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It's Tuesday, November 1, and we're back with another edition of our Wordle guides. It's the first day of November and Wordle is leaning into the upcoming holiday season with today's answer. It's not an especially common word, so players may not think of it immediately, so the Wordle could take some time today. If you haven't started the November 1 Wordle yet, you can check out our list of recommended starting words to give yourself an advantage before you've begun. However, if you're...
A NASCAR driver used a trick he learned playing a 2005 NASCAR video game for GameCube to pull off an incredible last-lap maneuver to secure himself a spot in the Championship Finals. Driver Ross Chastain, 29, cranked his car into fifth gear, slammed it into the wall, and ended up passing multiple drivers on his way to finishing fourth at Sunday's 500-lap Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. As you can see in the video below, Chastain intentionally drove his car into the wall on the final...
Among the many adventures of Rick and Morty, it's the former's time spent as a preserved cucumber that is probably the most famous. Naturally, that means Pickle Rick is now coming to Fortnite. Even better for fans, the Pickle Rick back bling is free--provided you first complete a few in-game challenges. Here's how to get it. Fortnite - free Pickle Rick back bling Beginning today, fans can earn the Pickle Rick back bling by completing a series of quests in Fortnite's ongoing Horde Rush...
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has only been out for a few days, but players have already found a bug that allows you to see all of the emblems and calling cards in the game. The volume of alien-themed nameplates has led some players to believe that a Extinction-style mode may be coming to the game. Extinction is a game mode featured in 2013's Call of Duty: Ghosts that pitted a group of four players against waves of alien-like "Cryptids." It has many similarities to Left 4 Dead and its...
Microsoft has announced the next wave of Xbox Game Pass games arriving in November, which include a few standout indie games, a brand-new adventure from Obsidian Entertainment, and a cult-classic IP. The biggest games of the new lineup include Vampire Survivors on November 8. Return to Monkey Island on November 10, and Pentiment on November 15. Released back in October, Return to Monkey Island features series creator Ron Gilbert back in the captain's chair and continues the story of The...
As it does each month, Microsoft adds and removes titles from the Game Pass library. To kick off November, Microsoft has confirmed the Game Pass titles that will exit the service over the first half of the month. A total of seven games are leaving Game Pass in the first half of November, and one game is being delisted entirely. With Football Manager 2023 arriving November 8 as a day-one Game Pass release, its predecessor, Football Manager 2022, is leaving the catalog that day for PC, cloud...
Skywalker Week is underway in Fortnite until November 8, bringing some of the Star Wars franchise's most popular characters to the Item Shop alongside a handful of brand-new quests and more. Among the additions to this week of celebrating a galaxy far, far away are a collection of unvaulted weapons and items that you'll want to check out. Read on for all of the unvaulted stuff you can snag during Skywalker Week. Lightsabers return--and debut Darth Vader's iconic red lightsaber is back in...
It's never a bad time to celebrate Star Wars, and Fortnite is making that clear with a new event dedicated to a galaxy far, far away. Skywalker Week has kicked off and will run until November 8, bringing with it a selection of original trilogy skins, some new quests, and the ability to wield a variety of lightsabers. While Fortnite has certainly had its fair share of Star Wars content over the years, this marks the first time we've seen skins for arguably the franchise's most beloved...
Blizzard has announced it is temporarily disabling Mei from Overwatch 2 following reports of bugs associated with her Ice Wall ability. According to the statement, these bugs have allowed players to reach unintended locations. The team is currently working to address the issues and aims to have the Arctic explorer back in play on November 15. In addition to pushing characters to out-of-bounds areas, some players have reported issues with Mei's Ice Wall failing to block attacks or lift team...
Resident Evil producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi has started a new studio that is building a new IP that aims to "impress the whole world." NetEase Games announced that it has opened a new development shop in Japan called GPTRACK50 that hopes to create "entertainment concepts" that appeal globally. Kobayashi is also known for producing games in Capcom franchises such as Devil May Cry and Dragon's Dogma. The new studio will be staffed by "experienced professionals" from across gaming, film, and TV...
Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse will release digitally on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch on March 9, 2023. The fourth entry in the beloved survival horror franchise, the game's plot concerns Ruka Minazuki, whose two friends died in an abandoned sanatorium on Rogetsu Isle. She returns to discover the truth of what happened. You will play as several characters to get to the bottom of the mystery. Fatal Frame's combat is centered around...
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 boasts a ton of weapons and attachments to gear up with, and sometimes customizing the most optimal weapon loadout in the Gunsmith can be a bit overwhelming. Here we recommend some of Modern Warfare 2's best multiplayer weapon loadouts to help get you started in multiplayer. M4 M4 assault rifle One of Modern Warfare 2's most reliable choices for multiplayer is the M4 assault rifle, which is an easy-to-handle assault rifle with great range. The recommended...
I cannot believe I'm writing this, but Microsoft has released a ride-on Halo Warthog designed for kids ages three and up. The 24-volt vehicle has two seats and even has the Gauss Cannon on the back, which has been rigged with a laser tag blaster. It comes with a vest so you can chase after the person wearing it. The Warthog is available to purchase exclusively at Walmart for a whopping $498. See at Walmart I'm not sure if three-year-olds even know about Halo. To investigate, I asked my...
Black Adam arrived in Multiversus today alongside a brand new Arcade mode. He is a slow but hard-hitting superhero, with electrical attacks and the power of flight. Black Adam is a bruiser type character, with lightning abilities that can deal continual damage. He moves slowly, but dishes out big damage with large hit boxes. He can shock opponents with electrical attacks, create forcefields to block enemy projectiles, and fly to evade and recover. Black Adam even has some ranged attacks...
The Ghostbusters VR game announced in April 2022 now has a full title and release window. This game, revealed earlier this year as Ghostbusters VR, is called Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord. It is a VR title for Meta Quest 2 and PlayStation VR2 that's scheduled to launch in 2023. nDreams is developing the title, which will be published by Sony Pictures Virtual Reality. Players will become a ghostbuster in San Francisco as they traverse the city to bust ghosts. Locations like the Golden...
Resident Evil Village's DLC, The Winter's Expansion is here, including additional Mercenaries content and a new short campaign to playthrough starring Ethan Winter's daughter, Rose Winters. Shortly after the opening sequence of the DLC you will find yourself in Lady Dimitrescu's castle, tasked with finding three masks to obtain a crystal. Here's where you can find all three masks. The Bronze Mask The Bronze Mask can be found in the courtyard, but you need to unlock a new ability before you...
NFL QB Kyler Murray of the Arizona Cardinals is known for his love of video games. So when he threw an interception during Sunday's game against the Minnesota Vikings, Patrick Peterson of the Vikings trolled the QB with a video game-themed celebration. Watch in the video below as Peterson pretends to play a video game by motioning like he was putting on a headset on and then moving his thumbs and fingers as if he's playing a video game. Peterson wasn't the player who picked off Murray on...
Valve announced that a Cave Johnson voice pack is coming to Dota 2 via a new video starring Valve president Gabe Newell. Cave Johnson is a fan-favorite character from Valve's first-person puzzler Portal 2. The Cave Johnson Mega Kills pack will be included in as part of the upcoming Battle Pass: Part 2, which drops on November 3. Cave Johnson is the former CEO and founder of the fictional Aperture Science in the Portal games. He is voiced by the beloved, Oscar-winning actor J.K. Simmons...
FIFA 23 is setting records for EA Sports. Electronic Arts has announced that the game had a "record-breaking" launch, reaching 10.3 million players in the first week, which was good for the "biggest launch period" in the history of the professional football series. EA went on to say that FIFA 23 has been played in 200+ nations worldwide, with players collectively logging 1.7 billion games thus far. Virtual footballers have spent more than 15.7 billion minutes in the game so far, which works...
Master Nightfall Strikes are one of the most challenging PvE activities in Destiny 2, but if that activity isn't challenging enough, try doing it with your movement keys disabled entirely. That's just what YouTuber Esoterickk did, as they not only completed the challenge with their movement entirely sealed off, but they did so without any teammates to offer battlefield support. According to the rules that Esoterickk set, the WASD keys were disabled, but jumping, access to a Sparrow...