Cyberpunk 2077 PSA: Get Double-Jump Cyberware, Not Charge Jump

Cyberpunk 2077 is a huge game, and part of what makes the size of Night City compelling is the number of options you’ll have to go through many of its missions. When working your way through the territory of gangs, corps, or other enemies, you can go in guns blazing, pick a stealthier approach, or even often talk your way out of conflicts altogether. Having more options allows you to tune Cyberpunk 2077 to your playstyle.

Apart from the character attributes you choose to invest in, one of the biggest ways you’ll unlock new paths for yourself is through your cyberware. These are the cybernetic augmentations you can install in your body, enhancing your strength, vision, hacking capabilities, and more. But there’s one piece of cyberware you should absolutely get, even if you ignore all the others–it’ll change the way you play Cyberpunk 2077 and open up a whole lot of possibilities, from how you approach missions to how you get around the world.

That piece of cyberware is the Reinforced Tendons upgrade for your legs, and it unlocks an extremely useful ability: double jump.

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Zack Snyder Says Justice League May Get R-Rated Theatrical Release

When Justice League hit theaters in 2017, it didn’t do very well. In fact, it kind of bombed. Now, though, it seems that the movie may get a second chance, and not just on WarnerMedia’s HBO Max streaming service, but to theaters, too.

Talking to EW this week, Snyder elaborated on the work he’s doing on the re-shot, re-cut Justice League.

“This movie is so insane and epic and is probably rated R,” he said. “That’s one thing I think will happen, that it will be an R-rated version for sure. We haven’t heard from the MPAA, but that’s my gut.”

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Cyberpunk 2077 Guide: Best Cyberware Upgrades And Where To Find Them

There are many ways in Cyberpunk 2077 to deck out your V and improve their capabilities. Along with a massive arsenal of guns, including a talking gun that fancies the songs of Rhianna, there is also an extensive array of cybernetic upgrades for you to acquire. Given the scope of the game’s Cyberware system, we wanted to single out some of the best upgrades in the game that you should invest in.

Along with breaking down some of the most powerful upgrades, we also explain where to find them in the game. We also highlight some notable upgrades that you might be better avoiding in order to save time and your hard-earned eddies.

Night City’s Best Cyberware

Reinforced Tendons (Double Jump): Biomechanical connective tissue supporting leg muscles.

These leg upgrades will allow V to perform a double jump, a video game staple across many different action games and platformers. If your character is particularly agile, this upgrade is a must if you want to reach some of the harder reach areas around Night City, or just want to put some extra finesse into different combat encounters.

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Nintendo Switch NES/SNES Collection Adds Donkey Kong Country 3 And 4 Other Games This Month

Fans of the Donkey Kong Country trilogy on SNES, rejoice–Donkey Kong Country 3 is joining the Nintendo Switch Online collection this month. The third game in the trilogy–which is not quite as beloved as the first two, but is still well-regarded–arrives on December 18, alongside four other games.

Donkey Kong Country 3 features Dixie and Kiddy Kong, on a quest to rescue Donkey and Diddy. The game introduced overworld vehicles and some new moves, and it still looks great in 2020.

There are three more SNES games and a NES game coming on December 18, too. The other SNES games are a bit more obscure, and you can check them out in the trailer below.

The Ignition Factor is a game about fighting fires, Super Valis IV is a scrolling action game, and Tuff E Nuff is a fighting game. While these games are unlikely to stir up as much nostalgia as Donkey Kong, there’s still bound to be some love for them among players.

Nightshade on the NES is an interesting choice, too–it’s an adventure game, developed by Australian Beam Software. The 1992 game was criticized for poor controls at the time, but it’s an interesting curio, and definitely a title that few players have had a chance to experience.

The NES/SNES library on Nintendo Switch Online now features over 90 games.

Cyberpunk 2077 Guide: How To Save Takemura

Note: This guide contains spoilers for one of the story quests in Cyberpunk 2077. Read on at your own risk!

The stakes get raised pretty significantly in Cyberpunk 2077 as you work through Act 2. After protagonist V acquires the biochip and finds Johnny Silverhand in their head, you set out on a journey to find out all you can about the chip and how you can get rid of it before it kills you. Your investigation goes down several avenues, including working with Goro Takemura, a former Arasaka bodyguard.

You’ll spend a lot of time with Takemura as you investigate Arasaka and try to get in touch with the corporate brass, without getting yourself killed in the process. But eventually, things take a turn and you’re separated from Takemura at a key moment during the story mission Play It Safe. When the pair of you are attacked during a meeting in an apartment building, V falls through a collapsed floor, separating you from Takemura. At this point, you have a choice, although it’s not immediately clear: run for your life, or return to Takemura and save him from being overwhelmed by enemies.

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Cyberpunk 2077 Doesn’t Play Well With AMD CPUs, But There’s A Workaround

Cyberpunk 2077 hasn’t had the smoothest launch, and for some PC players the problem has been exacerbated by the game’s issues with certain components. Right now, players AMD CPUs are having issues with performance–but there’s a way to improve things.

A Reddit thread has discovered a fault with the game, whereby it only recognizes physical cores on AMD chips, not logical cores. While Intel CPUs face no issue, AMD users can see enormous performance drops.

Thankfully, all you’ll need to do to rectify the issue is change a single line through a Hex Editor. PC Gamer has a great guide on how to do this, recommending freeware HxD as the editor to use.

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The Mortal Kombat Movie Release Date Confirmed, Trailer Coming Early 2021

After numerous delays and production upsets related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mortal Kombat movie has a release date. Director Simon McQuoid’s film will be available to watch on April 16, 2021.

The news comes via producer Todd Garner, who released a new poster featuring the release date. He also promised that a first-look trailer would arrive “in the new year.”

For a while, it seemed like Mortal Kombat would still be a cinema-only release, and while it will come to cinemas, it’s also going to be on HBO Max from day one–as with all 2021 Warner Bros. releases.

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