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Why Warzone Battle Royale Is A Big Move For Call Of Duty And Gaming Overall

With Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's standalone free-to-play spin-off, Warzone, Activision is pushing deeper into the battle royale space, and the impact for the publisher could be massive. Not only that, but if successful, Warzone could potentially have implications for the entire video game industry.Battle royale is not a fad. It started strong with PUBG, which paved the way for making battle royale games a household name and a viable business category for developers to pursue, and the genre has only grown in size and popularity since. Fortnite built upon

SwitchArcade Round-Up: Mini-Views Featuring ‘Ski Sniper’, Today’s New Releases Including ‘Langrisser I & II’, the Latest Sales, and More

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for March 10th, 2020. In today’s somewhat brief article, we’ve got a bit of news, a trio of very dire Mini-Views, and some new releases to check out. What can I say? Some days are packed with excitement, and other days are today. But if you like turn-based games with a fantasy bent, you’ll at least enjoy the latest releases. Let’s have a look-see! News ‘Freedom Finger’ Gets ‘Rhymesayers’ Update on March 24th Freedom Finger is a pretty funny game if

Call of Duty: Warzone Launches Today on Xbox One, Free for Xbox Live Gold Members

Call of Duty: Warzone, the massive combat experience from the world of Modern Warfare, has launched and is free for all Xbox Live Gold members to play. Up to 150 players and two thrilling game modes on one massive battleground: this is Warzone. Warzone’s New Player Experience When playing for the first time, you’ll be taken through orientation which shows you key mechanics of the Warzone experience. Jump into this tutorial and learn important controls such as aiming and firing, using the ping system, purchasing items from Buy Stations, and

Total War: Warhammer 2 Will Now Test Huge Changes In The Proving Grounds Beta

Total War: Warhammer II released in 2017, but work continues on it. In a new post on the Total War website, a new mode has been announced for the game--a test server that will let the developers test some potential changes to the game. This new mode is called Proving Grounds, an "experimental beta" for testing balance changes.The post admits that keeping balance across patches, as the game introduces new units, races, and mechanics, has "become an absolute hell-pit abomination." Because of this, they wanted to create the Proving Grounds

Former PlayStation Boss Doesn’t Miss The Console Wars

Former PlayStation executive Adam Boyes sounds as if he is happy for the "console wars" period of his life to be over. Boyes, who was vice president for third-party relations at PlayStation from 2012-2016, told USgamer that he loved what he did, who he worked with, and what he achieved during his run at Sony. But there was also a lot of stress."Sometimes I feel like I have an opinion, but it doesn't matter because I did that," Boyes said about the forthcoming launch of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Prinny 1-2: Exploded and Reloaded’ Coming to Switch, ‘Pokemon Mystery Dungeon’ and Today’s Other New Releases, the Latest Sales, and More

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for March 6th, 2020. In today’s article, we’ve got summaries of all of today’s new releases including the latest Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game. There are a couple of news items, each with their own lovely trailer to take in. Finally, there are some sales. Not as many sales as I feared yesterday, but certainly a number greater than zero. Let’s fly on in and see what we’ve got! News ‘Prinny 1-2: Exploded and Reloaded’ Coming to Switch This Fall About 10

Paladins Releases New Egyptian-Themed Sands of Myth Battle Pass

The desert sands are shifting, buffeted about by winds swept down from another age. What treasures will be uncovered? Well, if you’re a Paladins player, the answer is an entire Battle Pass full of Egyptian-themed content! The Sands of Myth Battle Pass has arrived in Paladins’ newest update featuring new skins for Tiberius, Raum, Ying, and Maeve, not to mention over 100 other rewards! This update also includes a rework of our Frog Isle map, the introduction of our new Death Card and Commendation system, and a whole lot more.

Survey: VR headset sales on Steam sees biggest ever jump in January

VR 360 is a news, analysis and opinion site devoted to virtual reality technology, promoting thought leadership from leading brands and platforms and collaborating with industry bloggers to deliver insight, reviews and strategy for all aspects of the ecosystem, from developers to CIOs. Spread the loveAccording to the January 2020 data released from Valve’s Steam Survey, VR headset growth on Steam has taken its largest leap yet, with 1.31% of the population having headsets that were connected to their computers. With a year-over-year increase of 43%, this beats out the

Insert coin: Level up your player support experience

If you’re wondering if I’m a gamer, I’m not.I don’t play video games every day, I don’t crowd my mobile phone with gaming apps, belong to any gaming community, I’m not even that good at them! However, from time to time, I do play a game or two. I’ll get excited and even start screaming to the lifeless screen in front of me — and that’s when my inner gamer, dormant most of the time, comes out to play.For this reason, going to Gamescom 2018 was an entirely new experience