Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Phantom Sight DLC Revealed

Ubisoft announced the Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Phantom Sight DLC as part of its second season of year 4 content during today’s Pro League Finals in Milan, Italy.

Operation Phantom Sight introduces Nokk, a new Attacker armed with an FMG-9 and SIX12-SD who uses her high-tech HEL Presence Reduction gadget to navigate behind enemy lines, invisible to cameras and drones. OPS also introduces a new Defender, Warden, who uses his “Glance Smartglasses” to enhance his vision to give him better visibility in smoke and immunity to flashes while remaining still - he uses an M590A1 and MPX to make him a powerful anchor and entry denier.

OPS also includes a major rework of the Kafe Dostoyevsky Moscow map, which includes a redesigned first floor, new bomb sites on the second floor, and other updates aimed to improve replayablity and gameplay opportunities. Other features that will be introduced in the new season include updates to Reverse Friendly Fire, a reworked ranked playlist and a new in-game storefront.

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Avengers: Endgame Passes Avatar at the Box Office

Avengers: Endgame has officially passed Avatar at the domestic box office, making it the second-highest grossing US domestic release of all time.

As of May 19, 2019, Endgame's total North American gross was $770.8 million after four weeks in release. Avatar, which finished its domestic run with a total of $760.5 million, has now dropped to No. 3 on the all-time domestic box office.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the No. 1 highest-grossing domestic release of all time with $936.7 million.

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No Man’s Sky Vinyl Soundtrack is Coming Back for a Second Run

The vinyl version of “No Man’s Sky: Music for an Infinite Universe” is currently taking pre-orders for a reissue of the companion album.

The album, composed and performed by instrumental electronic/post-rock outfit 65daysofstatic, is a two-disc encapsulation of most of the music you’ll hear in the procedurally generated universe exploration game. There’s singles like “Supermoon,” which typically play as a player enters one of the giant pyramid-like space stations, and the second disc features more longform ambient tracks like “Outlier,” which typically play while the player is exploring the surface of a planet.

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2020 Call of Duty Now Reportedly Being Developed by Black Ops’ Treyarch

According to a report from Kotaku, Activision has informed developers at Sledgehammer Games and Raven that both studios will no longer be in charge of the Call of Duty game scheduled for 2020.

Instead, Treyarch, who last developed 2018's Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, will reportedly be taking over and leading development on a new Black Ops game for next year – Black Ops 5.

Raven and Sledgehammer were originally supposed to lead the development of the 2020 Call of Duty, and according to Kotaku, the plan was to set its story mode during the Cold War. Conveniently enough, Kotaku reports that Treyarch is also setting its story mode for Black Ops 5 during the Cold War.

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2020 Call of Duty Now Reportedly Being Developed by Black Ops’ Treyarch

According to a report from Kotaku, Activision has informed developers at Sledgehammer Games and Raven that both studios will no longer be in charge of the Call of Duty game scheduled for 2020.

Instead, Treyarch, who last developed 2018's Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, will reportedly be taking over and leading development on a new Black Ops game for next year – Black Ops 5.

Raven and Sledgehammer were originally supposed to lead the development of the 2020 Call of Duty, and according to Kotaku, the plan was to set its story mode during the Cold War. Conveniently enough, Kotaku reports that Treyarch is also setting its story mode for Black Ops 5 during the Cold War.

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Some World of Warcraft Classic ‘Bugs’ Actually Features, Blizzard Says

World of Warcraft Classic is Blizzard’s attempt to bring back the spirit of its early glory days. That’s not because its suffering (not more so than any other modern MMO), but because the land of Azeroth and how people play around in it has changed so much in the 15 years since launch. That said, a part of the charm included a few “bugs” or “features” that even more experienced players may have forgotten about.

It looks like Blizzard anticipated a bit of head-scratching over it all from beta players, and clarified things in a forum post, first reported by Eurogamer.

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Some World of Warcraft Classic ‘Bugs’ Actually Features, Blizzard Says

World of Warcraft Classic is Blizzard’s attempt to bring back the spirit of its early glory days. That’s not because its suffering (not more so than any other modern MMO), but because the land of Azeroth and how people play around in it has changed so much in the 15 years since launch. That said, a part of the charm included a few “bugs” or “features” that even more experienced players may have forgotten about.

It looks like Blizzard anticipated a bit of head-scratching over it all from beta players, and clarified things in a forum post, first reported by Eurogamer.

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