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Even with E3 2021 and all other video game showcases taking place largely online, folks can still get their hands on demos for 40 upcoming Xbox games.

ID@Xbox, the company’s indie game promotional and self-publishing program, has released its list of game demos that folks can download and play anytime between June 15 through June 21.

Highlights include:

• Tunic, the Zelda-inspired adventure starring a cute sword-wielding fox.

• Lake, where you play a woman escaping city life by taking over her dad’s old mail route and learns about how her hometown has changed.

• Sable, a gorgeous adventure game with an art style inspired by colorful Mobius art.

• Echo Generation, a voxel-style turn-based RPG with big Stranger Things vibes.

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You can find the full of available ID@Xbox game demos in the list below:

•     A Juggler’s Tale (kaleidoscube)

•     Antipole DX (Saturnine Games)

•     Arietta of Spirits (Third Spirit Games)

•     BattleCakes (Volcano Bean)

•     Black Book (Morteshka)

•     Button City (Subliminal)

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•     Cardaclysm: Shards of the Four (Elder Games)

•     Catlateral Damage: Remeowstered (Manekoware)

•     Clone Drone in the Danger Zone (Doborog)

•     Clouzy! (Tinymoon)

•     ConnecTank (YummyYummyTummy)

•     Death Trash (Crafting Legends)

•     Deathtrap Dungeon: The Golden Room (Good Gate Media)

•     Dreamers (PlaySys)

•     Echo Generation (Cococucumber)

•     Faraday Protocol (Red Koi Box)

•     Fractal Space (Haze Games)

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•     Get Packed: Fully Loaded (Coatsink)

•     Godstrike (Overpowered)

•     Justice Sucks: Recharged (Samurai Punk)

•     Lake (Gamious)

•     Lawn Mowing Simulator (Skyhook Games)

•     Mad Streets (Craftshop)

•     Mayhem Brawler (Hero Concept)

•     Paint the Town Red (South East Games)

•     Princess Farmer (Samobee Games)

•     Sable (Shedworks)

•     Sail Forth (David Evans Games)

•     Strings Theory (BeautifulBee)

•     Tanknarok (Polyblock Studio)

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•     Teacup (Smarto Club)

•     The Eternal Cylinder (ACE Team)

•     The Riftbreaker (EXOR Studios)

•     The Strange Story Of Brian Fisher: Chapter 2 (Intetic)

•     The Tale of Bistun (Black Cube Games)

•     Trigger Witch (Rainbite)

•     Tunic (Isometricorp)

•     Wreck Out (Four5Six)

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Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer/indie lover for IGN.

There are some great deals ahead of Amazon Prime Day! Score the excellent The Lord of the Rings 4K Blu-ray box set for 33% off or a Nintendo Switch Online Membership and Memory Card Bundle for 50% off. Xbox Series X gamers can get a nice discount on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which can potentially give you access to every Xbox exclusive game announced at E3. For a limited time you can also save on the Nintendo Game & Watch handheld and Breath of the Wild for the Switch.

The Lord of the Rings Extended & Theatrical 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

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This long-awaited Lord of the Rings 4K box set came out in December of 2020 at a hefty $99.99. It subsequently dropped to $89.99 in a relatively short amount of time and stayed at that price until this month. Last week, the price dropped once again to $70 and I thought that was a pretty solid deal. Today, though, it finally reaches that sweet spot of $59.99. This is probably an early Amazon Prime Day deal but you best jump on it now since the best Prime Day deals don’t last. This set includes 4K Ultra HD and digital versions of the LotR trilogy, including both theatrical and extended editions.

Nintendo Switch Online Family Membership and 128GB Memory Card

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Amazon is offering a free official Nintendo Switch (SanDisk) 128Gb Micro SDXC Memory Card when you pick up a 12 month Nintendo Switch Online Family Membership. Nintendo Switch Online is required for online play in games like Super Mario Kart or Splatoon, downloading custom maps in Super Mario Maker 2, playing free retro SNES games, saving your game data to the cloud, and much more. The “Family” membership allows for up to 8 different account holders, not necessarily in the same household. The 128GB memory card will increase your storage capacity by quadruple the stock amount.

Save on 3 Months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate

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The sheer amount of value you get with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is impressive. This membership gives you both Xbox Live Gold, Xbox Game Pass, and Xbox Game Pass for PC. Xbox Live Gold is required for online gaming. Xbox Game Pass gives you access to a huge library of games that is free as long as you maintain your membership. The list includes AAA games that you can play as early as launch day. These include MLB The Show 21, FIFA 21, The Medium, and every Bethesda game ever. If you’ve also got a great gaming PC, Xbox Game Pass for PC offers stellar games like Crusader Kings 3, Forza Horizon 4, Nier Automata, and more. If you watched the Xbox/Bethesda E3 2021 presentation, you’ll notice that the vast majority of upcoming Xbox exclusive titles will also be on Xbox Game Pass. Additional perks include exclusive discounts at the Microsoft Store and a free 30-day Disney+ trial.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for Switch

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Legend of Zelda: BotW was one of the first games released for the Nintendo Switch and still it is one of the best adventure games you’ll play on any of the modern day consoles. Starting today it has dropped to $39.99, a hefty 33% off it’s original price.

Nintendo Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros

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The popular little Game & Watch handheld gaming system is normally $49.99, but it has dropped today to $39.99, the lowest price we’ve seen. The Super Mario Bros version includes 3 games: the original Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, and Mario Version Game & Watch: Ball.

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GameStop has announced that it will refresh its stock of Xbox Series S and X consoles tomorrow, June 16, for customers to purchase in-store.

Quantities will be limited to one per person, with each customer able to trade-in their used games and accessories for “a huge trade offer” to offset the consoles’ price. GameStop’s official Twitter published a cheeky tweet referencing the availability of the Xbox Series S and X systems. The retailer also confirmed that it has refreshed its stock on Nintendo Switch consoles. It’s worth calling your local GameStop before heading down there to ensure either console is still available.

If you miss your chance to grab an Xbox Series X|S from GameStop, we have an inventory tracker that we update regularly as more consoles become available. We also track PS5 restocks, which continue to sell out quickly.

All three consoles–the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S–have been hard to come by, due to the global semiconductor shortage affecting every industry. President Biden announced plans to investigate the issue earlier this year, and recently, a bill that was passed by the Senate to improve the semiconductor shortage is now on its way to the House.

You’ll need to find spray cans this week in Fortnite as part of the Fortnite Week 2 challenges. Spray cans are an item that will only appear on the map so long as your related Epic Quest is active, and though there are eight to be found across Pleasant Park and Dirty Docks, you’ll ultimately only need to know two Fortnite spray can locations to complete the challenge and earn 30,000 XP. Here’s where to collect spray cans from warehouses in Dirty Docks or garages in Pleasant Park.

Fortnite Spray Cans In Pleasant Park

The convenient thing about this challenge is that there are eight spray cans available on the map, but you’ll finish it off much sooner after just two spray cans are collected. Not only that, but the cans are evenly split across Pleasant Park and Dirty Docks, with four in each location, so you actually won’t even need to venture to the second locale once you’ve found two at the spot of your choosing.

Because every match is different and the best drops are often based on where the Battle Bus is heading, we’ll still show you all eight spots anyway, beginning in Pleasant Park.

• in the garage of the northeastern house
• outside the garage on the southwest house with the basement bulkhead doors.
• near the washing machine in the three-story house just south of the one mentioned above
• in the biggest house along the western road of Pleasant Park

Fortnite Spray Cans In Dirty Docks

If instead, you drop into Dirty Docks, there await four more spray cans for you to find and quickly finish one of many Week 2 challenges. Here’s where to look in Dirty Docks.

• in the west-of-center warehouse near some orange shelves
• in the centermost warehouse, once more near some orange shelves
• in the large, eastside warehouse near yellow shelves
• in the southern warehouse and under the bottom-floor stairs

Remember, don’t overdo it. You only need any two of these spray cans, so it’s likely you won’t even have to leave whichever place you visit first–unless an IO guard or another player spoils your XP-chasing. While you’re on such a quest, be sure to check out the full range of Week 2 challenges, which also include guides for things like how to enter a UFO and where to find IO tech weapons so you can do damage with them this week. There’s also a new collection of Alien Artifacts to aid you in further customizing Kymera from the Season 7 Battle Pass.

Deviation Games says its upcoming PlayStation exclusive will be “big in scope.” The brand new studio, set up by former Treyarch developers Dave Anthony and Jason Blundell, made its first appearance during last week’s Summer Game Fest kickoff event by announcing that it’s working on a “groundbreaking” new IP for Sony.

“Make no mistake: This game is gonna be big in scope,” CEO Anthony said in a recent interview with Eurogamer. Deviation has already been working on the game for over a year at this point and has over 100 people on staff. The game’s still a ways out, though, and Anthony is keen to hire more developers to continue building up the studio with the right people and the right culture.

With the game being this far out, Deviation and Sony are keeping tight-lipped on any specifics, even when it comes to platforms. With that said, PlayStation Studios’ Hermen Hulst is clearly excited to talk about the potential of the new partnership. “Together we’re bringing a new IP that’s bold, that stands on the shoulders of what these guys have learned over their careers that speak for themselves,” Hulst said. “We’re always looking to offer fresh new experiences to the audience, to the PlayStation community. It’s also an honour for me as the head of PlayStation Studios to find a group like Jason, Dave, and their team to work with us.”

Even if it’s too early to go into any details, Anthony and Blundell’s pedigree with first-person shooters does make it easy to speculate that this new IP would follow a similar path. Factor in the first-person shooter-sized gap in PlayStation’s portfolio, and it would make sense for Deviation to fill it.

Two new events are kicking off soon in Pokemon Go. The game’s Solstice event is set to run from June 17-20, and it introduces the Legendary Pokemon Regigigas to the game. Shortly after that, Niantic is holding a Bidoof-themed event featuring Shiny Bidoof.

Solstice Event

Throughout the Solstice event, Lunatone, Solrock, Spheal, and other Pokemon will appear in the wild more frequently than normal. There will also be unique wild Pokemon spawns and Raid bosses depending on your hemisphere. You can see which Pokemon will appear in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres below.

Northern Hemisphere

Wild Pokemon

• Yanma
• Chimchar
• Summer Form Deerling
• Shiny Yanma

Raid Bosses

• Alolan Marowak
• Yanma
• Petilil

Southern Hemisphere

Wild Pokemon

• Snorunt
• Snover
• Winter Form Deerling
• Shiny Snover

Raid Bosses

• Lapras
• Piloswine
• Snorunt

In addition to those Pokemon, the aforementioned Regigigas will appear in five-star Raids from June 17 to July 1, and you’ll have a chance to encounter a Shiny version. There will also be event-exclusive Research tasks to complete. You can read more details about the Solstice event on the Pokemon Go blog.

Bidoof Event

Following the Solstice event, Niantic is hosting a Bidoof-themed event from June 25 to July 1. Bidoof will be appearing in the wild and in Raids much more frequently throughout the event, and you’ll have your first chance to encounter a Shiny Bidoof in the game. Bidoof will also be able to learn new attacks when you use Charged TMs on certain days of the event, and any Bidoof that you evolve into Bibarel during the event will know Hyper Beam.

On top of that, a few bonuses will be active during different days of the event. You’ll be able to earn extra XP for capturing Pokemon on the following days:

• June 25-26: 2x catch XP
• June 27-28: 3x catch XP
• June 29-30: 4x catch XP

Finally, Team Go Rocket grunts will have Shadow Bidoof on their teams during the event, and you’ll be able to get new Bidoof stickers from gifts and PokeStops. You can read more details on the Pokemon Go blog.

Game Builder Garage, Nintendo’s game design tool and teacher, is now available on Nintendo Switch and has a free demo to try out the game. The demo contains the first interactive lessons from the game which should provide a basic lesson in game design.

Game Builder Garage takes one of the smaller features of Nintendo Labo–the cardboard DIY game–and turns it into a full toolset. Labo had the Toy-Con Garage, which allowed you to tinker with the minigames and create small ones of your own using Labo. Game Builder Garage takes that and expands it into an all-digital, cardboard-free experience, where you can create your own games and play other people’s creations.

Game Builder Garage is available now for $30 USD. The Nintendo Direct presentation for E3 2021 happened earlier today, showcasing Breath of the Wild 2, Metroid Dread, Warioware: Get It Together, and more.

Bloober Team’s psychological horror game The Medium will make its way to PS5 on September 3 with full DualSense support, Sony has confirmed. It’s unclear if the game will launch on PS4 as well, which may be unlikely since it didn’t arrive on Xbox One alongside PC and Series X|S either.

The PlayStation maker revealed the news in a new trailer on YouTube. The minute-and-a-half-long video is entirely composed of cutscenes from the game, with a few pull quotes interspersed. The trailer claims that The Medium is “more immersive than ever” thanks to the DualSense, but Sony hasn’t specified how the game takes advantage of the controller’s features.

The Medium has been a massive success for Polish studio Bloober Team, becoming profitable just a few days after launch and carving out a spot on Steam’s top-selling games of January 2021.

Developed by the team behind Blair Witch and the Layers of Fear franchise, The Medium launched on Xbox Series X|S and PC earlier this year. We awarded the game a 9/10 in our The Medium review, praising the game’s use of subtext and how its themes weave together with its gameplay.

“The Medium’s conclusion sticks with you; it’s one last horrifying reminder that trauma may not define a person, but it can have consequences we can’t even begin to foresee if it’s not adequately dealt with and simply left to fester over time,” associate editor Jordan Ramée wrote in his review. “I can’t say I enjoyed the ending to The Medium, but I am deeply satisfied with how it sets up the inescapable nature of its horrifying conclusion.”

With the promise of 128 player matches on current-gen consoles, Battlefield 2042 would need a consistently high player count to make sure players always have an enemy to fire at. Since that’s not possible to guarantee, developer DICE has thought of a way around the issue: lots of bots.

According to a post on EA’s website, Battlefield 2042 will be keeping servers constantly packed using AI soldiers. That being said, there isn’t a guarantee that you’ll be going up against bots in every match. AI soldiers will be “used for server-filling capabilities, ensuring your matches remain full, no matter your location.” In other words, if your server can be filled with 128 real players, they will be.

It’s worth noting that on last-gen consoles, players likely won’t see as many bots thanks to a lower player count. On the PS4 and Xbox One, games of conquest and breakthrough will only go up to 64 players, as opposed to PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, which can house up to 128 per match.

The inclusion of AI soldiers should be more of a boon to players far into the future when a majority of the game’s player base has moved onto another game. Likewise, anyone looking to play Battlefield 2042 into the early hours of the morning during the week or during any other dips in player count should expect to see bots filling up their lobbies.

Besides filling up lobbies, Battlefield 2042’s multiplayer experience will benefit from bots in a couple of other ways through other game modes. Anyone playing the game’s co-op mode will be able to squad up with some friends and take on a horde of enemy AI soldiers. Likewise, Battlefield 2042 will also have a solo mode, perfect for trying out new weapons or loadouts against AI soldiers only.

Battlefield 2042 is currently set to release on October 22, 2021 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.

Call of Duty’s Season 4 is just days away, and Treyarch has detailed the patch notes for Black Ops Cold War‘s update on June 17. This new season of multiplayer and Zombies content will go live in Black Ops Cold War starting at 9 PM PT June 16 / 12 AM ET June 17.

Multiplayer

As previously revealed by Call of Duty’s Season 4 roadmap, Black Ops Cold War’s new season will launch with a limited-time “Ground Fall” event, which will have players find and secure SAT-Links to score exclusive rewards. A new battle pass will be available with 100 Tiers to progress through, alongside new multiplayer maps of Collateral, Hijacked, and Amsterdam.

Weapon Tuning

Cold War weapons will mostly remain the same for the start of Season 4. Treyarch only made minor adjustments to a few assault rifle Muzzle attachments, which should improve the damage range on suppressor attachments for players who prefer a stealthier approach with their assault rifles.

Gifting Feature

A new gifting feature has been added to Cold War. Players can now gift the battle pass, battle pass bundles, and store bundles to their friends. As an added bonus, players will receive a 60-minute double battle pass XP token for sending their first gift between June 17 and June 30.

However, two-factor authentication is required to use the gifting system, and specific bundles such as the free bundles, franchise store bundles, and limited-time bundles cannot be gifted.

Zombies

Treyarch also announced today that alongside the new Zoo map, Outbreak’s “Operation Excision” storyline quest will be unlocked for players at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET on June 17. This storyline quest will allow players to uncover more of the Dark Aether storyline, as the events of the quest will serve as the prologue to the next round-based survival map “Mauer der Toten” coming later in the season.

You can see the full June 15 patch notes for Black Ops Cold War below, as shared by Treyarch.

GLOBAL

Events

Ground Fall

• “Ground Fall” limited-time event live through 10AM PT June 24.
• Complete challenges in Black Ops Cold War and Warzone to earn Emblems, Calling Cards, a Weapon Charm, bonus XP, and an Epic Secondary Weapon Blueprint.

Battle Pass

• New 100-Tier Battle Pass available in Season Four.

Operators

Jackal

• New “Jackal” Operator available at Tier 0 in the Season Four Battle Pass.

Weapons

MG 82

• New MG82 LMG available for free at Tier 15 of the Battle Pass System.

C58

• New C58 assault rifle available for free at Tier 31 of the Battle Pass System.

Nail Gun

• New Nail Gun Special weapon available via in-game challenge in Multiplayer or Zombies, or via unique Blueprint version in the Store.

Weapon Unlock Challenges

PPSh-41

• Unlock Challenge available for the PPSh-41 SMG in Multiplayer and Zombies.

Swiss K31

• Unlock Challenge available for the Swiss K31 sniper rifle in Multiplayer and Zombies.

Weapon Tuning

Assault Rifles

XM4

• Reduced range penalty on Suppressor muzzle attachment from 15% to 11%.
• Reduced range penalty on Agency Suppressor muzzle attachment from 33% to 22%.

AK-47

• Reduced range penalty on Suppressor muzzle attachment from 15% to 13%.
• Increased range penalty on GRU Suppressor muzzle attachment from 25% to 27%

QBZ-83

• Increased range penalty on Suppressor muzzle attachment from 15% to 17%.

FFAR 1

• Reduced range penalty on Suppressor muzzle attachment from 15% to 10%.
• Reduced range penalty on Agency Suppressor muzzle attachment from 33% to 20%.

Krig 6

• Reduced range penalty on Agency Suppressor muzzle attachment from 30% to 25%.

Groza

• Increased range penalty on Suppressor muzzle attachment from 15% to 17%.

FARA 83

• Reduced range penalty on GRU Suppressor muzzle attachment from 33% to 32%.
• Increased range penalty on Suppressor muzzle attachment from 15% to 20%.

Features

Gifting

• Players can now gift the Battle Pass, Battle Pass Bundles, and Store Bundles to friends in Black Ops Cold War.
• Get a 60-minute Double Battle Pass XP Token for sending your first gift between June 17 and June 30.
• Two-factor authentication is required to use the gifting system.
• Free Bundles, Franchise Store Bundles, and Limited-Time Bundles cannot be gifted.

Challenge Tracker

• Progress toward active Daily Challenges can now be viewed in-game via the Options menu.

Progression

• Reduced the amount of XP needed to progress through Season Levels in Black Ops Cold War, Warzone, and Modern Warfare.

Prestige Rewards

Added four new Prestige Levels (16-19) and Prestige Rewards:

• Level 50: New Prestige, Emblem, Prestige Key, Weapon Blueprint, and Battle Pass Tier Skip
• Level 100: New Prestige, Emblem, Prestige Key, and Battle Pass Tier Skip
• Level 150: New Prestige, Emblem, Prestige Key, and Battle Pass Tier Skip
• Level 190: All Season Challenges Available
• Level 200: New Prestige, Emblem, Prestige Key, Battle Pass Tier Skip, Master Prestige Calling Card
• Levels 250 – 1,000: New Prestige Key every 50 levels

Prestige Shop

• Additional Legacy Calling Cards from previous Black Ops titles are now available in the Prestige Shop, including the animated “Bacon” Calling Card from Black Ops II, available to players once they reach Season Level 100.

Music Player

Four additional Treyarch music tracks available for the Music Player in the free “Black Ops 4 Mixtape” War Tracks in the Battle Pass System:

• “Inferno”
• “Alistair’s Theme”
• “Damned 4”
• “Reflections”

Main Lobby

• Updated main lobby theming for Season Four.

MULTIPLAYER

Maps

• Collateral (12v12) [NEW]
• New map added to Multiplayer rotation in 12v12 modes.
• Collateral Strike (6v6) [NEW]
• New map added to Multiplayer rotation in 6v6 modes.
• Hijacked (6v6) [NEW]
• Classic Black Ops II map added to Multiplayer rotation in 6v6 modes.
• Hijacked 24/7 Featured Playlist available during launch week.
• Amsterdam (2v2, 3v3) [NEW]
• New map added to Multiplayer rotation in 2v2 and 3v3 modes.

Standoff

• Updated Hardpoint spawns for P2 and P4 Hardpoints.

Modes

One in the Chamber [NEW]

• Free-for-all party game available in the Party Games playlist collection in Featured Playlists.
• Players have three lives and a single bullet. Players receive another bullet upon eliminating an enemy. Melee attacks are also lethal.
• Available weapons include the 1911, Magnum, and Hand Cannon.
• The first player to reach the score limit wins the match.

Multi-Team: Sat-Link [NEW]

• New Multiplayer mode featuring 10 competing teams of four.
• Players must reach the Sat-Link marked on their map, power it up, and upload data to satellites in orbit to gain points.
• Search for crates to collect powerful Scorestreaks and other useful items.
• The first team to reach the score limit wins the match.

Cranked Hardpoint [NEW]

• Capture Hardpoints to gain points for your team. Eliminate multiple enemies in the same life to earn up to five powerful buffs throughout the match.
• Capturing a Hardpoint grants a movement speed boost and sets your timer to 30 seconds. When the timer reaches zero, you explode. Extend the timer by earning eliminations and capturing Hardpoints.
• The timer is paused while on your team’s Hardpoint, and kills add 15 seconds to your timer up to a max of 30 seconds.
• Successive kills grant up to four additional buffs: improved weapon handling, ADS speed, slide speed, and a larger explosion upon death (granted after a five-kill streak.)
• The first team to reach 200 points, or the most points before time expires, wins.

Hardcore Hardpoint [NEW]

Now featured in Hardcore Quick Play and Hardcore Moshpit playlists.

Multi-Team Elimination

• Added to the Game Modes Combat Record.

Prop Hunt

• Addressed an issue where some props could have incorrect bullet collision after jumping repeatedly.

Scorestreaks

Hand Cannon

• New Scorestreak available in Multiplayer for 2,800 score.

Season Challenges

• 20 new Multiplayer Season Challenges available to be revealed and unlocked with exclusive Calling Card and XP rewards. Reveal a new Challenge every 10 Season Levels. Complete all 20 to unlock the Season Four Multiplayer Master Animated Calling Card.
• Updated the unlock criteria for the “Vehicular Warfare” Season Three Challenge.

Custom Games

• Added Sprint Recovery Delay setting to General Player settings for Custom Games. This will set the time after a player has stopped sprinting before they are fully recovered and will see the speed benefit of Sprint Takeoff.

Featured Playlists

• Hijacked 24/7 [NEW] (Also available in Hardcore)
• Multi-Team: Sat-Link [NEW]
• Party Games (Now includes One in the Chamber)
• Face Off 6v6 (Now includes Amsterdam)
• Cranked Hardpoint [NEW]
• 12v12 Moshpit (Now includes 12v12 Cranked Hardpoint)
• Nuketown 24/7 (Also available in Hardcore)
• Gunfight Blueprints
• Multi-Team: Elimination

LEAGUE PLAY

Skill Divisions

• Updated Skill Division requirements to maintain target population distribution percentages outlined in the League Play Rules section. Some players may see their Skill Division shift after their next League Play placement match.

Weapons

• Restricted the LC10 and AK-47 in League Play.

ZOMBIES

Outbreak

New Main Quest

• “Operation Excision” Main Quest coming to Outbreak starting at 10AM PT June 17th.

New Region

• New Zoo region available in Outbreak.

New Intel

• New in-game story Intel available to discover.

Quests

• New tuning changes to the existing Outbreak Main Quest in Ruka:
• Disabled super sprinters in the Silo.
• Slightly reduced Legion’s chest armor health.
• Increased respawn delays on all zombies.
• Added an audio cue when starting and failing certain steps to indicate when zombies will start attacking.

World Events

• Added more Treyarch Zombies tracks to unlock for the Music Player via the “Unknown Signal” World Events in Outbreak.

Objectives

• Addressed an issue where the Retrieval canister could fall under the map when entering Phase Tears.
• Addressed an issue where the Retrieval canister could fall off the player while riding a Snowmobile on steep terrain.

Dead Ops Arcade 3

Gameplay

• In First-Person game mode, all Divine Shield (orange) potions are now automatically swapped out for the more useful Health (red) potions.
• Treasure in Poppy’s room should no longer time out.
• Chickens that are spinning out now use the player’s last weapon correctly.
• Replaced the third Fate award for maxing out at 9X multiplier with a new mystery award.
• Addressed an issue where the sawblade shield item was not correctly creating crawling zombies.
• Addressed an issue where in Silverback Slideways maps where the player could stand in a lava field and not take damage.
• Addressed an issue where the player could be considered a valid AI target before the player’s screen had faded up entirely.

Scoring

• Changed non-default score values for various enemies. Mamaback now awards 20,000 points, underbosses award 5,000 points, Elite enemies (Megaton, Brutus, Gladiators) award 500 points, and the rest award the default of 100 points.
• Addressed an issue where the Pineapple Launcher was not awarding points.

Stability

• Improved stability for Silverback Slideways maps to reduce “Charlie 285 Military Gorilla” error messages.
• Improved stability for issues that could occur when players stand in Nova Gas.

General

• Added inactivity tracking to boot inactive players after a period of time.
• Closed multiple exploits in The Wild.

Onslaught (PlayStation)

Maps

• Collateral added to map rotation with new Intel to discover.

Progression

• Addressed an issue that could cause players to occasionally lose XP in Zombies when returning to the lobby after matches.
• Addressed an issue where the Outbreak Match Bonus would occasionally award less XP than expected.

Challenges

Season Challenges

• 20 new Zombies Season Challenges available to be revealed and unlocked with exclusive Calling Card and XP rewards. Reveal a new Challenge every 10 Season Levels. Complete all 20 to unlock the Season Four Zombies Master Animated Calling Card.

Operator Missions

• The Season Four Battle Pass features 4 Zombies Operator Missions, an increase of from 2 Zombies Missions in previous Seasons.

Weapon Unlock Challenges

• Added new Weapon Unlock Challenges in Zombies:
• PPSh-41 SMG
• Swiss K31 sniper rifle
• Nail Gun Special weapon

Gameplay

• Addressed an issue where Mimics under effects of Brain Rot could still enter their disguised form.
• Addressed an issue where Mimics were not being killed while under effects of Brain Rot.

Perks

• Addressed an issue where Deadshot Daiquiri was not functioning properly on the AMP63 pistol.

Featured Playlists

• Outbreak
• Firebase Z
• Die Maschine
• Dead Ops Arcade: First Person
• Dead Ops Arcade
• Onslaught (PlayStation)
• Onslaught Collateral (PlayStation) [NEW]