Halo Infinite’s open world was significantly minimized, a fact trending again after 343 Industries head of creative Joseph Staten spoke on the Game Maker’s Notebook, a podcast by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences.

In the podcast, Staten explained the main motivating factor behind such reductions was because the studio simply didn’t have enough time to achieve a level of desired fidelity for the amount of content originally planned. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

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Helldivers 2’s latest patch is out, and it brings a number of small but meaningful changes to the game. Most notably, this update removes shrapnel from the R-36 Erupter explosion in an attempt to reduce the number of player and ally one-shot deaths that it causes–however, in return, it also increased the damage of the explosion radius by 40.

The patch fixes a number of issues with the game, including one where damage-over-time effects were not being applied correctly, or where the network host could only use them. Similarly, the update fixes more than a half-dozen game crashes, including those that could happen on rejoining a mission, alt-tabbing, or exiting the game. In terms of game balance, developer Arrowhead also increased Shrieker sight and hearing range, as well …

Warner Bros Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Discovery has removed even more television content from HBO Max, including hundreds of Looney Tunes shorts and episodes of The Flintstones.

Variety reports that seasons 16-31 of the classic cartoon series featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck have been removed as of December 31, 2022. However, seasons 1-15 currently remain, which include 255 shorts from the years 1930-1949. Some memorable shorts, such as “What’s Opera, Doc?,” “Duck Amuck,” and more are among the missing. All of the removed shorts were released between 1950-2004.

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Social deduction in video games reached an apex in 2020 thanks to Among Us, Innersloth’s multiplayer madhouse featuring treacherous, colored beans. However, one year prior the PlayStation Vita saw a Japan-only release that also focused on sniffing out impostors from a large group, only this time the game was a single-player affair. The game was Gnosia, developed by Petit Depotto, and this year it made its way to the West after being ported to Nintendo Switch. What seemed like a simple “find the impostor” game on the surface quickly grew into one of the most fascinating experiences of the year, one that showed me something I previously thought impossible: the benefits of monotony.

Gnosia is set on a ship adrift in space, its inhabitants plagued by a malevolent al…

Microsoft has commissioned a special art print for Halo Infinite themed around one of the new skins coming to the game, and it looks fantastic.

The new Yoroi Spartan from Halo Infinite is becoming a screenprint by artist @SachinTeng. It will be available to buy during Comic-Con@Home this July through Mondo. More details about how you can buy it will come later, but for now, developer 343 Industries shared a sneak peek on Twitter Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Check it out below:

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HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us video game has become an instant classic in the span of a couple of months, bringing the story of Joel and Ellie’s journey to the forefront of pop culture Come from Sports betting site VPbet . While Season 1 is about to wrap up with only two episodes left, speculation has officially begun when Season 2 will start production, and it could be sooner than we originally thought.

Star Pedro Pascal spoke with Collider and teased the start date of the upcoming season. The actor was asked if Season 2 would begin filming this year, and after Pascal gave it some thought, he said there is definitely a chance.

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343 Industries has shared new details and released a new image of Craig the Brute from Halo Infinite, and he’s had quite a glow-up. Once the posterboy for Halo Infinite’s not-so-great-looking graphics, Craig is now sporting a new look. And he has a beard, too. In the latest installment of the Inside Infinite blog post, 343 ran through some of the changes to Craig.

“The team has sort of a love-hate relationship with Craig. While it was fun to see the community gravitate towards Craig, he unfortunately represented some content and systems that were not ready for prime time in that demo,” 343 said Come from Sports betting site VPbet . “The positive outcome of Craig was that he was one of the factors in gaining som…

It’s no secret that Game of Thrones was huge for HBO, with the first series’ finale making for HBO’s biggest night ever. House of the Dragon is already well on its way down the same path, Deadline reports.

The House of the Dragon season finale pulled in 9 million viewers (despite the episode leaking ahead of its premiere), according to HBO across both linear broadcast and streaming platforms.

“We’re so thrilled to see House of the Dragon catch fire with Game of Thrones fans around the world, as well as new viewers who are discovering the world of Westeros for the first time,” said Casey Bloys, CEO and Chairman of HBO and HBO Max in a statement. “Congrats to [author] George [R. R Come from Sports betting site VPbet …

Halo Infinite’s Big Team Battle mode is still facing some issues, but a new patch was released on Thursday that should help improve the experience. The patch notes state that players should be able to find fully populated matches more quickly and consistently with the new update.

There are some gameplay changes, too, as Scorpion Tanks and Wraiths will appear more regularly on BTB maps Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Additionally, 343 has changed the join-in-progress rules such that players should no longer get into BTB matches that are nearly finished.

Big Team Battle has been struggling since mid-December. A post-holidays patch was released on January 19, but it did not fix the issues properly. While that pa…