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Season 5 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare‘s ever-evolving multiplayer suite kicked off earlier this week, and everyone can check out some of the new content for free for a limited time. As announced earlier this week, PS4, Xbox One, and PC Warzone players can try a multiplayer playlist until August 12 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET. That gives you five days to play maps and modes normally reserved for Modern Warfare owners. All you need to do to partake in the free play event is have Warzone installed with the latest update.

The special playlist includes five multiplayer maps, including Suldal Harbor and Pretrov Oil Rig, which were just added with the Season 5 update. Rounding out the playlist are popular close quarters maps Shipment and Shoot House as well as Cheshire Park, a traditional map that was added to Modern Warfare in late June.

Four multiplayer variants are featured in the playlist–Team Deathmatch, Kill Confirmed, Domination, and Hardpoint–giving players a good mix of deathmatch and objective-based modes.

If you want to purchase the full experience and keep playing after the trial ends, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is currently on sale for all platforms. On PS4 and PC, Modern Warfare is discounted to $39, while Xbox One digital copies are down to $45. Modern Warfare is just one of the 10 games Xbox One users can try for free this weekend.

Next week marks another Destiny 2 seasonal activity: the Solstice of Heroes. The summertime event brings a new region to play through, the European Aerial Zone, and new armor to chase down. Xur’s back this weekend with a new crop of Exotics to help you get the most out of the new event. Here’s where to find him and what he’s selling.

Head to Nessus to find Xur this week, in the Watcher’s Grave area. For his weapon, Xur is offering Merciless. Hunters can pick up the Gemini Jester leg armor; for Titans, there’s the Peregrine Greaves leg armor; and for Warlocks, Xur has the Nezarec’s Sin helmet.

Xur Location

Spawn in at the Watcher’s Grave transmat zone and hop on your sparrow heading north. Head for Calus’s golden barge. Climb aboard and look for Xur standing on the deck, waiting for you.

Xur Exotic Items

Xur’s got another great Exotic fusion rifle to offer you this week with Merciless. It’s not quite the PvP favorite that Telesto is, but Merciless can get a lot done in both PvP and PvE, thanks to its quick charge time and boosted damage. If you’re not a fan of the other options, Xur also sells an Exotic engram that will decrypt into an Exotic you don’t already own. He also has the Five of Swords challenge card, which lets you enable modifiers for Nightfall Strikes.

• Exotic Engram — 97 legendary shards
• Merciless — 29 legendary shards
• Gemini Jester — 23 legendary shards
• Peregrine Greaves — 23 legendary shards
• Nezarec’s Sin — 23 legendary shards
• Five of Swords — free

Merciless

As Exotics and fusion rifles go, you can do a lot worse than Merciless, a powerful rifle that helps you keep firing until you get the kill. The gun gets a shortened charge time whenever you fire a blast that doesn’t wind up being lethal, making it great for when you’re in the middle of a tense firefight with other Guardians, or for laying down boss damage. When you do finally kill something, Merciless gets a damage boost after you reload, giving you an incentive to keep disintegrating your enemies over and over.

Gemini Jester (Hunter)

If you like to get close to your enemies and dodge a lot, Gemini Jester can give you an edge. The leg armor disorients enemies and removes their radar when you dodge near them, giving you a chance to take advantage and finish them off. You get the effect in both PvP and PvE, so try it in a variety of situations.

• Mobility: 11
• Resilience: 14
• Recovery: 7
• Discipline: 18
• Intellect: 6
• Strength: 9
• Total: 65

Peregrine Grieves (Titan)

Power up your should charges with Peregrine Grieves. The Exotics encourage you to make your moves more aerial–whenever you do a shoulder charge while you’re in the air, you’ll deal bonus damage. Titans who like aerial builds can really make the most of their melee with this one.

• Mobility: 15
• Resilience: 3
• Recovery: 14
• Discipline: 7
• Intellect: 17
• Strength: 8
• Total: 64

Nezarec’s Sin (Warlock)

This helmet is a trusty Exotic for Warlocks, especially if you’re a fan of Nova Bomb and Void Warp. Whenever you get kills with Void damage, Nezarec’s Sin amps up the recharge rate of your abilities. Pair it with Void abilities and Void weapons, and you can get your Supers, grenades, and melees back very quickly. Nezarec’s is great in PvE, but handy in PvP too, especially if your build doesn’t require a different Exotic.

• Mobility: 8
• Resilience: 15
• Recovery: 9
• Discipline: 17
• Intellect: 10
• Strength: 6
• Total: 65

Arkane Studios announced some new details about Deathloop, its ground-hog day styled first-person shooter, during QuakeCon. The game will utilize the PS5 to deliver a smooth framerate, 4K resolution, and HDR.

Deathloop follows Colt as he attempts to break free from a time loop by killing eight assassin targets before midnight, when the loop resets, however the eight targets have very different schedules and routines, so he will need to learn their patterns and plan your actions accordingly. During this, Juliana Blake, a rival assassin and protector of the Black Reef, will attempt to kill you and prevent you from reaching your goals before the loop resets.

Juliana can be controlled by other players, invading someone’s game to provide unique showdowns between the assassins. Arkane Studios also said it will take advantage of the DualSense controller’s adaptive triggers to provide you with feedback while shooting. The studio teased that it would be showing more gameplay footage soon.

Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo were both announced to be PS5 console exclusives at launch during the PS5 reveal event in June. Deathloop is set to release late 2020 on PS5 and PC.

Fortnite’s new Joy Ride update has brought a lot of silliness to the battle royale. Players are taking the newly added cars seriously–with some running their own in-game gas stations to fill up enemy cars and provide healing items before sending them on their way.

“Thank you to this random Summer Drift [player] that protected me and helped me so I could fill up cars,” said u/PokeStarChris42 on Reddit, who had been running his own gas stop in-game. “And thank you for avenging me when I died.”

A number of players have started to run their own filling stations by surrounding the in-game ones with walls (except for an entrance and exit to drive through), loading up their enemies cars with gas after they drive up, and even giving out healing items to make sure they have a safe drive. Everyone wants to enjoy driving around the map–no one likes getting blown up when they’re pumping gas.

“I heard lots of happy squealing noises coming from my sons room yesterday. He bought the crash test dummy [skin] and was so happy to be pumping gas for cars in solo,” said megreads781. “He was super psyched because a bunch of players came and got gas and didn’t kill him. I know it’s battle royale but I just wanted to say thanks to those who do things like this. You made my son’s day!!!”

Some players have gotten their entire squads to go along with the gag. They use the sign spinning emote and the Redline skin to get other players’ attention. The rest of the squad acts as security while gas is getting pumped. Their service isn’t always free though, sometimes they’ll ask for a mini shield potion for their trouble.

The fun hasn’t stopped at gas. A few bold players have set up entire car dealerships in locations with lots of vehicles. “I did make a car lot and sell cars, it was great,” said BITTTRIPISDONE. “Well, If you had the patience.” His prices were fair. The standard Sedan costs one mini shield potion, the standard truck costs two, the Mudflap semi truck cost one regular potion jug, and the Whiplash sports car costs two.

It may not last forever as the new car smell wears off, but players are happy with how cars have convinced people to put down their guns for a few moments while they fuel up (or do donuts in the grass).

“I love how the community has gotten more wholesome ever since cars,” said -Boyo_-Boyo. “This really shows that even updates such as these can change a lot of people.”

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While the Star Trek franchise is currently thriving on television, its future on the big screen is more uncertain than ever. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fargo creator Noah Hawley’s Trek movie has been put on the back burner.

THR notes there are currently three Star Trek movies in the works at Paramount, including Hawley’s project, Quentin Tarantino’s R-rated Trek movie and a direct sequel to 2016’s Star Trek Beyond. However, the studio’s new motion picture group president Emma Watts is “re-assessing” upcoming projects, with the Hawley movie being one apparent casualty of that process.

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Interestingly, the COVID-19 pandemic may be a significant factor in the decision to pivot away from the Hawley project. Not because of cost or logistical concerns, but because the plot may hit a little too close to home in 2020. The movie reportedly revolves around a devastating virus that wipes out a significant portion of life in the Trek-verse.

Hawley previously spoke about his Star Trek movie in an interview with Deadline in 2020, indicating he hoped to move forward with the movie after wrapping work on Fargo: Season 4. He also hinted that it would revolve around a new cast rather than bringing back Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk and the rest of the Kelvin Timeline Enterprise crew.

Hawley told Deadline, “There’s nothing better than that moment when William Shatner puts on his reading glasses and lowers Khan’s shields. It doesn’t cost anything. But it’s that triumphant feeling about smarting your enemy. For me it’s about to getting to those elements of the show. I don’t necessarily find action in and of itself interesting unless it’s story. So, it’s early days, I’m still talking with Paramount and I have a take and I gotta write a script.”

Unfortunately, this wouldn’t be the first time Hawley has become attached to a major Hollywood property, only for that project to be shelved. Hawley previously penned a script for a solo Doctor Doom movie, but that project appears to have been canceled in the wake of the Disney/Fox merger.

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The good news is that fans have plenty of new Trek content to look forward to in the TV realm. Star Trek Discovery: Season 3 is premiering on CBS All Access on October 15, while the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks is off to a strong start. A second animated series dubbed Star Trek: Prodigy will debut on Nickelodeon in 2021.

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