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Epic Games have reduced the spawn rates of BRUTE mechs in Fortnite after negative reception from players over the last week. Epic said these changes affect both Arena and Tournament playlists but unfortunately not the casual, normal modes.
AUGUST 12
Beenox's Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled has managed to retake the top spot on the UK physical sales chart for the week ending on 10 August 2019. Nintendo's Super Mario Maker 2 dropped to second while Mario Kart 8: Deluxe is in third.
AUGUST 12
According to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, the company wants to go big with the next Splinter Cell and will only reveal it at the right moment. Guillemot said that the devs are under a lot of pressure from all the Splinter Cell fans.
AUGUST 12
Gears 5 developers The Coalition have detailed the game's map builder in the latest video. The map builder feature will allow players to create their own corners and corridors for the brand new, 3-player co-op mode named The Escape.
AUGUST 12
To compensate for the lack of season pass, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will introduce more post-launch content than any Call of Duty game in the history of the franchise. This has been confirmed by Activision's COO Coddy Johnson.
AUGUST 12
FromSoftware's latest title Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has sold 3.8 million copies according to media company Kadokawa, which revealed the first-quarter earnings report. Also, Sekiro managed to sell 2.37 million copies in its first ten days.
AUGUST 9
Gears 5 has gone gold, meaning that The Coalition officially wrapped up the development of the game. To celebrate the occasion, the devs confirmed that Gears 5 campaign and Horde mode will be shown off prior to Gamescom on 19 August 2019.
AUGUST 9
Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V was the best-selling game on PlayStation 4 in July 2019 according to the latest blog post from Sony. Minecraft and Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled are following closely behind in second and third respectively.
AUGUST 9
In a recent interview, Infinity Ward's art director Joel Emslie revealed many Call of Duty: Modern Warfare details, including the one about battle royale. Emslie said that players will have to wait and see if the mode is in the game.
AUGUST 9
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will have a battle royale mode according to the latest rumours. Apparently, Activision plan to make it free to play and release sometime in 2020. Also, the mode will be downloadable as a separate game.
AUGUST 9
According to the latest leak, Call of Duty: Black Ops 5, which should arrive sometime in 2020, will be even more gritty and gruesome than this year's Modern Warfare. Apparently, the game will include Cold, Vietnam and Korean wars.
AUGUST 9
NetherRealm Studios have released another patch for their brutal fighter Mortal Kombat 11. One of the most notable changes comes to Scorpion's Hell Port move, which has been nerfed and it's now a high attack instead of a mid attack move.
AUGUST 8
