Modern Warfare Season 3, Pokémon Expansion Pass Details

Mondern Warfare Leaks

Data miners have cracked open latest Call of Duty: Modern Warfare update

The latest update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is full of new and interesting secrets to uncover, and data miners have started sharing their findings on Reddit.

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered confirmed
• Seven new playlists for Call of Duty Warzone
  • Battle Royale Duos – Teams of two
  • Battle Royale Quads – Teams of four
  • Battle Royale High Action – Gas moves in quicker
  • Battle Royale Shotty Snipers – Shotgun and snipers only, no loadout drops
  • Battle Royale One Shot – One-shot headshots, no loadout drops
  • Realism Battle Royale – limited HUD
  • Hardcore Battle Royale – reduced health, limited HUD, friendly fire
• Backlot map from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare remastered
• Village map from Modern Warfare 3 also on the way
• Two new weapons
  • SKS sniper – “Lightweight semi auto Carbine chambered in 7.62x39mm”
  • Renetti pistol – “Well rounded semi-auto 9mm pistol”
• New operators Alex and Ronin coming in Season 3

Seasonal changes: Season 2 ends April 7th, and Season 3 should start immediately afterwards.

Time For A Quick Daily Quiz?

What series was Media Molecule working on before creating Dreams?

• Battleblock Theater
• Disney Infinity
• Garry’s Mod
• LittleBigPlanet

The answer will be revealed at the bottom of today’s issue. Join up with our community on Twitter and Facebook to discuss what the answer could be.

Daily Fact

Family first, consequences be damned

We’ve all got some guilty pleasures, for example a game with astonishingly bad voice work – you know, hilariously bad. The English localisation of Idea Factory’s tactical RPG Chaos Wars for PlayStation 2 could well be your new favorite guilty pleasure.

And how did the voice-over turn out so spectacularly awful? Nepotism, apparently! O~3 Entertainment’s CEO just hired a bunch of family members to record the lines, and didn’t bother to contract any professionals. All the voice actors in the credits share the same surname: Jelinek

Join up with our community on Twitter and Facebook to discuss today’s fact.

Pokemon News and Events

New details revealed about Pokémon Sword & Shield Expansion Pass

Nintendo has revealed some minty fresh details about the Pokémon Sword & Shield Expansion Pass. More Pokémon will be able to Gigantamax and use G-Max moves. The first part of the Expansion Pass, The Isle of Armor, will be available in June 2020.

Pokémon Sword & Shield

• Fresh Expansion Pass details
  • More Gigantamax action trailer
  • Gigantamax Rillaboom, Cinderace and Inteleon are coming
  • New Card frames and backgrounds
  • Towers of Two Fists trailer
  • Choice of Tower on Isle of Armor determines Kubfu evolutions
  • Leon’s Cap and Tights as pre-order bonus until August 31st
• Wild Area Event has changed
  • Snorlax, Machamp and Gengar no longer in boosted Raids
  • Gigantamax Copperajah, Charizard, Garbodor & Duraludon appear in boosted Raids
• 2020 International Challenge April online competitions begin
  • Double Battle competition featuring VGC Rules
  • Registrations are open until April 9th, with battles taking place between April 10th and 12th

Pokémon GO

• Psychic Spectacular event begins on March 27th and lasts until 30th
• Shiny Baltoy, Gothita, Gothorita and Gothitelle introduced
• Team Go Rocket research extended until end of April
• Safari Zone event now open for ticket holders

Pokémon Masters

• Team Skull Crash Course story event live
• Guzma & Golisopod and Plumeria & Salazzle Sync Pairs added
• New Sync Pair Scout featuring new Sync Pairs until April 14th
• 150 Gems awarded to players for event tie-in
• Battle Villa gets new Bingo Panel until April 14th

Sony and Microsoft Talk COVID-19

Sony and Microsoft talks COVID-19

Both Sony and Microsoft have just released statements about the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on their businesses, and what it means for various schedules.

Neither company have announced any major delays yet, and titles like 343 Industries’ Halo Infinite remains on track for release in Holiday 2020.

Sony and PlayStation: The company extends “condolences to the families” of those who’ve lost loved ones during the outbreak, and commit to “ensuring the safety of its employees” by enforcing remote work. They claim there will be “no material impact” on their financial results this fiscal year, but they are “carefully monitoring the risk of delays” to schedules at first-party and partner studios. Read the rest of Sony’s statement here.

Microsoft and Xbox: Acknowledge the importance of games “during times of social distancing,” and underscores that their teams’ welfare is paramount. Each studio is “facing unique challenges and constraints” and Microsoft is supporting their local efforts. 343 Industries acknowledges the situation “may get worse before it gets better.” Read the rest of Microsoft’s statement here.

What Else Happened Today?

• Fallout 76 Wastelanders update delayed by a week until April 14th as Bethesda “transitioned to remote work” which affected quality assurance
• Assassin’s Creed: Origins’ actor co-founds new studio: Voice of Bayek, Abubakar Salim’s indie studio Silver Rain Games is working on new IP
• Media Molecule won’t take a nap after finishing Dreams and is already preparing to start on a new project for PlayStation 4, but have not decided exactly what they will do
• Warframe confirmed for next-gen consoles and will be available on Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. Over 57 million users have registered to play the free-to-play game since it launched in 2013
• Data miner discovers Modern Warfare 2 Remastered artwork, suggesting it is coming soon

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From Hogsport to Blighton, from Flemington to Smogley, from here to remote corners of the Wanderoff County Park, everyone is talking about Mother Nature. Tabitha Windsock, Two Point County’s every-present mayor, has put rivers and forests back on the map with her sudden concern for ‘green-issues’. She’s got morals, integrity and, above all else, a cloying desperation to stay in office.

Quiz Answer - Did You Get It Right?

What series was Media Molecule working on before creating Dreams?

Answer: LittleBigPlanet!

“Play, Create, Share and Please Stop Drawing Rude Body Parts!”

Long before Dreams allowed people to recreate the stairway dance scene from Joker, Media Molecule created LittleBigPlanet, which was all about building platform game levels. Later entries in the series developed the tools even further, and before long people could practically make their own games.

After the second game, Sumo Digital and United Front Games took over development while Media Molecule dedicated themselves to Tearaway and Dreams. Even if you’re not terribly interested in playing more or less ambitious hobbyist creations, there’s no doubt Media Molecule has completely changed the way game platform holders deal with user-generated content.

Would there be a Mario Maker without LittleBigPlanet?

Today’s issue of DailyBits was written by Simon Priest, Gavin Herman, Erlend Grefsrud, and Jamie Davey.