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The editor can be a brutal but necessary evil of the creation process. They are responsible for flow, pacing, but more importantly—particularly in the gaming industry—budgeting concerns. While stuff could be cut for many reasons, keeping a project on time and within budget is a great concern. The Fallout series, while clearly full of content, has not been spared with machinations of the editor. Often time gets away from game developers, and things need to be cut....

The upcoming Destiny expansion, Rise of Iron, implements a new skeleton key system, which will alleviate grinding by allowing players to target specific loot. Grinding for gear can be one of the worst experiences in gaming – especially if long hours of hard work do not feel rewarding enough. Every Destiny player has suffered that disappointment at one time or another. Game Informer was recently allowed the opportunity to explore the action-RPG’s next expansion a month before its release and posted a discussion of what the site discovered....

Games are nothing without their respective communities. Fans are the backbone of any well-loved gaming franchise, and developers are keenly aware of this. In the age of instant information and social media, studios have begun to embrace the way in which fans and popular players can generate buzz for upcoming releases or expansions. It should come as no surprise that a company like Bungie, that puts a priority on community, understands this....

It’s July 7 and there is a new Destiny 2 Season of Arrivals update available. Starting today, Season Pass owners can finally acquire the Ruinous Effigy exotic trace rifle. Here are the steps. Exotic trace rifles are some of the more unique weapons in Destiny 2 and each of them comes with its own gimmick. The Ruinous Effigy is probably one of the more outlandish ones as it turns defeated enemies into usable artifact weapons....

After a two month delay which extended the current Destiny 2 timeline a bit longer than most fans expected, the anticipated Beyond Light expansion is now only days away. The experience represents a new era for the popular looter shooter franchise and it’s bringing plenty of changes with it. The biggest may be the Destiny Content Vault, which represents Bungie’s way to clean up and clear out legacy content. While content put into the vault could reappear down the road, it’s likely going to be a shock at first for players considering the huge list of content being removed on November 10....

Developer Bungie said earlier this week that it is looking into nerfing Lord of Wolves, an exotic shotgun that is currently running rampant in PvP, especially on PC. In a stream today, Destiny 2 director Luke Smith answered fan questions about the weapon, saying that Lord of Wolves will be nerfed “shortly.” Smith said Bungie knows that the weapon is out of control, but instead of going the route of turning off the weapon in Destiny 2, Smith said the developer is going to let it go for now, but that it will not be long before the weapon gets rebalanced....

Destiny 2’s Season of the Chosen marked the second season for Year 4, allowing Guardians to fight against hundreds of Cabal in a new activity named Battlegrounds. Using the Hammer of Proving, players could smash Cabal chests at the end of each Battleground match to obtain some amazing gear. The main source of upgrading your Hammer of Proving is War Table Reputation, a currency you can only obtain by completing older Seasonal Challenges....

With Destiny 2: Forsaken launching in a week, Bungie has started dropping hints about the upcoming DLC’s story. Following the release of the Forsaken launch trailer, Bungie posted a communication thread between Cayde-6 and Petra Venj, two big characters for Forsaken’s story. While at first glance, the communication is nothing more than the two joking with each other, Petra’s response holds a secret hint at the bigger picture of Forsaken....

Destiny: Rise of Iron brings new merchandise to the Eververse Trading Company including seven new emotes and the ability to purchase reputation boosters. It is an exciting time to be a Destiny player as Bungie is preparing to launch its final major expansion for the game next week. Just like the April update, Rise of Iron plans not only add new story content and areas to explore, but it promises to add a number of quality life enhancements as well....

Kickstarter backers for the Castlevania spiritual successor Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night receive the game’s E3 2016 demo build as gratitude from the developers. After Microsoft’s press conference for E3 2016, the company’s Xbox booth at the event allowed fans to play a plethora of demos, among them being game developer Koji Igarashi’s crowdfunded spiritual successor to the Castlevania franchise, which is known as Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. However, considering that a lot of the title’s Kickstarter backers were unable to attend this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, Igarashi and his team at Inti Creates are now making the forthcoming release’s E3 2016 demo build available to all fans who pledged $60 or more to the project....

CD Projekt Red still hasn’t shared when it expects to release its ambitious new game, Cyberpunk 2077, but earlier this week the developer did offer an update on its progress. Apparently the RPG is shaping up nicely, but the studio is eager to hold off on a full reveal until there’s plenty worth showing. “Right now it’s the end of talking about Cyberpunk until we can go out there and show stuff and say, ‘Hey, here it is,’ because that’s how we do games,” said Marcin Iwinski, the co-founder of CD Projekt Red....

Our quick take Chromecast Audio - 5.0 / 5 Chromecast Audio review: Design goes vinyl Chromecast Audio review: Connectivity Chromecast Audio review: Setup Chromecast Audio review: Open platform Chromecast Audio review: Spotify everywhere Chromecast Audio review: Supported services Chromecast Audio review: Mirroring Chromecast Audio review: Performance To recap Chromecast Audio will breathe connected life into your existing speakers. It will bring connectivity and for those wanting to spread Spotify to other speakers, this is a really simple and cheap solution....

As part of Civilization 6’s New Frontier Pass, Firaxis is addign a series of new leaders, scenarios, and features to the game over the next year. For its July installment in the New Frontier Pass, Firaxis introduced a new leader to the game: Menelik II of Ethiopia. As with most new leaders, Menelik II operates in a completely different way than any other leader in the game, so here’s a break down of what Ethiopia’s new leader brings to the table....

While 1987’s Hellraiser never set the box office on fire and split critics down the middle, Clive Barker’s supernatural horror film has gone on to become a cult classic, spawning nine sequels. The films, centered on a mystical puzzle box called the Lament Configuration that summons extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic beings called Cenobites who cannot differentiate between pain and pleasure, are anchored by their leader Pinhead, who has rightfully become a horror movie icon....

Corpse Party Blood Covered… Repeated Forever is a remastered version of the 3DS’ Corpse Party Blood Covered that’s getting a wider release on a variety of platforms. Corpse Party Blood Covered was a remake of the 1996 Corpse Party game, which some consider to be one of the scariest video games of all time. Though Corpse Party Blood Covered…Repeated Forever was initially only announced for the Nintendo Switch, it’s platform options have been expanded....

Matt Reeves’ The Batman trailer does a lot of work introducing not one, not two, but three major Gotham City villains for the Dark Knight to face off with in the film. We get a look at Paul Dano’s creepy, serial killer interpretation of the Riddler, Zoe Kravitz’s understated Selina “Catwoman” Kyle, and an unrecognizable Colin Farrell as Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, one who isn’t yet the crime boss of Gotham City, and who hates being called the Penguin....

U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has declared late Monday night that Apple will not have to “immediately reinstate” Epic Games’ mega-popular battle royal game, Fortnite, onto its App Store. However, it’s worth noting that the judge also permitted the Fortnite developers’ request to block Apple from limiting the game developer’s ability to provide Unreal Engine and key graphics technology to other apps for the time being. She stated how Apple’s wishes to restrict Unreal Engine usage in the wake of this lawsuit would hurt third-party developers that utilize Epic Games’ technology....

In the spirit of the holidays, developer Reagent Games offers players a brief look at some concept art for Crackdown 3, including some new locales and armor. As a small little Christmas present to fans, Crackdown 3 developer Reagent Games has offered a closer look at their upcoming open world, superhero power fantasy release. The images, while not from the finished product or even the in-development game, offer peeks at the concept art for Crackdown 3, which is set to hit some time in summer 2016....

WOAH! Crash Bandicoot’s Nendoroid figure is now available to preorder, and he looks incredibly cute. You better save up those wumpa fruits because Crash is currently on the Good Smile Company’s store for 8,000 yen (or around $77). You can preorder him between now and Christmas Eve at 12:00pm JST. The posable figure comes with two face plates, interchangeable tongue parts, three different eye sets, and most notably an Aku Aku Mask that he can wear or hang out with....

While gamers wait in anticipation for Cyberpunk 2077, a beatboxer has performed a cover of the theme song and fans are going to want to watch, because his title as Russian Beatbox Battle Champion is clearly well-deserved. Cyberpunk 2077 is now set to release on November 19th after a series of delays by Projekt Red, and fans are hyped up, to say the least. Many gamers are hoping the game will release in time to become a contender for Game of the Year, but this open-world title that has earned its name as one of the most highly anticipated games of 2020 has been pushed back twice....