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The anticipatedCallof Duty: Black Ops Cold Waris only about a week away from release, as it will be launching alongside boththe PS5 and Xbox Series X. Now, a new announcement reveals that the latest entry into the FPS military-shooter franchise will come free with a new RTX 3080 and 3090. Nvidia announced that customers who purchase a new GeForce RTX 3080 or 3090 graphics card, or a gaming PC will get a free copy ofCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War....

Controlhas been lauded as one of thebest games of 2019, and developer Remedy Entertainment celebrated that by dropping its second big update for the game at the same time as The Game Awards. In addition, Remedy shared some extra information about the paidControlDLC it plans to release early next year. Remedy first announcedthe new end-game mode called Expeditions back in September, along with a photo mode that went live in early autumn....

Many people discovering how amazing the cool attribute is are mostly role-players inCyberpunk 2077. Several of the exciting dialogue options require cool points in order to give a suave response. So with these points, players figured that they might as well be curious and dig into a few of the skill points. And what a treasure chest of possibilities they discovered! Players mistakenly believe that the cool tree was tacked on after all other major skills that used staples like the submachine gun or hacking tool were all used up....

Animal Crossing: New Horizonsappears to continue the series in offering players unique interactions with many returning characters of different animal types, and hopefully some new ones.Though the characters may appear simple at face value, there is something to be said forAnimal Crossing: New Horizons’cozy world building and lovable character interactions which provide an enjoyable and immersive escape from the sometimes cynical elements of the real world. Tom Nook Of course,the raccoon Tom Nookwill be returning toAnimal Crossing: New Horizons,presumably to reclaim his usual role as the manager of a shop....

Over the course of the current generation of consoles, the file size of video games have increased dramatically. For example, Naughty Dog is known for its rich environments and high level of detail in its games. The studio’s first release made specifically for PS4,Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, required 55GB of hard drive space. Naughty Dog’s final game on the PS4,The Last of Us Part 2, requires 100GB of space.The Last of Us Part 2is so large in fact that theretail copy of the game comes on two Blu-ray discs....

Game Rant recently got the chance to get together with the Game Grumps and Fantastic Passion to playSoviet Jump Game, their newretro-style 2D platformerbattle royale. Greg Batha and Arin Hanson represented Game Grumps, while Thom Glunt came in to talk for Fantastic Passion. Over about an hour of Q&A and gameplay together, we were able to get a good sense of how and why the game was made, while some considerable solo play time left a very positive impression as well....

Following the crazy experience that was the GameStop stock fiasco, the company has a lot of choices to make about what to do moving forward. There have been manybig changes within GameStop, and the company continues to adapt to the changing times. Recently, the company announced today that there would be anotherchange in leadership at GameStopfor the members of its board of directors. The people that are in the running for the position are Alan Attal, former Chewy CMO; Larry Cheng, founder of the investment group Volition; Jim Grube, former Chewy CFO; George Sherman, current GameStop CEO; Yang Xu, Senior VP of Global Finance and Treasury at Kraft Heinz; and former Chewy co-founder Ryan Cohen, who is standing for election as the new Chairman....

After months of rumors and teases, the big day is finally here. Today sees the launch ofCall of Duty: Warzone, the standalone battle royale shooter/new mode forCall of Duty: Modern Warfare, and players from that game are definitely going to want to know how things work differently here so they can drop in and get to the 150-player action faster. Warzonemay have been built off the foundation ofModern Warfare’s tight and fast multiplayer, but the transition to a more open battle royale formula has changed how certain rewards from the standard multiplayer are earned....

Yesterday, NetherRealm Studios gave fans an extremely extensive look atMortal Kombat 11’s next DLC character, Sindel, in action, using a lengthy Kombat Kast to showcase her in-game abilities and debut her second Fatality. However, for players that still want to see more Sindel prior to her release, additional footage is now available, some of which focuses on something that many fans will certainly be interested in: Sindel’s Brutalities inMortal Kombat 11....

NBA 2K20has suffered a great deal of criticism since its launch last year, but in the wake of the tragic death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, the game is bringing fans together. All over the Internet are stories ofNBA 2K20players paying tribute to Bryant with their online opponents in-game, and 2K Sports itself has added its own tribute to the star basketball player that appears as soon as players boot up the game....

Phasmophobiagained sudden popularity in much the same way thatMediatonic’sFall Guysor InnerSloth’sAmong Usdid, bursting forth to the front of the scene out of nowhere. The four player co-op ghost hunting game is incredibly unique, and the focus on teamwork with close friends is likely what it owes much of its success to. Now the developer, Kinetic Games, is having to make some difficult choices. For those that may not have been aware, Kinetic Games has exactly one member, Dknighter....

Pokemon GOdevelopers have added mini-events to the game to give players more to do between community days and larger-scale events. One of these mini-events is named Spotlight Hour, in which a certain Pokemon will have an increased spawn rate everywhere. The first Spotlight Hour event is being held today, on February 4th, between the hours of 6 PM and 7 PM, local time and will feature Onix. Onix doesn’t appear to have any special abilities or moves but is a useful Pokemon in battles....

Double Fine has gone through a tumultuous year, to be sure. Having been focused onPsychonauts 2since 2015, Double Fine decided in 2019 that the best way to deliver the game it wanted to was to be acquired by Microsoft and join Xbox Game Studios.Psychonauts 2was pushed to 2020 and Double Fine has remained dedicated to launching this year. That goal remains Double Fine’s priority and to that effect, a gameplay showcase forPsychonauts 2is tentatively planned for July....