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Category: Gaming
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta's first weekend numbers are in, and they're good – just not as high as Modern Warfare 2
We're one day away from the end of the first session of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta, which kicked off Friday. Although Activision has yet to publish any numbers, we can look at its performance on Steam and compare it with other recent Call of Duty betas, as well as those from rival franchises. Read more
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Massive Morrowind mod Tamriel Rebuilt's Poison Song expansion is out now, complete with new quests to join Great House Indoril and the Ordinators
Tamriel Rebuilt, the Morrowind modding project gradually adding the province's mainland to The Elder Scrolls 3's Vvardenfell-centric map, has gotten a fresh expansion over the weekend. Dubbed Poison Song, it's the long-teased update which lets you join House Indoril, the great Dunmer house the Neravarine's namesake Indoril Nevevar belonged to belonged. It'll also let you join the Temple Ordinators, Morrowind's golden-masked lawkeepers, and explore a new region full of "lush gardens and bountiful fields".
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How to Fish is the latest Steam indie sensation, selling 1 million copies in just two days
If you've browsed the frontpage of Steam in the last few days, you'll no doubt have come across How to Fish, the debut project from developer Dazed Games. The co-op fishing game released on 20th August, and just three days later, its developer announced it had sold 1 million copies. Read more
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New World of Warcraft Midnight patch notes bring buffs aplenty as Blizzard's "broad" class updates continue
Blizzard delivers on its class tuning promise for Curse of Ula’tek, with wide-ranging buffs in its latest World of Warcraft patch notes.
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Double Fine confirms it owns all its games' IP and publishing rights after Xbox split
Double Fine has confirmed it owns – or will shortly own – the intellectual property and publishing rights to every game it made during its seven years under Xbox following the studio's split from Microsoft earlier this year. Read more