Divinity: Original Sin II is currently in its Early Access phase on Steam, and in an interview with PC Gamer, Larian Studios founder Swen Vincke talked about what players can expect to see from the RPG in its early stages.

The Early Access phase will introduce new features, such as additional skill trees and a "super-secret Game Master mode." The actual content, however, will be restricted to the first act, with the remaining acts releasing with the full game.

"I'm pretty sure we'll add some things on top of Act 1," Vincke said. "There’s this tutorial opening section that's missing right now, just before you arrive on the island. We don't want to spoil it too much for people that are participating in Early Access, so we want to give them sufficient content--the large majority of content, actually--on release."

Vincke added that closed betas will be held to test content past its first act.

"[W]hat you’re going to be seeing [in Early Access] is Game Master mode, new skill trees, lots of extra permutations on systems, probably some surprises that I don't even know myself yet," he continued. "New things that we're trying in the Arena mode also, because that seems to be picking up quite well. We'll see what we do with that. That will probably take us close to release."

The founder also discussed how it plans to switch out character systems throughout the Early Access period to test out different methods and see what works best. He noted that this is something Larian did with the first game, "putting system A in one week and system B in the next week." This is how the developer will figure out the best of both and meet them in the middle for an ultimately improved system, Vincke says.

"This is the cool part about Early Access, you can do these kinds of things," he explained. "It takes some effort, but it's rewarding for the players that are not participating in Early Access, or just try it out a little bit and will be playing it later, they'll get a lot of benefit from this phase of experimentation."

The PC Gamer interview delves even further into how the game will evolve through Early Access and how the ultimate, final decision is made. You can read it here.

Divinity Original Sin 2 is scheduled to release in 2017 on PC. It currently costs $45 and won't increase once it's out of its Early Access phase. In addition to the rest of the game, the full version will include more maps for the PVP Arena mode, more difficulties, a new playable Undead race, and increased content. Larian also plans to release the editor it used to make the game.

The game initially went through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, which helped increase the scope of the project through hitting stretch goals that added dynamic relationships, a new area, and the aforementioned Game Master mode.

The Xbox One's backwards compatibility program has brought many Xbox 360 titles over to the current-gen platform, and performance increases have even been seen by some games such as Red Dead Redemption and Call of Duty 2. Now, tech outlet Digital Foundry has analyzed how Call of Duty: World at War runs on the Xbox One, and the results are positive.

World at War on 360 has trouble keeping its frame rate at 60 FPS in some cutscenes, dropping below 30 FPS at times due to effects that push the engine's limits. During gameplay, World at War stays at 60 FPS more often, though drops still occur in demanding moments.

Digital Foundry says that the Xbox One is a smoother experience with frame rate drops that appear less frequently. In some moments, it can drop to 30 FPS and cause some obvious stutter, but the experience is largely smoother than that on the Xbox 360.

The popular Zombies mode was introduced in World at War, and Digital Foundry's analysis says that performance on both consoles isn't impacted as much when shooting the undead as it is when fighting enemy soldiers. Despite this, the small drops that Xbox 360 does experience are not present on the Xbox One.

"Overall then, running Call of Duty: World at War on Xbox One does indeed give us a nice uptick in performance," Digital Foundry's David Bierton said in the video above. "While not all the frame rate drops are eliminated, the smaller ones are dealt with nicely and the game spends more time hitting that important 60 FPS. And as a result, the experience is smoother across a general run of play"

Call of Duty: World at War launched on the Xbox One backwards compatibility program this week. It originally released in 2009 and received a score of 8.5/10 in GameSpot's review. Critic Chris Watters said, "By staying largely true to the formula that made Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare so successful, Call of Duty: World at War has ensured a proven level of technical quality, particularly in the multiplayer arena. On the other hand, one of Modern Warfare's strengths was its fresh approach, and by embracing a familiar setting and familiar mechanics, World at War achieves greatness but falls short of excellence."

There are more than 250 Xbox 360 games playable on Xbox One through the backwards compatibility program. You can see the full list of games here.

Following a closed alpha test that started in April, Treyarch is now inviting everyone to try out Call of Duty: Black Ops III's mod tools on PC. This is now possible as part of an open beta, which represents the "next phase of development" that will culminate in the full release sometime later.

Opening the beta to everyone gives Treyarch the ability to "more effectively address bugs, add polish, and move closer to a complete suite of PC features," the studio said in a blog post.

The open beta features an unranked server browser that lets people who have mods installed play with others who are also running mods. There is no dedicated server support yet for unranked mod servers, but that is coming sometime later.

If you own Black Ops III, you can install the mod tools through the Steam library Tool section. Included with the release is the Radiant level editor and the asset property editor, Activision explained on Steam. You can search through the game's Steam Workshop page to find a mod that looks interesting to you.

Looking ahead, Activision said it plans to continue its efforts on "enhancing the user experience and the ability to create modded content" over the coming months.

The launch of Black Ops III's mod tools beta comes about 10 months after the game originally debuted in November 2015. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare comes out this November, but Activision has not yet said if fans can expect mod tools for it.

For Black Ops III, mods created on PC are only playable on PC. Bethesda's Fallout 4 allows Xbox One players to install PC mods, but this is a rarity in console gaming.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare's new remastered version, Call of Duty Remastered, will include the famous game's multiplayer mode--and we recently saw the first footage. Now, Activision has confirmed that the multiplayer announcer from the 2007 game will also be featured in the new version.

Raven Software lead designer Amos Hodge confirmed this on Twitter (via Charlie Intel). He clarified that this pertains to the original modes, but possibly not the new ones that are being added.

Modern Warfare Remastered will have all the modes from the original as well as new ones, apparently, that have not yet been announced. The game will launch with 10 multiplayer maps, while six more will be delivered as downloadable content in December.

Hodge shared some further details on how Raven Software, which is owned by Activision and is working on Modern Warfare Remastered, is updating the classic for new consoles.

Modern Warfare Remastered is included with Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's premium editions, which start at $80. Activision has not said if Modern Warfare Remastered will ever be offered on its own.

Infinite Warfare comes out on November 4 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.