Last Week in Gaming – Catch up With all the Important News (March 9-15)
Catch up with last week’s news and features to get back into the gaming loop again. From March 9 to March 15, 2020, here’s everything you need to know.
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Mathias Zulpo
March 16, 2020
Ninja Criticizes Unique Mechanic of Call of Duty Warzone
Tyler „Ninja” Belvins criticized one of the characteristic mechanics of Call of Duty: Warzone - the ability to customize the content of dropped equipment packages. In his opinion, the developers' idea makes most players have the same equipment in almost every match.
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Bart Swiatek
March 16, 2020
Arnold Schwarzenegger Provided Voice for a New Predator Game
From a recent statement by Arnold Schwarzenegger, we learned that the actor has recently provided his voice into a new game about Predator. He didn't specify what specific title he was referring to, but most likely he was referring to an online action game under license from Predator: Hunting Grounds.
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Paul Wozniak
March 15, 2020
Counter Strike: Global Offensive Breaks Yet Another Activity Record
It is not difficult to notice that the complicated situation in the world related to the coronavirus pandemic encourages the use of the Internet. This can be seen very well from titles such as CS: GO, which for the first time since its launch in 2012 exceeded the barrier of a million active players.
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Conrad Hazi
March 15, 2020
Horizon: Zero Dawn - First Screenshot From PC Version
You can already find the first screenshot from Horizon: Zero Dawn made on PC. By the way, we also learned that the game will support ultra-wide monitors and Steam achievements.
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Paul Wozniak
March 15, 2020
Steam Reaches New Activity Record
Competition can double and triple, but it seems that Steam's position is still very strong. This is undoubtedly evidenced by the fact that the platform has once again broken its record of simultaneous logged-in users and has come close to 20 million.
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Conrad Hazi
March 15, 2020
The Most Terrifying LoL Champion Announced
The devs of League of Legends have published an announcement of a refreshed version of one of the oldest characters available in the game. According to the available information, this is supposed to be the most terrifying character to walk Summoner's Rift.
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Paul Wozniak
March 14, 2020
Use Your GPU and CPU to Fight Coronavirus
Anyone with a Windows, Linux or MacOS can contribute to the invention of the cure for COVID-19, all thanks to the Folding@home application developed by Stanford University.
Tech
March 14, 2020
CoD Warzone Records a Spike in Popularity
Four days after the launch, Call of Duty: Warzone devs boasted that 15 million players are already playing the game. The game has been a great success, and given the current situation in the world, the result may go much higher.
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Paul Wozniak
March 14, 2020
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem - Future Development Plans
Wolcen Studio, responsible for creating Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem, shared their plans to develop the popular hack'n'slash action RPG.
video games
March 14, 2020
Half-Life Soundtracks are Now Available on Streaming Platforms
Valve has released the soundtracks from the Half-Life series on the most popular music streaming platforms. You can already listen to the iconic songs on Spotify and YouTube Music, among others.
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Paul Wozniak
March 14, 2020
Here's Cyberpunk 2077 Backpack for $110
CD Projekt RED has announced the start of sales of the Cyberpunk 2077 backpack. The product was designed by Doughnut and is characterized by its waterproof character and large in size.
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Paul Wozniak
March 14, 2020
30 Minutes of Gameplay From Stronghold Warlords
FireFly has published a 30-minute video containing gameplay from the Stronghold: Warlords demo presented on PAX East 2020. The footage presents the mission from China's story campaign, in which the first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, appears.
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Agnes Adamus
March 13, 2020
CoD: Warzone - First Exploit; Fixes Inbound
Call of Duty: Warzone discovered an exploit that practically guaranteed winning the match. However, these mechanics have already been repaired by the developers. By the way, we also learned about minor changes that will be introduced with the next major update.
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Paul Wozniak
March 13, 2020
GTA 6 Getting Closer? Reddit User Believes So
A Reddit user claims to have come across a person who has access to undisclosed information about GTA VI. The person in question is supposed to be gonnaenodaethat, who posts mysterious, meaningless posts on the GTAForums message boards, and the usually harsh moderators seem not to notice his posts.
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Paul Wozniak
March 13, 2020
Last Oasis MMORPG Gets Early Access Launch Date
Polish studio Donkey Crew revealed when their upcoming title, Last Oasis, will launch in Steam's Early Access. This mix of survival and MMORPG will be available on Valve's platform later this month.
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Jacob Blazewicz
March 13, 2020
New Info on Baldur's Gate 3 - Player Characters, Levels, Game World
Thanks to an Ask Me Anything session conducted on Reddit by developers from Larian Studios we got to know a number of new details about the highly-anticipated Baldur's Gate 3.
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Bart Swiatek
March 13, 2020
Rumor: Activision Plans New Call of Duty and Crash Bandicoot
TheGamingRevolution provided information on future plans of Activision. The company is to prepare another free game from the Call of Duty series and a new major installment of the series. Apart from that, the devteam is working on remasters of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and two projects connected with the Crash Bandicoot franchise.
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Jacob Blazewicz
March 13, 2020
Scientists Dispel Doubts: 5G Does Not Harm Your Health
Independent scientists affiliated to the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) have concluded that, based on current scientific knowledge, the 5G communication standard does not represent a risk to human health.
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Bart Swiatek
March 13, 2020
Witcher 3 HD Reworked - Complex Visual Mod Version 11.0 Now Available
Since yesterday, version 11.0 of the HD Reworked mod for The Witcher 3 is available on the web. It mainly beautifies the Toussaint region from the Blood and Wine expansion. Other regions also got some bigger or smaller upgrades.
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Milosz Szubert
March 13, 2020