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While most Destiny players now look forward to the weekend because of Trials of Osiris, there are still plenty who enjoy the weekly visit from Xur. The Agent of the Nine has been quite good to Destiny players as of late, gifting them with many of the new House of Wolves exotic armor pieces and bringing their collection that much closer to completion. However, on this 4th of July Weekend there is the hope that Xur might finally bring his own special firework to the party; we speak, of course, of Gjallarhorn....

It’s the last update before Beyond Light hits, and Bungie isn’t giving away the farm. They want Guardians to go on a journey of discovery when the new expansion hits next Tuesday, but they did give us a few more hints of some new and long-requested features. Perhaps one of the most requested changes to Destiny 2’s aesthetic was a dark-theme to all its varied menus. Most modern apps are offering a dark theme these days for late-night gaming sessions, from Discord to YouTube, and it seems that Destiny 2 is finally joining them in offering screens that are easier on the eyes....

With less than a week to go before the highly anticipated Destiny 2: Forsaken launches, Bungie is hoping to entice players back a little early with a massive free update that aims to further improve the experience across the board. As part of that update earlier in the week, players quickly found out that Forsaken weapons and armor have accidentally entered the Destiny 2 loot table sooner than expected and those brave enough to dismantle the loot have discovered the existence of all new consumable items....

Part two of Bungie’s three-part Destiny 2 livestream series for the upcoming Curse of Osiris expansion will air tomorrow at 11:00 am PT. The first livestream aired last week, introducing Destiny 2 fans to Osiris through the expansion’s introductory cinematic. This week’s stream will focus on activities to be found throughout the expansion’s new Mercury patrol region. And as a surprise, Bungie also has a teaser trailer for tomorrow’s event....

Although it’s not that unusual for Destiny 2 to experience some technical difficulties with the launch of a new expansion, the Beyond Light expansion seems to be having a few more problems than usual. Its launch this week brought down Destiny 2’s servers for a bit and has introduced a number of other issues, and one of these has resulted in Bungie delaying the next Trials of Osiris. The developer took to Twitter to confirm that it’s putting the weekly PvP activity on hold for a few weeks, meaning that the first Trials for the newly-launched Season of the Hunt will no longer take place this weekend as originally scheduled....

There’s been a wave of negativity in the Destiny 2 community regarding the Trials of Osiris. Whether it’s the mode’s loot, issues witch cheating, connection issues, or just the community, Destiny 2 players are growing disillusioned with it. Unfortunately, a new bug in Trials of Osiris is only going to compound frustrations. The bug is causing Destiny 2 players to not earn loot for their 3rd, 5th, or 7th wins. Luckily, Bungie has a fix coming soon....

There has been a lot of talk about framerate since Destiny 2 revealed its first gameplay and it was announced that the game will run at 30 frames per second on console, just as its predecessor did. As expected, the revelation has led to a lot of discussion among fans, and in a new video, Digital Foundry tests that locked 30 FPS framerate on the PS4. The footage below is taken from the PS4 Pro at the Destiny 2 Gameplay Reveal event and runs at a stable 30 FPS, with only one dropped frame during the test....

This week, Bungie is introducing the Destiny 2 Season of the Drifter content, which offers Gambit Prime armor sets for players to collect, and much more. As part of the promotional campaign for the new update, Bungie has also released a series short stories, but the narratives may do more than just tease the Season of the Drifter. Bungie has released five of these short stories so far: Gambit Prime, The Reckoning, Praxic Order, The Murder of Cayde-6, and The Job....

Destiny fans are busy playing this week’s Nightfall strike again and again, in an effort to farm one of the new strike-specific loot drops added in the April Update. The Destiny April Update added some new PvE content last month, including a revamped, “Takenified” version of the Winter’s Run strike that has been around since the launch of Destiny in 2014. To go along with that, Bungie also made the new Winter’s Run strike the only source for one of the newest weapons added in the April Update....

Players who signed into Destiny yesterday were met with a surprise—the Tower had been decked out in decorations for Halloween, in what Bungie has dubbed the Festival of the Lost. Here’s how to get the most out of Destiny’s limited-time Halloween event: Getting Started When Guardians first arrive in the Tower, they can visit Eva Levante, the Guardian Outfitter on the north side of the social hub. She has a quest to kick off the festivities and gives players an Empty Candy Satchel to collect candy, which is first earned by visiting the Tower’s vendors....

At EVO 2013 — the world’s biggest fighting game tournament — Capcom announced a new Street Fighter is on the way. Not a new numbered Street Fighter, mind you, but yet another iteration of Street Fighter 4. Capcom plans to reveal this next version of Street Fighter 4 during EVO’s Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition finals. There they will presumably reveal a trailer, further explain the title, and announce a name....

We don’t know what the weather was like in the U.K. on May 26, 1897. A romantic individual, however, might say that all throughout the nation, it was a dark and stormy night. After all, that was the day a man named Bram Stoker, a business manager for the popular Lyceum Theatre, finally published the book that would turn him into a horror legend. On May 1, 1987, almost 90 years to the day of the publication of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Konami released Castlevania in North America....

Castlevania composer Michiru Yamane recently posted a series of conspiracy theories regarding Donald Trump’s reelection efforts. Trump, who lost the popular vote by the largest margin since FDR, has peddled the idea that votes were “stolen” from him, and that many votes were “illegal.” Of course, this isn’t true, but it’s a claim that’s thrown the current election into doubt, and cast a pretty grim shadow over the coming months....

CD Projekt has issued a workaround for a game-breaking bug introduced to Cyberpunk 2077 via the 1.1 update, but not a fix. Cyberpunk 2077 players who have powered through rather than request a refund likely breathed a sigh of relief last week when the game’s first big patch landed. Although that being said, there have been reports as recently as last week that some players have received refunds without having to return the game....

Back on National Pokémon Day, Game Freak revealed that a new Mythical Pokémon named Zarude would be making its way to Pokémon Sword & Shield, but hasn’t shared any methods of obtaining it. Now however, the company has stated how Zarude can be acquired, and what fans have to do in order to get their hands on the Mythical Pokémon. With the upcoming Pokémon The Movie: Coco set to release in Japan in July, Game Freak has decided to distribute Zarude as a promotional item for those who pre-order tickets for the movie....

Chaosium has announced the release of The Adventure of the Great Hunt, a free scenario for the King Arthur Pendragon RPG. The free scenario is part of Chaosium’s WeAreAllUs 2020, an annual celebration to commemorate the passing of famed TRPG game designer and Chaosium founder Greg Stafford, who passed away two years ago this week. The Adventure of the Great Hunt scenario also offers TRPG players a brief look at some rules for the 6th edition of the King Arthur Pendragon RPG....

Disney’s Cruella, which stars Emma Stone as the villainous Cruella de Vil, has garnered numerous comparisons to Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker. Now, a fan has made a video that shows how Cruella could be the origin story of Joker’s mother, Penny Fleck. The upcoming Disney film is the live-action prequel to 101 Dalmatians. Set in 1970s London, Cruella offers a re-imaged origin story of the iconic Dalmatian hoarding thief and follows Estella, a young grifter who is determined to find success in the fashion world....

There are many way to achieve victory in Sid Meier’s Civilization 6 with one of which being a religious victory. In order to do that, players need to found their own religion. Religions and building them up in Civilization 6 are reliant on the faith currency. Unlike gold, food, and production, faith needs to be raised via various structures that can be built in cities within players’ civilizations. In order to create a proper religion, players first need to create a pantheon belief....

The Civilization franchise has been one of the most successful strategy series in gaming history. While the original Civilization had a definite cult following, the games definitely hit a wider mark with Civilization II, and continued to hammer out classics with the third and fourth games in the popular series. Civilization V, released in September 2010, continued the trend of the addictive “just one more turn” gameplay that was a hallmark of the series....

Last September, Sony Pictures TV renewed their contract with the creators of Cobra Kai – Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg. The deal with the trio’s production imprint, Counterbalance Entertainment, runs for four years and even includes the possibility of expanding the Cobra Kai/Karate Kid universe with fresh spinoffs. In light of that fresh ink and in advance of the long-awaited Cobra Kai season 4, Den of Geek chatted with Heald and Hurwitz about the future of the franchise, and what Karate Kid films will continue to be in the Cobra Kai canon....