Respawn Entertainment has revealed the patch notes for Season 5 of its popular battle royale shooter Apex Legends, and it has an unfortunate surprise for all of you Peacekeeper fans. Apex's lever-action shotgun has been loved and hated in equal measure since the game first came out, due to its monstrous damage output at close range and its support for the Precision Choke hop-up, which makes it fearsome even from far away.After introducing several nerfs over the years to reduce the weapon's effectiveness, Respawn is trying a different approach. In Season 5, the Peacekeeper will be buffed substantially, but it will only be available in care packages, which are special drops that players can seek out to find epic and legendary armor as well as some of the best weapons in the game. The previous care package-exclusive shotgun, the Mastiff, will be rolled into the existing loot pool, with its stats reduced accordingly.Along with this shotgun shuffle, Apex Season 5 adds a new character to the game, Loba, whose kit focuses on spotting epic and legendary loot through walls. The update also reshapes the game's Kings Canyon map, with Skull Town and Thunderdome replaced by new areas. Additionally, Season 5 comes with a new battle pass.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Developer Infinity Ward has rolled out a playlist update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One that makes some adjustments to various multiplayer game modes.This first of these is the placement of Gun Game Reloaded. Now, the frenetic mode can be found in the Quick Player filter in Modern Warfare's multiplayer. In addition to this change, Boots on the Ground War has been reverted back to classic Ground War, and the Dirty Old Houseboat moshpit--which includes the maps Rust, Shipment, and Shoot House--is now live on all platforms.Today’s playlist update for #ModernWarfare is out now across all platforms! 🚨- Gun Game Reloaded has moved to the Quick Play Filter- Replaced Boots on the Ground War with core Ground War- Dirty Old Houseboat is back with Rust, Shipment, and Shoot House Mosh Pit game modes! — Infinity Ward (@InfinityWard) May 12, 2020This Modern Warfare playlist update is server-side, meaning you only have to log into the game in order for the update to install.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The new season of Apex Legends has launched, and most of the attention is rightly on the new legend Loba. But another character has been given a serious makeover in Season 5, finally making Mirage a more competitive threat and expanding his bag of tricks.In a message in the official patch notes, Respawn says it hopes the rework gives Mirage more depth and allows players "avenues to get better at Bamboozling people." That means the trickster legend gets a bunch of adjustments to his decoy, including the ability to control it directly by having it mimic movements. It will also last for 60 seconds, and releasing a new decoy will remove the previous one.But that's not all. Mirage will also get a revised Ultimate, Life of the Party, which deploys a team of decoys, all imitating his movements like a flash mob. He also gets some extra utility by turning on cloaking whenever using a respawn beacon or reviving a teammate.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Ebay may be known for its marketplace of third-party sellers, but the storefront also offers official deals every day that tend to offer better prices than other major retailers--even Amazon. If you've been sleeping on these deals, now's a great time to wake up, as Ebay is offering a smattering of discounts on first-party Nintendo Switch games, the newly released Final Fantasy VII Remake, online gaming subscriptions, and more. As with all official Ebay offers, these are brand-new, unopened products and include free shipping as well as Ebay's money-back guarantee.Nintendo Switch owners know full-well that first-party games, even those that are several years old, are tough to find for less than $60 outside of major sales like Black Friday. That's why it's pretty notable that you can currently snag some of Nintendo's best first-party offerings for less than full price right now. Ebay's Spotlight Deal today is 2019's Super Mario Maker 2 for $51.49, but you can also get Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for $50, Super Mario Party for $51.49, and Luigi's Mansion 3 for $50. If you're a new Switch owner or somehow just missed out on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild until now, the acclaimed Zelda title is $54 right now. And OK, you're not saving much with this one, but a few bucks is better than nothing: Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available for $57. Considering it's sold out at Amazon and Best Buy, finding it anywhere for a slight discount is impressive.Switching to another platform exclusive, Final Fantasy VII Remake for PS4 is already $10 off. Released in March, the critically acclaimed remake of the cult-favorite JRPG is available for $50 on Ebay. Considering how difficult it was to find physical copies at release, now's a great time to snag a copy of Final Fantasy VII Remake at its best price yet. The game earned a rare 10/10 in GameSpot's Final Fantasy VII Remake review, which you can check out for more info.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Apex Legends has just launched Season 5, which includes a brand-new legend to play, Loba. But a troublesome bug appears to be keeping you from playing as the new character, or any other character that requires an in-game purchase.The bug makes any extra character appears as locked in the character select screen. Outside of a match, they're still unlocked, but you can't play as them since you can't choose them in the character select. Those include Mirage, Caustic, Octane, Wattson, Crypto, and Revenant, as well as Loba. [Update: Respawn says a fix is on the way on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.]Respawn has issued a statement saying this is among the bugs it's working on; relatedly, currency and menu navigation problems are being looked into. Beyond that, Respawn is also aware of textures appearing dark or black (something players have reported on the character-select screen) and crashes with high-level graphics settings on PC. There's no word on when these will be fixed or if additional updates will be required.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

It seems Quantic Dream's interactive action-adventure game, Beyond: Two Souls, is headed to Steam sometime soon. This is according to a Steam Database listing posted by Twitter user Nibel.The listing has no specific information relating to Beyond: Two Souls, such as the game's name or a suggested retail price, and searching for the game on Steam pulls no results for it. An exact release date for this PC version of Beyond: Two Souls remains unconfirmed for now.This is not Beyond: Two Souls' first foray on the PC platform, though. In May 2019, Quantic Dream confirmed that Beyond: Two Souls--as well as its other titles such as Detroit: Become Human and Heavy Rain--would launch on PC through the Epic Games Store. All three games are now available through Epic's proprietary storefront, and each title has a free playable demo available to download.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

There isn't a lot happening with the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2020. Black Widow was supposed to release on May 1, but because of the coronavirus pandemic, it was pushed back to November. In fact, most of Marvel's upcoming films received later release dates. So while there isn't anything new from the MCU coming, what will excite fans about the future?Luckily, Portuguese film editor Gugga Leunnam has created a MCU supercut for the Infinity Saga, leading up to Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Far From Home. This isn't your ordinary video though. Leunnam is an expert at his craft and has beautiful transitions between scenes. Check it out for yourself below.Vol. 5 has come a long way from where this series began back in 2019, when the video was made up of more simple cuts with a backing track bringing it all together. With this recent edition, Leunnam has edited it so characters appear in different films, helping to transition between the action sequences. It's a smashing success and will hopefully get MCU fans through the waiting period before Black Widow hits theaters.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Guardian Games are over in Destiny 2, and while the grind to earn the Heir Apparent Exotic machine gun has ended, a new big weapon quest has kicked off in its place: The Lie. And apparently, completing all these steps will lead to the legendary shotgun, Felwinter's Lie.Hop into the game after the most recent weekly reset and you'll be able to hit the first step in the quest, which sends you to talk to Ana Bray on Mars. Ana suggests that something is going on with Rasputin, beyond just the thing with using his huge network of satellites to shoot down the Almighty. That's been the story thrust of this season since its start, but we've been getting hints that there might be more going on with Rasputin since last season, the Season of Dawn. Now, it seems, that story might be developing further.But getting to it is going to take a while. The first step in The Lie is for players to finish the Season of the Worthy's Seraph Tower events on Earth, the Moon, and Io. This isn't your usual quest that requires you to complete an event a certain number of times, though: The tracker for The Lie is actually taking into account all players and their completions. It looks as though it's going to take a while to get through these, as well.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

If you play games on PC, Humble Bundle offers the chance to grab a bunch of great games for cheap while also benefitting charity. The latest Humble Bundle is dedicated to indie games on Steam, including Hotline Miami, Starbound, Gato Roboto, and more. By default, Humble Indie Bundle 21 benefits Traveling Stories, a nonprofit that builds libraries in underserved villages across the world. You get to choose how to allocate your money, though, whether that be to the publisher, a charity you like, or a mix of both.If you pay just $1 or more, you'll unlock Hotline Miami, Beat Cop, and Dustforce DX. If you haven't played Hotline Miami, the $1 tier is more than worth it for Devolver Digital's punishing and stylish top-down action game. Beat Cop is an investigative adventure that harkens back to '80s TV shows and features gorgeous pixel art. Meanwhile, Dustforce DX is an endearing platformer starring a handy janitor.The second tier of unlocks requires you to pay the average contribution (currently $7.33) to also get Moonlighter, Gato Roboto, and a mystery game that will be revealed next week. Moonlighter is a lovely mash-up of town simulation and roguelike dungeon crawling. You play as a shopkeeper by day, but by night you restock your shelves by waging war against monsters. Gato Roboto, another Devolver Digital title, is an adorable monochromatic platformer in the vein of early Metroid games.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is one of the most beloved action-adventure games of the PlayStation 1 era. However, it's also well-known for its underwhelming ending, which makes Halo 2's "finishing this fight" cutscene look generous by comparison. If you're familiar with Soul Reaver, you probably know that the game's final third was slashed due to time and budget constraints, and evidence of that cut content has trickled out over the years.Now, however, a group of die-hard Legacy of Kain fans have uncovered a large trove of unused content for the game, thanks to the discovery of several alpha versions of Soul Reaver. These include several areas that are missing from the game entirely, as well as unused boss fights with a human priestess and Raziel's conspicuously-absent brother Turel. According to the Lost Worlds, Soul Reaver was originally supposed to end with Raziel defeating Kain for a third time, absorbing his soul, and using the Silenced Cathedral to destroy all of the vampires for good. Many of the concepts cut from Soul Reaver were later used in the franchise's fifth entry, Legacy of Kain: Defiance.Though fans have clamored for a remaster or a port of Soul Reaver to modern consoles, series owner Square Enix has voiced no plans for any such projects. According to reports, a sixth entry in the franchise, Dead Sun, was under development for three years by British developer Climax, but Square Enix cancelled it. The multiplayer portion of Dead Sun later became the ill-fated free-to-play game Nosgoth, which was cancelled in 2016.Info from Gamespot.com

Ubisoft has revealed that Assassin's Creed Valhalla will see the return of the instakill hidden blade. Killing any enemy--regardless of who they are--with a single hidden blade assassination was once a staple of the franchise, but that aspect of the game has been a bit restrictive in the past few entries.According to Kotaku, Assassin's Creed Valhalla creative director Ashraf Ismail said that Eivor's hidden blade will be lethal enough to instantly kill any target in a single blow--provided you're assassinating them."We wanted to look at the old games and see the greatness that those games had and acknowledge what’s great about the updated formula," Ismail said. "There was an identity and a uniqueness that we wanted to bring back for Valhalla."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Niantic has detailed Pokemon Go's next Community Day event. May's Community Day will take place next Sunday, May 24, and this time, the featured Pokemon will be the Grass-type Seedot.Like April's Community Day, this month's event will run for six hours instead of the usual three, from 11 AM to 5 PM local time. During that window, Seedot will appear in the wild much more frequently than normal, and you'll have your first chance to encounter a Shiny Seedot in the game.If you can power up Nuzleaf (Seedot's evolved form) into Shiftry by 7 PM local time--two hours after the Community Day ends--it'll learn the event-exclusive move Bullet Seed, which it normally can't otherwise learn in Pokemon Go. This applies to any Nuzleaf that evolve within the designated time frame, even if you've caught them prior to the Community Day.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Netflix is producing another comic book adaptation for its streaming service, and this time around, the latest original series is Sweet Tooth based on the comic series of the same name.The first season will consist of eight, one-hour episodes and Jim Mickle (In the Shadow of the Moon) and Beth Schwartz (Arrow, DC's Legends of Tomorrow) will serve as showrunners, executive producers, and writers on the new series. Mickle will also be directing the show. Also serving as executive producers are Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey, and Amanda Burrell of Team Downey.The official synopsis reads, "Sweet Tooth is the broad appeal, family-friendly, storybook adventure of Gus--part deer, part boy--who leaves his home in the forest to find the outside world ravaged by a cataclysmic event. He joins a ragtag family of humans and animal-children hybrids like himself in search of answers about this new world and the mystery behind his hybrid origins."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Developer Xaviant has announced that its battle royale game, The Culling, is getting a second wind on May 14 for Xbox One. The studio said that the PC release will follow sometime later.The Culling is back!tldr:-Servers Live Thursday May 14-Xbox One now, PC later-Big performance enhancements-Not FTP but If you ever played it, you have it-$5.99 on Xbox Store if you never played it-One free online match per day-Additional tokens options available pic.twitter.com/GUSnoVzh1Q — Xaviant (@Xaviant) May 12, 2020This new version of the game is dubbed The Culling: Origins and features a number of improvements, including adjustments to A.I. behavior, graphics enhancements on Xbox One, gameplay tweaks (like stamina reduction), and more. In addition to all of this, Xaviant has removed premium items and purchasable loot boxes from the game. However, as a result, the studio notes that "past saved games will be wiped and all previous unlocks have been reset." Check out the official relaunch trailer below.What's most notable about The Culling: Origins, however, is the price of entry. Those who already own it will be able to get into the game at no extra cost. Anyone who doesn't have the game will only need to pay a nominal $6 to jump into the battle royale action. However, it's not that simple. In order to continue playing The Culling: Origins, players will need to win matches or purchase tokens. These Online Match Tokens, which can be bought in packs or earned by winning a match, grant you access to another match. If you have no Online Match Tokens, you can't play The Culling: Origins online. It seems there is offline play, though.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

For those thinking of building a gaming PC or just upgrading some of your components, then Newegg has a new limited-time sale going on. Newegg's Red Tag Sale discounts PC gaming components from processors and graphics cards to SSDs and RAM--and everything in between. There are also some deals that on monitors as well as gaming laptops and pre-built PCs if you're not interested in building one yourself. The sale lasts until May 14 at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET, and stock is limited, so if you want to snag any of these deals, you'll want to do it as soon as possible.The Red Tag Sale has a bunch of great deals, so be sure to head over to Newegg to see all of them. And if you're planning out your build and starting from scratch, check out our guide on how to build a gaming PC. It's an easy-to-follow reference for those building their first PC and makes the daunting process much easier to handle. When you're picking out parts, head over to PCPartPicker.com and make sure everything you're picking out is compatible with your other components. It's crucial that everything works and is given enough room and power to operate.Nvidia graphics card dealsMSI GTX 1660 Super (code: EMCDKGF54) $240 at Newegg EVGA RTX 2080 Ti (code: EMCDKGF53) $1,480 at Newegg Newegg has a couple of Nvidia graphics cards on sale: an MSI GTX 1660 Super and an EVGA RTX 2080 Ti. The GTX 1660 Super is an excellent budget option that can run most modern games at modest settings, while the RTX 2080 Ti is a high-end GPU that's capable of handling incredibly demanding games as well as ray-tracing. Please note that to get the sale price, you'll need to input the appropriate promo code.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com