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Last week, Ukrainian authorities busted a massive illegal Sony PlayStation 4 farm for what they believed was a crypto mining operation. As it turns out, the warehouse was actually grinding for FIFA Ultimate Team coins and cards. According to the Ukrainian business journal Delo, which undertook an investigation itself following skepticism from initial findings by the authorities, the 3,800 PS4s discovered weren’t actually being used to mine cryptocurrency, which makes sense given how their hardware and graphics cards aren’t ideal. It also pointed out that in many photos you can see game discs actually sticking out of the consoles. The Security Service of Ukraine has refused to comment on Delo‘s findings, explaining that the ongoing investigation must be kept a secret. For those un...

Last week, Ukrainian authorities busted a massive illegal Sony PlayStation 4 farm for what they believed was a crypto mining operation. As it turns out, the warehouse was actually grinding for FIFA Ultimate Team coins and cards. According to the Ukrainian business journal Delo, which undertook an investigation itself following skepticism from initial findings by the authorities, the 3,800 PS4s discovered weren’t actually being used to mine cryptocurrency, which makes sense given how their hardware and graphics cards aren’t ideal. It also pointed out that in many photos you can see game discs actually sticking out of the consoles. The Security Service of Ukraine has refused to comment on Delo‘s findings, explaining that the ongoing investigation must be kept a secret. For those un...

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone‘s fourth season will be getting a mid-season update soon to bring even more guns, maps and modes to the game. Named Season 4 Reloaded, the upcoming patch will bring back Rush, one of Black Ops 2‘s most iconic maps, along with the Paintball Mosh pit game mode as well as Capture the Flag. A new Zombies map by the name of Mauer Der Toten will also be added. Set in a sprawling Berlin block, the fresh environment will introduce a series of new enemies as well as a Wonder Weapon with four different variants. On the Warzone front, Treyarch will be introducing a new mode named Payload, which works in a similar way as Call of Duty: WWII‘s War Mode. Two teams of 20 will fight each other across Verdansk as the attackers escort...

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone‘s fourth season will be getting a mid-season update soon to bring even more guns, maps and modes to the game. Named Season 4 Reloaded, the upcoming patch will bring back Rush, one of Black Ops 2‘s most iconic maps, along with the Paintball Mosh pit game mode as well as Capture the Flag. A new Zombies map by the name of Mauer Der Toten will also be added. Set in a sprawling Berlin block, the fresh environment will introduce a series of new enemies as well as a Wonder Weapon with four different variants. On the Warzone front, Treyarch will be introducing a new mode named Payload, which works in a similar way as Call of Duty: WWII‘s War Mode. Two teams of 20 will fight each other across Verdansk as the attackers escort...

Initially postponed to release this month, Resident Evil Re: Verse sees a sudden delay as Capcom announces a new launch date moved to 2022. The new Resident Evil Village multiplayer mode was originally slated to release back in April allowing a third-person multiplayer deathmatch mode for up to six players. Capcom took to Twitter to make the announcement with no definitive date within the next year as it explains the need to “deliver a smooth gameplay experience.” The franchise also adds that current players with a physical version of the game should keep track of the Resident Evil Re: Verse download code or add it to their account in preparation for the long-awaited launch. Fan reactions to the announcement have been largely negative, with many users demanding an Outbreak remake. The prev...

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The Pokémon Company has announced that its team-based battle game, Pokémon Unite is hitting the Nintendo Switch later this month. This is the franchise’s first team-based battle game and it is set to allow up to ten players to participate in five-on-five real-time matchups. Each team has to work through accomplishing five goals that they would use to cat Pokémons and score additional points. The Pokémon caught can learn attacks and level up and of course be used to defeat other Pokémon. Each Pokémon also has its own special Unite move that can be unlocked throughout gameplay. The players can only unlock these moves only when they reach a certain level. The team that scores the most points during the specified time limit will win. Pokémon Unite lands on the Nintendo Switch starting on July ...

With Grand Theft Auto Online’s next biggest update, the underground tuner scene comes to life. The forthcoming major update, titled Los Santos Tuners, arrives next Tuesday and features a number of new additions. Getting started with this new update, members might find themselves at a graffitied warehouse in Cypress Flats, also known as the “LS Car Meet.” The LS Car Meet is a new social space for players to showcase their vehicles, become an LS Car Meet member to customize vehicles in real-time with friends, demo new cars and more. Members will also get the opportunity to compete in Prize Ride Challenger for access to special features and shops. The new game update also introduces a number of new races both inside and outside of the LS Car Meet, each with their own leaderboards. They includ...

Valve, the gaming company behind Dota, Counterstrike, Left 4 Dead and Portal, has announced its handheld gaming unit called Steam Deck. The all-in-one portable device brings an entire library of Steam games and features into the palm of your hand. The device runs on a customized AMD chip optimized for handheld gaming. It features built-in customizable storage options — 64GB eMMC, 256GB NVMe SSD or 512GB NVMe SSD — and can be augmented with a microSD card. Stereo speakers allow for stunning audio clarity, while the onboard 40-watt hour battery provides “several hours of play time for most games.” There’s a single USB-C jack that can be used for charging or connecting to peripheral devices, while WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity allow for links to a number of wireless add-ons. Steam Deck also...

Battlefield 2042 has confirmed that its cross-play feature will be split between console generations. In a new blog post answering some of the most frequently asked questions from fans of the franchise, EA and Dice revealed that cross-play for the game will only function across same-generation consoles, meaning those with the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and PC will be able to match up against each other, while those still on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will be restricted to their own cross-play ecosystem. While EA didn’t provide specific reasoning in the article about the split, it’s most likely because previous-gen consoles will have lobbies restricted to 64 players, while the modern generation will all be able to run 128-player matches. However, there will be cross-progression, so yo...