Infinity Ward has released the full patch notes for the December 18 update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. The update is pretty big, adding several new pieces of content and implementing numerous balance changes and bug fixes.

In terms of what’s new, the update adds three maps to the multiplayer rotation: Shipment, Vacant, and Winter Docks (the latter being a winter-themed variation of the Docks map). Long-time Call of Duty fans will recognize Shipment and Vacant as remakes of the same two maps from 2007’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. With the addition of these new maps, both Vacant and Shipment have been rotated into the 24/7 multiplayer playlist. Cranked mode has also been rotated in, as has Gunfight.

The new update also adds a new Operator to Modern Warfare, Nikto. A former Russian FSB undercover agent, Nikto is an Allegiance Operator. Thanks to the update, you can also now jump into Special Operation Strongbox and classic Special Operations Disinform and Bomb Squad.

The full patch notes for this update are long, too long to cover in any meaningful depth. Instead, the remaining bug fixes and balancing changes are outlined in bullet list form below. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is available for Xbox One, PS4, and PC–if you haven’t tried it, you may want to as the game has set new records as the most-played Call of Duty title this console generation.

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare December 18 Update Patch Notes

What’s New

• New Operator: Nikto
• New Maps
  • Shipment
  • Vacant
  • Winter Docks (Winter themed Docks 2v2 map)
• Playlist Update
  • Vacant and Shipment 24/7
  • Cranked
  • Gunfight is back
• New Special Operation! “Strongbox”
• New Classic Special Operation Missions! “Disinform” and “Bomb Squad”

General

• Fix for a bug that could players to be stuck in a “Update requires restart” loop
• Fix for a bug where creating a custom mode could prevent access to private match game mode options
• Fix for players disconnecting and experiencing the “TURTLE” error code
• Fix for a bug where the green new notification icon was not clearing off the screen even though there weren’t any new items to view
• Implemented fixes for various exploits and boosting techniques
• Fix for some players experiencing a drift while using an Xbox controller
• Fixed two bugs that could cause players to accidentally use multiple XP tokens due to a delay between clicking the button and confirmation on our end
• Fixed an issue where Care Packages could fall through the roof of various buildings in Port
• Fixed a bug where players were unable to swap Field Upgrades after selecting Field Upgrade Pro
• Attempting to deploy the Weapon Drop Field Upgrade at the beginning of a round-based mode would result in the Field Upgrade becoming unusable until the player respawns. This has been fixed
• Fixed a bug where all tablet-based killstreaks/Field Upgrades have a zoomed-in view when using on Aniyah Palace
• Made some slight UI adjustments to the base and officer rank progression screens to both have similar designs
• Fix for watches not appearing in modes with preset loadouts
• Added a new menu that allows players to launch a specific Trial
• Fixed a bug that caused keybinds to reset to their default values
• Friend Request & Party Invite Notifications option will be set to Enabled by default after the patch. Players can disable that option through the Account tab of the Options menu
• Implemented several settings for the Auto-Sprint option (Always Sprint, Always Super Sprint)
• Added an Auto Move Forward feature for Keyboard and Mouse as well as Controller
  • For Keyboard and Mouse, a keybind can be added in the Options menu via the advanced section of Move Forward
  • For Controller, when this feature is enabled in the Options menu, it can be activated in game by pushing the movement stick forward twice
• Keyboard and Mouse
  • Improved navigation in the Store and Battle Pass menus
  • Added a Change Zoom/Toggle Hybrid Behavior gameplay option to change which keybind triggers the Change Zoom/Toggle Hybrid
• Audio
  • Footsteps: reduced audible range of 3rd person footsteps
  • Increased occlusion on footsteps
  • Adjusted various foley sounds that played at a larger range than footsteps during ADS/crouch movements
  • Fix for air vehicles not occluding properly
  • General occlusion adjustments to all air vehicles
  • Fix for knife impact sounds missing from kill cams
• Weapons
  • Adjusted hip spread for the .357 Snake Shot so it’s consistent regardless of stance
  • Reduced flinch on the Kar98k, EBR-14, and MK2 Carbine
• PC
  • Several fixes were implemented to prevent crashes and improve stability
• Special Operations: Survival
  • Various exploit fixes

  Classic Special Operations:

  • Fixed a bug where players were receiving inconsistent amounts of XP

Special Ops

• Fix for rank up UI splashes no working as intended
• When using a Respawn Flare, no UI icon would appear on the minimap (Operation Harbinger)
• Fixed a bug where pistols were dealing too much damage against Juggernauts compared to other weapon classes
• In Operation Crosswind, nearby enemies will not become alerted if a player uses a rocket launcher, causing the player to not break stealth. This has been fixed
• Fixed a bug where players were able to go prone with the minigun if they get revived while having it equipped
• Added the reward players could earn if completing an Operation within the playlist menu

Call Of Duty League

• Reduced the lethality of non-car explosives
• Adjustments to spawns for Hardpoint
• Search and Destroy
  • Fix for a bug where the defending team could see the bomb carrier objective icon
  • With the Weapon Pings on Minimap option is enabled, the bomb carrier would not show as a red dot on the minimap when shooting their weapon. This has been fixed
• COD Caster
  • Added an in-game data view to display various stats
  • Implemented support for Domination

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-update-adds-cod4-m/1100-6472334/

Steam has revealed the system requirements for Capcom’s Resident Evil 3 Remake. While the recommended requirements remain unknown, we’ve gathered the minimum specs necessary to run the game on PC.

Turns out RE3 Remake’s minimum PC specs are not too dissimilar from Resident Evil 2 Remake. If your machine had no problem running that game, then you should experience the same kind of performance since the two remakes share nearly identical requirements. It remains unclear whether the same can be said for the recommended requirements though, as those have yet to be published for RE3 Remake.

Resident Evil 3 Remake Minimum System Requirements

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
• OS: WINDOWS® 7, 8.1, 10 (64-BIT Required)
• Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4460 or AMD FX™-6300 or better
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 or AMD Radeon™ R7 260x with 2GB Video RAM
• DirectX: Version 11

RE3 Remake leaked ahead of its official reveal during Sony’s last State of Play for the year. Capcom showed off a few trailers following the game’s announcement. We’ve also compiled a list of everything we know about the forthcoming remake, including a cameo and tie-in achievement in RE2 Remake.

Resident Evil 3 Remake is now available to pre-order ahead of its April 3, 2020 release on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Doing so nets you some bonuses, including an exclusive Classic Costume Pack for Jill and Carlos. The remake will also include Project Resistance, a 4v1 asymmetrical online multiplayer experience.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/resident-evil-3-remake-pc-system-requirements-reve/1100-6472333/

Rainbow Six Siege has turned into a long-term success for Ubisoft, and now the company is rearranging its leadership for future development. In an update called Passing the Torch, the team stressed that Siege is sticking around long-term, with new leadership mentored under the pair who steered it since launch.

Those two game directors, Xavier Marquis and Alexandre Remy, are leaving to pursue other projects at Ubisoft. But before going, they trained a group of Siege developers to step into leadership roles as the new core team and had the new team in charge under their supervision for several weeks. Game director Leroy Athanassoff will be leading the project going forward.

In a video, Marquis and Remy explained that their moves to steer Siege from launch to the game as it stands today was a transitional project, but now that it’s running smoothly and continuously, they feel comfortable stepping back and appreciating it as fans. But that doesn’t mean the game is going into maintenance mode, as Athanassoff commented on his own vision for the future of the project.

“This upcoming core team will cover all aspects of the game, the full scope of everything special about Siege. This is going to be one of the strengths of this core team. We will start expanding the ‘game universes.’ If you look at player experience, we need to stop thinking about exclusive features and start implementing inclusive features. What I mean, is that we need to deliver content that will impact every player and the whole community.”

The most recent seasonal update to Rainbow Six Siege was Shifting Tides, which added two more operators. The studio is also planning to bring the game to PS5 and Xbox Series X, and a separate team is currently working on Rainbow Six Quarantine, a PvE spin-off.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rainbow-six-siege-development-team-changing-to-new/1100-6472328/

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has reached new heights. Activision announced that the game has reached $1 billion in revenue worldwide, with players collectively spending more than 500 million hours in the game’s multiplayer mode. In total, nearly 300 million matches have been played.

Modern Warfare has now surpassed every other Call of Duty this console generation in terms of hours played, hours per player, and average daily players over its first 50 days.

The current-generation Call of Duty games have included:

• Call of Duty: Ghosts (2013)
• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)
• Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (2016)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2016)
• Call of Duty: WWII (2017)
• and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (2018)

Of note, Activision’s sell-through numbers for Modern Warfare include physical units sold at retail and digital copies, with performance accounted for by Activision’s estimates and other data.

Modern Warfare’s development was a massive undertaking. Development was led by Infinity Ward, which created the Modern Warfare sub-brand, with other Activision-owned studios contributing as well, including Beenox, High Moon Studios, Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games, and Activision Shanghai.

The first big Modern Warfare update kicked off earlier in December with the Season One update which introduced new DLC maps and modes, all of which are free–and even more content is coming soon.

Additionally, the new Fortnite-style Battle Pass–which costs $10 USD–is available now. It’s not immediately clear if Activision’s $1 billion sales estimate for Modern Warfare includes revenue from the Battle Pass and Modern Warfare’s other microtransactions. GameSpot has contacted Activision in an attempt to get more details.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-sets-new-records-is-mo/1100-6472325/

Microsoft’s newly announced next-generation console, Xbox Series X, had its formal unveiling during The Game Awards. As it turns out, the console’s name is actually only “Xbox.”

A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed this to Business Insider. The “Series X” is meant to mark the fact that Microsoft may release additional next-generation Xbox SKUs in the future.

“The name we’re carrying forward to the next generation is simply Xbox,” a spokesperson said. “And at The Game Awards you saw that name come to life through the Xbox Series X. Similar to what fans have seen with previous generations, the name ‘Xbox Series X’ allows room for additional consoles in the future.”

One of the rumours floating around is that Microsoft is also working on a less-power, disc-free version of the new Xbox under the codename “Lockhart.” However, Microsoft refused to be drawn into commenting on additional versions of the console coming down the line later.

“We’re excited to offer fans a glimpse at the next generation of gaming with Xbox Series X,” the spokesperson said. “But beyond that, we have nothing further to share.”

In our recent interview with Xbox boss Phil Spencer, he acknowledged that the new naming convention opens the door for additional versions of the system. “Obviously,” Spencer said, “in the name ‘Series X’, it gives us freedom to do other things with that name so that we can create descriptors when we need to.”

The console releases in Holiday 2020 with Halo Infinite as a launch title. Series X’s price hasn’t been announced yet. For more on the Xbox Series X, check out everything we learned.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-series-x-its-just-called-xbox-actually-more-c/1100-6472320/