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Dean Hall, creator of the wildly acclaimed Arma II mod DayZ, announced that the open-world zombie survival game will not feature mod support at the time of its standalone launch. Modding within a mod remains an elusive feat of PC plying savvy. Posting under the handle “rocket2guns,” Hall addressed members of the Reddit community on Tuesday in a Q&A session regarding his upcoming plans for DayZ. When asked about the standalone support - which would allow players to openly contribute new enhancements and creations to the game’s world - Hall succinctly ruled out Day 1 DayZ modding: “Not initially,” he stated....

In case you aren’t aware, Dead by Daylight codes can be entered into the game’s menu at any time. By doing so, you get to redeem various cosmetic rewards and bloodpoints that can then be spent on upgrading your characters with better perks. The codes themselves are added periodically by the development team over at Behavior Interactive, and you normally don’t have to do anything special to unlock them. All you need is the right combination of alphanumeric characters....

IGN got an early first look at the game, and have made it clear that Techland are spending all the time and resources necessary to craft a unique and engaging story as well as a fun game. The titular location of Dead Island is luxurious Banoi in Papau New Guinea, and the protagonist is a vacationer lodging at the Royal Palms Resort. Throughout the course of the game the player, along with several other survivors, will attempt to escape the overrun island by learning the secrets of the outbreak along the way....

Fans who will line up to purchase a game on launch date in droves can do great things for a game’s future, and with the advertising blitz that EA has put behind Dead Space 2, the team at Visceral is already considering future installments. In an interview with Eurogamer, Executive Producer Steve Papoutsis gave some insight into what Visceral sees in their future: And at this point, it seems that Visceral has done just about everything they can to not only please their existing fans, but to draw new audiences to Dead Space....

Everything Liz Feldman has said about Dead to Me Season 3 WARNING: The following contains spoilers for the current season of Dead to Me She already knows what will happen in Season 3 Speaking to Refinery29, the showrunner said that she has already started thinking about the next season, and hinted that it will follow directly on from the ending of the current season, which saw some of the cast involved in a car accident....

[HTML1] It’s official, everyone’s favorite hitman will be given a video game all his own. We’re not talking about Hit Monkey, sadly, but the only super…assassin capable of making a ‘meat suit’ actually look good: Deadpool. The announcement trailer released today shows that the Merc with a Mouth’s sense of humor - yellow thought boxes and all - will certainly be captured, and that the game will absolutely be what we’d call ‘graphic....

Some other streamers take umbrage with that. According to them, these scantily-clad girl gamers are stealing their viewers and making the community look bad, encouraging the people who watch the streams to demand the same of other female streamers and pulling in viewers that might otherwise be watching other streams. ‘Dear Female Streamers’ Ignites an Important Conversation This is a debate that’s been raging on since the first girl to dared show cleavage on Twitch....

In August, Newsweek wrote that this “intensely felt and beautifully delivered memoir written by former Newsweek editor and award-winning writer Magee sheds light on what so many of us have been affected by and what so few of us can discuss with any comparable measure of grace. Shot through with hope, purpose and an unflinching love, it’s a story that must be read.” The following is an excerpt from the book’s introduction....

The 30-year-old Argentine announced his decision to miss the tournament after his defeat to American MacKenzie McDonald in the quarterfinals of the Delray Beach Open in Florida, reports Xinhua news agency. “I won’t be going to Acapulco,” the World No. 4 said. “It was always going to depend on how I felt here (at Delray Beach). And as I progressed I’ve given myself fewer chances of going to Mexico. I have to listen to my body....

This phrase stemmed from a drawing created by artist Chelsea Saunders and the editors of Current Affairs, a leftist print magazine that often posts satire. “The Campus: As It Exists in the Mind of a Conservative” is a lambastic take on how conservative talking heads envision a modern, liberal college. Complete with “Oppression Olympics” and a “Department of Intersectionality,” the campus also features a bar designated as “Cuck Zone.”...

The latest additions to the Oxford English Dictionary, announced Friday, include about 250 entries you didn’t hear about in 10th-grade English. There’s “Bollywood” and “boy band,” “gangsta” and “Gulf War Syndrome,” “retail therapy” and “road rage.” But the most ridiculous may be “D’oh!,” the expression grunted with great regularity by dim-witted Homer on Fox’s long-running “The Simpsons.” Here’s the OED’s definition: “Expressing frustration at the realization that things have turned out badly or not as planned, or that one has just said or done something foolish....

The pair are coupled up on season 31 of the Disney+ ballroom competition and have been impressing judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli with their performances so far. But some social-media users have wondered if something has happened between Brady, 50, and Carson, 29, after the actor and comedian showed up on the DWTS Instagram stories alone. Typically, ahead of an episode, the show’s couples will appear on the official Instagram to get fans excited for the upcoming edition....

The week will host both the samba and the rumba for some celebrities, both of which are dances that focus on using the hips. They’re likely to be a bit more adult than the Disney Night theme while showing off how far the celebrities have grown in the competition. So who will go home during week six? The Disney Night magic saved all celebrities from elimination, meaning none of the remaining nine dancers have been sent home....

Strangely, though, while H1Z1’s struggles have made more players appreciate the other Early Access zombie survival title on the market, like DayZ. DayZ may only be a year old, and still in Early Access, but the title has already moved 3 million units according to Bohemia Interactive. That stat in and of itself is impressive given that Bohemia Interactive’s Dean Hall urged players not to expect a finished product from DayZ....

While speaking to comedian Andrew Shultz following his knockout win over Jorge Masvidal at UFC 261, Kamaru Usman was asked to give his pick for the potential clash between Daniel Cormier and Jake Paul. Rightfully, Kamaru Usman dismissed the possibility of a competitive fight between the two and stated that Cormier was very much capable of putting a beating on Paul even when they got into a verbal spat UFC 261....

To that point, a panel was held at Comic-Con 2013 to talk about what could soon become “the Golden Age of video game movies,” as several projects with above average profiles are slated for the next few years. On hand for the panel were Deus Ex: Human Revolution screenwriter C. Robert Cargill, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li writer Justin Marks, Blur Studio’s Tim Miller, Producer Adrian Askarieh, EA Entertainment VP Patrick O’Brien, and Mortal Kombat: Legacy Director Kevin Tancharoen — a group that is well equipped to talk about video game movies past, present, and future....

Directors: Jarrod Kimber, Sam Collins Arrogance. Entitlement. Corruption. Greed. Watched a pre-screening of “Death of a Gentleman” on Thursday 23 July at the BFI Southbank. The movie starts with our heroes (Kimber and Collins) in Australia, making polite enquiries into whether test cricket will survive the advent of T20. Things get murkier as they dig deeper. Through a series of interviews with top cricket administrators in Australia, India, England and Dubai the movie packages the major events of the last four years into 90 minutes (2011- 2014)....

Published Friday by JAMA Network Open, the study assesses some of the biggest struggles Black faculty at academic medical centers have faced in recent years and suggests strategies to “dismantle” continuing structural racism. The study’s findings come amid a widespread push for diversity, equity and inclusion in professions across the country and around the world. The coronavirus pandemic highlighted existing racial and ethnic inequities in medicine and health care, as Black Americans and other minority groups were found to be at greater risk of hospitalization or death after contracting COVID-19....

Outside of his hospital shifts, Henderson took to the streets to ensure Florida’s homeless got the protection they needed. He also was a strong voice in the Black Lives Matter protests of summer 2020, following the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Speaking to Newsweek, Academy Award-winning director Orlando von Einsiedel said Henderson was a “central part” of the documentary as he represented the people fighting against social injustice....

According to police, Yadav and a friend were at the Bibiganj market getting a bite to eat when the two began to argue. The subject of their conflict is unknown, but it somehow escalated into Yadav betting his companion 2,000 rupees (a little over $28) that he could down 50 eggs there and then. The duo purchased 50 hard-boiled eggs from a vendor and Yadav set to it. He was making good time up until his 41st egg....