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Evolve gets a new, free, and faster-paced Arena Mode

The multiplayer shooter gets a new mode today, and it’s completely free. Arena Mode takes the 4-vs-1 gameplay — where four players take on a monster that a fifth controls — and puts it inside smaller arenas (hence the name). This ditches some of the normal game’s long and sometimes tedious tracking of the beast.

New Evolve patch weakens its strongest monster

Evolve’s 1.3 patch, which comes out today for PC and next week for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, weakens many of the abilities of the Wraith monster. Developer Turtle Rock has reduced the speed of her Warp and Warp Blast abilities, and the duration of her Supernova spell is reduced by 50 percent.