Want to play Warzone 2’s new ranked mode- You’d better meet the level requirement-
Call of Duty’s big Season 3 Reloaded update hits today, bringing with it new maps, missions, and crucially, a new ranked play mode for Warzone 2. While the ordinary Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer has had ranked play for ages, Call of Duty’s battle royale offering has yet to let you compete in a fashion that tells you how bad you are at it in a 100% scientifically accurate numerical way. Well, no more.
Hold your horses, though, because a tweet from Call of Duty’s anticheat team informs us that Warzone 2’s ranked play mode has a few villainy-deterring bells and whistles. There’s new server-side cheat detection gadgets, a toughened password reset policy and, most interesting of all, a higher level requirement than MW2’s ranked mode. You’ll need to be level 45 or above before you can jo…
Withers wasn’t joking—ruining the vibe in Baldur’s Gate 3’s new epilogue is punishable by death-
A little while before the fifth Patch of Baldur’s Gate 3 came along, I wrote up this news post about a teaser image Larian Studios had shared on Twitter, featuring Withers in a silly little hat warning “fun is mandatory”.
I joked about being scared at the time. Little did I know, I was very right to be. If you rain on Withers’ carefully constructed parade, his cosmic wrath is mighty. This was actually brought to my attention by camilams on the Baldur’s Gate 3 subreddit, but I figured I’d boot up my save to test it myself. (Sorry, Volo. You were the only person I could bring myself to harm.)
What pushes Withers over the edge is actually murdering one of the guests. I ran around, blew up some furniture, stabbed people, and even got into a scrap with my old par…
Modder accuses Take-Two of hypocrisy after lawyers obliterate all trace of their GTA 5 AI mod- ‘Rather than chasing small mods, perhaps they should focus on creating proper remakes with better pricing’-
Take-Two has chalked up another body in the GTA modding scene, and barely a week after Rockstar turned heads by buying up the FiveM mod makers. This time the victim was the creator of Sentient Streets, the AI mod that allowed you to chat with, cajole and extort the NPCs of Los Santos that we covered last week. Rockstar’s parent company was none too happy with it, apparently, so all trace of it has now been blasted from the internet.
Both the Nexus Mods page for Sentient Streets and a YouTube video showing it off have been unceremoniously scrubbed out of existence following takedowns by Take-Two. The mod’s creator, Bloc, took down the version of the mod hosted on GTA 5 Mods themself, for fear of that one eventually getting dinged by a DMCA as well. Bloc says the whole thing came co…
Redfall’s PC system requirements revealed, but they’re lacking a pretty big detail-
Arkane’s anti-vampire shooter Redfall won’t be out until next week, but the launch trailer is out today, showcasing plenty of action in a vampire-infested town and a clever Easter egg that old-time immersive sim fans will certainly enjoy.
Before that, however, we’ve got the official PC system requirements. They don’t seem too brutal, although that 100GB storage requirement is stiff, especially if you’re still rocking a small SSD. Maybe the most notable thing is that there’s no indication of what players can expect from each specification tier.
The omission is particularly glaring in light of the recent revelation that the Xbox version of Redfall will be limited to 30 fps. It’s also worth noting that the specs for Arkane’s previous game, Deathloop, did provide specific …
You can grab a 2TB Steam Deck SSD from the makers of the most modular laptop-
Framework, the makers of the modular Framework Laptop, is selling 2TB SSDs for the Steam Deck. The company is all about offering upgradeability for its own products, so when the opportunity came to pick up a batch of small footprint SSDs suitable for the portable PC to sell on its own store, it took it.
Framework is selling the Western Digital 2TB SN740 2230 for $299 in its US store, and $399 CAD in Canada. The company says it’s looking into availability in Europe and Australia, too.
It’s pretty handy to have a legitimate place to buy this specific drive, as generally drives of this compact form factor and capacity are not altogether easy to come by from elsewhere.
This 2TB drive would make for a tasty upgrade for even the highest capacity 512GB Steam Deck. In my…
WWE 2K24 will include casket matches, ambulance matches, special guest referees, and apparently Muhammad Ali-
2K released a gameplay trailer for WWE 2K24 and it sure does promise a lot of people will be shut into things. Among the new additions are ambulance matches, which turn the chant “You’re going home in an ambulance” literal. “The goal is to wear an opponent down, put them in the back of the ambulance, and battle to close the doors and win the match”, they say.
WWE 2K24 will also include casket matches, as demonstrated by The Undertaker in the trailer, where the goal is to place your opponent in a coffin then slam the lid shut. Presumably the coffin does not then drive away, but we live in hope.
It’s not all sealing people into things, however. The trailer also includes a look at Backstage Brawl, which includes various illegal weapons and interactive environments, and sp…
Discount brokerage firms feel the heat
Shares of discount broking firms fell sharply on Tuesday after the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) came out with guidelines that market infrastructure institutions or MIIs will not differentiate between big and small brokers (by volumes) and charge them uniform fees. MIIs such as exchanges, clearing corporations and depositories have to redesign the existing charge structure and associated processes to bring in this uniformity.
Shares of Angel One, the country’s largest brokerage firm, fell nearly 9% to Rs 2,353.90, registering its biggest single-day fall in a month.
Shares of Geojit Financial Services, IIFL Securities and Motilal Oswal Financial Services also declined 3-7%. Among others, 5Paisa Capital, ICICI Securities and Anand Rathi Weal…
Asian markets under pressure following US cues; Here are all other details
Asian markets were see-sawing on Wednesday morning as traders were watching the trade data of Japan and Singapore.
Also, market participants’ sentiments were tempered as US Fed Chief Jerome Powell said, “a lack of further progress so far this year on returning to our 2% inflation goal.”
This might erode investors’ confidence as comments by Jerome Powell indicated that current interest will stay higher for longer unless inflation gets closer to target.
Can India be the next China? UBS jots down India’s to-do list to grab a share of Chinese pie Market rally leads to higher regulatory fees for stock exchanges Mining stocks NMDC, Vedanta, Hind Zinc, MOIL, Coal India plunge as much as 5% after SC allows states to collect past dues…
Ola Electric plans to deploy Rs 1,226.43 crore of IPO proceeds on cell production capacity expansion
IPO-bound Ola Electric Mobility Ltd plans to utilise Rs 1,226.43 crore out of the proceeds of its Rs 5,500-crore public issue on capacity expansion of its cell manufacturing plant to 6.4 GWh from 5 GWh, according to preliminary papers filed by the company with capital markets regulator Sebi.
The company, which had filed the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) last week is also looking to use Rs 1,600 crore from the public fund raising on research and product development, while another Rs 800 crore will be deployed to repay debt.
Ola Electric Mobility (OEM) which had on August 15, 2023 announced a line-up of electric motorcycles — Cruiser, Adventure, Roadster and Diamondhead — expects to begin delivery of the motorcycles in the first half of fiscal 202…
Stocks to watch- Adani Green, Manthan Alloys, Vishnu Prakash, SJVN, Happy Forgings, LIC, Credo Brands
GIFT Nifty indicated that Indian equity indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 may see a positive opening on Tuesday. Here’s a look at the key stocks to watch in trade.
Stocks in Focus: GIFT Nifty traded up by just 31.50 points or 0.15% at 21,533, indicating a positive opening for domestic indices NSE Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex on Wednesday. Previously, on Tuesday, the NSE Nifty 50 gained 91.95 points or 0.43% to settle at 21,441.35, while the BSE Sensex ended higher by 229.84 points or 0.32% to 71,336.80.
“Nifty mostly traded sideways after an initially positive start. The sentiment remains optimistic as the index stays above critical moving averages. At 21,500, there could be significant immediate resistance. A decisive breakout beyond this level could potent…