The Resort Collectibles Overview

• Artifacts: 2
• Trading Cards: 1
• Journal Entries: 1
• Workbenches: 1

Journal Entry - Rattler Van

After passing the train ticket station, there are more Rattlers patrolling outside the cafe. Once they’re all dead, approach the van with the Rattler graffiti. Interact with it to add it to your journal.

Artifact - Santa Barbara Slave Note

After climbing up the tank truck and seeing where you need to go you’ll automatically drop down to the other sidewalk forward and go to the crate and cargo on the far left (before continuing through the fence). While looting supplies turn around and look at the dead body. To the right of that body is a barrel with a note attached to it.

Pushing Inland Collectibles Overview

• Artifacts: 3
• Trading Cards: 1
• Journal Entries: 1
• Workshops: 1

Artifact - Abby’s Note

You start this section on a boat. Immediately turn left and pick up the note on the counter.

Artifact - Mansion Note

Once you get up to the street from the beach below, start moving down the road - being wary of infected (including Stalkers!). Look for a U-Haul outside a garage, and head right to enter the open garage where you can find a note.

2425 Constance Collectibles Overview

• Artifacts: 1

Artifact - Rattlers Outside Note

As you move down the street, some infected will appear on the right - take them down quietly. More of them are inside the house - address number 2418 - that they wandered out of. Go in to kill them and loot for supplies if you’d like as well as a note on the toilet in the bathroom.

Looking for more Collectibles in The Last of Us Part Two? Find even more artifacts and trading cards in Chapter 10's Pushing Inland and The Resort. Be sure to also check out our complete The Last of Us 2 Collectible Hub to find every secret in every chapter and location.

The Escape Collectibles Overview

• Coins: 1
• Workbenches: 1

Coin - Arkansas

Just after you leave the first small store and before you go under the truck with ‘Harst Brewer’ on it turn left and there’s a coin behind the shopping cart

Workbench Location - Building Entered via Window

After getting through the watery distillery and abandoned bar, filled with WLF soldiers, you’ll be outside again. Jump over the brick wall. Follow Lev. Approach the ladder and boost Lev up to it. Climb up the ladder too and turn right. Climb into the window of the building ahead and approach the workbench in this small room.

The Island Collectibles Overview

• Artifacts: 4
• Coins: 3
• Workbenches: 1

Training Manual - Crafting

If you haven’t found this training manual in a previous area, you may find it on the island. When you get to the top of the ladder, ignore Yara for a second and cut to the left. Go inside the truck and in the back is a training manual called Identify Counter and Destroy.

Coin - Idaho

Explore the open truck on the left when you climb up the first ladder to a road. Even further into the truck is a coin in the back left corner.

Artifact - WLF Scout Journal

Just after climbing up the ladder and going right from the open truck, you’ll find one WLF soldier strung up and another on the ground. Loot the body on the ground to fight his note.

The Marina Collectibles Overview

• Artifacts: 1
• Coins: 2

Coin - Kansas

As soon as the chapter starts, turn around and walk up the small stairs to admire the view. On the ground is a coin.

Coin - Louisiana

Follow Yara and you’ll reach a train station. Pause and walk on the right of the ramp. There, you’ll see a bucket with a melee weapon in it and a coin on the ground.

Artifact - The Marina Note

Before going up the red ladder on the dock, move ahead and jump over the concession stand. Then check the counter for a note.

In a press release, Square Enix announced Marvels Avengers next-gen version will be released in holiday 2020. Owners can upgrade for free.

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Following a massively successful first season on Netflix, The Witcher is set to resume production on its second season. In March, The Witcher became one of the first series to halt production in wake of now-rampant COVID-19 pandemic. Today, Netflix confirmed the second season will resume production on August 17.

I’m dusting off my lute and quill,
I have some news, some mead to spill:
After all the months we’ve been apart
It’s time for production to restart.
The Witcher and his bard – who’s flawless,
Will reunite on set 17 August.

— The Witcher (@witchernetflix) June 22, 2020

The Witcher stars Henry Cavill, Freya Allan, and Anya Chalotra. Its debut season premiered on Netflix on December 20, 2019 to strong reception and even stronger viewership, with Netflix touting more than 76 million viewers watching at least two minutes of the series within the first month. The renewed interest in the franchise also spiked sales for 2015's The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

While we don't know if this production delay will also delay the scheduled release of the second season on Netflix, The Witcher's sophomore effort was announced for release sometime in 2021.

[Source: The Witcher on Twitter]

The Last of Us Part II's journey to release has been riddled with well-documented strife, from multiple delays to users review bombing the game on Metacritic even though they haven't played it yet. But when you cancel out the noise and actually experience Naughty Dog's latest title, does it live up to the immensely high bar set by its lauded predecessor? Find out as we break down the game's story and discuss why Ellie's tale has Joe Juba, Andrew Reiner, Andy McNamara, and me emotionally exhausted, yet utterly spellbound.

I cannot emphasize enough that we spoil almost every single major story beat from The Last of Us Part II while also showing said footage from our time playing the game. If you want to be fresh and experience the game for yourself (which you unequivocally should do), please bookmark this page and come back to us when you've completed your playthrough. I promise it will be worth it.

If you enjoyed the video and want more coverage of The Last of Us Part II, be sure to check our spoiler-free tips, the written review, and the video review!

Ground Zero Collectibles Overview

• Artifacts: 5
• Coins: 2
• Workbenches: 1

Coin - Washington

Follow Nora but before you walk down the long hallway with her go behind the counter of the hospital cafe. Pick up the coin under the register.

Artifact - Annex Letter

Move to the hallway with the balcony overlooking the floors below, and crawl under the office furniture blocking the doorway before the stairs down. There’s a body laying on the ground in front of the sink, next to it is a note.

The Descent Collectibles Overview

• Artifacts: 3
• Coins: 5
• Safes: 1

Coin - Illinois

As soon as this section begins, drop to the bottom of the pool and pick up the coin.

Artifact - Gym Safe Combo

Enter the Juice Bar and jump the counter to go into the kitchen. Approach the corkboard and pick up the note. There’s a hint for the safe that says “the code is the same as the wifi.”

Exit and walk ahead to the gym. Behind the desk is a sign that says Free Wi-Fi with the password written underneath. That’s the safe code: 12-18-79

The Shortcut Collectibles Overview

• Artifacts: 3
• Coins: 4
• Workbenches: 1
• Safes: 1

Artifact - Amputation Supplies

You’re automatically carrying the amputation supplies note.

Coin - Nevada

Go into the Barber Shop once this section begins, after Lev points out the tall building, you can find it to the right. Check behind the register for another coin to add to your collection.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more people are staying home and playing video games. As such, spending on gaming has grown, and Electronic Arts is among the companies that is benefitting. In a new "fireside chat," EA CFO Blake Jorgensen said the company is expected to announce its biggest-ever Q1, which runs April-June.

EA said in May that it expects to make $5.525 billion in revenue and a profit of $978 million for the period, which is a record for Q1, but Jorgensen said that the real numbers will be even bigger than that.

The full numbers will be announced during EA's earnings report on July 30, but Jorgensen said today, "What I will tell you is it has been much stronger than we anticipated."

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On June 25, Borderlands 3 will get its third campaign expansion, Bounty of Blood. In a GameSpot Play For All interview (which is embedded below), Gearbox creative director Matt Cox talked about four new additions that the DLC will implement into Borderlands 3's combat loop.

"We wanted to take four gameplay objects and throw them into the combat mix," Cox said. "So while we still have that core loop going on, we have different avenues of different styles of combat and ways to negotiate all the craziness in Borderlands."

Each of these four new gameplay objects are designed to encourage the player to tackle combat a little bit differently in Bounty of Blood. "So there's something called a traitor weed where if you shoot it, it releases these bugs that turn enemies to your side for eight to nine seconds," Cox said. "And a core-sploder, if you melee it, it will shotgun out high-damage shrapnel. There's also a breezer, which acts sort of like a jump-pad but it soars you into the air by a puff of air. And then there's a telezapper, which is essentially a teleporter--it lets the player travel from point A to point B instantaneously."

The Coast Collectibles Overview

• Artifacts: 3
• Coins: 4
• Workbenches: 1
• Safes: 1

Workbench Location - White Door to the Warehouse

Go to the blue cargo container and climb up to hop the fence. Head to the left and enter the white door of the nearby building. There’s a workbench inside and plenty of supplies in the room.

Long Holster Location - Workshop Warehouse

In the warehouse beyond the room with the workbench that you first enter in this area, look in the small office below the window escape, and you may find a holster here for long weapons if you haven’t already.

Coin - Alabama

After clearing out the Infected in the shipping yard on the other side of the building. Move towards the roads past the police car and climb up onto an upper level - putting you in sight of the ferris wheel. Turn around and move the opposite direction from your goal to find a skeletal body along the road with a coin you can collect.

Space Invaders: Invincible Collection is coming to Switch, and it'll bundle together 11 Space Invaders games from between 1978 and 2018. The bundle, which is exclusive to Nintendo's console, has been confirmed for a limited physical release from Strictly Limited Games, and preorders will open on Sunday, June 28.

The game is something of a collector's item in Japan, where it released in March in numerous different versions. Over there, four games were locked to the more expensive and limited Special Edition; that is not the case for the western release.

This is the most complete collection of Space Invaders games ever released, and it will include the following 11 games, ported by Gotch Technology:

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The Forest Collectibles Overview

• Artifacts: 1
• Workbenches: 1

Workbench - Auto Shop

Found after you fight against the large Seraphite with the two-handed hammer, retrieve your pack and then open the gate to find shelter, and the workbench will be found on the left corner of the garage.

Artifact - Failed Truce

Once you enter the auto shop, proceed into a backroom kitchen area, and look on a table opposite some vending machines to find a note left behind.

Training Manual - Firearms

From the auto shop’s backroom, head right to enter a waiting room, and the training manual may be found on a cabinet against the window by a boarded up door.

Hostile Territory Collectibles Overview

• Artifacts: 12
• Coins: 1
• Workbenches: 1
• Safes: 1

Artifact - Scar’s Suicide Note

When you leave Manny behind, head through an alley and down until you spot a brick building with the words “Tang’s Fabric & Imports” painted on, and turn around to see an open window across the alley leading to a small room with a dead Seraphite, who holds a note in his pocket.

Training Manual - Close Quarters

Possibly located in the same room as the dead Seraphite across from the import building, you can find this manual on a kitchen counter.

With Star Wars, EA has one of the most sought-after licenses in all of entertainment--and the company plans to take full advantage of it. In a "fireside chat," EA executives spoke about how the company plans to "double down" on Star Wars after the huge success of Star Wars: Battlefront 1 and 2, Galaxy of Heroes, and Jedi Fallen Order more recently.

"Up is my hope--up and to the right," EA CEO Andrew Wilson said about where he hopes the company will take Star Wars in the future. "We have a tremendous relationship with Disney. We have a tremendous relationship with Lucas. We have a longstanding relationship with them going all the way back to Star Wars The Old Republic that we launched in 2011."

Wilson called out Star Wars: Battlefront 1 and 2 as top-performers from EA's partnership with Disney on Star Wars. Those games have combined to sell around 35 million copies, he said. Wilson added that the mobile game Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes has enjoyed "extraordinary" success, and it continues to perform well. Additionally, Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order sold 10 million copies to stand out as another big success.

The Forward Base Collectibles Overview

• Artifacts: 1
• Coins: 3
• Workbenches: 1

Coin - California

As soon as you exit the truck, look to your right to see a group of four WLF Soldiers chatting. There’s a small ramp right behind them with a red railing, and you can find a coin by going up behind them to find it near the railing.

Coin - New Mexico

As soon as you enter the base staging area and get checked in, you can spot a large group of WLF Soldiers chatting on your left, in front of a tent. Make your way around the group to some green crates to find a coin left on top of one - by a soldier sitting on another green crate.

Workbench Location - Tent Full of Soldiers and Supplies

You can get some extra supplies in the tent of soldiers on the left, near the start of the area. There’s a bench there too.

On Foot Collectibles Overview

• Artifacts: 1
• Coins: 4
• Workbenches: 1
• Safes: 1

Coin - Kentucky

As soon as you enter the warehouse and seal the entrance, look to the right side where you came in to find a small table by a blocked door, and check the table for the coin.

Coin - Massachusetts

Once things are clear in the warehouse (after defeating the second group of Infected), go through the doors (with Manny’s help) to enter the greenhouse/plant nursery. Go straight ahead and one of the registers (back left area) has a coin next to it. Pick it up to add it to your collection.

Workbench Location - Warehouse with Boat (By the Fridge)

After you descend into a store through the roof, help Mel in and then follow Manny through a door. When you enter the next room (with the suspended boat), you’ll find a staircase nearby. Instead of going up, go to the left of it (by the fridge). This area has a workbench.

The third campaign expansion for Borderlands 3, Bounty of Blood, is scheduled to release on June 25. In a GameSpot Play For All interview, Gearbox creative director Matt Cox revealed that this new DLC would break the pattern of seeing the return of a Borderlands character. You can watch the full interview in the video embedded below.

"We do have some freedom to try some new things with certain story moments," Cox said. "And we're keeping a lot of the story close to the chest because we built something that we think is pretty special--some surprises here and there. And I just want to say this: When I say surprises, I know a lot of people think, 'Ah, returning characters are coming back, who is it?' But I just want to be very clear that the only returning characters are the Vault Hunters themselves. The planet of Gehenna and all the characters we meet are all brand-new."

Both of Borderlands 3's first two campaign DLCs saw the return of fan-favorite Borderlands characters. In Mad Moxxi's Heist of the Handsome Jack, you teamed up with Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel's Timothy and the Lovecraft-themed Love, Guns, and Tentacles reintroduced Borderlands 2's Gaige. Based on the teaser image for the fourth and final DLC expansion, it's assumed DLC 4 will see us reunite with Borderlands 2's Krieg, which would mean that Bounty of Blood will be the only campaign expansion not focused around a returning character.

Marvel's Avengers has been confirmed for PS5 and Xbox Series X with a free upgrade program, meaning that Iron Man and the gang will be making the jump to next-gen. Some further details about the PlayStation 5 version have come to light, and we now have a better idea of what benefits will be offered by this upgrade.

On the PlayStation Blog, and in a press release we received, various upgrades have been discussed. Next-gen versions will get faster load times, higher resolution, and superior textures, and Crystal Dynamics has also promised that the PS5 version will make use of the DualSense controller's haptic feedback and the system's spatial audio.

PS5 users will also be able to choose between two different modes: Enhanced Graphics Mode and High Framerate Mode. This means you can either play the game in 60FPS with a dynamic 4k resolution, or boost the graphics for "the highest image quality possible." The system's SSD will also allow for much faster texture load-in.

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Electronic Arts is ramping up its efforts in the world of sports games. EA Sports VP Cam Weber said during an EA "fireside chat" that the company is looking to release more sports titles annually than in the past. Currently, EA's annual release slate covers new Madden, FIFA, and NHL games.

"We're looking a little further ahead into the future. We definitely do expect to increase the number of sports games we launch each year," Weber said.

Weber teased that EA Sports is currently working on multiple unannounced new sports games, and some of them are "familiar faces."

God Wars celebrated its third anniversary today, and Kadokawa Games released a new cover of its main theme and an update on God Wars 2.

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The Stadium Collectibles Overview

• Coins: 4

Coin - Alaska

As soon as you grab your pack in your room, follow Manny and Mel outside, and turn left towards two WLF members talking on a balcony, and a coin will be on the ground near them.

Coin - Maine

As you move down the stairs towards the center of the stadium, you’ll take a right and move through an area where people are washing and drying laundry. When Manny and Mel turn left to go down the last few sets of stairs to the kennels, move past the stairs to a row of wooden benches full of laundry, and you’ll find a coin on a bench.

Jon Burton, founder of LEGO series stalwarts Traveller’s Tales, has today shared not just news but loads of footage from an ambitious—but ultimately doomed—attempt he and the studio made to try and get a big, serious (ie, not LEGO) Lord of the Rings/Hobbit game made.

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Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson shared some high level details on where the company is headed in the future, and betting could be on the horizon--but not anytime soon.

During a "fireside chat" with the company's top management, Wilson said EA's goal on a longer timeline is to reach players where they are as part of a bigger ambition to expand the company's reach.

"On a slightly longer term time horizon, there are another couple of vectors we think will drive growth," Wilson said. One of these is betting in some capacity, Wilson said.

Today, Square Enix announced that Marvel’s Avengers will be coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X when the console’s launch in the holiday of 2020.

Square Enix also announced that “players who own the current-gen version of the game will be able to upgrade to the next-gen version at no additional cost, regardless if players are moving from PS4 to PS5 or Xbox One to Xbox Series X.”

And not only will you be able to upgrade at no cost, but you’ll also be able to transfer your player profile to continue on your progression path. Cross-gen play will also be supported so that PS5 players can play with PS4 players and Xbox Series X players can play with Xbox One users.

The next-gen version of Marvel’s Avengers will come loaded with new features to take advantage of the power of the PS5 (more details on Xbox Series X, Stadia, and PC coming later).

These features include:

• Extremely fast load times
• Boosted resolution and fidelity
• Improved texturing
• Ray tracing

PS5 players can also choose between an Enhanced Graphics Mode or High Framerate mode. Although it wasn’t confirmed, you can expect a similar option for Xbox Series X players too.

On the official PS Blog, Crystal Dynamics shared some gorgeous PS5 screenshots of Marvel’s Avengers, which you can check out down below:

Update: Square Enix has confirmed that Marvel's Avengers will be a launch title on both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, and that a free upgrade to these versions will be available to players who buy either the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One versions. Players who do take advantage of this offer will also be able to move their save files as well. The upgrade only works within the same console family (PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5, Xbox One to Xbox Series X). Additionally, just as PS5 players can play with PS4 players, Xbox Series X players will be able play with Xbox One players.

However, Crystal Dynamics has not yet confirmed the advantages the Xbox Series X version will have over the Xbox One. Instead, Square Enix says we will learn more about Xbox Series X, PC, and Stadia features at a later time. 

Original Story (6/22/2020 at 5:38 p.m. CT):

Ahead of its War Table presentation scheduled for Wednesday, Crystal Dynamics has detailed how Marvel's Avengers will benefit from the upgrade from PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5. In addition, the studio revealed that everyone who picks up a digital or physical PlayStation 4 copy will receive a PlayStation 5 upgrade at no additional cost.

Facebook announced today it has bought Lone Echo and The Order: 1886 developer Ready At Dawn as part of the Oculus Studios team.

Ready At Dawn had created three virtual reality games that were published by Oculus Studios since 2017—Lone Echo, Echo Arena, and Echo Combat—and is currently developing Lone Echo II.

“In addition to setting the bar for narrative VR experiences, Lone Echo re-wrote the playbook for VR movement mechanics with the debut of Ready At Dawn’s signature innovative continuous locomotion system and full-body IK (inverse kinematics),” said Facebook Head of AR/VR Content Mike Verdu in the announcement post. “The zero-g mechanic is used throughout the Echo Games franchise and lends itself well to VR beginners and competitive VR esports alike.”

Before working on virtual reality titles, Ready At Dawn developed games for the PlayStation platform, including Daxter, God of War: Chains of Olympus, and The Order: 1886.

The company said Ready At Dawn will retain its current offices in Irvine, California, and Portland, Oregon while gaining resources from both Facebook and Oculus Studios.

The studio will continue to develop Lone Echo II, and Facebook said it is not announcing future projects at this time. The company also said it is “exploring many ways to accelerate VR” when asked itself if it plans on acquiring more studios.

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Kratos – God of War Series

Our first video game dad is Kratos, god of emotional constipation. Though, we can’t really blame him for being bad at emotions. Kratos has gone through a long, violent, and painful journey to get to the tired old man he is now.

Even before having Atreus, Kratos absolutely loved his family. I mean, he went on an entire three game rampage of revenge for them. And, now that that particular chapter in his life is over, Kratos is doing his best with his new family.

Despite outwardly not showing it, Kratos loves Atreus to death and he would essentially tear apart the entire world if it meant keeping him safe.

Chris Avellone, a game designer who came to prominence in the '90s following his work on Fallout 2, has been accused of sexual assault and harassment by multiple women, according to Gamasutra. Avellone has worked as a freelance writer after leaving developer Obsidian Entertainment in 2015, 12 years after he co-founded the studio with fellow ex-Black Isle Studio employees. Multiple studios he has recently worked with have now spoken out about his involvement with their projects.

Among the studios now addressing his work status is Paradox Interactive, which stated that none of Avellone's contributions to Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 will be included in the game, although it appears this does not stem from the allegations. According to a Paradox representative, Avellone's role in Vampire Bloodlines 2 was "brief" and whatever content he made for the game would not be used in any capacity. "Chris Avellone briefly worked with the Bloodlines 2 writing team early in the development of the game," Paradox said. "Through an iterative creative process, however, none of his contributions remain in the game that Hardsuit Labs is continuing to develop." Paradox didn't specifically comment on the allegations made against Avellone.

It's a big day for Facebook as it relates to video games. In addition to Microsoft partnering with Facebook for livestreaming games after closing Mixer, the social network has now acquired a major developer.

Facebook announced that it has acquired Ready at Dawn, the studio known for its work on the God of War franchise. The studio developed God of War: Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta for PSP, in addition to the God of War: Origins Collection for PS3. On top of the God of War franchise, Ready at Dawn developed the 2015 PS4-exclusive The Order: 1886.

In 2017, Ready at Dawn started working with the Facebook-owned Oculus Studios on the Rift titles Lone Echo, Echo Arena, and Echo Combat. Echo Combat II is currently in development for Rift.