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Call of Duty: Warzone is getting a new field upgrade soon. Players have found a bomb drone, a combination of two existing in-game items, in some private matches of the battle royale.

“Wow they literally took a tactic the community used and made it part of the game,” said Redditor Freshout420 in a thread about the bomb drone. The new item combines C4 and the recon drone, letting players set the C4 off after navigating the drone to a target.

Players have been making bomb drones of their own since the first season of Warzone when the game launched in March. One player would throw C4 onto a recon drone while their teammate flew it towards an enemy squad. They’d coordinate and set the C4 off once the drone got close enough. It’s just one example of the creativity the community has used on the battlefield.

Bomb drones aren’t an original idea, though. Fortnite players used two different explosive mines to create one back in June.

We could see a number of new items like the bomb drone come to Warzone once the battle royale integrates with Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War in December. Activision shared a long list of important details about how Modern Warfare, Warzone, and Black Ops Cold War will work together earlier this month. Hopefully Infinity Ward, Treyarch, and Raven Software can squash some of the game breaking bugs that Warzone has become known for in the lead-up to December.

Halloween is over, pumpkin patches are gone, and spooky decorations are put away. Animal Crossing: New Horizons players are on to the next big in-game holiday: Christmas.

“People get a pass for early Christmas decorations this year in my book,” said Animal Crossing player and Redditor Primique. “Spread the holiday cheer!”

Snow won’t come to the game until December 10 like every other entry in the series, but players are already putting up lights and decorations. Some have created custom paths lined with colorful bulbs, special Holiday-themed clothing, and even elaborate lawn decorations. November is just December-lite for these players.

Other players have taken their decorations to the next level by replacing their pumpkin patches with Christmas tree lots. They’ve replaced the pumpkin plants with cedar trees and planted piece of fruit behind them to prevent them from growing. Others have gotten even more creative with their holiday installations–they’ve made cider trucks, custom Christmas furniture patterns, and vineyards for classy holiday events.

December has always brought a lot of change to Animal Crossing. Previous games have seen villagers houses decorated with lights, snowballs that can be stacked to build snowmen scattered around the island, and a special event on December 24 that gives players Holiday-themed items.

Another update that adds the Harvest Festival (Thanksgiving) event and Toy Day (Christmas) is coming in November. Animal Crossing: New Leaf had players dress up as Santa to deliver presents to all of their villagers in order to receive special furniture. New Horizon’s holiday event will probably be somewhat different, similar to how Easter, Halloween, and other holidays have changed in the latest entry in the series.

Players have already acquired special holiday items, like Christmas trees and reindeer decorations, by time traveling to December. Other players will get those over the next month and a half. Expect to see more snowy Christmas designs as Animal Crossing fans prep for Toy Day.

The Demon’s Souls remake was released on November 12, 2020 as a PS5 launch game, but whether or not it will remain exclusive on the new console or eventually come to PC, either through Steam or another digital storefront, is a bit confusing. Below, we’ll parse through some of the messaging provided by Sony around the possibility of a Demon’s Souls PC version and speculate on whether or not we think it’s likely to happen.

Is Demon’s Souls Remake Getting a PC Version?

An early gameplay reveal trailer for Bluepoint’s Demon’s Souls remake closed out with a screen clearly stating in the footnote, “Also available on PC.” It also referred to the game as a “PlayStation exclusive,” with the added note, “Not available on other consoles for a limited time.” This led many to believe that the Demon’s Souls remake was a PS5 console launch exclusive and that it would eventually make its way to other platforms, including PC.

According to Sony, this messaging was “human error.” The trailer was promptly taken down and replaced with a new version of the trailer that did not include the PC announcement. When pressed for clarification by Kotaku on whether or not this means Demon’s Souls is not coming to PC, a Sony representative said, “Yes, it’s just PS5.”

In August 2020, however, a corporate report from Sony expressed the company’s interest in porting over more of its first-party titles to PC “in order to promote further growth in our profitability.” We’ve already seen that strategy play out with the launch of first-party Sony titles like Death Stranding and Horizon Zero Dawn hitting Steam months or even years after their launch on PS4. Bloodborne, a PS4 exclusive since its launch in 2015 and another incredibly successful FromSoftware IP, is among the highest in-demand from PC players. The Demon’s Souls remake, which Tamoor Hussain called “a sight to behold” in our early review impressions, now joins its ranks.

“It’s Just PS5,” Says Sony–But Is It Really?

Whether or not Demon’s Souls will eventually find its way to PC remains to be seen, but it honestly seems likely. The mixed messaging, along with the fact that Demon’s Souls is a PS5 launch game on a console with a fairly lean launch lineup of exclusives, certainly makes us suspect that Sony isn’t giving us all the answers just yet. The Dark Souls games have seen massive success across multiple platforms, including PC, so to keep the Demon’s Souls remake all to PS5 would not seem in line with Sony’s reported shift in strategy regarding first-party titles.

Still, the short answer remains no–according to Sony’s current messaging, the Demon’s Souls remake is not coming to PC. But with a 92 on Metacritic so far, it’s already enjoying a ton of critical acclaim, so we’re not giving up hope just yet.

Demon’s Souls launched on PS5 on November 12. If you’re looking to pick up a console to play it now, check out our order guide for the latest on where to buy a PS5.

Mega Evolutions made their debut in Pokemon Go back in August, and since then, developer Niantic has been fine-tuning the feature to make it easier for more players to enjoy. Last month, the studio outlined a slate of changes it planned to implement in the game soon, and now some of those adjustments have gone live.

Most notably, you can now earn Mega Energy by walking with a Buddy Pokemon, provided you’ve previously Mega-Evolved a Pokemon in your Buddy’s evolutionary line. Before this, the only way to obtain Mega Energy was either by participating in Mega Raid Battles or completing certain Research tasks, so this change gives you a handy new option for collecting the energy.

That isn’t the only change that has been implemented. Players can now also earn extra Candy when they have an active Mega-Evolved Pokemon and catch another monster of the same type. You can read more about the changes on the official Pokemon website.

In other news, Pokemon Go recently added the ability to directly transfer monsters to the Pokemon Home service. The feature is currently available for players who are at least level 24, but Niantic is gradually rolling it out to new users. We broke down the whole process in our guide on how to transfer from Pokemon Go to Pokemon Home. Players who bring a monster over from the mobile game will also receive a Gigantamax-capable Melmetal as a free present in Pokemon Home.

Niantic still has a number of November events in store for the game. This month, the studio is holding two Community Days, the first of which features Electabuzz and takes place this Sunday, November 15. The Legendary Pokemon Lugia is also appearing in Raids until November 16, when it’ll be replaced by the Swords of Justice: Terrakion, Cobalion, and Virizion.

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