New Medal Of Honor: Above And Beyond Trailer To Debut At The Game Awards

Developer Respawn Entertainment has confirmed that a new trailer for its first-person VR shooter Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond will go live during The Game Awards this Thursday.

The official Medal of Honor Twitter account shared the news, telling fans to tune into The Game Awards for a “world premiere trailer” of the latest Medal of Honor. An exact time for when it goes live, or whether it is in the pre-show or main event, has not been specified.

The Game Awards goes live on December 10 with a pre-show starting at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET and the main event kicking off 30 minutes later. We’ll be livestreaming it here on GameSpot.

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Fortnite Season 5 Guide: Where To Find Car Parts

Fortnite changed things up with NPCs in Season 5, but there are still weekly challenges that need completing. Season 5 has challenges every Thursday, just like previous seasons, and Week 2’s are here. This guide will show you the best way to tackle specific challenges, like finding car parts, with ease.

These challenges leaked early–check back tomorrow to see them for yourself in Fortnite.

Where Are Car Parts In Fortnite?

We don’t have context for why we’re looking for car parts in Season 5, but you’ll be able to find a few mechanical pieces at Season 5’s new location, Hunter’s Haven. Hunter’s Haven is a named location on the map, so it shouldn’t be difficult to find.

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Destiny 2’s PS5/Xbox Series X Update Is A Revelation

The Destiny franchise started out as a console-exclusive series, but since Destiny 2‘s release on PC in 2017, there’s been no question about where the best place to play is. PC might still reign supreme if you have high-end hardware, but with the next-gen update now available on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, it’s not such a no-brainer anymore.

To put it simply, the new update is revelatory for console players. Based on the several hours I’ve spent with the new Xbox Series X-enhanced version so far, it’s finally possible to enjoy the benefits formerly reserved for PC, and the results are stark.

I played Destiny 2 on Xbox One and One X for years, ignoring the PC version until cross-save support finally allowed me to finally bring my progress with me. The benefits were massive in two specific areas: the increase in frame rate (Destiny 2 on consoles has, until now, been locked to 30fps) and the reduction in load times (which were agonizingly long). The contrast in performance between a decent PC and Xbox One was so extreme that, after playing for hours on PC and then jumping back to Xbox, I would be convinced something was actually broken and that my system needed to be restarted or a game update was needed. This happened multiple times, with each instance evoking a no, I know it ultimately wasn’t broken last time, but something is clearly off this time. And those long waits to move from location to location led to more doomscrolling than my brain could handle, something there just isn’t time for when playing on PC.

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Patty Jenkins, Aaron Sorkin Respond To Warner Bros. Streaming 2021 Film Releases

When Christopher Nolan responded to the sudden announcement that Warner Bros. announced its 2021 film slate would have simultaneous releases in theaters and on HBO Max by saying many in Hollywood “went to bed the night before thinking they were working for the greatest movie studio and woke up to find out they were working for the worst streaming service,” it could be read as an exaggeration.

But Nolan is far from an outlier in this sentiment, as revealed by a conversation Variety facilitated between Aaron Sorkin (whose The Trial of the Chicago 7 recently hit Netflix) and Patty Jenkins (whose Wonder Woman 1984, after many delays, will be coming both to theaters and HBO Max). While both of the accomplished filmmakers first and foremost expressed a shared sense of relief and appreciation for film fans having the ability to see new work while staying safe during COVID, they also articulated a skepticism that Warner Bros. announcement signals a major change for the industry.

“We’re all scared that everything’s going to change now,” Sorkin said, imagining a future where movie theaters become glorified art houses. “I don’t think that’s going to happen. I think that for 4,000 years, nothing has replaced the experience of being part of an audience.”

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Final Fantasy XIV’s Starlight Celebration Brings Limited-Time Holiday-Themed Items

Final Fantasy XIV will roll into the winter holidays with its annual seasonal event, Starlight Celebration. From December 14 until 31, players can obtain a festive Snowman Bell mount and furniture items. Provided you are one of the lucky players who own an in-game house, you can furnish it with icy brick walls, pine trees, and snow-covered platforms.

Players will need to be level 15 and above to participate. Speaking to Amh Garanjay in Old Gridania will initiate Starlight Celebration’s quests.

In addition to the seasonal event, players have plenty of new content to explore. Patch 5.4 Futures Rewritten hit Final Fantasy XIV on December 8, making it the first new content update since August’s Patch 5.3 Reflections in Crystal.

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Daily Deals: Get 3 Months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (and Disney+) for Only $1

There are some pretty amazing deals today. You can get 3 months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for only $1. That also includes a free 30-day Disney+ subscription so you can catch up on The Mandalorian. For those of you who are still looking for the newest Geforce video cards, HP has a great deal on an RTX 3070 equipped gaming PC start at under $1300. Cyberpunk 2077 is out tomorrow and you can still get the console versions at a discount from Amazon and Best Buy. These deals and more below.

3 Months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for $1

Includes Disney+ Subscription

This is an incredible deal, far better than the one we saw on Black Friday. Get a total of 3 months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which gives you access to Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass for PC (great for PC gamers). You also get a free Disney+ membership for 30 days. That gives you plenty of time to binge on The Mandalorian Season Two and all Star Wars movies! Note that this deal is technically for new subscribers, but some people (including myself) who have previously signed up for Game Pass have been able to get this offer.

HP OMEN 30L AMD Ryzen 5 3600 RTX 3070 Gaming PC for $1215.99

Follow the instructions below to get this hard-to-find config at this price

This HP OMEN 30L is fitted with the very, very impressive RTX 3070 video card. The RTX 3070 surpasses even the RTX 2080 Ti gaming and has all the latest and greatest features like Ray Tracing and DLSS 2.0. The AMD Ryzen 3600 is a plenty capable CPU for gaming. The RAM and storage could use an upgrade; it’s not that expensive to have HP do it, but you’ll still save more buying them on your own.

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The Best Deals for Monday, December 9

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HBO Is Rebooting Its Sexy Vampire Series True Blood

Because vampires are forever, HBO has reportedly been working on a reboot of its hit vampire drama horror series True Blood. Deadline has confirmed that HBO has already been working “for nearly a year” on a new version of the series that wrapped in 2014, and it’s already fairly well along with key personnel already attached to the project.

Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (whose Chilling Adventures of Sabrina ends on December 31 with Season 4) will be co-writing the pilot with Jami O’Brien (creator of the similarly vampire-themed NOS4A2). O’Brien will also executive produce, as will original series creator Alan Ball (whose drama Uncle Frank just hit Amazon Video).

Although it hasn’t really been that long since 2014, it’s been long enough that Aguirre-Sacasa and O’Brien can provide a fresh take on the series–which Ball adapted from Charlaine Harris’ series of novels, The Southern Vampire Mysteries, which spanned 13 entries from 2001 through to 2013.

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