Halo 5: Guardians kicks off February season with matchmaking hotfix

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Halo 5: Guardians is ready to kick off its February season, but the folks at 343 Industries have noticed something is amiss in regards to matchmaking. Apparently, those Arena players that have made it into Onyx and Champions rankings have been able to exploit a few aspects of the matchmaking system. The developer is now looking to fix that up with a quick update.

"Based on feedback from the community, we are making some tweaks to the Onyx and Champion CSR," states the latest Halo: Waypoint post. "Players noticed that it was possible to place into Champion (at least temporarily) simply by being the first 200 people in Onyx to complete their placement matches in a season. We are doing two things to increase the competitiveness for Champions. First, the new minimum CSR to earn a Champion rank will be 1800 rather than 1500. Additionally, we've placed a cap on the highest CSR you can earn after your placement matches at 1700. These changes will make Champions a more elite group and reward players that prove they're amongst the top in the world."

This should only affect the higher percentage of Halo 5 players and will not affect the average player's experience. In fact, no download is even necessary to implement this server-side hotfix.

Halo 5's February season will be the first to include the Infinity's Armory update, which debuts the Riptide map in Arena mode, among other major additions. For a reminder of what that includes, check out the video below.

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Destiny servers down on PlayStation 4

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Bungie has revealed PlayStation 4 owners are currently experiencing connectivity issues when attempting to access Destiny.

In a tweet sent out a moment ago, Bungie says it's "aware of issues preventing some PlayStation 4 users from playing Destiny." As of now, the team is investigating what the problem could be, which we hope is fixed sooner rather than later considering we need to prepare for the big Crimson Event going on next week.

The last time Destiny suffered some down was just last month, although that time it was Xbox One owners clamoring for some assistance in order to play the game. That downtime lasted for several hours and appeared to be an issue with Xbox Live itself.

We have reached out to both Sony and Bungie for comment and will update this story when we hear back from them. In the meantime, if you absolutely need to brush up on your Destiny skills, why not check out one of our extremely helpful guides?

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Carolina Panthers will win Super Bowl 50 according to Madden NFL 16

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The Super Bowl is taking place this weekend, but Electronic Arts has already predicted a winner using Madden NFL 16. Sorry, people of Omaha, Nebraska and the fine folks at Omaha Steaks as the Denver Broncos will not be winning this weekend’s game.

The Madden NFL 16 Super Bowl prediction was officially released and crowned the Carolina Panthers as NFL Champions this year with a score of 24 - 20. According to the prediction video, the Panthers will be up 17 - 0 by halftime, although the Broncos will make a serious comeback in the 3rd quarter with a score of 17 - 13, with the Panthers still on top. In the 4th quarter, the Broncos will continue to dominate as the team surpasses the Panthers with a score of 20 - 17, although in the seconds leading up to the end of the game, Newton takes matters into his own hands and runs in to score the final touchdown, ending the game at 24 - 20.

Madden NFL 15 was able to accurately predict the score of Super Bowl XLIX, even going as far as predicting some of the big plays that would occur in the game. Will Madden NFL 16 be able to make this a repeat? Only time will tell as we’ll all certainly be keeping a close eye on this weekend’s big game.

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