Minecraft action role-playing game has an arcade cabinet from Play Mechanix that will be released in North America, Mojang announced in a blog post. It’s called Minecraft Dungeons Arcade. It’s a perfect fit, really - Minecraft Dungeons is a four-player co-op game, and the arcade cabinet has room for a full party. Here’s how it looks: There are some key differences, however. This arcade version has nine levels in total, and each player only needs to focus on three specific buttons: Melee, Dodge, and Range....

The discovery has fans speculating - and hoping - that this may mean that, after a seven year absence, Activision is moving away from battle.net exclusivity on PC and bringing its first-person shooter back to Valve’s PC client, Steam. As spotted by u/Kalinine and posted to Reddit, the Modern Warfare 2 Ghost artwork “show[ed] up on Steam”. When pushed for clarification, the user added: “it shows up at the bottom of the DLC page for some Call of duty games like Black Ops 3”....

You can’t play run-and-gun with weapon, nor take the same range as a sniper, but it more than compensates with its capacity of killing an enemy with three shots. In order to protect you from Modern Warfare 2 enemies that may sneak behind you and to help you take the most out of the gun’s potential, we have prepared this explainer with the best FTAC Recon loadout, which attachment and perks you should use, and how to unlock the FTAC Recon....

As spotted by PC Gamer, rather than hide the code inside the packaging, Jack Link’s Spicy Dill Pickle Pork Strips chose to add the code in a tiny little pamphlets glued onto the front. However, it looks like douchbags like this dude are going around and stealing them. “On the ground reporting from Walmart on the Jack Links beef jerky double XP codes for Modern Warfare 2 being stolen from every store I can find,” reported COD content creator, Modern Warzone....

Fan interest in the game has risen following the release of Earthbound and Earthbound Beginnings on Nintendo Switch Online, announced at the recent Direct. Mother 3, the most recent game in the Mother/Earthbound series, was released on the Game Boy Advance in 2006 in Japan only. Fans have been eagerly awaiting a Western release ever since. In an interview with Nintendo Everything, Mother 3 producer Shinichi Kameoka said he’d “also love to see Mother 3 released in the US and Europe”, further fuelling fan hopes and dreams....

The thing is, I hadn’t really thought it through. I didn’t know what I’d do if I caught up with them - politely ask them to give it back? I’m not sure I actually fancied diving into a hedge. To make matters worse, they were running towards a car with other people inside. What was I supposed to do about them? But so intimidating must my visage have been - maybe I run like a charging rhino - that by the time I got near, they had dropped the power-washer, jumped in their getaway car and taken off, doing me a massive favour in the process....

Back in July, Netflix confirmed it was “in the early stages” of expanding into games and that it would initially focus on mobile titles. The first fruits of its labours emerged in August, when it added a tiny handful of mobile games to its entertainment library - Stranger Things: 1984 and Stranger Things 3 - as part of an early Poland-exclusive test. And now, as reported by TechCrunch, the streaming service has expanded that initial offering, adding three additional Netflix-exclusive mobile games to its library....

The company says in a recent press release that the partnership shows that streaming service Netflix “entrusts RocketRide Games to deliver quality games to its gaming platform”. Netflix currently offers two RocketRide games - Dominoes and Knittens - and more “are on the way in the coming months”. The company, which calls itself a consulting agency, says the Netflix partnership is just one of 45 deals it’s struck in the last two years, netting the firm £58....

Catching every bug and fish in New Horizons will complete two of the Museum exhibits, while also unlocking both the Golden Fishing Rod and Golden Net DIY recipes. Below you’ll discover exactly which creatures are both arriving and leaving your island in February, as the Critterpedia only lists this information after you’ve caught a creature for the first time. On this page: Catching every creature which visits your island will eventually complete both the Museum and the Critterpedia....

A couple of days ago, a teaser was released where Iono, a new gym leader character described as an influencer and livestreamer within the Pokémon universe, asked viewers to guess what her partner Pokémon was. We were given the following clues: appearance-wise it’s squishy, sluggish with an easygoing vibe, and has “two big ol’ bumps on its noggin that people always mistake for eyes”. And it’s “so cute”, according to Iono....

The acquisition was detailed today, alongside plans to rebrand the company Nintendo Pictures Co Ltd. Once fully part of Nintendo, the studio will “focus on development of visual content utilising Nintendo IP”, documentation of the deal stated. “Dynamo Pictures is a company that plans and produces visual content,” Nintendo wrote. “Nintendo has decided to acquire 100 percent of the outstanding shares (excluding treasury shares) of Dynamo Pictures and make it a wholly owned subsidiary to strengthen the planning and production structure of visual content in the Nintendo group....

That’s according to ex-Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aimé, who hopes the company was still developing the platform-agnostic controller. Xbox’s controller was used “as a jumping-off point to create something that would be platform-agnostic and adaptable by any consumer,” he told Inverse. Watch on YouTube Eurogamer Newscast: Are Sony and Microsoft’s squabbles over Call of Duty just business as usual? “Imagine an adaptive controller that you could play with your latest Xbox, PlayStation, or Nintendo platform....

This latest Tomb Raider adaptation is being produced in collaboration with Legendary Entertainment and will pick up after the events of Lara’s recent video game trilogy, developed by Crystal Dynamics and Eidos-Montréal. Exactly how far after after those events is currently unclear, meaning we could end up with anything from the prequel trilogy’s perpetually anguished Lara to the considerably more charismatic protagonist of earlier games. As reported by Variety, Tasha Huo will write and executive produce the animated Tomb Raider adaptation (previous credits include The Witcher: Blood Origin and Red Sonja), alongside Dmitri M....

Chatting to Xbox Expansion Pass, Lanning said his team initially thought they would sell roughly 50k units of Oddworld: Soulstorm, and certainly no more than 100k. The studio was also looking for some financial help to keep the game alive, and as such, when Sony approached the team offering an undisclosed amount of money to put its game on PS Plus for its release month, Lanning took the deal. However, the game’s release was delayedby three months due to the ongoing effects of the pandemic....

At first glance Il Buco seems filled with slightly trite opposites. The expedition comes from the urban north of Italy to the bucolic south, and one scene shows a cluster of kids gathered around a TV set that’s broadcasting a news piece about the tallest building in the country, which is being constructed while the spelunkers are heading off in the opposite direction. But all of this is a distraction, I think....

This trailer covers a few behind the scenes shots that give us a closer look at how the film was made - things like cars rigged up with cameras left, right and centre. It also has some quotes from the film’s actors, including Pirates of the Caribbean and Lord of the Rings’ Orlando Bloom who has promised us all “body vibrating sound” that will mean viewers will feel “every jolt [and] every thrill” of the race on the film’s release (which will be exclusively in theatres)....

The Swedish developer said Payday 3 is now due out at some point in 2023 on PC and consoles, and the investment will pay for development, marketing as well as more than 18 months of post-launch “games as a service” content. The deal means Payday 3 is “fully financed”, Starbreeze said. Starbreeze remains owner of the Payday IP. “We now have a strong foundation for a successful launch of Payday 3,” said Tobias Sjögren, acting CEO of Starbreeze....