Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 arrives on November 14, but you can already go hands-on with the game during the BO7 beta. You'll want to adjust some of the game settings to improve your aim and movement, and there's also an intelligent movement setting to help with Black Ops 7's new wall jump mechanic. This guide covers recommended settings for controllers, graphics, and audio settings in the Black Ops 7 menus.
Optimal settings are always going to be subjective, but here we detail our preferred...
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Rockstar Games has announced plans for how Grand Theft Auto V will celebrate Halloween, and there is a lot of spooky content on tap.
To begin with, the Cayo Perico Survival and Ludendorff Cemetery Survival modes are back, but with a zombie twist for Halloween. Players will face off against "tides of zombies" in these locations, along with "hulking juggernauts, armored conquistadors, splitters, possessed animals and their trainers, zombie DJs, and more," Rockstar said.
Halloween comes to...
Amazon has revealed the next batch of PC games that'll be coming to Prime Gaming in October, and this month, you can torment some souls, join the bite club of Vampire: the Masquerade, and journey back into the wasteland of Fallout.
Right now, you can grab the retro-inspired action game DragonStrike and check out some classic survival-horror with Tormented Souls. Later this month, you can continue the fight against alien invaders in the tactical-RPG XCOM 2 and prepare for the arrival of...
Developers at independent studio ZA/UM, the team behind the critically acclaimed RPG Disco Elysium, have formed a union that was recognized by the United Kingdom's games industry, marking a first in the country.
In an October 2 blog post on the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) Game Workers website, chairperson Spring McParlin-Jones and organizing officer Eugenia Peruzzo expressed excitement about this development. It's a big deal, after all, particularly because ZA/UM's...
Fortnite's upcoming Halloween event will have some additional star power behind it, with celebrity singer Doja Cat joining the fray as a boss for Fortnitemares.
Doja Cat appeared on Wednesday's episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, during which she was quizzed on the names of apparent Fortnite skins to guess whether they were real or fake. The last skin named in the challenge directly led to the reveal of Doja Cat's Fortnite character, which features her likeness: The Mother of...
Borderlands 4 just received a major update on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S that buffs the game's four Vault Hunters to make their many builds more viable.
Developer Gearbox Software took to the game's official website on October 2 to detail the latest update. In the blog post, the studio said the focus was to create "greater build diversity by adjusting underperforming skills." This includes tweaks like buffing the Forgeknight Amon in general so he's as strong as the other Vault...
The Halo TV series didn't work out and was canceled after two seasons, but if you're curious and have a Netflix subscription, you're in luck. Both seasons of the sci-fi series are out now on Netflix.
The debut of the Halo series on Netflix seems to be proving popular, as the show has reached No. 4 on the most-popular TV show chart in the US today, October 2. The Top 10 list is ranked by views, and you can read more about how the data is calculated on Netflix's blog.
Season 1 had nine...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's multiplayer beta begins today, October 2, and if you're looking for an edge on the battlefield, we've got something that might interest you.
The game's top directors have shared their loadouts, and given they're the ones who made the game, they might know a thing or two about what a solid loadout might look like. Matt Scronce, Black Ops 7's design director, is running with the Peacekeeper MK1 and pinpoint grenades, along with the Ninja, Assassin, and Dexterity...
The KPop Demon Hunters Fortnite takeover is underway, and it's pretty thorough! This blockbuster collab brings back the old Horde Rush mode with a KPop Demon Hunters flavor, adds four new items to the Battle Royale and Blitz loot pools, and--of course--all three members of HUNTR/X are available in the item shop. That's a lot for a collab that Epic kept completely under wraps until less than a week ago, and given the surge in popularity for the Netflix movie, it's possible it all came...
Battlefield 6 is arriving later this month, and Achievement and Trophy hunters now have an idea of what they need to do when it arrives.
Exophase has shared all 53 of the Xbox Achievements in Battlefield 6, which will show up as Trophies on PlayStation 5. On Xbox, the Achievements account for 1,185 Gamerscore points.
There are 11 secret tasks, including awards for playing 74 matches in any version of Battle Royale or winning seven matches in Battle Royale: Duos. Some of the awards appear...
The Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta early access has arrived, and with the huge popularity of the franchise combined with the specific Black Ops 7 beta start time, you may face some connectivity issues. Some of those issues could be down to your own PC, specifically whether it meets Activision's requirements for anti-cheat protection. Luckily, we've got all of the information you need on how to turn on your PC's secure boot if you're struggling. However, there's also every chance that the...
Early access for the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta starts today, and Treyarch has released some new patch notes regarding changes and new additions to the beta content. Most notably, the beta will now include a Zombies training course for new players. The developer also warns about a few known bugs it's working to fix during the beta period.
For the first time ever, Call of Duty's Zombies mode is included in the beta. Players will have access to the Vandorn Farm Survival map. This isn't...
Bitmap Books has announced the next entry in its library, The Definitive Book of SNES RPGs. This is a deluxe tome designed to be a visual guide to an iconic era of video game history, and if that piques your interest, you can preorder it for $40 ahead of its shipping date later this month.
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Other noteworthy books from the publisher include recent entries like From Ants to Zombies: Six Decades of Video Game Horror for a deep-dive into digital terror and The Art of the...
In a shocking development, Electronic Arts announced on September 29 that it will go private as part of a $55 billion leveraged buyout. Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, and private equity company Silver Lake are taking 100% ownership of the company behind franchises like Battlefield, Mass Effect, Madden, and many others.
Industries tend to consolidate over time as they mature, and EA going private is just the latest example of such a move in the...
Microsoft has announced a price hike for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, raising the price by 50% from $20 to $30 per month. You do not have to pay that much everywhere, however. GameStop, for example, has announced that it will not raise the price of Game Pass Ultimate for in-store and online shoppers, at least not yet.
The retailer continues to sell one-month Game Pass Ultimate memberships for $20 or three-month memberships for $60. This appears to be a promotion, so it's not likely to last...
Microsoft is raising the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, and the company has now attempted to defend the hikes.
Speaking to The Verge, Microsoft director of gaming and platform communications Dustin Blackwell said, "We understand price increases are never fun for anybody, but we're trying to reinforce by adding more value to these plans as well."
He added: "It's something we don't take lightly, and we're listening to the feedback of players and the community to try to...
Developer Sucker Punch Productions' samurai fantasy sequel, Ghost of Yotei, is finally out on PlayStation 5, and it's already received favorable reviews from critics. As such, it's safe to think that we could see yet another entry in the Ghost franchise in the future; however, the team isn't quite sure about that, as Sucker Punch Productions said in a new interview that timing is key.
Speaking to VGC on October 2, co-founder Brian Fleming explained that the next Ghost game or a return to...
When it comes to building a winning team in EA Sports FC 26, the right formation is just as important as the players you pick. A good formation can unlock your team’s true potential, while the wrong one can leave you exposed at every turn. But whether you’re someone who favors the gegenpress over tiki-taka, there’s a formation for you.
This guide will explain the best FC 26 formations, breaking down their strengths and weaknesses, while explaining what type of players you’ll need to make...
Starbreeze has canceled its upcoming Dungeons & Dragons game, which was in the works under the working title Project Baxter. The developer said its board of directors and management opted to cancel the project after a "strategic review" found that resources would be better deployed on its successful Payday franchise instead.
Starbreeze is taking an impairment charge of about SEK 255 million ($27.2 million) as a result of Project Baxter's cancellation.
"This was a difficult but necessary...
Like most games on the Roblox platform, the developers of Grow A Garden give away free stuff to celebrate big updates in the form of codes. Valid for only a limited time, these can give you access to items that aren’t available anywhere else, or a handful of rare items that are tough to get otherwise.
While there haven’t been all that many of them in the Roblox game’s lifespan so far, the ones that have been made available have mostly been cosmetic items, and in some rare cases, eggs for...