Category: gaming
‘Call of Duty’ games now display a Black Lives Matter message
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has been updated with a splash screen message in support of the Black Lives Matter organization. “Our community is hurting. The systemic inequalities our community experiences are once again center stage,” developer Infin… Source
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Riot is testing ‘Valorant’ on consoles — but don’t get your hopes up
Valorant is a PC-only game right now, and that won’t change any time soon. However, Riot Games isn’t ruling out the possibility of bringing its new tactical shooter to consoles at some point. In fact, the developer is currently prototyping a console… Source
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‘Doom’ and ‘Doom II’ are free for some Chromebook owners
Chromebook ownership has its perks, which includes offers on a rotating selection of apps and games. Now, Doom and Doom II are available for free on Chromebooks for a limited time. The offer isn’t available to every Chromebook user, so check the perk… Source
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Rockstar temporarily closes online games in support of Black Lives Matter
Rockstar Games will shut down access to Grand Theft Auto Online and Red Dead Online from 2-4 PM ET today “to honor the legacy of George Floyd.” Anti-racism and anti-police brutality protests have taken place across the world after Floyd died on May 2… Source
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Twitch ‘proactively’ removed a police emote to prevent potential abuse
Twitch has removed an emote that featured an image of a cartoon character dressed as a police officer blowing a whistle. "TwitchCop," as the emoticon was known as, was a global emote Twitch viewers could use in chat across all of the platform's chann… Source
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A high-definition Pac-Man remake is being ported to the NES, to play on your Switch
A bundle of classic Namco games called the Namcot collection is making its way to the Nintendo Switch. One of the titles you can get with the bundle is a NES version of Pac-Man Championship Edition, which was (as The Verge notes) originally created a… Source
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