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Black Ops 4 Blackout Receives Standalone Release On PC, Cuts Price In Half

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The latest installment in the annual Call of Duty franchise, Black Ops 4, has been grabbing hold of the competitive multiplayer world since its release back in October. The multiplayer-only game took a move to rip out the single player campaign and was initially met with criticism upon its announcement. However, since launch day, Black Ops 4 has performed incredibly well, and it’s largely due to its dip into the battle royale realm with Blackout.

The massively popular first-person online shooter has done so well with its battle royale entry Activision has decided to sell Blackout, along with the rest of the traditional multiplayer modes, as a separate SKU for those wishing to opt out of the zombie content. The new pack known as “The Battle Edition” is available only for PC, but cuts the price of Black Ops 4 in half to $30, which can be found at Blizzard Entertainment’s digital store, Battle.net.

Since stepping into the BR genre, Call of Duty is living up to its reputation and delivering one of the best battle royale experiences available. Giving BR ready players the option of singularly purchasing Blackout could prove beneficial for the Call of Duty franchise, allowing the revered FPS series to, not only appeal to a wider number of online players, but directly compete with other paid battle royale titles, such as PlayersUnkown’s Battlegrounds and H1Z1.

Black Ops 4 is available for the PS4, Xbox One and PC, but the discounted Battle Edition is solely available for the PC at Battle.net.

Source: Game Informer

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As Disney Speedstorm Ends, Arendelle Hits PS5, PS4

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Disney Speedstorm, Gameloft’s free-to-play kart racer, will enter its latest season with a wintery backdrop of Arendelle. Let It Go will add Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff, and Hans as racers. As always, they’ll have unique moves and abilities.

Oaken and other musical movie crew members will be unlocked, along with a new Golden Pass. After fan feedback, the developer is rebalancing this aspect of the release so you can progress faster and unlock more rewards.

The developer also announced on Twitter that it’s lowering in-game shop prices starting today, and if you’ve paid for microtransactions, you’ll get a big payout. The French studio appears to be betting on this season’s success.

Adding non-Frozen characters Oswald, Ortensia, and WALL-E could also help. A comprehensive game update should bring back lapsed players and attract new ones. Will you challenge the kart racer?

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New Destiny 2 Microtransaction Is Bad Bungie Removed It from PS5, PS4

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Bungie has pulled a contentious $15 starter pack from Season of the Wish, which launched yesterday. The pack had a poor selection and was marketed to new players, which the community strongly opposed.

The starter pack proudly stated that players could “experience the power of build-defining Exotic weapons by instantly unlocking three of Destiny 2’s finest: Traveler’s Chosen, Ruinous Effigy, and Sleeper Simulant.” An exotic ship, a sparrow, a ghost shell, 125,000 glimmer, 50 enhancement cores, five enhancement prisms, and one ascendant shard are also included.

This offering may seem harmless to a new player, but Forbes’ Paul Tassi says, “You sort of have to be a Destiny 2 player to understand what an outrageously bad deal this is.” The Forsaken Pack, another Bungie release, includes two dozen Exotics, a dungeon, and a raid. It cost $20 and is now $5. It looks bad, from what we can tell.

Guardians retaliated with negative Steam reviews. They orchestrated the DLC page to include “Capitalism,” “Crime,” and “Psychological Horror” user tags, which is funny.

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After Bungie pulled the pack, Redditor Grizz3d summarized the community response: “I don’t get how that starter pack was approved. What part of stealing from new players wasn’t going to result in community outrage? Bungie’s disconnect with players is shocking. I’m glad you got rid of the pack, but it’s disappointing that Bungie thought it was a good idea.”

This follows the Witcher 3 crossover armour sets, which look great but are expensive. Sony’s independent live service outpost is in danger due to a delayed expansion and studio layoffs.

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PlayStation planted over 500,000 trees last year

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Sony announced last year that it would plant trees for Horizon Forbidden West PlayStation fans who unlocked a simple trophy in the open-world game. This, in partnership with several charities, sought to protect the global environment and biodiversity.

Over a year later, it released a trailer showing its progress. The company has planted 600,000 trees worldwide, restoring 1,800 acres. More importantly, the gaming industry has planted 2.5 million trees worldwide.

Gaming is fun, but we must protect our world. Sony has taken steps to be more environmentally friendly, such as adding energy-saving features to the PS5 and shipping all its products in fully recyclable packaging.

 

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