Arnav Shukla

Counter-Strike 2‘s Rush mode is a fast-paced, queued three-vs-three game type built around a rotating pool of 15 new maps. Instead of the traditional bomb-defusal format, Rush uses a tug-of-war scoring system centered on a single control tower, and matches can be won in as few as four rounds. Rush is a brand new three-vs-three mode played on small, Arena-style maps. These maps are specifically designed for the gamemod rather than being adapted from Competitive maps like in the Wingman gamemode.

Infinity Ward is buffing SMGs to shorten time-to-kill (TTK) on outlier weapons and adjusting perks and spawns for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 (COD MW4), ahead of the Oct. 23 launch. The studio detailed the Modern Warfare 4 beta changes in the first episode of The Ward Room, after feedback from two beta weekends. Infinity Ward wants launch TTK to stay close to beta weekend two, but the developers found that the Sub-Machine Gun class was notably lagging behind their counterparts.

Minecraft is getting its first new dimension in more than 14 years. At Minecraft Live 2026, Mojang confirmed The Sift will arrive on Java and Bedrock Edition in 2027. The Sift joins the Overworld, the Nether, and the End as the game’s fourth official dimension, bringing a whole new world to explore in Minecraft.