Want to know what we thought about the big RSS overhaul? Then check out our Rainbow Six Siege X review to see why we deemed it "Bigger, better, and more user friendly than it's ever been" and "it's the perfect time to dive in."

Beওst Attacking Operators in Rainbow Six Siege X for Beginne꧒rs

Sledge (SAS)

Unique Ability: Breaching Hammer

Loadout options:

• Primary: L85A2 assault rifle, M590A1 shotgun
• Secondary: P226 MK25 pistol
• Gadgets: Frag Grenade, Stun Grenade, Impact EMP Grenade

Sledge is a fantastic option for brand new players – he was nerfed a bit in previous seasons of Siege but now he's back in business with two speed and two health making him a well-rounded and balanced character. His unique ability isn't particularly difficult to understand, either. He has a massive sledgehammer, hence the name, which can smash through breakable surfaces with ease.

His weapons offer a decent variety of options, allowing him to take enemies out at range with his assault rifle or get in close with a shotgun. His gadgets, too, are eas🐎y to understand – two of them are pretty standard grenades as you'd find in any other FPS, while the impact EMP grenade allows him to temporarily take out electronic devices. All in all, he's a great place to start your Rainbow Six Siege X journey.

Thermite (SWAT)

Unique Ability: Exothermic Charge

Loadout options:

• Primary: 556XI assault rifle, M1014 shotgun
• Secondary: M45 MEUSOC pistol, 5.7 USG pistol
• Gadgets: Smoke Grenade, Stun Grenade

Thermite is another brilliant option for new players who is also capable of turning the tide of battle. Thermite, as the name suggests, wields exothermic charges that can cut through reinforced walls, giving yo𝓰ur team more breach options. He, like Sledge, is also very well-balanc൲ed in terms of stats. He has two speed and two health, so he's relatively quick on his feet and can take more shots before going down. We still wouldn't advise you to hang around in front of gunfire, however.

His weaponry is solid, too, with an assault rifle with a good rate of fire, counterbalanced by l🐈ow destructibility potential. The semi-auto M1014 shotgun is also a fantastic option, and can be synergised with the exothermic charge for efficient and easy room clearances. In terms of gadgets, Thermite hews close to his SWAT past, and can carry either smoke or stun grenades.

Iana

Unique Ability: Gemini Replicator

Loadout options:

• Primary: G36C assault rifle, ARX200 assault rifle
• Secondary: MK1 9mm pistol, GONNE-6 hand cannon
• Gadgets: Impact EMP Grenade, Smoke Grenade

Iana is a Dutch Operator who has an incredible unique ability – she can project a controllable holographic copy of herself to gather intel and draw enemy fire. This can be used to set up ambushes, find enemies, and moꦺre! It's super versatile and quite easy to grasp as well, making her ideal for new players. As with the other Operatorsꦇ who we've mentioned so far, she has two speed and two health, giving her a decent balance.

Her weaponry is excellent as well – you get a choice of two assault rifles as your primary. The G36C carries more ammo and fires quickly, while the ARX200 is a heavier rifle that is great for precision shots but which only has 20 bullets per magazine. Her secondaries are interesting as well. You get a standard but versatile pist🅘ol or a hand cannon, which fires explosive projectiles. If you're having visions of China Lake grenade launchers and blowing enemies to smithereens, then you'll be disappointed. However, the GONNE-6 is excellent at destroying gadgets, and has super♕b accuracy.

Zero (Fourth Echelon)

Unique Ability: Argus Launcher

Loadout options:

• Primary: SC3000K assault rifle, MP7 submachine gun
• Secondary: 5.7 USG pistol, GONNE-6 hand cannon
• Gadgets: Hard Breach Charge, Claymore mine

Zero is Sam Fisher. Yes, that Sam Fisher, from the Splinter ♕Cell series, migrated over to another Tom Clancy property, but don't let that fool you into thinking he can't stand toe-to-toe with other Operators. Zero only has one health but this is counteracted by his three speed and powerful special ability. The Argus Launcher fires cameras that can punch through reinforced surfaces (in addition to standard breakable ones), as well as firing a laser that you can use to distract enemies, destroy devices, or even finish off a down💛ed enemy (though this is very hard to pull off, as the lasers do a tiny amount of damage).

His armaments are solid, particularly the MP7 SMG. While it lacks in damage compared to 💞the SC3000K assault rifle, it has a higher rate of fire and can carry more bullets to make up for it. In terms of his secondaries, Zero also packs the GONNE-6, much like Iana, as well as the 5.7 USG which can do very decent damage. His gadgets are extremely useful too, with the Claymore fantastic for use in tight corridors, while the Hard Breach Charge can punch a good-sized hole through 🌱reinforced surfaces.

Best Defending Operators in Rainbo🍌w Six Siege X for Beginners

Mute (SAS)

Unique Ability: Signal Disruptor

Loadout options:

• Primary: M590A1 Shotgun, MP5K submachine gun
• Secondary: SMG-11 machine pistol, P226 MK25 pistol
• Gadgets: Nitro Cell explosives, Bulletproof Camera

Mute is a fantastic and versatile defender whose unique ability is exceptionally useful. As his name implies, his signal disruptor ability can jam electronic devices, rendering the enemy team's drones useless. He's a tanky Operator, too, which isn't such a problem for defenders who are willing to set up kill zones, coming🌊 with just one speed but three health.

His weaponry boasts two solid options in the form of a pump-action shotgun and fast-firing submachine gun. While the shotgun does more damage and has a faster aim down sights (ADS) time, it's hard to beat the MP5K's rate of fire. If you prefer the shotgun, you could also consider equipping the SMG-11 as your secondary, which is effectively a bonus SMG with a small magazine. Alternatively, you can pack a punch with the P226 MK25. The gadgets are excellent as well – the bulletproof camera is exactly what it says✃ on the tin, while the nitro cell explosives are fantastic remote-detonated plastic explosive charges.

Rook (GIGN)

Unique Ability: Armor Pack

Loadout options:

• Primary: MP5 submachine gun, P90 submachine gun, SG-CQB shotgun
• Secondary: LFP586 pistol, P9 pistol
• Gadgets: Proximity Alarm, Impact Grenade, Observation Blocker

Rook is a French Operator and another tanky one, with three health and one speed. His special ability is invaluable for a💮🐼ny team, giving him the ability to throw down armor plates for his team to use. While a little more mundane than some of the other special abilities that we've mentioned on this list, it's extremely helpful.

His weaponry offers a good range of damage and fire rate. The P90 fires fastest but has the least damage, the MP5 is a ๊happy medium, and the SG-CQB shotgun is slow but hits like a truck. If you're going for high-damage loadout above all else, the LFP586 pistol is also well worth mentioning. It's a revolver that can only hold six shots, but hits very hard. If you'd prefer a more balanced approach, the P9 isn't bad either, doing less damage but holding 16 shots.

In terms of gadgets, the proximity al𒉰arm is fantastic for figuring out where enemies are, while the impact grenade is essentially an explosive tennis ball you can bean at people. Thꦺe Observation Blocker, meanwhile, inhibits the view of enemy drones and CCTV, letting you do your devilish business in secret.

Kapkan (Spetsnaz)

Unique Ability: Entry Denial Device

Loadout options:

• Primary: 9x19VSN submachine gun, SASG-12 Shotgun
• Secondary: GSH-18 pistol, PMM pistol
• Gadgets: Bulletproof Camera, Barbed Wire

Kapkan is an excellent, balanced Operator, with two speed and two health. What really makes him worth playing, however, is his ♒Entry Denial Device. This ability allows him to lay laser tripwire traps across doorways and windows, which will trigger an explosive if tripped. The damage they do is quite significant and they affect anyone within a few meters, potentially allowing you to hit several enemies with one Entry Denial Device.

His primaries are solid – the SMG does decent damage and has an okay rate of fire, while the SASG-12 semi-auto shotgun sacrifices fire rate for pure power. It's mag-fed as well, giving you 10 shots before you need to reload. His two pistols give you a balanced option in the form of the GSH-18 or a heavᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚier-hitting option in the PMM. His gadgets are good, too, with a Bulletproof Camera ideal for intel gathering and Barbed Wire for area denial and slowing down enemies.

So there we have it, a selection of the best Rainbow Six Siege X Operators for beginners, whether you're attacking or defending – now get out there and start fighting over that objective!

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Proulx held earlier today, and on the heels of the $80 bundle backlash and price adjustment, there were understandably several players asking about it. (This is 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:a rough time for𓆏 the $80 price point, isn't it?)

"It's hard to imagine some💫thing like this slipping through the cracks," argued one Reddit user. "This comes across less like an oversight and more like a calcula﷽ted move to test the waters."

, Proulx said: "I didn't intend for it to come off as shifting blame. As CEO, everything ultimately is my responsibility. The honest truth though is I was unaware of the $80 bundle and would never have allowed it to go live. But that doesn't matter because it did. So we took action immediately within 24 hours ⭕and cut the price in꧙ half."

Not to dwell on "sh𒈔ifting blame," I will say the studio's previous monetization head, who "happened" to have come from Call𒊎 of Duty, sure is catching strays in this response.

Proulx tips his hat to 1047 Games' new product manager, "Matt (who is awesome)", and "Darek our lead game designer (also awesome)", who will apparently be joining him in new Monday meetings "to make sure I have visibility of everything going live in the store and playlists that week, so that this doesn't happen a💦gain."

Digging further into the causes of this particular $80 bundle, Proulx outright says, "Basically everything in our store was w꧟ay overpriced until 2 months ago when we parted ways with our previous head of monetization. W🔥e quickly audited things and shifted prices to be reasonable, starting with beta."

Additionally, Proulx says he hadn't had much of an eye on monetization during the past few weeks especially because he was prioritizing the launch server situation. And because "everything is in a massive sprꦫeadsheet," he says it was hard to see "what the store would look like prior to it going live." That tech has been updated, it seems, as Proulx says 1047 can now proactively test the store internally, which "should help us catch oversights in the spreadsheet."

This is a case where actions will speak louder than words, of course. Splitgate 2 players ought to learn relatively quickly if 1047 has amended its monetization plans and protocols as Proulx says. Today's in-game store is certainly in much better shape than it was even a few days ago, though I'm still the kind of person who recoils at the widely accepted idea that, say, a skin can cost $20 dollars. I bought a $2 mask in Monster Hunter Rise one time and I agonized over that purchase.

"We are taking specific measures to make sure the store fiasco doesn't happen again," Proulx said in response to a separate questio🌺n asking how this kind of monetization mistake will be prevented.

"Regarding making sure nothing like SGF happens again," he added, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:referring to the blowback from his 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Summer Game Fest comments (and attire), "we plan to never touch this kind of stuff again, but also to run things by more people and get more opinions before doing anything that might at ✃all be controversial or have that many eyeballs. Also, we plan to double down on our vision of being community first and listening to our players."

Splitgate 2 CEO apologizes again, says "I'm not an idiot" and expected "some" controversy, but wasn't being political with his hat at Summer Game Fest: "We needed something to grab attention."

If you're not familiar with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Splitgate, the big twist comes down to one word: portals. Portals can be projected onto designated surfaces, and each player can have one pair of portals active at a time. Anybody can pass (or shoot) through any portal, but you can only see through your own. Therefore, the standard idea of strangers shooting one another in a ꦯvirtual environment remains, but with a new dimension of ambush, escape, sniping, and travel possibilities.

I'll start with some positives, of which – to be fair – there are many. It's free, for one, and there isn't so much as a sniff of pay to win to be found anywhere. If you don't want to pay anything, or if you're unable to, you also get to enjoy a complete game, with no maps or modes locked away. You'll also find that, from your very first match, this is a game that feels good.

Feel Collins

Movement is fast without being intimidatingly so, and the lengthy slides you can perform can be as useful as they are satisfying. The real star of the movement show, though, is your jetpack. The rapidly-recharging fuel is quite limited, but opens up traversal possibilities that most FPS games don't offer. You can use it to simulate a simple double jump, but it also allows you to cross otherwise impassable gaps, or quickly reach hi♔gher platforms. Controlled bursts keep you in the air longer,💮 and the inertia you retain from the right landing can be used to your advantage.

Some match types – such as Team Deathmatch, Domination, and Firecracker (essentially Search and Destroy with respawns) – will be instantly familiar. The dynamic movement already injects a new kineticism into these, and the portal mechanic helps Splitgate 2 distinguish itself further. Take Domination, for example. One of my favorite tactics is to place each of my portals at a different objective (and hope my teammates take care of the third). This way, I defend two objectives at once, and ambush🧜ing an enemy aꦯcross the map by shooting or stepping through my portal is never anything less than wickedly satisfying.

There are currently three character types – called factions – to choose from, each wearing a figure-hugging outfit so snug around the crotch, it threatens to split your gate. Your choice of character determines which passive (also given to the team) and ultimate (dependent on a cooldown) you get for the match. Meridian provides faster health regen and an ability to briefly see nearby ꦡenemies through walls, Aeros allows for faster ability recharge and an ultimate that greatly increases speed, while Sabrask enjoys faster equipment recharge and the ability to summon a shield your team can shoot through but the enemy can't. While you (oddly) can't switch factions in the middle of a match, you can swap loadouts on respawn.

Going, going, gun

A lot of what drives the Splitgate games is innovation and variety, which makes the weapons on offer largely disappointing. It's mostly familiar looking assault rifles, carbines, 𓆏shotguns, pistols, and SMGs. There are a few exceptions – ♔my favorite being the Splitstream, dual-wielded weapons that merge into one when going aim-down-sights – but not many. That's a little disappointing, but familiar from the first game, and it's nowhere near to being the biggest problem.

Splitgate 2's biggest problem is… well, really, it's the first Splitgate. Almost everything that's done well here was done much better in the first game. Damningly, this very much includes the implementation of the portal mechanic. In part, it's due to the fact that💜 the first game – unlike the sequel – allows you to dispel an enemy portal without sacrificing one of your own (there used to be an anti-portal grenade). That pales next to the much larger issue of map design.

The maps are consistently well designed… if you have no interest in using the portals. And if you have no interest in🥂 using the portals, why would you be playing a Splitgate game? While it's still very much possible to use portals to instantly travel great distances and perform long-range ambushes, particularly on the more open maps, opportunities such as this simply don't present themselves as often as they should (indeed, far less often than they did in the first game). There are too many portal walls with no visibiliꦫty of open spaces; too many tucked away in corners, nooks, and crannies. Opportunistic aggression via portals is discouraged, and it feels like the emphasis is now on using portals for quick escapes.

Portal potty

More generally, there's been a shift away from the simplicity that initially drew people to Splitgate. There were no character classes or attachments in 💟the first game. Matches started with everybody on even footing, and success relied on scavenging weapons, clever use of portals, and good ol' FPS skills. By embracing elements you and I have already seen in a thousand other shooters, Splitgate is diluting its identity, and starts to melt into the background as a result. And speaking of things we've already seen a thousand times…

Splitgate battle royale is actually a concept with a lot of potential - but this ain't it. It's not bad; in fact, it's quite good, if something that's unlikely to hold your attention for long periods at a time. I can only assume that it was a relatively late addition during the development process, as it's very poorly optimized. The game struggles with the large map, and the frame rate stutters like a lovestruck teen as a result. I've also recently started to hit a bug where, on my team's de𓄧ath, quitting before any and all remaining teams have finished is treated as quitting a match early. This is hopefully something 1047 Games will fix quite quickly.

15 teams of four go head-🔴to-head-to-head-to-head-to-(okay, you get the idea). There's the usual diving out of a ship, the usual looting crates and fallen enemies for weapons and equipment, and you start off with just your chosen😼 class's pistol. Unless you're unlucky enough to get picked off within seconds of landing, it's actually fairly easy to quickly get hold of a decent weapon and a few useful bits of loot. You can respawn so long as at least one member of your team is still alive and not in combat, too, so it's more forgiving than battle royales tend to be.

For all the talk of different biomes though, the map – technically it's four connected ones, but in effect it's one – looks uninspiring, and feels unfinished. It does the job perfectly well, but it's basically just a bunch of boxes, walls, and towers with portal surfaces surrounded by half-hearted decoration. It feels like a collection of standard arena maps stapled together rather than a carefully curated battle royale world. Random events such as doublﷺe damage and extra speed keep things interesting, but it's far from the revolutionary take on the genre that we were promised.

Royale family

If you think you could do a better job of designing multiplayer maps, you've got a chance to prove it, as there's a map editor (like everything else, available for free). You can host 🎉or join custom games using your or anybody else's ma🌟p, though in my experience so far, custom games attracting the maximum eight players are pretty rare.

It also amused me to see, after Ian Proulx's public railing against the stalen𒁃ess of Call of Duty, that the most popular custom maps are facsimiles of Nuketown and Shipment; which themselves have been reused multiple times within that franchise. Irony upon irony (one of the Nuketown copies is very impressive, though).

Splitgate 2 is free, it has high production values, and there's a lo𝔍t of fun to be had with it. All that considered, it's definitely worth your time. Nonetheless, it's incredibly frustrating to know that it isn't as good as it could have bee🌺n, and by spending more time looking back, the team could have taken the Splitgate name several leaps forward.

Splitgate 2 was reviewed on PS5.

Check out our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best online multiplayer games list for more to play!

We know that last year's installment was , so it seems the Xbox and Activision teams were on to something when they decided to release two new Black Ops entries back-to-back. This also signals Black Ops 7 might have been in the works for nearly as long as BO6 at Raven Software and Treyarch. No, this new game won't be hanꦰdled by a different set of lead studios. What's new in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, though?

Beyond new weapons to level up and an all-new campaign with the option to play in co-op, what should we expect from this return to BO2's dark future and legacy characters? As its Fall 2025 launch ꦛgets closer, we're collecting everything we know here. So read on for all the information that you need to know about the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 release window, trailer, gameplay, an🌃d more!

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 release date speculation

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is set to launch in late 2025. This big news came our way during Summer Game Fest, and 🌟all of us FPS fﷺans couldn't be happier.

Xbox and Activision have yet to confirm a release date, and we're expecting to get the full answer at the reveal event coming . If we ex♑amine Call of Duty's traditional release windows, it's logical to expect Black Ops 7 to arrive between the late October period and mid-November. Stay tuned for updates.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 platforms

At launch, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will be on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, and PC via Xbox PC, Battle.net, and Steam. Of course, with Activision now being in the Xbox family, Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers will get it day one. But a potential release on the Switch 2 hasn't been discussed.

Despite the cutting-edge tech involved in the most recent Call of Duty games (BO6🅠 used the IW 9.0 engine with current-gen-specific optimizations), the powers that be aren't ready to let go of last-gen consoles yet. Don't expect an optimal experience on 12-year-old hardware, though.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 trailer

At this stage, we've only received one look at Black Ops 7. It arrived right at the end of June 2025's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox Games Showcase and mostly consisted of a CG cutscene establishing the in-universe tech advancements in line with what we saw in 2012's Black Ops 2. It's an intriguing 3-minute teaser, 🎃though.

At the very end, we get quick glimpses of༒ what appears to be in-game action, including multiplayer maps, campaign sections, and this year's Zombies mode. Of course, there's a new menace that needs to be taken down, and David Mason is back in action. Watch out for a surprise comeback, too.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 story and setting

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is set "more than 40 years" after Black ꧙Ops 6, meaning it happens a whole decade after Black Ops 2, which took place in 2025 outside of its late-Cold War sections. If the 'numbers situation' of this sub-franchise doesn't make sense to you, know that you're not alone. It's the result of jumping all over the timeline in a very non-linear way and deciding to bring back numbered entries after Black Ops: Cold War.

Before we dive any deeper into Black Ops 7's story and setting, here's a rundown of the chronological order of the Black Ops sub-franchise: 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:World at War (yes, it's connected to the series), 1, Cold War, 6, 2, 7, 4, and 3. Two important notes: If you want to avoid a bunch of spoilers, it's recommended to play 2 before 6 due to its late 1980s flashbac༒ks, which have an impact on what comes after. Second, Black Ops 4 is skippable as it's the franchise's only multiplayer-only installment... and just isn't good overall.

With that whole mess out of the way, let's go back to Black Ops 7. Yes, it's set in 2035, and the world is "on the brink of chaos" yet again. At this point, it's important to bring up that Black Ops 2 offered several endings depending on a cou🌠ple of player choices and whether the optional Strik🍸e Force missions were completed or not before reaching the end of the campaign.

We've yet to receive confirmation on which ending has been chosen as 'canon' to shape the state of the world and the main characters when Black Ops 7's story begins, but the twisted bad guy Raul Menendez is back somehow. Many will instantly say he's not dead, but the Black Ops series is known for loopy twists and a focus on psychological warfare, so he could be back but not alive (think of The Joker's presence in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Batman: Arkham Knight). Is he alive, dead but living rent-free in David Mason's headღ, or just part of an advanced AI system? All the options make sens𒆙e in the Black Ops universe, so we're not ruling anything out.

Little else is known about the actual plot of the campaign♕, although the teaser trailer provides some clues: peace has been restored (or is in the process of being restored) thanks to an organization called The Guild. During the events of Black Ops 6, this group is involved in weapon trafficking and smuggling. 40 years later, it's evolved into a seemingly huge global weapons manufacturer led by CEO Emma Kagan. They're offering to protect the world from itself thanks to all sorts of automated weapons, drones, and robots.

N🅘eedless to say, David Mason and his team will have a hard time believing The📖 Guild, and Raul Menendez might be key to uncovering a new conspiracy.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 gameplay

♍This is Call of Duty we're talking about, so we're not expecting any major shake-ups to the winning first-person shooter formula that's kept the franchise at the top of the food chain for so long. However, we must assume a number of additions introduced in 2024's Black Ops 6 – namely, the omni-movement system – are being kept around alongside refreshed mechanics from Black Ops 2 due to the return to its futuristic setting. All the specifics are expected to be revealed when the Black Ops 7 event happens this summer.

What we do know already is the story campaign, develo🐈ped by Raven Software, will be playable in co-op for the fi෴rst time since Black Ops 3 (2015). "Round-based Zombies in the heart of the Dark Aether" are also back, meaning that Activision and Treyarch aren't messing with the core structure for the foreseeable future. Again, we'll be learning more soon.

Can you pre-order Call of Duty: Black Ops 7?

Pre-orders for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 aren't available yet and likely won't go live until we have a firm release date.

Expect this to change later this summer. Meanwhile, you can continue to grind through 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Black Ops 6's seasons or go back and replay every Black Ops game, some of which are in our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Call of Duty games list.

For more future outings, read our pages on all the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming Xbox Series X games and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming PS5 games on the way.

That big ol' X is a nod to the fact that the game is now 10 years old. With 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Rainbow Six Siege marking the anniversary by 🦋going free-to-play, there will be a lot of people playing for the first time. The use of the word 'siege' in the title hints at the nature of the core modes that they'll find – both attack and defense centered around an objective or two (an area to defend, a pair of bombs, or a hostage) within a building. A prep phase sees the attacker team sending in ground drones to find the objective and identify defenders, while the defenders can rei𝓡nforce (or blow holes in) walls, set traps, and choose their positions. Then, the siege begins.

The game has seen a lot of changes over the years even before Rainbow Six Siege X, but some fundamentals remain the same. For one thing, each character – or, r🧸ather, Operator – has a unique ability or gadget, and is permanently assigned to attack or defense. Fuze has a device that can shoot explosives through breakable surfaces, for example, while Castle can block doorways and windows with bulletproof barricades rather than the standard, flimsier, wooden ones. It's also important to note that, a decade on, your bullets and explosives are still just as deadly to your teammates as they are to your enemies.

X Education

Now, could you do me a favor, and play a record scratch sound effect in your head? Thanks. We really need to take some time out to focus on the friendly fire element. The Rainbow Six Siege X refresh will see returning players as well as new ones. Perhaps you, like me, abandoned the original a number of years ago due to the omnipresent toxicity rampaging through the community. One of the most visible elements of this toxicity was intentional teamkills, which would be seen on one ♈or both teams – in my experience, at least – in almost every single match. I'm pleased to report, therefore, that this behavior now seems to be relatively rare.

Although put into place long before the X refresh, the reputation system will be a powerful reason for many lapsed players to return. It's a transparent system that issues positive or negative points depending on behavior, with rewards and punishments doled out according to your current reputation status (Dishonorable, Disruptive, Respectable, Esteemed, and Exemplary). Don't worry about being punished for the occasional (and inevitable) accidental teamkill, or friendly gadget destruction. It's annoying to pick up negative points for an accident, but the way the system is set up, in order to be demoted you'll have to be going really heavy on t🦹he teamkills a🥀nd nasty chat. It's an imperfect system, but its positive impact is self-evident and very, very important.

There are still, um, enthusiastic members of the community to be encou🎀ntered, but so far I've found it's just edgy trash talk that can be fixed with muting and hitting the off switch on text chat. The addition of a long-needed communication wheel ensures that you'll still be able to help and warn your team if chat isn't your thing, too. The core experience blossoms as a result. Now, you're free to concentrate on the fact that caution is key, as it's no ♕exaggeration to say that you can sometimes plummet from maximum health to death within a single second (maybe two if the opponent's aim is a little off). Every match is tense, each kill a thrill. No longer do I fear my teammates as much as (or more than) the players on the opposing team.

Maps get a subtle overhaul too, with tweaked versions of Bank, Clubhouse, Border, Chalet, and Kafe available at launch. Not only do they look a little prettier, new destructible elements have been added. Gas𒉰 pipes will spit flame before eventually exploding, while damaged fire extinguishers can block visibility. Some pipes are strategically placed so that the jet of flame will temporarily block a window or doorway, though you can simply wait it out. A more impactful change is that Operators now clearly cast shadows, a new element to keep in mind when sneaking around those tight corners.

Make it rainbow

Clash – the only defender armed with a shield – sees a rework with the launch of Rainbow Six Siege X. Previously, her body-height electro shield was armed with a shock p𝓰ulse that would slow and damage opponents, and switching to a weapon took a few seconds that could feel like a few minutes. Most of this is still true, with two significant changes. Firstly, she now has the option of setting the shield down like a portable barricade (which can be charged through), leaving her free to move and shoot behind it, while the shock blast can be activated remotely. The second change is that while the shock still slows enemies, it no longer damages them. Thi♋s is indicative of a wider change to how electricity works.

Now, electricity treats all players the same. It deals no damage to either team regardless of th🔯e source, meaning that electrified barbed wire (for example) can no longer be used to chip away at opponent health. Electrified reinforced walls will still destroy any breaching gadgets ✤applied to them, and electrified barbed wire will still destroy incoming drones that pass through it, but it's no longer an element that can support bullets and explosions for player damage.

The major addition that Rainbow Six Siege X brings is a brand new mode, Dual Front. This is 6v6 rather than 5v5, takes place in the biggest map to date (District), and – although it'ꦅs an attack and defense mode – there are respawns. The twist here is that both teams are attacking and defending simultaneously, with victory handed to the side that captures all three opposing sectors in sequence first. The hope seems to be that this new mode will snare players attracted by the free-to-play nature of the X update. In addition to t𝓡he inclusion of respawns, equipment supplies will slowly regenerate over time, available Operators are a rotating selection of 35 – everybody has the same pool of defenders and attackers – and, while dead, you can spawn a temporary drone on a teammate you're spectating to support with recon.

When in drone

District is an excellent map. The multi-level buildings have the imposing corridors, threatening corners, and destructi🅺ble walls, floors, and ceilings that you'll find in the core modes. The outside areas offer some limited cover, but are infused with a sense of vulnerability as you make your way from one building to the next. As outside areas are now important to both teams, sniping spots have been scattered around. There's even a roof you can get on top of; but, this being Rainbow Six Siege, there are multiple angles you could be attacked from yourself up there.

Although each Operator has been deliberately calibra꧒ted for play in a claustrophobic environment, they all work excellently in Dual Front. In part, this is due to the fact that the primary task – capturing each of the enemy's three zones in turn while defending your own – still follows the rule of 'static objective within a building'. The ability to select a new Operator on respawn, meanwhile, allows you to adapt to any specific enemy Operator giving you a hard time, or change tactics when it becomes clear that your team needs more emphasis on attack or defꦰense.

It's a carefully designed experience that mostly works well, but I do think that new players looking for a casual free-to-play experience will bounce off Dual Front with record-breaking velocity. For one thing, the 30 second wait to respawn can be agonizing. The temporary drone gimmic💝k is a great idea that softens the blow, but the speed with which you can be killed can be pretty dispiriting when you've just spent 30 seconds jogging to your objective.

Movement is another thing. It's fairly slow and heavy, but that's by no means a bad thing; it's an important part of Rainbow Six's identity. So too, however, is the fact that it has The Loudest Footsteps In Gaming. Everybody 𝔍stomps around like an angry teenager storming up the stairs to their bedroom to play My Chemical Romance at maximum volume. 𝓰As a result, if you don't have the patience to slowly sneak the greater-than-usual distance to your destination, an enemy lying in wait will hear you coming long before they see you. This is something Rainbow Six veterans will know and accept, but it'll be much harder for new players to spend the time adapting to.

Regardless of tཧhe mode, the sheer volume of Operato💯rs Rainbow Six Siege X now includes means that new players will have a lot of learning to do. Questions may include "How did they know where I was?", "Why did that window explode?", "Why isn't my device working?", and of course, the classic "What the [expletive removed] just happened?".

Nonetheless, with Rainbow Six Siege X, the game now fi🌼nds itself in the best position it's ever been in for player onboarding. In addition to challenges to unlock Operators and modes, there are modes to familiarise y♊ourself with the many maps and weapons outside of PvP, and each Operator now has a page with simple, easy to understand tutorials explaining their unique features to help you decide whether to spend your hard-earned Renown (or hard-purchased Credits) on them. And, of course, now you can start playing for free.

Rainbow Six Siege X manages to provide something for everyone. Existing players get a new mode, a character rework, and multiple small but meaningful improvements. Lapsed players will find an experience that's instantly familiar, yet not🅘iceably improved in some important ways. New players get the benefit of 10 years worth of development for free… so long as they have the patience for the more hardcore elements, and a willingness to slowly learn what over 70 Operators can do and how they interact with one another. WIth a refined experience and the promise of an expanded playerbase, Rainbow Six Siege X just might keep going for another 10 years.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege X was reviewed ಌon PC with a code provided 𝓰by the publisher

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This video follows a🐻dditional comments from Proulx stressing that the hat was "not a political statement," and reiterating that "t🍬he state of multiplayer FPS games is tragically stale."

, Proulx says he's gotten "a lot of questꦡions about what's up with the hat, why'd you wear it, wh𒀰at was the intent? I want to start by explaining myself."

To begin, Proulx laments that "it is really freakin' hard, as an independent studio, to break through the noise. You go to these award shows – we saw it at [The Game Awards]. We had this great trailer, and there's 50 other great trailers, anꦛd♌ it didn't really have an impact."

For Splitgate 2's "biggest stage, coming out of beta, we needed something to grab attention," he adds. Apparently that's where this ha﷽t and FPS messaging came in: "The honest truth is, we tried to think of something and this is what we came up with."

This strategy certainly got Splitgate ♏2 some attention, but not in the way the devs had planned, it seems. "We did not intend for this to be taken in any political way whatsoever," Proulx repeats. "And I'm not an idiot; obviously I knew there would be some level of controversy. But we really saw this as a meme that was kind of stating our truth, which is: we do want to improve this genre. We aꦚre disappointed with the state of the genre. We took it as a meme that we thought would not be nearly as received the way it was, negatively received as the way it was." (I've left some minor flubbed words in these quotes uncorrected for exact clarity.)

Many people in the ♔Splitgate 2 community, to say nothing of countless folks watching the game from a distance or simply tuning into Summer Game Fest, very much did not take🧸 it as a meme, hence the protracted apology arc.

Proulx continues: "So I want to apologize, and genuinely, you can pretend – you don't have to believe me. But the truth is I am sorry. And the reason I'm sorry is because of what this has done to the community. The most important thing to me right now is: I want to have an amazing community. That is the reaso🎶n that I built 1047, that's the reason I love my job ... And I hate seeing division. And that's what I'm seeing right now, on both sides. There's division in the community, and for that I am truly sorry."

It is worth remembering that, even on the night of Summer Game Fest following Splitgate 2's big announcement, the game itself seemed to be doing pretty well on the back of the big update that, to some, was overshadowed by the tone of the game's reveal segment. 1047 said they were seeing their "highest-ever" server traffic, and in , the Splitgate 2 account said "our player base has more than tripled since Beta. Specific🅠ally, we've had a ton of recent success on console."

At the time of writing, Splitgate 2 has 12,808 reviews and, according to SteamDB, 22,853 concurrent players (just below its 25,785 peak four days ag💙o) . Naturally, that doesn't include those con♐sole players. Its Steam reviews are "Mixed" at 62% positive.

Still, this whole stink was demonstrably stinky enough to warrant multiple🌠 public apologies from Proulx, who says this video ought to be the last one.

"Again, I'll reiterate, I do stand by the intent of this," he concludes. "The intent truly is, take it at face value, ꩵwe do want to improve this genre. We do feel that the genre is in a bad state, and we want to make FPS games as amazing as possible. But I also understand that it's not just about intent, it's about impact. And the platform that we have had has had a negative impact, and for that I'm truly sorry. I wish things were different and I appreciate all the feedback. That's all I got, guys. But I wanted to put this out there. I hope you'll stick with us, I hope you'll keep the feedback coming. For now, we're just gonna go back to listening and focusing on the game and nothing else. Thank you."

Splitgate 2 director says it was "news to me" that the FPS launched with $80 bundles, blames former monetization head "who happened to come from Call of Duty."

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Halo Infinite will be four years old by the end of this year, and Microsoft has been suspiciously quiet about what used to be its marquee franchise (now that it owns Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, it's no competition). Other than 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:343 Industries rebranding itse🔴lf Halo Studios last year, there hasn't been a whiff of a new game and considering how long Microsoft games take from reveal to release these days (I can't believe Fable wasn't at that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox Games Showcase either), I'm s🤡ure many assumed it'd be a while before we see Master Chief𝔉 again.

Well, there's been nothing official anyway, as whisperings of a new release of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Halo: Combat Evolved (either another remaster, or a full-blown remake) have been part of the rumor mill for a while. But after the Xbox Games Showcase ended without a trace of Halo – outside of a brief tease about "a classic that's been w🔯ith us since the beginning" coming in 2026 from Phil Spencer – the evidence started piling up.

However, Halo dataminer "gruntdotapi" has that a Halo game has now appeared and that it is specifically pegged to be a PS5 game, with no mention of a Nintendo Switch or Switch 2 version to be found. The user also posted that it has a new ID, ruling out the chance of it being a previously𓆉 existing release like the Master Chief Collection or Halo Infinite.

While gruntdotapi doesn't have an ETA of a release date, this, combined with Phil Spencer hinting something Halo-related is on the way, leads me to believe we'll be getting this rumoured CE remaster sometime in early 2026. That or Spencer was hinting at the return of a REAL classic like Blinx the Time-Sweeper.

You simply will not guess the main character of the Psychonauts studio and Brutal Legends art director's new mind-bending adventure.

Proulx has now explained why prices were that high, and he blames a former 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Call of Duty developer.

"No excuse, of course, I should have been on this,⛎" he starts in a video posted to Twitter. "The second I got off that stage, I called Derek, our lead game designer, and I said, 'Derek, did you know we had an $80 bundle? This is news to me, like what the heck? That makes no sense.'"

Now, some of you may be alarmed if a director doesn't know how much players are being charged for bundles in his game. "Our former head of monetization, who ha▨ppened t𓄧o come from Call of Duty, was with us for less than a year and was very aggressive on the pricing," Proulx alleges.

After Proulx's comments on the SGF stage about being "tired of playing the same Call of Duty every ye𓂃ar," and the Splitgate Twitter account a current CoD developer before deleting the tweet, I would have thought he'd leave CoD out of it.

Proulx then claims that under this former CoD dev's influence, Founder's Packs were originally $100 and Battle Passes were $10, but he and and the lead game designer slashed them down to $60 and $5 respectively. Somehow, the $80 cosmetic bundle that has since been halved to $40, "slipped through the cracks."

He assures us all that "I fundamentally believe the best way෴, as a business, truly, to make money, is not to charge the players an egregious amount. ꦿIt's to be generous, and thoughtful, and listen to feedback. [...] That is our philosophical view with Splitgate 2."

Splitgate 2 launched to "Mixed" reviews on Steam with players calling out the expensive microtransactions and the hypocrisy in criticizing Call of Duty but then adopting its same strategies and modes. So, while Proulx continues to throw shade a𝓀t CoD, he has at least listened to players regarding pri꧑cing.

Proulx finishes by saying: "I'm sorry about the $80 bundle. It's crazy. It was a shock to me when I found out, and that's no excuse. But you can expect, just like we reduced prices yesterday from $80 to $40, that's going to be our philosophy going forward, is being player friendly, player first, we want this to be 🐻affordable."

In the meantime, catch up on everything that was announced at Summer Game Fest 2025.

Bu🅠t Blac🔯k Ops 7 isn't immediately following the events of its predecessor. Instead, the upcoming FPS is set some 40 years later – taking place in 2035, in a world ravaged by violent conflict and psychological warfare following the events of Black Ops 2 and Black Ops 6.

"As a team, our vision from the start was to create a back-to-back series experience for our players that embraced the uniqueness of the Black Ops sub-franchise," says Matt Cox, general manager of Call of Duty. "The Black Ops universe is amazing. The creativity and imagination that goes into the storytelling, the rich character depth, and the incredible moment-to-💧෴moment gameplay across all modes is really exceptional."

Activision isn't ready to go into too much detail on how gameplay is going to evolve from the introduction of omni-movement in 2024. We know that Black Ops 7 is being developed by Treyarch and Raven Softwa𒉰re (the same team handled Black Ops 6, with Raven taking lead on the campaign, while Treyarch oversaw the multiplayer and 𒆙overall vision for the package), and that it will have you wield 'cutting-edge technology' as David Mason and his team fight back against a mysterious enemy force weaponizing fear across the world.

GamesRadar+ can also confirm that the Black Ops 7 campaign can b🌄e played solo or with friends, with the new entry featuring an 'innovative' co-op support. Round-based zombies will also return as you head into the heart of Dark A🎃ether, and the multiplayer experience will feature 'brand-new maps' and 'near-future weaponry'.

Black Ops 7 will get a full reveal later this summer. Activision has also confirmed that Black Ops 7 will be released later this year on PC (via Battle.net, Xbox, and Steam), PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, and Xbox One. The title wil🔴l also be available from day one on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass.

Xbox Games Showcase 2025 needs to build on Microsoft's momentum, but it may need to go beyond The Outer Worlds 2 to pull it off.

High on Life 2 stands as Squanch Games' latest project following 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:High on Knife, the first shooter's spooky DLC from 2023. While there's not too much information on the sequel's story or what it'll revolve around just yet, it feels safe to say that it'll be as wild a ride as the original's own was. As someone familiar with High on Life, I'm personally expecting lots of shooting and stabbing – and a whole lot of absurdity.

Interested fans can follow Squanch Games on to wishlist High on Life 2 today, or keep an eye on other platforms' storefronts, like the Microsoft Store for Xbox and the PlayStation Store for PlayStation 5.

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To catch you up, 1047 CEO, Ian Proulx, kicked things off with his controversial appearance at 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Summer Game Fest, where he said he made the FPS because "I grew up playing Halo, and I'm tired of playing the same Call of Duty every year, and I wish we could have Titanfall 3." That, and his 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:n🗹ew battle royale is "f***ing awesome."

It's a cool statement, and could have been one of the highlights of the show, as we also found out Splitgate 2 was launching then and there. But it wasn't. That's partly down to an 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:un😼popular hat he later doubled down on, but also because the game itself was 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:stuffed with the kind of 🧜micꦏrotransactions that folk dislike from other FPS games.

Now, Proulx has taken to the account once more to set some things straight, with a four-minute video promising one major change to try and mend 1047's relationship with players: "We hear you loud and clear on the store prices, and so that nano swarm bundle, we're cutting the price in half. Some of the other items in the shop, we're reducing prices across the board." This also means that players who have already paid🐬 will receive partial refunds in the coming days.

The storefront prices for the free-to-play FPS were only one of the major qualms players had with the game, which has led to mixed reviews on Steam. The battle royale mode is something fans never expected, nor wanted. Players flocked to the original Splitgate because of its unique qualities amongst an oversaturated FPS genre, allowing players to enjoy an array of modes that decidedly did not include battle royale.

Players are loudly voicing their discontent with one negative review for Splitgate 2 on Steam stating, "Yeah, you𝓡 can keep your Temu Apex."

While Proulx is clearly taking respon🐲sibility for the store prices and implementing active change, he continues to defend the new battle royale mode and tries to assure fans that it's not taking away from the other modes, claiming it's "additive, it's not here to replace anything."

Proulx attempts to frame Splitgate 2's battle royale mode as one that stands out amongst the crowd, stating, "I never wanted to make a battle royale unless I thought I could actually add and innovate the genre. And I think we've done that." Proulx claims Splitgate 2 is delivering more of a "battle royale-arena shooter hybrid," pointinꦿg out "you'll notice you respawn in it, you have power weapons."

The probl🌼em is, these features are not new or innovative; Fortn𝄹ite, the foremost battle royale title out there, provides a reload mode, which allows for respawning, and has plenty of unique and powerful weapons to utilize.

All in all, it's a s✃tart. But it remains to be seen if everything can be fully reme💛died over the coming weeks and months.

Splitgate 2 dev snatches defeat from the jaws of victory, channeling Borderlands 4's Randy Pitchford by upsetting fans even when his FPS is looking pretty good

Proux, donning a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:controversial "Make FPS Great Again" c♊ap, explained that the reasons he made Splitgate 2 are simple: "Because I grew up playing Halo, and I'm tired of playing the same Call of Duty every year, and I wish we could have Titanfall 3." The lead then a respo♓nse to those uncomfortable with his on-stage message and presence, exclaiming that he's "not here to apologize, but I am here to clarify."

The CEO then took another shot at the FPS genre, explaining how 1047 Games hopes Splitgate 2 can "fix" its problems: "The state of multiplayer FPS games is tragically stale. We hope to fix that, whether you want Arena, Battle Royale, Onslaught, or Map Creator." Now that fans have had a chance to explore the developer's new shooter, and its apparently very expensive microtransactions, it's safe to say they're not at a♊ll conten𒅌t.

"You threw shade at Call of Duty on stage but copie♔d Warzone's mechanics for your battle royale and dropped an $80๊ bundle in Splitgate 2," comments one player under the dev's post regarding "the state of multiplayer FPS games." The official Splitgate 2 account then responds: "We understand your criticism. This pack features our most unique skins with complex animations and artwork. We have a variety of cheaper options."

The dev continues, bringing up how "the game is free to play, and you don't need to buy anything to enjoy it to its fullest," and "nothing is pay-to-win and never will be." 1047 Games doubles down on this sentiment in a further reply, once again stating that microtransactions in Splitgate 2 are strictly optional, despite acknowledging the controversy surrounding them: "Monetization is always🅠 controversial, but it's♕ also optional."

Understandably, however, fans aren't exactly happy with this way of thinking. The page for Splitgate 2 highlights as much, as current reviews only add up to a "Mixed" rating overall. "Less interesting version of Apex Legends," reads one negative 🍎review. Countless others criticize Proux directly, with a player noting how he found fault in Call of Duty but "proceeded to release the most generic battle royale MTX farm ever."

There's no telling what the future looks like for Splitgate 2 just yet, though – but for now, the community doesn't sound too thrilled with 1047 Games' approach to the shooter and its "three currencies, battle pass, and $34 portal skin that makes your portal white," as one player calls out in a online: "Crazy too that a game marketing itself as the best FPS since old Halo games does everything it ripped from those games but worse."

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Ian Proulx, CEO of developer 1047 Games, took to the SGF stage last night wearing a black 'Make FPS Games Great Again' hat in a clear riff on the traditionally red hats worn by supporters of current US president Donald Trump. It was a move that - Splitgate 2 looks pretty good and had plenty of good buzz around it, but Proulx made himself arguably thꦓe biggest villain of last night's show with his stunt.

In response to a pretty rapid outpouring of bad feelings on social media, Proulx took to after the event, not to apologize, but to "clarify" the message behind the hat. "This is not a political statem🥂ent," he says. "It is quite literally what it says, so take it at face value."

"The state of multiplayer FPS games is tragically stale," he continues. Last night, he said that he was making Splitgate 2 because he's "tired of playing 🍨the same Call of Duty every year," and wants to channel the experience he had playing Halo when he was ꦗyounger. He claimed his new game is "f***ing awesome, and says that he "hopes to fix" that stale feeling, but given the Mixed Steam reviews that Splitgate 2 has launched to, I think that might not be qu🌌ite what he's managed.

Check out our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Summer Game Fest schedule so that you can see more unscripted on-stage moments as they happen.

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:This week, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:in the weeks before, it was Gear🥂box boss Randy Pitchford's numerous and enormously unpopular comments on game pricing. Tonight, at the Summer Game Fest live show, it was the painfully avoidable division stirred by 1047 Games cofounder and CEO Ian Proulx, who managed to piledrive Splitgate 2's discourse into the dumpster in a matter of minutes, stealing defeat from the jaws of victory.

Proulx says he made his FPS because 💫he hates Call of Duty, loves Halo, and wants Titanfall 3 – and reckons Splitgate 2's new battle royale mode is "f***ing awesome." We'r𝐆e going to ignore the irony that Splitgate just dropped a battle royale and that Titanfall 3 doesn't exist in part because EA told Respawn to instead keep operating the battle royale money machine that is Apex Legends, because it's really not the biggest problem tonight.

It's hard to overstate how thoroughly and widely Splitgate 2 is getting dunked on after Proulx's SGF appearance. The reaction hasn't been univerℱsally negative, of course; are simply celebrating the surprise update, and . It's not♛ like Splitgate 2 is going to keel over because of this.

Buᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚt if an Imagine Dragons remix in your battle royale trailer is the last criticism on peoples' min❀ds, you may, perhaps, have messed up. Across , , and , and both in and out of the game's immediate communities, Splitgate 2 optics are measurably worse than they were about 10 hours ago.

"Hat was cringe as ꦆhell," on the Splitgate Reddit. "Th💧is was just cringe," of the game's SGF slot.

"If I was a dev and I had spent years working on a game and my boss went on stage and looked like this much of 💟a jacꦉkass I'd be so pissed," .

"I now feel embarrassed for liking this game," another Splitgate Reddit post 𓄧.

"As a Splitgate 1🍃 fan and a founder pack owner for Splitgate 2, I can't believe how HORRIBLE of a fumble I just witnessed," . Posts jওust like this are coming up faster than the mods or auto-mods can delete them for purportedly being low-effort.

And, I mean, if you've lost the 𒀰dad hat enthusiasts, what else is there to lose?

Here's everything announced at Summer Game Fest 2025.

CEO and co-founder of developer 1047 Games, Ian Proux, takes to the stage, leans on a baseball bat, and says they made the game "Because I grew up playing Halo, and I'm tired of playing the same Call of Duty every year, a🧜nd ღI wish we could have Titanfall 3."

He finishes, "Splitgate battle royale launches free, right now, and ಌit's fucking awesome." Splitgate 2's full 1.0 launch is out now, and it has a battle royale mode too.

There are new maps, modes, weapons, and a load of balance changes too. You can see it all in action during the trailer that shows a frenzy of shooting, rockets, and melee hits while people run through por🦹tals. All is soundtracked by Imagine 🍨Dragons.

Over on the Splitgate , a player asks, "Who asked for Battle Royale and $80 bundles? We loved Splitgate becaus💖e it wasnt like every other game/company do🍸ing the exact same things... I knew before i even opened the store that there was going to be absurd prices... just makes me sad, man..."

Another player , "Idk why y'all decided to do this shit. I'm not mad about a battle royale mode, I'm glad there's more stuff to enjoy, that's not the issue. The issue is you advꦰertised it as 'bigger t🌜han a campaign,' which just isn't true."

Keep all the way up to date with our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Summer Game Fest schedule.

Announced at tonight's big 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Summer Game Fest live show, the Ar💛c Raiders release date reveal follows the game's second tech test, which developer Embark Studios says was instrumental in fine-tuning the game in these final stretches.

"You gave us thoughtful, sh꧋arp feedback, and the test helped us hone in on plenty of things we’re addressing in the last stretch of development: there are bugs to squash, as well as general polish and performance improvements to be done," .

"We're fine-tuning game balance and the player economy, and will work on a🦹n even better onboarding experience for players who come in new to this genre."

With release now just months away, Grøndal adds that "the game will also be expanded, with more locations to explore, more ARC enemies to fight, a larger selection of weapons and gear to find and craft, mo꧑re adventures to embark on, and more for players to strive towards and discover."

Embark says it's in it for the long haul, setting up plans ✅to "grow, evolve, and support ARC Raiders after release."

Arc Raiders is coming to PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X. Its October 30 release date puts it relatively close to the planned September launch of Bungie's Marathon, another extraction sh🧸ooter vying for a slice of the genre's perhaps too-small pie.

This story is developing.

Battlefield ⛦Labs is the official name of EA's testing ground for all things Battlefield. Everything we've seen from it is a work in progress and liable to change at any moment, but what I've just seen of the tank combat has me incr⛦edibly excited.

It really does have that Battlefield 3 and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Bad Company 2 vibe, as pointed out by a former developer on th♊e series.

The clip starts in a first-person view, showing the tank trundle through a chaotic street and start firing at another at the junction. Smoke and sparks quickly cloud thඣe view as buildings get damaged and dust is kicked up by all the explosions.

Engineers do their job and repair the tanks on both sides, but there are two against one, and ultimately, the tank at the junction gets blown to pieces. We see guided missiles being curved around corners, autocannons stacking up damage, and each side's supporting infantry trying to neutralꦐize each other. It's 🌄Battlefield as I remember it as a kid.

"Destruction 🐬and audio are back," reads one happy . "Love the smoke and effects, feels like a powerful vehicle," agrees . One fan simply , "MY GOD MAN," clearly awestruck. "Let's hope there's a beta soon so we all can play."

While this footage looks awesome, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码💯历史查询:Battlefield Labs took its first L recently, as it removed weapon restrictions from classes and decided to let everyone use everything. I don't know about you, but I don't want my medic sitting in the back with a sniper rifle. I want them on the frontlines, ﷽ready to heal.

While we wait for more Battlefront news, check out the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Summer Game Fest 2025 schedule so you can keep up with all the showcases coming out in the next few days.

Promising around eight to ten hours of story, it's about as long as a proper sequel would need to be, but is introduced to me as a standalone expansion. Even so, while Biegun says it builds on some story elements in the base Rogue Cityꦅ, you don't need to have played it to get into the action here. As mercenaries attack a police department with a mysterious new cryo cannon, and take over a massive residential block called OmniTower, it's up to the officer known as RoboCop to fight his way inside and sort things out with extreme prejudice.

Dead or alive

Playing through the first three levels and then skipping to a later one, the business might be unfinished, but it is still business as usual. Clomping around relatively slowly like a tank, RoboCop is able to s🦹can and pinpoint enemies with a green overlay just like the movies, taking out goons with high-powered weaponry. Being slow just emphasizes t🙈he feeling of power, cooldown abilities to slow time or raise shields meaning I feel like I can take a lot of hits.

Enemies can be grabbed and thrown around too, and environmental hazards can be used to thwack enemies into objects to cause a bloody mess, such as big ol' industrial fans. Bಞits of cover can be blasted away with weapons to open them up to headshots (the pistols feel great), and RoboCop's vision highlights areas of wall I can use to ricochet my bullets around corners. The huge tower feels like a real space structurally, but one t♐hat RoboCop can turn to his advantage.

And yes, just like in the original Rogue City, you can also shoot enemies in the nuts for no real benefit, but as a tip of the robo-helmet to the movies. "It's still here. It's still avaiꦺlableꦆ. It's still effective. It's still, I would say, good looking," Biegun laughs. "For the fans." Likewise the sounds of guns and the action are meant to closely evoke the films, and even some of the lighting of the OmniTower is meant to resemble '80s movie lighting. "We don't want to use the word realistic, because realism is not a part of RoboCop at all," says Biegun – moreover Teyon wants to portray the heightened reality of the series.

Quickly, though, the actio📖n does escalate to be more frequently tense than in its 2023 precursor. RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business features fewer detective elements and a greater focus on action. Biegun calls it "more dynami🍬c" because of it. There are more weapon types – including a minigun and eventually the cryo cannon itself, and more enemy types to unload into.

The enemies aren't just new models, either – but are designed to shake up the pace of encounters in Rogue City which, fun though they were, could become a bit samey. Enemies with shields require you to think about how to catch them off guard, and drones and jet-pack wearing foes emphasize the verticality at the heart of the OmniTower. It sure beats just combing balc𒊎onies for where squishy enemy heads are about to reveal themselves, and keeps me on my toes even from earl🌠y on. Later on, they tell me there will be ninja androids.

The single setting, the OmniTower, also allows Teyon to play with literally escalating action and keep the pace tight. There are still moments where things slow down a tad, from RoboCop assisting scared residentꦯs to one section that has me go Star Wars as I blast the gears of an encroaching trash compactor's ceiling. But, for the most pꦗart, it feels natural that the higher I climb the tougher the threats I'll come up against.

The action even moves beyond RoboCop. The later mission I play sees me take control of the digital circuits of ED-209, the series' iconic heavily armed bipedal enforcement droid. I feel the weight of the machine, but it's a real power trip to stomp through the environments, cycling through a machine gun and rocket launchers to blast the heck out of swarms of enemies. It's a better machine fantasy than the more cumbersome mechs found in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom: The Dark Ages, and is a highlight of what I get to play. I won't spoil too much, but one particularly funny moment even nods to ⛄ED-209's inability to tackle stairs that genuinely makes me laugh out loud. It's great to see Te♏yon still understanding that there's a real sense of humor to RoboCop's over-the-top nature.

In fact, as with Rogue City, a lot of work has gone into ensuring Unfinished Business feels like a legitimate part of the RoboCop world, the team discussing everything with the righ꧋ts holders. "We have creative freedom as a develope🤡r," Biegun confirms, but this includes the likes of technology and types of guns available, as they want to avoid it seeming like "they created something out of nowhere" that doesn't fit the series.

Which is all to say that the cryo cannon – which hangs heavily over the game's openꦅing hours – is an official addition. While I've yet to try it myself as it's at first in the enemy's hands, it's one of Biegun's favorites to use: "I really love this weapon because it has an impact on the environment. When you shoot it, it will leave ice all over the place so you can, if you walk through it, hear the crunches."

RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business is more RoboCop but not just more. It's🌱 all dialled up. More action. More weapons. More over-the-top. I can't wait to see how high the OmniTower really stretches. I'll find out soon enough, as RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business is open for, erm, business on July 17, 2025 across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.

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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Hypercharge: Unboxed is an indie FPS inspired by fi🌳lms like Small Soldiers and the concept of using your little plastic army men to orchestrate huge battles, from your bedroom to your back garden. Over the years, it's picked up a reasonable amount of social media buzz, but that's not always translated into huge numbers of players - Hypercharge sold 100,000 copies on Xbox, but struggled to crack Steam, 💞peaking around 1,600 concurrent players.

Now, as it heads towards a PlayStation release, its five-person development crew appears to be fielding several comments about Hypercharge's 'death'. In response to one comment alleging the game had "failed," the game's official account stated that "maybe there aren't thousands of players online," but that even one couch co-op group having fun with✨ the game is "enough for us," because "not every game is meant to be online-only."

Later, the team issued a full statement. Nodding to the immediate, runaway successes of games like 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Elden Ring Nightreign, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom: The Dark Ages, and Splitgate 2, marketin🔯g manager Joe Henson pointed out that Hypercharge: Unboxed was made by just five people, and that as a result, "wไe don't need to sell millions of copies. We don't need millions of players online at once."

Noting that the game is not online-ඣonly, and offers splitscreen and single-player modes, Henson says "you can play it however you want. And truthfully, that's perfectly fine. I've said it before, and I will die saying it. Making games has never been about getting rich, becoming famous, or having the most concurrent players."

The game's developers are a group of childhood frieꦯnds, and Henson says that "as long as we can pay our bills, feed our families, and keep creating what we care about [...] in our eyes, we are already rich."

Deflecting comments about the game's long-term financial success, Henson repeats the long-held adage that you can find that success by simply making "a damn good game." He admits that opting to skip out on microtransactions and a battle pass might lose Hypercharge: Unboxed the chance to accrue millions of players or make the most money possible, but says that t꧂he team won't lose sleep "by going against what we believe in."

Closing out their statement in an additional tweet, Henson says that he's got nothing against the likes of Elden Ring, Doom, or Splitgate for their success, but that his game - again, made by a total of fewer than 20 people - "gets compared to h🍎uge AAA titles a lot." For all that, however, they point out that "success means different things," and "not selling millions doesn't mean we failed."🦩 For the record, Hypercharge: Unboxed , which sounds like a success to me.

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Bidding for the Goodwill listing began on May 27 – a Washington state-based outpost of the thrift store is selling what it describes opaquely as a "Chelsea Grace Founding Concord PS5 Freegunner Wall Hanging Plaque." is credited as the outsourcing and co-dev lead for the infamously short-lived hero shooter, which publisher PlayStation 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:pulled after two weeks of it gasping for air.

Text on the plaque describes Grace as a "Founding Freegunner" of the "Northstar Crew" – translat🌺ed from Concord speak, that means they'♛re an original member of the multiplayer game's first (and, ultimately, only) group of playable characters, a designation shuttered developer Firewalk bestowed upon them for the "Worldwide Concord Launch, August 23, 2024."

Along with this – now, s𝓀omewhat gloomy – congratulatory text, the commemorative plaque showcases Concord's key art and a game disc for PS5. Pღhotos on the Goodwill auction site show that the item is in good condition, save for a bit of dust.

It's certainly in better shape than a lump of stone from a collapsed mine, which I imﷺagine emanates a comparable cloud of melancholy. But for potential buyers, this emotional weight is🐠 likely part of the Concord plaque's appeal. Concord was doomed, but its regrettable fate is exactly what makes it a fascinating chunk of gaming history.

The Goodwill auction is live until June 3, and the Concord plaque has already received 4ꦑ0💟 bids as of writing.

Undeterred by Concord, Sony expands its live service army: PlayStation Studios adds new dev making a "team-based action game" targeting "years" of support

In the , an internal email from EA Entertainment president Laura Miele notes that “the company is focusing on a small handful of franchises going forward: Battlefield, The Sims, Skate, and Apex Legend𓆉s,” with work on Motive’s Iron Man game, Respawn’s third Star Wars: Jedi game, and the next Mass Effect continuing. With the lack of Star Wars on there outside of finishing the Jedi trilogy, fans are taking this as confirmation that EA is done with the franchise.

The news was, with the poster saying, “BF3 is out of the question now.” Naturally, some are bummed out, with “Can’t believe EA fumbled one of the biggest IPs in existence.” While that the idea of a third Battlefront 𝓀happening in the first place was dubious, “I’m all for being hopeful, but there’s no way anyone actually thought they were gonna make a new Battlefront game.”

However, are taking this as good news, with one user saying, “This is good news. EA dosn't [sic] own Battlefront. Let a better studio make a deal with Lucasfilm Games.” So while the franchise is seemingly cursed never to get a third game (with the original version never getting a threequel), some are hopeful that we can get a third series♏ donning the Battlefront name in the end. But the current Star War൩s Fortnite season is the closest thing we’ll have for the time being.

Exec on former GTA 5 lead's new open-world game MindsEye says negative reactions have come from a "financed" and "concerted effort to trash the game and the studio."

EA executed its third round of layoffs of this year just yesterday by 澳洲💖幸运5开奖号码历史查询:scrapping its sin🌸gle-player Black Panther game and shutting down developer Cliffhanger Games in the process. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's senior encounter designer Patrick Wren then reacted to the grim news by saying that "moral🐲e has been at an all-time low" in a new social media . "I can say th🀅at much."

The declining morale at Respawn – the studio behind Apex Legends, Titanfall, and the Star Wars Jedi games🍌 – is likely due to the several game cancellations it's been hit with in the ꦜlast couple of years alone.

In 2023, EA reportedly chucked a Titanfall 🍒and Apex Legendsꩵ crossover in the bin before also , rumored to have been a Mandalorian sim, just a year later. And then, this March, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:another shooter game reportedly found itself in the🥃 ever-growing EA scrapyard, too.

For now, Respawn is working on a third Star Wars Jedi game which Cal Kestis actor Cameron Monaghan previously 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:tea༺sed will be "really cooܫl" when it happens. The studio is also collaborating with former XCOM devs on 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars: Zero Company, and prepping an 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:eventual Apex Legends 2.0. Still, this is theꦇ studio that made Titanfall 2 – my෴ morale is also at an all-time low.

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While the console versions of Battlefront 2 are fine by all accounts, the PC version has been plagued by hackers for some time. Just last month, the community devs behind the Kyber custom server project reported that EA had "deployed a server-side fix to stop key exploits🅘," but that doesn't seem to hav♊e fully corrected the issues.

You can read a of if you players the hacking problem, but the video below from streamer penguinz0 is a pretty clear illustration of the problem. You won't find a hacker in every single match, but you will ꦺrun into them frequently enough to make it very difficult to consistently enjoy the game on PC.

A major streamer is likely to face the extra issue of stream sniping, but it's clear this issue is affecting regular players, too. The hacksღ remain especially prevalent in the core 40-player modes, and that's a pretty big ꦆimpediment to playing the game.

The fan campaign to get Battlefront 2 back in the spotlight has 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:been accꦗompanied by c🍰alls for Battlefront 3, but this all comes as EA is canceling other big licensed games and reiterating plans to focus on a s🍸mall number ofꦑ franchises. Maybe there's still somebody left at EA who can get some kind of anti-cheat upd꧂ate going, but while I have my fingers crossed I do not have my breath held.

Fans want Star Wars Battlefront 3 so bad that they've pushed Battlefront 2 to an all-time Steam peak 8 years after launch and even mocked up a menu for a third game on their own.

Last week, the ܫgame hit over 9,000 players on Steaꦐm, which was very close to it's all-time peak of a little over 10,000 back in 2021. But now the game has blasted well past that, showing the fan campaign is well and truly underway.

Over the course of the weekend, Star 🐻Wars Battlefront 2 soared over that 10,000 mark – thanks in part to the on May 24. But on Monday, May 26 – which was both Memorial Day for the US and a bank holiday in the UK – it landed a new all-time peak of 18,635 on Steam ().

Not only did the game beat that previous peak, but it beat it by over 8,00꧅0. that th♏e game re-appeared on the Steam top-sellers list, meaning new players are joining the game alongside returning ones.

And that's just the Steam numbers; tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhe game is also available on PlayStation and Xbox (where it's included in Xbox Game Pass Ultimate thanks to EA Play), but there's not an easy way to track player counts on those platforms (which does dramatically soften the bold claim that over 300k concurrent players joined in over the weekend).

One of the main accounts behind the resurgence day event also Sunday, though there's no guarantee that outage was due to a sudden rush of players. One thing that is clear is that people are suddenly hungry for thཧis game, and eager to celebrate any perceived successes.

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Over on Reddit, fans for a potential Star Wars Battlefront 3 menu. Meanwhile, the Battlefront community take matters into their own hands and make the game themselves. When warned by a fellow fan that Disney would h♔it them with the heaviest of DMCAs, they simply responded: "Nah bro, I’ll talk to them. Dw about it." So things are looking hopeful!

So far, EA hasn't acknowledged the fan campaign or the game's resurgence in popularity, with developer DICE (who also have not commented on it) currently 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:working on Battlefield 6. However, Janina Gavankar, whꦦo played campaign protagonist Iden Versio,ಞ has saying "good things live on."

As calls for Star Wars Battlefront 3 grow stronger, an ex-Pandemic dev explains why the original games never got a third entry: "We started working on it and then negotiations just didn’t take off"

Ena: Dream BBQ is an odd game. Rooted in surrealist inspirations and made by the creator of a ꧙, playing it makes you feel as though you've stepped into the world of a Salvador Dalí painting. You play as Ena, someone with a face split down the middle in a way that makes it look as though one side is facing you directly and the other is side-on – it's trippy, and most of the other characters are just as bizarre.

If you've never heard of Ena, that might be because it came out just three days after 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Schedule 1, the viral dru𝓀g-dealing simulator that's taken the gaming world by storm since it hit the shelves.

The reviews, which currently sit at 'Overwhelmingly Positive,' are also out of the ordinary. "I don't really fully understand a single thing that's happening, I am just here to poke at ENA with a stick, investigating he𝓡r like a weird bug♛," reads one.

"This game has done unfathomable thing▨s to my psyche and has inspired me deeply. I will not rest until I have played it 400 times," states another.

I can see why people are so taken with it. The art is gorgeous, the characters are intriguing, and even though I don't fully understand what's🧸 happening, I'm having fun. Even the menu opens itself up in Ena's hands – a wonderfully diegetic touch.

Best of all, Ena: Dream BBQ is completely free-to-play, so there's really no reason for you to avoid it. . Play it before 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Steam Next Fest when you'll be too busy playing new gamesꦰ to catch up on old ones.

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You might remember Splitgate as the neat FPS often described as 'Halo meets Portal' on account of its old-school competitive arenas, sci-fi arsenal of weapons, and portals that you can placꦑe almost anywhere on🌸 the map to flank or trickshot foes.

Well, the free-to-play sequel's beta is and the dev♏elopers managed to squeeze one butt-clenchingly important change to the formula: farty butts.

On social media, 1047 Games associate producer Jesse Griefenberg that there🦩's a approximately 1% chance you might pass gas when crouching, "so you may hear it at any point in the game if you crouch once." Squatting has been known to help with constipation, after all. Though, if the 'brap' and 'thrrp' noises become too common, Griefenber⛦g says the team might nerf it to "1-in-200 or something."

For now, why don't we all collectively try to build some kind of meta aroᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚund the innovative new feature. Next time you play a round of Splitgate 2, place a portal behind your enemies and then spam the crouch button to distract and/or disgust them, opening the door for your friends to take them out from the other side. I call it the Asshole Pincer strategy (Assportal Pincer was tempting, too.)

All this talk of flatulence led me down a poop-related rabbit hole on GamesRadar+ that culminated in me finding this awesome 2008 article simply titled 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Gaming's Most Important Farty Butts. If only Splitgate 2 came out two decades ago, it would've been competitive aga🐟inst Wario's ♑atomic-sized butt burps.

"We didn’t make the game of our dreams": Splitgate 2 is a AAA FPS built to "last a decade or more" using everything the first FPS couldn't be, all in Unreal Engine 5

Whether it's been the glut of good shows like 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Andor season 2, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Acolyte, and Visions, or it just being long enough that everyone has forgotten how unbearably crap The Rise of Skywalker was, Star Wars Battlefront 2 is popping off right now. The game's Steam player count has almost hit its highest ever, and fansꦅ are campaigning tirelessly for EA to create a third game and complete the trilogy.

But as it turns out, the fans are not the only ones who want to return to Star Wars Battlefront. Mats Helge Holm – who worked on the game as a QA Analyst before producing the Celebration Edition in 2019 according to – replied to a comment on the asking which developers said they would return to the series. Holm says, "Me, and having heard around my group of ex-colleagues,💧 we want to get the gang back together."

Another user asked about getting Battlefront creative director D༺ennis Brännvall to return, too, but Holm responded, "Dennis is a hard one to get back. Last I checked, he moved up north. Not ab[sic] easy commute." Brännvall, who most recently worked on The Finals, recently set up the studio Wayfinder Games, which is currently working on .

Interestingly, Holm talked about some features he wanted to implement into Battlefront 2, saying, "Cross play, day night and weather on all planets, a 1v1 mode, more game modes per map, meta progression, more community options, - list is endless, but were off the table as we were in live, not production." Hopefully these are things that can come to pass if Ba🍸ttlefront 3 ever does get made.

After the Andor season 2 finale, Star Wars fans are calculating how long the Death Star was actually fully operational – and it was probably only a matter of days.

Battlefield Labs is the official name of what we've all been calling 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Battlefield 6. It's a testing ground forꦑ the next Battlefield game, where Dice and the other development teams can trial features and see how people respond to them. No o𓆏ne wants a repeat of 2042.

This new test is unpopular.🎶 Classes are one of the features that sets Battlefield apart from Call of Duty, but they may also limit its audience. Some people want to heal their teammates and snipe. I think they're wrong, but Dice seems keen to give them a chance with this next update.

Instead🃏, Battlefield Labs made a Reddit post breaking down how it will be givi꧋ng signature weapons and traits a go. So, if you use the Recon class and choose a sniper rifle, you'll be able to hold your breath for longer than an Assault player using the same weapon.

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That's the signature weapons. The signature trait for Recon is the passive abiജlity that automatically tags enemies when aiming down a weapon's sights. So, the classes are all clearly geared toward encouraging a specific playstyle, but they'll still let you do whateve♉r you want.

The top on the post reads, "Sorry, first b🌊ig L. Restrict weapon classes." One fan , "Stop trying to reinvent the fucking wheel, DICE. Class restricted weapons are class restricted for a re🌃ason."

Another wonders who this is even for. "I don’t think I ever saw the community ask to use an LMG as Recon, or a sniper as Assault in the BF3-BFV era. It’s just nons❀ense." A lot of the commenters think keeping carbines, shotguns, and DMRs as universal weapons was the best compromise.

I'm a fan of restrওicted weap꧅ons, as I'd rather have my Recon teammates playing the role properly, sniping enemies from far away and spotting threats. I don't want my Medics all the way in the back doing that instead of staying on the frontlines to heal me.

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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Andor season 2 has just come to an end (don't worry, we won't be spoiling it here), and one of the series' breakout stars, Muhannad Ben Amor, who played the Rebel engineer Wilmon in the show, still has some unfinished business with Star Wars. While Andor is now completely finished, with series creator Tony Gilroy saying 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:season 3 won't happen, Amor has𓃲 taken to Instagram to hopefully use his popularity and sway with a request to Disney and Lucasfilm: "Star Wa⛦rs gotta give us Battlefront 3 ASAP."

Now, considering Amor was still a baby when Rogue One came out in 2016 (or rather, ), the actor is unsurprisinꦅgly talking about the DICE-developed Battlefront series rather than the original Battlefront games from the mid-2000s. Amor followed up this story with another showing his 469 hours of playtime on 2017's Star Wars Battlefront 2, saying, "Grew up with Battlefront 2 – been a veteran since day one. Let's hope Battlefront 3 🌸happens!"

Battlefront 2 is going through somewhat of a resurgence as of late, with custom server platform Kyber that the game has almost reached its highest concꦑurrent player count ever on Steam. The game hi✃t 9,292 players this week, which is just shy of its all-time peak of 10,489 back in 2021,

This wouldn't be the first time a Star Wars actor has used their status to try to steer the Battlefront series. Back in 2016, John Boyega (who played Finn in Episodes 7, 8, and the worst one) 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:called upon EA to add a story mode to the 2015 Star Wars Battlefront, whi🔯ch eventually came to pass in Battlefront 2.

EA hasn't made a Battlefront game since Star Wars Battlefront 2, with that game's massive amounts of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:loot boxes and controversy putting a lot of people off at launch. It did eventually grow into a solid Star Wars shooter by the end of its run. Although in the time since, the game's developer, DICE, has only released two games, Battlefield V and Battlefield 2042, both of which also had 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:large amounts of negative reception from the community. The studio is probably too focused on澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询: making Battlefield 6 great 🐬to go back to Star Wars, but we'll hopef💯ully get there eventually.

Andor's Tony Gilroy doesn't know whether Star Wars creator George Lucas has seen the Disney Plus show: "I've only spoken to him once, after Rogue One."

Rebellion hasn't said how꧟ much Atomfall has sold after its March release date on PC, Game Pass, and consoles, but the studio's co-founder and CEO Jason Kingsley recently told that he's "s🍒uper, super, super pleased" with its performance. "It's done incredibly well."

In fact, the original game has been such a success just a few short months after launch, Kingsley said the team is thinking about what to do after its upcoming DLC is out in the wild. "We'll be talking about 'what do we✱ do with sequels? Do we do spin-offs?'"

Atomfall's impressive debut doesn't exist in a vacuum, though. Kingsley sees the shooter as part of "an emergence of games that are really good, but aren't the most expensive games in the world to make." After being asked about how it compares to other moderately budgeted hits like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Kingsley said "there's almos🐟t a bit of a rise of the mid-tier game" and that resurgence gives him "hope for the long-term creativity of the games industry in a big way."

In an era where 澳洲幸运5开🀅奖👍号码历史查询:games can cost over $200 million to produce and can 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:sink an entire decades-old studio if they fail, it's enc♛ouraging to know developers can still push the envelope while finding a way to stay sustainable.

Elsewhere in the interview, the Rebellion boss also chatted about how eager Xbox was to "spওread the word" about Atomfall thanks to its involvement in Game Pass. And, obviously, player numbers were skewed toward Xbox consoles since it was an "environment where people can test a new game" without needing to pay ༺the full asking price.

Atomfall officially reaches “extremely British” status as the survival game surpasses 1.5 million players, who’ve collectively sipped 300,000 cups of tea and executed 3.7 million kills with a cricket bat

In a since-removed YouTube video, over an hour of Battlefield 6 footage was leaked, showing plenty of 🌞combat and destructive action. A short clip on Twitter has survived, and I've got to say, it looks awesome.

Interiors are dark, buildings crumble leaving clouds of dust you can't see through, and the screen shakes and blurs when 🌺an explosion goes off near you. It's everything that drew me to Battlefield in the first place.

As seen by🐲 , former Bad Company 1, 2, and Battlefield 3 developer David Goldfarb retweeted the video along with the🍸 caption: "oh the BC2 vibes this is giving me, having flashbacks to the first time we playtested Arida Harbor."

They add that the "movement looks a little weird to me tho and I cannot say I like the char[acter] design which seems very generic," but the reaso🎀n it looks so much like Bad Company 2 to them is "destruction is specially what I am talking about."

As well as the old-school destruction, the weapons in Battlefield 6 seem phenomenal. Gunfire is satisfyingly loud, with the sound echoing off the surroundings. Recoil is back too, with the player in the video clearly struggling to keep their assault rifle under control. We may not have 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:a firm release date yet, but I'm excited.

If you can't bear the wait, check out all the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best FPS games you can play for the time being.

Unlike other recent promotions such as the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Call of Duty Blaze of Glory event, there are no new weapons, perks, o🀅r attachments to unlock in the CODE: Got Your Six event. It's all cosmetic, but the challenges are easy enough to complete. Plus, you can earn CODE: Got Your Six rewards in any game mode of your choosing, so you'll likely end up with at least a few of the cosmetics unlocked after a couple of hours of ꦓplay. To find out more, here's everything you need to know about the CODE: Got Your Six event in Black Ops 6 and Warzone.

Call of Duty CODE: Got Your Six event schedule

The CODE: Got Your Six event will last for two weeks in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Call of Duty Black Ops 6 and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Call of Duty Warzone. The event is already live, and it will run through Thursday, May 29. Once the event period comes to a close, the rewards will disappear for good.

This isn't a situation where event rewards will transfer oveꦅr to armory unlocks. If you want the Call of Duty Endowment cosmetics, you𝔍 have to earn them while the Got Your Six event is still here.

Call of Duty CODE: Got Your Six event challenges 🐲and rewards

There are a total of𝓰 eight free rewards to earn in the CODE: Got Your Six event in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone, which are oꦯutlined below:

• Team Rally Emblem
  • Multiplayer: Earn 5,000 Score
  • Zombies: Extract 105,000 total Essence when Exfiling
  • Warzone: Loot 40 Caches
• Covered Sixes Calling Card
  • Multiplayer: Win 5 Matches
  • Zombies: Complete 40 Rounds
  • Warzone: Complete 5 Matches
• Embattled Spray
  • Multiplayer: Intercept enemy projectiles with the Trophy System or Restock Teammates with the Assault Pack 15 times
  • Zombies: Open 20 doors
  • Warzone: Restock 15 Teammates with the Munitions Box, Armor Box, or Utility Box
• Double XP Token
  • Multiplayer: Call in 20 UAV or Counter UAV Scorestreaks
  • Zombies: Use Frenzied Guard 40 times
  • Warzone: Activate 10 UAV or Counter UAV Killstreaks
• Reinforced Weapon Sticker
  • Multiplayer: Destroy 15 Scorestreaks, Equipment, or Field Upgrades
  • Zombies: Use Healing Aura 10 times
  • Warzone: Complete 7 Contracts
• Double Weapon XP Token
  • Multiplayer: Get 5 Savior Medals (Shoot and Kill an enemy who was injuring a teammate)
  • Zombies: Get 150 kills after reloading with Speed Cola active
  • Warzone: Buy Back or Revive 5 Players
• Plated Pride Weapon Charm
  • Multiplayer: Get the highest Score in a Match
  • Zombies: Get 350 Kills with a Pack-a-Punched weapon
  • Warzone: Purchase 5 Loadout Drops

Only one challenge needs to be completed per reward, so you can take your pick between multiplayer, Zombies, or Warzone. You can get these rewards in any order, too, but you'll need to earn all of them to unlock the ultཧimate Got🥃 Your Six event reward.

How to get the All Chipped Out animated blueprint

Finishing all seven challenges and obtaining every reward in the CODE: Got Your Six event unlocks the All Chipped Out weapon blueprint for the AMES 85 assault rifle. It's not a meta-defining weapon by any means, but the camo pattern on this blꦿueprint is animated so it stands out from other skins.

Paired with the new camo swapping feature for attachments introduced in 🎉a recent Black Ops 6 upda﷽te, this animated weapon blueprint is a nice addition to any player's arsenal.

Easiest Call of Duty CODE: Got Your Six ch🙈allenges 🌳to complete

While you can complete challenges in any C꧒all of Duty game mode to unlock CODE: Got Your Six rewards, not every challenge is created equal. Some of them are much harder than the others, so your time may be better spent in a different game mode instead of banging your head against the wall looking for competent teammates in Warzone or MP.

If you just want to get things over with as quickly as possible, these are the easiest challenges to complete for every CODE: Got Your Six event reward:

• Team Rally Emblem: Earn 5,000 Score in Multiplayer
• Covered Sixes Calling Card: Complete 5 Matches in Warzone
• Embattled Spray: Open 20 doors in Zombies
• Double XP Token: Call in 20 UAV or Counter UAV Scorestreaks in Multiplayer
• Reinforced Weapon Sticker: Use Healing Aura 10 times in Zombies
• Double Weapon XP Token: Get 150 kills after reloading with Speed Cola active in Zombies
• Plated Pride Weapon Charm: Get the highest Score in a Match in Multiplayer

Most of the multipl🌃ayer challen♕ges are surprisingly easy to complete. This event is centered around assisting your allies (hence the "Got Your Six" name), so you don't have to drop insane killstreaks or anything like that.

Multiplayer Challenges

For all the multiplayer challenges, just load into Small Map Moshpit or 10v10 Moshpit. These have ample opportunities to earn Score and spam low-level Scorestreaks like UAVs, which k⛄nocks out most of the challenges on the list.

Zombies Challenges

For Zombies, you can just rush straight to the part o🔯f the map you need and ignore everything else to blow through these challenges. Liberty Falls is arguably the best map for these challenges since it's fairly easy and has easily accessible perks and equipment. You can also just start over repeatedly so you can grind exclusively in low rounds with weaker Zombies.

With the Healing Aura challenge, for example, you can just start new matches over and over so y💮ou don't have to wait for the ability to recharge. The same goes for opening doors. You can just leave the match after a few rounds and restart so there are more cheap doors to open.

Warzone Challenges

As for Warzone, most of the challenges will take a while if you do t൩hem with randoms. Even with a coordinated squad, Warzone challenges just take too long compared to the others. The exception is the Covered Sixes Calling Card objective of completing five matches. You don't have to win these matches, so just eliminate yourself and throw the match in the Gulag a few times to get this challenge out of the way.

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In case the scandal hasn't reached you yet, earlier this week, futuristic indie artist Fern 'Antireal' Hook accused the studio of using her 2017 art portf✨olio as insp𓃲iration (to put it mildly) for Marathon, without permission or payment. She also posted side-by-side screenshots of her own art work next to Marathon's alpha test, with very similar iconograph🍸y, patterns, fonts, and sometimes even words appearing in both.

Bungie later admitted that a former artist at the studio had mistakenly "included these in a texture sheet that was ultimately used in-game," and said it was currently ♒investigating "a concern regarding unauthorized use of artist deca🍌ls."

A new report, citing comments from former and current Bungie staff, now gives some insight into wh൩at's happening inside the studio. Morale is said to be in "free fall" and "the vibesꦉ have never been worse."

Higher-ups haven't said anything about a delay potentially hitting Marathon, but many are uncertain about if the shooter can turn around its controversial perception in time for launch, just a few months away. Game director Joe Ziegler even said the studio was 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:"still scrubbing all of our assets to makeℱ sure that we are being respectful of the situation" - which obviously sounds like a p🐻retty hefty undertaking.

For now, Bungie's legal team and parent company Sony are purportedly also investigating the situation, though💜 the fact the studio neglected to show gameplay footage in this week's livestream discussing the alpha maybe says enough.

5 months from launch, Marathon devs keep evading pricing questions, but Bungie promises that "it's definitely going to be a conversation"

"Our show's a little bit different today," game director Joe Ziegler explained at the beginning of the stream. "We had planned to show a lot more stuff, but for a lot of reasons we're✃ about to get into, we decided not to show a bunch of this st💝uff."

With that in mind, the devs elected not to show any gameplay footage during the stream. "We had a bunch of stuff we wanted to show today, bu♑t we decided not to show it because we're still scrubbing all of our assets to make sure that we are being respectful of the situati꧂on," Ziegler explained.

While much of the stream was dedicat💛ed to discussing the game itself, franchise art director Joe Cross opened things with a prepared statement about the art.

"It ca𝓡me to our attention that an artist who𒈔 worked on Marathon in the early stages of pre-production took a number of graphic elements from a graphic designer, without permission or acknowledgement, and placed them on a decal sheet that was then checked in in 2020," Cross said.

"The decal sheet included icons and text elements. These elements ended up in our alpha build. There is absolutely no excuse for this oversight and we are working on and 100% committওed to our review process to ensure instances like this don't happen again on Marathon or at Bungie."

Cross said that Bungie🍨 has "reached out to Antireal, the artist in question, and followed up to ensure we do right by this artist." No exact details on what Bungie intends t🎉o do were provided.

"I want to send my personal apology to Antireal, whose work was used in this case," Cross concluded. "I know how unfair this feels, and 🐲we're doing everything we can to make this right with her. Her work is fantastic and we clearly share mutual appreciation for a specific genre of graphic design. It's very exciting and I'm excited to have foldeᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚd that into our style in general. So thanks for listening and thanks for your patience."

5 months from launch, Marathon devs keep evading pricing questions, but Bungie promises that "it's definitely going to be a conversation."

When playing through 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages, it’s advisable that you try and collect as much as you can, but sometimes levels are done before you know it and you just missed out on completing a mission challenge or you forgot to check a secret area after combat. So, this handy list of all the chapters in Doom The Dark Ages and what’s in each 🍸one should help you in your bloody crusade to 100% the game.

Doom The Dark Ages chapters and all secrets and collectibles

There are 22 chapters in Doom The Dark Ages, varying in size, length, and format, with some featuring Atlan mech section and others requiring you to fly around on your cyber dragon, Serrat. If you want to know how long this’ll take in hours, we’ve explained 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:how long Doom The Dark Ages is here.

All of them also feature varying numbers of secrets, collectibles, and important resources for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages upgrades, so it’s worth exploring to find everything each chapter has to offer. We’ve got a separate guide explaining when you unlock 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:all Doom The Dark Ages weapons as there are none that you can miss.

Here’s a list of all 22 levels in Doom The Dark Ages ༺a🎉nd what’s in each one:

1. Village of Khalim

• Secrets: 6
• Collectibles: 2 Codex Entries, 2 Toys, 1 Weapon Skin

2. Hebeth

• Resources: 210 Gold
• Secrets: 9 (get help with the final secret here, the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages fire door)
• Collectibles: 1 Codex Entry, 1 Toy, 1 Weapon Skin

3. Barrier Core

• None

4. Sentinel Barracks

• Resources: 212 Gold, 2 Rubies
• Secrets:  6
• Collectibles: 1 Codex Entry, 1 Toy, 1 Weapon Skin
• Demonic Essence: 1 armor increase
• Mission challenges:
  • Rip and Tear – 50 Gold: Kill 40 demons
  • Plunderer – 50 Gold: Find 150 Gold
  • Prize Fighter – 50 Gold: Execute a three-hit Melee Combo three times

5. The Holy City of Aratum

• Resources: 240 Gold, 2 Rubies
• Secrets: 9
• Collectibles: 2 Codex Entries, 1 Toy, 1 Weapon Skin
• Demonic Essence: 1 health increase, 1 ammo increase
• Mission challenges:
  • Countercult – 1 Ruby: Dispatch all three cultist circles hidden around the map
  • Layover – 50 Gold: Dismount your dragon at two 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doo🙈m The Dark Ages secre⛄t landing spots
  • Cat and Mouse – 50 Gold: Chase and destroy three Hell Fighter ships

6. Siege – Part 1

• Resources: 513 Gold, 4 Rubies
• Secrets: 11
• Collectibles: 2 Codex Entries, 2 Toys, 1 Weapon Skin
• Demonic Essence: 1 armor increase, 1 ammo increase
• Mission challenges:
  • Immovable Object – 50 Gold: Parry 10 Hellknight attacks
  • Unstoppable Force – 50 Gold: Hit demons with the Flail 25 times
  • Siege Breaker – Reverent Combat Shotgun weapon skin: Destroy all four 澳洲幸运5开奖号码🎀历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages Artillery Cannons scattered around the map

7. Siege – Part 2

• Resources: 183 Gold, 2 Rubies
• Secrets: 9
• Collectibles: 1 Codex Entry, 1 Toy
• Demonic Essence: 1 health increase
• Mission challenges:
  • Roundhouse – 50 Gold: Hit demons with a fully charged Chainshot 10 times
  • Exterminator – Reverent Shredder weapon skin: Kill three or more fodder demons with a single Shield Throw five times

8. Abyssal Forest

• Resources: 250 Gold, 2 Rubies
• Secrets: 11
• Collectibles: 1 Codex Entry, 1 Toy
• Demonic Essence: 1 armor increase
• Mission challenges:
  • Ghost Buster – 1 Ruby: Parry three Revenant projectiles
  • Knockout – 50 Gold: Kill 5 Dazed (stunned with purple outline) demons with Shield Charge
  • Bone Collector – 50 Gold: Collect 100 ammo drops from melee attacking demons

9. Ancestral Forge

• Resources: 230 Gold, 2 Rubies, 1 Wraithstone (to get your first Wraithstone in the game, you need to destroy all 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages wolf statues in this chapter)
• Secrets: 9
• Collectibles: 2 Codex Entries, 1 Toy, 1 Weapon Skin
• Demonic Essence: 1 health increase, 1 ammo increase
• Mission challenges:
  • Nothing But Nade – 50 Gold: Score 10 direct hits with the Grenade Launcher
  • Sawed Off – 50 Gold: Stun demons with the Shield Saw for a total of 20 seconds
  • Seven Secrets – Reverent Accelerator weapon skin: Find seven secret areas

10. The Forsaken Plains

• Resources: 230 Gold, 3 Rubies, 1 Wraithstone
• Secrets: 10
• Collectibles: 2 Codex Entries, 1 Toy, 1 Weapon Skin
• Demonic Essence: 1 health increase, 1 armor increase, 1 ammo increase
• Mission challenges:
  • Rocket Man – 50 Gold: Damage five or more demons with a single Rocket Launcher rocket five times
  • Exterminator – Reverent Pulverizer weapon skin: Destroy two Gore Nests
  • Fault Line – 50 Gold: Affect 25 demons with the Ground Fissure Shield Rune

11. Hellbreaker

• Resources: 85 Gold
• Secrets: 1
• Collectibles: 1 Toy
• Demonic Essence: 1 armor increase
• Mission challenges:
  • Elusive – 50 Gold: Perform five Perfect Dodges in the Atlan
  • Dispersion – 50 Gold: Damage three or more demons with a single volley of the Holy Swarm Shield Rune five times
  • Crushinator – 50 Gold: Damage two or more Titan demons with a single Stomp attack in the Atlan

12. Sentinel Command Station

• Resources: 177 Gold, 1 Ruby, 1 Wraithstone
• Secrets: 9
• Collectibles: 1 Codex Entry, 1 Toy, 1 Weapon Skin
• Demonic Essence: 1 health increase
• Mission challenges:
  • Punching Bag – 50 Gold: Hit Battleknights with melee attacks 10 times
  • Wait For It – 1 Ruby: Kill 10 demons with explosive barrels
  • Skeleton Key – 50 Gold: Open two Secret Key (purple key) doors

13. From Beyond

• Demonic Essence: 1 armor increase, 1 ammo increase
• Mission challenges:
  • Deft Dragon – 50 Gold: Perform five Perfect Dodges on the dragon
  • Veteran Pursuer – Reverent Impaler weapon skin: Chase and destroy two Hell Fighter ships

14. Spire of Nerathul

• Resources: 359 Gold, 3 Rubies, 2 Wraithstones (check out our separate guide on the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dar🤪k Ages Spire of Nerathul Wraithstones as they’re quite tricky to find)
• Secrets: 11
• Collectibles: 2 Codex Entries, 2 Toys, 1 Weapon Skin
• Demonic Essence: 1 health increase, 1 ammo increase
• Mission challenges:
  • Heart Harvester – 50 Gold: Kill the chapter’s two leader demons
  • Master Balster – 50 Gold: Damage demons with 250 rounds from the Auto Turret Shield Rune
  • Expert Stalker – 50 Gold: Chase and destroy two Hell Fighter ships

15. City of Ry’uul

• Resources: 182 Gold, 2 Rubies, 1 Wraithstone
• Secrets: 10
• Collectibles: 1 Codex Entry, 1 Toy
• Demonic Essence: 1 health increase, 1 armor increase
• Mission challenges:
  • Heads Up – 50 Gold: Parry Cacodemon attacks three times
  • Face Cracker – Reverent Super Shotgun weapon skin: Damage 25 demons with the Dreadmace
  • Torrent – 50 Gold: Stun eight or more demons with a single Heaven Splitter Shield Rune storm three times

16. The Kar’Thul Marshes

• Resources: 188 Gold, 1 Ruby, 1 Wraithstone (Some of this chapter’s gold is locked behind the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom Th💜e🌠 Dark Ages rotating water room puzzle)
• Secrets: 5
• Collectibles: 1 Codex Entry, 1 Toy
• Demonic Essence: 1 armor increase, 1 ammo increase
• Mission challenges:
  • Hunter – Reverent Cycler weapon skin: Destroy all wolf statues (read the previously linked wolf statue location guide for help with this challenge)
  • Roundup – 100 Gold: Kill at least 20 demons with a single BFC shot

17. Temple of Lomarith

• Resources: 194 Gold, 2 Rubies, 1 Wraithstone
• Secrets: 9
• Collectibles: 1 Codex Entry, 1 Toy, 1 Weapon Skin
• Demonic Essence: 1 ammo increase
• Mission challenges:
  • Swashbuckler – 50 Gold: Collect both Rubies and the Wraithstone
  • Water Logged – Reverent Chainshot weapon skin: Find three underwater secret areas

18. Belly of the Beast

• Resources: 153 Gold, 1 Rub
• Secrets: 6
• Collectibles: 1 Codex Entry, 1 Toy
• Demonic Essence: 1 armor increase
• Mission challenges:
  • Swallowed Whole – 100 Gold: Complete the optional encounter in the stomach
  • Toe-To-Toe – Reverent Grenade Launcher weapon skin: Parry Cosmic Baron attacks 10 times

19. Harbor of Souls

• Resources: 294 Gold, 1 Ruby, 1 Wraithstone
• Secrets: 10
• Collectibles: 2 Codex Entries, 1 Toy
• Demonic Essence: 1 health increase, 1 ammo increase
• Mission challenges:
  • Berserker – 1 Ruby: Kill 75 demons while affected by the Berserk power-up
  • Dragon Hoard – 50 Gold: Smash three gold chests
  • Executioner – 50 Gold: Perform an Execution on 25 demons

20. Resurrection

• Resources: 392 Gold, 3 Rubies, 1 Wraithstone
• Secrets: 12
• Collectibles: 2 Codex Entries, 2 Toys, 1 Weapon Skin
• Demonic Essence: 1 health increase, 1 armor increase, 1 ammo increase
• Mission challenges:
  • Cannon Crusher – 50 Gold: Destroy three artillery cannons (check the previously linked artillery cannon location guide for help with this challenge too)
  • Extreme Prejudice – Reverent Rocket Launcher weapon skin: Dispatch all three cultist circles hidden around the map
  • Master Hunter – 50 Gold: Chase and destroy the Hell Fighter ship

21. Final Battle

• None

22. Reckoning

• Resources: 335 Gold, 3 Rubies, 1 Wraithstone
• Secrets: 11
• Collectibles: 1 Codex Entry, 2 Toys
• Demonic Essence: 1 ammo increase
• Mission challenges:
  • Death Clock – Reverent Ravager weapon skin: Kill two Cosmic Barons within five seconds of each other
  • Thy Flesh Consumed – 100 Gold: Kill 25 demons in 10 seconds

If you’re not sure how exactly this game fits into Doom canon, we’ve got a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages lore explainer here. And if you want some pointers, we’ve also got 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:10 Doom The Dark Ages tips to help you out.

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Just yesterday, Scottish 🅠artist Fern Hook said environments seen in the new Marathon reboot were "covered with assets lifted from poster designs" she had made and posted online years ago.

Footaღge from Marathon's alpha tests began to hit the internet last month, in April, thanks to content creators shortly before the public began to gain access via invites. That's when Hook began to properly recognise her sleek, futuristic, boldly coloured work pop up in-game.

"Bungie is of course not obligated to hire me when making a game that draws overwhelmingly from the same design language I have refined for the last dec🐲ade, but clearly my work was good enough to pillage for ideas and plaster all over their game without pay or attribution," she added in a social media post highlighting similar icons, fonts, and designs seen in her work and the upcoming shooter.

Responding through another series of tweets, the Destiny and former Halo developer it had "immediately investigated a concern regaꦆrding unauthorized use of artist decals in Marathon" and found that an artist who used to work at Bungie had, in fact, "included these in a texture sheet that was ultimately used in-game."

Bungie reiterates that its current art team didn't know about t🌱he issue, and the studio is now "conducting a thorough review of our in-game assets, specifically those done by the former Bungie artist" to make sure no other pre-existing work had slipped through the cracks and int🅺o the PvPvE shooter.

As PC Gamer notes, this isn't the first time an indie artist has accused the company of using work without permission. Less than a year ago, one fan-made art of a Nerf gun inspired by Destiny's art style somehow actually ended up in the game proper. , though a similar whoopsie happened in a 2023 and a , raising questions about ꦆthe company's internal processes.

"In 10 years I have never made a consistent i💧ncome from ✅this work and I am tired of designers from huge companies moodboarding and parasitising my designs while I struggle to make a living," Hook noted.

Marathon is set to drop on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S🦩 on Sept⭕ember 23,

5 months from launch, Marathon devs keep evading pricing questions, but Bungie promises that "it's definitely going to be a conversation"

"The iconic trilogy, comprising 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Shadow of Chornobyl (2007), Clear Sky (2008), and Call of Pripyat (2009), receives an overhaul with upgraded visuals, next-gen console optimizations, and expanded mod support," says a press release. A new trailer, which you can watch below, makes all these changes to the survival horror shooter series lookꦜ especially, delectably ominous.

"Players who𒐪 own the Stalker: Legends of the Zone Trilogy on Xbox Series X|S or PS5 will receive the Enhanced Edition of the corresponding games for free," the press release continues. "As for PC, to thank our loyal fans, owners of the original Stalker games get the Enhanced Editions free, and buyers of the Enhanc꧅ed Editions receive the original versions included." You won't be able to transfer saves between different game editions or across platforms, however.

For those purchasing the Stalker trilogy for the first time, the Enhanced Edition will be available as a $40 bundle, or players can buy the three games individually at $20 each. GSC says in its press release that the enhanced games will feature essential upgrades like "enhanced lighting with god rays," "4K pre-rendered cinematics," and upscal൲ed textures.

Stalker: Legends of the Zone Trilogy Enhanced Edi💫tion wi🍒ll release May 20 on PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X/S.

Stalker: Shadow of Chornobyl isn't the mind-bending prospect it once was, but that's only because we have it so good.

Going hands-on with the game across t𝔉hree customizable classes and three of the five 'jobs' (think mission types) available at launch, I got to play several escalating versions of each. Every job chucks your team of up to three hapless Federal Bureau of Control worke♔rs into a sector of the ever-shifting Oldest House, tasking them with aggressive cleanup duty against paranormal items gone amok and the ever-encroaching Hiss.

Hiss and tell

Job locations, and the Hiss enemy✅ types – your former co-workers twisted and corrupted, runnꦐing the gamut between fiery zombie-like runners to those riding flying, spinning office chairs – return from Control. The Hotfix job, for instance, has us pushing through concrete tunnels and clackity metal walkways through the Maintenance Sector, desperately trying to fix up a malfunctioning furnace. Paper Chase, meanwhile, tasks us with clearing the Executive Sector from endlessly replicating sticky notes that can even take on its own deadly form. Ground Control revolves around bursting leeches hanging out on the walls and ceilings and banking irradiated minerals that fall from them within a pushable minecart.

I wasn't sure what to make of it at first. The busywork🍰 breezily has my squad moving from point to point, punctuated by waves of Hiss that spawn in. N🐻o matter the job, that's the structure – always ending in a frantic rush back to a wonderfully agonizingly slow-to-arrive elevator as the Hiss floodgates truly open and they begin to swarm.

But, with less focus on wildly inventive ♕powers, dispatching enemies is less fundamentally fun than in other Remedy games. Gun feel has never been the studio's strongest suit (though I do think Alan Wake 2 made huge leaps forward) – and that's the same here. The studio's best games have always been about using strange powers to enhance the sh🎃ooting experience rather than just being about blasting itself, like Max Payne's iconic bullet time.

In FBC: Firebreak, each class only has one gun, but whether it's a submachine gun, shotgun, or rifle, the gear I get my gloved mitts on do pitifully little damage and don't pack much impact. Not to mention ammo run💞s out fast, leaving you to jog back to gradually unlocked safe rooms or 𒁏ammo stations to stuff more in your pockets – less exciting resource management than it is a forced break in spewing bullets ineffectively at hordes of foes.

But these early matches weren't FBC: Firebreak putting its best foot forward. It's not until our last few games – pushing the Clearance level up, which forces us to move multiple zones deep objective-by-objective into each sector befoꦡre extracting – that things start to click and we finally feel like we're playing FBC: Firebreak as intended. It's something Remedy seems to be aware of, as when we're onboarded we're told the perk unlock system and menus are getting a bit of an overhaul before launch.

Each class does have a secondary bit of kit to supไplement your gun of choice, essentially denoting the role they'll play in a team. Unlocking upgrades to perks, skills, and anomalies quickly turns these from nice to have additional abilities into linchpins of the whole game loop. In the build I play, these all have to be unlocked after a bit of a grind from a Requisitions menu to even use these quite fundamental systems – something I hope is either changed or drastically sped up for launch.

There's a fixer pack that allows you to swing a wrench around and hit junk parts to restore things like turrets, a jump pack that allows far off areas to be more quickly reached, and the splash kit that comes with the e𝄹jector water gun – my beloved – that pumps up big water globules to wet enemies (considering how many of them are on fire and will set your team ablaze – this is very handy).

Taking my water gun as an example, when first equipped it just does what it says on the tin. It's not until I unlock more functions for it that I really clock what this tool does for my class. One ability has me able to place a water cooler on the ground, which then spurts water everywhere as I fire more h2O into it that heals allies. Suddenly, the strategy around tackling waves of enemies shifts, and begins to make a lot more sense. Likewise, my ally with the jump pack is able to place down a boombox to attract big groups to🧸 certain points.

On top of that, chargeable anomalies can be deployed – essentially, ultimate attacks. For me, that means plonking an old fashioned tea kettle on top of the water ejector and turning on a stove attachment to bring it to the boil, my water becoming molten for huge fire attacks until it cools off. Pleasingly, each charge attack causes the teapot to actually whistle as it powers up. Another class is able to place a gnome that summons a devastating paranormal storm. FBC: Firebreak shines in thes🎶e small, loving details. When under attack by the sticky notes, post-its begin to obscure your vision much as red blood might in more violent shooters. It's hard not to crack a grin at Remedy's flavor of chaos.

Note to health

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These abilities are also where FBC: Firebreak leans into some quite clever elemental interactions that often feel intuitive. Wetting post-its, for example, makes them easier to clear out – while of course setting fire to oil will make who🅘le floors sizzle. While I still wish the guns themselves packed more punch, seeing powers bounce off each other like this does at least make the systems feel alive.

FBC: Firebreak definitely benefits from some role coordination. It took a while, but after some unlocks it does become clear that weird Rem𝓡edy inventiveness is❀ present in FBC: Firebreak after all, just in a slightly different form. It does mean that the game might be a bit less 'pick up and play' than I thought it might be, rewarding groups who can work together and taking a while to fully get to grips with a loadout (even if that's just because it takes time to unlock it, equip it, then realize how it works). The missions we play through are fun, and I'm keen to see more – though I am curious how it'll all come together in the end, and if the FBC is someꦇwhere that'll keep us signing up for a visitor pass for repeat soaks in its co💦mpany culture.

FBC: Firebreak will be available on PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), Xbox Series X/S, and PS5 for $39.99, and will also be part of PC Game Pass, Game Pass Ultimate, and the Extra and Premium PlayStation Plus Game Catalog tiers.

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In an , the developers answer a number of questions about the game, such as if the Steam Deck is supported (sadly, no) or if the game requires a Bethesda.net a🤡ccount to play (also no), before going in🦋to known issues.

In Doom: The Dark Ages, once you fully upgrade a weapon, you are given "Mastery Challenges," which require you to pull off feats with the gun to unlock something special. For the Shotgun and Super Shotgun, these challenges are "Barrel Stuffer" and "Super Barrel Stuffer." These require you to hit demons with every single pellet of a shotgun blast a number of times.

The issue is that smaller demons crumble under the power of the shotgun, so id Software has devised the most Doom-like solution pཧossible, simply saying, "Try on Heavy and Super-Heavy Demons for more consistent progress."

A lot of Doom: The Dark Ages' combat encounters have you get up close and personal with the demons you're fighting anyway thanks to the new parry system, so if you're struggling to get the Barrel Stuffer, running right up to a massive Mancubus and blasting away at its belly is the optimal tech for now – but given that the problem is listed as an issue, it's probably safe to assume you'll be able to get it by hitting little demons eventually.

Make sure to read our full 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom: The Dark Ages review to get our verdict on the new Doom game

However, if you want to get this𓆉 challenge done quickly without having to wander the battlefields in search of artillery cannons, I’ve explained exactly where you can find each one below. That way, you just need to follow the map and look for the green shield bash target on each cannon to reduce it to demonic scrap. Here are the locations for all Doom The Dark Ages artillery cannons found in Siege – Part 1 and Resurrection.

All Doom The Dark Ages Siege Part 1 artillery cannon locations

The level “Siege – Part 1” features four artillery cannons and you need to destroy al𝔉l of them to complete the Siege Breaker challenge, bagging you the Reverant skin for the Combat Shotgun.

All the map images below are oriented so that the massive doorway that leads to this main battlefield area is at the bottom of the screen, so orient your map accordingly to help you match up the precise location. With this orientation, the first two cannons are on the left side of the map while cannons three and four are on the right. All of them sit on piles of gold which are marked on the map, so look for the relevant gold icons to guide you – you can also spend it on the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Doom The Dark Ages upgrades!

🎐Here are the location๊s the four Siege Part 1 artillery cannons:

Siege – Part 1 Artillery Cannon 1

Follow the top-left path and bear left, following it around the corner and passing the archway.෴ You’ll find a wooden barricade blocking a sloped path that you can break through with your shield. Continue up the path and smash the artillery cannon at the end.

Siege – Part 1 Artillery Cannon 2

Head to the small village clearing near the large leader combat encounter in the far-left part of 💜the map to find the second cannon.

Siege – Part 1 Artillery Cannon 3

Pass the Sentinel Shrine in the area closest ꦺto the large gate and bear right. Cross the river and go up the hill to find the artillery cannon protected by several shield soldier demons.

Siege – Part 1 Artillery Cannon 4

This artillery cannon is out in🦩 the open near the leader combat encount𒅌er on the far-right section of the map. The cannon is on the opposite side of the arena to the nearest Sentinel Shrine and isn’t far from a gold chest behind a gate.

Doom The Dark Ages Resurrection artillery cannon locations

For the “Resurrection” level near the end of Doom The Dark Ages, there are only three artillery cannons that need to be wrecked. Doing so will 𓃲complete the Cannon Crusher challenge and reward you with 50 gold.

As above, when trying to match your automap with the i🔜mages below, start by orienting your map so that the entrance path and ꦦfirst combat arena are at the bottom of your screen. Here’s where to look for all three cannons:

Resurrection Artillery Cannon 1

From the first arena at the entrance to this large open section of the map, make your way to the arena in theꦛ t☂op-right corner of the map. In the middle of this area, you’ll find the artillery cannon on top of a wooden platform.

Resurrection Artillery Cannon 2

Towards the top-left corner of the map, you’ll come across a small fort area that clearly has some resources underneath but no clear way of getting to them – the artillery cannon should be obvious on the edge of the fort. Head around the side of the fort and use the climbing wall to get on top then destroy tꦯhe artillery cannon.

This reveals a hole in the floor that leads to a secret area containing gold, a Pulverizer weapon skin, Life Sigil, BFC ammo, and a soul sphere ⭕healing item (the latter two items are locked behind a gate that requires the yellow key!).

Resurrection Artillery Cannon 3

The final Doom The Dark Ages artillery cannon is right at the top of the map near a fortress wall at the end of a bridge and isn’t far from the Wraithstone statue. Make sure you also destroy the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages wolf statue o✱n top𓆉 of the castle wall to help you get that Wraithstone.

There are plenty of other puzzles and challenges to complete, including finding the two Doom The Dark Ages Spire of Nerathul Wraithstones and solving the Doom The Dark Ages rotating water room puzzle.

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It’s therefore very useful to know exactly which weapons you should focus on upgrading first and which upgrades are broadly the best. To🐷 help you out, I’ve explained which weapon upgrades in🅠 Doom The Dark Ages are best, including the ones you should buy first and what the best weapon upgrade configurations are.

Doom The Dark Ages best upgrades to get first

As mentioned, unlocking Doom The✅ Dark Ages upgrades for your guns, melee weapons, shield, and shield runes relies on you finding the necessary resources (Gold, Rubies𝐆, and Wraithstones) to meet the upgrade cost. You also need to find a Sentinel Shrine shop in the level you’re currently playing to actually buy the upgrades for your gear too.

Conveniently, the game contains more than enough of these resources, so you will eventually be able to unlock every upgrade in the game in a single playthrough. Although, if you’re trying to keep the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages length to a minimum and൩ aren’t exploring much, you’ll want to spend your gold on what will help the most.

Here are the best upgrades you should unlock as soon as possible, ordered based on when you unlock 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:all Doom The Dark Ages weapons over the course of the game:

• All shield upgrades: Since the shield is a constant throughout the whole game, I highly recommend fully upgrading it as early as possible. The Retaliation and Extended Edge upgrades are very useful, but working towards Blade Master, the final upgrade, should be a priority.
• Combat Shotgun Incendiary upgrade: Allows you to apply Burn to demons which causes them to drop armor pickups, giving you a reliable way of getting armor. The next two upgrades help with this even more but I’ve explained the best configuration for the Combat Shotgun further down.
• Shredder Pincushion upgrade: The Shredder isn’t amazing, but this upgrade allows it to create a shrapnel explosion that can clear out demon clusters and is useful in the early game.
• All Super Shotgun upgrades: We reckon it’s the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best weapon in Doom The Dark Ages, so it’s absolutely worth prioritizing the three Super Shotgun upgrades when spending your upgrade resources.
• All Flail upgrades: The Flail is a nice improvement over the Power Gauntlet and it has some great upgrades that make it excellent for generating armor for yourself and breaking enemy armor. Get Conditioning and Ignite as soon as you can!
• Eldritch Blessing Chainshot upgrade: Bypassing the charge time for the Chainshot with this upgrade is a massive help, letting you instantly sucker-punch an enemy right after a parry and potentially leaving you with enough time to charge up a follow-up shot. All the Chainshot upgrades are big improvements, but this one should be a priority as soon as you find the weapon.

If a particular upgrade isn’t listed above, that doesn’t mean you should avoid it – these are just the most useful upgrades. Every upgrade is helpful and it’s absolutely worth spending your Gold on any uꦗpgrades you can to improve the Doom Slayer as much as possible.

As I said, if you explore thoroughly and collect as much gold as you can (that’s one of our top 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages tips!) and you’ll be able to afford every upgrade in the game, so don’t sweat abouꦍt having to save for the best. Although, th🌄ere are several weapons that require you to make a choice when it comes to upgrades.

Doom The Dark Ages best weapon upgrade combinations

The game doesn’t make this clear until you’ve spent your gold but for weapons that feature two upgrades in the same row, buying one of them actually unlocks both upgrades and you just have to choose which one to use. You can also freely switch between the upgra🐬des via the weapons dossier menu if you fancy trying something else.

However, some upgrades are certa🃏inly better than others and the right combination of upgrades can make a big difference. Here are the best upgrades and combinations for each weapon in🔯 Doom The Dark Ages:

Best Doom The Dark Ages Combat Shotgun upgrades

• Smelt vs Blast:
  • Smelt: This upgrade increases the number of armor pickups created when you use the Combat Shotgun to apply Burn to a demon. It essentially lets you have a near-constant supply of armor. Blast is also very good, especially in the early levels, but I found the armor-generation of Smelt to be a lifesaver later in the game.
• Tune Up vs Flare-Up:
  • Flare-Up: For the next pair of upgrades, Flare-Up is the best choice, making fodder enemies extremely easy to kill and reliable for armor. Ignore Tune Up as it just isn’t worth it.

Best Doom The Dark Ages Shredder upgrade

• Pincushion vs Ricochet:
  • Pincushion: Out of Pincushion and Ricochet, Pincushion feels the best. It lets you unleash some explosive power rather than rely on weak individual spikes to do the work for you and doesn’t leave you without your shield. Pincushion also benefits more from the Barbed upgrade.

Best Doom The Dark Ages Impaler upgrade

• Salvage vs Chronospike:
  • Salvage: Both Impaler upgrades increase the weapon’s damage, but the empowerment provided by Salvage is better than Chronospike, dealing hefty impact and area-of-effect damage. However, Chronospike is still good and recommended if you like the time-slow effect for helping you aim.

Best Doom The Dark Ages Accelerator upgrades

• Stabilizer vs Modulator:
  • Modulator: A faster fire rate equals faster damage-per-second so this feels like a no-brainer. Don’t bother with Stabilizer.
• Heatblast vs Mega Cell:
  • Heatblast: Charging up the Accelerator to activate the Heatblast can be tricky but it’s powerful enough that I think it’s worthwhile, helping you clear groups of enemies or severely weaken larger demons. Mega Cell is a solid upgrade too but I think the Cycler is the weapon for you if you prefer a constant stream of punchy plasma fire.

Best Doom The Dark Ages Ravager upgrade

• Ignition vs Slow Burn:
  • Ignition: Getting to the Ravager’s maximum fire rate faster means better damage-per-second and removing the movement penalty is a big help for this weapon. Slow Burn has too many downsides for it to be worthwhile.

Best Doom The Dark Ages Rocket Launcher upgrade

• Cooked vs Blood Sacrifice:
  • Cooked: This upgrade is the safer of the two, providing you with a reliable way of buffing the Rocket Launcher through parries. Blood Sacrifice is also good but requires much more caution since self-damage is increased.

If you haven’t already opened the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages fire door in chapter 2, the gold waiting on the other side might be enough to help you afford one of these upgrades. Additionally, destroying all the various 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages Wolf Statues will help you get some higher tier upgrade materials for later improvements, as will locating the extra-challenging Doom The Dark Ages Spire of Nerathul Wraithstones!

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To help you understand the most powerful guns and abilities across the game, and what you need to do to earn them, here’s how to get the best weapons in Doom The Dark Ages and what makes them so powerful, including the best melee weapons and ♑best shield rune ability.

It goes without saying that there's one weapon that's technically more powerful than anything listed below: the Ballistic Force Crossbow, or BFC. It fires bolts that exploౠde in a massive radius and kill everything they🦹 touch, but considering it can only hold three shots and ammo is incredibly rare (to the point where many levels don't even have it) this is just a special move that doesn't really serve the same function as a standard weapon, much in the same way that the BFG did in previous games.

Best Doom The Dark Ages weapon

The best weapon in Doom The Dark Ages is the Super Shotgun, as mentioned previously. The explanation as to why is fairly simple – the Super Shotgun does massive damage unrivalled by 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:all Doom The Dark Ages weapons, and considering that the game is often motivating you to get into melee range, the Shotgun is perfect for that. We also found that while it chews through ammo fairly ✃rapidly, the game is liberal enoug♋h with ammo that you never actually run out.

To get the Super Shotgun, simply play the campaign until you reach Chapter 5: The Holy City of Aratum. Near the end of this level, after you’ve had the chance to find all the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages secret layovers, you’ll be presented with the Shotgun accordingly a♉nd will have it from that point on

Best melee weapon

Doom The Dark Ages has three melee weapons, but the best of these is Dreadmace, the last to be unlocked. It is a massively powerful melee weapon that does far more damage than the other two, but is offset by having only a single charge that slowly reloads. It also drops ammo when you hit enemies with it, but an upgrade that gives you a free use of it when you parry an attack means you can use it pretty frequently, and it will kill most enemies in a single strike. Ultimately, if you’re going to be in the danger zone of opponents, you’ll want the highest probability of ending the fight there and then before they can hurt you - that's one of the most important 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages tips.

To get the Dreadmace, you need to progress quite far into the game, to Chapter 15: City of Ry’uul. The mace is another mandatory pick up that’s found fairly early in the m🌃ission, though you can go back 🍃and replay other missions with it.

Best Shield Rune

The best shield rune (or shield ability) in Doom The Dark Ages is Auto Turret. All four shield rune abilities are just variations on “do ranged damage in retaliation when you parry🍎 an attack”, and with that being the case it’s the Auto Turret that reliably does the most damage. Not only that, it can be controlled to target specific foes, as it fires in front of you rather than automatically going after the enemy you parried the attack of. That means that once triggered, you can sweep it thrꩲough a crowd to devastate the horde, or focus fire on a single enemy to shred them.

To get the Auto Turret you need to reach Chapter 12: Sentinel Command Station. After obta꧙ining t♊he Yellow Key, you’ll have to trigger a font of water to continue and open a gate ahead of you, which gives you the Auto Turret ability.

Want more help with the war of Argent D'Nur? Check out how to get all the Doom The Dark Ages Spire of Nerathul Wraithstones, some of the toughest collectibles in the game, or check out how to crack the Doom The Dark Ages rotating water room puzzle in the Kar'Thul Marshes here!

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How to solve the spinning water room in Doom The Dark Ages

The room that revolves and turns in Chapter 15 of Doom The Dark Ages is optional, similar to the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages Fire Pipe Door in Hebeth, but there are good rewards if you can co𒆙mplete it. Here's how to ge🉐t both rewards:

1. Use your shield on the button to rotate the room until the water is on the right hand side.
2. Swim into the water and up until you can drop onto the platform at the top that protrudes from the water.
3. Jump onto the central, flat platform in the middle of the room.
4. Throw your shield at the button so that the water is above you, in the ceiling.
5. On the left side and somewhat beneath you should be a long, L-shaped platform, as seen below.

6. Do a running jump to reach it and get the Life Sigil that was concealed behind it.
7. Jump off the platform and turn the room to repeat steps 1-3, so you're back on the middle platform again.
8. Rotate the room once more so that the water is above you. This should open a hatch ahead with a green grapple point you can throw your shield into.
9. Use the shield grapple to reach the open hatch and get the gold. A portal will open in front of you to take you back to the main area.

Once you're out in the main area though, you're not out of things to find. The Kar'Thul Marshes is one of the locations that you can find the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages Wolf Statues, but there's also several more eldritch puzzles.

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If you're out to find every Wolf Statue location, you'll likely need some help, bec🤪ause while the first occasion they appear is relatively straightforward, later occurrences will have you combing the map for hidden nooks and crannies they might be hidden in. Or alternatively just use our handy guide, where we show you how to find every Wolf Statue location in Doom The Dark Ages, and what treasure and rewards you'll get each time.

All Wolf Statue locations in Doom The Dark Ages

Doom The Dark Ages has Wolf Statues located in four separate levels, all of which need to be found and destroyed with your Shi♏eld Throw to uncover a ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚspecific treasure. Those levels are:

• Chapter 6: The Siege Part 1 (3 Statues)
• Chapter 9: The Ancestral Forge (3 Statues)
• Chapter 16: The Kar'Thul Marshes (5 Statues)
• Chapter 20: Resurrection (4 Statues)

As the statues are destroyed, new ones will appear that surround the treasure you're trying to unlock, filling i🌜n the ghostly silhouettes. When all the plinths around that treasure are fﷺull, you've destroyed all the Wolf Statues in the area and the treasure is now accessible as a reward.

The specific reward will vary depending on the mission you're doing, though obviously you can't farm it infinitely by replaying over and over. Besides, the game is probably long enough already - if you're wondering about that, we've got a guide that'll tell you: 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:how long is Doom The Dark Ages?

All Wolf Statue locations in The Siege Part 1

The Wolf Statues in The Siege Part 1 are the easiest to find in Doom The Dark Ages, more about introducing this mechanic rather than really challenging the player. It's also the first level where you'll find 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom ꦗThe Dark Ages Artillery Cannons to destroy, which also reappear in Resurrection.

Still, if you'🍸re having trouble, here's where to find them:

1. Under the fallen tree in a small crack in the boulder.
2. Around the back of the Shrine itself at the lower level.
3. On top of the rocks looking down at the player.

Reward: 1x Ruby

All Wolf Statue locations in The Ancestral Forge

This one is a lot harder, and requires💫 you to find the level's Secret Key, which we've also marked on the map to help you out.

1. On a high cliff looking down at the Shrine itself.
2. The reward for a combat encounter, blocked off until you defeat the nearby enemies.
3. Behind a gate accessible from the level entrance, locked and requiring the Secret Key.

Treasure: 1x Wraithstone

All Wolf Statue locations in The Kar'Thul Marshes

There are more Wolf Statues hidden in the Marshes than any other level, which is why they're also tied to a secret challenge: "Hunter". Not only do you get the established treasure for destroying them all, but t💛he c🦋hallenge is completed too.

1. At a dead end on the cliff edge on your left when you enter the level.
2. On the right of the Shrine itself, just down a tunnel.
3. Pressed against the boulder in the swampy area next to a giant tentacle enemy.
4. Down off the cliff looking down into the void.
5. Dropping down past the gold into a small hole.

Treasure: 1x 🔯Wraithstone (and completion of the challenge "Hunter")

While you're here, there's also several puzzles to complete, the most confusing of which is the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages rotatiಞng wa🧸ter room puzzle. To find out꧟ how to crack it, check out our guide!

All Wolf Statue locations in Resurrection

The final occurrence of Wolf Statues in Doom The Dark Ages is🥂 in Chapter 20: Resurrection. There are fewer statues here than there were in the Marsh, but they're not much easier to find.

1. Past a circle of cultists in an underground chamber diverting off from the main shrine.
2. Above a combat encounter on the other side of a map (you'll need to kill a powerful Mancubus).
3. In an underground trench concealed by a bridge.
4. On a cliffedge between two pieces of debris.

Treasure: 1x Wraithstone

The resources from these wolf statue puzzles are vital to getting the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best upgrades in Doom The Dark Ages. But if you want to know how to get every weapon first, see our full list of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:all Doom The Dark Ages weapons here!

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The reason these are some of the most brutally challenging collectibles to find in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages is because they are🅘n't clearly marked on the map but that's where we come in to help. I've found them both already, and I'll show you where ꧑to find the locations of both Spire of Nerathul Wraithstones in Doom The Dark Ages, and what you need to do to get to them both.

Both W🐓ra🔯ithstone locations in Doom The Dark Ages Spire of Nerathul

Both Spire of Nerathul Wraithstones in Doom the Dark Ages are found on hidden landing spots accessible with the dragon, meaning you're not going to stumble across them while playing the critical path of the mission. You need to go exploring, like you did when looking for the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages secret layovers.

We'll cover them both, but also make it clear here that you can get them both the moment you get on the dragon. That means that once the Komodo champion is slain and Serrat comes to pick you up, you can start getting the resources needed for the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Doom the Dark Ages upgrades going.

Wraithstone 1

To get the first Wraithstone, simply mount the dragon once it becomes accessible and fly to the location shown above on the edge of the drained area of the map, on the opposite side of the central tower. Here you'll find a Titan that you neไed to kill, and doing so will reveal a landing spot. Set down there a⛎nd clear the combat encounter to make the Wraithstone accessible as a reward.

Wraithstone 2

To get the other, fly down to the lowest objective marker beneath the tower, but don't actually land there yet. Next to it will be a tunnel in the wall – fly into that and down through a gate to a previously unrevealed landing point. Set down there and head to the portal to appear on an island full of imps (as well as a few other enemies).

Slaughter them all and the path will clear🌄 to the two collectibles on the island – a weapon skin and the secoꦆnd wraithstone. When you've got them both, head on and up through the jump pad to reach a point where your dragon can come and collect you accordingly.

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While there are only two secret layovers to find in this chapter, they’re not especially obvious and one of them is much more hidden than t🀅he other. So, to help you find both quickly and 100% chapter 5, I’ve explained where to find both secret landing spots in Doom The Dark Ages for the Layover mission challenge.

Doom The Dark Ages chapter 5 secret landing spots locations

As mentioned, there are only two secret landing spots in chapter 5, The Holy City of Aratum, in Doom The Dark Ages for the Layover mission challenge. Both are accessible as soon as you reach the city itself (after the draꦜgon tutorial section in the tunnels) but you must fi🌊rst kill the turret Titans guarding them.

Once you’ve done that, you’ll 🥂see a large green indicator pointing to the landing spot and you’ll be able to follow the button prompt to land and hop off the dragon, taking control of the Doom Slayer again. While on foot, you can collect all sorts of resources to help you on your crusade.

Here’s where you need to look for these lan🌼ding spꦏots:

Doom The Dark Ages secret landing spot 1

As soon as you reach the city, fly to the left and look for the Titan standing on a damaged tower. Kill the Titan, then land at the secret landing spot. You’re halfway done with the Layover mission challenge, but there are a couple of things to here to help fund your 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom the Dark Ages upgrades:

• Head down the steps to the lower balcony area and head inside the tower to enter a secret area that holds a gold chest.
• Activate the Gore Nest and kill the Leader Pinky Rider to get a Demonic Essence that increases your maximum health.

Doom The Dark Ages secret landing spot 2

The second landing spot is better hidden, and you’ll find it right at the bottom of the circular central area of the city. Fly into this area and go straight down until you find two Titans watching over a large landing area. As before, kill them both then land to complete th♐e Layover mission challenge.

This spot has several secrets to uncover, so here’s what you should look out for before you fly o🌞ff:

• Stand on the green button and throw your shield at the superheated metal lock under the raised platform in the middle of the area. Jump into the hole where the raised platform was and find and turn the valve to drain the water. Now you can throw your shield to destroy the superheated lock, letting you grab the red keycard. Finally, use the gravity lift to get up to the surface and go over to the red keycard gate to open it, letting you grab more gold and a ruby.
• Kill the Hell cultists hidden on the lower walkway to progress the Countercult mission challenge.
• Walk around this lower walkway collecting all the gold. This should lead you into a tunnel which has a Pulverizer weapon skin at the end.

Both landing spots remain available even after destroying all four Hell Carriers, but make sure you land at both and search them thoroughly before progressing to the next area as that’s a point-of-no-return. On the plus side, you're also about to get the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best weapon in Doom The Dark Ages: the Super Shotgun.

Finding more landing spots in chapter 14 won’t contribute to a mission challenge but will help you get all Doom The Dark Ages Spire of Nerathul Wraithstones. If you want more puzzle help, we’ve also got a guide for cracking the eldritch Doom The Dark Ages rotating water room puzzle in the Kar-Thul Marshes here!

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It’s a very simple puzzle on paper but is one of the less straightforward secrets in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages in practice because of how easily missable this valve is. If you need help 100%-ing the chapter 2 of Doom The Dark Ages, I’ve explained what you need to do to open fire do🅰or the below.

Doom The Dark Ages chapter 2 fire door puzzle solution

To stop thꦿe🌟 fire blocking the door near the end of chapter 2 in Doom The Dark Ages, you need to turn a valve hidden in a small room directly opposite the door. Here’s how you get inside to turn the valve:

1. Walk around the central platform in the area with the fire door and use the small climbing wall to get on top. You’ll notice a gate with a superheated metal lock on it blocking a hole in the wall straight ahead of you.
2. Throw your shield at the lock to destroy the gate and then jump through the hole into the small room.
3. Look for the valve to the right of the green shield bash icon on the broken door and turn it to deactivate the fire jets.
4. Shield bash the door down to get out of the room and open the locked doors ahead, letting you cross off the final Hebeth secret.

The rewards in here aren’t spectacular – nine gold and one Life Sigil – but as mentioned in our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages tips, it’s well worth getting as much gold as you can for weapon upgrades, and it’s cert🔥ainly nice to have Life Sigils to rely on too. Just watch out for the Hell Knight that breaks through the door, but once you’🌳ve dealt with that, you can walk to the end of the corridor and break the superheated lock with your shield to get out and finish the Hebeth level.

Mission challenges are another good way of earning gold, so I recommend destroying all 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom the Dark Ages artillery cannons in the two levels they appear and looking for all the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages secret landing spots in chapter 5.

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Regardless of your demon-killing experience, the tips and tricks we’ve outlined belowℱ from our extensive time playing will help you throughout your campaign. Here are 10 tips and tricks for Doom The Dark Ages to help with combat an𝓡d exploration.

Never stop moving

This is an incredibly simple bit of advice for any of the mod🍒ern Doom games but is especially the case for Doom The Dark Ages. The fact that the Slayer has no dash or double jump and generally moves a bit slower compared to Doom Eternal means you must stay on the move constantly to avoid the many projectiles and attacks that’ll be coming at you at any time. Also, don’t forget to jump and remember to use your Shield Charge for movement as well as battering enemies.

Strafe and try not to let enemies get behind you

Always being in motion is a good start but strafing around enemies is even better in Doom The Dark Ages. Strafing allows you to keep as many enemies in front of you as possible without getting into the thick of combat. This obviously lets you easily gun down enemies but also help✅s you see any attacks coming your way so that you 🌞can negate them by strafing out the way, blocking or parrying.

ꦬIf you charge into 🗹a group and lots of enemies end up at your sides and behind you, you’re highly vulnerable. Not only will you take lots of damage, but blocking and parrying will become much tougher and that can lead to easily avoidable deaths.

Use the shockwave from jumping to your advantage

You will have no doubt noticed that whenever the Doom Slayer crashes to the ground f✅rom a height, he creates a gigantic shockwave that instantly kills fodder enemies, and you should definitely use this to your advantage. Verticality doesn’t feature much in Doom: The Dark Age’s comba๊t arenas but sometimes jumping off a small hill can be enough to splatter everything around you.

Of course, your s๊hield bash and throw are also excellent for clearing out weaker demons, but this quake is another trick in your arsenal to bear in mind.

Block with your shield more often than you think

As more enemy types are introduced and combat encounters get larger, you’ll quickly learn how useful simply blocking attacks with the Doom Slayer’s shield can be in Doom The Dark Ages. Strafing can only get you so far, so make sure you raise your shield if you’re moving 💧and not f🅠iring a gun instead of using it purely for parrying and shield throws – you can sprint while blocking too!

Get good at parrying because it’s essential for beating certain enemies

Parrying green Hell Surge attacks in Doom The Dark Ages is hugely powerful because it perfectly reflects the attack back at the enemy, dealing damage and often dazing them. This gives you an opportunity to quickly follow up with one of your harder-hitting weapons, such asꩲ the Super Shotgun or Chainshot, for easy damage. Furthermore, it also helps with recharging your powerful melee weapon attacks to help you deal damage up close and get ammo.

While you don’t have to parry for most enemies, bigger foes, such as Cyber-Demons, Vagaries, and Aga🐬ddon Hunters, are almost impossible to beat without parrying their attacks, so m𒐪astering it early will help you in the long run. If you’re struggling, you can always increase the parry window in the game’s settings to make things easier.

Throwing the Shield Saw to stun enemies is hugely powerful

Another excellent use of the shield is t꧑o throw it at larger or more manoeuvrable demons, such as the Mancubus, Archnotron, Pinky Rider, Revenant, Whiplash, invisible Imp Stalker, to stun them. Assumin🌟g they’ve got no armor, you can launch your Shield Saw into them to hold them in place and make them unable to attack.

Obviously, this gives you a chance for easy damage, but you can also use it silence an enemy while you reposition. And if you’re finding it hard to aim ꧅your shield, you can hold L1/LB to temporarily slow time, letting you line up the perfect throw.

Use the right weapon for the job

While we reckon the Super Shotgun is the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best weapon in Doom The Dark Ages, some weapons are better suited to bringing down♈ certain demons. You need to be switching weapons when the situation calls for it rather than sticking to the same gun or two, but be aware that 🍬hot-swapping (a fast weapon-switching technic employed in Doom Eternal) is not a viable tactic in this game.

Plasma weapons can overload energy shields, the Flail and Shield Saw are great for breaking metal armor, the Pulverizer and Shredder are perfect for destroying hordes of fodder demons, and the Super Shotgun and Chainshot are excellent against larger enemies. If you want to learn how each weapon works and how to unlock it, we’ve got a guide covering 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:all Doom The Dark Ages weapons here.

Check the Automap frequently

If you want to 100% every level and find a💮ll the toys, codex entries, life sigils, and other resources, you need to be looking at the Automap a lot when you’re not in combat. Checking the map all the time is a bit of an annoyance, but it’s a necessary one since it automatically marks secrets but only when you’re close to them. Make sure you thoroughly explore an area before moving on and be wary of points of no return!

Collect as much gold as you can

Gold, in the form of varying numbers of bars and smashable gold chests, is the main currency for weapon and shield upgrades from Sentinel Shrines, particularly early on – we’ve also got a separate guide detailing the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Doom The Dark Ages upgrades to focus♑ on. There is a finite amount of gold in each chapter, and it’s vital that you collect as much of it as possible, ensuring you’re loaded for the next Sentinel Shrine you finꦰd.

Later in the game, you’ll also need Rubies and Wraithstones for upgrades, but these are much rarer and harder to find in some cases. For example, getting both 澳洲幸运5开♐奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages Spire of Nerathul Wraithstones isn’t especially straightforward.

Check and pin mission challenges

From the game’s fourth chapter, you’ll get at least two mission challenges to complete for every chapter. Completing them is strongly advised as most will give you even more✱ gold, but it’s easy to forget about them as they’re buried in a menu.

Whenever you start a mission, open the challenges tab in the dossier, read the challenges, and press X/A on each one to pin it, providing a progress counter on the left side of your screen. This’ll help you when you need to kill lots of demons in a particular way or need to find a specific chapter feature, such as 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历🌺史查询:Doom The Dark Ages Artillery Cannons or 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages Secret Layovers.

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It's important to know that there's no weapon in the game that's optional or that you can miss out on: they're all placed before you at key moments in the story, and you have to pick them up to continue playing. In fact, some of them are tied into the plot themselves, special armaments tha🍌t are designed to solve some problem that Doomguy has ahead of him.

Full Doom The Dark Ages weapons list

I've listed every weapon and gun in Doom The Dark Ages below, broken up by category an🐻d in th💮e order that you unlock them:

• Guns
  • Shield Saw
  • Combat Shotgun
  • Super Shotgun
  • Shredder
  • Accelerator
  • Pulverizer
  • Impaler
  • Cycler
  • Chainshot
  • Grenade Launcher
  • Rocket Launcher
  • Ravager
  • Ballistic Force Crossbow (BFC)
• Melee
  • Power Gauntlet
  • Flail
  • Dreadmace
• Shield Runes
  • Ground Fissure
  • Holy Swarm
  • Auto Turret
  • Heaven Splitter
• Atlan Robot
  • Unarmed Combat
  • Minigun
  • Shotgun

With so many guns to pick from and all serving different functions, we've got a page on the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best weapon in Doom The Dark Ages for you to prioritise when things get dangerous. Ultimately though, with each weapon having a fairly significant upgrade tree, the best weapon on you at any one t🌟ime is probably the weapon that you upgrade to its highest degree, as well as which one you're best with.

Speaking of which, if you're not sure which are the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Doom the Dark Ages upgrades, we've got a page on that, and you we've explained what else you'll find in each of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages chapters besides weapons.

All Slayer weapons

This is eve🐼ry gun in the core weapon wheel in Doom The Dark Ages, how you get them, and wh🍬at they're for.

All melee weapons

Though Doom The Dark Ages has remove💝d the game's glory kills, there are now three 🍌kinds of melee weapons that players can unlock.

All Shield Runes

Shield Runes in Doom The Dark Ages are built-in upgrades for your shield. Only one can be active at a time, and they each trigger different effects when you parry ranged attacks.

All Atlan mech weapons

There are thre♓e forms of combat for the Atlan mech that come up, but you don't get to keep them. Instead, you'll be dropped a speci𒈔fic weapon of the game's choice at certain story moments before they're later discarded, though some come up more than once.

• Unarmed/Melee
  • The default Atlan combat system. Landing hits and perfects dodges build up charge for more powerful attacks, such as stomps and palm strikes.
• Minigun
  • A continuous stream of fire. Perfect dodges temporarily empower this weapon.
• Shotgun
  • Heavy duty blasts for close range. Perfect dodges temporarily empower this weapon.

Want to know more about the Slayer's medieval adventures? We've got all the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages secret layovers in Chapter 5 here, so you know where to park your dragon, or find out our list of the top 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages tips!

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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages consists of 22 chapters, with some being long trudges through large open areas featuring lots of colle🌠ctibles and combat encounters, while otheꦆrs are much shorter ripping-and-tearing romps. To help you gauge how long Doom The Dark Ages is and how long it’ll take you to beat, I’ve detailed some completion time estimations based on the GamesRadar+ team’s own times.

Doom The Dark Ages length and time to beat explained

Here’s how long w💫e reckon it’ll take you to beat Doom The Dark🐭 Ages based on our time playing:

• Fast (critical path only): 12-14 hours
• Standard (Some time spent exploring): 14-18 hours
• Slow (thorough exploration for 100%): 18+ hours

As mentioned, the time is takes you to complete Doom The Dark Ages is going to depend on how skilled you are at slaying demons, which will also be affected by your chosen difficulty, and the amount of time spent looking at the Automap and gathering toys, codex pages, gold, and more – as our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages tips say, it’s highly recomme🦹nd🌳ed that you search for secrets!

Despite the high number of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages chapters, you can get through the game quite quickly, particularly if you’re playing on Aspiring Slayer difficulty and rarely stop to look for secrets. You won’t miss out on the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Doom The Dark Ages weapon by playing like this as there are no sec🍎ret weapons, but you will miss out on upgrades as you likely won’t have much gold to spend at Sentinel Shrines.

If you’re spending a bit of time exploring but aren’t necessarily constantly checking your Automap for secrets, theꦰn you’ll be able to complete the game in around 15 hours, give or take a few depending on how thorough your exꦓploration is.

For those looking to find all collectibles, gather every resource, and complete all mission challenges, such as finding all 澳洲𒈔幸运5开奖✨号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages secret landing spots, you’re going to spend close to 20 hours playing through the campaign. Your time will likely be a little over or under dependi🧜ng how many chapters 🅷you need to replay from the start to mop up missing items – my final 100% completion time was around 24 hours.

And since there aren’t☂ any secret activities or multiplayer modes, once you’ve 100%’d the campaign, you’ve wrapped up the wholꦆe game!

Still not sure if this Doom is for you? Make sure you read our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages review to find out our thoughts. Or if you’re confused about when exactly this takes place in Doom canon, we’ve got a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom The Dark Ages lore explainer here.

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