Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s First Premium DLC Has Been Leaked

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s first premium DLC, Multiplayer Map Pack 1, has leaked.

Last night, Black Ops 4 players in Australia noticed they were able to download and play the DLC’s two new multiplayer maps, Madagascar and Elevation (via Eurogamer). Some players took the opportunity to post footage of both Madagascar and Elevation to YouTube.

Players were also able to access and post footage of the new Dead of the Night zombies mode confirming that actors Kiefer Sutherland and Charles Dance appear in the new mode.

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Get an Xbox One X with PUBG for $399 Right Now

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The Xbox One might have stumbled a bit out of the gate, but the Xbox One S and Xbox One X have made up for lost ground by offering features not found in competitors’s consoles, as well as some of the consistently best deals on new systems.

Apart from playing Xbox One, Xbox 360, and even some original Xbox games, both consoles also play 4K Blu-rays. If you’re looking for the best deals on an Xbox One X or Xbox One S, there are plenty of great chances to save on a new console or bundle. It’s not too late to grab one if you’re doing some last minute Christmas shopping, but time is definitely running out.

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Valve Confirms That CS:GO’s Portal Reference Is Just an Easter Egg, Not an ARG

Valve has confirmed that a Portal-themed Easter Egg discovered by CS:GO players is not an ARG.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players caused a stir earlier this week when they discovered a Portal reference hidden in the new Danger Zone Blacksite map. Tucked away in the blocked-off Room 3 of the map’s motel was a handful of computers emitting a broadcast that was decoded to reveal the first line of Portal’s ending song, Still Alive; “This was a triumph, I’m making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.”

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Infinity Blade Series Removed From App Store, May Appear Elsewhere

Epic Games has announced the removal of the Infinity Blade series from the App Store, as it can no longer support the games to a satisfactory standard.

The iOS-only sword combat series is often credited with helping to popularise premium mobile gaming, but Epic says it can’t support the series while it shifts focus to Spyjinx, a collaboration between Bad Robot Productions, Infinity Blade developers ChAIR, and Star Wars director J.J. Abrams.

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The Best Chromebook

If you’re in the market for a shiny new Chromebook we’ve got your back. We’ve sampled an array of these budget-oriented notebooks to find out which one is the very best.

Amy Adams Thinks She’s Done Playing Lois Lane and That DC Movies Are Being Revamped

Amy Adams, who has played Lois Lane in Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, and Justice League, says she may be done portraying the character and that DC movies may be headed in a new direction.

Via Vulture, Adams spoke to Nicole Kidman during an episode of Variety’s Actors on Actors and said, “I think I’m out of the DC Universe now. I think they’re revamping that. I don’t know the details.”

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Red Dead Online Review in Progress – Week 2

It’s been a little over a week since we published our initial impressions of the Red Dead Online beta and, while there haven’t been any grand new additions in terms of fresh missions or activities yet, I have had a different experience over the last week compared to my first.

During my first few days with the beta the service remained extremely reliable (I encountered no technical issues or drop-outs) and the largely-respectful culture of the Free Roam lobbies was a genuine surprise to me. Griefing was actually bafflingly rare.

In contrast, over the last week I encountered a long string of connection faults for the first time (error 0x20010006, isolated to one bad day, but I had more than a dozen drop-outs over the course of it) and Free Roam lobbies seem to be displaying a lot more of the boorish behaviour I’d anticipated from the outset. I’ve been shot in the back while fishing, I’ve been shoved off piers while fishing, and I’ve been tackled, beaten, and hogtied (while fishing).

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