Blizzard has announced the latest expansion pack for Hearthstone, Journey to Un'Goro, which launches in "early April" and begins the Year of the Mammoth.
As revealed in the video below, the expansion brings the usual assortment of news cards--135 in all. A small handful of these have been revealed, including the five-mana Shaman card Volcano, which randomly deals 15 damage split between all minions. There's also the Mage's Pyros, which starts out as a two-mana card that returns to your deck on death and repeatedly gets stronger (and more costly). Additional cards will be revealed beginning on March 17.
Blizzard noted that some "familiar faces" will be added to the Elemental type, while a new Adapt keyword is being introduced. This "allows a minion to become infused with elemental power, granting it new properties." When playing an Adapt card, you can choose from three different buffs for the minion, with 10 total buffs in all. These include:
Deathrattle: Summon two 1/1 Plants
+3 Attack
Can't be targeted by spells or Hero powers
Divine Shield
Windfury
Taunt
Another new type of card is the Quest type. These are one-mana Legendary cards that will always show up in your opening hand (provided there is one in your deck). Some type of quest will be listed, and by completing it, you'll receive "incredible rewards." One example is Awaken the Makers; this tasks you with summoning seven Deathrattle cards. Once you do so, you'll obtain Amara, Warden of Hope, a five-mana, 8/8 card with Taunt that has a Battlecry that sets you hero's health to 40.
"Ready to join Elise Starseeker and her junior explorers on an expedition into the uncharted territory of Un'Goro crater?" reads a description on Hearthstone's blog. "Your descent into these wild lands will be a thrilling adventure--you'll make wondrous discoveries as you become one of the first to unearth mysteries long forgotten under the thick jungle mists. Un'Goro's prehistoric inhabitants may not take kindly to your curiosity, but you never know who might appear to offer assistance in your time of need."
Ahead of a release in April, preorders for Un'Goro open tomorrow, allowing you to purchase 50 card packs from it for $50. Doing so also nets you the Fossil card pack, pictured above.
A new trailer for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 will arrive tomorrow. Ahead of that, Marvel today published a teaser that shows Drax (Dave Bautista) enjoying a campfire meal with his squad. He's enjoying it, at least; everyone else scoffs at how loudly he chews.
It's not clear when exactly the new Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 will arrive tomorrow, but we will bring it to you as soon as it's made available.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 hits theaters on May 5, 2017. It also stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Karen Gillan, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker, Vin Diesel, and Kurt Russell. It is directed by James Gunn, who also helmed the first film. You can check out a batch of images from the movie here.
Promotions discounting the Xbox One and PS4 to $250 were meant to have ended by now, but they're apparently continuing. Best Buy currently has a deal on the Xbox One that makes an already good offer even better.
By purchasing any Xbox One bundle on Best Buy's website this week, you'll receive a free controller and three months of Xbox Live Gold. The controllers are limited to the black and white options, but it's a solid deal nonetheless.
Note that you aren't stuck with only the $250 bundle options, which feature 500 GB systems and either Battlefield 1 or Minecraft. As pictured above, you can also choose from 1 TB bundles that come with games like Halo Wars 2, Gears of War 4, and Forza Horizon 3.
As revealed by GameStop, where it will be sold exclusively (at least in the US), Warner Bros. plans to offer a Mithril Edition of Shadow of War. Priced at $300, it consists of the Gold Edition in addition to a 12-inch statue depicting a battle between a Tar-Goroth Balrog and a Carnan Drake.
Here's everything it comes with:
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War Gold Edition with Exclusive Steelcase
Premium Case with Magnetic Ring of Power
Exclusive Mithril War Chest
Official Game Music Soundtrack
Limited Edition 12" Tar-Goroth Balrog vs. Carnan Drake Statue
Like its predecessor, Shadow of War takes place between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. It's slated for release on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, although only console versions (PS4/Xbox One) of the Mithril Edition are listed on GameStop's website. Like the base game, it launches on August 22.
It's a big week for Ubisoft's The Division. The company announced today that the shooter's third and final expansion, Last Stand, launches tomorrow, February 28, on all platforms alongside the new 1.6 update.
The expansion and the update launch on all platforms simultaneously. Underground and Survival, the first two expansions, launched first on Xbox One and PC before coming to PS4 later.
The Last Stand expansion adds the new, more challenging Dark Zone North area, as well as a PvP mode called Last Stand. The mode, which is basically organized PvP in the Dark Zone, pits teams of eight against each other and supports matchmaking. A new Incursion, Stolen Signal, is also included.
The free 1.6 update adds new Contamination events that are set inside a Dark Zone underground location. More Exotic weapons and landmarks are also included. Additionally, the update adds Dark Zone leaderboard and an ultra-difficult Legendary mode that is aimed at "top players."
Last Stand is included with The Division's $40 DLC pass; if standalone pricing follows from the two previous add-ons, you can expect to pay $15 for it a la carte.
Additionally, Ubisoft will launch a free trial version of The Division tomorrow for all systems. This is the full version of the game, but it caps players at level eight and is only playable for six hours. All progress from the trial edition will move to the full game if players decide to buy it.
In other news about The Division, Ubisoft recently talked about how the movie based on the franchise starring Jessica Chastain and Jake Gyllenhaal is "well on the way."
The final full trailer for Kong: Skull Island has arrived. The movie hits theaters next week, and this latest trailer is packed with new footage and some spectacular monster action. Check it out below:
Kong: Skull Island is directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and is released on March 10. It stars Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L Jackson, John C Reilly, Corey Hawkins, and John Goodman.
We're rounding up the best gaming deals from this week's sales circulars, along with a few choice selections from places like Amazon and Steam.
Promotions that discounted the PS4 and Xbox One to $250 were supposed to have ended by now, but it appears they are continuing, at least for the time being.
GCU prices at Best Buy refer to Gamers Club Unlocked, which grants 20 percent off on new games.
PS4
The PlayStation Store's weekly deals are available for a bit longer. This consists of offers on EA games as well as a Critics' Choice sale, discounting The Witcher 3's Complete Edition to $25 ($30 without PlayStation Plus), Titanfall 2 to $24 ($30), and Darkest Dungeon to $10 ($12.49).
Pick up last week's new PS4 game Berserk and the Band of the Hawk at Best Buy and you'll get a $10 gift card. This stacks with Gamers Club unlocked, letting you get the game for $48 with the gift card.
Target is throwing in a free beanie with the PlayStation icons on it when you buy Horizon Zero Dawn this week.
Select Amiibo figures are on sale at Best Buy, ranging in price from $5-$10. These include Lucina, Tom Nook, and, most importantly, Waluigi. Gamers Club Unlocked stacks with these sale prices.
Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns -- $34 (Amazon - $32 Prime)
Select Amiibo figures are on sale at Best Buy, ranging in price from $5-$10. These include Lucina, Tom Nook, and, most importantly, Waluigi. Gamers Club Unlocked stacks with these sale prices.
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Every entry in the Mass Effect series has been rated M for Mature in North America. The rating for the latest game, Mass Effect 3, noted that there was "partial nudity." Mass Effect: Andromeda's ESRB rating has not been published yet, but BioWare GM Aaryn Flynn has now suggested that you can expect it to get an M rating, in part because the game is upping the ante in the nudity department.
Here is what he said on the subject (via Polygon):
Remember. We lost the "partial nudity" rating and got full "nudity". https://t.co/yauGf9Cnol
What appears to have been a preliminary rating for Andromeda spotted by BioWare Social Network showed an M rating and mentioned "partial nudity." However, Flynn's new tweet suggests that the rating's language will be amended. With just a few more weeks to go before launch, we would expect the official rating to be published on the ESRB's website very soon.
It's also possible Flynn was simply joking around. We've followed up with BioWare in an attempt to get more details.
With its release now just a few weeks away, Disney has published a new trailer for its upcoming live-action Beauty and the Beast. The 30-second spot aired during the Academy Awards broadcast on Sunday, and in it, Lumiere (Ewan McGregor) invites Belle (Emma Watson) to "be our guest."
The video also briefly shows a dramatic scene where Gaston (Luke Evans) pushes Beast (Dan Stevens) off the roof of his castle. Take a look:
Beauty and the Beast opens on March 17. It also stars Ian McKellan as Cogsworth, Josh Gad as LeFou, Kevin Kline as Maurice, Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts, and Stanley Tucci as Cadenza, a character not seen in the 1991 animated movie and invented for the new version. The film is directed by Twilight's Bill Condon.
It is expected to have a huge opening in the US, where it could make as much as $120 million for its opening weekend, according to estimates. If it can cross $100 million, that would make it one of the biggest March openings in movie history. Only three movies have ever made more than $100 million for a March opening, including Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($166.1 million), The Hunger Games ($152.5 million), and another Disney film, Alice in Wonderland ($116.1 million).
Beauty and the Beast is just the latest live-action adaptation of a classic Disney film, following Maleficent, Cinderella, The Jungle Book, and Alice in Wonderland.
Marvel is turning the Avengers into an anime series. The company has announced that the new show will be titled Marvel Future Avengers, and is set to to premiere in Japan this summer.
As reported by Anime News Network, Marvel Future Avengers will target a younger male demographic. The site states that the show will focus on Makoto, a boy who gains powers via a gene manipulation experiment. Makoto and other superpowered kids are apprenticed as "Future Avengers" by the likes of Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain America, and the Wasp.
The show will debut on Disney's Japanese satellite channel Dlife, and will be accompanied by a manga series. It is currently unknown if the show will be screened in the US.
Marvel Future Avengers is not the first time that Marvel has produced anime versions of its superhero properties. In 2010, four shows were screened on Japanese TV--Iron Man, Wolverine, X-Men, and Blade. All were overseen by acclaimed British comic book writer Warren Ellis.
These were followed by the anime movies Iron Man: Rise of the Technovore and Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher in 2013 and 2014.
Naughty Dog has kicked off a big sale for Uncharted 4's multiplayer mode. Now through March 6, everything that you can buy with Uncharted Points is half off.
This includes things like character skins, taunts, and chests. Additionally, Uncharted 4 multiplayer bundles are included in the sale, so you can save even more, Naughty Dog said in its announcement.
This sale runs until Monday, March 6, so you have a full week to take advantage of the offers. It applies to Uncharted 4's head-to-head multiplayer and the Horde-like Survival mode.
In other news, Uncharted 4 took home multiple awards at the recent D.I.C.E. Awards, including Adventure Game of the Year, Outstanding Technical Achievement, Outstanding Achievement in Story, and Outstanding Achievement in Animation.
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