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Grand Theft Auto Online is celebrating Independence day in style. From today until July 7th, players will have a chance to grab some USA-themed rewards and discounts on a ton of items. Right before the Independence Day event went live, reliable leaker “TezFunz2” released the patch notes on Twitter, causing fans to give their input about the GTA Online event rewards early. Although many of the discounted items are not new, players will be happy to see a different reward on the Diamond Casino & Resort podium....

Something that has been missing from Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s multiplayer since launch is the beloved and iconic Gun Game. In prior titles, this was a mode in which you climbed a ladder of weapons through kills until you hit the last and won. It’s coming back in season 2. It’s a free-for-all mode that does not allow for custom load-outs, perks, equipment, field upgrades, or scorestreaks. Instead, each player has 20 weapons to climb through starting with a pistol and ending with the knife....

And frankly after some of shaky sequels and reboots of seminal horror movies we’ve been subjected to over the last few decades Michael deserves a homecoming parade for this effective, uncynical sequel that works on multiple levels. Halloween 2018 is respectful and progressive, chilling and inventive and frankly much better than many of us dared to expect. So how do you reinvigorate a franchise done to death over four decades, and more so, one that’s spawned so many tropes, riffs and reinventions that it’s almost a subgenre of its own?...

Arguably the Xbox One’s biggest exclusive this holiday season, Halo 5: Guardians is not only expected to give the second place console a sizable bump in sales, but might also redeem the efforts of developer 343 Industries which struggled through a disastrous few months after releasing The Master Chief Collection. While marketing efforts have focused on the struggle between Blue Team and Fireteam Osiris, Halo 5: Guardians also promises to throw Master Chief’s longtime enemies from the Covenant into the mix as well....

A fan of Halo 5: Guardians recreates the podracing scene from Star Wars: Episode 1, complete with functional podracers and a place for tusken raiders. Halo 5: Guardians got its post-release Forge Mode back in December, and the robust creation tool has been used in the creation of countless maps and game types. It’s no secret that Halo 5 provided some of the best multiplayer experiences of 2015, and the inclusion of Forge Mode has already led to some truly breathtaking creations in the last few months....

Microsoft recently shared some screenshots of Halo Infinite running with ultra-wide monitor support, and fans are already picking the images apart to debate whether or not the game looks good. Developer 343 Industries is set to release the shooter sometime this year. These screenshots come from the latest of 343 Industries’ routine updates on Halo Infinite’s development progress, which started shortly after the game’s troubled gameplay debut last summer. While these blog updates often focus on various elements — like audio design, gameplay, and storytelling — they always come with a few in-game screenshots showing off weapon details, vast environments, and new maps....

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite players started September with a pretty predictable lineup of events. The usual two-part Brilliant Event, Wizarding Weekend, and Community Day combo that seems to have become standard in the mobile AR game was announced at the end of August. Despite those plans, things have experienced a bit of a shakeup and now a surprise Dragon Week event is descending on the game’s AR map. This change comes as a result of Harry Potter: Wizard Unite’s 2....

Hearthstone has finally nerfed the Demon Hunter, yet again, following the conclusion of the World Championship this past weekend. Although balance changes were sorely needed, the timing was expected as nerfs almost never come before major tournaments but are also arriving just in time for the new Winter Veil event. Demon Hunter Nerfed, Again And Again When the Demon Hunter class emerged in the Ashes of Outlands expansion, its power level was through the roof, ruining the meta and requiring nerf after nerf....

Anyone who’s on Twitter at all has been exposed to Ryan Reynolds’s multiple high-profile side hustles by now. While he’s most famous as Deadpool’s civilian identity (he’s not really “acting” in those movies), Reynolds co-owns an ad agency, Maximum Effort Productions, which describes itself on LinkedIn as a company that makes “films, TV and content for the personal amusement of Ryan Reynolds.” Through Maximum Effort, Reynolds has become… well, more famous for the ads he writes and stars in for his other ventures, such as Aviation Gin, in which he retains a controlling interest after selling it earlier this year, and Mint Mobile....

With Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest kicking off today with Microsoft’s Inside Xbox showcase - which was touted as the first big unveiling of gameplay from the highly-anticipated Xbox Series X - many were excited to finally get to see what the next generation of consoles could offer. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla was there and promised to deliver some brand new gameplay, while Microsoft teased that a number of high profile names would turn up and unveil some significant world premieres alongside revealing exactly why players should invest in next-generation hardware this fall....

For fans who were hoping for a more mature and professional Hitman installment, they will be happy to know that the upcoming Hitman III game is going to have a very dark tone to it. As part of its monthly stream, IOInteractive talked more about the game and what players can expect after it releases. According to the stream’s presenters, community developer Clemens Koch and community manager Travis Barbour, Hitman III is going to be more serious and mature than Hitman and Hitman 2....

MicroMan is an upcoming game where you play as a teeny tiny lab worker who flies on the backs of butterflies. Is “accidentally shrunk down to the size of an ant” going to be a new game genre? No sooner do we get our first look at Grounded, a game that literally takes the plot of Honey, I Shrunk The Kids and turns it into a multiplayer survival game, than we get MicroMan, a game that shrinks an unfortunate lab worker down to the size of an insect....

When Ed and Lorraine (played once again by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) go out of town on a brief overnight trip, they leave their daughter Judy (Mckenna Grace, The Haunting of Hill House) home with her trusted babysitter Mary Ellen (Madison Iseman, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle). But after Mary Ellen’s troubled friend Daniela (Katie Sarife) arrives at the house, Annabelle manages to escape from her priest-blessed glass cabinet and summon the many entities attached to the Warrens’ collection of haunted and dangerous artifacts....

Over time, Destiny has proved just as controversial as it has addictive. Despite a huge and dedicated community of over 16 million players, Destiny’s become somewhat of a punching bag among hardcore gamers. The game is too small; there’s not enough endgame content; the loot system is stingy to the point of being broken; the story makes no sense; and so on. At this point, it’s not hard to fill in the blanks....

Way back in 2006, Square Enix and then-head developer Tetsuya Nomura debuted Final Fantasy Versus 13. The game languished in “development hell” for several years before Nomura was moved on to direct Kingdom Hearts 3, yet traces of Nomura’s ideas from Versus 13 ultimately made their way into several other games in the Final Fantasy franchise and Kingdom Hearts. Almost fifteen years later, the intended spin-off title may still be impacting the development of the next mainline entry, Final Fantasy 16....

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade is here. The PS5 exclusive introduces a number of visual and performance enhancements to the excellent JRPG, although the biggest draw is arguably its exclusive standalone expansion - Episode Intermission. Starring mischievous ninja Yuffie Kisaragi as she arrives in Midgar and seeks to infiltrate Shinra HQ in search of the Ultimate Materia, Intermission is available exclusively on PS5 and acts as a surprisingly meaty peace of narrative for fans wanting to sink their teeth into something new....

Back in February, Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time was surprisingly announced, with it being so surprising because the series had been finished for three years. Though it had been a long time coming, the TV show Samurai Jack had ended, and most fans thought that was it. Fans were surprised to learn that not only was Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time a thing, it also apparently tied in with the show’s story....

Loot based games are pretty popular with gamers these days and there doesn’t seem to be a shortage of them currently on the market. Many of them also seem to turn to the live service route as a way to not only continue expanding and improving the experience over time, but to also hopefully keep players invested for the long haul. Unfortunately, many games seem to use this as crutch, launching a flawed or unfinished game with the hopes to fix many of the issues over the weeks and months after release....

Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece has been a staple of the manga and anime industry for nearly 25 years. Now, more than 1000 episodes later, it appears that Oda’s prolific adventure story is finally preparing for its final act. The One Piece feature films have become exciting ways to push the anime in unexpected directions, but the recent One Piece Film: Red, the franchise’s 15th film, is easily the most unique movie to date....

Today, Steam rolled out a new feature called Steam News Hub. Steam users now have access to a curated feed of news, reviews, videos, and more. While the news hub is not yet ready for a full launch, you can now follow pages and stay up to date on all your favorite games directly from the Steam app or website. Here’s how to add TheGamer to your Steam News Hub....