An ambitious-sounding Call of Duty mod is coming this week, ushering in what its developers describe as a recreation of the original Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer experience “with new twists.” Some fans, however, are concerned that Activision will step in and shut the whole thing down like it did with the fan-made Call of Duty SM2 mod in 2023.

The mod is for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, and it includes numerous maps (50+ in total), an updated progression system, more camos, and custom attachments. The killstreaks you remember from Modern Warfare 2 are in the mod, too.

There is a lot of excitement and hype around this mod, in part because 2020’s Modern Warfare II Remastered was campaign-only and did not include any multiplayer support. At the time, Activision’s explanation for why it didn’t release a multiplayer experience left a lot of people shaking their heads and trying to understand. And now, Call of Duty fans are taking matters into their own hands and do…

Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred adds a ton of new content to the loot-driven dungeon crawler, including a new region, mercenaries, and Runewords. Runewords are created when you combine two runes in an item with two sockets, giving you powerful bonuses. These new items are only available if you have the expansion and there is a large variety, giving you plenty of options, once you unlock them.

How to unlock Runewords

You unlock Runewords during the main Vessel of Hatred questline, during the Madman, Crowned quest that takes you to speak to Ormus in the Council Chambers. After speaking to him, you’ll receive a briefing on the Runewords mechanics, and an initial set of Runes to begin experimenting with. Runewords don’t start dropping as loot until you complete this quest, so you try and prioritize getting through the Vessel of Hatred campaign, or at least through this mission.

How Runewords work and where to find mor…

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Final Fantasy 14 is chock full of different crafting and harvesting disciplines, called Disciples of the Hand and Disciples of the Land, which span classes like the Botanist and the Weaver to name a few. Not to mention, there are a ton of unique crafting materials to discover across Hydaelyn. Many of these different disciplines feed into one another, at least in the sense that certain materials used by one discipline might only be obtained by a member of another discipline. Moko Grass is a loose example of one such crafting material.

Everyone starts somewhere, including the Weaver, who relies on a crafting material called Moko Grass for many of its early ventures into the world of sewing apparel and crafting other cloth-based goods and furnishings. Though it can be purchased by NPCs in starter cities, many rarer and higher-level materials can’t be. And this is broadly how the ecosystem of Final Fantasy 14’s crafting and harvesting classes support each ot…

The first wave of Xbox Game Pass titles coming to the subscription service in February has been announced, and include a mix of feudal action, classic football, and remastered city planning. Madden NFL 23 is a big get for Game Pass in February and brings all the gridiron excitement that EA Sports has refined over the years to Xbox consoles and PC on February 9.

On the same day, fans of classic anime mechs can jump into the cockpit of SD Gundam Battle Alliance, a multiplayer Gundam action-RPG that features cuter versions of the famous mobile suits as they battle each other. Think Armored Core, but with more chibi flavor to it when this game lands on console, PC, and cloud-supporting devices.

Following that, Valentine’s Day will see Xbox get romantic with brutal Dark Ages combat on console, PC, and cloud devices. Arriving on February 14, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is set in the Dark Ages, combines strategy and action-RPG gameplay, and tasks you with conqueri…

The Transformers may be more than meets the eye, but Transformers: Fall of Cybertron has an obvious goal: to let you control numerous Autobots and Decepticons while filling the screen with as much fire and brimstone as possible. Developer High Moon strives for metal-on-metal sensory assault, which is both a strength and a weakness. When the game thinks big, your eyes and ears are treated to larger-than-life spectacles; gargantuan robots sprawl across your view, and you annihilate mechanical monstrosities with the touch of a button. But Fall of Cybertron’s most exciting moments are those you watch, not those you play. It can be a lot of fun, but the visual thrills don’t consistently translate into stimulating gameplay.