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With games like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, it’s become somewhat common to expect big AAA releases to require a significant portion of your hard drive for installation. But not only is Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond just a VR-compatible title, it somehow requires even more than what has become standard.

The PC requirements for Respawn’s latest title are steep, so much so that even PC’s capable of handling Valve’s Half-Life: Alyx earlier this year might have some issues. It seems like listing an RTX 2080 as the minimum GPU is where the spec sheet reaches its most ridiculous, but it’s the storage requirements that are a real eyebrow-raiser.

Above and Beyond will ultimately require 177GB for its install, but in order to begin the installation in the first place, you’ll need 340GB free. According to Polygon, the game will need nearly double of its resolving install size to unpack assets, with developer Respawn assuring players that subsequent patches will not take the overall size much higher.

This install size is large for a modern shooter like Call of Duty that features numerous modes, but just astronomical by VR standards. For reference, Half-Life: Alyx only occupies 70GB of hard drive space when installed, nearly a third of what Medal of Honor will require.

Above and Beyond does include a multiplayer mode alongside its single-player campaign, as well as a library of World War II documentaries. There currently does not seem to be a way to only install portions of the game that you want to play. Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond launches on Oculus VR and through Steam on December 11.

Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond PC Requirements

• Intel i7 9700K (or comparable AMD)
• 16 GB DDR4 RAM
• Nvidia GTX 2080 or higher
• 340+ GB of space to unpack/install; 170 GB once installed; SSD or NVMe recommended

Developer Double Eleven has announced that the console port of Rust has been delayed. Originally scheduled for an Xbox One and PS4 release in 2020, Double Eleven was faced with new challenges as it transitioned to a work from home environment in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc across the world.

This also led to a lengthy period of silence in which very little was revealed for Rust: Console Edition, with Double Eleven explaining that it lacked anything meaningful to share publicly.

“As a company in 2020, a year that has brought very challenging times for many, we’ve felt very fortunate to be able to keep doing what we love,” the developer explained in a blog post. “We’ve always had some remote workers but moving the entire company home to keep everyone safe has presented challenges as we’ve found new ways to work with each other in the new normal that this year had in store for us.”

The full PC version of Rust was released in 2018 after having spent five years in Steam Early Access, although it didn’t score too well at the time due to its repetitive gameplay resulting in an unfulfilling experience. “Its lack of survival depth and inclination to only reward time served instead of clever play saps whatever life it might have had to give,” critic Alessandro Barbosa said in his Rust review.

When Rust does eventually arrive on the older generation of consoles, it’ll likely also be playable on PS5/Xbox Series X|S through backwards compatibility.

It’s been a full decade since the raucous Scott Pilgrim vs. The World crashed onto silver screens to rave reviews and disappointing ticket sales. However, as many fans of the movie know well, the game based on the movie was quite successful in its own right, though it was delisted from online gaming services in 2014. Now, we finally have a date for the game’s re-release, and it’s January 14, 2021.

Ubisoft previously confirmed that a re-release of the game was in the works back in September, after original creator Bryan Lee O’Malley and the film’s director Edgar Wright both publicly called for its restoration. The release date was shared on the official Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Facebook page, and the game was originally scheduled for holiday 2020.

This Complete Edition will be a remaster of the original game that includes both of its DLC packs, which added Knives Chau and Wallace Wells as playable characters. The game will cost $15, and will be available for PC, Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and Stadia.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is a love letter to old-school beat ’em ups, particularly the NES classic River City Ransom. Since the game’s release, other River City-inspired beat ’em ups have been released, particularly the acclaimed River City Girls. The Scott Pilgrim game is also notable for its soundtrack, which was performed and composed by popular chiptune band Anamanaguchi.

Activate a Juggernaut suit in Call of Duty: Warzone and you’ll transform into an almost unstoppable titan armed with a minigun that can shred through players. Originally available within Warzone in limited-time events, Juggernaut suits were added to regular modes within the game at the start of Season 6. Players have now uncovered a way to spawn an unlimited number of Juggernaut suits by precisely exploiting a killstreak.

YouTuber Cable711 detailed the duplication method, which involves unlocking one of the suits through a special Easter egg in Warzone’s subway system. With a Juggernaut suit and a killstreak in your inventory, you can create Juggernaut canisters on the ground by activating the suit power-up and a killstreak at the same time.

It requires deft timing, but if done correctly you’ll be able to spawn several suit canisters.

Throw one of the canisters, and a Juggernaut suit will be parachuted to your location for use inside of the game. Cable711 managed to create around 14 of these canisters within a matter of minutes and also noted that the exploit can be triggered anywhere else in the Warzone map provided that you have the items and timing necessary to pull it off. Players have already begun streamlining the process for obtaining duplicate Juggernaut killstreaks, which has resulted in a substantial increase in the armored behemoths roaming around the Warzone map. Activision has yet to reveal if a fix for the exploit is in development.

In other Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Call of Duty: Warzone news, the Season 1 content drop that was scheduled for a December 10 release date has been delayed to December 16. Warzone will continue to exist alongside Black Ops Cold War’s multiplayer and will receive several Cold War elements, such as 30 weapons, different Blueprint versions, a brand-new map, and a new mode.

Grand Theft Auto V‘s latest update to the Online mode is a big one. The Cayo Perico Heist is GTA Online’s biggest ever expansion, and it’s launching on December 15. Rockstar Games has now announced a few more details about it, beginning with its new social space, The Music Locker.

The Music Locker is a literal underground music club that is located beneath the Diamond Casino and Resort. Real-life DJs will perform “residencies” at the club, including Moodymann, Keinemusik, and Palms Trax.

In addition to stopping by to catch a set, players can experience new gameplay features like the ability to dance with a partner. There is also a set of new dance moves. No word yet on if you can take part in a dance-off, but we sure hope that’s included.

Everyone can visit The Music Locker for free, but you need to own a Penthouse at the Diamond Casino and Resort to get into the VIP section. It’s not immediately clear what awaits players there.

The Cayo Perico Heist also introduces more radio stations, updates to existing radio stations, new DJs, and more music. Outside of the music-themed updates, the update adds a new island where players can take part in the daring new heist of the expansion’s name. Notably, this is the first heist that can be played solo, though you also have the opportunity to join up with three other players as in the past.

GTA Online is just the latest big game to get involved with virtual concerts for real-world artists, following in the footsteps of Fortnite, Roblox, and others who have hosted gigs for performers such as Travis Scott, Lil Nas X, and others.

GTA Online continues to be very popular, many years after release. As such, Rockstar is releasing a standalone version of GTA Online in 2021, first on PS5 and then for other platforms. Also coming in 2021 is a new version of GTA 5 made specifically for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Rockstar’s latest game, Red Dead Redemption 2, recently launched a standalone version of its own multiplayer mode.

We’ve reached the time of the year when all the big companies start dropping their feel-good holiday ads, and Microsoft’s is all about gaming. While the tech giant does plenty outside the world of games, it seems like it’s particularly proud of the gaming segment of the company this year.

The ad shows a family dog trotting around the house to find their family members playing Halo (on a shiny new Xbox Series S), Minecraft, and Microsoft Flight Simulator–as well as one non-gaming product, Microsoft Teams. The puppy then enters those worlds in a dream, joined by a number of their puppy friends. Check it out for yourself:

While the ad does feature an Xbox Series S, the console is mostly in the background, and the Xbox Series X doesn’t seem to have made an appearance at all. It’s a reminder that Microsoft’s focus in the gaming world extends beyond the “console wars” and further into the realm of software–an ambition only furthered this year by a number of high-profile studio acquisitions.

As some of the comments have pointed out, however, Microsoft’s ad can come across as somewhat sad for the puppy, as their human family doesn’t want to stop gaming to give them attention. If you’re lucky enough to enjoy a brand new Xbox this holidays, or playing lots of Minecraft, just remember to set some time aside for your furry family members too.