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This week, Destiny 2 launched the Prestige version of its Leviathan Raid. Although the difficulty has a different name, most will know Prestige as Heroic – a more challenging version of the current raid. And like with past harder versions of raids, the Prestige version of Leviathan has a few changes to keep players on their toes. Overall Prestige Raid Changes The good news is that the no revive punishment is completely gone from the Prestige version of Leviathan....

With the release of the Forsaken expansion and Destiny 2’s second year, titles were added to the game. These pursuits are a completionists’ task, challenging players to master activities and collect gear. The Blacksmith title is unlocked by completing the Black Armory Seal in Triumphs. And like the other seals, it requires players to have accomplished a lot in Destiny 2’s Black Armory add-on. It’s necessary for some tasks to complete them on one character, and while there are others that count account-wide across characters, it’s best to focus on one character to complete the triumphs....

This week in Destiny 2, the first and only ritual weapon of the season arrived alongside Iron Banner. Point of the Stag is a legendary bow that can be earned through the seasonal Iron Banner quest alongside the Iron Remembrance armor set. Thankfully, it’s pretty easy to grind for considering its given to players before the final quest step. Whether or not the weapon is useful is still up for debate among the community....

Destiny fans who have been hoping for more competitive options in Destiny 2 will likely be happy hearing this news. Destiny 2’s PvP playlists are getting split into casual and competitive playlists, to help players find the experience they are looking for. Game director Luke Smith spoke with Game Informer explaining what kind of game modes could be found in each playlist: Countdown is the new PvP mode that Bungie debuted at the Destiny 2 Reveal Event, which is an attack-and-defend bomb planting mode that also has an Elimination element....

Every now and then video games produce some pretty wholesome moments, like when Fortnite players gathered to celebrate a younger player’s birthday amidst lock down. One Destiny 2 player had a similar experience recently, as they managed to get some much needed help on their Physics homework following the completion of a raid. Like its predecessor, Destiny 2 is primarily a multiplayer game. There’s a lot of things that players can do by themselves, but when it comes to raids, they’ll end up needing help from other Guardians....

After Destiny 2 players took advantage of an exploit allowing them to repeatedly farm the game’s new Prophecy Dungeon, Bungie disabled the problematic checkpoint to stem the tide of infinite loot. The announcement was relayed via Bungie’s support account on Twitter. While some Destiny 2 players were sad to miss out on the endless lucre, reactions to the tweet have been overwhelmingly positive. Guardians praised Bungie’s quick response to the Prophecy Dungeon’s game-breaking loot loop, which essentially allowed players to repeatedly reload a checkpoint with an un-looted chest after switching characters....

About a couple of weeks ago, the video game development team at Bungie piped up to announce its decision to add a PvP Public Test Region of sorts for its science fiction shooter Destiny 2, naming it Crucible Labs. Now, the feature is officially live, and it gives Guardians the chance to try out its first featured game mode that’s currently in the works for the PvP arena, which is being dubbed “Showdown”....

Before Destiny 2 came out, no one could have predicted the rage and criticism that the game’s new consumable shader system received. It has been a constant point of frustration due to the fact that they have to be earned one by one, some of the best ones are locked behind the Eververse Store, and that they have to be dismantled one at a time. But it looks like with the game’s major fall expansion, Forsaken, developer Bungie is taking a step to ease some of the frustrations about shaders....

CD Projekt Red fans holding out hope that the developer might one day return to the core Witcher franchise were dealt a serious blow this week. There may come a time when CD Projekt does go back to that world, but currently, it sounds like the adventures of Geralt of Rivia are concluded. In a new interview, CD Projekt Red Co-Founder Adam Kicinski spoke openly about his studio’s projects. From Gwent to Cyberpunk 2077, Kicinski offered teases about the future of these titles and some introspective thoughts regarding their successes and failures....

CD Projekt Red studio head Marcin Iwinski teases the possibility that the studio will reveal a new game at E3 next month, but says Cyberpunk 2077 won’t be at the event. With The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt coming to a close with its Blood and Wine expansion, fans are waiting to see what CD Projekt Red does next. It’s well known that the studio is working on the ambitious sci-fi RPG Cyberpunk 2077, but it apparently has something else in the works as well, and that mystery game could be revealed as soon as E3 next month....

After being delayed from March, Chivalry 2 is officially welcoming players to its cross-play closed beta. The event will run until April 26 and is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. Access to the closed beta is included with all Chivalry 2 pre-orders – so now’s a great time to pick it up if you’re itching to jump into the medieval mayhem. Plenty of new content will be available during the test, including a new Siege of Rudhelm map and several new game modes....

Chronos: Before the Ashes investigates time and the effect that its passing has on a character. The player begins the game as a young hero who must venture into a mysterious labyrinth in an attempt to save his homeland from evil. However, the labyrinth’s entrance opens just once a year, meaning that with every failure, the hero is cast out and must wait a full year to return. Players will watch as their nimble hero ages and must learn to rely less on physical prowess to survive the dungeon....

The Last of Us is one of the most popular zombie narratives in gaming, but it’s not the only one with a punishing and brutal story to tell. The Walking Dead series is set in the same universe as the comic book series that came before, but its story follows Clementine. Like Ellie, she was thrust into the outbreak at a young age, shaping her into the scrappy and clever fighter that is able to survive, despite the world being littered with the infected....

Late night talk show host Conan O’Brien invites the popular YouTube personality PewDiePie to play Far Cry Primal with him on his Clueless Gamer segment. Part promotion for PewDiePie’s own digital series on YouTube Red, and part advertisement for Ubisoft’s recently-released prehistoric action-adventure game, Far Cry Primal, comedian Conan O’Brien and the Let’s Play star take on some of the title’s combat, beast mastering, and mammoth riding. Obviously, considering the Clueless Gamer segment was created as a portion of the talk show host’s comedy and variety hour, the resulting clip contains plenty of jokes at the expense of Far Cry Primal....

We’re already midway through March and we’re still waiting on Firaxis to tell us what the last civilization for Civilization 6’s New Frontier Pass will be, but it looks like Steam is going to beat them to the punch. As first spotted by Chris Davenport over on Twitter, Steam has been updated with several new achievements that seem to point at Portugal as the last civilization to arrive. According to SteamDB, two achievements make direct references to Portugal: “The spice Must Flow - Win a regular game as João III,” and “Ultramar Português - As Portugal, have a Trading Post in cities belonging to Brazil, India, and Japan....

If you’re getting PC gaming hardware, especially from Corsair, then you’re very likely getting RGB. That fact has become a meme at this point, and it’s something I learned firsthand when I started doing product reviews for TheGamer. Suddenly I found myself with a mechanical RGB keyboard, a headset that lights the way to bathroom breaks during late-night gaming sessions, and even an RGB desk. It’s funny - in that desk review I wondered why everything marketed for gamers has to have RGB....

Valve is changing things up with its multiplayer military first-person-shooter Counter-Strike: GO beyond the rumored plan to change game engines. Released yesterday, this new CS: GO patch swaps out a couple of maps for brand new ones as well as making changes to features such as decoy grenades and Trusted Mode. One of the biggest changes brought by yesterday’s patch is that a couple of maps have been removed from official matchmaking to make way for two new ones....

The iconic Crash Bandicoot franchise is finally getting a new sequel with Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time. The new installment is coming later this year to Xbox One and PS4, and will be a canon Crash sequel, picking up after Crash Bandictoot 3: Warped. It looks like the new game is emulating the style of the original trilogy, but will also have some new tricks up its sleeve, including some new moves....

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time just released for PC through Battle.Net, but it’s already run into one big problem- it requires a constant internet connection in order to play. Players who have just jumped into the game on PC have been met with login errors that are preventing them from getting into the game. As it turns out, It’s About Time on PC has always-online DRM, which means that you need an internet connection in order to play at all....

Even though Cyberpunk 2077 was released seemingly far before it was ready, the clunky game is saved by a select few traits. The characters make for one of the most real and unique experiences in any game, most of which are hidden among the sea of random missions players have to sift through. While that doesn’t make for an ideal journey through Cyberpunk, it does make finding the best quests all the more special....