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Hunters eagerly anticipating the arrival of formidable black dragon Alatreon in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne's fourth free update next month will, unfortunately, have a little longer to wait; Capcom has announced a delay for the update due to coronavirus-related development issues.
Alatreon's arrival in Iceborne was initially teased at the start of the year, when Capcom hinted that players could look forward to the return of a "fan-favourite" creature as part of the expansion's post-launch roadmap. It later confirmed the formidable, elemental-shifting black dragon - first introduced in Monster Hunter 3 - would make its Iceborne debut in May.
Now, however, Capcom says its May update - the fourth free title update to be released for Monster Hunter World: Iceborne - has been postponed to a (currently unannounced) future date due to "coronavirus related impacts on production". It also notes that voiceover production has been affected, meaning that when the update finally does arrive, Italian, Spanish, and French voice work will be replaced with "simplified recordings".
Physical distancing is necessary to keep our communities safe and healthy, yeah, but it sure is making us all a lot lonelier. Yes, we’re flattening the curve—and that’s crucially important—but it’s hard to cut ourselves off from our friends and family for weeks at a time. Zoom calls are simply no replacement for…
Maddy Myers, deputy editor and undercover Samus clone, has wrangled her last blog and now prepares to take up a new position as weekend host for Here’s the Deal.
Three weeks ago, I added a campsite to my Animal Crossing: New Horizons island. Three weeks ago, Leopold, a walking testament to unearned confidence, showed up. Three weeks ago, I stopped unlocking new features in Animal Crossing.
Click to watch embedded media Microsoft revealed its Games with Gold lineup for May 2020, and good luck trying to come up with a common thread between them. They're all playable on Xbox One consoles? Their titles all contain the letter "R"? Eh, forget it.
The offerings include the Xbox One games V-Rally 4 (available from May 1-31) and Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr (available May 16-June 15). On the Xbox 360 front, you get Sensible World of Soccer (from May 1-15) and Overlord II (May 16-31).
Games with Gold benefits are available to all Xbox Live Gold or Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.
With the start of the Battle Armor limited-time event and with Apex Legends Season 5 about to begin, Respawn has returned to its crafty ways on Twitter. Much like the tease of leviathan movement ahead of Season 2: Battle Charge, mysteriously hacked tweets containing secrets messages prior to Season 3: Meltdown, and manufactured media craze ahead of Season 4: Assimilation, Respawn has begun to use Twitter to hint at what could be coming in Season 5.
Interestingly enough, this hint actually ties back to Season 4 and Revenant's introduction. Back when it wasn't clear whether Forge or Revenant was joining the Apex Games, the Apex Legends Twitter account posted leaked emails that confirmed Season 4's new character would be the nightmarish simulacrum. This latest Season 5 hint is once again those exact emails, but now the leaked image of them is pulled back--revealing post-it notes on the monitor display.
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Throughout Destiny 2's current content season, the Season of the Worthy, one gun has been a mainstay in the game's competitive mode: Hard Light. Thanks to tweaks to auto rifles at the start of the season and the gun's unique perks, it's been the go-to weapon in the Crucible for weeks. That might be about to change, however, thanks to an upcoming patch.
Developer Bungie previewed the update it plans to release on April 29, Hotfix 2.8.1.1, on its blog. The patch is set to tweak Hard Light to make it a little less deadly in PvP. Right now, Hard Light is a mainstay of competitive play for a couple of reasons: it's highly stable, making it very accurate at long ranges for PC players and its bullets can ricochet off walls--and when they do, those bullets do double damage.
Hard Light also currently lacks damage falloff, a major perk over other weapons. Falloff is the reduction in damage for Destiny's bullets the farther they travel; most auto rifles can have their damage reduced by half at longer ranges, but not Hard Light. That has resulted in lots of players using Hard Light in the Crucible and the Trials of Osiris, landing long-range kills and taking out opponents around corners. At the moment, Hard Light is so dominant that not using it puts you at something of a disadvantage.
Continue Reading at GameSpotThe season pass for Assassin's Creed Odyssey is currently on sale via the Xbox Store. If you're looking to catch up on the Assassin's Creed story ahead of the new 2020 game, rumored to be set in The Viking Age, now seems like an ideal time.
Normally retailing at $40 USD, Odyssey's season pass is currently 50 percent off on the Xbox Store, knocking the price down to $20 USD. The sale will last until May 4.
Odyssey's season pass includes all of the post-launch content for the 2018 action RPG. That's the two (admittedly throwaway) Secrets of Greece side missions, as well as all of the episodes for the controversial Legacy of the First Blade and mythical The Fate of Atlantis DLC expansions. Legacy of the First Blade details how the story of Odyssey ultimately connects to Assassin's Creed Origins while The Fate of Atlantis furthers the modern-day story with Layla.
Continue Reading at GameSpotStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and a ton of other EA-published digital PC games are seeing some truly ridiculous discounts on Amazon. In addition to Jedi: Fallen Order, some of EA's best PC games of the last decade are discounted below $5. This includes The Sims 4, some fantastic shooters, and much more. Each game is available as a digital copy that can be redeemed via Origin.
Last year's Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is currently 50% off at $30. Set five years after the events of Revenge of the Sith, Fallen Order is an engaging action-adventure game starring Cal Kestis, a young Jedi living in the aftermath of the Great Jedi Purge. In GameSpot's Jedi: Fallen Order review, critic Phil Hornshaw scored it an 8/10. He said, "It's true that Fallen Order borrows liberally from other action games, but those elements work together with Respawn's combat and environment design, and a story that finds humanity in the Force and in its characters, to hone in on what makes the world of Star Wars worthy of revisiting again and again."
DICE is putting the final touches on Star Wars Battlefront II's Battle on Scarif update, and when it goes live on April 29, 2020, it'll seemingly be the last of its kind. In a blog post today, Battlefront II creative director Dennis Brännvall spoke about the next "phase" of the game now that their "vision" has been "realized": ongoing server support and maintenance, and a stark shift away from content updates.
They're pulling the bandage off. It's been a wild, meandering, mostly-back-on-track ride.
"Looking beyond April, we're transitioning to a phase where the servers, in-game challenges, recurring events such as Double XP and more, and game support will carry this broad and rich Star Wars gaming experience into the future," Brännvall said. "This means that we're moving away from delivering regular content updates. I'm really proud of what we've accomplished, and continue to accomplish, together."
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Earlier this week, massive spoilers for Naughty Dog’s hotly anticipated The Last Of Us Part II made the rounds. In addition to ruining key parts of the game for patient fans, the apparent leak also kickstarted a wider discussion on social media about spoilers: Who do they benefit? Who do they hurt? And, really, what’s…
Click here to watch embedded media XCOM: Chimera Squad released last week and Gears Tactics released today, and I've been enjoying the hell out of both games. Each has a unique approach to tactical gameplay that's incredibly rewarding in its own way. But if you only have the time, money, or interest to get into one of them, I made a video to help you decide which!
Please enjoy the video above, and for more on each game check out our Gears review or our XCOM review. Both games are available on PC now, with Gears Tactics confirmed for Xbox at a later date.
Streets of Rage 4 releases this week, developed by a Western studio this time. Award-winning indie game Gnosia also releases on Switch eShop.
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The next Battlefield game is coming in 2021, developer DICE has confirmed. In a statement to IGN, the Swedish studio said that, with support for Star Wars: Battlefront II and Battlefield V winding down, it is "focused on the future of Battlefield" for a new game set for release in 2021.
This new Battlefield game was announced in October 2019, at which time publisher Electronic Arts said the game would launch in the company's fiscal year 2022, which runs from April 2021 to March 2022. Now we know a more specific launch period--sometime in 2021.
EA hasn't shared any concrete details about the new Battlefield game, but it did tease that the title will be "targeting new innovation that will be enabled by next-gen platforms."
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Queer Eye interior designer Bobby Berk, without any actual homes to visit and makover right now, is keeping busy by offering his assistance at turning your Animal Crossing trashpit into something easier on the eye.
Scrap Mechanic, developer Axolot Games enormously enjoyable vehicle construction sandbox game, is finally getting its extremely long-awaited Survival mode next month, on 7th May, and there's a first look at its more structured hijinks in a brand-new trailer.
Scrap Mechanic initially entered Steam early access in 2016, and delivered a pleasingly flexible multiplayer sandbox experience built around the idea of constructing elaborate machines, be they vehicles or other oddities, from a core selection of building blocks and some surprisingly powerful tools - including the likes of pistons, thrusters, sensors, logic gates, and engines.
It's grown tremendously since its inception, introducing a whole range of new gadgets and elements to muck around with, but its long-promised (and only occasionally glimpsed) Survival mode has remained elusive for far too long.
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I had never heard of VR game Derail Valley until this week, but after seeing this trailer for an impending overhaul I’m very interested! You’re a train driver who doesn’t just move the trains, but also more importantly for the genre walks around them with clipboards and makes sure cabin doors are closed.
Bid Toys have made this incredible pair of figures depicting Mario and Bowser as Ultraman and Godzilla respectively.
Riot’s strategy card game, Legends of Runeterra, has officially launched after three months in open beta. From April 28 to April 30, the game is being launched around the world on both PC and Mobile, with regions releasing the game at different points over the course of the two days.
The full release comes with an all-new card set called Rising Tides, and a range of new champions and cards from League of Legends have been introduced. The update also adds 11 champions, six keywords, a new cosmetic board, two cosmetic guardians, new card backs, over 120 new cards, and a series of new emotes.
Regions have been updated as well, with the pirate-themed region Bilgewater officially becoming its own region and the region roads for existing regions have been expanded on.
Continue Reading at GameSpotHi-Rez Studios’ free-to-play online battle arena Smite has joined the Epic Store family. To celebrate Smite’s release on the Epic Games Store, Hi-Rez Studios is giving away a bunch of in-game content and sales exclusively for the Epic Store.
Players who download Smite on the Epic Games Store will receive a bundle of in-game content, including five gods, skins, and voice packs worth over $50. Current Smite players who link their Hi-Rez accounts to their Epic accounts will also receive this free bundle.
Cross-play and cross-progression has also been added between the Epic Games Store and all other Smite platforms once players have linked their Hi-Rez accounts.
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If you haven’t already claimed For The King from the Epic Store as this week’s free game, the application will now require users to use a two-factor authentication to claim this game and free games going forward until May 21.
Epic Games users will need to enable the two-factor authentication setting on their account, with a prompt popping up if users attempt to claim a free game without enabling the setting first.
Continue Reading at GameSpotCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered is coming to Xbox One and PC this week following a month of exclusivity on PlayStation 4. The game releases on April 30, and Xbox One and PC users can start pre-loading right now, or very soon.
Pre-loading is now available on Xbox One, while PC players can begin pre-loading from 5 PM PT. The PC edition is exclusive to Battle.net, and there is no word yet on if it will also come to Steam.
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The Modern Warfare 2 Remaster features the entire campaign from the 2009 original with better graphics, textures, and animations. The game includes the campaign only; there is no multiplayer.
Continue Reading at GameSpotCall of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone's next big update--the one that takes aim at cheaters and more--is coming very soon. Activision has now confirmed the exact launch timing for the update so you can prepare to start your download right away. [Update: The patch is out now; check out the full patch notes]
The patch will begin its rollout at 11 PM PT on April 28. This works out to 4 PM AEST on April 28, and April 29 at 2 AM ET, 7 AM UK, and 8 AM EU. The launch timing was confirmed by CharlieIntel.
One of the big new additions with the update is the new player-reporting tool. With the update, players can report people directly from the killcam or spectate mode. The update will also introduce new Gunsmith features, double XP and playlist adjustments, an additional Warzone contract type, and more. Infinity Ward has so far only previewed the patch notes for update, which will be split in two this time around. Check back soon with GameSpot for the full patch notes.
Today Sega revealed a new AC Scratch collection coming to the western version of Phantasy Star Online 2.
The title is “Crimson Dawn” and it comes with all kinds of draconic and dark-themed outfits.
This includes outerwear, basewear, innerwear, CAST parts, accessories, emotes, and consumables.
If you’re unfamiliar with AC Scratch, that’s basically the game’s “surprise mechanics” (I had to use this definition in an article sooner or later) that you can get through tickets purchased with Arks Cash.
You can see what’s in store in the trailer below.
Phantasy Star Online 2 is currently available in the west for Xbox One, while the PC version is coming in May.
That being said, Phil Spencer himself went on record mentioning that the game will likely make it to other platforms, even if no further information was shared on that topic.
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