Destiny 2's latest timed event, the Revelry, was a nice change of pace with its new Exotic weapon and a new, more fun take on Mercury's Infinite Forest. It wasn't without its problems, though--the Revelry was all about generating Orbs of Light to allow players to activate lots of Supers, but those mechanics broke in a bunch of ways and some had to be taken offline in particular activities.
The Revelry's over, but according to its blog, Bungie's latest patch for the game, Update 2.2.2, fixes one of its lingering issues. Thanks to the broken Orbs of Light mechanics, players weren't able to unlock a Triumph for generating orbs in competitive games. This update fixes that, awarding the Triumph retroactively and allowing players frustrated with their inability to unlock a special emblem for completing all the Revelry's Triumphs to finally snag it.
The update includes a bunch of other minor tweaks and fixes. The biggest is the change to the Spectral Blades Super available to Hunters. That Super relies on players using an ability to become invisible, sneaking around the battlefield to get in close and slice up enemies when they can't see them. Bungie's latest update decreases the amount of damage attacks do when you're not in stealth, and decrease how long the Super will last when you're attacking. That'll make Spectral Blades less effective, especially in the player-vs.-player Crucible, where some considered the Super especially dominant.
You can read the full patch notes and see all the changes and fixes from Bungie below:
Patch Notes
Sandbox
Hunter
Spectral Blades
Out-of-stealth damage reduction decreased from 60% to 52%
In-stealth damage reduction decreased from 62% to 54.4%
Super duration out of stealth with no attacking decreased from 17.5 to 14.5 seconds
Super duration in stealth with no attacking decreased from 26.6 to 23.5 seconds
Light melee cost increased by 50%
Arcstrider
Fixed an issue in which Combination Blow was unintentionally magnifying damage of the Arc Staff Super
Warlock
Voidwalker
Fixed an issue where Warlocks were unable to Blink after going through a teleportation portal
Stormcaller
Fixed an issue where Chaos Reach would not deal damage to enemies affected by other status effects (such as Thorn's Soul Devourer or Hunter Tethers)
Weapons and Armor
Fixed an issue where Actium War Rig would prevent Auto Rifles with the Grave Robber perk from being able to generate Masterwork orbs
Fixed an issue where Vestian Dynasty could not be Masterworked
The Wizened Rebuke can now drop with random rolls from Iron Banner engrams and Match Rewards once the associated Triumph has been completed
Removing Sentry armor with Umbral Strike stacks active will no longer give a permanent damage buff against Taken (note that while the buff string does not clean up, the damage modifier properly clears when removing the armor; the string cleanup will be fixed in a later patch)
Investment
Lore
Fixed an issue where Dreaming City lore was not being awarded when completing an Ascendant Challenge
Bounties
Fixed an issue where the "Collect Vex Samples" objective of the Xûr bounty "The Tower" could not be completed in the Warden of Nothing strike
Fixed an issue with the Gambit Prime bounty "Sentries Hold the Line" where all boss enemies were unintentionally contributing toward bounty progress
The bounty has been re-balanced to award significantly more bounty progress for Blocker and Primeval kills
Triumphs
Lowered the Verdant Light: Competitive Triumph to require only 20 Revelry Orbs
Players who earned 20 orbs during the Revelry event will have their Triumph completed retroactively
If players completed all other Triumphs, the "Party Harder" Triumph will also be completed and grant the emblem reward
Medals
Fixed an issue where Massacre and Locksmith medals were not appearing in Gambit Prime
Iron Banner
Fixed an issue where the Iron Ruby shader was not dropping
This shader now drops when dismantling Iron Banner gear
Eververse
Fixed an issue where Legendary Eververse Ghost Shells were dropping with only Mercury perks
Fixed an issue where the "Good Doggo" emote was dropping from unintended sources
Motion Twin has released a new trailer announcing that Dead Cells is coming to mobile. The new trailer can be watched below.
Dead Cells is coming to iOS devices first, but an exact date has not yet been provided. The trailer only mentions the iPhone and iPad versions of the game are coming "soon," and that the Android version is coming "later." In a press release, Motion Twin said the mobile version of Dead Cells will feature a "revamped interface" and have two games modes: original and auto-hit. You'll also be able to customize the position and sizes of the buttons, as well as switch between using touch controls and a physical controller. The game will cost €10 (roughly $11 USD), but you get the full experience with one purchase. There are no ads or free-to-play transactions.
An indie roguelike platformer game, Dead Cells is one of our favorite titles from last year, and we included it in our list of best games of 2018. In our Dead Cell review, Daniel Starkey wrote, "[Dead Cells] gives you a sense of constant progress, even when you bomb a run. In fact, the only real issue with the adventure is that some of the better upgrades can take substantially longer than they should. It stalls progress in the mid-game a bit and can lead to a feeling of grinding your wheels. Besides that, though, Dead Cells is a phenomenal effort to blend together some very disparate genres into a tight, cohesive whole. It's one of the better examples of how to remix ideas without losing their individual strengths."
In Dead Cells, you play as a lump of undead cells that repeatedly infests host bodies and journeys out into a world that has suffered a terrible plague and is now infested by monsters and the remnants of a fallen kingdom. All weapons and items you collect are lost upon death, but certain power-ups hidden throughout the world stay with you even after you've fallen in battle. These power-ups allow you to traverse the environment in new ways and get to previously unreachable areas and bosses. As you journey further, you'll learn more about the world and what transpired to cause the collapse of civilization.
Dead Cells is one of the games featured in our new Audio Logs videos as well. In this series, we talk with the lead designers behind certain games to learn what transpired behind the scenes that make these titles as successful as they are. The Dead Cells Audio Log features game designer Sebastian Benard, who discusses hidden features within the game that ensure you die less often while playing. The video is embedded at the top of this article. Be sure to check out our other episodes as well, such as God of War director Cory Barlog explaining the process behind the PS4 exclusive's most memorable scene or Studio MDHR's Jared Moldenhauer breaking down the design of Cuphead's Dice Palace level.
As Disney continues to figure out its release schedule, which now consists of 20th Century Fox films, in addition to Marvel, Lucasfilm, Pixar, and Disney titles, some releases are on the move. One of the biggest changes is the first sequel to James Cameron's Avatar.
While Avatar 2 was initially scheduled to be released on December 18, 2020, the film has been pushed back a full year. Now, the second movie will hit theaters on December 17, 2021. From there, the franchise will release a film every other December. December 22, 2023 will see Avatar 3, with Avatar 4 on December 19, 2025, and Avatar 5 on December 17, 2027. In the years that don't have an Avatar release, a Star Wars film rounds out the final month of the year for Disney.
The remaining four films in the Avatar franchise are filming back-to-back now with James Cameron returning as director. According to Sam Worthington, who stars in the movies, the story picks up eight years after the first movie.
"This is going to be Jake [Sully, Worthington's character] eight years later, and he's got a family now," the actor previously told We Got This Covered. "This film is going to be like nothing you've ever seen. The world is bigger than the first one, but essentially, it's a movie about family. Jake will still have that essence of a kid seeing the world for the first time, but he's been living in the world for a while now, so what's this world he's seeing now for the first time? The film will explore that within this family dynamic."
The first Avatar remains the top grossing film of all time with $2.7 billion at the global box office. However, it's possible that could change soon with Avengers: Endgame quickly catching up to that number.
Capcom is airing a Monster Hunter World Spring Update Reveal livestream later this week, on May 9. The broadcast kicks off at 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET (12 AM BST on May 10) and will share some new information about the game "straight from the development team."
Beyond those details, Capcom hasn't specified what will be shown during this week's broadcast, although the stream will feature an appearance by Monster Hunter producer Ryozo Tsujimoto. You'll be able to watch the presentation in English on the Monster Hunter Twitch channel and in Japanese on YouTube.
This past December, Capcom announced a big expansion for Monster Hunter World called Iceborne. The developer didn't share many details about the upcoming DLC, but it is slated to launch for PS4 and Xbox One in Fall 2019 (with a PC release to follow) and will introduce new quest ranks, locales, monsters, moves, gear, and more to the action RPG. There is a chance Capcom will reveal more information about the expansion in this week's livestream, although that has not been confirmed.
Monster Hunter World is currently in the midst of its second annual Spring Blossom Fest. The seasonal event runs on all platforms until May 16. During that time, the Gathering Hub will be decked out with flowers and other springtime decorations, and "almost all" of the previous special Event Quests will be available again.
Monster Hunter World launched for PS4, Xbox One, and PC back in 2018 and quickly became a critical and commercial success. Capcom confirmed the game has shipped more than 12 million units across all platforms since its release, making it the publisher's best-selling game of all time. If you've yet to pick Monster Hunter World up, it's one of the many games on sale this week in the Microsoft Store.
Now that Avengers: Endgame is finally out and Marvel Studios's Phase 3 is drawing to a close with the upcoming release of Spider-Man: Far From Home, the future of the MCU is a bit of a mystery. Not only did yesterday's Far From Home trailer imply the potential for an MCU-based multiverse--which could have huge implications for the future--we've also got a whole roster of upcoming Disney+ streaming MCU TV shows. Those shows, according to Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige, are going to directly impact and shape the future big-screen phases.
In a press release sent out today, Disney confirmed the release dates for their upcoming Phase 4 films through 2022, but did not include any titles. The schedule now looks like this for "Untitled Marvel films."
May 1, 2020
November 6, 2020
February 12, 2021
May 7, 2021
November 5, 2021
February 18, 2022
May 6, 2022
July 29, 2022
It's important to note that this list only includes Disney productions, so any upcoming Sony work--i.e. any Spider-Man movies after Far From Home--are not in the mix.
The roster of movies currently confirmed for Phase 4 includes a solo Black Widow film, likely one of the earlier 2020 releases; Black Panther 2, which probably holds one of the February dates in 2021 or 2022, given the first movie's Black History Month release. The recently announced Shang-Chi likely holds one of the later dates--we still only have a director attached to the project and no confirmed cast. The Eternals could occupy one of the earlier dates, given the recent blitz on casting news--but no confirmed production timeline has been released.
Also confirmed to be happening is Doctor Strange 2, which has Scott Derrickson tapped to return as writer and director, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which could hold one of the 2021 dates as well.
Of course, that only tallies up to six confirmed projects for the eight confirmed release dates, meaning we have at least two more movies yet to be announced in the upcoming phase.
Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb has revealed two more Xbox 360 games are now backwards compatible on Xbox One. As usual, you can play the games on Xbox One if you already own them, but both are available for purchase on the console's online marketplace as well.
The two titles added are From Dust and Costume Quest. From Dust puts you into the role of a god-like figure, and your actions in shaping the land influence the lives of a tribe you oversee. Your goal is to nudge them along in their search for ancient totems and knowledge, all while helping them overcome natural disasters. Costume Quest, meanwhile, is a party-based RPG where you're a young trick-or-treater who must recruit allies in your search for your twin sibling, who's been kidnapped on Halloween night. In battle, you and your party members transform into the monsters and creatures you're dressed as and gain powers as a result.
In our From Dust review, Chris Watters wrote, "From Dust doesn't offer the heady feeling of omnipotence, but it's a lot more fun to have to contend with the greater forces of nature as you try to exert your influence over this raw, lovely world. The churning sea, the flowing lava, and the burgeoning forests create a vivid sense of life that is amplified by the light percussion, ambient music, and lively animal vocalizations. While the gameplay may be uneven and finicky at times, it's definitely worth taking up the manipulator's mantle in From Dust."
In our Costume Quest review, Giancarlo Varanini wrote "Without question, the art and overall premise serve as Costume Quest's biggest hook, and these things are ultimately what drive the game and turn it into something much more than a superficial RPG. Still, whether or not you can overlook and overcome its initial shortcomings is tied directly to how much you buy into its premise on a nostalgic and comedic level. That said, when Costume Quest picks up steam and truly reveals all it has to offer from a gameplay perspective, it relies less on that premise and simply delivers an all-around satisfying gaming experience."
While even the stars of the upcoming X-Men spin-off horror movie The New Mutants weren't sure when or if it would end up in theaters, the film has yet another release date. This one, however, might just be the one that sticks. Disney has announced the films it currently has slated through 2027, its film slate through 2027, including the films that come along with its acquisition of 20th Century Fox, and New Mutants is accounted for. The schedule is loaded with movies through 2022, with the years that follow only having Avatar and Star Wars released dates announced, thus far.
Since its first trailer was released in October 2017, a few release dates have been assigned, from April 2018 to August 2019. Now Disney has decided the film will finally see the light of day on April 3, 2020. That i,s unless the date changes again. It's interesting to note that beyond this movie, no other Marvel-related Fox project is mentioned in the release slate. In theory, this could mean a third Deadpool movie, should one happen, would be wrapped into the MCU. However, it could also mean we're not going to see the Merc with a Mouth for a very long time. The next film in the X-Men franchise, Dark Phoenix, will be out June 7.
A release date provided by Disney is good news for those who made New Mutants, including Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams. When asked about the project by Rolling Stone in March, she responded, "Who knows when the f*** that's gonna come out? Hopefully, this interview will make everyone hurry up a little bit." Her impatience is easy to understand given that the movie was shot two years ago.
While New Mutants is set in the X-Men movie universe, it includes a new cast of characters. The film follows five young mutants who are being held captive at a secret facility. Williams stars as Scottish mutant Wolfsbane, who has the power to transform into a wolf. Joining her in the cast are Anya Taylor-Joy (Glass), Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things), Blu Hunt (The Originals), and Alice Braga (Queen of the South).
By Anonymous on May 07, 2019 10:44 pm Find out exactly where the Destiny 2: Forsaken Ascendant Challenge portal location is for Week 6 of the expansion and what you have to do to complete it.
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker hits theaters in December, but the future of the long-running franchise on the big screen was unclear beyond that. However, release dates have now been announced for the next three Star Wars movies.
Disney has confirmed that new Star Wars films will be released on December 16, 2022, December 20, 2024, and December 18, 2026. The movies will alternate with releases of James Cameron's Avatar movies--Avatar 3, 4, and 5 will arrive on December 2023, 2025, and 2027 respectively.
Further details about the next batch of movies are currently unknown. There are two separate series in development, one from Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss, and the other from The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson. It has been rumored that work on Benioff and Weiss's series is further along, with Star Wars Net recently reporting that their first movie will begin production this fall. However, this has not been officially confirmed.
In any case, it is notable that the Star Wars release schedule has slowed down. When the series relaunched in 2015 with The Force Awakens, Disney's plan was to release a movie each year. However, the commercial failure of 2018's Solo: A Star Wars Story reportedly led to plans for further spin-offs to be cancelled, with Disney boss Bob Iger admitting in September 2018 that the movies so far had been released "a little too much, too fast."
More recently, Iger described how the series was going on a hiatus after the release of The Rise of Skywalker. "We have not announced any specific plans for movies thereafter," he said. "There are movies in development, but we have not announced them. We will take a pause, some time, and reset, because the Skywalker saga comes to an end with this ninth movie. There will be other Stars Wars movies, but there will be a bit of a hiatus."
In the small screen, the live-action Star Wars show The Mandalorian premieres in the fall, when the streaming platform Disney+ launches. There is also a show focusing on the Rogue One character Cassian Andor in development for the service.
After a relatively quiet couple of weeks, the Microsoft Store is back with a huge offering of deals for Xbox One owners, including two publisher sales from Capcom and Activision Blizzard, respectively, and a spring add-on sale with discounts on a wide range of DLC. Here's an overview of what's available:
Some of Capcom's best games are marked down, including new releases like Devil May Cry 5 and Resident Evil 2, both of which are selling for $20 cheaper at $40.19. The 2001 samurai adventure Onimusha: Warlords has been remastered for Xbox One and other consoles with high-definition graphics, improved controls, and a brand-new soundtrack; you can grab it now for $15.
Activision Blizzard has a small sale of its own going on, and it includes markdowns on Call of Duty, Spyro, and Diablo. Spyro Reignited Trilogy, which released in November, is $10 off--you can claim it for $30 this week. Meanwhile, both Diablo III: Eternal Collection and Overwatch: Legendary Edition are over $40 off, each selling for only $19.79.
Call of Duty fans, you can also pick up Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 - Digital Deluxe Edition for $70 (marked down from $100) and the enhanced Digital Deluxe Edition for $97.49 (originally $130). Call of Duty: WWII - Gold Edition is also discounted to $24 from $60.
If you've been holding out on certain DLC, be sure to browse Microsoft's spring add-on sale, which has over 300 season passes, upgrades, and other expansion packs discounted. The sale includes Assassin's Creed Odyssey's season pass for $22, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Black Ops Pass for $40, The Elder Scrolls Online's Summerset Upgrade for $12, and Dragon Ball FighterZ's FighterZ Pass for $17.50.
As usual, these weekly Xbox One game deals will be available through next Monday, May 13. Browse the full offering of discounts at the Microsoft Store and see some of our picks below.
Well, the Revelry is over in Destiny 2, meaning we're back to just normal activities to do with this week's reset. The good news is, there are plenty of opportunities to gather more Powerful gear if you're still working on the climb up to the Season of the Drifter's Power level cap of 700. As always, a reliable way to get the gear you need fast is with the weekly Ascendant Challenge, which takes you into the strange recesses of the Dreaming City. This is the end of the six-week cycle of challenges, and this one, the Cimmerian Garrison, is one of the spookiest and most involved. Here's where to find the Taken portal and what to do once you're inside.
As always, the first step is to pick up the Ascendant Challenge from Petra--this is what nets you a piece of Powerful gear for completing it. Once that's done, make sure you have a Tincture of Queensfoil. With that in hand, you'll enter the Lost Sector in Rheasilvia, the Chamber of Starlight. You'll need to make your way through the entire thing, as the portal is located just behind the chest that unlocks after killing the boss. While optional, you might as well complete the Lost Sector to make things easier on yourself. With that out of the way, use the Tincture to gain the Ascendance buff, which allows you to see the Taken portal. The exact location can be seen in the video above and map below.
Jump through the portal to head to Cimmerian Garrison, located in the Ascendant Plane. Here, you'll be faced with what amounts to a gauntlet--you'll need to make your way through and kill an enemy at the end. Once you go inside, you'll be chased by three knights. As you progress, you'll have to deal with various enemies, including hobgoblins, shriekers, and thrall with yellow health bars. Take them out as you go, and you'll reach a point where you have to platform across some rocks (because it wouldn't be an Ascendant Challenge without some first-person platforming). Along the way, be mindful of the Taken corruption that will periodically explode with a blast of energy, which can send you falling you to your death if you aren't careful.
Once you're done platforming, you'll have to kill a knight to finish things out, but beware the shrieker that spawns nearby. With the knight dead, open the chest to complete the Ascendant Challenge. There may not be any special rewards inside there, but you'll get a piece of Powerful gear for turning in the associated bounty.
Sony's PS4 exclusive Days Gone has topped the UK physical sales chart once again, according to sales monitor Chart-Track. The zombie freaker survival game was No.1 in its debut week and claims that spot for the second time running for the week ending May 4.
Below Days Gone, the chart paints a familiar picture. Mortal Kombat 11 keeps its place at No.2, and FIFA 19 remains at No.3. Red Dead Redemption 2 continues to chart well and stays at No.4, while fellow Rockstar game Grand Theft Auto V rounds out the top five.
Only one new release makes the top 40 this week: Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age re-enters the chart at No.15 thanks to a new Nintendo Switch version.
You can read the full top 10 sales chart for this week below, courtesy of UKIE and GfK Chart-Track. Note this table does not include digital sales data, and so should not be considered representative of all UK game sales.
Season 9 of Fortnite officially kicks off later this week, and as it traditionally does before the start of every season, developer Epic Games is dropping a series of teaser images in the days leading up to it. The studio has now shared its second Season 9 teaser, and this one continues to hint at a futuristic theme for the upcoming season.
The teaser, which you can see below, offers a peek at what looks like another new skin coming to the game in Season 9. "The Future is Bright," this tweet reads, playing off the phrase that accompanied the first teaser image, which said, "The Future is Unknown."
In the past, combining each of the teasers together would reveal one larger image that signified something important for the upcoming season, and it appears Epic is continuing that tradition. The first teaser prominently featured the letter N, while the second has the letter E, suggesting the teasers will spell out some word that will presumably tie into Season 9's theme.
Season 9 of Fortnite begins this Thursday, May 9. It remains to be seen what awaits in the new season, but there are undoubtedly some big changes in store for the game's map following the unvaulting event that took place this past weekend. Players who were in a match at the right time on May 4 got to jump into the mysterious vault in Loot Lake and vote for a retired weapon to bring back to the game. Afterward, the volcano erupted, destroying Tilted Towers and altering other parts of the island.
While these world-changing Fortnite events are typically one-time-only occurrences, issues prevented some players from witnessing the unvaulting event as intended. As a make-good, Epic is giving out the Arcana Glider for free to those who were in the Unvaulting playlist at the right time. Epic also shared a replay of the event, giving players who missed it in-game a chance to watch what happened.
In the meantime, there are still a few days left to finish up any remaining Season 8 challenges and unlock the last few Battle Pass rewards. If you need help completing some of this season's missions, we've put together guides for all the trickier ones in our full Fortnite Season 8 challenges roundup.
As Game of Thrones heads towards its epic conclusion, the latest episode delivered one of the most controversial moments in the show's eight year run. Never mind the shocking twists, epic battles, and cold-blooded murder--Season 8, Episode 4 revealed that Daenerys likes to relax with a takeaway coffee. After seemingly everyone on social media took it upon themselves to inform HBO that a coffee cup had been left on the set in one shot of the latest episode, the network has now removed it.
The cup appeared briefly on a table on front of Dany, as she sits watching people flocked around Jon Snow, singing his praises for his prowess in battle. HBO subsequently admitted their mistake, amusingly stating that Dany had in fact ordered a "herbal tea." And while many presumed that the cup was from Starbucks, it was also confirmed that it was in fact from the production's craft services.
However, fans looking for the offending cup on the network's streaming platforms HBO Go and HBO Now will no longer be able to find it. Overnight the scene has been altered and the cup has gone. Check out the two comparison screenshots below:
Game of Thrones Episode 3 proved to be quite divisive among fans, but the follow-up has been more positively received. Check out our full Game of Thrones, Episode 4, "The Last of the Starks" review to see what we thought of it. You can also watch the preview trailer for Episode 5 and check out some fresh theories about where things will go from here. There are just two episodes left, but each one clocks in at 80 minutes, so there's still plenty left.
Streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, and content-specific services like the horror-focused Shudder allow you to check out movies that have been out for a while. However, every week, digital storefronts like Google Play, iTunes, Vudu, and more release new movies before they come out on DVD or Blu-ray, and months before they hit any streaming service. And this week, there are plenty of movies you may want to check out.
The biggest digital release of the week is How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. The third installment in the heartfelt animated series follows Hiccup and his dragon Toothless, as they discover Toothless isn't the only Night Fury, and the two go on an adventure to find a secret hidden world filled with dragons.
However, the digital release you need to check out is Season 1 of YouTube Premium's Cobra Kai. The series takes place decades after the events of The Karate Kid, following Johnny Lawrence as he reopens the Cobra Kai dojo and trains new students. If you're not sure about picking it up, you can watch the first episode for free. If you love The Karate Kid, this is the perfect companion piece, and there are plenty of references to specific moments from the original movie.
As far as physical releases go, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part arrives on DVD and Blu-ray, which takes the heroes of the first film into space to stop the evil Lego Duplos. Additionally, What Men Want hits stores this week, a remake of What Women Want with the roles reversed and starring Taraji P. Henson.
Below, you'll find a listing of the most notable digital and physical releases for this week. If you plan on shopping digitally, make sure to check multiple retailers as prices and availability may vary.
DVD/Blu-ray/4K releases
What Men Want
The Lego Movie 2
Blaze
The Prodigy
Everybody Knows
Digital releases
Cobra: Kai Season 1
How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
The Lego Movie 2
Redcon 1
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