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🎮 Halo is coming to PS5, but Gears of War: E-Day reportedly isn't, Xbox's exclusivity strategy just got a lot more confusing

🎮 Halo: Campaign Evolved is officially launching on PS5, marking the first time Xbox's flagship franchise arrives on a PlayStation console.

⚔️ Meanwhile, Gears of War: E-Day has reportedly dropped its PS5 plans and is now set to remain an Xbox console exclusive.

💚 One of Xbox's biggest exclusives is crossing over to PlayStation...

🩸 While another is reportedly being pulled back behind the Xbox wall.

🎮 Modern Warfare 4's DMZ is looking absolutely massive

🌍 Set on Hajin, a map bigger than Al Mazrah that spans North Korea, South Korea, and Russia

🔥 Every country feels like its own battlefield, with different AI, vehicles, voices, and combat encounters depending on where you're fighting.

🔥 Includes three ways to play:
• Story Missions
• Dynamic Operations
• Free Roam

⚔️ PvP remains the core focus, with no plans for a PvE-only mode

🏆 New Bounty Hunter system tracks the deadliest players and features a weekly Top 50 leaderboard

🏠 A new Forward Operating Base acts as your social hub where you can:
• Meet up with your squad
• Practice in the firing range
• Upgrade loadouts
• Manage missions
• Purchase gear from vendors

🖨️ Extracted materials can be crafted into useful items using an in-game 3D printer

🔫 Weapons and equipment can be purchased and customized using in-game cash

📦 Features a persistent stash, allowing players to build long-term progression

🧬 Dedicated progression includes a new Trait System that lets you develop your Operator over time

☁️ Dynamic weather and a living world aim to make every deployment feel different

🚑 Downed teammates can now be physically dragged to safety before reviving them

❌ The old "Plea for Help" system has been removed

👥 Matches support up to 20 squads of 3 players, with matchmaking prioritizing similar squad sizes

🎖️ New MIA Recovery System lets players recover lost Operators using in-game cash, with higher-level Operators costing more to bring back

📖 Events from the MW4 campaign directly impact the DMZ exclusion zone, making it closely connected to the main story

🎮 DMZ is included with Modern Warfare 4 as a core mode and won't be free-to-play like the original DMZ Beta.

🔥 Stellar Blade: Blood Rain has officially been announced featuring a new protagonist

▫️ Set in the same universe as Stellar Blade

▫️ Continues the story of the original game

▫️ Same development team behind the first game

▫️ The biggest change so far is the setting — instead of the lonely, ruined environments from the first game, Blood Rain takes place in a fully populated city packed with people and activity

▫️ It looks like a huge change of pace for the series and could make the world feel much more alive and dynamic

▫️ Combat looks more focused on straight hands and close-range fighting

▫️ Platforms have not been revealed yet

▫️ The original Stellar Blade was a PS5 exclusive before later coming to PC, but the sequel reportedly won’t be PlayStation-exclusive at launch