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An armed operator leans from a car during a chase through a Paris street in Modern Warfare 4.
First Operator Prestige workaround

Modern Warfare 4 DMZ Prestige not working?

Check your first Operator Prestige requirements and remove spare equipment before using the launch workaround.

GamerGuru Guides Desk · 25 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
Bianca and Nera smile beside the floating white creature Fluffy in a rocky landscape
The Withered World / A party of your own

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World preview

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World lets you recruit creatures in the field and combine them into new companions. Its adventure begins on 3 December.

GamerGuru Previews Desk · 24 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
An armed operator leans from a car during a chase through a Paris street in Modern Warfare 4.
Launch purchase requirements

Is Modern Warfare 4 on Game Pass?

Choose a full game edition, check Xbox Play Anywhere and separate your purchase from online or cloud membership.

GamerGuru Guides Desk · 24 Oct 2026 · 2 min read
A wheeled mech faces orange crystals, ruined towers and a waterfall in the Sandswept Highlands.
Building beyond the old fields

A home in Lightyear Frontier's new wilderness

Lay out holograms before adding materials, then furnish a home as deliveries help the Colonies grow.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 24 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
Genji faces a shielded opponent during Stadium combat on a futuristic Overwatch map
Stadium ranked access

Overwatch: how to unlock Stadium Competitive

Check the correct ten-win counter, the returning-player exemption and a competitive suspension before starting more matches.

GamerGuru Guides Desk · 23 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
An airship flies above green islands in Final Fantasy Resonance
Launch bonus pickup

Final Fantasy Resonance: how to claim bonuses

Find your owned packs at the Mitra postbox, then use the right key for your chocobo or airship.

GamerGuru Guides Desk · 23 Oct 2026 · 2 min read
Hope looks down at a red-cased phone beneath neon signs in Shenyang.
An artist investigates her own city

Hope in the City's clues begin in a sketchbook

Hope in the City follows a young artist searching for her missing parents. Connect sketches into breakthroughs before its 11 November PC and Xbox launch.

GamerGuru Previews Desk · 22 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
An F-16 fighter carrying missiles and bombs flies above the sea in War Thunder
Daily vehicle research

War Thunder research bonus: how to unlock

Find the qualifying arrow, check each target and separate an exhausted daily allowance from a lost top-vehicle unlock.

GamerGuru Guides Desk · 22 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
A Volkswagen Golf in official Rocket League Season 24 promotional artwork
Network settings

Rocket League input buffer: STS or CSTS?

Compare the strength of time scaling, then use the queue and loss readings to decide what to keep.

GamerGuru Tech & Hardware Desk · 21 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
Official Dead by Daylight artwork showing a skull-shaped Mori icon against a dark background
Finisher Mori requirements

Dead by Daylight: how to Mori the last survivor

Check the free finisher, the two-survivor hook condition and a missing Kill prompt before spending offerings.

GamerGuru Guides Desk · 21 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

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