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PlayStation 4 players can play alpha multiplayer for Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War starting September 18

September 17, 2020
During the Sony PlayStation 5 Showcase today, Activision showed off the first campaign gameplay for Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War, and it said PlayStation 4 gamers will be able to play an open alpha test of the game’s multiplayer from September 18 to September 20. The game debuts on November 13 on the PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. The first scene that…
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PlayStation Plus Collection brings PS4’s biggest hits to PS5

September 17, 2020
Sony revealed the PlayStation Plus Collection during its Showcase event today. It’s a new PlayStation 5 perk for the console’s premium subscription service. PlayStation Plus Collection gives PlayStation Plus subscribers access to a catalog of PlayStation 4 games that…
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The US Army shouts out an anti-Semitic user on Twitch

September 17, 2020
Today, the Army has found itself in a new pot of hot water after a member of the Army National Guard, Axel “ZexsOG” Torres, shouted out an anti-Semitic username live, as first reported by Motherboard. “Yo, six million wasn’t enough, thank you so much for the follow, I appreciate you,” he said. It was only last month that the US Army esports team returned to streaming on Twitch. They’d…
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Super Mario 3D All-Stars is a wonderful history lesson

September 16, 2020
At their core, 3D Super Mario games are all about the same thing: collecting shiny things. It could be stars, or moons, or whatever “shines” are. Sure, there’s lots of jumping and boss battles and navigating tricky puzzle-like spaces. But it’s all in service of gathering up lots of glittery objects, which in turn open up new areas to explore. What makes the series work so well are the…
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The Last of Us Part II for PS4 is $20 off at Walmart

September 16, 2020
If you haven’t yet trudged through the gripping and frequently disturbing tale that The Last of Us Part II has to tell, you can get a deal on the PS4 game at Walmart right now. Normally fully priced at $60, it’s $40. As far as price cuts on PS4 exclusives go, this is a…
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Super Mario 3D All-Stars review — All-star classics in a half-hearted package

September 16, 2020
Super Mario 3D All-Stars is a collection that contains three of the best 3D platformers ever. You’d think that that would be enough. And for the most part, it is! When 3D All-Stars comes out for the Switch on September 18 (for whatever reason, it will only be available until March 31), this compilation puts Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy on Nintendo’s newest…
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