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Patrick Klepek
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Senior reporter at Kotaku, streaming Mario deaths at youtube.com/patrickklepek

Treyarch’s announced that modding and map creation tools are officially coming to Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, with a closed alpha test scheduled for next March. There will be an open beta at a later date, however, and they’re going to include things like unranked server browsers to make mod searching easier. Read more

Sony’s announced its PlayStation Plus lineup for November, which includes The Walking Dead: Season Two and Magika 2 on PS4. PS3 owners are getting Mass Effect 2 and Beyond Good & Evil; it’s Dragon Fin Soup and Invizimals on Vita. Read more

Electronic Arts has announced that Mirror’s Edge Catalyst has been delayed from February 23 until May 24. No specific reason was given for the delay, other than needing more time for polish. We’ve waited years already, so why not a few more months? That’s what I’m trying to tell myself, anyway. Read more

Warner Bros. is selling Batman: Arkham Knight on PC again, and anyone who’s bought (or buys) it before November 16 will get every Arkham game for free. A “community challenge pack” will arrive first for PC owners in January, and the DLC that’s already come out on consoles should be coming for PC players soon. Read more

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Rocket League is getting an awesome-looking (free!) update in November called mutators, which introduces a bunch of new game types, including low-gravity mode, bigger versions of the ball, slow-motion, and more.

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Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games is bringing an on-rails rollercoaster horror game to PlayStation VR called Until Dawn: Rush of Blood. Sony’s said its VR headset should launch sometime next year.