By Anonymous on Sep 14, 2017 12:12 am With Battlefront 2's release coming soon, players can grab the season pass for the previous game, which includes all of its DLC expansions.
Just over a week after the game's release, Destiny 2's Leviathan Raid has gone live. Provided they're powerful enough, players can dive into the game's first Raid right now, although just how difficult of a challenge it will pose remains to be seen.
Leviathan's release time, scheduled for 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 6 PM BST, has now passed, and the Raid is accessible in-game by selecting an icon for the Leviathan, which is located near Nessus on the main Director screen. According to game director Luke Smith, the Power level range for the Raid is 260-280, and the in-game recommendation is for players with Power levels at or above 270. If you encounter an issue with the game insisting you complete an advanced Milestone, you may need to log out and back in (or at least leave your current group momentarily) to trigger it. This may only be a problem if you were online at 10 AM when the Raid went live.
Bungie has deliberately stayed largely silent on the Raid, preferring that players discover much of it for themselves. Earlier this year, Smith said Bungie's goal was "building a place you believe is real ... a place that you believe could exist. It's unlike anything we've done." It did today release the teaser trailer above, and while it may contain some hints of what to expect, it's far from an in-depth reveal of what Leviathan will throw at players.
If you're not quite ready for the Raid, you can check out Destiny 2's latest Nightfall, which features a new modifier not seen in last week's. The weekly reset has also brought new Milestones and more for players to do. There's more new stuff on the way later this week, including the first appearance of Xur and Trials.
Wrath of the Dark Dragon is a sequel to the NES game King's Knight, which was notable for being the first title Squaresoft released as an independent company. Like the original, Wrath of the Dark Dragon is a scrolling shooter/RPG hybrid; players choose a character class and must use its unique abilities to shoot their way through vertically scrolling levels. The game also includes a multiplayer mode that allows up to four players to team up and battle through stages.
In addition to its new story and classes, Wrath of the Dark Dragon features a "formation" mechanic. In the game's multiplayer mode, players can unlock different formations by completing quests; when each character fits into the formation, the team performs summons and unleashes powerful attacks.
In Destiny 2, Mods provide useful effects and modifiers to your weapons and armor. For example, you can install Mods that allow you to reload your kinetic weapons faster, absorb more damage, change a gun's elemental properties, or even recharge grenades faster. These effects can positively impact your ability to survive in a tense firefight. To help familiarize you with Mods, we've detailed below how to get Mods and the best practices of using them. Be wary, there are slight spoilers below.
For more guides for the game, including breakdowns of the three classes, along with our skill and ability galleries for the various subclasses, be sure to visit our Destiny 2 guides and walkthroughs page for more information on what's happening in the online world of the Guardians.
Why Are Mods Useful?
Aside from enhancing your equipment, Mods allow you to tailor your weapons or armor to better suit a specific playstyle. With Mods, you can craft multiple sets to use for different gameplay situations. For example, you might create one that emphasizes on enhancing mobility, one that improves your subclass, or even one made specifically for Raids. Mods are useful modifiers that can heavily increase your chances of survival.
How Do I Get Mods?
During the main campaign, you can acquire Mods out in the field or by turning in Bright Engrams to the Eververse. You can equip them by entering the Details screen of a weapon or armor piece in the character screen. Like weapons, Mods come in Epic (Blue) and Legendary (Purple) categories.
After you beat the game, you're also able to buy Mods by turning in Gunsmith Materials to Banshee-44. In order to get Gunsmith Materials, simply dismantle any unwanted weapons or armor in your inventory.
It's ideal to try to find the weapons and armor pieces that you enjoy using before installing any Mods as once you put them in you won't be able to get them back unless you buy/trade/craft them.
Which Mods Should I Use?
As mentioned in our glimmer guide, it's useful to buy Epic Mods from Banshee-44 because once your power level hits 280, you can then trade in three of them for a Legendary Mod. The benefit to using Legendary mods is that you can gain five points of power towards kinetic weapons, energy weapons, and power weapons. In addition, you can gain five additional points of power towards your armor pieces alongside any special effects they might have. This helps you push your power level over the 280 mark.
It's important to note that despite using Mods to enhance your power level, your weapon and armor drops will scale accordingly to your base power level stats. Don't expect to get powerful equipment just because you've artificially upgraded your power level; though, it's possible to get lucky and get higher powered equipment.
How Do I Create Powerful Mods?
You can trade in two Mod Components and 1,000 glimmer to Banshee-44 to create a random new Legendary weapon or armor Mod. To get a Mod Component, you need to dismantle other Legendary mods. For example, you can do this to get a Legendary Kinetic mod that gives 5 more power to kinetic weapons.
Given Funko's apparent mission to give the Pop treatment to everything on the planet, it's kind of shocking when you realize a big series doesn't already have any Pop figures available. Mortal Kombat falls into that category, but not for much longer, as Funko today announced a line of Pop Vinyl figures is on the way featuring Sub-Zero and company.
10 different Pop figures based on the Mortal Kombat series have been announced, although these only represent six different characters due to alternate versions and store exclusives. Series stars Sub-Zero and Scorpion are well-represented--Sub-Zero gets a total of three just to himself--while Raiden, Kitana, Liu Kang, and Goro also get one.
You can see all of the figures in the gallery above. One version of Sub-Zero is a limited-edition Chase variant. Scorpion's flaming skull version will be a Hot Topic exclusive, while Goro (a larger-than-standard 6-inch figure) and the Sub-Zero and Scorpion two-pack will only be found at GameStop. All of these arrive in November.
The release of these Funko Pop figures isn't tied to any new game. The most recent title in the series is Mortal Kombat X, which launched back in 2015 before getting an updated version, Mortal Kombat XL, a year later. The next game in the series has not been announced, although developer NetherRealm continues to release new content for its latest title, Injustice 2.
The Mother! trailer that dropped with little fanfare last month succeeded in doing what trailers are meant to do: It drummed up hype for Mother!. With its creepy string instrument shrieks, it gave the impression that Mother! would be a pretty far-out horror movie, maybe a home invasion thriller, probably with some surreal elements--this is from Darren Aronofsky, the guy behind movies like Requiem For a Dream and Black Swan, after all. Seems great, no?
Those assumptions turned out to be not exactly correct. Mother! is not a horror movie. It is a thriller, though absolutely not one that can be draped with any existing subgenre labels. It's a deranged fever dream, the kind where you want to run, scream, or punch someone, but your body simply refuses to move. You're left powerless. That's legitimately how it feels to watch Mother!, a shocking, frustrating, painfully tense film.
On its ground floor, Mother! is about a woman whose weirdly placid husband allows their home to be repeatedly invaded in ever more egregious ways. But the film toys with fantastical elements from its opening moments, when star Javier Bardem places a crystal in a metal stand and watches as his home's blackened, charred bones transform back into the peculiar Victorian house that serves as Mother!'s sole setting.
That's not a one-off event simply to set up the story, either. These dream-like moments pervade Mother!, and that's before things really go off the deep end. Blood rots the floor and drips down the basement walls, while the house regularly shakes and shudders as star Jennifer Lawrence loses her grip. Bardem's nameless poet struggles vaguely with writer's block, and repeatedly invites strangers into his home as a means of procrastination (or so it initially seems). First it's Ed Harris and Michelle Pfeiffer, both of whom also go unnamed. Then the rest of their family arrives, and then a whole lot more people, and a brief reprieve later, the house devolves into utter chaos, reality coming completely undone.
Lawrence's protagonist, also unnamed, remains powerless through it all, even in the movie's completely insane second act. That's when it fully leaves the ground behind, flying into an extended, shockingly violent series of events that somehow combines elements of a book signing, a wild rave, a riot, an actual guerilla war, a human-trafficking ring, an execution, a press conference, a religious ceremony, human sacrifice, and the Bible. Years seem to pass in the space of an evening, the masses in the house transforming into party guests, slaves, protesters, warriors, worshippers, and hate-filled murderers as the ever-shifting scene demands.
Mother! isn't really about the events of its plot. What it is about is open to interpretation. The camera fixates uncomfortably close on the actors' faces, particularly Lawrence's. You feel the pain of her inability to affect the situation in any way, and Mother! is extremely effective as the story of a woman whose agency, her ability to act, has been stolen from her by the man she loves. She's subjected to the vicious wills of outside forces over which she should have full control. Her husband is a disarming force who only serves to coo and placate her into inaction. When she finally wakes up, it's far too late. The cycle starts again. This feels like the film's clearest thematic thread: The ways in which people in a relationship manipulate one another to feed their own egos.
Mother!'s symbolism is rarely subtle. At its heart are the themes of destruction and creation, pleasure and pain, privacy and agency. From the fire that consumes the house and the lighter that ignites the cigarette that consumes the body, to the Mother, who wants to live in peace, to paint her house, to raise it from the ashes where it fell, to make new life--every detail works toward these metaphors. Harris and Pfeiffer prove absolutely maddening as semi-welcomed home invaders, oozing hostility through body language even with smiles on their faces. Bardem is a self-centered black hole of happiness, though by the time Lawrence realizes it, the car has long left the garage. Kristen Wiig even makes a brief appearance, her character's cameo only adding to the sense that it's all a strange nightmare.
The stories behind this movie have already begun to seem like the stuff of filmmaking legend. In a statement given during the recent Venice Film Festival and sent to GameSpot as a typed-out email attachment, Aronofsky decried the current state of a world he believes is plagued by problems "too serious to fathom" and "too ridiculous to comprehend," from climate change to politics to world hunger.
"From this primordial soup of angst and helplessness, I woke up one morning and this movie poured out of me like a fever dream," he said. And it will pour into you like one, too, should you choose to watch it.
Mother! is tough to get through, uncomfortable and frustrating, both blunt with its symbolism and incredibly obtuse, and shocking in its violence, particularly toward Lawrence, with a couple of scenes so depraved that some viewers will find them difficult or impossible to watch. But it's also a singular work of art that film fans shouldn't miss, no matter how you feel about it once you snap back to reality.
By Anonymous on Sep 13, 2017 10:55 pm The GameSpot crew recounts their adventures on the way to the Leviathan Raid in Destiny 2, and shares their final glowing thoughts on Metroid: Samus Returns.
Disney's live-action remake of its animated classic Aladdin has moved release date. The film was originally set to hit theaters in December 2019, but it has now shifted forward seven months and will arrive on May 24, 2019.
Aladdin is just one of several Disney live action remakes in the works. Jungle Book director Jon Favreau is to direct The Lion King, and we can also expect a sequel to The Jungle Book and new versions of Dumbo and Mulan.
It's been a long wait for a PvP mode in Ghost Recon: Wildlands, but we recently got a good look at Ghost War in action. The upcoming mode, which will be available for free, allows two teams to take one another on in what amounts to deathmatch.
As shown off in the video above, Ghost War is a 4v4 mode that supports revives. It does not, however, include vehicles or more complex objectives--at least at this point. Matches play out as a best-of-three affair with 10-minute rounds. At launch, there are eight maps and 12 classes available, only six of which we were actually able to try out.
A free PvP mode for Wildlands was announced way back in March as part of Ubisoft's post-launch plans for the game, which also included other free updates and paid DLC. Those expansions have already been released, while Ghost War is still to come sometime this fall. An open beta for Ghost War was announced last month and is now scheduled for September 21-25.
In a few hours, Nintendo will air its next Nintendo Direct broadcast, and you can follow along with the presentation right here. This rather lengthy Direct is scheduled to run for 45 minutes and will focus on games coming to Switch and 3DS "over the next few months."
The broadcast kicks off at 3 PM PT/6 PM ET/11 PM BST/8 AM AEST. You can watch it either on Nintendo's official website or via the YouTube stream, which we will embed below once it becomes available.
Nintendo hasn't specified all the games it will showcase during today's Direct, but the company did confirm that Super Mario Odyssey will be featured prominently. Given the length of the broadcast, it seems likely that Nintendo will unveil some unannounced titles for both platforms, though what those could be is open to speculation.
Switch has a number of notable games still on the horizon for this year. The Pokemon fighting game Pokken Tournament DX launches later this month, on September 22, while the hack-and-slash Fire Emblem spinoff, Fire Emblem Warriors, arrives on both Switch and New 3DS on October 20. The open-world JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is also slated to launch this year, though as of now it remains without a concrete release date.
By Anonymous on Sep 13, 2017 09:30 pm Wildlands new deathmatch has twelve classes and eight maps for you to test your Tier 1 Operator skills against other players.
While last year's X-Men: Apocalypse wasn't quite the same level of hit as its predecessors, there's no denying that as a franchise, X-Men is still extremely popular. Deadpool and Logan were hugely successful, and there are no fewer than three more movies currently in production.
One of these is TheNew Mutants, and as it nears the end of filming, director Josh Boone has released a new image from the set. It doesn't give much away, but does reveal the film's logo--a bloodstained spin on the classic logo from Marvel's comic books. Check it out below:
The New Mutants is set to hit theaters on April 13, 2018. It stars Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones), Anya Taylor-Joy (Split), Henry Zaga (13 Reasons Why), and Alice Braga (Elysium).
In an interview earlier this year, Boone revealed that The New Mutants is not a standard superhero movie: "We are making a full-fledged horror movie set within the X-Men universe," he said. "There are no costumes. There are no supervillains. We're trying to do something very, very different."
This isn't the first time that we've heard that The New Mutants might be going in a different direction from the main X-Men films. Last year, ComingSoon suggested it would be a "teen horror movie," while X-Men producer Simon Kinberg said that it would have "its own unique, original voice."
By Anonymous on Sep 13, 2017 08:30 pm If you're looking to save the solar system with the nimble prowess of the Hunter, Miguel has some tips for getting the most out of the crafty and agile class.
Building a PC is like putting together an intricate Lego set. We're not only going to show you how to build a PC in this guide, but we'll show you optimal build order to make the process as easy as possible.
All you really need to get started is a Phillips screwdriver, but here are other helpful PC building tools.
Before you begin the building process, keep in mind these tips:
You don't need an anti-static wrist strap to build a PC, but it's a good idea to touch a metal surface to ground yourself before you begin touching any components.
When handling processors, you should avoid touching pins and try to grab CPUs from the side.
Parts List
Before we show you how to build a PC, we're going to outline the components we used to build this budget gaming PC.
CPU
AMD Ryzen 3 1200
GPU
EVGA GTX 1050
Motherboard
Biostar A320MH Pro
RAM
Patriot Viper Elite 8GB (2 x 4GB)
Storage (SSD)
Kingston A400 120GB
Storage (HDD)
WD 1TB Hard Drive
PSU
EVGA 430 W1
Case
Cooler Master MasterBox Lite 3.1
In the event that you wanted to skip to a certain section, we've highlighted how to install all of the major components in the links below:
A rookie mistake that beginning PC builders make is that they forget to install the motherboard's IO shield before installing the motherboard. So we advise taking off your case's side panels and popping that in first. Make sure that the IO shield is right-side up and has the labels facing the outside.
The IO shield can be sharp, so make sure you're mindful of its edges. You can hold it in place and push its four corners into the back of your case with the tail-end of your screwdriver if you want to avoid getting cut.
Prep the motherboard and install the CPU
The next thing we recommend is to prep the motherboard outside of the case. This encompasses installing the CPU, air cooler, and RAM. It's ergonomically easier to do these things before you put the motherboard in the case.
The first step is to install your CPU. In the picture above, we're using an AMD Ryzen 3 1200 CPU and a Biostar A320MH Pro motherboard, but the basic principle applies for other AMD and Intel CPUs.
When you're picking up the processor, remember to grab it from the sides as to not damage any pins. Make sure that you properly align the CPU before you drop it into its socket. The easiest way to line it up is to look for an arrow on one of the corners of the CPU and match it up with the corresponding arrow on the motherboard socket. Once you've figured out the proper orientation, pull up on the lever to open up the socket and gently drop in the CPU. From there, push the lever back down to lock the processor in place.
Our Biostar A320MH Pro motherboard comes with pre-mounted brackets for an aftermarket water cooler, but since we're using AMD's included CPU air cooler, we're going to remove them.
Install the CPU cooler
With the CPU in place, you'll want to install the CPU cooler. The stock AMD cooler we're using comes with pre-applied thermal paste (make sure you don't touch it).
If your cooler doesn't come pre-applied with thermal paste, you should use a pea-shaped glob of paste in the center of your CPU. You really don't need much.
Once that is resolved, align the four screws on the cooler with their respective notches on the motherboard and screw it down.
Try to use a star pattern when you're screwing the cooler in place. This will ensure that they will have an even distribution of pressure. Also, make sure you don't screw it in too tight. Over torquing screws can put unnecessary strain on the CPU and can damage the board or processor.
Once the CPU fan is mounted, it's going to need power. From here, you can plug in the fan's power cable into the CPU fan port on your motherboard. The notch on the pin ensures that it will only go in one way.
Install the RAM
The final step in prepping the motherboard involves installing the RAM. You should check your motherboard's manual to see which RAM slots you should occupy given the amount of RAM you have.
Since we're using 8GB of DDR4 RAM across two sticks coupled with the fact that our motherboard offers two RAM slots, we don't need to resort to the manual. Before you seat and push the RAM down, make sure that the slot levers are lowered and that the sticks are oriented correctly. RAM only goes in one way.
Install case standoffs
With our motherboard prepped, it's time to lay the case down flat and install the appropriate standoffs that came with your chassis. Standoffs allow you to screw the motherboard into the case. You can see how many standoffs you need by how many screw holes are in your motherboard. Just make sure they are aligned with the holes before you screw them in.
Some cases will come with pre-installed standoffs, but ours didn't, so we added the required six that our Micro ATX board needs.
Install the motherboard
Once you've got all the appropriate standoffs in place, it's time to gently drop your motherboard in. We recommend picking up the motherboard by the CPU cooler. You'll want to make sure that standoffs within the case pop through the corresponding holes in your motherboard and that the ports on the board line up with the IO shield you previously installed.
Once you have the motherboard properly situated, it's time to use the included screws that came with your case to secure it in place. Again, try and use a star pattern so you can get an even distribution of pressure.
Install the power supply unit (PSU)
Now that the motherboard is secure, you'll want to install the power supply. If your case has a power supply unit (PSU) fan cut-out at the bottom, it's a good idea to orient the PSU fan downwards. If your case doesn't feature one, then you'll want to have the fan facing up, as it acts as an intake fan. From here, you will need to screw the PSU in place on the back of the case. PSUs typically feature four screws. You may find it easiest to finger tighten these screws before you tighten them with a screwdriver.
Cable management
This is an optional intermediate step, but with both sides of the case open, it's a good idea to come up with a basic cable management plan. Primarily, this means that you'll want to route the CPU, GPU, motherboard, and SATA power cables through the back of your case and back around through any grommets your chassis provides. You don't have to plug everything in just yet, but it's a good idea to lay out a foundation for where the cables should go.
Install the hard drive
Now is a good time to install your hard drive into the case. Many chassis will come with HDD trays for you to slip them into, some will require you to use four screws to hold them in place. You typically mount storage drives so that the ports are facing towards the back panel. This will allow you to hide the SATA cables we'll install later on in the back.
Install the SSD
If your build uses an SSD, screw it down in place. Like HDDs, SSDs will typically feature four screw holes to secure them.
Plug in the motherboard power cable
You can now plug all of the power cables from your PSU into the motherboard. The beefiest cable is the 24-pin one, which provides power to your motherboard. It's important that you align the notch on the 24-pin cable with the notch on the respective motherboard power port before you push it in, as it only goes in one way.
Plug in the CPU power cable
You'll also want to make sure that your CPU power cable gets connected. These cables will typically be either four or eight pin power connectors.
Plug in your case cables
Now that you've got the CPU and motherboard power cables connected, it's time to plug in all of your case cables into the motherboard. This typically means USB 3.0, USB 2.0, HD audio, and any case fans you may have. These ports should all be labeled in your motherboard, but if you have trouble identifying them, make sure to consult your motherboard manual.
Connect front-panel connectors
Now plug in your front panel connectors from your case into the motherboard. Your motherboard should lay out where each little cable goes, but considering they are often small and difficult to read as a result, you should also feel free to consult your motherboard manual for a larger read-out.
The front panel connectors can be a nuisance to plug in, but one helpful tip is that you generally want the text on the connectors to face outwards. If a connector has an arrow, it also means that it's a positive header. The reset and power switches have neither positive or negative headers.
Install SATA cables
Now connect the L-shaped SATA power cables to your storage drives. You'll also want to plug in the SATA data cables, that came with your motherboard, into your SSD and hard drive. Both SATA power and data cables will only go in one way, so make sure that they are properly aligned before pushing them in.
You should then plug the other end of the data SATA cables into the motherboard.
Install the graphics card
The last component we're installing is the graphics card. To do that, you'll need to unscrew and remove the metal brackets on the back of the case so that you can slide your video card down into its PCIe slot.
Generally speaking, if your motherboard offers multiple PCIe slots, you'll want to install your GPU into the slot nearest the CPU. Before you insert your graphics card, though, you'll want to make sure that you depress the PCIe slot's little lever. This will allow you to push the card down and lock it into place.
If your video card requires additional six-pin or eight-pin power connectors, you should plug them in after you've installed the card. Our GeForce GTX 1050 can get enough juice from the motherboard's PCIe slot, so it doesn't require additional power. From here, we're going to screw the card down in place.
With everything plugged in, your PC should look something like this.
Cable management part continued
As an optional step, you can use zip ties to do some cable management. It's a good idea to use scissors to cut the loose ends of zip ties.
Finally, close both side panels and plug the power cable from the wall into your PSU. Ensure that the PSU is set to the on position, and turn on your computer. If it boots to the BIOS then you have successfully built a PC.
It's once again a packed week of releases for PlayStation 4. A number of high-profile titles arrive on the console this week, including a slew of sports games, a new Dishonored, and much more.
Headlining this week's releases is Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, a new standalone installment in Arkane's acclaimed series. In this title, players assume the role of Billie Lurk, a former assassin on a quest to reunite with her mentor Daud and hunt down the titular Outsider. Death of the Outsider releases on Friday, September 15. The standard version retails for $30, while the digital Deluxe Bundle, which also includes Dishonored 2 and the Imperial Assassin's Pack, runs for $60.
Available now for both PS4 and Vita this week is Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, the latest chapter in the long-running action-RPG series. This installment sees series hero Adol Christin shipwrecked on a "cursed island," where he begins to have dreams of a mysterious, blue-haired girl. In true series fashion, Adol must battle monsters, rescue other shipwrecked passengers, and ultimately unravel the mystery of the island. Ys VIII retails for $60 on PS4 and $40 on Vita.
Sports fans have a lot to look forward to this week. NASCAR Heat 2 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 are out now for PS4, while NHL 18 and NBA Live 18 release on September 15. Those who pre-ordered NBA 2K18 can also begin playing early on September 15, four days before the game officially launches.
Some other notable releases this week include the Inside/Limbo Double Pack, the animal-themed real-time strategy game Tooth and Tail, the uncensored version of the classic Neo Geo fighter Samurai Shodown V Special, and the crazy-looking corn game Maize. You can find the full list of this week's releases below.
This Week's New PS4 Releases
September 12
Bloody Zombies
Butter & Friends: Babysitter Sim
DreamBreak
Get Over Here
Happy Dungeons
Inside/Limbo Double Pack
Maize
Manifest 99 (PSVR)
NASCAR Heat 2
Planet of the Eyes
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018
Samurai Shodown V Special (Cross-Buy with Vita)
Time Recoil
Tooth and Tail
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Trulon: The Shadow Engine
VR Karts (PSVR)
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (Also available on Vita)
September 14
Baja: Edge of Control HD
September 15
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
NBA Live 18
NHL 18
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