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Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 server update brings Blackout, Zombies and multiplayer fixes

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 received an update late yesterday that brought a few stability fixes to all modes.

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Override: Mech City Brawl trailer nicely explains everything you need to know
For Honor celebrates Marching Fire launch with a classy gameplay trailer
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 update ups duos player count to 100, brings plenty of crash fixes

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 - PS4: Halloween Special Event kicks off, Black Market opens

The Black Market has opened its doors to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 players on PS4 and a special Halloween event kicks off tomorrow for PS4 too.
Rockstar staff speak out about crunch: from frustration at portrayal of studio as "hellish place to work", to long hours and little rewards

It seems like we’ll be hearing from Rockstar’s developers about the working conditions at the Red Dead Redemption 2 studio over the next few days.
For Honor: Marching Fire review - burning away the game’s troubled past
SoulCalibur 6 review: the tale of souls and swords is back on track
Soulcalibur 6 reviews round-up, all the scores

Soulcalibur 6 is the first mainline entry in the melee fighting series since the 2012 sequel, and a lot is riding on its success.
With the changes and new additions in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, I am finally able to enjoy Zombies

Zombies has always been one of my least played modes in Call of Duty games, probably since its introduction in World at War, and not for lack of interest.
Red Dead Redemption 2: gameplay, hunting, features, customisation, Red Dead Online and more

It feels like we’ve been waiting forever, but the cowboy hat-wearing silhouette of Red Dead Redemption 2 has finally appeared on the horizon.
“We don’t bring in name actors anymore because of their egos” - Dan Houser details Rockstar’s casting process

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City featured a star-studded cast, many of them famous for their roles in crime movies.
Where did the missing features of Assassin's Creed go?
Clowns, Houdini, and a vanishing teenager - the Borderlands developer isn't your regular video game studio

Randy Pitchford is making his teenage son disappear.
The Witcher Netflix series casts Ciri and Yennefer - showrunner has “pulled back from playing the video games”

After all the controversy surrounding rumours that Ciri in The Witcher Netflix series would be played by a BAME actor, it turns out she’s not.
Resident Evil 2 Remake interview: "there's a huge extra level of scariness that wasn't possible in the original"
Three hours with Fallout 76 - forget what you know, this isn't a regular Fallout game

It’s about 30 minutes into my Fallout 76 session and I’m already in my pants. It’s what Bob would want.
WWE 2K19 review: all the bang for your (young) bucks
Best space games - from spacefaring RPGs to grand strategy and fast-paced shooters

Space games have always been popular, right back to when you had a single vertical joystick to thrash around whilst playing Star Wars: Tie Fighter.
The optimism of Fallout and the pessimism of Metro - video games’ Cold War

The Metro series of games, based on the novels by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky, are coiled around a fear of the foreign.
Darksiders 3's unfocused design is stretched thin between Zelda and Souls

Darksiders 3 ditches the flashy, arcady combat of its predecessors for a more methodical approach. Having now played it, I am not convinced that was the right direction to take the sequel.
CD Projekt refuses to pay The Witcher author's new demands of $16 million for rights to work

The Witcher developer CD Projekt has told original author Andrzej Sapkowski that it will not pay him more money for the license of his works.
Watch the new Red Dead Redemption 2 gameplay trailer here

The second part in Red Dead Redemption 2’s series of gameplay videos is here.

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