Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve found ourselves playing over the last few days. This time: bricks, dungeons, and cards. If you fancy catching up on some of the older editions of What We’ve Been Playing, here’s our archive. I’ve been itching…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Xbox and PC players have found their ability to disable crossplay in Modern Warfare 2 has disappeared. The crossplay toggle allows players to choose whether they matchmake with players from other platforms. Console players tend to disable crossplay to avoid matching against PC players using keyboard and mouse or may be hacking. On the flip…
Modern Warfare 2 had its full release today, and it has already trounced all other Call of Duty releases on Steam. At the time of writing, there are currently 154,297 players battling it out with Captain Price and co (via SteamDB). Meanwhile, the game’s current all-time player peak is sitting at a lofty 238,522 after…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 does not have an exclusive game mode for PlayStation owners, in contrast to the last game in the series. As part of Sony’s agreement with Activision, Call of Duty games since 2015 had exclusive content for PlayStation owners, including game modes. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) had a…
Call of Duty fans are spending £30 on codes for an in-game Burger King skin. The fast food chain is currently running a promotion where a Call of Duty meal can be bought, offering a free in-game Operator Skin (a t-shirt of the fictional Burger Town) and one hour of double xp for Modern Warfare…
A Harsh Sport Back in 1952, Jess McMahon and Toots Mondt co-founded the iconic Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd, and since 2016, it has turned into the world’s biggest and most successful wrestling promotion. Wrestling is a harsh sport to take part in, so it’s understandable that wrestlers would need a strong support system. Luckily, most…
To fix “The application has unexpectedly stopped working” Modern Warfare 2, you need to update your graphics can and verify the game files. You can also try disabling overlays/conflicting programs and repairing/verifying the game files. Modern Warfare 2 features an unparalleled worldwide conflict that returns the Task Force 141 Operators. There are highly classified missions,…
To fix a missing DLC data pack in Modern Warfare 2, you need to manage the game content and download the missing DLC packs or delete and reinstall the game (for PS4/PS5). If you’re playing the game on a PC from Battle.net, try changing the language of the game and switching it back. Modern Warfare…
This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here. Would you eat lab-grown meat? Plenty of companies have set out to generate meat products from muscle and fat cells cultured in vats—around 80 at the last count. The promise is huge….
Margaret Mitchell had been working at Google for two years before she realized she needed a break. “I started having regular breakdowns,” says Mitchell, who founded and co-led the company’s Ethical AI team. “That was not something that I had ever experienced before.” Only after she spoke with a therapist did she understand the problem:…