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TheCall of Duty: Black Ops 6beta is now live on early access, and it’s the first glimpse of what’s to come in October. Currently available to those with beta codes/Game Pass membership/Vault Edition, players can try out some of the maps and game modes that will be available in the full launch. Despite having some obvious limitations, the beta has been a good experience for many. You can use custom loadouts once unlocked to personalize your in-game experience further....

[Update:It’s gone live early andis available now.] Usually, cute little games in which political opponents fight each other are the realm of Flash-based site ads, not well-known development studios. ChAIR, however, has decided to put asideInfinity BladeandShadow Complexin favor of such a project, a game it’s publishing asVote: The Game. InVote: The Game, an inbred version of Obama and a Romney sex doll will take their presidential race to the physical level, beating each other up forno good reason....

They’ll show up as named devices The news broke by way of Riley Testut, an iOS developer, who noted that the Switch Pro Controller and single J0y-Con will work natively in iOS: showing up in the Bluetooth section as the properly named devices. Interestingly, pairing both the left (L) and right (R) Joy-Con will also allow the devices to work in tandem as a single device. As Testut points out, you can use a simple command (hold screenshot + home) to swap between single Joy-Con and multi-Joy-Con modes at will....

Looking into other Directs Nintendo Directs are always chock-full of information on games coming to different regions. And while theNorth American Nintendo Directhad a bunch of games to show off, today’s Nintendo Direct for Japan also had some surprising, intriguing games on display. I try to make a habit of watching the Japanese Nintendo Direct after the North American one airs. For one, it’s an interesting way to see how Nintendo organizes these shows for different regions; some games move further up in the rundown, or feel like they get a little more time....

Look forward to losing hundreds of hours later this year Our coverage of Chucklefish’s upcoming space-faring open-world gameStarboundhas been criminally weak. Aside from some brief mentions here and there when talking aboutTerrariaandEdge of Space, we’ve been dark on the game over that past year of its development. I’m part of the problem, because I heard “Terrariain space” and immediately filed it under “buy it as soon as it’s available” in my brain, and haven’t been keeping up with its progress....

Granted, it’s a ridiculous use, but it’s something! Yes, rapping sensation (they still call itrap, right?) and videogame expert Soulja Boy has actually found something to do with the New Xbox Experience — he’s made a music video out of it. Mr. Boy’s new song “Grind On” features theBraidhating sensation strutting his stuff in Avatar form. He doesn’t really do much, just spins around and mouths along to his delightfully charming little ditty....

It’s time for My Nintendo to enter the new generation Nintendo is showing signs of life for My Nintendo with its recent physical reward launch, but it still has a ways to go. For ages, My Nintendo serves as a zombie of a program: a husk of the former glory of Club Nintendo. It was bloated with mostly useless 3DS/Wii U discount code offers, and beyond the redemption of several cool apps and 3DS themes, it kind of served no purpose....

Higher Light level cap, new quests, and more At long last,Destinyis getting some new content. It’s just too bad it’s coming at a time when practically the entire player base has abandoned the shooter forthat hot newTom Clancyjam. “As promised,” Bungie says, the update “will have something for every type of Guardian,” including: The new content will go live on April 12 and will be available for free (so long as you haveThe Taken King)....

Oh, Xboners Konami is keeping us updated following itscall to disarm all nuclear weaponsonMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. As at November 29, Xbox 360 is leading the charge with just 35 nukes remaining, with big brother Xbox One hot on its heels with 52. PlayStation consoles started with more but have also made good gains with the PlayStation 3 and 4 dropping to 140 and 188 respectively. Steam nukes have dropped to11,473....

OH MY! There it is, ladies and gentlemen: your PAX Prime 2014 Dtoid group photo! It wasn’t as big of a showing this year — thanks a lot, PAX-tickets-that-sell-out-in-42-seconds — but it sure was a pretty one. I know I say this every year, but damn; Dtoiders aresexy. In the gallery below you’ll find various pics of cosplayers, Dtoid meetups, and Mr Destructoid on the show floor. Thanks to everyone who made this PAX so wonderful, and to all the awesome Dtoiders I hugged: I hope to see you again next year!...

Rebellionis a standalone expansion to the 2008 strategy game of the year,Sins of a Solar Empire. Elaborating upon the bare-bones story from the first title and subsequent DLC, adding two new classes of ships, three new factions, bumping up the quality of the textures, and adding more gameplay modes, win conditions, and planet types,Rebellionis basically a whole new game. I was a huge fan of the original, and I’ve been in the second stage of the beta for the past week....

It’s been eight years since developer MidBoss released2064: Read Only Memories, but we’re inching ever closer to a return to Neo-San Francisco. A new trailer arrived forRead Only Memories: Neurodiverwith yet another updated release window, this time penciling the cyperpunk sequel in for sometime in the first half of 2024. WhenNeurodiverwas first announced in June 2019, it wasplanned for a 2020 launchon PC and Mac. More platforms were added as the release window slipped further....

How much love doesResident Evilcreator Shinji Mikami loveBethesda‘s Skyrim? Enough to have a life-sized statue in his Tango Gameworks lobby. And he’s not just saying that becausehe’s onBethesda‘s payroll. “I started playing it when it was released, though right now I’m terribly busy and have had to stop,” Mikami told PSM3 magazine (viaCVG). “It’s a fantastic game. Just amazing. To have such a huge open world and so much freedom is wonderful, and the gameplay too is so varied; all those parameters and details that you can tweak and that affect the game....