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• Missing Woman Found Dead in New Jersey Home; Son, 2 Others Charged: Police

  06-02-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  A missing woman has been found dead in her New Jersey home, and her son and two others have been arrested for allegedly concealing her body, police said Wednesday.
  
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• National Organization for Women Calls on Fairfax to Resign

  06-02-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  The National Organization for Women (NOW) called on Virginia lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax to resign Wednesday in response to the sexual assault allegation leveled against him earlier this week.“Dr. Vanessa Tyson has made the brave decision to come forward and reveal in her own words what happened between her and Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax during the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston.
  
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• The Mysterious Unannounced 2K Game Might Finally Get Revealed Soon

  06-02-2019 23:48 via gamespot.com
  
  For a long time now, Take-Two has teased an upcoming game from one of 2K's "biggest and most beloved franchises," and it may soon be time that we find out what it is. As part of its earnings report, Take-Two reaffirmed that this unannounced game remains on track to release during the company's fiscal year 2020. More interestingly, Take-Two said 2K will have "more to share" on the game in the coming months.During the call, an analyst asked about the game, and CEO Strauss Zelnick said the company
  
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• Ilhan Omar responds to Trump's State of the Union with 'This is America' dance

  06-02-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, the first woman to wear the hijab in Congress, delivered a quirky response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address with a nod to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and immigrants in a video of her dancing.In the video, Ms Omar was decked out in colors of the American flag: red, white and blue.“Individual 1” is how the president is referred to in the filings from Mr Mueller’s investigation into possible Russian int
  
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• El Chapo jury ends 3rd day of deliberations without verdict

  06-02-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors at the trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman ended their third day of deliberations at his U.S. trial Wednesday without a verdict after asking whether killing someone over personal beef could be part of a drug-trafficking conspiracy.
  
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• The 2019 Audi TT RS Is a Five-Cylinder Fury with Some New Colors and Air Scoops

  06-02-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Minor exterior and interior updates for the world's only five-cylinder sports car in production.
  
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• Fortnite's Account Merging System Is Finally Live, Here's How It Works

  06-02-2019 23:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Epic's previously announced account merging system for Fortnite has gone live. Players who have multiple Fortnite accounts across platforms are now able to unify them--and all of their previously earned skins, V-Bucks, and other items--under one Epic Account.The tool can be found on Epic's website, but the actual process of merging accounts is fairly complex. First, you'll need to designate one account as Primary and the other as Secondary; you can read how to do that here. One of the accounts m
  
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• 'El Chapo' jury deliberations to stretch into fourth day

  06-02-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Guzman, 61, is accused of trafficking tons of cocaine, heroin, marijuana and methamphetamine into the United States as leader of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel.The 11-week trial in federal court in Brooklyn, in which more than 50 witnesses testified, offered the public an unprecedented look into the inner workings of the cartel, named for the state in northwestern Mexico where Guzman was born in a poor mountain village.The defense has argued Guzman was set up as a "fall guy" by Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada
  
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• Venezuela opposition plans to get oil money from U.S. fund

  06-02-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The fund would receive income accrued by state-run oil firm PDVSA's U.S. unit Citgo Petroleum Corp since last month, when U.S. President Donald Trump recognized Juan Guaido as Venezuela's legitimate head of state, opposition legislator Carlos Paparoni told Reuters.Guadio, head of Venezuela's National Assembly, last month declared himself to be the South American country's interim ruler.
  
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• U.N. warns against politicizing humanitarian aid in Venezuela

  06-02-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. officials said trucks carrying aid had arrived in Colombia for delivery to Venezuela at the request of Juan Guaido, who last month declared himself interim president."The Venezuelan people desperately need humanitarian aid.The U.S. & other countries are trying to help, but Venezuela's military under Maduro's orders is blocking aid with trucks and shipping tankers," U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo posted on Twitter on Wednesday, along with a photo of a blocked road.
  
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• With Fortnite Season 8 Approaching, Earthquakes Have Begun Occurring In-Game

  06-02-2019 22:45 via gamespot.com
  
  With Season 7 of Fortnite winding down and a new season on the horizon, strange phenomena have once again begun occurring in the hit battle royale game. Epic Games typically heralds the arrival of each new season with some kind of world-changing event, so this isn't entirely surprising. This time, however, the developer is literally shaking things up, as players have begun to experience earthquakes while playing.Following the release of game's 7.30 update, dataminers discovered audio files indic
  
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• The Latest: 2 arrested at protest over black man's shooting

  06-02-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the police shooting of a black man in an Alabama shopping mall (all times local):
  
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• Southwest's Hawaii flight tests continue: Honolulu-Dallas is today

  06-02-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Southwest Flight 8725 marks the return of the aircraft the carrier flew from California to Honolulu a day earlier, part of an 'ETOPS' certification effort.
  
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• Police: N.J. bus driver watched porn in front of students

  06-02-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Police in New Jersey have arrested a school bus driver for allegedly watching porn in front of children.
  
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• US: SpaceX no-load test is delayed

  06-02-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  NASA announced Wednesday that SpaceX's no-load rocket test has been pushed back to March 2 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.NASA has made SpaceX and Boeing responsible for transporting astronauts starting this year.SpaceX uses its Falcon 9 rocket, at the top of which is fixed a Dragon capsule specially designed to accommodate astronauts.
  
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• The Latest: Venezuelan man urges military to let in US aid

  06-02-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  CUCUTA, Colombia (AP) — The Latest on Venezuela's political crisis (all times local):
  
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• Best Stick Vacuums of 2019

  06-02-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  “In the past few years, stick vacuum suction has gotten a lot stronger, especially in battery-powered stick vacuums,” says Frank Rizzi, a senior Consumer Reports test-lab engineer who tests vacuu...
  
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• Venezuela's Guaido asks Italy's leaders to meet his envoys

  06-02-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The hard-right League has expressed strong support for Guaido, but coalition partner the 5-Star Movement has not, making Italy the only major European Union nation not to recognize him as Venezuela's temporary head of state.In a Feb. 5 letter distributed by League leader and deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini's office on Wednesday, Guaido asks if he can send a delegation "to illustrate the plan of action to renew democracy in Venezuela" through fair elections."The current humanitarian crisis i
  
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• U.S. might lift sanctions on Venezuelan military who back Guaido: Bolton

  06-02-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States would consider lifting sanctions on senior Venezuelan military officers if they recognize the government of self-declared interim president Juan Guaido, White House national security adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday."The U.S. will consider sanctions off-ramps for any Venezuelan senior military officer that stands for democracy and recognizes the constitutional government of President Juan Guaido.If not, the international financial circle will be closed off completely," Bol
  
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• Slovakia declines to back Venezuela's Guaido as Maduro faces rising pressure

  06-02-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Slovakia declined to recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's legitimate head of state on Wednesday, joining Italy in breaking the coordinated action of European Union nations and the United States.About 20 European Union nations including Britain, Germany, France and Spain have aligned with the United States in recognizing Guaido's leadership and pressuring socialist President Nicolas Maduro to call a new election.Slovakia's foreign ministry said last week the country sawGuaido, t
  
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• Virginia Democrats in crisis over new blackface scandal

  06-02-2019 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  A political crisis deepened in Virginia on Wednesday after the attorney general of the eastern US state admitted he wore blackface to a 1980 college party to impersonate a rapper.Attorney general Mark Herring is second in line for the governorship of the state, where the Democratic governor and lieutenant governor are already embroiled in scandal.Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has been facing calls for his resignation since a 1984 yearbook surfaced last week that features a racist photo on a pa
  
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• Ahead Of Crackdown 3's Launch, Play The Original Game For Free On Xbox One

  06-02-2019 21:34 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft has made Crackdown free on the Xbox Live marketplace, allowing you to download the game on Xbox 360 or Xbox One. With Crackdown 3 right around the corner, it's a good opportunity to see how the series originated.In Microsoft's announcement of the deal, there was no word whether or not the game would be free forever or for a limited time. However, as the deal is to "celebrate the launch of Crackdown 3" it's probably best to act on this offer prior to Crackdown 3's release. When we got t
  
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• The Nightmare in Venezuela Finally Has the World's Attention. Can the Opposition's Gamble Pay Off?

  06-02-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The nightmare in Venezuela finally has the world's attention. But with two men claiming the presidency, the way out isn't clear.
  
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• Mom blames tanning for losing ear to skin cancer

  06-02-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  43-year-old Anthea Smith wants to ban tanning beds, claiming the device caused her skin cancer.
  
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• Trump calls probes into his Russia links 'harassment'

  06-02-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Just a day after preaching an end to division in his State of the Union speech, President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at "harassment" by Democrats probing his links to Russia.It's called presidential harassment.
  
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• Crackdown 3 Technical Test Will Let You Try Multiplayer

  06-02-2019 21:22 via gamespot.com
  
  Crackdown 3 is finally actually arriving, but you can try out the Wrecking Zone multiplayer a little early by taking part in a technical test. It will begin on Thursday, February 7 at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET.According to the announcement, the test will be exclusive to Xbox Insiders. Players will try out the Agent Hunter game mode, which involves taking down rival agents and stealing their badges for points. The Blackout Zone map will be the one used for this test. If you're in the program you can beg
  
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• Crackdown 3 Technical Test To Let You Try Multiplayer

  06-02-2019 21:22 via gamespot.com
  
  Crackdown 3 is finally actually arriving, but you can try out the Wrecking Zone multiplayer a little early by taking part in a technical test. It will begin on Thursday, February 7 at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET.According to the announcement, the test will be exclusive to Xbox Insiders. Players will try out the Agent Hunter game mode, which involves taking down rival agents and stealing their badges for points. The Blackout Zone map will be the one used for this test. If you're in the program you can beg
  
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• Michelle Carter: High court upholds conviction of woman who encouraged boyfriend's suicide with text messages

  06-02-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The Massachusetts Supreme Court has upheld the manslaughter conviction of a woman who persuaded her boyfriend through text messages to commit suicide.Michelle Carter, 22, will serve 15 months in prison for the July 2014 suicide of Conrad Roy III, 18, after she was found guilty in 2017.Prior to the court’s decision Wednesday, Carter’s sentence had been placed on hold as her appeal was reviewed.
  
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• If Apex Legends Has Given You The Titanfall 2 Itch, It's Really Cheap On Xbox One Right Now

  06-02-2019 21:13 via gamespot.com
  
  With no pre-release marketing whatsoever (unless you count the leaks), EA and Respawn both announced and released a brand-new game earlier this week, Apex Legends. It's a battle royale game spin-off of sorts from the Titanfall series, and early impressions of it have been positive. Being free-to-play on PS4, Xbox One, and PC means that most anyone can jump in. But maybe battle royale isn't your thing. Or perhaps using the weapons from Titanfall has, like me, gotten you thinking about that series
  
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• Blackface, sex assault scandals shake top Virginia Democrats

  06-02-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney General Mark Herring said in a statement that hedonned brown face paint at a party in 1980 to impersonate a rapper.Northam admitted last weekend to having worn blackface - a practice that dates to 19th century minstrel shows caricaturing slaves - in 1984 to impersonate Michael Jackson.U.S. Democrats have become increasingly focused on promoting diversity and rooting out patterns of sexual misconduct in many American institutions.
  
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• Game Of Thrones Season 8 New Photos Revealed

  06-02-2019 21:09 via gamespot.com
  
  The eighth and final season of Game of Thrones is now only two months away, and while we are yet to see a full trailer, a new batch of images has been released by HBO. Unsurprisingly, the photos don't give much away, but it does show all of the main characters and will get fans excited for the upcoming season.There are 14 images in all, and if nothing else, it's a handy way to remind viewers exactly who is still alive as we go into Season 8. So there's Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey), Arya Stark
  
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• Fairfax Accuser Describes Alleged Sexual Assault in Graphic Statement

  06-02-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Vanessa Tyson released a statement Wednesday describing for the first time in graphic detail the sexual assault she alleges she suffered at the hands of Virginia lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax.Mr. Fairfax put his hand behind my neck and forcefully pushed my head towards his crotch.
  
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• United courts the well-heeled with more premium seats

  06-02-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  United, Delta and American Airlines are engaged in an airlines arms race to grab the most affluent customers.
  
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• When Batman And The Flash Team Up, Things Get Complicated In New DC Storyline

  06-02-2019 20:57 via gamespot.com
  
  Despite being members of the Justice League alongside one another, Bruce Wayne and Barry Allen aren't exactly the characters you'd expect to team up. It's not that they don't have a healthy working relationship--they've saved the world together more times than anyone could really count--but at the end of the day, they're just very different people. Anyone who's seen an episode of The Flash and watched one of the many, many Batman-centric films out there in the universe could tell you that.But th
  
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• PS4's Best-Selling PSN Games For January Revealed

  06-02-2019 20:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Now that February is underway, Sony has revealed last month's best-selling PS4 games on PSN in the US and Europe. January saw the release of two of this year's most anticipated titles, Capcom's Resident Evil 2 remake and Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts 3, and each one unsurprisingly charted highly on both sides of the pond.Kingdom Hearts 3 was the most-downloaded PS4 game in the US in January, with Resident Evil 2 taking the runner-up spot. The survival horror game proved to be even more popular ac
  
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• Avengers: Endgame Is Going To Be A Very Long Movie - GameSpot Universe News Update

  06-02-2019 20:53 via gamespot.com
  
  It's so exciting you might not get up to pee.
  
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• Virginia Democrats Face Triple Scandal Combining Race and #MeToo

  06-02-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Virginia’s Democratic governor and attorney general both were forced to admit they wore blackface in the 1980s, and the lieutenant governor is confronting an allegation that he sexually assaulted a woman more than a decade ago.The extraordinary triple scandal in Virginia’s state capital of Richmond is reigniting a national debate about racism and sexual assault, one with statewide and national political implications.It comes as Virginia tilts ideologically leftward in statewide and n
  
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• Trump's State of the Union address lays smart groundwork for 2020 re-election campaign

  06-02-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Incumbent presidents can define their opponents before they define themselves. Trump now has already done that, no matter who the Democrats nominate.
  
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• Happy Death Day 2U: 7 Clues You Missed That Might Predict The Sequel

  06-02-2019 20:41 via gamespot.com
  
  All the clues are hiding in plain sight.Happy Death Day 2U debuts in theaters February 13, 2019, the day before Valentine's Day. It is a sequel to Happy Death Day, the breakout slasher film inspired by Bill Murray and Harold Ramis's Groundhog Day.In the first film, Tree (Jessica Rothe) finds herself stuck in a time loop on her birthday; a baby-masked murderer with a big knife kills her every evening, and the day resets itself. After repeating this cycle numerous times, she eventually figures out
  
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• Why Vietnam? 4 Reasons the Southeast Asian Nation Is Perfect for the Second Trump-Kim Summit

  06-02-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Once a bitter U.S. enemy, Vietnam provides a model North Korea could emulate
  
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• Smackdown Will Air Live On Fox, And More WWE Content Planned

  06-02-2019 20:33 via gamespot.com
  
  In early 2018, Fox announced a deal with WWE to get the TV rights to its Tuesday night programming, Smackdown Live. The agreement, which cost Fox a reported $1 billion for five years, will kick off this October, but one question WWE fans have had was, "Will Smackdown continue to air live?"There is official confirmation now about the fate of Smackdown in late 2019. "It's live, and what's remarkable [is] these are people that know their audience," Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier explained du
  
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• Fox Business Network presenter blames schools teaching ‘fairness’ as poll shows support for higher taxes on multi-millionaires

  06-02-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  A Fox Business Network presenter blamed the fact schools have being teaching children “fairness” after the organisation’s own polling showed there was overwhelming support for higher taxes on multi-millionaires.Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren has proposed a “wealth tax” for those earning more than $50m and has won support from both Democrats and Republicans.In response to the poll, Charles Payne, host of Fox Business Network's Making Money with Charles Payne, sa
  
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• The European Volkswagen Passat Is Still a Lot Cooler Than the American One

  06-02-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  A facelift for Europe's version of the Passat makes it better than ever-and better than ours.
  
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• Speaker Pelosi: President Trump threatened Democrats over administration oversight during State of the Union

  06-02-2019 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  “That was a threat. President’s should not bring threats to the floor of the House," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told a group of reporters at the Capitol Wednesday.
  
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• On abortion, Trump agenda likely leads to Supreme Court, not Congress

  06-02-2019 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Bolstered by Trump's appointment of two conservative justices, the nine-member court could soon begin to pare back abortion rights, starting with a major case from Louisiana that is one of several similar pending appeals.The addition of Trump appointees Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch could alter the conservative-majority court's approach to abortion.Kavanaugh replaced Justice Anthony Kennedy, a conservative who backed abortion rights in key rulings in 1992 and 2016.
  
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• Crash Team Racing Is Shaping Up To Be A Fantastic Recreation Of The Original

  06-02-2019 20:07 via gamespot.com
  
  I adore Crash Team Racing; it was one of my favorite games growing up and it still is to this day. I remember every course, item, and shortcut from the original. And even after all these years, I can still compete against some of my best lap times. I firmly believe that CTR is the best kart racer of all time, and after playing a few hours of Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, I can say with most certainty, that there's nothing to worry about about.Nitro-Fueled's presentation is incredible. The thre
  
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• Six days of turmoil: Virginia Democrats' nightmare February

  06-02-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Northam was elected in 2017 and Virginia governors are limited to a single four-year term.
  
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• Mark Herring: Top Virginia Democrat admits wearing blackface as state scandal deepens

  06-02-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring has confirmed he wore blackface to a college party in 1980, just days after calling on the state’s governor to resign over a similar racial scandal.
  
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• O.J. Simpson's advice to Roger Stone: 'Man up' and 'stop crying'

  06-02-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Simpson, who has faced his own public legal battles, was not moved by Stone's complaints about his treatment during his arrest.
  
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• New Black Ops 4 Update Rolls Out; Full Patch Notes Listed

  06-02-2019 20:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Treyarch has released another update for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Only minor changes are being made to Blackout, but the update makes larger changes to Multiplayer and Zombies.For Blackout, the update fixes an issue that allowed helicopters to fly outside of the circle on Ambush without malfunctioning. If you try to do so now, you're going to crash. Ambush is the newest game type in Black Ops 4's battle royale mode. It features a rapidly closing safe zone and limits players to sniper rifles, l
  
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