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Solo ARC Raiders: how to decide what a loadout is actually worth
A solo loadout framework for weighing replacement cost against the objective and the risk of losing your gear during extraction.
Christian Baldwin3 min read
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GuideCounter-Strike 2
CS2 demos can now show what you actually saw: how to review one properly
TrueView re-runs the observed player's client-side prediction during demo playback, so a demo no longer shows only the server's version of a fight. This improves playback but still leaves timing differences to understand.
GuideCall of Duty Zombies
Call of Duty Zombies perk priority: how to decide your buy order
Choose a Black Ops 7 Zombies perk by the current map, mode, available machine and the problem your loadout needs to solve.
AnalysisOverwatch 2
Sombra is a Support now: what her Season 5 kit actually asks you to do
Blizzard moved Sombra from Damage to Support in Overwatch Season 5. Here is what Hotfix, Cyberspace, Weaken and her removed abilities mean, with a short practice plan grounded in the October 6 patch notes.
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Valve's October 8 CS2 update adds a ping icon for dropped defuse kits and cuts the AUG reload by half a second. Two small changes to check before your next match, with practical suggestions separated from patch facts.
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Valve's 9 September update encrypted the chat stored inside Counter-Strike 2 demo files. The update says team chat is no longer readable on playback and global chat is readable only through the in-game watch UI. Here is the documented change and what remains uncertain for external tools.
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Overwatch 2 hotfixed its new tank twice in the first week of Season 4. The 12 August pass raised D.Mon's damage numbers. The 14 August pass cut the cast times and recovery on Surging Strike and Fusion Repeater. Here is what those dated changes meant for her kit.
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Patch 13.04 put Abyss into the Competitive and Deathmatch queues on 18 August and took Breeze out. Riot introduced Abyss as its first map without outer boundaries, making its drops a practical positioning problem.
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Valve's 3 August update gave Counter-Strike 2 map scripting direct access to planted-bomb state and grenade projectile APIs. The notes add scripting surface for map makers; they do not announce a new Premier rule.
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Cranked Moshpit returned in Black Ops 7 Season 05 Reloaded. The published buff ladder shows why objective play mattered as much as eliminations during its run.
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The August Marked patch removed energy ammo as loot and gave seven weapons a regenerating stockpile. It also reduced high-tier attachment spawn rates. Here is what those changes meant at launch and what to recheck today.
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Valve's July 2026 CS2 update put Cache into Active Duty, removed four community maps from all modes, and added three to Competitive, Casual and Deathmatch. These are the dated patch changes, not today's complete map list.