Modern Warfare II Season 5 Reloaded has many changes for fans to discover. The new update has brought plenty of content, such as the return of the popular Armored Royale mode alongside a ton of multiplayer and DMZ features.

Modern Warfare II fans will also be happy to learn that the title has introduced three new Operators with new weapons and vehicle skins. Moreover, Activision has confirmed that players can carry forward the Season 5 Reloaded items to Modern Warfare III.

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Call of Duty Modern Warfare II Major Changes with Season 5 Reloaded Patch

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Almost all weapons from Modern Warfare II have received a massive tweaking from Activision in Season 5 Reloaded. From Handguns to Marksman Rifles, fans must adapt to a different playstyle when utilizing these firearms in a match. Activision has also introduced tweaks for Warzone 2 with the update; however, the following changes are mainly for MWII, while some are also global and include Warzone.

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Weapon Changes

Handguns

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• FTAC Siege
• Increased close-mid distance damage range | MWII only

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Submachine Guns

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• Lachmann Sub
• Adjusted stats on FT Mobile Stock to increase mobility | MWII & WZ
• PDSW 258
• Minor adjustment to iron sights to better align with bullet trajectory | MWII & WZ
• ISO 45
• Increased damage range | MWII only
• Lachmann Sub
• Reduced close distance damage range | MWII only

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Assault Rifles

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• FR Avancer
• Increased damage range | MWII only
• Reduced hip spread
• Tempus Razorback
• Increased damage range | MWII only
• M16
• Increased close-mid distance damage range | MWII only
• Kastov 74u
• Reduced damage range | MWII only
• ISO Hemlock
• Reduced mid-far distance damage range | MWII only

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Battle Rifles

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• TAQ-V
• Increased damage range | MWII only
• Cronen Squall
• Increased damage range | MWII only
• SO-14
• Increased damage range | MWII only
• Lachman 762
• Increased damage range | MWII only

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Shotguns

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• Lockwood 300
• Reduced mid-distance damage range | MWII only
• Slugs and HE slugs attachments:
• Increased damage range | MWII only
• Increased long-range damage amount | MWII only
• Bryson 890
• Slightly reduced damage range | MWII only
• Slugs and HE slugs attachments:
• Increased damage range | MWII only
• Bryson 800
• Slightly reduced mid-distance damage range | MWII only
• Slugs and HE slugs:
• Increased damage range | MWII only
• Increased long-range damage amount | MWII only

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Marksman Rifles

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• SA-B 50
• Increased ADS speed | MWII & WZ
• Increased ADS movement speed | MWII & WZ
• Increased damage range | MWII only
• Lockwood MK2
• Increased ADS speed | MWII & WZ
• Increased ADS movement speed | MWII & WZ
• SP-R 208
• Increased long-distance damage range | MWII only
• EBR 14
• Reduced damage range | MWII only

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Light Machine Guns

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• HCR 56
• Increased mid-distance damage range | MWII only
• Rapp H
• Increased mid-distance damage range | MWII only

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Sniper Rifles

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• Carrack .300
• Increased close-range damage | MWII only
• Increased upper arm location damage | MWII only
• Increased long-distance damage range | MWII only
• Expanded ADS to hip transition speed
• Increased hip movement speed
• Increased sprint speed
• FJX Imperium
• Increased ADS speed
• Increased ADS movement speed
• A slight reduction in the hip spread
• Signal 50
• Reduced close distance damage range | MWII only
• SP-X 80
• Reduced damage range | MWII only

Activision also ensured more quality-of-life change with the Season 5 Reloaded patch.

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Social Changes

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“Play Again” in Multiplayer

• After each match, all Players – or solo Players and designated Party Leaders – on the same team can stick together for the next game.

Friend Recommender

• Built for those looking to find new squadmates, Friend Recommender works in two ways:
• Suggesting Friends of Friends, a helpful feature for the whole squad to get connected.
• A new, dynamic system that suggests new friends to play with.

Bug Fixes

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Adjustments

• Players are no longer able to activate killstreaks from the driver or turret position of certain vehicles

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where meleeing with a Throwing Knife equipped could down fully armored players in one hit
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to spawn in without a weapon equipped
• Fixed an issue where GS Magna platinum challenges were not contributing to the polyatomic unlock progress
• Fixed an issue where Bipods were floating when mounted
• Fixed an issue where Players were prompted to Rejoin a match after being eliminated and disconnecting
• Fixed an issue where focused sniper kills wouldn’t track under some conditions
• Fixed an issue where the Platinum Challenge for the GS Magna would not count towards the Polyatomic Challenges unlock requirement
• Fixed an issue where the Platinum Challenge camo category does not track the completion of the Gold Camo Challenge for the Crossbow
• Fixed an issue where incendiary ammunition does not unlock by leveling the Cronen Squall to Level 19
• Fixed an issue where the Firing Range is not accessible through the Gunsmith menu when the Player is in a Raid or Private Match
• Fixed an issue where the challenge for the Akimbo FTAC Siege attachment does not show progress
• Fixed an issue where the Soul Sever death effect would not occur when equipped with the ISO Hemlock
• Fixed an issue where ascenders were sometimes missing sounds
• Fixed an issue where bullet sounds weren’t playing on water impacts
• Fixed an issue of double hostage pickup sounds.

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New Weapons in Modern Warfare II Season 5 Reloaded

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The brand-new Season has also introduced three new weapons to the game. The weapons are as follows:

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• Pickaxe (Melee): A heavy-duty melee weapon that allows one to eliminate threats during operations quietly. (Can be unlocked through Weapon Challenges in Battle Pass Limited Time Sector)
• 9mm Daemon (Handgun): A modern tactical pistol with 9mm rounds. (Can be unlocked through Weapon Challenges in Battle Pass Limited Time Sector)
• Lachmann Shroud (Submachine Gun): A stealthy 9mm SMG with burst and semi-auto fire modes. (Can be unlocked through weapon challenges in Battle Pass Limited Time Sector)

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Three New Operators in Modern Warfare II

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Season 5 Reloaded also introduces three brand-new Operators to the roster. The Operator packs are as follows:

• Mace: A former U.S. Ranger and Jackal turned as a reinforcement for the Shadow Company.
• Lara Croft: Legendary Tomb Raider Lara Croft arrives as one of the highlights of Season 5 Reloaded. The Tracer Pack bundle includes unique cosmetics.
• 21 Savage: The popular Rapper arrives in Call of Duty with a unique outfit.

Fans can enjoy a new DRC- Zone 1 map with the Season 5 Reloaded update. According to Activision, the map has a perfect 6v6 layout. Additionally, fans will enjoy new and limited-time modes for Warzone and Modern Warfare II.

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Sega’s popular Virtua Fighter series is set to make a return, the publisher has confirmed, some 18 years after the launch of its most recent numbered installment, Virtua Fighter 5.

Since then, there’ve been numerous updated releases of Virtua Fighter 5 with 2021’s Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown, itself a remaster of the earlier Final Showdown, alongside mobile installments, and even an arcade update for Virtual Fighter 3. What’s missing from the series, though, is a brand-new game.

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What To Expect From Sega’s New Virtua Game

Sega’s new global head of transmedia, Justin Scarpone, has offered some hope in an interview with VGC. "So we have a suite of titles in development right now that fall into that legacy bucket," he explained, "which we announced last year at The Game Awards; Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Streets of Rage, Shinobi."

"And we have another Virtua Fighter being developed," Scrapone added, before covering over the revelation completely, "And then in certain instances, we're also doing animation series, or live-action films to augment that and be part of those roadmaps."

Despite announcing a plethora of legacy game revivals last year - including Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Streets of Rage, Shinobi, Golden Axe, “and more” - details remain limited. Sega has shared a little about its Crazy Taxi update -- calling it an open-world, massively multiplayer game that’s “AAA” in scope.

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Sega Teases Shadow The Hedgehog Design In New Sketches

One of the best parts of Sonic x Shadow Generations, released last week, is the wealth of music, stories, and art in the game’s Collection. Acquired hidden emblems throughout each stage can be used as keys to unlock treasure chests throughout the White Space central hub zone and, with a quick shift of location, Shadow can check out his history through some wonderful artwork.

Earlier, Hoshino worked as an artist and character designer on several games such as Sonic the Hedgehog CD, Sonic Adventure, and Sonic Heroes. Shadow the Hedgehog as a character was first launched in 2001’s Sonic Adventure 2 as the ‘Ultimate Lifeform,’ before appearing in his own standalone game in 2005 where he wields a gun. Hoshino worked as an art director on both projects. With further details provided by Hoshino, the sketches reveal early concepts for not only Shadow’s design, but the proposed weaponry, and bad guy Black Doom.

"I wanted to create a deep, mature story suited to backstory. Shadow was created with the idea of him being a lead character and not just part of a cast of characters," Hoshino tells Eurogamer of working on the Shadow the Hedgehog game, where that promise was fulfilled.

The recent Silent Hill 2 remake will be enhanced for PS5 Pro. Released for PS5 and PC in October, Silent Hill 2 sold over a million copies in its first three days, instantly becoming a huge hit. Soon, PS5 Pro users will be able to enjoy the new version of this classic title.

While some gamers were skeptical of Bloober Team’s ability to remake the classic Silent Hill 2, the game was praised for its combat and atmosphere. With Silent Hill 2 receiving mostly positive reviews from critics, it obtained an average score of 87 on the review aggregate site OpenCritic.

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Bloober Team and Konami Improving The Game

Now, the Silent Hill 2 remake has been tagged as “PS5 Pro Enhanced” on the PS Store, indicating that Bloober Team and Konami have decided to upgrade the game for the launch of Sony’s new console model. Sadly, there are currently no details on how exactly the upgraded version will work.

The current version of Silent Hill 2 for PS5 has both Performance Mode and Quality Mode, enabling gamers to run the game at 1440p with 30fps, or 1080p with 6-FPS, respectively.

Given the scenario, it’s likely that the PS5 Pro Update will make way for greater resolutions and frame rates at the same time. It’s also likely that the Bloober Team will unveil a new Silent Hill 2 update soon to implement these changes.

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When Is The Game Coming To PS5 Pro

What’s surprising about the PS5 Pro Enhanced version of Silent Hill 2 is that it was not properly announced before. Recently, Sony released a list of games confirmed to get PS5 upgrades. While the list included popular titles such as Alan Wake 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Final Fantasy 7, Rebirth, Horizon Forbidden West, and others, it did not include the remake of Konami’s classic horror game.

The PS5 Pro will break cover on November 7, and it has been a very controversial topic since its original announcement. The console is being released at a hefty price of $700 in the US, and it may be even more expensive in other countries.

Despite the new model offering a 45% faster GPU and advanced ray tracing, the high price prompted a discussion about whether the console was worth it, as a normal PS5 would still run the same games and be considerably less expensive.

Steam Game Recording is officially out of beta and available to all users, giving PC, Mac, and Steam Deck players a built-in way to record and share audio and video from their gaming sessions.

The console joins many other ways PC gamers have been able to record their highlights, including as a feature of tools like the Xbox Game bar, Nvidia GeForce, and AMD’s Adrenalin.

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Valve Updates Steam Game Recording

The version of the Steam client is also the first to drop support for Windows 7 and 8 machines, as well as Macs running macOS 10.13 and 10.14 after the company announced the move at the beginning of this year.

After an automatic update, players can start recording manually using a hotkey or set it to trigger automatically, with options to restrict the length, quality, and storage space that Steam can use. Valve says it works with any game, including now-Steam games that enable Steam Overlay to run. The recording is off by default -- users will find its settings in a new Game Recording tab in Steam’s settings.

The company has updated Steam Game Recording with a handful of new features that weren’t there when the beta period began in June, including adding “advanced” export options and the ability to configure game-specific settings. Valve also added Session View, which includes a “Recordings & Screenshots manager with game-specific tags and data.”

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Valve To Stop Releasing New Steam Deck Models Yearly

The Steam Deck will not be getting yearly updates. At least that’s what one of its designers has suggested. But a Steam Deck 2 will likely happen at some point. During an interview with Reviews.org (via The Verge), Steam Deck designer Lawrence Yang said, "We’re not going to do a bump every year. There’s no reason to do that."

He explained that he thought it wasn’t fair to users to provide only incremental improvements each year. He said, "...we do want to wait for a generational leap in computing without sacrificing battery life before we ship the real second generation of Steam Deck." This aligns with previous statements from Valve. On many occasions in 2023, Valve employees stated that a more powerful Steam Deck would be years away-- late 2025 at the earliest.

Valve engineer Pierre-Loup Griffais explained that part of the Steam Deck brand is that every model can play the same games; Valve doesn’t want to change that until Steam Deck performance gets a significant jump without compromising on the battery life. During the interview, Yang did note that the company is working on a Steam Deck successor.

Users don’t have to take great pains to preserve their Switch to make sure they can still play their favorite games on it years and years from now. Nintendo has revealed in its earnings report that the upcoming successor to the Switch will have backward compatibility and will be able to run games made for the current console.

Moreover, Switch Online will also be available on the Switch 2, which means their saves stored on the cloud will be carried over and they will be able to play NES, SNES, and Game Boy games on the new console.

The company explained that it’s making Switch Online available on the upcoming console because it thinks it’s important for Nintendo’s future to "carry over the good relationship" it has built with its more than 100 million annual playing users to the new device.

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How Will Current Games Work On Nintendo Switch 2

The main way to do this is to make use of the Nintendo Account, which ties a user’s history to one account and allows the company to "maintain a continuous relationship" with them across console generations.

Before the Nintendo Account was introduced, Nintendo had no easy way to carry a user’s history and purchase the next console. "As a result, our relationship with the consumers was interrupted when a new system was purchased," it said.

The company assured to give out more information about the Switch 2 "at a later date," though it didn’t say when exactly. In a recent event where we thought the new console could be launched, Nintendo introduced an alarm clock instead.

Considering its earnings results, it looks like people could choose to wait for the new console instead of buying the current Switch. The company had to downgrade its sales forecast for the fiscal year due to a big decline in console sales compared to the same periods last year.

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Nintendo Switch 2 Launch “Very Unlikely” Before 2025

Nintendo is now “very unlikely” to launch its highly-anticipated Switch 2 hardware this year, a games industry analyst has told Eurogamer. The recent financial results from Nintendo revealed a larger-than-expected drop in hardware and software sales for the current Switch, as the console ages and its release calendar quietens.

The results also passed by without even talking about Switch 2 being shown - and perhaps with Nintendo’s new hardware not due to arrive until sometime in 2025 - for good reason.

During an interaction with Eurogamer, industry analyst Serkan Toto, CEO of Japanese game industry consultancy Kantan Games, said any mention of the anticipated Switch 2 now would only further hamper Switch 1 sales during the console’s last holiday season.

Almost a year ago, Rockstar Games released the first trailer for GTA 6, which marks the franchise’s first sequel since Grand Theft Auto 5 in 2013. Fans had been hoping that today’s fiscal report for Rockstar’s parent company, Take-Two Interactive, would include a new GTA 6 trailer.

While that did not happen, Take-Two did confirm that the GTA sequel is still on track for a fall 2025 release. While speaking with CNBC, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick acknowledged that some of the company’s old games have slipped from their planned release dates.

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Rockstar Confident About GTA 6 Launch Timeline

However, Zelnick expressed his confidence that GTA 6 would make its release window. Zelnick also emphasized that the extended development of the game is more centered on enhancing the experience rather than removing out.

"In the case of an extraordinary title, for which there are extraordinary expectations, it's not really about bugs, it's about creating an experience that no one's seen before, and Rockstar Games seeks perfection in what they do," explained Zelnick. "And perfection is indeed hard to measure, it is more subjective than objective."

The company noted in this year’s fiscal statements that GTA 5 has sold 205 million copies to date across all platforms, while Red Dead Redemption 2 had 67 million copies to its name.

Take-Two also revealed that Borderlands 4 and Mafia: the Old Country is set to be released during the company’s fiscal 2026, which should fall between April 1, 2025, and March 31, 2026. The other upcoming games mentioned by name, CSR Racing 3 and Judas, have no specific release window yet.

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Former Developer Claims GTA 6 Will ‘Blow People Away’

Game designer Ben Hinchliffe has worked at Rockstar Games for over 10 years, and he contributed to games like Grand Theft Auto V, Read Dear Redemption II, and Grand Theft Auto VI before parting ways with the company in 2022. During a recent interview, Hinchliffe briefly discussed GTA VI, saying he believes the game will “blow people away” and be a smashing success when it comes to sales.

"It will sell an absolute ton, as it always does. People will be talking about it for ages afterward, just like they do with GTA 5," Hinchliffe told GTA VI O'clock. "I think they've raised the bar again. They always do, and they have done again with GTA 6."

When asked about what he’s most excited about GTA VI, Hinchliffe said he’s keen on seeing how the game has evolved since he left in 2022. He did not give out any information, as it is expected to be a secretive project. Hinchliffe now works at Sniper Elite VR studio Just Add Water.