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• Red Dead Online once again handing beta players free cash and 15 Gold Bars

  Red Dead Online players are once again being handed a nice present for participation in the beta. Also, the store is now accessible in-game.

• Fortnite's Infinity Blade will be nerfed in a future update, removed for the time being

  The Mythic Infinity Blade was added to Fortnite in v7.01, and in a future patch, Epic will remove the item’s ability to harvest/build. Until then, the items has been removed from the game.

• Anthem livestream dives deep into loot, builds, gear - watch the archive here

  BioWare hosted a very informative Anthem livestream last night.

• Star Wars: Battlefront 2 officially joins EA Access

  EA has officially added Star Wars: Battlefront 2 to the EA Access vault.

• New Anthem trailer explains the origin of the Legion of Dawn, shows off killer skins

  BioWare has released a new trailer that gives us a brief look at Anthem’s Legion of Dawn.

• Black Ops 4 Blackout gets Close Quarters Frenzy, new winter event Black Market stream, more

  Treyarch has kicked off winter celebrations in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.

• Next week's Destiny 2 patch will make it easier to reach 600 Power

  The grind to 600 Power in Destiny 2 is proving more arduous than Bungie initially intended, and a fix is on the way.

• Best of 2018: How Pixar and Square Enix collaborated to bring Toy Story and Monsters Inc to Kingdom Hearts 3

  It’s been a wild year for VG247, so to celebrate we’re going to be republishing some of our favourite work published in 2018 – opinion pieces, features, and interviews, that we’ve enjoyed writing and reading, and which we believe showcase some of our best work. Enjoy!

• DayZ has left Early Access and is free to play this weekend on Steam

  Bohemia Interactive is hosting a free play weekend for DayZ to celebrate its release after five years of Early Access development.

• The Nier: Automata character pack hits Soulcalibur 6 next week

  Nier: Automata’s 2B will arrive as DLC in Soulcalibur 6 next week.

• Vermintide 2: Back to Ubersreik DLC arrives on consoles next week

  Fatshark has given the Back to Ubersreik DLC for Vermintide 2 a release date for consoles.

• Metro Exodus has a new, earlier release date

  Metro Exodus’ release date has been brought forward.

• Final Fantasy 15: Comrades standalone arrives on consoles, Final Fantasy 14 collaboration live

  Square Enix has released the standalone version of Final Fantasy 15: Comrades, the multiplayer portion of the 2016 RPG.

• Core Battlefield 5 players definitely aren't happy with the new TTK changes

  DICE has rolled out a big change to the TTK (time to kill) in Battlefield 5, and much of the core community is not thrilled with the changes.

• Epic releasing cross-platform game service built for Fortnite free to all developers

  Epic Games will release a suite of cross-platform games services free for all developers.

• Hitman 2 December content updates continue tomorrow with a new Escalation Contract

  New Contracts, Escalations and the next Elusive Target mission are coming to Hitman 2 this month.

• Minecraft's newest update adds bamboo, scaffolding, pandas and redesigned kitty cats

  Minecraft players have a new update to apply, and it comes with some nifty changes.

• Play The Crew 2 for free this weekend starting December 13

  The Crew 2 will be available to play for free starting tomorrow, December 13.

• Halo Infinite dev hosting a livestream today

  343 Industries, Halo custodian and developer of the upcoming Halo Infinite, is hosting a livestream later today.