Month: December 2024

Alongside Destiny 2’s Episode: Revenant content drop comes Vesper’s Host, a three-player dungeon that, like previous dungeons, is sure to offer some intense challenge to endgame players. That challenge is going to be more intense than usual for the first weekend of Vesper’s Host, because for the first time, Bungie is running a world’s first completion race similar to those it puts on for its raids. As players compete to be the first in the world to finish Vesper’s Host, they’ll have to deal with “contest mode,” which amps up the difficulty of the activity to level the playing field.There’s a lot going on with Vesper’s Host, from its race to its new Exotic weapon, Ice Breaker, a returning favorite from the original Destiny. Here’s everything you need to know about Vesper’s Host, from when it launches, to race info and contest mode details, and more–plus the just-announced disabled items for the world’s first dungeon race (and a warning about those items).Table of Contents [hide]

  • Vesper’s Host trailer
  • When does Vesper’s Host launch?
  • How does contest mode work?
  • What weapons and armor are di…
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Don’t forget to wish the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack service a happy, happy birthday. The add-on turns three years old–known as the Triforce year–and Nintesports bettingndo is teasing new stuff for members over the next year.In a Nintendo newsletter (seen below), the company asks: “What excitement will the next year bring for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members? Stay tuned to find out!” Now this holds extra intrigue, since the company is about to launch a mysterious Switch online test soon. Only Expansion Pack subscribers were able to sign up for the playtest, which will take place October 23 through November 5.

Nintendo sent out this newsletter to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion pack members, containing the passage above. It teases new stuff for the service over the next year.
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Black Ops 6 will not have an early-access period for its narrative campaign mode, unlike prior Call of Duty titles, Activision has confirmed. The game’s campaign, multiplayer mode, and Zombies will all launch simultaneously on October 25 for “one massive global launch moment.”Previous Call of Duty titles, including both Modern Warfare 2 and 3, allowed players who preordered to get early access to the games’ campaigns for up to a week. The early-access period has been popular with serious players, who smash through the narrative content in order to focus on multiplayer when it unlocks on global launch day.


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In my years of reviewing NBA 2K games, I’ve come to appreciate–and even expect–the game to feel like an authentic love letter to basketball in so many ways. This has been a consistent attribute of the series going back over a decade. NBA 2K doesn’t just capture the culture of basketball; it helps shape it. No other game–not even Madden, despite the head start gifted to it by simulating Americans’ unique obsession with football–offers a total package as immersive and rewarding as NBA 2K. That’s why, in addition to my NBA 2K25 review–and so as not to become too bogged down in the ins and outs of it there–I’m also taking a moment to address the unfortunate pay-to-win economy still infecting what is otherwise the perennial sports game of the year.If you don’t play NBA 2K, you may be unfamiliar with its woes in this regard, and if you do play it, you may have normalized it to the point that you no longer see it as a concern. Unlike other sports games in which the focal point is often either the team-centric Franchise-style mode or the fantasy-card-collecting loot-box mode, Visual Concepts has built up its MyCareer mode and its social MMO hub, The City, to offer a compelling–and s…

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