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Beyond Light arrives in Destiny 2 in less than two months now, and Bungie is teasing bits and pieces of info almost every week. Over the past month, we got a preview of what to expect from the new Stasis Subclasses, and now the latest trailer gives us an in-depth look at what Europa has to offer. Starting with Variks. The ex-warden has apparently shown up on Europa to warn the Guardians that the Fallen are amassing under a new leader: Eramis....

Cynthia Ann Parker was about nine years old when she was taken by Comanche warriors during an attack on her family’s settlement. She lived with the Native American tribe for 24 years, married into it, and eventually had Comanche children. When she was finally “saved” by Texas Rangers, she hardly recognized her old way of life or the culture she was thrust back into. Her fate was a tragedy, but her story became the stuff of legend, even inspiring one of the greatest Westerns ever made, John Ford’s The Searchers....

Announced earlier this month, Mortal Kombat 11’s Kombat Pack 2 will allow fans to battle to the bitter end with a handful of new fighters. Among those announced were the fan favorite, Mileena, one of Shang Tsung’s genetic experiments and adopted daughters; Rain, a half-god with the ability to control water; and perhaps one of the most bizarre and interesting characters to join the roster, Rambo, the rogue action hero from the titular film series....

The Amiibo toy line launched in 2014 alongside the Wii U version of Super Smash Bros. Despite the demise of the toys-to-life genre in the late 2010s, Amiibo has somehow found a way to thrive for nearly a decade after its debut. While their in-game functionality isn’t nearly as prevalent as it used to be, many people still enjoy collecting figures of their favorite Nintendo or third-party characters. Many of Nintendo’s biggest releases like Metroid Dread or Splatoon typically launch with new Amiibo alongside them....

Nintendo’s lofty sales predictions for number of Switches and software sold may indicate just when we’re getting that new Pokémon game. Nintendo has been unveiling a number of financial figures today, including how many Switches have been sold to now, and how well their biggest selling games have been doing (like Super Mario Odyssey selling more than 10 million units, and Breath Of The Wild becoming the best-selling Zelda game of all time)....

NIS America has been very active lately. Besides hosting a fan poll to decide which cover art to use for Ys IX: Monstrum Nox and temporarily making Disgaea 5 free to play, the company has also just announced its newest title, Poison Control. The game is an action RPG that will launch early 2021 for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. Most of what is known about the game comes from its freshly released announcement trailer and store page....

Yesterday, Henry Cavill posted a picture of himself reading what looked to be a blurred script on Instagram. Despite the fact that the writing was ostensibly illegible, people quickly ran it through deblurring technology in order to decipher what was on the page - as you probably know by now, it was a printout of the Wikipedia entry for Mass Effect 3. I’m here to say that no, Henry Cavill probably isn’t playing Commander Shepard in a live-action TV adaptation of the Mass Effect trilogy....

The next generation of Nvidia GeForce graphics cards are getting nearer to production, with rumors of a launch by the end of the year. Evidence of this is substantiated by the release of the first Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 photo, speculated to be of engineering samples of the 3080. The photo features a line of several GeForce RTX 3080 cards, each in various states of assembly. The photo reveals unique fan configuration for the 3080, with a single visible fan on one side of the card and a unique heat dispersion assembly around it....

The $16.99 book takes you on a journey as Kratos teaches his son his ABC’s of the nine realms. Like the game, Kratos is teaching his kid Atreus (BOY) how to live in the world around them, but this book will impart that wisdom from Kratos in an “irreverent and entertaining style.” Despite the book’s art style, this is actually made for adults; it would be weird if there was a kids book for an M-rated game after all....

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has officially launched, bringing with it a new batch of 1980s era weaponry. Players have wasted no time trying to find the best guns in the game’s current meta, with YouTuber Ali-A sharing a deadly Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War loadout for the MP5. While Dr Disrespect recently shared an MP5 loadout for Call of Duty: Warzone, this version from Ali-A is designed specifically around the Black Ops Cold War version of the weapon....

A tweet from Ori and the Blind Forest developers Moon Studios has confirmed that its next game will be an action-RPG. The tweet also announces that the new title from the Ori developers will be published by Private Division, a US-based publisher most famous for Kerbal Space Program and The Outer Worlds. There are no further details on the upcoming title yet, but it’s likely to employ the unique blend of painterly-style and refined game-play that Moon Studios have become known for....

Outriders’ Asylum quest brings the story full circle by bringing your crew to where it all began. Trapped in the same forest that killed many Outriders when you arrived, you’ll need to scavenge for parts to repair your truck. This quest is fairly quick and rather uneventful, but Asylum does set up quite a few plot points that are carried out throughout the second half of the game. It also contains one of the most frustrating minibosses in the form of the Blood Morpher....

While Outriders is a pretty impressive looter shooter in a lot of ways, but it’s hard to deny that the game’s server and performance issues are ruining the experience for many players. Maybe we should be used to these kinds of issues by now (and the difficulty of developing a game during a global pandemic almost certainly exacerbates them), but it’s a shame that Outriders hot debut has been cooled slightly by the fact that many people haven’t been able to connect to the game in the first place....

To help Blizzard make its online shooter Overwatch a more balanced experience, we name five characters that could use a buff, and five others that should be nerfed. In the digital age of gaming, developers have the benefit of improving games long after they hit store shelves. For online multiplayer games, these improvements often come in the form of balancing updates that “nerf” (weaken) or “buff” (boost) characters or weapons in an attempt to make the game fairer for everyone playing....

Today Blizzard released a new Overwatch in-engine animated video starring Junkrat and Roadhog to tease the upcoming Junkerton map. The video features the Australian duo being exiled out of Junkertown by the “Queen” and then plotting their revenge. Well, mostly it’s just Junkrat doing the plotting. The video perfectly sets up the context for the new Junkertown map, the reasons why players might be escorting a card of gold, money, and bombs through this Junkertown fortress....

Another tease has been shared online that further alludes to the return of classic gaming TV show X-Play for the soon to be rebooted G4 network. For those who didn’t grow up watching cable television in the 2000s, G4 was a network that ran from 2002 to 2013 and was advertised as “TV 4 gamers.” X-Play, alongside Attack of the Show, were the two tentpoles of the network, providing gaming reviews and news almost always through a comical lens....

Update 4/25: Mortal Kombat 11 director Ed Boon clarifies on Twitter that a “vast majority” of skins will not be made available through the Premium Shop. Original story follows. Since yesterday’s Mortal Kombat 11 release date, an increasing number of details about the game’s progression system have become clear, and the picture being painted is not a pretty one. Indeed, fans are voicing a great deal of frustration about the grind associated with obtaining cosmetics in Mortal Kombat 11, and NetherRealm Studio has already promised that a fix is on the way....

Moto G7 Plus vs G6 Plus design Moto G7 Plus: 157 x 75.3 x 8.3mm, 176g Moto G6 Plus: 160 x 75.5 x 8mm, 167g Moto G7 Plus vs G6 Plus display Moto G7 Plus: 6.2-inches, 19:9 ratio, 2270 x 1080, 403ppi, Moto G6 Plus: 5.9-inches, 18:9 ratio, 2160 x 1080, 409ppi Moto G7 Plus vs G6 Plus camera Moto G7 Plus: 16MP/5MP rear, 12MP front, OIS Moto G6 Plus: 12MP/5MP rear, 8MP front Hardware and software Moto G7 Plus: SD636, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, microSD, 3000mAh Moto G6 Plus: SD630, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, microSD, 3200mAh Price and conclusions Moto G7 Plus: £269 on Motorola UK Moto G6 Plus: £269

Following a number of positive COVID-19 tests among production crew members, CBS is halting work on 3 series being produced at CBS Studio Center in Studio City, California. The shutdowns began on Monday, November 9th and are expected to remain in place through at least the end of the week. The 3 series reportedly facing a pause in production include Why Women Kill, the Apple TV+ hit Mythic Quest, and ABC’s Call Your Mother, which currently has yet to properly premiere on television....

It’s no secret that Cyberpunk 2077 is still pretty buggy, even though CD Projekt Red is hard at work squashing bugs as quickly as they arise. The critical glitches are getting the most attention, but bugs such as teleporting NCPD officers and, uh, V’s fly hanging low are not likely to be fixed anytime soon. And then there’s this latest bug where V “won’t keep their pants on while driving,” as Polygon puts it....