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With a new generation of consoles debuting, a lot of fan-favorite video games from the eighth generation are making their way to the new PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X consoles. Destiny 2 is one of these games that has a next-gen port. This is anything from a simple port, however. Bungie has made some large improvements with this next-gen update, including 60 FPS gameplay, 4K resolution support, 120 FPS support for PvP, absurdly fast load times, and future support for crossplay with other consoles and PC users....

Last week was a big one for Destiny 2 fans as the second expansion, Warmind, finally launched alongside season 3. Between the new expansion content as well as all of the season 3 changes, including a new Crucible ranking system, players certainly had plenty of new things to do and work towards. With so much new content coming into the game, a few glitches and bugs also found their way inside to hamper player progression like a nasty issue related to the Warsat Heroic Public Event....

While Destiny 2 players on console have become well acquainted with Xur and his weekly selection of exotic items, for PC players this week marks their first encounter for the Agent of the Nine. It’s a chance to acquire new exotics and for many it is a chance to raise their power level. This week, Xur is hiding on Io. Players will want to head to the new Destiny 2 destination and travel to Giant’s Scar....

Last week, we got to see Destiny 2 perform its first unofficial crossplay test. Unofficial because it was actually a bug that activated crossplay on PvP activities earlier than planned. PS4 players were fighting Xbox players, PC players were fighting Stadia players–it was utter chaos! That test was brought to an abrupt end when it was patched out, but now Bungie plans to bring crossplay back with its first official test....

Last year, during the Season of the Worthy, Bungie introduced a brand-new event in Destiny 2 called Guardian Games. This event featured new armor sets for each class, Hunter, Warlock, and Titan, along with new cosmetics that players could unlock by completing challenges during the event or from the in-game Eververse store. The main purpose of this event is a competition between every class in Destiny 2. Last year, the whole event revolved around completing bounties which was not something the community enjoyed very much....

Since the game launched, Destiny 2 players had been clamoring for more difficult challenges, and the game’s second expansion, Warmind, delivered. However, players are finding some of the new Heroic Strikes modifiers, which rotate on a weekly and daily basis, too difficult. Hearing these concerns, Bungie is taking another look at Heroic Strikes and potentially tuning them for a July update. Bungie’s community manager, dmg04, took to Twitter to address complaints that certain modifiers, combined with the higher light level requirements, made Heroic Strikes too challenging; namely, the Blackout, Glass, and Grounded modifiers....

The free-for-all Rumble mode has returned in the latest update for Destiny 2, but many fans are none too happy about the new 8-player format and the current spawning system. Bungie has responded to the growing criticism about Rumble, promising that it is looking into solutions. There are plenty of discussions online between Destiny 2 players about what the true “issue” with rumble is. Some are saying that the mode is too crowded because of the increase to 8 players from Destiny 1’s 6-player Rumble....

Destiny 2 has always had an element of collecting that some players take more seriously than others. This collection mentality has often sparked the conversation of vault space, with many players calling for more space to collect the loot they earn. Many players keep their favorite ‘God Rolls’ while others optimize space by deleting old, sunset items, to make room for the new gear of the season, however scarce it may be....

With the Beyond Light expansion, Bungie has started “vaulting” some content in Destiny 2. The general idea is that Bungie files some unpopular Destiny 2 content away in the Destiny Content Vault to make room for fresh experiences, all the while keeping the game’s file size under control. However, it seems that the Destiny Content Vault may also one day lay claim to content that is fairly popular with fans of the MMO shooter....

After a barrage of negative comments from fans, Destiny’s developer, Bungie, releases full details about how the game matches players together in PvP. This week, Bungie has been facing a deluge of complaints that have culminated in a near-protest online, as fans demand that skill-based matchmaking be taken out of Destiny’s PvP. In an clear the air, Bungie has provided fans with a detailed breakdown of how Destiny’s matchmaking works....

Video game franchises that span decades can often get a bit wonky when it comes to timelines. Just ask The Legend of Zelda creators or Hideo Kojima with his Metal Gear Solid games. But Castlevania has a canon timeline that is decently straightforward; it’s just that the games all released in random years. In fact, the upper echelon of Konami’s leadership has defined the timeline in that they have rejected some of the games....

This Cobra Kai review is spoiler free. In the second episode of YouTube Red’s Cobra Kai, a sequel series to The Karate Kid, a brief exchange between the original film’s villain-turned-sensei Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) and his new student Miguel (Xolo Maridueña) becomes a perfect microcosm for the entire show. After the kid answers a phone call from his mother, Johnny advises him to change his ring tone to “Guns N’ Roses or something....

Season Four of Call of Duty: Warzone and Cold War is finally here, bringing with it a slew of interesting new tools for becoming the most lethal on the battlefield. From the MG 84 light machine gun to the forthcoming Mace melee weapon, there’s a ton of awesome gear waiting for the sweats to dive right back in. None, however, seem as tantalizing or extraordinary as the actual power tool itself: the pressurized projectile-spewing Nail Gun....

For a while now, Corsair has been at the top of the PC gaming peripheral market with a strong suite of keyboards, headsets, and mice. Its line of devices caters to a wide variety of needs and tastes, but even so many years later there are still more ways that the company can expand and improve. With the Corsair K65 RBG Mini, the company is entering the 60% keyboard market and bringing all its usual bells and whistles along....

Ubisoft has a busy year ahead of them. From the recent release of Child of Light, to sizeable driving MMO The Crew, a possible two Assassin’s Creed games and upcoming cyber sandbox game Watch Dogs, Ubi has a lot on its plate. As the age old adage goes; you don’t get to be one of the world’s most popular and successful video game publishers without managing your release schedule like your team’s starting lineup ahead of the World Cup....

I know that the Civilization series has always been alternative history, but this latest DLC pack seems a bit out there. Available on July 23 either individually or as part of the “Frontier Pass,” Civilization VI will be getting the Ethiopia DLC pack that contains not only a brand new civilization to use but a cult of Cthulhu worshippers. No, I’m not pulling your leg. This comes as part of the “secret societies” that are being introduced to the game....

If you wanted to throw knives in Cyberpunk 2077, you’re going to be disappointed to find out that the mechanic of doing so is not in a good place. Either by glitch or by design, throwing an upgraded knife actually deletes the knife after it lands, leaving you with common daggers that don’t do nearly enough damage even after using all of your skill points to beef them up. The feeling of throwing a legendary knife that disappears forever has understandably left a bad taste in the mouths of gamers all over....

Cyberpunk 2077 is a video game adaptation of Cyberpunk 2020, a tabletop role-playing game set in a dystopic time period that tackles things like inequality and oppression. As such, most expect that Cyberpunk 2077 will handle similar issues, but some wonder if real-world events may have also influenced it. In a recent interview with the Polish website Spider’s Web, CyberPunk 2077 Quest Designer Pawel Sasko discussed whether or not modern, real-world protests such as the Black Lives Matter movement caused any changes to Cyberpunk 2077’s outcome....

In D&D, the Lawful Good alignment is often unfairly maligned. Actually, it is often entirely fairly maligned, but it doesn’t have to be. The Lawful Good alignment has had its fair share of uncompromising players who micromanage their Chaotic or anything-less-than-Good party members. There are plenty of ways to play against the stereotype, though. Lawful Good does not have to be this way. The best advice that can be given to anyone trying to play a Lawful Good character is that if your actions can be described as “hard-ass,” rethink them....

Dark Souls 3 developer From Software reveals a new list of changes that will accompany the upcoming patch, which includes a number of important fixes. Dark Souls 3 is a runaway success for From Software, and represents the moment the Souls series finally made the leap from a haven for hardcore gaming fans to a title that had something to offer a much broader target demographic. Despite the game’s positive reception, however, the title’s deep and intricate gameplay mechanics have inevitably produced some Dark Souls 3 glitches that developers simply couldn’t find prior to its release....