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Grounded has gotten its first monthly update with a number of changes including the addition of a giant bird. It’s not clear if players will be able to fight the feathery friend or if it’s only window dressing for the games’ life-sized sandbox setting but it looks terrifying either way.

Obsidian announced the news, along with details about other changes to the game, in a post on the official Xbox Blog. Feathers can be collected from the bird and used to craft a bed and a new Marksman’s Cap that will buff bow attacks. Feathers aren’t collected from the bird directly but nearby one of the towers that fire lasers.

“The biggest creature in the backyard has arrived,” the post read. “How will this play into the adventure of the backyard?” We don’t know much about how the bird will impact the game but at the moment it doesn’t seem to do much.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is heading to PS4, Xbox One, and PC on November 13. The PS5 and Xbox Series X versions will arrive at a later date. This year’s installment of the long-running military shooter series includes a campaign, along with multiplayer, Zombies, and a continuation of Warzone. It’s available to preorder now.

As usual, you can purchase Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War in a variety of editions. Notably, one new edition is the cross-gen bundle, which lets you play the game on current-gen hardware, and when PS5 and Xbox Series X arrive, you’ll be able to play on the respective next-gen console with all the visual upgrades and shorter loading times. The standard edition will be backwards-compatible on both next-gen consoles as well, but without the next-gen upgrades.

Preorder Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Standard Edition

PS4

• Get it at Best Buy – $59.99
• Get it at GameStop – $59.99
• Get it at PS Store (digital) – $59.99

Xbox One

• Get it at Best Buy – $59.99
• Get it at GameStop – $59.99
• Get it at MS Store (digital) – $59.99

PC

• Get it at GameStop – $59.99
• Get it at Battle.net – $59.99

The standard edition gets you access to the game itself. On consoles, you’ll be able to play the game on PS5 and Xbox Series X once those arrive (thanks to backwards compatibility), but this version won’t have the upgraded features available on the next-gen versions of the game. To get those, you’ll want to read on and preorder the cross-gen bundle version.

Preorder Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Cross-Gen Bundle

• Get it for PS4/PS5 (digital) – $69.99
• Get it for Xbox One/Series X (digital) – $69.99

Buying the cross-gen bundle edition gets you the game on Xbox One or PS4, plus full access to the Xbox Series X or PS5 versions (respectively) when those consoles come out.

Preorder Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Ultimate Edition

• Get it for PS4/PS5 at PS Store (digital) – $89.99
• Get it for Xbox One/Series X at MS Store (digital) – $89.99
• Get it for PC at Battle.net – $89.99

The ultimate edition comes with everything in the cross-gen bundle (so, access to the full next-gen edition when those consoles launch), plus the following items:

• Land, Sea and Air Pack:
• 3 Operator Skins
• 3 Vehicle Skins
• 3 Weapon Blueprints
• Battle Pass Bundle (1 Season Battle Pass + 20 Tier Skips)
• Confrontation Weapons Pack

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Preorder Bonus

Preorder any digital edition of the game, and you’ll get access to the beta. Additionally, Best Buy is offering a $10 reward for My Best Buy members.

As for what to expect from the game itself, the campaign is set in the early 1980s, where Activision says you’ll encounter real-life historical figures as you drop into hostile situations in places like East Berlin, Vietnam, Turkey, and Soviet KGB headquarters. The multiplayer and Zombies mode will use the same era-appropriate weapons in skirmishes against real-life opponents and undead enemies respectively.

You’ll find a lot more information in our Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War hands-on preview.

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The futuristic sci-fi series Altered Carbon has come to an end. Netflix has canceled its original series after two seasons according to Variety.

Based on a novel by Richard K. Morgan, the series begins over 350 years in the future, where consciousnesses can be placed into new bodies–allowing people to live much longer lives. The show followed political operative Takeshi Kovacs–played by Joel Kinnaman in Season 1, Anthony Mackie in Season 2, and voiced by Ray Chase in the animated feature Resleeved. A wealthy man offers Kovacs a chance at a new life, if he can solve a murder.

Season 1 debuted on February 2, 2018, with Season 2 arriving on February 27, 2020 and the animated feature Resleeved releasing on March 19 of this year. Season 1 was viewed as favorable with critics, as GameSpot’s Mike Rougeau called it a “cyberpunk masterpiece.” However, Season 2 of the show hit the sophomoric slump, having not live up to the hype of the previous season.

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It’s been over a year since we first laid eyes on the announcement trailer for Elden Ring, From Software’s next soul-crushing adventure, and we haven’t heard a peep since. Fans of the game have gotten tired of waiting and have built their own playable demo of what they want to see in the game.

“With all the great fake lore content and creative concepts that has been posted here the last [few] weeks I thought about working on a nice game for this community,” wrote Redditor SpriteBlood in a post on the Elden Ring subreddit last month. “I read about that idea several times now and I am myself highly involved in this hype.”

That post, along with a flood of users making up fake lore for the Elden Ring world, kickstarted a process that led to a playable demo. Fans of the upcoming game have contributed music, voice acting, sound design, and other elements to the development process for a playable demo. You can see it in action in the video below.

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Long gaming sessions can be a pain if you don’t have a good chair or desk to support you. That’s why features like adjustable lumbar support and monitor stands are so important–if you can tweak your setup to match your specific needs, then you can game comfortably for longer. Thankfully, Newegg has a pair of deals that can help you achieve this. The Killabee massage gaming chair is currently $150, down from $300, while the GTRacing gaming desk is $140, down from $186. These deals are valid through the rest of today, so not much time is left to place your order.

Both items ship from the United States and can arrive on your doorstep within nine days, depending on your location. Of course, there may be delays due to the pandemic, so please be mindful of that when you place your order.

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What made the original Mafia from 2002 such a memorable game was its focus on the bloody and ruthless story of Tommy Angelo. Coming shortly after the boom of open-world games started by Grand Theft Auto III, Mafia operated within the same genre-space. But unlike the open-world antics shown in GTA3, Mafia honed in on a linear story set within the chaotic city of Lost Heaven during the 1930s. Since the original’s release, it’s still remembered by many as an excellent crime thriller that had a challenging edge to it. With the full remake, Mafia: Definitive Edition, developer Hangar 13 kept its sights on what made the original such a refreshing game while giving it a much-needed update.

I recently got to play three hours of a near-final build of the game ahead of its September 25 release, and diving into this full remake of a game that’s still etched into my memories was an interesting experience. Right from the opening credits, which feature sweeping shots of the city of Lost Heaven and its citizens going about their business, it’s clear that much has changed on the surface. In addition to fully revamped graphics and gameplay that borrows more from Mafia III, the Definitive Edition has also revised the original story, giving its characters a bit more nuance and agency.

In the opening of the game, which sees Tommy meet with a detective to betray the crime family that he’s worked with, the atmosphere feels a lot more involved this time around. There’s more subtlety at work as well, particularly in the way that Tommy references events that have transpired, which you’ll see play out in the course of the story. I still felt engaged in the plot despite knowing what’s in store for those characters, and that was due to the stronger writing and performances in the Definitive Edition. Though it has the appearance of a modern game, the remake still hangs onto the original structure, in that it’s a linear, narrative-driven game that just so happens to be set in a large open-city.

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Nintendo surprised-released a Nintendo Direct Mini today, with loads of new announcements. Among them was the first word of Just Dance 2021, the next entry in the popular casual dancing game. It’s coming to Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Stadia. Unlike Just Dance 2020 and many series titles before it, it won’t be coming to Wii.

Just Dance 2021 will include 40 new tracks. The full list hasn’t been released, but the announcement detailed 11 of the tracks, so there’s only 29 left to go:

• “Señorita” by Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello
• “Dance Monkey” by Tones And I
• “Que Tire Pa Lante” by Daddy Yankee
• “Don’t Start Now” by Dua Lipa
• “Temperature” by Sean Paul
• “Feel Special” by TWICE
• “Juice” by Lizzo
• “all the good girls go to hell” by Billie Eilish
• “In The Navy” by The Sunlight Shakers
• “Zenit” by ONUKA
• “Heat Seeker” by DREAMERS

You’ll also be able to team up in co-op. A new Quickplay option lets you jump straight into a dance with a randomized playlist. This year’s version will also include a Sweat mode for working out and a Kids mode for kid-friendly songs and choreography. The announcement also promises an optional subscription to Just Dance Unlimited, which will let you stream over 550 songs, with new ones dropping throughout the year. The game will come with a one-month trial.

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Greg and Meg break down the plot and references in Episode 2, “Whitey’s on the Moon”.

Netflix has released Making The Witcher, a behind-the-scenes special exploring the story behind The Witcher’s fantasy world of magic and monsters.

The Witcher’s official Twitter account shared a trailer for the new Netflix original documentary, which offers an exclusive backstage look into the production of the live-action series adaptation, starring Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, the titular monster hunter.

Feast your eyes on the story behind the Continent. Watch Making The Witcher, now on @netflix. pic.twitter.com/80sVbYzigG

— The Witcher (@witchernetflix) August 26, 2020

The video teaser for the 32-minute special features several cast and crew members divulging “the secrets behind the saga,” providing fresh insight into the show’s casting processes, the choreography of its action sequences, the application of different storytelling perspectives, as well as the show’s visual effects and make-up design choices.

One clip shares thrilling footage of Cavill and Emma Appleton sparring with swords as part of their 10-day training session to prepare for Geralt and Renfri’s climactic fight scene, which features in the very first episode of season one, while other segments offer glimpses at the crafting of the world’s monsters and the CGI construction of its landscapes being created “from the ground up.”

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The Witcher launched on Netflix last year and quickly became the most in-demand TV series in the world across all streaming platforms, even surpassing Disney Plus’ Star Wars: The Mandalorian as “the top show” around the globe for one week in December, as 76 million households streamed the first season of the action-packed fantasy-drama.

Season 2 of The Witcher started filming in London earlier this year, with a planned release sometime in 2021. However, the shoot was suspended back in March as Netflix paused filming on all of its films and TV shows in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Netflix has since resumed production on the second season of the hit show after being given the “green light” to start filming again.

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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

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