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PUBG Xbox One Patch Changes Vehicle Damage, Fixes Bugs

The latest Xbox One update for PUBG reverts changes made to vehicle damage in the previous patch.

According to the patch notes, the update is live, and it reverses a recent update reducing the damage players took when struck by a vehicle, after player feedback following the recent change. Players will now, once again, take increased damage when hit, and the team will “continue to tune and balance” it in the future.

The update also resolves an issue preventing players from vaulting over specific objects, fixes a bug which caused vehicles to relocate to another position on the map after players disembarked, as well as an issue causing the camera to move after a player died.

The Good Place Officially Shares a Universe with Parks and Rec

Sometimes good things do happen, and more often than not these days, we have the beautiful brain of Michael Schur to thank.

Schur is the showrunner of NBC’s refreshingly daring comedy The Good Place, and also co-created Parks and Recreation — two shows that will bring instant joy to anyone who watches them. And, thanks to a recurring easter egg in The Good Place, we now have proof that Eleanor, Chidi and the gang share a universe with Leslie Knope, Ron Swanson and the other quirky inhabitants of Pawnee, IN.

Just discovered that The Good Place takes place in the Parks and Rec universe and now by whole brain is crying. pic.twitter.com/UjtJLSclrA

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Star Wars: It’s Time for Someone New on the Throne

When Lucasfilm dropped news this week about the next phase in their Star Wars film development, they did it with a double dose of information that was equal parts cherry flavoring and that weird aftertaste you get once you’ve taken the medicine. On the one hand, we got the announcement of a new series of Star Wars films which, to Star Wars fans, is generally great news. On the other, the films are being written and produced by Game of Thrones power couple David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.

I have concerns.

Let me preface this by saying that I’m all for more Star Wars films and I love Game of Thrones. Benioff and Weiss are obviously skilled writers and producers with a multiplicity of awards to their names and they’ve certainly helped HBO raise their profile when it comes to genre fare with their work on Game of Thrones.

How To Protect Your Gaming PC From Malware

It was around this time a year ago that we posted several tips for removing viruses, along with preventative measures for avoiding future infections. All of that still applies, but what happens when you have a particularly nasty malware infection that manages to evade your best efforts to eradicate it from your PC?That’s when you need to kick your efforts up a notch. If things get really bad, the only recourse is a full-blown reinstallation of Windows, but that should be reserved for a last ditch effort. Before you consider the nuclear option, try these next-level tactics we put together to remove even the most stubborn malware.

Minecraft Developer’s Scrolls Will Finally Shut Down Next Week

Minecraft developer Mojang announced that its tactical card game Scrolls would be shutting down on Tuesday, February 13.

Released at the end of 2014, Mojang revealed they would stop development of the game way back in June of 2015. They committed to keeping the servers running until at least July of 2016, though they’ve clearly lasted much longer than that.

As part of the announcement, Mojang also revealed that they are working to make the Scrolls server software public, allowing the community to host their own servers and continue playing online. They said they can’t guarantee this will happen, but that they have “high hopes that we’ll be able to do this in the next few weeks or months.”

Checking Out New Game Plus In Shadow Of the Colossus Remake

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Deadpool 2 Trailer: Breakdown And Easter Eggs

Surprisingly, a trailer for the Deadpool sequel dropped recently. The upcoming film will be coming to theaters this spring, and fans of the comic book character will finally get to see his counterpart, Cable, on the big screen for the first time. Much like the first movie, Deadpool 2–which is not the official title–will continue its over-the-top and silly sense of humor, which was apparent when we saw the teaser and the recent movie poster.

The sequel stars Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and introduces Josh Brolin as Cable. In addition, it adds Zazie Beetz as Domino and features Morena Baccarin, TJ Miller, and Brianna Hildebrand reprising their roles from the first movie.

Deadpool 2 will come to theater on May 18. It was originally going to release in June but Fox changed the date and then pushed the upcoming horror X-Men film The New Mutants to 2019. The new trailer for Deadpool 2 is a bit crazy, but here’s everything we learned about Deadpool 2.

Batman #40 Review

With Batman #40 capping off the second half of “Superfriends,” it’s clear that this series won’t be able to do for the Batman/Wonder Woman relationship what it did for Batman and Superman late last year. This issue has gorgeous imagery to spare, and some strong ideas to boot, but it’s not able to combine those elements into an effective whole.

This issue may well have been doomed from the start given how Batman #39 played out. Issue #39 made some exceptionally poor choices regarding Diana’s characterization, painting her as a sexual temptress threatening to drive a wedge in Batman and Catwoman’s relationship. This issue walks back on that portrayal to some extent, as you might expect, but at some point it’s too late to matter. Writer Tom King clearly wanted readers to react a certain way to Batman #39’s cliffhanger, regardless of how that cliffhanger plays out now. We can only hope that lessons will be learned from the mistakes of this arc and that Diana’s characterization will benefit when King inevitably writes her again.

Spider-Man Spin-off Venom Gets First Poster, Trailer Due Tomorrow

The first poster for the upcoming Spider-Man spin-off Venom has been released. The movie stars Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock, a man who is taken over by the titular alien symbiote, and it’s set to hit theaters in October.

The poster was tweeted by the official Venom account, which also hinted that the first teaser for the movie will arrive tomorrow, February 8. The poster places the distinctive shape of Venom’s eyes against a black background–check it out below:

Production on Venom only wrapped last week, and Hardy marked the end of shooting with this Instagram post. The movie releases on October 5, 2018, and also stars Riz Ahmed, Michelle Williams, and Woody Harrelson. Zombieland‘s Ruben Fleischer is directing.

Although Sony made a deal with Disney in 2015 to allow Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the former studio still retains the overall movie rights to characters from the comics. In terms of other Spidey spin-offs, Venom will be followed by Silver & Black. That movie will focus on Silver Sable and the Black Cat and is currently set for a February 8, 2019 release.

In related news, Sony recently released a trailer for a new animated Spider-Man movie titled Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse. This one focuses on Miles Morales, who started life in the Ultimate Universe but has since crossed over into various other Marvel comic realities.

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The 9 Best Deck-Building Board Games

Board games have been around for thousands of years. So when a designer comes up with a genuinely new idea for a game mechanic, the hype train takes off like a rocket. Such was the case for deck building in 2008.

Like many fresh ideas, the concept of a deck building game is startling in its simplicity. Card games where you build a custom deck before you play have been around a while. In a deck building game, though, you build the deck while you play. Starting with a hand of currency cards, you cash them in for other, more interesting cards, and make a deck on-the-fly you think is good enough to win.

It wasn’t just gamers who got bowled over by the brilliance of the concept: it was designers too. Gaming was soon awash in copycat games, many of limited interest. Since then, the mechanic has seen redeployment into other genres of game with mixed results. But there are loads of awesome examples, too. These are the best deck-building board games: