Two New Free Maps For Black Ops IIII

Even though it has been out for a couple of months at the most, Treyarch have been doing a great job in adding fun content to Call of Duty Black Ops IIII. The most recent update of course improved and changed a few things, but the most notable thing added are two new maps.

The first thing I want to mention is that these two maps are free! So even if you do not have the Black Ops Pass also calling these “new” maps is a bit of a stretch as they are actually variants of two existing maps. Still, the inclusion of these two maps takes the overall count up to 17 which is very impressive.

The two map variants are,

Firing Range Night

As the name suggests this is the Firing Range map, but now the battle is taking place at night. What is rather interesting about this is that it makes the Firing Range map take a rather different tone. Not just in the way that it looks, but in how it plays. For example, it is much easier to hide and sneak around now.

Seaside Sunset

The Seaside Map is one of my favorites from a design point of view. This little Spanish town has certainly seen some stuff that is for sure. The sunset theme is really neat, but it is the torrential rain that makes this new take on the Seaside map. It actually looks pretty cool and certainly freshens the map up a bit, but I am not sure if it adds anything to the map from a gameplay point of view.

Getting more content is always great. While these are just variants of the maps we have already been playing on. There is no denying that their inclusion helps to keep multiplayer fresh as it is two extra maps added to the mix.

Red Dead Redemption II Has Battle Royale Mode!

Red Dead Redemption II was a runaway success and as great as the single player campaign was, it was only half the package.

Well Red Dead Redemption II online is here on Xbox One in its beta form and it is actually far more polished than you would think. While there are some great game modes here and exploring that wide open world is a lot of fun. As is taking on missions by yourself, or teaming up and working as a gang of outlaws.

It is the fact that Red Dead Redemption has its own Battle Royale mode that has gotten so many people excited. Rather than just call it, Red Dead Battle Royale. Rockstar has gone for the more imaginative name of, Make It Count.

Make It Count is awesome and something that works incredibly well in the world of Red Dead Redemption II. The way this mode works is that you are thrown into the map and you only have your bow and arrow or throwing knives to defend yourself with. The idea is the same as all other Battle Royale games where you want to be the last one standing. Also like other Battle Royale games, the size of the area that you will be trying to survive in will be shirking.

This is just one of the modes that is part of Red Dead Redemption II online, but it is pretty fun to see that the folks at Rockstar are getting in on this Battle Royale craze that appears to be showing no signs of going away.