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Bit ironic when it became the 'Champions' League; non-champions were in it. Give it 20 years and the team in 10th will be able to get in. That'll be good news for Arsenal at least😎
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It may be very early especially as Black Ops 4 as only just been revealed but news is slowly coming out about some old Infinity Ward staff who left for Respawn have since returned to the studio to possibly be working on Modern Warfare 4 in the year of the 10th anniversary of MW2, please let this franchise die already,. These are key staff too - not just someone that makes the tea - people who had a significant role in the creation of the iconic games in areas which the forthcoming games have suffered in since their departure back in 2009. Infinity Ward disbanding and changing hands after the lawsuit was not only the worst thing to happen to this series but one of the biggest tragedies in gaming. Looks like many have seen sense to leave Respawn under the clutches of EA and come home. That doesn't exactly translate that the series is now saved and their next game will be epic - a lot has changed in this gaming arena and Titanfall wasn't exactly the COD killer many were expecting but if they get it right instead of chasing all the latest trends and go and innovate and inspire like they used to; it could breathe new life into that side of the franchise. Just gotta hope it's not Ghosts 2 or Infinite Warfare 2! Considering how stale the franchise got when it was modern; it's been so long that something like this would now be considered original! Eight thoughts has it covered😎
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I honestly don't know how United finished 2nd or amassed that many points really. The squad needs a huge overhaul (and probably the management) and that will take time and cost a bomb. Guardiola may have spent more but he spent well and improved the players that were already there like Sterling. Mourinho inherited a very dull team from Van Gaal and with his dull approach, it was just as painful to watch albeit a bit more successful. Also the players he brought in haven't exactly shined and his public criticisms of his own players and general spats with other mangers has certainly impacted the team negatively. I grew up watching Fergies United which were incredible and every United game was incredibly entertaining. Old Trafford is dead now and the fans haven't seen a good match since 2013 it seems. Even big fixtures and huge spectacles against the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal were extremely boring and underwhelming in recent memory too. Jose was once a feared manager and a mastermind of football but now he's just there to wind up and his negative approach is becoming more and more predictable that other teams aren't falling for. I bet a lot of players who would've wanted to play under him don't want to any more so even a club like that could struggle attracting big names. I agree with Chaos above - signing an ageing Macy Gray lookalike from Chelsea's second string isn't exactly going to set the world alight or inspire United for years to come.
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Yep, even the core playlists of TDM and DOM on the likes of Infinite Warfare struggled to get games going on DLC maps because of the low content sales and existing population. People were buying the new maps and not even being able to play on them especially when they were injected into the main rotation. Back when you had 750,000-1m online at a time, you didn't have to worry and could easily get a game going on any map and any mode at any time but now what's left of the player base is split more than ever with low amount of players, DLC owners and then you have the SBMM also stifling the chances. Free maps is sensible and long overdue.
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Bit hypocritical with Mourinho bitching about Chelsea having 9 men behind the ball when they were 1-0 up - he usually has 11 men behind the ball from the first minute even against the likes of Burnley and Bournemouth! They even played for a 0-0 draw at home to West Brom which didn't work out too well😎
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Yep and hopefully we get more than 9 pissing maps this time too. It's a sensible decision really if true as the recent COD games have been dead by the time the second DLC pack has dropped. One new map a month or something would be ideal and wouldn't split the player base or restrict matchmaking or map rotation. The standard COD season pass format was getting very tiresome and wasn't worth the price.
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The problem is COD was nicely varied on the old 360/PS3 gen where people were confident in the series every year and were happy with a new game at the time. Nowadays every game they release isn't good enough and can't retain a decent population, so people are always hoping and hyping for the next release so there hasn't been one concrete game that would capture a wide audience for a substantial period of time where Activision could support it for years. With BO4 being built more around the competitive element when the population is primarily casual; a lot of players have already been alienated at this design focus so once again, we'll likely have another COD game that fails to capture a significant audience and not be viable after Christmas let alone a full one year cycle or beyond. COD's been so focused on its era and supply drops this gen that it's forgot how to truly innovate in other aspects and now it's playing catch-up and having to poach from other games which are far more established in terms of population, ongoing viewership interest and income. Until the franchise actually produces a good game for starters; only then can they build from that and I simply don't think Activision can trust their developers to do this which is why an annual release remains their strategy.
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Royal Wedding and Man Utd v Chelsea in the cup final - what a boring fucking day. If it's anything like the 2007 final, not even booze will help!
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It's basically Black Ops 3 Remastered! Very disappointed in Treyarch and I always said the day they let me down is the day I'm done with COD so this could be it for me. There's no real innovation here either; just some changes that mimic other popular games in recent years. They've also built the game around an element that a lot of people didn't like in BO3 with specialists. Hard to believe this is the same studio that made Black Ops and BO2 really. I actually have to wonder if this is the game they started out making in 2015/16 after BO3 or if their new game fucked up so they had to rescue themselves with time running out and the only way to do that was asset-strip BO3 and chuck together a game out of that and call it BO4. If this is what they wanted to do after BO3 then it feels like a lazy and unimaginative game. I wasn't a fan of WW2 or Sledgehammer but at least they tried to get COD back to its roots and innovate - Treyarch have played it bloody safe here and 4 Black Ops games is too much. What's next? Black Ops V set a week after Black Ops 4, just before Black Ops 3 but after Black Ops 2 on the 80th anniversary of Black Ops 1? I did enjoy BO3 but I don't really want to feel like I'm playing it again on a watered-down scale 3 years on.
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3 more matches w/no commentary
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Yeah, Treyarch games are a nightmare in core at the best of times so 150 health aka 4 shots to the head is gonna be pure hell! Also you're gonna be shooting someone, and deplete 75% health of a player and then someone else on your team gets an easy one hit kill after you did all the hard work.
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3 full matches here. I really don't like the HUD especially the size of the mini map. The mechanics seem slick like they were in BO3 rather than the clunky feel IW had or WW2 had which is nice but it doesn't look like a fresh game that's had 3 years of work. If I didn't know any better, I would've assumed this was just BO3 if I saw it at a glance. I'd expect better from Treyarch in all honesty.
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Black Ops 4 is also 5v5 this year https://charlieintel.com/2018/05/17/call-of-duty-black-ops-4-multiplayer-is-5v5/ Expect shoebox sized maps the size of Nuketown then!
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Looks like a free to play shooter. BO3 DLC with boots on the ground. Specialists are back with Advanced Warfare's grappling hook for the 'advanced' movement. Looks generic as hell. Underwhelming. No campaign confirmed so that rumour of it being shit and pulled by Activision was absolutely spot on in the end. Should've pulled the MP too by the look of things😎 Zombies
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This is great! Surprised it's taken so long for something like this to come out from the big names in the industry. Hope it benefits existing gamers who cannot use the standard controllers and newcomers alike who have been alienated from gaming altogether because of their disability. Something like this could make a huge difference to people's lives so for the first time in 5 years; well done Microsoft!
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I think the media have done the game no favours the way they hyped it up....the same outlets that are now slating it despite giving the game encouraging coverage for weeks now especially IGN. Microsoft's marketing budget probably exceeded the development too! It's probably a decent budget buy even by today's standards. If it definitely ain't coming to Steam anytime soon I may just grab it cheap from CD Keys as I did like the original on the 360 which became a classic even on a system with stacks of great games already. I think everyone just pinned to much hope on this one though.
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Reviews are slowly coming in and after all the hype from IGN, they gave it just 7.5! I thought this low budget indie game was supposed to be the Xbox One X's saviour..
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The Last of Us 2 Read Dead Redemption 2 Spiderman Cyberpunk 2077 Gears of War 5 Should be a good event this year and hopefully some surprises too.
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Sam Allardyce who is on record the most successful England manager of all time with a 100% win record has left Everton. Despite them finishing 8th in the table, the fans weren't too happy with the style of football. I saw them a few times on TV this year and they were just god awful to watch especially in the Merseyside Derby a couple of months back against Liverpool Reserves. David Moyes will no doubt apply for that job but I can't see him getting it especially after the tortue Everton have endured with mundane managers of late.
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Got this back in 2015 I think it was. Game showed a lot of promise even back then so I may have to revisit very soon.
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Oh deary me https://www.pcgamer.com/cliff-bleszinski-closes-boss-key-productions/ GGWP!
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