The highly anticipated Call of Duty: Warzone Season 4 update has arrived, and Activision has released a lengthy list of patch notes alongside it. This update features the debut of the brand new Fortune’s Keep map, along with tons of new POIs on Caldera.
There are dozens and dozens of new features and changes, but the most notable ones impact the game’s perks — many of which have been buffed — along with an improvement to the snipers, including the lightweight options that were nerfed earlier this year. Raven Software has added the following perks to the ground loot rotation.
In addition, a slew of underused perks has been buffed, including Battle Hardened. This tier three perk now offers 70% stun and flash resistance, while Scavenger rewards players with $500 with each elimination. Hardline now gives players a 25% discount on all Buy Station items (including Loadout Drops). Thankfully, the much-used Restock perk now takes 30 seconds (up from 25 seconds) to recharge, making it slightly more balanced. Speaking of which, the Snapshot Grenade’s radius has also been nerfed slightly, down to 22 meters (from 27.4 meters).
The following snipers have all received much-needed flinch reduction, making them more effective.
The 3-Line Rifle received a massive buff to its ADS times, possibly making it one of the best options in the game (though we’ll need to test this to be sure). Other meta weapons such as the Armaguerra, the H4 Blixen, Owen Gun, and Type 100 SMGs have all been nerfed, along with the STG44 assault rifle. Weapons such as the NZ41, FFAR 1, KGM40, Nikita AVT, Vargo 52, AS44, Cooper Carbine, and Itra Burst rifles have all received overall buffs, giving them more of a competitive edge.
The gas mask animation will no longer override opening your parachute while in the gas (finally).
Overall, this update has implemented a substantial number of changes, so be sure to dive into the patch notes on the official Call of Duty website to see what’s in store during Season 4.
Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 finally has a US release date and price, several months after the company first showed off the handheld in May. The highlight is the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip inside, which has been adopted by only a couple of other consoles besides the Atlas 8. This version will go on sale exclusively at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,299.99.
Acer originally said the Atlas 8 would arrive in North America in October, but left pricing open at the time. The launch came amid the ongoing DRAM crunch, which has made memory more expensive across the PC industry and complicated pricing for hardware makers.
Gaming laptops and I have a complicated relationship. One of my first gaming rigs was an Acer Predator that was already outdated when I bought it. I was a broke college kid, and that was the best I could afford. So trying out high-end gaming laptops is always fun. But ASUS' ROG Zephyrus G14 is a lot more than a laptop that can run AAA games. It is portable, so you're not lugging around a 2.5kg machine everywhere you go. It is built well, none of that plastic chassis, and can even function as a normal laptop outside of just gaming.
Google Play is borrowing one of the Nintendo Switch’s most useful little tricks. A new Sidekick tool called Playbacks captures a short clip after something interesting has already happened, sparing players from running a screen recorder throughout an entire game.
Playbacks is part of Google Play Store v53.8 and keeps saved clips on the phone. Google first announced it earlier this month, but the new Play Store update marks its arrival for players. Anyone who has watched a perfect win vanish because the record button came too late already understands the appeal.