Author: Trafficblast

The partnership between Sony and Activision for Call of Duty continues with Modern Warfare and Warzone, and now it’s been confirmed that the Season 6 update includes even more exclusive content for PS4 owners.

Writing on the PlayStation Blog, Activision laid out all of this content, beginning with a new map for the Spec Ops Survival mode. Survival mode will support the Hovec Sawmill map for its wave-based mode with the Season 6 update; this map is set at a sawmill with a barn in the middle and long sightlines for players who like sniping.

In other news about the Survival mode for Spec Ops, after nearly a year of exclusivity to PS4, the mode itself will be available on Xbox One and PC starting on October 1. Activision also clarified that the Hovec Sawmill map for Survival mode will be exclusive to PS4 until October 1.

Another PS4-exclusive coming in Season 6 is the Combat Pack for Warzone. Free for all PS Plus subscribers, the pack comes with the following items:

• Epic Rodion ‘Red Death’ skin (This skin unlocks the Operator, if not already owned)
• Epic ‘Shivvie’ Melee Weapon
• Epic ‘Slipshod’ Handgun Weapon Blueprint
• Epic ‘Ball and Chain’ Charm
• Epic ‘Don’t Back Down’ Calling Card
• Epic ‘Gulag’ Emblem
• Epic ‘Inside Job’ Sticker
• 60 Minute Double XP Token

This Combat Pack is exclusive to PS4 until December 1, 2020.

Finally, PS4 users are getting the Tide Pool weapon blueprint, which is exclusive to PS4 until October 1, 2020. This is a special sniper rifle with a shorter barrel, but Activision says it’s still powerful and effective with its “quality scope.” You can unlock the Tide Pool by completing a five-step mission, the full details of which can be found in the Missions tab.

Modern Warfare/Warzone Season 6 goes live very soon on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The free expansion adds new multiplayer maps and a subway system for Warzone, among many other things. For the full rundown, check out GameSpot’s breakdown of everything that’s new in Season 6. You can also watch the video above to learn more.

Genshin Impact, an open world RPG by Chinese developer Mihoyo, made waves when it was announced last year, with many complaining that the game looked like it had plagiarized Zelda: Breath Of The Wild‘s most distinctive features. Now that the game is out for free on multiple platforms, you can decide for yourself how close it is to the Nintendo epic.

Available now on PC, PS4, and mobile, with a Switch release coming later, Genshin Impact’s biggest point of difference is that it’s free-to-play, with the game hoping to pull a profit through gacha mechanics. Due to being developed in China, which has strict loot box regulations, Genshin Impact’s gacha pulls are at least transparent about their drop rates.

Like Breath of the Wild, Genshin Impact features an expansive open world, climbing and running governed by a stamina bar, and even a similar graphical style. It adds more playable characters to the mix, however, as well as co-op gameplay and a combo-based combat system.

Cross-saves are available between PC and mobile, while cross-play is supported for PC, PS4 and mobile. The Switch release is coming at a later date, so no details about cross-saves or cross-play for that platform are available yet.

WWE and 2K are being taken to court over the depiction of one wrestler’s sleeve tattoos. The Hollywood Reporter notes that artist Catherine Alexander has challenged these organizations over their use of her tattoo designs, present on the player model of Randy Orton, which marks the first case of a copyright dispute over tattoo art reproduction in a game that has gone to trial.

A federal judge in Illinois has given a partial summary judgment that finds that the WWE 2K game series has copied Alexander’s work, and it will now come down to a jury to decide whether this constitutes copyright infringement. The case centers around six tattoos on Orton’s arms, all of which have been recreated in-game, which Alexander never gave permission to reproduce.

This is not the first time 2K has been to court over tattoos, but when a similar challenge happened relating to NBA 2K, the courts found in favor of 2K. The case was never taken to trial.

You can read the memorandum and order for the WWE 2K case here. “The defense has been successfully invoked to allow copying of a small and usually insignificant portion of the copyrighted works, not the wholesale copying of works in their entirety as occurred here,” Judge Staci M. Yandle writes.

The outcome for this case could have wide-reaching implications for how personal tattoos are handled in games going forward.

There was no traditional WWE game released in 2020, with 2K instead releasing WWE 2K Battlegrounds, an arcade-like title. While his avatar in that game sports sleeve tattoos, they are not an exact match for Alexander’s work.

A new WWE 2K game is planned for 2021.

The next chapter in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and the battle royale game Warzone is about to unfold. The Season 6 update is coming very soon, and now Infinity Ward has informed fans about when exactly the update goes live and when to expect the patch notes. [Update: The patch notes are out now–see them below]

Infinity Ward senior communications manager Ashton Williams said in a tweet that the Season 6 update will go live at the usual time–11 PM PT on September 28. That works out to 2 AM ET and 7 AM GMT on September 29. For players in Australia, the patch will arrive starting in the late afternoon, from around 4 PM AEST.

The Season 6 patch includes a number of general fixes. For C4, a beep will now play when you use the quick detonation trigger; throw velocity has also been dropped by 30 percent. The patch also fixes an issue where players could hold unlimited stopping power rounds.

In terms of weapons, the Origin 12 shotgun has seen its damage at close range reduced, while all shotgun slug damage for Warzone has been increased. Additionally, the patch fixes a pair of problems that caused the player’s watch or heartbeat sensor to fail to fully appear when using the XRK chainsaw attachment on the Finn LMG.

For Warzone specifically, Infinity Ward has fixed a collision issue for the Stadium, while the patch also fixes an exploit that allowed players to see through a fence. The patch also fixes an issue whereby players could not damage enemies while using the ascender.

You can see the full patch notes below, as posted by Infinity Ward.

Even before revealing the patch notes, Infinity Ward provided an exhaustive rundown of what’s in the Season 6 update. This includes new maps for Modern Warfare, more weapons, and a new subway system in the battle royale game. There are also new Operators coming, including Farrah from the Modern Warfare campaign, while there will be a new Battle Pass to get started on with the Season 6 refresh.

You can read up on GameSpot’s full Season 6 coverage to find out everything that’s new.

Modern Warfare/Warzone Season 6 Patch Notes

PLAYLIST UPDATE:

MODERN WARFARE:

• Ground War
• Gunfight Blueprint Customs
• Face Off – Station
• Killstreak Confirmed
• Season Six Mish Pit – Season Six maps Broadcast and Mialstor Tank Factory in mosh pit game modes

WARZONE:

• BR Quads
• BR Trios
• BR Duos
• BR Solos
• Plunder Trios
• Armored Royale Quads

GENERAL FIXES:

• C4: Slight delay when performing a quick detonation. A beep will now play when quick detonation is triggered. Also reduced throw initial velocity by 30%
• Fix for a bug where, after reviving a teammate in Survival, there will be a 5 second delay before the user is able to use their weapon again
• Fix for an issue where players could obtain unlimited Stopping Power rounds
• Fix for an issue where the defending player had a long respawn timer after the HQ was taken back and all players were dead while in a Headquarters match
• Fix for an issue where it was possible to put a molotov or grenade into a planted bomb causing it to kill the diffusing player

WEAPONS:

• Fix for two issues where the player’s watch and/or Heartbeat Sensor would not be entirely visible when using the XRK Chainsaw attachment on the Finn LMG
• Fix for a bug where explosive and thermite rounds do not function as intended on the Chronic variant from the Blunt Force II bundle
• Fixed an issue where the muzzle selection screen for the Finn LMG was hard to view in the Gunsmith menu
• Fixed an issue where the player’s left hand will not properly grip the weapon when the 23.0” Romanian barrel is equipped on the AK
• Fixed a few bugs where the prone hipfire view model positioning was not appearing as intended and could disappear in certain circumstances
• Origin 12: Reduced very close damage in Warzone
• Shotguns: Increased damage of slugs in Warzone
• XRK ChainSAW – FiNN LMG:
  • Adding a description in Gunsmith nothing the attachment does not allow for weapon mounting
  • Increased brightness on the Tac Laser attachment

WARZONE:

• Fixed a collision issue in the south corner of the Stadium
• Fix for an issue where a fence with a white tarp over it near the Hospital was allowing players to see through it on one side
• Fix for an issue where, on occasion, the train would appear as a white placeholder icon on the map
• Implemented fixes to help properly track Warzone wins
• Fixed a bug where players were unable to damage enemies with gunfire while on an ascender
• If a player has their minimap set to not rotate, they will see inaccurate pings on the heartbeat sensor. This has been fixed
• Fix for a rare issue where the Train’s supply boxes could vanish during longer rounds

PC:

• NVIDIA Reflex is now available in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, including Warzone, and will deliver latency improvements in GPU-intensive gaming scenarios on GeForce GTX 900 and higher NVIDIA graphics cards
• Improved stability and performance

After nearly a year of exclusivity on PlayStation 4, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare‘s Survival mode in Spec Ops is headed to Xbox One and PC very soon.

Xbox One and PC players can access Survival mode from October 1, Infinity Ward’s senior communications manager announced on Twitter.

Xbox One and PC users have had access to the Spec Ops mode for Modern Warfare for launch, but Sony paid Activision to keep the Survival mode exclusive to PS4 for nearly a year.

Survival is a Horde-style cooperative mode where teams of up to four players fight against waves of increasingly difficult AI enemies across multiple maps.

Before Survival comes to Xbox One and PC, Infinity Ward will introduce Season 6 for Modern Warfare and the battle royale game Warzone. The free expansion adds new multiplayer maps, introduces a subway system to Warzone’s battle royale map, and includes new Operators. What’s more, the update introduces a new Halloween-themed finishing move that lets you dispatch a bat named Edward to kill your enemies.

You can read up on GameSpot’s full Season 6 coverage to find out everything that’s new.