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Comcast, the parent company of NBCUniversal, which owns the Peacock streaming service, has reported its Q1 2022 earnings. In today’s earnings report, Peacock’s paid subscriber count is up 4 million subscribers, up 40% since the end of 2021. Of the 28 million current subscribers, 13 million are paying subscribers, up 9 million from last quarter.

In its conference call, Comcast CEO and Chair Brian Roberts stated the streaming platform has seen a 25% increase in engagement year over year. However, the company doesn’t expect this sort of growth to continue.

We expect more modest subscriber gains until we get to the back half of this year. We expect a great fourth quarter with exciting sporting events like Sunday Night Football and Premier League.

This year’s streaming platform has made some improvements to the service. On Sundays in May, Peacock will stream 18 Major League Baseball games. Apple TV+ also has MLB games added to their lineup. This is a result of sports being a popular content type that viewers want to watch on streaming platforms like Apple TV+. Additionally, NBC shows will become exclusive to the platform this fall, leaving Hulu.

The news of this growth also comes after Netflix lost 200,000 subscribers this quarter. One reason for slow growth was competition from other streaming services. With competitors adding live sports to their lineups, should Netflix do the same to revive itself?

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Comcast and its partnership with Charter was also reported. The two cable giants are banding together to create a new streaming platform on 4K devices and smart TVs.

With a decade’s worth of content to explore, Warframe can be intimidating, especially for those who are just starting out. Players who can put up with the high-octane space-mech killing gameplay and ninja flipping will discover one of the best plots in gaming. The game recently concluded a long-running, highly dramatic plot centered around the Lotus, players’ collective Space Mom. And with Wednesday’s new update, Angels of the Zariman, developer Digital Extremes has opened a new act for a universe that has grown to rival canons like Warhammer 40K.

The world of Warframe takes place in the Origin System — a far-future, very sci-fi version of our Sol system — after the fall of the gilded Orokin Empire. You play the part of an Operator for the Warframes. This is a mecha-organic killing machine that protects innocents against supersoldiers and space hypercapitalists. Warframe also keeps a major part of its core premise secret until about 25 hours in — and the community carefully guards that spoiler from new players.

Image: Digital Extremes

“Our biggest failure rate is how do you get a player from finishing the tutorial to The Second Dream?” community and live operations director Rebecca Ford said in a call with Polygon. “That’s the minefield of ‘Oh, god, will someone make it through’ for us, so that needs some patchwork repair — this update does a pretty good job at removing unnecessary obstacles, but it’s clear to us that getting someone there is what makes them actually like or love Warframe.”

For years, the focus of the game has been on the relationship between the player and the mysterious, maternal Lotus. Ford happens to be the voice behind this character. Now that The New War expansion has resolved that story, Angels of the Zariman is set to crack into several of the other weird, wild parts of the Warframe universe.

And for the uninitiated, Warframe truly does get bizarre, going to places where other games are afraid to tread. You will be accompanied by a group of social revolutionaries on Venus, who use robot bodies and labor to pay off their debt. This quest zone is a major one. A second hub centers around family drama. Except that the family is actually a group of scientists who have been consumed by an alternate reality. This is a bit more complex than the killing of eight boars in a wooded area.

“We make [our characters] as human as possible, under a wrapping paper that feels like it’s on space LSD,” said Ford.

Angels of the Zariman was created to celebrate the victory of The New War but also give us a new start. It’s an exciting transition for the writers team. Ford stated that it was a creative exercise, and also served an audience who has placed more trust in Ford than they might have put in themselves. “As a creator, you’re always questioning your decisions, like ‘is this the right choice?’ But when you have an audience to reinforce things, it makes it a much less lonesome feeling.”

As the release to Angels of the Zariman approached, Digital Extremes’ communications have been “hijacked” by a mysterious figure, and fans are already speculating as to who this could be — and dreaming of how they might be able to befriend him, like we have with many of the other NPCs in the game. Even players who aren’t into the nitty-gritty endgame are banding together to solve Zariman-related ARGs and to wildly speculate on plot ramifications. The players are also taking time to send Signal-Chan, a mysterious character that they have created together with others characters like AI Cephalon Cy, the traumatized spaceship AI Cephalon Cy. (Listen, it’s not as weird as it sounds in a setting like Warframe. )

As for what’s next: We may have seen hints of that in the past, specifically in the 2019 TennoCon trailer for the Duviri Paradox, which showed an older Operator wandering through a realm outside of time and reality. Ford stated that players would be well advised to examine every part of the update in order to discover what possible paradoxes might be created. “We’re very committed to blowing your mind with logic … which won’t make much sense until it happens. There’s one or two details in this update that will serve as a foundation for Duviri. You can find interesting things if you look hard

One of the Week 6 quests for Chapter 3 Season 2 in Fortnite‘s Battle Royale mode requires you to “deal 100 damage or more to an opponent with one bullet.” To do this, you’ll need some specific guns, as the majority of weapons are completely incapable of doing that much damage. Our Fortnite weekly quest guide explains how to deal 100 damage with one bullet easily.

The easiest way to accomplish the task is to use a sniper rifle or specific shotguns. Any of these :

can be used.

• Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle
• Heavy Sniper Rifle
• Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle
• Storm Scout (Exotic, purchased from The Foundation in Sanctuary)
• Ranger Shotgun
• Striker Pump Shotgun

For most of these, you’ll need to land a headshot to actually do 100 damage. But the higher the rarity, the more damage the gun does — so if you use a Legendary Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle, it will deal over 100 damage with one bullet, even if it’s a body shot.

We recommend using a Heavy Sniper Rifle or Ranger Shotgun (which both deal over 100 damage on their own, without the need for a headshot or high-rarity version). However, if you can’t find one, you can upgrade a Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle to Legendary status at a workbench.

If you’re going with the lower-rarity headshot method, IO Guards make for easy targets. We recommend hunting them down in Command Cavern or The Fortress.

Once you complete this quest, you’ll get 20,000 XP, which should help you boost up your battle pass level substantially.

Call of Duty returns to Modern Warfare in 2022, developer Infinity Ward and Activision confirmed Thursday in tweets that showed the logo and the title of the next game in the series, which appears to be, simply, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. This year’s entry in the enduring shooter franchise is expected to arrive on consoles and PC sometime later this year.

On Twitter, the game’s official account teased “the new era of Call of Duty is coming,” and posted a brief teaser video. That video offers little more than an aesthetic tease, but very briefly shows the logo for Task Force 141, the international spec ops unit that served as the principal protagonists of the original Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 released in 2009.

(This year’s game may technically be titled Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, in an attempt to differentiate it from the other game that bears that name, based on the above logo. The Call of Duty: Black Ops games have used Roman numerals for sequels, including the unusual Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII. )

The next Call of Duty is a direct sequel to 2019’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Infinity Ward’s reboot of the sub-brand that started in 2007 with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The 2019 Modern Warfare has been the most successful Call of Duty title to date, Activision has said.

Activision has reportedly shown the new Modern Warfare 2 privately this week to NFL draft prospects in Las Vegas, and is expected to show the game more widely soon.

A new premium Call of Duty game isn’t the only shooter Activision has planned for the property this year; a new Warzone game, a “built from the ground-up,” free-to-play shooter with battle royale elements, is also coming in 2022. The original Call of Duty: Warzone was released in March 2020, and was part of the previous Modern Warfare‘s season 2 content. Since then, Activision and developer Raven Software have updated Warzone with content from Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War and Call of Duty: Vanguard.

In Rogue Legacy 2, you, your heirs, and your heirs’ heirs are all given the opportunity to die by the hands of monsters in a quest for gold and glory — as nature always intended. Now that the roguelite is moving out of early access, we have a few new (and updated) tips to set you on your way. Onward to death(s)!

To save or spend?

After your first run, each new run begins with handing over whatever gold you have left over after upgrades to Charon as he ferries you back to the castle. After hitting level 12 you can unlock The Living Safe that allows you to stash away 10% of your leftovers before you hop back into Charon’s boat. This may lessen the sting of his price a bit — but 90% of that sting is still there!

Try to use as much gold as possible on castle, weapon, or rune upgrades first before paying off Big C — even if that means making a lesser upgrade before the one you really want. Your chances of having a successful future are higher, as most of your gold will soon be gone, so it’s worth trying to get the best bang for your dollar. And remember that Charon is happy to accept zero gold if that’s all you have.

Unlock Health upgrades and Classes first

Very early in Rogue Legacy 2, your primary focus should just be snagging as much gold as you can in your first few unforgiving runs. You’ll start to unlock new perks as you build your castle, but for now keep your focus on upgrading your health and unlocking new classes as soon as you can.

Image: Cellar Door Games via Polygon

You may find another class that is a far better fit for you than the starting Knight, and having a larger health bar will buy you some time to experiment with your character’s abilities. Try out classes with more range like the Ranger or versatility in attack direction like the Valkyrie. You might be shocked by how much you enjoy playing as a lowly Cook and his surprisingly useful frying pan.

After that, take a look at unlocking the various NPCs that you can interact with on the dock, like the Blacksmith and Enchantress. Once those characters are available, you’ll need to start paying attention to other attributes — like equipment and rune weights or your level of resolve — but there’s no need to worry about them early on when they won’t even apply to your runs. …

Learn to use the Architect

One of the characters you’ll unlock as you expand your castle is the Architect, an older gentleman who’ll join you on the dock. The Architect has the ability to lock the dungeon rooms in place as you last encountered them … for a price.

Image: Cellar Door Games via Polygon

This can be extremely useful, especially if you’ve discovered a boss or a challenge and want to take a run at with a fresh character. If you only made it to an Estuary with your last sliver of life left, have the Architect lock the world into place and then transport directly to your goal instead of starting over from scratch. Just don’t expect to hold onto too much gold if you need to use him more than once or twice in a row. He won’t be able to keep his prices down for very long.

Keep an eye out for secrets

It’s important to take the time and be thorough in all rooms, no matter how difficult they may appear. After clearing out the space, make sure to check for cracks or holes in walls.

Image: Cellar Door Games via Polygon

If you come across these areas, use Magic to blast your way in and claim your treasure! It’s not a common reward, but it is a good way to be rewarded for looking for the details. You’ll usually be caught up with larger goals, but five extra seconds in a room might net you a few hundred extra gold!

Therefore …

All that glitters is not gold

When choosing your heir, you’ll be faced with a variety of randomly generated options — their class, spells, talents, and any other randomized heirlooms that will come along with them. That may also include traits that can handicap your run with the tradeoff of a higher percentage of gold collected.

Image: Cellar Door Games via Polygon

Stick with the 25-50% bonuses. These traits are often not annoying, and sometimes can be quite funny. Once you start seeing 100-200% percent bonuses, though, you’ll be wasting a run unless you’re at the absolute top of your game.

That being said, sometimes the laughs that Rogue Legacy 2 provides are worth it, and you just need to see what your Myopic, Colorblind, one-hit-kill Mage is really capable of!

Challenge yourself

There are two challenges that you’ll come across early in the game — the chance to gain either Ananke’s Shawl or Aesop’s Tome — and you should definitely try to conquer these as soon as you can.

Image: Cellar Door Games via Polygon

The Shawl is particularly useful, as it allows you to use your dash maneuver in the air as well as on the ground, giving you more options in battle, as well as opening up parts of rooms that might otherwise be inaccessible.

The Tome allows you to access tips from the glowing blue orbs and other helpful spirits you see scattered around the world. But, to be totally honest, there don’t seem to be many “puzzles” early on that are so confounding that you won’t be able to crack them on your own.

Bonus Tip: Smash everything!! (Except the things you shouldn’t! )

Almost everything — chairs, tables, books, lanterns, chairs, candles, and (obviously) enemies — is smashable in Rogue Legacy 2, and there’s a good chance it’ll give you a coin or two when you destroy it. You shouldn’t destroy all lanterns and crates in rooms that appear to have only lanterns. At least not until after you take a look as to what they might be making accessible to you when you jump on top of them.