Ozark, a popular mod menu for Grand Theft Auto Online and Red Dead Online that allows users to make modifications to both the single-player and multiplayer modes of each game, is being shut down by Take-Two Interactive.The mod, which costs $25 on various mod reselling sites, allows players to manipulate the games in all kinds of ways, ranging from spawning money, allowing players to teleport, and more. The mod's creator, D3skstool, received a legal notice from Take-Two, causing them to take immediate action in shutting down the mod, as noticed by Twitch streamer NorthernLaw (via Eurogamer).Ozark, a popular mod menu mostly known within #RedDeadOnline and a little bit within #GTAOnline has been shut down by Take-Two.Pic by @NorthernLawYT pic.twitter.com/WESodMnqX1 — Tez2 (@TezFunz2) August 10, 2021"Despite some of the things written in the letter I received, Ozark was a great community, and I thank you all for being a part of it," D3skstool writes.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Blizzard Entertainment has revealed new details on the path ahead for Diablo II: Resurrected, including an early access test that begins this week and an open beta scheduled for later. Blizzard ran through all the details in a blog post, and we've rounded up the key information below.Diablo II: Resurrected Early AccessThe early access test for Resurrected begins August 13 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET. Everyone who pre-buys Resurrected or Diablo Prime Evil Collection across console and PC can play the early access test. Pre-loading for it begins on August 11, and the test wraps up on August 17 at 10 AM PT.Diablo II: Resurrected Open BetaThe Resurrected open beta runs August 20-23, with pre-loading starting August 17 on console and August 18 on PC. The open beta is free and open to everyone, regardless of pre-order status. It runs until August 23 at 10 AM PT.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Call of Duty's Season 5 is arriving on August 12, and a battle pass trailer has arrived to showcase some of the upcoming season's unlockable cosmetics for Black Ops Cold War and Warzone.Season 5 will add the new operator Kitsune for both Black Ops Cold War and Warzone. Kitsune can be seen featured in the key art for Season 5, and she can be unlocked instantly by purchasing the Season 5 battle pass. An additional Ultra-rarity Kitsune operator skin is also unlocked at tier 100.Four new weapons are coming to Call of Duty as well, and the first two will be featured in the battle pass. The EM2 assault rifle is free for everyone to unlock in Black Ops Cold War and Warzone at tier 15 of the pass, and the TEC-9 submachine gun will be unlockable at tier 31.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Microsoft's second-ever ID@Xbox stream focusing on indie games was held today, and it showcased more than two dozen games from a variety of studios. The event brought new game announcements, interviews with developers, trailers, and details on games you can play right now.One of the big surprise-launches was Sam & Max Save the World Remastered, which is out now on console. The game was developed by Skunkape Games and has the blessing of series creator Steve Purcell, according to Microsoft. The episodic game previously launched in December 2020 for PC and Nintendo Switch.The broadcast also brought news that Project Moon's Library of Ruina is also out today across console and the cloud through Xbox Game Pass. In this game you invite guests to a library and then do battle with them.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Suicide Squad star Idris Elba has teased that he'll be playing a familiar face, kind of, in the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 2 film. A post on Twitter heavily implied he'll be playing the part of Knuckles, the Sonic antagonist-turned-ally. It was followed up by confirmation from official movie accounts and actor Ben Schwartz.It's hard to interpret the tweet any other way considering he hashtags both the Sonic sequel and the name of the character. Knuckles has generally been a bit gruffer and grouchier than Sonic, though not traditionally British. We'll have to see if he puts on an American accent for the role, as he has extensively in other past roles.After Elba's tweet, it was answered by Schwartz, who plays Sonic, with a "Who's there?" The official Sonic Twitter account also signal-boosted the tweet.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Later today, Respawn will release a patch for Apex Legends that implements a much-needed nerf for the Prowler SMG, a powerful firearm that rotated out of care packages and into ground loot at the start of Season 10: Emergence.The patch reduces the damage of each individual Prowler bullet from 15 to 14. Though that may seem small, it's actually a fairly significant adjustment. Since the Prowler fires in five-bullet bursts, this reduces each burst from 75 damage to 70.That means a level 2 blue body shield (which can absorb 75 damage) can no longer be broken on a single Prowler burst. And though it will still only take two bursts to break level 3 purple (100 damage), level 4 gold (100 damage), and level 5 red (125 damage) body shields, that second burst won't chew into an enemy player's health bar (100 hit points) quite as much.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

With Arrow behind him, Stephen Amell is ready to hit the wrestling ring in his new series Heels, which premieres Sunday, August 15 on Starz. The show is set in a small Georgia town and finds the actor as the promoter and star of a local professional wrestling group. Of course, Amell is no stranger to wrestling, having previously performed for WWE, Ring of Honor, and at All In. After training for Heels, though, he's ready to make his return to the industry he loves.Speaking to GameSpot about the series, Amell admitted that the wrestling training he did for Heels has prepared him for being an actual pro wrestler than anything he learned for his previous matches. "When we trained for SummerSlam or for the Ring of Honor show or for All In, you know, I was faking it," the actor said. "It was so scripted and so controlled that it was really all about, like, 'Just sort of fake it. See what you can get away with.' And I had such great opponents for that."After months of training for Heels, plus a plethora of wrestling scenes in the series, he now feels more ready than ever for his squared circle return. "This time I got to put in the time in the gymnasium that they built for us on our soundstages," Amell explained. "We had a ring and every day that I went to the gym, my warm-up would be--even if I wasn't doing work in the ring that day--my warm-up would be running the ropes, and just bumping for five minutes, 10 minutes, to get a little bit of sweat going. And just doing that, just working on the basics like, like punching and locking up, that just that that just makes you better? Period."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Pro players were put to a different kind of Call of Duty test in a special episode of Hot Ones with Sean Evans. In this episode, three of Call of Duty's pro players are in the hot seat, featuring Attach of the Minnesota ROKKR, Asim of the New York Subliners, and Apathy of the Los Angeles Guerrillas in a head-to-head "Dab of Duty" challenge.Normally, celebrities would be sitting across from Sean Evans, eating the hottest wings and trying to answer his spiciest questions. Instead, these popular Call of Duty pros had to eat wings doused in Hot Ones’ The Last Dab Apollo hot sauce, and then proceed to compete against each other in Call of Duty.Dab of Duty 🥵Three of the CDL's most fierce competitors: @Attach, @GstaAsim, and @Apathy_BZ take on the Hot Ones challenge... but with a twist 🔪(🔥 @firstwefeast) pic.twitter.com/tyds1CLbRa — Call of Duty League (@CODLeague) August 9, 2021The players were served a plate of hot wings in the spiciest Last Dab Apollo sauce. They were challenged to first eat the wings, and they were then given five minutes to see who can get the most kills in a match of Black Ops Cold War using only a knife or tomahawk. I think this was a missed opportunity to ask some of the spicy questions about their teams and some behind-the-scenes pro league drama, but it was still fun to see them sweat it out in a match of Call of Duty, quite literally.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The infamous streamer Dr. Disrespect, also known as Herschel "Guy" Beahm, is starting his own video game development studio. In a job listing on Beahm's website titled "Life Changing Opportunity," it says that Beahm in partnership with BoomTV is looking to take on the video game industry by making a AAA/AA studio.The studio is not directly named in the job listing but the Google form application is titled "BoomTV Game Studio Head Application." The studio plans to work with "mega influencers" to help them to launch their dream games. The studio plans to either develop games internally or co-develop them with other established studios. Beahm is looking for a studio head with 5+ years of producing experience and has experience launching games to audiences of over 100,000. The position offers a co-founder position, high equity, and a competitive salary.The job listing also states that the studio head "will work within a fast-paced environment spearheading design, art, core gaming loops, meta, viral and retention loops and iterate monetization, go to market, integrated esports and influencer marketing," implying a focus on multiplayer games that appeal to competitive players and streamers.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Halo Infinite's first technical test, which generally seems to have made a good first-impression, left something to be desired among certain players on PC who noted various performance issues even on higher-end machines. That is something developer 343 Industries is now assuring fans will be significantly improving for future tests and in the game's full release.In statements to IGN as part of a new video breaking down Halo Infinite's still-in-progress performance across both PC and consoles, 343 said PC players in future tests "will see a lot of things fixed.""We're continuing to work on improving performance and compatibility across all hardware configurations, and have been seeing some really great gains there," 343 said. "We've solved the issue that was impacting players running the GTX 900 series, have reduced CPU load and improved overall GPU performance.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Pokemon Players Cup 25th Anniversary Invitational takes place this weekend, and The Pokemon Company has a couple of free gifts for those who tune in. During the competition, the company will share download codes for a free Coalossal in Pokemon Sword and Shield, as well as a free card for Pokemon Trading Card Game Online.The free Coalossal is based on the one used by Wolfe Glick, winner of the Pokemon Players Cup II. The Pokemon has a Modest nature and knows the moves Heat Wave, Meteor Beam, Protect, and Solar Beam. Once the download code has been revealed, you can claim the Coalossal by firing up your copy of Sword or Shield and following these steps:Open Mystery GiftSelect Get with a Code/PasswordFollow the prompts to connect onlineInput the download codeThe free Pokemon TCG Online card, meanwhile, is the Quick Ball, a "secret rare" card that has been used prominently in the Pokemon Players Cup IV competition. Quick Ball lets you search your deck for a basic Pokemon and put it in your hand after you discard another card from your hand.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Retro Games has announced the A500 Mini. It is a smaller version of the 16-bit Amiga 500 home computer that originally released in 1987.The A500 Mini will emulate the Amiga 500's original chip set, its future revisions of the Enhanced Chip Set, and the Amiga 1200's Advanced Graphics Architecture. There will be 25 titles pre-loaded on the mini-console, including:Another WorldATR: All Terrain RacingBattle ChessBreed 3DCadaverKick Off 2Pinball DreamsSimon The SorcererSpeedball 2: Brutal DeluxeThe Chaos EngineWorms: The Director's CutZool: Ninja Of The ''Nth'' DimensionRetro Games was also behind the creation of the C64 Mini, which launched in 2018. The A500 Mini will also have the ability for players to upload their own games with a USB drive, just like the C64 did. Additionally, the A500 Mini comes with a USB plug-in mouse modeled after the original and an eight-button game controller.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

You've probably dreamed more than once about being Batman, and the Arkham games even got us close to the feel of it. But the reality of wearing the suit is very different, Val Kilmer says in the new autobiographical documentary, Val, when discussing 1995's Batman Forever (via The Hollywood Reporter).The documentary, now on Amazon Prime, features a collection of interviews with Kilmer and home footage he's shot over the years. The actor reportedly accepted the role of Batman script unseen, but later regretted it."Whatever boyhood excitement I had was crushed by the reality of the Batsuit," Kilmer says in the documentary. "Yes, every boy wants to be Batman. They actually want to be him, not necessarily play him in a movie."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Note: This post contains spoilers from the final Override event of the Season of the Splicer, so if you haven't played the epilogue, you should do so before reading further.Though the Season of the Splicer will continue for two more weeks in Destiny 2, the "epilogue" story event we expected to see is now in the game. Guardians might have defeated the Taken Vex mind Quria a few weeks ago, but there's still one last threat--this one from Lakshmi-2, the leader of the Future War Cult.Lakshmi has been warning that the Eliksni refugees from the House of Light, who've sheltered in the Last City throughout the season, are the true threat we need to worry about. To expel them once and for all, Lakshmi opened a Vex portal in the Eliksni district, allowing enemies to pour through. She was immediately killed by the Vex she let into the City, defying the prophecy she was trying to bring to fruition. But the hostile Vex and Taken enemies weren't the only things that came through the portal, as it turned out.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Microsoft is currently testing a system-level night mode for Xbox consoles, with users in the Xbox Insiders Alpha Skip-Ahead ring having access to the options right now.The new update will give you the ability to set schedules for when your console goes into night, including manually scheduling and automatic scheduling according to your time zone's sunrise and sunset times. In night mode you can set several parameters to make gaming in the dark more comfortable, such as an adjustable blue light filter (which can affect your ability to fall asleep) and the overall brightness of the image sent to your display.In line with brightness controls, night mode also allows you to toggle HDR on and off based on the time of day, which will prevent games from booting up with eye-searing brightness levels. The update will also finally let you toggle the brightness of the Xbox logo on both your controllers and the console itself. Sony has allowed a similar brightness adjustment on controller since the PS4.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com