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The Call of Duty battle royale beta is here for a good time, not a long time. Here are the Blackout system requirements.
The premise for Blackout \u2013 Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII\u2019s very own battle royale mode \u2013 is pretty simple: what if PUBG, but with buttery smooth Call of Duty gameplay?
It\u2019s a fair question. While Team Thumbsticks is still firmly of the belief that PUBG is the best battle royale game, it\u2019s hard to argue that a bit more polish wouldn\u2019t go amiss. To be fair to PUBG Corp. they are working on their \u2018fix PUBG \u2018 campaign as we speak, but in a crowded market, competitors need a USP.
In Fortnite\u2019s case, that was to make it child-friendly, which is all sorts of unsettling when you think about it. For others, it\u2019s to co-opt other elements, like Overwatch -style classes or magical spells, or in the case of Radical Heights, to make it straight-up terrible in the pursuit of the 80s nostalgia zeitgiest.
For the other big players in the first-person shooter market, Activision and EA, that\u2019s to lean into their strengths. For Battlefield\u2019s upcoming Firestorm mode, that\u2019s vehicular nonsense and beautiful graphics (with a 64-player limit; we love a bit of good programmer logic) and for Call of Duty\u2019s Blackout? That means slick movement and very, very rapid gunplay.
But just what PC will you need to get in on the Call of Duty: Blackout beta?
And to be honest, it runs just fine on the GTX 1050 Ti-equipped laptop we have in for review at the moment, so the requirements seem as reasonable as they appear. Worth noting that these aren\u2019t officially the system requirements for the final Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII release, but they\u2019ll serve as a decent guide.
You can begin pre-loading the Blackout beta now via the battle.net launcher, with the wider beta kicking off at 10am PT today, September 15th (that\u2019s 6pm BST) and running through until 10am PT (6pm BST) on September 17th.
We\u2019ve already tried it \u2013 and we\u2019ll have some thoughts in due course \u2013 and will probably be dipping in again over the weekend, so we\u2019ll see you on the battlegrounds battlefield blackout\u2026 place?
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Tom is an itinerant freelance technology writer who found a home as an Editor with Thumbsticks. Powered by coffee, RPGs, and local co-op.
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Here\u2019s the full lineup of new PlayStation Store video games coming to the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita next week.
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Here\u2019s the full lineup of new PlayStation Store games coming to the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita next week.
There are 22 new video games coming to the PlayStation Store in the next week. Or should that be 29?
Capcom Beat \u2018Em Up Bundle was first revealed on Thursday\u2019s Nintendo Direct, and is a compilation of seven classic arcade fighters including Final Fight, Captain Commando, B attle Circuit, Knights of the Round, Warriors of Fate, Armored Warriors, and The King of Dragons. Each game features online co-op, adjustable gameplay settings, and a wealth of archive design materials.
Another compilation on the way is Scribblenauts Mega Pack, which bundles together both Scribblenauts Unmasked, and Unlimited .
Other PlayStation Store releases include The Gardens Between, a surreal puzzle adventure, from The Voxel Agents, and Transference, a psychological thriller from Elijah Woods\u2019 SpectreVision studio.
And move aside FIFA and PES, the biggest showdown in sport takes place this week with a fish-off between Legendary Fishing, and Fishing Sim World. It\u2019s not our plaice to say which is the better game.
Here\u2019s the full lineup of PlayStation Store releases.
Visit our new releases page for weekly updates on every game coming to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
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Orchestral music from long-running MMORPG, RuneScape, is out now on digital formats, and coming to vinyl and CD later this year.
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Orchestral music from long-running MMORPG, RuneScape, is out now on digital formats, and coming to vinyl and CD later this year.
Jagex has announced that music from RuneScape \u2013 and Old School RuneScape \u2013 is now available for the first time via a partnership with game music specialists, Laced Records.
Two albums \u2013 RuneScape: The Orchestral Collection, and RuneScape: Original Soundtrack Classics \u2013 are available digitally from today, and will be released on CD and double vinyl in December.
The Orchestral Collection features brand new compositions and arrangements from award-winning composer, James Hannigan, and is performed by The Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra. The Original Soundtrack Classics album takes a more nostalgic approach, and features music from the early days of the game.
Pre-ordering the vinyl versions of each soundtrack will immediately unlock access to the digital editions.
Also available today are two digital-only releases: The Arc, and Menaphos. They are the first in a series of themed RuneScape collections to be released in the coming months.
Guy Pearce, director of brand and creative production at Jagex, says:
\u201cThe community has been telling us for a long time that RuneScape \u2019s music is, for many, the soundtrack to their youth and that they would like it to be more easily available. So, we\u2019re thrilled to be able to make original, current and classical versions of some of their favourite tracks available for them to listen to where, when and how they want.\u201d
Here\u2019s a track from The Orchestral Collection Abbey Road sessions: The Road to Harmony.
If successful, the series could certainly run for some time. RuneScape currently holds the Guinness World Record for the most original pieces of music in a video game, with nearly 1200 individual tracks listed as of July 2017.
Head over to the Laced Records website to find out more.
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Dying Light: Bad Blood, the new battle-royal game from Techland, is now available on PC via Steam Early Access.
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Dying Light: Bad Blood, the new battle-royale game from Techland, is now available on PC via Steam Early Access.
It was only a matter of time before zombies and the battle-royale genre came together in a marriage made in heaven, or should that be hell?
Not only are the shambling undead making a guest appearance in Blackout, the new battle-royale mode for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, they are also front and centre in Techland\u2019s new game, Dying Light: Bad Blood, which is now available in Steam Early Access.
Hold those rolling eyes, dear reader, as Dying Light: Bad Blood just might be worth a look. The game retains the franchise\u2019s trademark parkour traversal, and blends PvP and PvE gameplay in 12-player matches set within a city swarming with zombies, sorry, the Infected. It\u2019s an appealing mix that should hopefully make for a tight and fast-paced battle-royale experience.
Maciej \u0141\u0105czny, producer of the game, said in a press statement:
\u201cWe\u2019re really happy with the results of our recent Global Play Test and I\u2019d like to thank all of the players out there that took part and gave us such helpful insight. We\u2019ve made some big leaps in development based on that activity and look forward to the road ahead as we prepare new content for the game, the first of which will be available in the next few weeks.\u201d
Dying Light: Bad Blood is available now via the $19.99 Founder\u2019s Pack. It includes access to the game plus exclusive in-game content in the shape of currency, exclusive items, and three special skins released over the next three months.
Additional free content updates \u2013 new items, characters, and maps \u2013 will be released throughout the early access period.
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