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• Destiny 2: Forsaken - Izanami Forge Full Gameplay

  18-12-2018 23:57 via gamespot.com
  
  The third forge in Destiny 2 is available now for Forsaken Annual Pass holders. Here's a full encounter of completing and unlocking the forge. Captured on PS4 Pro.
  
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• Black Ops 4 Absolute Zero Update Now Available On Xbox One And PC

  18-12-2018 23:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's first big content update, Operation Absolute Zero, has expanded to other platforms. Following its release on PS4 last week, the big update is now available on Xbox One and PC, bringing a new playable character, Blackout area, and more to the online shooter.Among the additions to the game is the new Specialist, Zero--a hacker who can use her skills to "disrupt and distract enemies." Players can unlock her by completing tier 1 of the newly revamped Black Market, which n
  
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• Xi’s Defiant End to 2018 Signals More U.S.-China Tension Ahead

  18-12-2018 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Xi told a Beijing crowd including some of China’s most influential political, military and business figures on Tuesday that the country’s growing wealth and power had validated the Communist Party’s -- and thus his own -- leadership.The event was intended to mark the 40th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping’s “Reform and Opening Up,” a campaign that unleashed an industrial boom that helped China outlast the Soviet Union and become the world’s second-largest eco
  
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• White House stands by Michael Flynn despite judge's rebuke

  18-12-2018 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Sarah Sanders offered kind words from the West Wing as President Trump's former national security adviser faces sentencing.
  
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• Detective Pikachu: Everything We Know About The 2019 Movie

  18-12-2018 23:47 via gamespot.com
  
  The live-action Pokemon movie is coming next year.Founded in 1995, the Pokémon franchise is the highest grossing media franchise of of all time, including video games, trading cards, manga, television shows, and movies. There have been several animated Pokémon films, but no live-action films--until now.Conventional wisdom might dictate that the first live-action Pokémon movie would be an adaptation of the original anime series, starring Ash, Misty, Brock, Pikachu, and Team R
  
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• 2018's Gaming Hall Of Fame Recipient Is Halo, Xbox Boss Bonnie Ross

  18-12-2018 23:24 via gamespot.com
  
  The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has announced that Bonnie Ross, a 24-year Microsoft veteran perhaps best known for her work on Halo, will be inducted into the group's Hall of Fame. She joins an esteemed group of game developers, including 2017's recipient, Bethesda's Todd Howard, along with Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto, Metal Gear designer Hideo Kojima, and Valve founder Gabe Newell, among others. Ross will be the first woman in the AIAS Hall of Fame."It is thanks to Bonn
  
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• Uber gets approval from Pennsylvania to resume self-driving testing

  18-12-2018 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] received approval from Pennsylvania to resume self-driving car testing on public roads this week, state records show, nine months after it suspended the programme following a deadly accident in Arizona.A company spokeswoman said on Tuesday Uber has not yet resumed testing.In November, Uber said it was seeking permission from Pennsylvania to resume testing more than seven months after a deadly self-driving crash in Arizona.
  
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• Trump Ordering His Cabinet To Search For Spare Change To Fund His Wall

  18-12-2018 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON -- Frustrated that neither Mexico nor Congress will pay for his
  
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• Trump ex-security chief Flynn sold country out, says judge

  18-12-2018 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge accused President Donald Trump's former national security chief Michael Flynn Tuesday of selling out the United States but agreed to delay his sentencing for lying over secret communications with Russian officials.Judge Emmet Sullivan said Flynn had behaved in a "traitorous" manner while he was in the White House in early 2017 and threatened to impose a stiff prison sentence, rejecting a recommendation by prosecutors that the retired three-star general benefit from cooperating an
  
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• Here Are The Advertisers Sticking With Tucker Carlson

  18-12-2018 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  While many advertisers are cutting ties with Fox News' Tucker Carlson, others
  
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• New Legendary Pokemon Available Now In Pokemon Go

  18-12-2018 22:45 via gamespot.com
  
  A new Legendary Pokemon has arrived in Pokemon Go. Heatran, another rare monster originally from the series' fourth-generation titles, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, has begun appearing in Raid Battles around the world following Cresselia's departure, and it'll remain as a Raid boss until January 15.As usual, in order to catch Heatran, you'll first need to visit a Gym where a Heatran Raid is taking place, then team up with other players to battle the Legendary Pokemon. Once Heatran has been defeated
  
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• Destiny 2 Just Resurrected A Dead Character And It Could Change Everything In The Story

  18-12-2018 22:41 via gamespot.com
  
  Story has never been the strong suit of the Destiny games, but things have gotten pretty interesting with Forsaken, Destiny 2's big expansion for its second year. Rather than drop everything in one big story campaign players ran through, Bungie has slowly been dropping new story tidbits with each week. Many of these specifically relate to the Dreaming City, Forsaken's big endgame area and the home of the race known as the Awoken, and the Curse, a strange phenomenon that's keeping the place in a
  
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• Don't Miss This Free PC Game On Steam

  18-12-2018 22:36 via gamespot.com
  
  Everyone with a gaming PC and an appreciation for 4X and real-time strategy games should head to Steam now. That's because you can download Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion for free, with no strings attached, between now and December 19. It's a great deal, considering the game normally sells for $40. Get your copy here.Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is a standalone expansion that originally launched in 2012. In it, you control a growing number of galactic civilizations. Your job is to assemb
  
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• Destiny 2: Forsaken - Uldren Sov Resurrected

  18-12-2018 22:36 via gamespot.com
  
  Spoiler warning! The man you hunted in Destiny 2: Forsaken is back. Here's where to go to discover the secret cutscene. Captured on PS4.
  
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• Destiny 2: Forsaken - Secret Cutscene Reveals A New Mystery (SPOILERS!)

  18-12-2018 22:36 via gamespot.com
  
  Spoiler warning! The man you hunted in Destiny 2: Forsaken is back. Here's where to go to discover the secret cutscene. Captured on PS4.
  
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• Destiny 2: Forsaken - Secret Cutscene Reveals A New Mystery

  18-12-2018 22:36 via gamespot.com
  
  Spoiler warning! The man you hunted in Destiny 2: Forsaken is back. Here's where to go to discover the secret cutscene. Captured on PS4.
  
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• In ‘disgust,’ judge threatens Flynn with prison, but delays sentencing

  18-12-2018 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The sentencing for former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, scheduled for Tuesday morning, was unexpectedly postponed after a federal judge said Flynn’s conduct left him with “disgust,” and indicated he was considering a prison sentence — even though prosecutors had recommended no jail time for the retired three-star general.Flynn’s admitted crime of lying to the FBI while occupying a top post in the Trump
  
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• Spider-Man: Far From Home: Everything We Know About The 2019 Marvel Movie

  18-12-2018 22:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame aren't the only major MCU releases slated for 2019--we've also got more Spider-Man well on the way with the sequel to Homecoming, Far From Home, swinging into theaters next July.Details on the movie are still pretty scarce, though last weekend's ComicCon Experience in Brazil offered fans some details care of a panel with stars Tom Holland and Jake Gyllenhaal--so we do have some info to work with as we patiently wait for our first teasers, trailers, and poste
  
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• US bans 'bump stocks' on semi-automatic weapons

  18-12-2018 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The US government said Tuesday it was banning bump stocks, devices that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns and that were used in a mass shooting in Las Vegas in October 2017.The devices, which harness the recoil of a semi-automatic rifle's discharge to make the trigger fire faster, effectively turn the weapons into machine guns, which are illegal, the Justice Department said.Bump stocks allow a "shooter of a semi-automatic firearm to initiate a continuous firing cycle with a
  
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• The Latest: NRA 'disappointed' by bump stock ban

  18-12-2018 22:01 via finance.yahoo.com
  The National Rifle Association is "disappointed" with the Trump administration's plan to outlaw bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire continuously.Spokeswoman Jennifer Baker says the Justice Department should provide amnesty for gun owners who already have the devices.The Justice Department says the attachments will be banned beginning in late March under a law that prohibits machine guns.
  
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• Transcript released from James Comey's second closed-door testimony

  18-12-2018 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Comey testified before a House panel about 2016 FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton's private emails; Peter Doocy reports from Capitol Hill.
  
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• Judge excoriates Trump ex-adviser Flynn, delays Russia probe sentencing

  18-12-2018 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan told Flynn, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, that he had arguably betrayed his country.Sullivan also noted that Flynn had operated as an undeclared lobbyist for Turkey even as he worked on Trump's campaign team and prepared to be his White House national security adviser.Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents about his December 2016 conversations with Sergei Kislyak, then Russia's ambassador in
  
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• The Latest: Dems shun wall money from other parts of budget

  18-12-2018 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on negotiations over funding President Donald Trump wants for a U.S.-Mexico border wall and the possibility of a partial government shutdown (all times local):
  
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• 14 Days Of Fortnite Event Starts Tomorrow, Features New Challenges, Rewards, And Modes

  18-12-2018 21:25 via gamespot.com
  
  Fortnite's 7.10 update is now live on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile. While it doesn't include the previously teased Driftboard vehicle, it does make an assortment of weapon and balance tweaks. The highlight of this week's update, however, is 14 Days of Fortnite, a new limited-time event that features new and returning LTMs, challenges, and more.14 Days of Fortnite kicks off on December 19. As its name suggests, the event will run for two weeks, during which time players will be
  
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• Free Destiny 2 In-Game Items Out Now For Some Forsaken Owners

  18-12-2018 21:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Die-hard Destiny 2 players who log in for today's weekly reset will have something nice waiting for them: a batch of in-game items called the Veteran of the Hunt bundle. It's Bungie's way of saying thank you to early adopters of the Forsaken expansion, something the developer announced back in October.The Veteran of the Hunt bundle is free to everyone who played Forsaken between its launch on September 4 and October 16. The bundle includes two Exotic emotes--one which mimics Petra Venj's knife-t
  
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• Prey - Typhon Hunter Multiplayer Gameplay

  18-12-2018 21:10 via gamespot.com
  
  Prey expands upon it's multiplayer mode with Typhon Hunter, forcing you to search the area, as try to kill hidden opponents scurrying around the map. Here's what that looks like on PS4.
  
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• Flynn’s Risk of Prison Resurfaces

  18-12-2018 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The startling turn of events in a Washington federal court came after the sentencing judge, Emmet Sullivan, pressed prosecutors for more details about Flynn’s illegal deeds and expressed “disgust” and “disdain” for the seriousness of Flynn’s offenses.Flynn pleaded guilty to lying during an early 2017 FBI interview about his conversations with the Russian ambassador.
  
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• Lots Of PS4 Hits On Sale During PSN's Holiday Sale Week 2

  18-12-2018 21:03 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony's enormous holiday sale continues this week on the PlayStation Store. But apparently not content with the 1,200+ games, expansions, and in-game items that were already on sale, over 100 more have been added--and many of them are major titles available at big discounts. So check out the new additions below, then take a look at the best games for $5 or less and a selection of discounted games chosen by our editors and producers.This week's new discounts include new games like Assassin's Creed
  
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• Lots Of PS4 Hit Games On Sale During PSN's Holiday Sale Week 2

  18-12-2018 21:03 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony's enormous holiday sale continues this week on the PlayStation Store. But apparently not content with the 1,200+ games, expansions, and in-game items that were already on sale, over 100 more have been added--and many of them are major titles available at big discounts. So check out the new additions below, then take a look at the best games for $5 or less and a selection of discounted games chosen by our editors and producers.This week's new discounts include new games like Assassin's Creed
  
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• Big-Bank Lobby Group Adds Democrat as Power in Congress Shifts

  18-12-2018 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Fabrice Coles will join the Bank Policy Institute in February as vice president of government affairs, the group said Tuesday.Coles, 35, is slated to work on consumer and financial technology issues.“We were looking to bolster our Democratic credentials,” said Anthony Cimino, head of government affairs at the institute.
  
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• Mnuchin Says Strong Dollar Reflects Confidence in U.S. Economy

  18-12-2018 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  “Part of the reason why the dollar is strengthened is a function of people’s view of the U.S. economy and U.S. economic growth relative to growth around the world,” Mnuchin said in a round-table interview at Bloomberg’s Washington office on Tuesday.
  
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• Die Hard's Trailer Recut As Zany Christmas Comedy To Celebrate 30th Anniversary

  18-12-2018 20:52 via gamespot.com
  
  For years, there has been a debate online as to whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie. It is, and everyone who disagrees is wrong. End of discussion. To celebrate its 30th anniversary, 20th Century Fox is releasing a holiday-themed edition of the movie for the holiday season, and the studio recut the trailer to prove, once and for all, Die Hard is a Christmas movie.John McClaine was just a simple man who wanted to spend some time with his family at Christmas, but he gets stuck at his wife
  
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• Die Hard Reimagined As Zany Christmas Movie By Fox To Celebrate 30th Anniversary

  18-12-2018 20:52 via gamespot.com
  
  For years, there has been a debate online as to whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie. It is, and everyone who disagrees is wrong. End of discussion. To celebrate its 30th anniversary, 20th Century Fox is releasing a holiday-themed edition of the movie for the holiday season, and the studio recut the trailer to prove, once and for all, Die Hard is a Christmas movie.John McClaine was just a simple man who wanted to spend some time with his family at Christmas, but he gets stuck at his wife
  
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• 19 Funny Tweets From Parents About The Annual Hell Of Christmas Cards

  18-12-2018 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  As kids grow up, many parents like to update their relatives and friends about
  
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• Fox News Contributor: Lying To FBI Is Like 'Pulling Off Mattress Tags'

  18-12-2018 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, appeared on Fox
  
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• GOP Lawmakers Stuck in Shutdown Limbo as President Trump Waffles on Wall Funding

  18-12-2018 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump has said he will take the blame for the shutdown. Senate Republicans are not trying to stop him.
  
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• A Judge Ruled Obamacare is Unconstitutional, Here's How it Could Impact Your Health Insurance

  18-12-2018 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Signing up for the Affordable Care Act? Here’s how a federal judge ruling that Obamacare is unconstitutional affected open enrollment for 2019.
  
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• Flynn Associate Kian Pleads Not Guilty to Lobbying Charges

  18-12-2018 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Bijan Rafiekian, also known as Bijan Kian, entered his plea Tuesday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, where U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga also set a Feb. 11 trial date.Kian and a Turkish businessman were indicted this month, accused of helping President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government secretly influence public opinion and politicians during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.
  
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• Hungary protests spark opposition coalition - but will it last?

  18-12-2018 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Passage of two laws last week backed by the prime minister's Fidesz party angered a variety of domestic voter groups, galvanizing the weak and divided opposition to act with a unity rarely seen in his eight years in power.The protests in Budapest raised the question of whether such fledgling cooperation can last long enough to put down roots and offer viable opposition to a charismatic politician normally adept at side-lining dissent.While no substantial shift in Hungary's domestic balance of po
  
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• Victims, accountability on agenda at pope's sex abuse summit

  18-12-2018 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Tuesday released the first details of Pope Francis' upcoming high-stakes sex abuse prevention summit, making clear that bishops attending the gathering must reach out to victims before they get to Rome and that accountability is very much on the agenda.
  
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• Justice Department Moves Forward With Trump's Bump Stock Ban

  18-12-2018 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The Justice Department on Tuesday moved to implement President Donald Trump's
  
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• Steam Winter Sale Starts Soon, As Steam Award Nominees Revealed

  18-12-2018 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Valve has announced the finalists for its Steam Awards, with community voting set to begin on Thursday, December 20. You'll be able to cast your ballots in eight categories, and just in case you need to catch up with some of the nominees, it will come alongside the Steam Winter Sale.The Game of the Year nominees are PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Monster Hunter World, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Hitman 2, and Assassin's Creed Odyssey. A separate VR GOTY category includes Skyrim VR, VRChat, Beat S
  
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• Destiny 2 Ascendant Challenge Location (Dec. 18-25) Video Guide

  18-12-2018 19:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Find out where this week's Ascendant Challenge is in Destiny 2: Forsaken, as well as how to complete it.
  
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• Arizona Republican McSally will fill McCain's Senate seat

  18-12-2018 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  McSally will replace the retiring John Kyl, whom Governor Doug Ducey appointed after McCain died in August following a battle with brain cancer.Kyl, a former senator, committed to serving only through the end of 2018 when he was appointed.McSally, the first female combat pilot in the U.S. Air Force and a two-term congresswoman, will serve until 2020, when a special election will be held to fill the remaining two years of McCain's six-year term.
  
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• U.S.-Taliban talks focus on Afghan ceasefire

  18-12-2018 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  The meeting in Abu Dhabi is at least the third time that U.S. special peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has met Taliban representatives as diplomatic efforts to end the 17-year war have intensified this year.Taliban officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the U.S. delegation was pressing for a six-month truce as well as an agreement to name Taliban representatives to a future caretaker government.In a statement issued late on Tuesday, the Taliban said the talks had mainly concentrated on
  
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• Buy One, Get One Free PS4 And Xbox One Games

  18-12-2018 19:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Time is running out to buy Christmas gifts. But that's not a problem if you're buying for people who enjoy video games, because many great deals are still available, including this buy-one-get-one-free deal on PS4 and Xbox One games at Target. You can choose from 34 titles, many of which are already on sale for appealing prices.A number of worthy titles are eligible for the promotion, including Battlefield 1 for $16, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard for $17, and Lego Marvel's Avengers for $30. They're
  
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• Big Free Warframe Update Out Now On PC, And It Adds A Giant Spider Boss

  18-12-2018 19:25 via gamespot.com
  
  Digital Extremes has released a new content update for Warframe on PC. The Profit Taker, the first big update for Warframe's Fortuna expansion, is available to download now for free from Steam, and it introduces a new Warframe, missions, robotic spiders, and more to the online action game.Headlining the update is the eponymous Profit-Taker, a giant mechanical spider boss described as "one of the Fortuna's biggest enemies." The Profit-Taker is a formidable foe, and to take it on, players will nee
  
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• Sarah Sanders Touts False Claim That FBI 'Ambushed' Michael Flynn

  18-12-2018 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  On the day of former national security adviser Michael Flynn's sentencing for
  
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• Destiny 2's New Update Softens The Grind Up To 600--Here Are The Patch Notes

  18-12-2018 19:09 via gamespot.com
  
  The second week of Destiny 2's holiday event, The Dawning, is here with the December 18 weekly update, along with the third of the new Forge activities that are part of the game's most recent expansion, The Black Armory. Adding to the new and ongoing content is another of Bungie's quality-of-life updates to the game, and this one makes it easier for people who are behind on the endgame to catch up a little more quickly.The primary focus of Update 2.1.3, which Bungie detailed on its blog, is a ch
  
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• Destiny 2 Ascendant Challenge Location Guide (Dec. 18-25): How To Complete The Week 4 Challenge

  18-12-2018 19:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Each week brings a shuffling of content to Destiny 2, and this week that includes another Ascendant Challenge along with a newly opened forge as part of the Black Armory expansion. The Ascendant Challenge, on the other hand, is not actually new--we're actually back to the fourth week of the cycle of challenges. But whether you've done it before or not, there's good reason to give it a shot, as Powerful gear awaits you as a reward. Here's where to go and what to do to complete the current Ascenda
  
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