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Dice officially responded to fan's backlash after the introduction of time to kill changes which decreased the damage of weapons leading to slower TTK. Fans said that the changes are in favour of casual players and not Battlefield veterans.
DECEMBER 17
Popular Fortnite leaker FNBRLeaks has shut down his social media and GitHub accounts after receiving a cease and desist letter from Epic's attorney. FNBRLeaks shared the info saying that if he didn't do it, Epic would pursue legal action.
DECEMBER 16
Obsidian released the last DLC for their isometric RPG Pillars of Eternity 2 Deadfire. The Forgotten Sanctum DLC is an expansive dungeon with a new storyline and the update also brings a fresh batch of fixes and many other improvements.
DECEMBER 15
Bethesda announced free bonus content for Dishonored 2 and Death of the Outsider. The publisher included Black and White and Mission+ modes along with the original pre-order bonus for all players who log in to their Bethesda account.
DECEMBER 15
Treyarch rolled out new December update for Call of Duty which brings a limited 2XP in Multiplayer and Zombies, 2X Merits in Blackout along with the Close Quarters Frenzy mode seeing some gameplay improvements and an expanded arsenal.
DECEMBER 15
Discord Inc announced that they will allow developers to self-publish games on their store with 90/10 revenue split starting in 2019. They said that 10 per cent is enough for their operating costs, store optimisation and efficiency.
DECEMBER 15
After a negative feedback from the Fortnite community, Epic Games have removed the overpowered weapon dubbed Infinity Blade from the game. The developer said they messed up and released the weapon too soon and without good counters.
DECEMBER 15
From now on, players will be able to purchase Gold Bars with real-world money in Red Dead Online. This change comes with the latest December update in which Rockstar also adds 15 additional gold bars and a cash gift to all players.
DECEMBER 15
Fortune Island is a first big expansion for Microsoft's Forza Horizon 4. The update is now available on both PC and Xbox One and it brings one new area which is separate from the main game. The update also brings ten new cars to the stable.
DECEMBER 15
Open world survival game DayZ has finally left the early access and to celebrate the milestone, Bohemian Interactive are offering their game for free until 17 December 2018. Along with the free weekend, DayZ's price is also 15 per cent off.
DECEMBER 15
Todd McFarlane, the creator of comic book character Spawn believes that Spawn will be included in the roster for the upcoming fighting game Mortal Kombat 11. McFarlane was doing Reddit AMA and answered that Spawn is on his way to MK.
DECEMBER 13
Crytek have released a New Hunt: Showdown update which brings a much-anticipated Quickplay game mode, new daily and weekly challenges and quality of life improvements for gunplay along with many other bug fixes and general updates.
DECEMBER 13
