Later today, Respawn will release a patch for Apex Legends that implements a much-needed nerf for the Prowler SMG, a powerful firearm that rotated out of care packages and into ground loot at the start of Season 10: Emergence.The patch reduces the damage of each individual Prowler bullet from 15 to 14. Though that may seem small, it's actually a fairly significant adjustment. Since the Prowler fires in five-bullet bursts, this reduces each burst from 75 damage to 70.That means a level 2 blue body shield (which can absorb 75 damage) can no longer be broken on a single Prowler burst. And though it will still only take two bursts to break level 3 purple (100 damage), level 4 gold (100 damage), and level 5 red (125 damage) body shields, that second burst won't chew into an enemy player's health bar (100 hit points) quite as much.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

With Arrow behind him, Stephen Amell is ready to hit the wrestling ring in his new series Heels, which premieres Sunday, August 15 on Starz. The show is set in a small Georgia town and finds the actor as the promoter and star of a local professional wrestling group. Of course, Amell is no stranger to wrestling, having previously performed for WWE, Ring of Honor, and at All In. After training for Heels, though, he's ready to make his return to the industry he loves.Speaking to GameSpot about the series, Amell admitted that the wrestling training he did for Heels has prepared him for being an actual pro wrestler than anything he learned for his previous matches. "When we trained for SummerSlam or for the Ring of Honor show or for All In, you know, I was faking it," the actor said. "It was so scripted and so controlled that it was really all about, like, 'Just sort of fake it. See what you can get away with.' And I had such great opponents for that."After months of training for Heels, plus a plethora of wrestling scenes in the series, he now feels more ready than ever for his squared circle return. "This time I got to put in the time in the gymnasium that they built for us on our soundstages," Amell explained. "We had a ring and every day that I went to the gym, my warm-up would be--even if I wasn't doing work in the ring that day--my warm-up would be running the ropes, and just bumping for five minutes, 10 minutes, to get a little bit of sweat going. And just doing that, just working on the basics like, like punching and locking up, that just that that just makes you better? Period."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Pro players were put to a different kind of Call of Duty test in a special episode of Hot Ones with Sean Evans. In this episode, three of Call of Duty's pro players are in the hot seat, featuring Attach of the Minnesota ROKKR, Asim of the New York Subliners, and Apathy of the Los Angeles Guerrillas in a head-to-head "Dab of Duty" challenge.Normally, celebrities would be sitting across from Sean Evans, eating the hottest wings and trying to answer his spiciest questions. Instead, these popular Call of Duty pros had to eat wings doused in Hot Ones’ The Last Dab Apollo hot sauce, and then proceed to compete against each other in Call of Duty.Dab of Duty 🥵Three of the CDL's most fierce competitors: @Attach, @GstaAsim, and @Apathy_BZ take on the Hot Ones challenge... but with a twist 🔪(🔥 @firstwefeast) pic.twitter.com/tyds1CLbRa — Call of Duty League (@CODLeague) August 9, 2021The players were served a plate of hot wings in the spiciest Last Dab Apollo sauce. They were challenged to first eat the wings, and they were then given five minutes to see who can get the most kills in a match of Black Ops Cold War using only a knife or tomahawk. I think this was a missed opportunity to ask some of the spicy questions about their teams and some behind-the-scenes pro league drama, but it was still fun to see them sweat it out in a match of Call of Duty, quite literally.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The infamous streamer Dr. Disrespect, also known as Herschel "Guy" Beahm, is starting his own video game development studio. In a job listing on Beahm's website titled "Life Changing Opportunity," it says that Beahm in partnership with BoomTV is looking to take on the video game industry by making a AAA/AA studio.The studio is not directly named in the job listing but the Google form application is titled "BoomTV Game Studio Head Application." The studio plans to work with "mega influencers" to help them to launch their dream games. The studio plans to either develop games internally or co-develop them with other established studios. Beahm is looking for a studio head with 5+ years of producing experience and has experience launching games to audiences of over 100,000. The position offers a co-founder position, high equity, and a competitive salary.The job listing also states that the studio head "will work within a fast-paced environment spearheading design, art, core gaming loops, meta, viral and retention loops and iterate monetization, go to market, integrated esports and influencer marketing," implying a focus on multiplayer games that appeal to competitive players and streamers.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Halo Infinite's first technical test, which generally seems to have made a good first-impression, left something to be desired among certain players on PC who noted various performance issues even on higher-end machines. That is something developer 343 Industries is now assuring fans will be significantly improving for future tests and in the game's full release.In statements to IGN as part of a new video breaking down Halo Infinite's still-in-progress performance across both PC and consoles, 343 said PC players in future tests "will see a lot of things fixed.""We're continuing to work on improving performance and compatibility across all hardware configurations, and have been seeing some really great gains there," 343 said. "We've solved the issue that was impacting players running the GTX 900 series, have reduced CPU load and improved overall GPU performance.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Pokemon Players Cup 25th Anniversary Invitational takes place this weekend, and The Pokemon Company has a couple of free gifts for those who tune in. During the competition, the company will share download codes for a free Coalossal in Pokemon Sword and Shield, as well as a free card for Pokemon Trading Card Game Online.The free Coalossal is based on the one used by Wolfe Glick, winner of the Pokemon Players Cup II. The Pokemon has a Modest nature and knows the moves Heat Wave, Meteor Beam, Protect, and Solar Beam. Once the download code has been revealed, you can claim the Coalossal by firing up your copy of Sword or Shield and following these steps:Open Mystery GiftSelect Get with a Code/PasswordFollow the prompts to connect onlineInput the download codeThe free Pokemon TCG Online card, meanwhile, is the Quick Ball, a "secret rare" card that has been used prominently in the Pokemon Players Cup IV competition. Quick Ball lets you search your deck for a basic Pokemon and put it in your hand after you discard another card from your hand.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Retro Games has announced the A500 Mini. It is a smaller version of the 16-bit Amiga 500 home computer that originally released in 1987.The A500 Mini will emulate the Amiga 500's original chip set, its future revisions of the Enhanced Chip Set, and the Amiga 1200's Advanced Graphics Architecture. There will be 25 titles pre-loaded on the mini-console, including:Another WorldATR: All Terrain RacingBattle ChessBreed 3DCadaverKick Off 2Pinball DreamsSimon The SorcererSpeedball 2: Brutal DeluxeThe Chaos EngineWorms: The Director's CutZool: Ninja Of The ''Nth'' DimensionRetro Games was also behind the creation of the C64 Mini, which launched in 2018. The A500 Mini will also have the ability for players to upload their own games with a USB drive, just like the C64 did. Additionally, the A500 Mini comes with a USB plug-in mouse modeled after the original and an eight-button game controller.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

You've probably dreamed more than once about being Batman, and the Arkham games even got us close to the feel of it. But the reality of wearing the suit is very different, Val Kilmer says in the new autobiographical documentary, Val, when discussing 1995's Batman Forever (via The Hollywood Reporter).The documentary, now on Amazon Prime, features a collection of interviews with Kilmer and home footage he's shot over the years. The actor reportedly accepted the role of Batman script unseen, but later regretted it."Whatever boyhood excitement I had was crushed by the reality of the Batsuit," Kilmer says in the documentary. "Yes, every boy wants to be Batman. They actually want to be him, not necessarily play him in a movie."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Note: This post contains spoilers from the final Override event of the Season of the Splicer, so if you haven't played the epilogue, you should do so before reading further.Though the Season of the Splicer will continue for two more weeks in Destiny 2, the "epilogue" story event we expected to see is now in the game. Guardians might have defeated the Taken Vex mind Quria a few weeks ago, but there's still one last threat--this one from Lakshmi-2, the leader of the Future War Cult.Lakshmi has been warning that the Eliksni refugees from the House of Light, who've sheltered in the Last City throughout the season, are the true threat we need to worry about. To expel them once and for all, Lakshmi opened a Vex portal in the Eliksni district, allowing enemies to pour through. She was immediately killed by the Vex she let into the City, defying the prophecy she was trying to bring to fruition. But the hostile Vex and Taken enemies weren't the only things that came through the portal, as it turned out.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Microsoft is currently testing a system-level night mode for Xbox consoles, with users in the Xbox Insiders Alpha Skip-Ahead ring having access to the options right now.The new update will give you the ability to set schedules for when your console goes into night, including manually scheduling and automatic scheduling according to your time zone's sunrise and sunset times. In night mode you can set several parameters to make gaming in the dark more comfortable, such as an adjustable blue light filter (which can affect your ability to fall asleep) and the overall brightness of the image sent to your display.In line with brightness controls, night mode also allows you to toggle HDR on and off based on the time of day, which will prevent games from booting up with eye-searing brightness levels. The update will also finally let you toggle the brightness of the Xbox logo on both your controllers and the console itself. Sony has allowed a similar brightness adjustment on controller since the PS4.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Xbox and Sega have announced a new grand strategy, as Amplitude Studios' upcoming PC-exclusive strategy game Humankind has been confirmed for Xbox Game Pass on August 17, the day it launches.The announcement was made on Xbox Wire, confirming that the game will be coming to Xbox Game Pass on PC only. There has been no word on whether or not the game will come to consoles, either standalone or as part of Xbox Game Pass."Humankind is a convergence of culture, history, and values that allows you to create a civilization that is as unique as you are," the official blog post writes. "You’ll be re-writing the entire narrative of human history (…no pressure) from its humble beginnings in the Neolithic Era, as you set out to leave the biggest mark on the world."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Microsoft is trying to make Xbox available for 2 billion people, and a central part of that is through streaming and Game Pass. The company has now rolled out its Xbox Cloud Gaming service for the Xbox App on Windows 10 PCs in 22 countries around the world. You need to opt in to the Xbox Insider program, which is free and open to everyone, to try out Cloud Gaming on PC.You also need to subscribe to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which provides access to not only the streaming service but also the catalog of free games across PC and console. This streaming service was already available on Windows PC through a browser, but this is through the Xbox App.Xbox Cloud Gaming for the Xbox App is out now for testersXbox Cloud Gaming on PC, which follows its rollout for Mac browsers in June, lets you stream games directly to your PC without any additional hardware except a controller. Some amount of the games in the library of Xbox Game Pass titles are supported, and you can start playing on console and move to streaming, and your progress will sync with you.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Sony is celebrating Major League Baseball's real-life Field of Dreams game this week by recreating this stadium in MLB The Show 21 and giving it to everyone for free.The Field of Dreams stadium will come to MLB The Show on Tuesday, August 10 in a free update for PS4 and PS5, the company said in a blog post. Here's to hoping it comes to Xbox as well.The actual Field of Dreams game between the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox will take place on Thursday, August 12 at the Field of Dreams movie site in Iowa from the 1989 Kevin Costner movie. According to Sony, the developers at San Diego Studio worked alongside the builders of the field itself and Major League baseball to recreate it in the game.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

With so many new games coming out every week, keeping your PC topped up with enough space comes at a cost. But today you can save not only on a great NVMe SSD, but also on Battlefield 2042, with Western Digital offering a great bundle on its WD_Black SN750 SE M.2 SSD that comes bundled with a code for the upcoming shooter. WD_Black SN750 SE With Battlefield 2042 Bundle Starts at $99 (was $130) The WD_Black SN750 SE isn't the best SSD Western Digital has to offer, but it strikes the right balance of speed and price for use within your PC. It is a standard M.2 form factor, with sizes ranging from 250GB to 4TB. The deal today is exclusive to the 500GB and 1TB versions, both of which use 64-layer TLC 3D NAND flash memory with a dedicated controller. You can expect sequential read speeds of 3430 MB/s, which is a far cry from the speeds of traditional SATA-based SSDs. See 500GB at Amazon See 1TB at Amazon Sweetening the deal is the included Battlefield 2042 digital code for PC, which will activate when the game launches later this year. Battlefield 2042 is a near-future iteration of the classic Battlefield formula, with EA and developer DICE attempting to reclaim the glory days of both Battlefield 3 and 4. With the deal above you're essentially grabbing the game for just $30 given the standard price for the SN750 SE, which is 50% off its preorder price standalone.The SN750 SE isn't compatible with the PlayStation 5 in case you're hoping to check three boxes with this deal, given its slow sequential read speed. If you are looking for an SSD that matches Sony's specifications, we have a guide to the best PS5 internal SSD options right now.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Though you can dock the Steam Deck and connect it to a monitor or TV, it won't get a boost in power, according to PC Gamer. How it performs on-the-go is exactly what you can expect when the machine is docked.In a hands-on with the Steam Deck, PC Gamer had the chance to ask Valve some questions during the brief play session. When asked if the company thought about boosting the device's performance when docked, designer Greg Coomer said dock status wasn't a high priority design target."Yes, but we didn't choose to make it a really high priority design target," Coomer said. "We felt that it was actually better all things considered to not modify based on docked status or mobile status."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com