Month: May 2019

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Few film franchises are epic enough to have their own annual event, but Star Wars has always been exceptional. May the 4th has become an official celebration of Star Wars, with fans around the world using it as a chance to celebrate the franchise’s film series, books and culture.

It seems everyone wants to feel the Force, with LEGO joining in the act by discounting Star Wars related products on Star Wars day to over the weekend. If you’re a die-hard Star Wars fan, or have a close friend who is totally in love with the franchise, this is a weekend you don’t want to miss. With up to 33% off selected LEGO Star Wars sets at Amazon, plus the iconic Sphero BB-8 available for a great price, we’ve rounded up some of the best deals on toys and gadgets to help you celebrate Star Wars day.

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Activision has announced the first five esport teams taking part in the upcoming Call of Duty league.

As part of the company’s first quarter earnings results yesterday, Activision announced that the city of Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Paris, and Toronto will all have teams compete in the new global league.

Atlanta’s team will be owned by Atlanta Esports Ventures, the Dallas team by Envy Gaming, the New York team by Sterling.VC, the Paris team by c0ntact Gaming, and Toronto team by OverActive Media.

The structure of the league and city-based team franchises is akin to the Overwatch League, which Activision Blizzard has experienced solid success with over the last year.

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Dirty Arty is sick and tired of Fallout 3. He has a plan to escape and return to the game which he’s from, but first… He needs to find his father.

If you like your consoles extremely textured and spiky, you’re in luck: Microsoft has announced a promotion for the upcoming film Godzilla: King of the Monsters, with four custom-themed Xbox One X consoles as the prizes. Each one is modeled after an iconic creature from Godzilla lore, including the King of the Monsters itself.

You can enter the sweepstakes by retweeting the promotional Xbox tweet by June 7. You have to be age 14 or over, and minors need a parent or guardian’s permission. If you win you’ll be notified via Twitter direct message. Four winners will get one of the specialized Xbox One X consoles.

Those consoles are modeled after Mothra, Rodan, Ghidorah, and of course, Godzilla. The film, which releases on May 31, refers to this collection of monsters as “Titans” and has them brawl for monster supremacy. It’s directed by Michael Dougherty and stars Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things), Vera Farmiga (The Departed), and Charles Dance (Game of Thrones).

These consoles are all the Xbox One X, the more powerful revision of the original Xbox One. Microsoft also offers the Xbox One S, a revision to the Xbox One size that doesn’t boost its power. It also recently introduced the Xbox One S All Digital Edition, which is similar to the standard S model except it lacks any disc drive.

Call of Duty is one of the biggest video game series around. Black Ops 4‘s popularity is still going strong, even with the next Call of Duty game on the horizon. And although the series was huge from the very beginning, it owes a decent proportion of its success to the groundbreaking game that was Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

CoD4’s multiplayer modes completely changed the series–and the shooter genre–and its popularity continued into the sequels Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3. If rumors are to be believed, the next Call of Duty will be Modern Warfare 4 and will no doubt leverage the franchise’s legacy. But how much can you remember of the first game in the subseries?

To test your knowledge, we’re asking you to name all 20 of the game’s multiplayer maps, just by glancing at images of their respective loading screens. We’ve also given you the teams that fight on the map in question to help you out. However, you’ve only got five minutes, so you’ll need to be quick. Let us know your score in the comments below, and be sure to share the quiz with your friends and family to see who has the superior gaming knowledge. For more quizzes, check out our previous brain-teasers below.

• Can You Name Every Game Of Thrones Death?
• Can You Name All 25 Super Smash Bros. Melee Characters?

Can You Name All 20 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Maps?

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