Season 2 of Call of Duty arrives in Black Ops 6 and Warzone on January 28. This brand-new season includes a new battle pass to level up, more guns to unlock, and another Terminator crossover event. Here are all the major announcements from the Season 2 roadmap.The second season of Black Ops 6 delivers a fresh battle pass to level up for new DLC weapons, more operator skins, and other fun cosmetics. The standard Season 2 battle pass has over 110 items to unlock, which doesn't include the additional BlackCell content that can be purchased.Activision says Season 2 includes more than six new weapons to unlock, and four of them are revealed with the season's roadmap. The weapons, operators, maps, and additional Season 2 content can be found in the images below. New seasonal eventsSeason 2 includes brand-new events across multiplayer and Warzone. The events list kickoffs with a new Terminator crossover event on February 6. The last time we saw the Terminator in Call of Duty was Vanguard. This new Black Ops 6 event includes a shop bundle with Arnold as the human version as well as the cyborg "Titanium Core" skin. The Shadow Hunt and Patrick's Day: Clover Craze events will follow after. PPSh-41 submachine gunThe iconic PPSh-41 submachine gun is an HVT-tier reward on page 6 of the battle pass, and an additional blueprint can be unlocked on page 14. Cypher 091 assault rifleThe Cypher 091 assault rifle is an HVT-tier reward on page 8 of the battle pass, and an additional blueprint can be unlocked on page 11. Feng 82 light machine gunThe Feng 82 light machine gun is an HVT-tier reward on page 3 of the battle pass, and an additional blueprint can be unlocked on page 10. TR2 marksman rifleThe TR2 is a semi-auto marksman rifle that will be available to unlock as an event reward. Activision says additional weapons will be revealed closer to the midseason "Reloaded" update. New Crossbow attachmentSeason 2 also adds the new Crossbow weapon attachment. This will be an underbarrel attachment that can be unlocked to turn select rifles into a crossbow. This includes Black Ops 6's assault rifles as well as the SWAT 5.56 and AEK-973 marksman rifles. More multiplayer mapsThree brand-new multiplayer maps arrive with Season 2, with Dealership, Lifeline, and Bounty. Two more maps will arrive with the midseason update. Previews of the maps can be found below. Bounty mapBounty is a standard 6v6 map set on the top level of an Avalon skyscraper. Dealership mapDealership is a standard 6v6 map set in and around a luxury car dealership. Lifeline mapLifeline takes place on a high-end yacht, and this is a small map designed for 6v6 playlists as well as 2v2 Gunfight. Bullet mapBullet is a small midseason map that takes place on a moving bullet train, and this will be available in 6v6 playlists as well as 2v2 Gunfight. Grind mapGrind, the skatepark map originally from Black Ops 2, returns as a DLC map for the midseason update. More game modesSeason 2 introduces a brand-new game mode called Overdrive. This is described as a "charged up Team deathmatch with a twist." Teams compete to be the first to reach the maximum number of stars. Stars are earned by the following:Earn 1 star for Basic Eliminations like finishing off an enemy with body shotsEarn 2 stars for Core Medal Eliminations like headshots and melee attacksEarn 3 stars for completing Distinguished Medal Eliminations, reserved for only the most impressive takedownsRacking up stars will unlock special abilities that will greatly aid players to reach Overdrive. These are as follows:1 Star: Awakened Senses: See enemies through walls and replenish your health after eliminating a target3 Stars: Physical Enhancements: Increased movement and reloading speed6 Stars: Augmented Handling: Improved hip-fire accuracy and improved sprint-to-fire and ADS speedsEarning all three buffs activates "Overdrive," which allows players to earn double the stars when eliminating enemies.Other game modes for Season 2 include the return of Gun Game, Gunfight mode for 3v3, and a playlist geared towards duos. Quality-of-life updatesSeason 2 includes several quality-of-life updates, including separate HUD presets for multiplayer and Zombies. Several general updates are listed as follows:Reduced collision with teammates to improve maneuverability around tight spaces and doorways with nearby teammatesWeapon balance pass and bullet penetration updatesFurther reducing weapon motion when jumping, sliding, and diving with the Dexterity Perk equippedImproving player visibility in Kill Confirmed by reducing the height of dog tags on the mapSimplifying and/or expanding requirements for several Calling Card Challenges, as well as fixing bugged challengesExpanding the number of Featured Playlist slots to allow for more marquee playlists on the main menu New Zombies mapFor Zombies content, The Tomb is a brand-new map that will launch with the start of Season 2. This follows the events of last season's Citadelle des Morts main quest, with the characters headed to an excavation site in search of the Sentinel Artifact.Additionally, the main story quest goes live at the start of Season 2, and rewards are available to those who complete the quest before Directed Mode arrives later in the season. The Tomb map areasThe surface area of The Tomb is called the Dig Site, but players will eventually travel down into tombs and a subterranean temple. The Mimic returnsThe Mimic enemy-type returns, but this time the creature is electrified as the "Shock Mimic." Ice Staff Wonder Weapon returnsThe Ice Staff returns from Black Ops 2's Origins map, serving as the Wonder Weapon for The Tomb. The Death Perception Perk from Black Ops 4 also returns, and augments will be available to unlock to upgrade the perk. Warzone Season 2For Warzone, players can expect less seasonal content and more improvements. As recently announced in Activision's Community Updates blog, some of the new content planned for Season 2 has been shifted in order to focus on game updates.These updates include adjustments to weapon reload and swap speeds, jump mechanics, parachute transitions, and audio clarity, which the developer says is tuned "to bring battle royale closer to their intended experience." Adjustments are also included for default perks, equipment count, and body shield behavior.The season will also introduce new quality-of-life updates, including being able to ping Buy Back flares and improvements to the stat tracker font for better legibility. Two new Warzone perksDespite this shift, Warzone is still getting two new perks for Season 2. Reactive Armor is a tier 2 perk, and this will regenerate a player's armor up to 50% if they haven't taken damage in the last 5 seconds.Low Profile is a tier 1 perk, and this allows a player to be able to move more quickly while crouched and prone and move slightly faster when downed. New Ranked Play seasons and updatesLastly, Season 2 includes new Ranked Play seasons and rewards for both multiplayer and Warzone. Anti-cheat improvements are announced for Ranked Play, as well as the ability to turn off cross-play on console.

EA Sports UFC 5 is still the only game for fans of mixed martial arts, ready to test their fighting skills inside the Octagon. The game continues to be supported with updates to the ever-expanding roster. It also adds new venues like the Las Vegas Sphere. You can alter EA Sports UFC 5's settings to tailor the experience to your liking. Looking for an intense simulation for a realistic fight, or something more fast-paced and arcade-like? Change some settings and find out what you like best.

Almost any RPG enthusiast is likely to leap for joy when they hear mention of a game having multiple endings, as it suggests there are potentially some very important choices presented to them during the game's narrative. Obsidian Entertainment's The Outer Worlds is one such RPG with three endings, each of which is profoundly impacted by some key decisions players make throughout the game's story. Now, with The Outer Worlds 2 on the horizon, it is expected to have multiple endings as well, but there remains an argument for it to feature an even greater number of conclusions.

According to a 2022 poll from YouGov, 39% of Americans believe they have some form of paranormal ability. About a quarter of that group think they can sense other people's auras or emotion; 15% say they can hear voices or sounds from ghosts; and about 13% think they can see events from the past or future. This is a public service announcement to the nearly 13 million Americans who believe they have supernatural powers: You are leaving a lot of money on the table. Various groups of skeptics worldwide have put a total of $1,408,424 (and one goat) on the table, and all that filthy lucre is just waiting to be collected by anyone who can manifest paranormal power. The specific kinds of powers you need to demonstrate to win the prizes run the gamut. Dutch organization Stichting Skepsis will shell out 12 grand to practitioners of some forms of alternative medicine who can demonstrate its effectiveness (so if you're into applied kinesiology, give 'em a shot), and you can get a free goat from Fayetteville Freethinkers for proving a "fulfilled Biblical prophecy." But whether you're able to see the future, move objects with your mind, or talk to spirits, there's a prize out there for you. The history of paranormal prizesThe first monetary prize for proof of paranormal activity was offered by Scientific American in 1922. In the midst of the spiritualism movement, the publication offered $2,500 for anyone who could produce a "spirit photograph" (a photo that captures an image of a ghost) under controlled conditions, and $2,500 for anyone able to produce a "visible psychic manifestation." Famous (at the time) medium George Valiantine gave it a shot and was able to create the illusion of a trumpet floating in the air in a dark room, but the test committee (which included Harry Houdini) had connected his chair to a light in an adjoining room, which lit up whenever Valiantine left his chair, which was also every time the trumpet appeared. Valiantine was proven a fraud, and Scientific American kept their cash.The most famous bounty for psychic ability is the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge offered by the James Randi Educational Foundation. Randi, a magician turned professional skeptic, first offered a prize of $1,000 back in 1964, but the cash grew to a million by 1996. Between 1964 and 2015 when the prize was discontinued, over 1,000 people applied, but none were successful at demonstrating their supernatural power under controlled conditions. No remote viewers were able to remote view. No dowsers were able to find hidden objects. No mind reader was able to read minds.How paranormal prizes can backfireYou'd think that a 100% failure rate might make people question the reality of psychic abilities, but for a lot of people, public failure can make psychic abilities seem more plausible. At least that's how it worked for Uri Geller. Geller, who's still around and still claiming supernatural power, began gaining attention in the early 1970s for his supposed ability to bend spoons with his mind. While he never tried for James Randi's prize, the two had a famous run-in on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show that demonstrated the problems with disproving paranormal activity. Carson, who had been magician, was skeptical of Geller's claims, and brought him on his show and presented him with some tests that Randi helped develop. If you want to see some uncomfortable TV, check it out: If you don't have the 20 minutes to spare, Carson lets Geller take his time and try any of a series of test of his ability, but Geller can't. With Carson watching carefully and not allowing Geller control of any of the props, Geller can't bend a spoon with his mind; he can't determine whether a container holds water. He can't do anything.You'd think a public failure this complete would have ended Geller's career, but it had the opposite effect. Geller blamed his failure on "not feeling strongly" and claimed he might have been "blocking himself" that night. Many apparently saw Geller's failure as proof that he was the real thing; after all, if he was a magician, the tricks would have worked. Geller then became a popular guest on other talk shows where he was able to perform his tricks successfully under less controlled conditions, and a star was born. Why disproving anything is difficultWhile Uri Geller and other high-profile psychics are performers and are no doubt aware of how they're achieving their results, the 13 million or so Americans who believe they possess special powers aren't being deceitfulit's just easy to believe in the supernatural. When something unusual happens, when a one-in-a-million occurrence occurs, it's easy to see that as proof of a mysterious, unexplainable something. If you're thinking about a friend and they text you that very minute, how can you not see that as evidence of some weird connection? But one-in-a-million events happen to over 300 people in America every single day, and there's no James Randi or Johnny Carson around to provide a controlled experiment to prove it's just a coincidence, to explain that you probably think of people all the time who don't text you that minute.But maybe I'm wrong. If I am, there's over a million dollars and a goat out there waiting for the right person to come along and claim them.

The White Lotus fans have much to look forward to in February: The third season of the satirical anthology series will premiere on Max on Feb. 16, with additional episodes airing weekly at 9 p.m. ET. This installment was filmed around Thailand, including Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok, and stars season one's Natasha Rothwell (reprising her role) along with heavy hitters like Carrie Coon, Scott Glenn, Walton Goggins, Leslie Bibb, Michelle Monaghan, and Parker Posey. Also returning in February is the Emmy-winning series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Feb. 16), now in its 12th season. On the film side, Max will stream A24's We Live in Time (Feb. 7), a romantic drama about a decadeshown in nonlinear fashionin the life of a couple played by Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh. The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2024 and is mostly known for inspiring an excellent meme.Here's everything else coming to Max in February, including Puppy Bowl XXI (Feb. 9), the annual Super Bowl Sunday event featuring 142 rescue puppies. Kickoff airs at 1 p.m. ET followed by the competition at 2 p.m. ET.Whats coming to Max in February 2025Available February 142 (2013)Accidentally Brave (2023)Bad Boys (1995)Bad Boys II (2003)Brian Banks (2019)Cabin in the Sky (1949)Cleats & Convos with Deebo Samuel, Episode 114 (B/R)Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)Deepwater Horizon (2016)Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)Dredd (2012)Duplicity (2009)Entertainment (2015)Experimenter (2015)Final Destination (2000)Final Destination 2 (2003)Final Destination 3 (2006)Final Destination 5 (2011)Ivanhoe (1952)Jackie (2016)Jezebel (1938)Jupiter's Darling (1955)Just Mercy (2020)King Solomon's Mines (1950)Kitty Foyle (1940)Kusama: Infinity (2018)Lady Be Good (1941)Lassie Come Home (1943)Life Partners (2014)Lili (1953)Little Women (1949)Love & Basketball (2000)Mad Money (2008)Malcolm X (1992)Mary of Scotland (1936)Massacre (1934)Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)Mildred Pierce (1945)Mister Roberts (1955)Mr. Church (2016)Mrs. Miniver (1942)Neptune's Daughter (1949)Noma: My Perfect Storm (2015)One Way Passage (1932)Safe in Hell (1931)Shadow on the Wall (1950)Skate Kitchen (2018)Skiptrace (2016)Sleepwalking (2008)Speed (1994)Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)Support the Girls (2018)Take Out (2004)Taxi Driver (1976)The Bank Job (2008)The Color Purple (1985)The Conjuring (2013)The Guilty (2018)The Harvey Girls (1946)The Host (2007)The Last Circus (2011)The Last Days on Mars (2013)The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)The Life of Emile Zola (1937)The Lost Patrol (1934)The Notebook (2004)The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)The Search (1948)The Tall Target (1951)The Wave (2016)The Window (1949)The Woman in Red (1935)They Were Expendable (1945)Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)Traitor (2008)Unknown (2011)Vacation from Marriage (1945)Waitress (2007)Watch on the Rhine (1943)We Are the Best! (2014)Available February 2The Edge with Micah Parsons, Episode 122 (B/R)We Baby Bears, Season 2C (Cartoon Network)Available February 390 Day Fianc Pillow Talk: Before the 90 Days, Season 7 (TLC)Common Side Effects, Season 1 (Adult Swim)Dog Detectives, Season 1 (Animal Planet)Very Scary Lovers (ID)Available February 4Celebrity IOU, Season 9 (HGTV)The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper, Season 3 (CNN Originals)Available February 6Destinations of the Damned with Zak Bagans, Season 1B (Discovery)Izzy Does It, Season 1 (HGTV)The Takedown: American Aryans (Max Original)Available February 7Lu & The Bally Bunch, Season 1AHow I Left the Opus Dei (El Minuto Heroico: Yo Tambin Dej El Opus Dei) (Max Original)We Live in Time (A24) (2024)Available February 8Luther Vandross: Never Too Much (CNN Films)Available February 9Puppy Bowl XXI Kickoff (Animal Planet)Puppy Bowl XXI (Animal Planet)Available February 11Central Intelligence (2016)Central Intelligence: Extended Edition (2016)Father Stu (2022)Available February 12Guy's Grocery Games, Season 37 (Food Network)Available February 13Home Sweet Rome, Season 1B (Max Original)Available February 14Silly Sundays, Season 1AWaitress: The Musical (2023)Available February 16Have I Got News for You, Season 2 (CNN Originals)Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Season 12 (HBO Original)Love & Marriage: Huntsville, Season 9 (OWN)Pearl: The X-Traordinary Origin Story (2022)The White Lotus, Season 3 (HBO Original)Available February 1790 Day Fiance, Season 11 (TLC)Evil Lives Here, Season 17 (ID)Tournament of Champions: The Qualifiers (Food Network)Watchmen: Chapter II (2025)Available February 18We Beat The Dream Team (TNT & HBO Original)Available February 19Exposed: Naked Crimes, Season 3 (ID)Moonshiners: Master Distiller, Season 7A (Discovery)Renovation Aloha, Season 2 (HGTV)Available February 20Bea's Block, Season 1B (Max Original)Available February 21Elevation (2024)Available February 22House Hunters Renovation, Season 18 (HGTV)Available February 24End of Watch (2012)Homestead Rescue, Season 12 (Discovery)Available February 25Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest (HBO Original)Wipeout, Season 2B (TBS)Available February 27Cyotl: Hero and Beast (Cyotl: Hroe y Bestia), Season 1 (Max Original)Available February 28Christina on the Coast, Season 6B (HGTV)Morbius (2022)Toad and Friends, Season 1A

Xbox is hosting its Developer Direct showcase today, and you'll be able to watch along live on YouTube, Twitch or our handy embed below.The stream starts as 1PM ET / 10AM PT and is supposed to feature updates from the developers of South of Midnight, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33and Doom: The Dark Ages. Xbox is also promising to "visit a surprise location to see another studios brand new game." Windows Central reports the mysterious unannounced game is "a new entry in a legendary Japanese IP which has decades of history," which certainly sounds intriguing. At the very least, the rest of the games featured are slated to launch in 2025.Xbox spent most of 2024 adjusting its strategy around releasing games, delaying some titles to this year, and bringing some formerly exclusive games to the PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. The company seems like it's favoring timed exclusives over hoarding everything for Xbox and PC, so the job of this Developer Direct is a little bit different this time. Besides letting developers sell their games, the real test of the show is if it can get you excited about games that are coming to Xbox first, rather than only coming to Xbox at all.You can watch the Xbox Developer Direct showcase on YouTube, Twitch, or right here in the embed above when it starts at 1PM ET / 10AM PT.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/xbox/how-to-watch-the-latest-xbox-developer-direct-showcase-110013502.html?src=rss

We all want to protect our phones from the inevitable drops, scratches and tumbles of daily life, but what if your phone case could protect more than just your device? The best eco-friendly phone cases offer a great blend of durability and sustainability, helping to reduce plastic waste and better the planet.Made from natural materials like biodegradable plastics, recycled ocean waste or even sustainable bamboo, eco-friendly and compostable phone cases prove that you dont have to sacrifice style or protection to go green. Theyre designed to safeguard your device while actively combating plastic pollution, making them a win-win for both you and Mother Earth.Whether youre looking for something sleek and minimal or bold and artistic, theres an eco-friendly option out there that will fit your style. Instead of a standard plastic case, you can choose one thats both practical and planet-friendly. Eco-friendly phone case FAQs What makes a phone case eco-friendly? A phone case can be considered eco-friendly when its designed to protect not just your phone but also the planet. What sets these cases apart is the use of sustainable materials like biodegradable plastics, recycled plastic waste or even natural materials like bamboo or flax straw. Instead of contributing to plastic pollution, these materials break down naturally over time, or are made from recycled content that reduces waste. Eco-friendly cases can also go a step further by being compostable, meaning you can toss them in a compost bin at the end of their life and theyll decompose into the earth without leaving harmful residues. Plus, many brands behind these cases focus on sustainable practices, like reducing carbon emissions during production or offering recycling programs for old cases.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/computing/accessories/best-eco-friendly-phone-cases-150016494.html?src=rss

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