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Season 6 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has arrived, bringing with it a new fast-travel system for Warzone as well as new operators, cosmetics, multiplayer maps and modes and so much more.

You can check out the full Season 6 patch notes over on the Call of Duty blog, but we’ve also pinned down all of the key changes below. The update is 19.3 GB on PS4, 22.66 GB on Xbox One and 57 GB / 25.5 GB on PC depending on whether you own Modern Warfare or just Warzone.

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Warzone Season 6 – Map Changes

• Subway Fast Travel: A metro has been added to Verdansk, described as a “dynamic fast travel system” that allows players to jump between existing points of interest. A number of Metro stations have been placed in the map which squads can investigate to find items and catch trains to move around the map. Safety standards dictate that the cars will not transport players to stations outside of the safe zone, and they also won’t move if there is conflict on board. Activision notes that these new underground areas are “prime spots for ambushes.”

Warzone Season 6 – New Mode, Weapons and War Tracks

• Armored Royale Mode: This new Warzone game mode outfits every team with a turret-toting armoured cargo truck. If the truck is destroyed, the team cannot respawn, and the last team standing wins, truck or no truck.
• New Weapon Pickups: The supply crate weapon rotation has once again been changed. This time around players will see “a combination of familiar armaments and new blueprints,” including six Common, 10 Uncommon, 13 Rare, 18 Epic and 24 Legendary variants to discover.
• Licensed War Tracks: New licensed War Tracks can be picked up as free tiers in the new battle pass, including Jack Harlow’s “WHATS POPPIN” and “Grindin” by Clipse.

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Multiplayer Season 6 – New Maps

• Station (Gunfight Map): Abandoned military cargo trains litter this “rural Kastovia train station” which players can clamber on top of and hide between, bringing new verticality to Gunfight.
• Broadcast (6v6 Map): Based on the TV station in the ‘Charlie Don’t Surf’ mission from 2007’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, this new map caters to CQB play with its many tight corridors.
• Tank Factory (6v6 and 10v10 Map): This new map will change depending on the size of the lobby, with two large buildings, a tank factory and a warehouse, available for players to battle through.
• Verdansk Riverside (Ground War Map): This suburb near the frozen Gora River has been brought to Modern Warfare multiplayer for the first time.

Multiplayer Season 6 – New Modes and Challenges

• Killstreak Confirmed Mode: This spin on the popular Kill Confirmed mode makes it so that you can earn killstreaks by collecting dog tags.
• Gun Game TDM Mode: This new mode is a Team Deathmatch spin on Gun Game, where your weapon cycles after every kill, as two teams battle to reach the target score.
• Headquarters Firefight Mode: This spin on Headquarters makes it so enemy respawns are disabled when Headquarters are captured, doling out points for holding the objective.
• Hardpoint Hills and Kills Mode: Similarly, this spin on Hardpoint provides team score to players who hold objectives, as well as wiping out enemies.
• Trials and Officer Challenge Ribbons: Nine trials have been added with Season Six, including a Juggernaut Trial, Quad/ Helicopter Races and Free Roam side missions. New Officer Challenge ribbons have also been brought to the game to help players rank up.

Season 6 Battle Pass

• Instant Unlocks: Upon purchase of the new Battle Pass you’ll get access to the Farah Operator, a character from Modern Warfare’s campaign. You’ll also get an XP Boost, the “Poloski” skin for Minotaur and the “Gilded Arm” assault rifle blueprint.
• New Weapons: Players will unlock the bolt-action SP-R208 marksman rifle at Tier 15, and the 9×39 suppressed AS-VAL assault rifle at Tier 31.
• New Unlocks: Other unlocks in the Battle Pass include skins for Gaz, Domino and Bale, a screwdrivers Combat Knife blueprint and numerous vehicle skins. There’s also Edward, a pet bat finishing move that explodes the enemy’s head.
• Tier 100 Unlocks: At Tier 100 you’ll unlock the Nikolai Operator, a VSS rifle blueprint, a Halloween-themed vehicle skin and a Season 6 emblem.

Season 6 Zombie Bundle

• Undead Forces: A new store bundle has also been brought to the game, including a Hellhound finishing move, a Syd skin and a mini zombie charm.

You can see a roadmap for further Season 6 updates below:

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Xbox Series X has 802GB of usable storage space in its in-built 1TB SSD, reserving almost 200GB for the operating system and essential system files.

In IGN’s hands-on preview of Xbox Series X, we showed off the storage space of a base Xbox Series X unit with no apps or games installed, showing the 802GB limit. This is actually an improvement on Xbox One X, which allowed for 780.9GB from its 1TB hard drive. You can check out the storage management screen in the video below:

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Game sizes are likely to be a major talking point in the coming generation, with storage costs creeping upwards throughout the lifespan of Xbox One and PS4, particularly with the advent of 4K resolutions. AAA games now require tens, and occasionally hundreds, of gigabytes of storage space – and with the increased quality of Series X games, it’s a trend likely to continue.

Perhaps the most notable large game right now is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. After today’s Season 6 update, the full game install takes up around 192 GB on Xbox One. Assuming a similar size on Series X, you’re looking at almost a quarter of the available SSD space taken up by a single game.

That said, we can’t fully account for how that will change on Series X, with Xbox Velocity Architecture apparently set to reduce game sizes. Xbox Series S games will also apparently come in around 30% smaller than on Xbox Series X, although the lower powered console only has a 512GB SSD.

Using the (expensive) Seagate 1TB expansion drive adds 920GB of usable space to the Series X, and USB 3.1 external hard drives can also be used to store games – but the latter option means stored games won’t receive the benefits of the Xbox Velocity Architecture, which should improve load times and performance.

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Xbox Series X retails at $499 USD / £449 / $749 AUD, while Xbox Series S comes in at $299 USD / £249.99 / $499 AUD. Both Xbox Series consoles will be released on November 10.

Despite Xbox preorders selling out amid widespread retailer issues, Microsoft says more Xbox Series X and S units will be available when the console launches on November 10, following “record-breaking demand”.

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Disney has announced that the next D23 Expo will move from its planned 2021 calendar slot to September 2022.

The company shared the update via a tweet on the official D23 Twitter account. The statement confirms that the rescheduled event will now take place on Sept. 9-11, 2022, at the Anaheim Convention Center. Disney also promises that the “D23 Expo 2022 will be a celebration unlike any other” as fans will be given a first look at its “incredible plans for the 100th anniversary of The Walt Disney Company.”

Since 2009, the bi-annual D23 Expo has invited fans to celebrate all of the magic, wonder, and adventure of Disney at a three-day convention packed full of “inside-the-magic” experiences, including exclusive sneak peeks at upcoming films, celebrity appearances, unforgettable presentations, as well as the latest looks at what’s coming from Disney Parks and Resorts and Walt Disney Imagineering.

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Last year’s D23 Expo showcased a suite of up-and-coming films from Disney’s various theatrical divisions, with fans being presented first-look previews and exciting new details about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Black Panther 2, Eternals, Black Widow, Jungle Cruise, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Mulan, Cruella, Soul, Onward, Frozen 2, and Raya and the Last Dragon, an all-new animated film.

The 2022 edition of the D23 Expo will now take place shortly after Star Wars Celebration, which is another major convention in the Disney calendar. Lucasfilm cancelled this year’s event due to the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Star Wars Celebration is now set to return to the Anaheim Convention Center on August 18-21, 2022.

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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Edmund McMillen has revealed The Binding of Isaac: Repentance, a “mega expansion” for The Binding of Isaac, described by McMillen as “basically a sequel”

In a blog post on Steam, McMillen provided an overview of the new DLC, noting that the expansion is “bigger than rebirth was to the OG flash game.”

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth was a 2014 remake of 2011’s The Binding of Isaac, which brought a huge amount of new content to the game, and saw it ported to current-gen systems. This comparison speaks to how much of a sizable update Repentance will bring to the game.

And of course for those wondering we still don’t have a release date yet but we think end of year is still doable 😉 https://t.co/uc3TpvWpv1

— Edmund McMillen (@edmundmcmillen) September 29, 2020

McMillen added that the game is “currently over 90% done” and tweeted that a release date for Repentance hasn’t been pinned down, but that the team think that “end of year is still doable,” which suggests Repentance may arrive before the end of 2020 if everything goes well.

More updates about Repentance will arrive in late October, with news about how Repentance will work with the console versions of the game coming soon. You can check out the Steam store page for Repentance here, which adds that there will be “130+ new items, 25+ new bosses, 2 new playable characters” and a “full alternate path with brand new chapters and a new final boss and ending.”

Here’s our review of 2017’s The Binding of Isaac Afterbirth+, which we scored a 9, noting that it “adds more to what we loved about the original.”

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We got another look at Pokemon Sword and Shield‘s second DLC expansion, The Crown Tundra, during today’s Pokemon livestream. Along with revealing the DLC’s release date, the stream gave us our first look at another new regional variant: Galarian Slowking.

Much like Galarian Slowbro, which was introduced in the previous Isle of Armor DLC, Galarian Slowking is a dual Poison/Psychic type. Standard Slowpoke can evolve into either Slowbro or Slowking, and it appears that remains the case for these Galarian variants. Although The Pokemon Company didn’t yet detail how to evolve the Pokemon, it notes on the games’ official website that the evolution is triggered when “a Shellder bite set off a reaction between the chemicals secreted by Galarian Slowpoke’s brain and the spices inside its body.”

Galarian Slowking is classified as the Hexpert Pokemon, and it’s said they communicate with each other by chanting mysterious incantations. This ties into its new signature move, Eerie Spell, a Psychic-type attack that dishes out damage and reduces three PP from the last move the opposing Pokemon used.

Galarian Slowking also has a unique Ability called Curious Medicine. When this Pokemon enters the field, it automatically resets its ally’s stat changes.

Although it’s not yet clear how to get Galarian Slowking in Sword and Shield, you’ll first need to get a Galarian Slowpoke; these can be encountered in the wild around the Isle of Armor. As previously mentioned, you can also evolve Galarian Slowpoke into Galarian Slowbro, which has its own unique Ability–Quick Draw–and a unique signature move called Shell Side Arm. You can learn more in our guide on how to evolve Galarian Slowpoke into Galarian Slowbro.

The Crown Tundra expansion launches October 22. The DLC takes players to the eponymous Crown Tundra, where players will be able to explore Pokemon dens, catch returning Legendaries, and get helpful new items like the Ability Patch. In the lead up to the DLC’s release, The Pokemon Company is giving away a handful of Pikachu wearing different caps. Pokemon Go compatibility is also coming to Pokemon Home by the end of the year.

Yesterday, Amazon revealed its 2020 Amazon Prime Day is happening on October 13-14 after having initially been delayed from its usual mid-summer timeframe due to the unfortunate circumstances of 2020. Some of the early Prime Day deals on Amazon devices like Kindle and Echo have already started, but the rest of the goods won’t see their savings until the official Prime Day kickoff.

Among the many items discounted during Prime Day you’d probably be interested in, video games feature prominently. But will we see any sort of savings on Nintendo Switch consoles and games? I’m certain we’ll see Nintendo Switch game deals, almost certain we won’t see any deals on Nintendo Switch consoles.

Will Nintendo Switch be on Sale During Prime Day?

My sense is we won’t see any meaningful discounts on Nintendo Switch consoles over Prime Day. In spite of the fact the late start to Amazon’s sale event is encroaching on the holiday shopping season, the Nintendo Switch has been hard enough to get at its MSRP. While the system is incredibly popular, its rarity is due more to pandemic-related supply chain issues compounded with a whole new group of people looking to spend their free time at home.

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However, with the recent return of the Animal Crossing special edition Nintendo Switch bundle at retailers, I think we’ll see some bundled Nintendo Switch deals for Prime Day. If not the Animal Crossing bundle itself, some sort of microSD/eShop card and console bundle. That is, of course, if Amazon has enough Nintendo Switch consoles in stock to even consider bundled deals.

Amazon Prime Day Nintendo Switch Game Deals

Now here’s where we’ll see some chances to save. Nintendo Switch game deals are already live, and have been for weeks. It’s practically unheard of for first-party Nintendo games to go on sale, but that’s been the case most of the summer. Games like Super Mario Maker 2, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and even Animal Crossing: New Horizons have seen discounts up to 33% off their MSRP.

It’s pretty rare to not have to pay the “Nintendo tax,” but for whatever the reason, these games have dropped in price and it looks like those savings are going to last through Prime Day. If not, they’ll almost certainly return. It’s great news for those lucky enough to have picked up a new Switch, as well as those looking to fill some gaps in their library or stock up before the holiday season is upon us.

Live Amazon Switch Game Deals

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Amazon Prime Day Nintendo Switch Controller Deals

Joy-con are still really hard to find. They’re nowhere near as difficult to get your hands on as they were during the peak of summer, but they’re still not as readily available as they once were. That’s a bummer, because, like the consoles, a supply constraint means the likelihood of a sale is much lower than if they were abundant.

However, the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller doesn’t seem to be affected, and is routinely on sale for $59.99. I fully expect this deal to return for Prime Day.

Amazon Prime Day Switch Memory Deals

The microSD functionality of the Nintendo Switch is one of its greatest strengths, in my opinion. You can expand your Nintendo Switch storage up to 2TB, which isn’t even a card size that exists yet. But better still, because it uses common storage media, you can expand your Switch memory without paying full price if you keep an eye on deals. SanDisk microSD cards, both the officially licensed and the non-licensed variants, go on sale all the time. Expect to see some sort of deal on microSD during the Prime Day event.

Disney has officially added the GroupWatch option to the Disney+ platform in the United States after testing the co-viewing feature in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand earlier this month.

The GroupWatch feature allows up to seven Disney+ subscribers to sync streams and watch content together, even when apart. Disney’s watch party experience is available on all titles in the Disney+ library across several platforms, including web browsers, mobile apps, connected TV boxes and smart TVs. When initiating GroupWatch on a Premier Access title, all participants must have paid for that title.

Variety notes that the new GroupWatch feature doesn’t include a text chat option, which Disney says has been omitted from the design in an effort to stop viewers from becoming distracted and missing parts of the main event, though participants are invited to share “real-time reactions” with six different emojis available through the Disney+ app.

Disney+ subscribers can invite other users to a GroupWatch party via a new icon that is located on the “Details” page of a Disney+ movie or TV series. However, it’s important to note that invitations can only “originate from mobile or web,” but once the invitations have been sent out to the selected parties, users can join the session from any streaming device or smart TV.

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The GroupWatch feature is available to all Disney+ subscribers in the US (with the exception of kids’ accounts), and each participant in the streaming session can pause, rewind or fast forward video playback for the whole group, including the host. Sadly, European subscribers will have to wait a bit longer to trial the new feature, as it is expected to be rolled out sometime later this fall for that market.

For those that have already access to the GroupWatch feature, fill up your virtual watch party calendar with our rundown of everything that is coming to Disney+ in October, including the second season of The Mandalorian. Season 2 is set to debut on Disney+ on October 30 with a whole new cast of scum and villainy, as well as some faithful favourites and one particularly notable scene-stealer.

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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

If you enjoy your post-apocalyptic stories with a clever twist, you’ll want to keep an eye on Scout’s Honor, a new comic from writer David Pepose (Spencer & Locke) and artist Luca Casalanguida (James Bond). This series is set in a ruined world where a fanatical cult has risen up around a holy relic from mankind’s civilized days – a Boy Scout manual.

The series revolves around a heroine named Kit – a woman forced to conceal her gender in order to join the Ranger Scouts and survive the harsh Colorado Badlands and the male-dominated society of the post-apocalypse. But when Kit uncovers a dark secret at the core of the Ranger Scouts, she’ll have to risk her life and to reveal the truth to the world.

Pepose is billing this new series as a mashup of Fallout, Mulan and The Handmaid’s Tale, and it’s not hard to understand why. Check out a preview of Scout’s Honor #1 in the slideshow gallery below:

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The creative team also includes colorist Matt Milla (X-Men Blue) and letterer Carlos M. Mangual (Mystery in Space). The first issue features a main cover from Andy Clarke and Jose Villarrubia and a variant cover from Brent Schoonover.

Scout’s Honor is published by AfterShock Comics. The first issue is scheduled for release on January 6, 2021.

Pepose also recently wrapped up a successful Kickstarter for The OZ, a limited series that gives the Oz books a dark, Mad Max-inspired makeover. And if you haven’t checked out Spencer & Locke yet, maybe this video trailer will convince you:

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In other comic book Kickstarter news, former NFL star Lance Briggs is making his comic book debut with The Trap, while the amazingly versatile Elsa Charretier recently unveiled a gorgeous hardcover sketchbook.

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The Razer BlackWidow has been one of the most iconic gaming keyboards of the last decade. This month, Razer revealed its latest version, the BlackWidow V3 Pro, that officially brings HyperSpeed Wireless to the classic keyboard, as well as a suite of other improvements that aim to make it the best yet. Retailing for $229, should this arachnid crawl its way onto your Wish List?

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Razer BlackWidow V3 Pro – Design and Features

The Razer BlackWidow V3 Pro is a major upgrade from last year’s release and redefines the quality of the BlackWidow line. Though it has been popular, the series has been challenged by increasing competition in recent years, even from within Razer’s own line-up. Its Huntsman Elite and Huntsman Tournament Edition optical gaming keyboards, for example, may have come to acclaim from its excellent switches, but also its aluminum top plate, wrist rest, media controls, and, at least since the Tournament Edition, PBT keycaps.

With the BlackWidow V3 Pro, many of those features have trickled down and the entire keyboard is better for it. Instead of being entirely plastic, it now has a rigid aluminum top plate. It’s a change you can feel both when you first pick it up and with every keystroke since it makes the board feel more dense and less hollow. In fact, the top shell is entirely absent, exposing the switch housings under the keycaps. It’s cool when viewed from the side, but from above, the keycaps do a good job of isolating the light to just the legends – at least on medium brightness. On high brightness, there is definitely some glow around each key, but it’s far from the wash of light on boards like the Steelseries Apex Pro.

The keycaps have also been upgraded. They’re made of thick ABS plastic and have doubleshot backlit legends. This means that the legends are made of an entire second piece of plastic and will never chip or fade. The legends are also thin and consistent, and the plastic around them is slightly textured to avoid shining. Keyboard enthusiasts have known for ages how much difference keycaps can make in your typing experience, and this is as good as it comes without jumping to more expensive PBT.

Underneath those caps are Razer’s patented Green (clicky) or Yellow (linear) switches. I tested the green version and found them to be both louder and more tactical than Cherry MX Blues. I’m not usually a fan of clicky switches but these definitely have a satisfying typewriter-esque clack about them. The board will also be available in Razer’s linear Yellow switches, which Razer says are even more quiet this time around. Both versions are rated for 70 million keystrokes, which is impressively high compared to Cherry’s 50 million click lifespan.

The V3 Pro also features dedicated media controls complete with Razer’s multi-function dial. Above the number pad are tall buttons for play, pause, and skipping tracks, as well as a nice knurled volume wheel that hangs just over the edge of the keyboard for easy access. This whole section appears lifted directly from the Huntsman Elite, including the sleek backlighting on each of these controls. Like that keyboard, the volume dial can also be programmed to control different functions in games, like swapping weapons or triggering skills.

I also really like that Razer included a wrist rest this time around. It’s a plush leatherette that feels comfortable to use and is angled to exactly match the bottom lip of the keyboard, but isn’t magnetic, which is a bummer. Even in my relatively cool office at work, I noticed my wrists sweat after a while, so it may not be practical in warmer climates, but enhanced the experience nonetheless.

The defining feature here is clearly the wireless functionality. Razer has been building its stable of HyperSpeed Wireless peripherals for quite a while now, so it was only a matter of time before that tech made its way to the BlackWidow line-up. Like the Razer Viper Mini, it connects to the PC with a small USB dongle and offers responsiveness that is indistinguishable from the best wireless peripherals I’ve tried. Over HyperSpeed, it’s able to offer full 1000Hz polling, right up there with the Razer Huntsman Elite and Corsair K95 Platinum XT. If you’re playing less intense games or need to type out a quick email on your tablet, it also supports Bluetooth pairing with up to three devices and, of course, wired connectivity.

Battery life is great with the lights off and only decent if you like to turn up the RGB. With no backlighting at all, Razer claims 192 hours of actual use time. If you turn the brightness all the way up and just let it cycle colors, that drops to only 13 hours, which is less than two days of use for me. RGB lighting is always a big drain on keyboard batteries, but it still left me careful to plug in every night, which gave me flashbacks to the early days of wireless peripherals.

Razer BlackWidow V3 Pro – Software

Like other programmable Razer products, nearly all of the customization is done through Synapse, the company’s proprietary software engine. Synapse has come a long way over the years and allows you to easily program in any array of macros, Windows shortcuts, mouse functions, and more just by selecting your key and picking from a drop-down menu. It’s very intuitive, and thanks to HyperShift, every key can also be programmed with a secondary function. As an MMORPG player, that allowed me to turn my entire numpad into a big macro pad, which is great for quickly accessing skill rotations. With five profiles of onboard storage, the remap possibilities number into the hundreds.

Synapse is also where you’ll control the keyboard’s lighting, which is plentiful. Every key can be illuminated with a custom color. Or, if you prefer, you can choose from a set of Quick Effects to make it look good without the fuss of creating your own static layout. With the program’s Chroma Studio, however, you’re given the ability to create truly unique lighting schemes, layering effects and synchronizing them between your other Chroma-enabled devices.

Razer BlackWidow V3 Pro – Performance

I’m a shooter fan, so wasted no time putting the board through its paces in Call of Duty: Warzone using the HyperSpeed dongle (which was used through all of my gaming tests). If you’re worried about gaming on non-Cherry switches, don’t be. The Razer Greens actuated just as fast (and technically faster with a 1.9mm actuation point versus Cherry’s 2mm), and were reliable and consistent over several hours of play. I swapped between CoD, Apex Legends, and Battlefield V and there was never a time when I felt like the BlackWidow was holding me back. Like the best peripherals, it got out of the way and let me focus on the game.

In World of Warcraft, I really appreciated the ability to remap so many keys. Using only the number pad and modifiers like shift and control, I was able to map four separate skill bars to my number pad alone. For running dungeons, this wasn’t as practical since I keep my fingers locked to the movement keys, but with a mix of in-game remaps and HyperShift, I was able to map my most-used skills to the left side of the keyboard. Paired with the Razer Naga, Synapse let me customize my inputs so much that I had every tool I needed right at my fingertips while still being able to stay nimble and move around the boss fight without any downtime.

I also have to say, in normal use, the keycaps may have been the most impressive of all. My harshest criticism of past BlackWidows was that the keyboards would pick-up finger oils and look old within mere days of use. It was their most off-putting feature. The finish and feel of these caps is so much better that it elevated the entire experience.

Throughout all of this, the biggest drag was purely needing to plug in every night. I didn’t encounter the low battery warning, but I would have had I forgotten and still wanted to enjoy my RGB.

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Razer BlackWidow V3 Pro – Purchasing Guide

The Razer BlackWidow V3 Pro retails for $229 and it’s available from Amazon, Best Buy, and from Razer directly.