We're sure you're familiar with the Fortnite: Battle Royale phenomenon at this point. We've been keeping you up to date on the weekly challenges, the latest updates and changes, and offered some perspective on things we'd like to see added to the game. And although we still enjoy battling it out against 99 other players on the game's current map, it's easy to imagine how a new map could keep us coming back for more Victory Royales in the long run.
There is currently one map in Fortnite: Battle Royale, but to Epic Games' credit, it has evolved over time. With new seasons comes new content and actual changes to the lone map's layout and features. When Season 4 hit, so did a comet that destroyed Dusty Depot to create a new area called Dusty Divot, which fed into the superhero theme the game was going for. Now with Season 5 on the horizon (starting July 12), we started to think about how Fortnite's world is going to evolve further given the recent appearance of mysterious tears in the sky. Could they lead to a new map, and if so, what might that look like?
In creating a new map, Epic could take the approach of releasing something that isn't meant to be much more than a simple alternative to the existing island, offering a different look and feel but not much else. Alternatively, it could release something that is much more specialized, with its own custom set of rules, almost like a new playlist that happens to have a map that is catered specifically to it.
One such possibility: a winter map where snow has a real impact on gameplay. A snow-covered map would make distant enemies easier to see, making long-range weapons more valuable. But snow could periodically fall during the match, reducing visibility and thus emphasizing close-range combat for a period of time.
Movement speed could be impacted by the amount of snow you're walking through, but what's even more intriguing is the prospect of needing to keep yourself warm. Similar to Company of Heroes 2, which requires you to garrison units or get them near a fire periodically, Battle Royale's gameplay could really be shaken up if you also had to account for your body's temperature. If you're cold, do you risk suffering damage to grab that desirable weapon in the distance, or do you find a place to warm up first?
So many new wrinkles would make for a technical challenge, but a new map that impacts gameplay in so many ways would be a great way to show how meaningful new locales are going to be in Fortnite.
Flat Terrain Map With Max Resources
Admittedly, this sounds a lot like an experimental limited-time mode, but a map that's essentially a flat, wide-open field could be a ton of fun. Here, players would have to put their building skills to the ultimate test. Matches would probably boil down to a build-your-own map type of game, where things would play out in even more unpredictable fashion than they already do. We imagine players would have to do more than just protect themselves; with the storm closing in and not much in the way of natural defenses, creativity would be pushed and building structures with mobility in mind would change the way Fortnite is traditionally played.
To make this work, you'd probably have to start players with maximum (or unlimited) resources so everyone can get to building as soon as they land. Weapon scavenging might be tricky to implement in this type of map, but maybe weapons stashes can act as hot dropzones for players to start building out from. This type of map can highlight one of Fortnite's strengths and the feature that has helped distinguish itself from other battle royale games in the first place.
A Volcano Map
What really sets Fortnite apart from other battle royale games are building mechanics, and while they are used in fast combat situations, it could be really cool to require them during the running phase of a match to overcome obstacles. A giant volcano map with peaks, chasms, and lava tubes would add another layer of thinking and movement. A volcano map could also vary the distances at which players fight in the final circle. Maybe there'd be close-range final circles in caves, long-range final circles over a giant magma chamber, hilltop-to-hilltop fights similar to those that take place now, and possibly small island battles in the water around the base of the map.
Epic has been really good so far at planned events, such as the recent rocket launch, but why not take this one step further with random events? Matches could have a lava tube that opens and floods the map, or one match the lava chamber is empty and cavernous. With dimensional rifts opening up, the possibilities for random events are endless. The volcano map could even take place during different eras-- dinosaurs, anyone?
A Land Filled With Stuff From Other Worlds
Fortnite's island has variety, as you've got everything from swamps to suburban towns to junkyards to (more recently) a giant crater with some kind of scientific base built inside of it. But it all generally makes sense and seems like it fits in the same general area.
With Season 4's rifts causing objects to disappear, it would be fun to see that serve a purpose. What if these rifts are not just on the Battle Royale island, but all over the world--or even different dimensions? Rather than having these things blink out of existence, maybe these rifts are instead transporting them elsewhere. That elsewhere could be the setting for a new map.
It might be a bit extreme as the concept for what would only be Battle Royale's second map, but it would be great to eventually see a location full of weird juxtapositions. A jumbo jet inside of a gym? Sure. Alien plants that attack you lined outside of a toy store? Why not! Fortnite already embraces silliness, and this would allow Epic to truly go all-out with a map that's unlike anything else in the battle royale space. It would also feature a perfect, built-in excuse to continue updating the map with new elements as more things are teleported in and out.
Fighting In A Post-Apocalypse
Epic has the flexibility to take Fortnite in almost any direction it wants to, thematically. And given the premise of the original Save The World mode--defending yourselves from the undead and mutated monsters--going with a post-apocalyptic theme for a new map is well within the realm of possibility. This would be more than just a cosmetic overhaul, too. It'd be interesting to see how radiation zones could factor into matches; clever ways to build around dangerous areas on top of avoiding enemies and the deadly storm might spice things up a bit. Maybe irradiated zones can be randomized just like the storm to ramp up the tension even more. Geiger counters going off when you least expect it while thinking you're building into a safe zone could make for a real curveball.
A post-apocalyptic map may serve as the impetus to bring in new weapons as well. A nuke launcher could be wildly devastating, but highly sought out by players. We'd be hesitant to ask for hostile hordes as a factor when it comes to a battle royale match, but it's an aspect that could be cleverly implemented in this specific type of map.
By Anonymous on Jul 10, 2018 12:00 am Ben and Michael take to the streets to beat up some thugs and sing some karaoke songs in the free demo for Yakuza Kiwami 2 on PlayStation 4.
The Fortnite missile launch that cracked the sky appears to have just been the beginning of a multi-phase rollout for Season 5. Since then, strange happenings have been appearing around the map, erasing some objects and adding others on a regular basis.
A Reddit user captured the moment when an Old West stage coach popped through a rift. This is similar to the Greek anchor that appeared not too long ago. The rifts have been both adding and deleting items to the game world, as another one recently sucked a Motel sign through it. The Durr Burger sign was also sucked through a rift, and then reappeared in the middle of the California desert in real life. It was found by a photographer doing location scouting.
An audio clue at the Durr Burger location seems to hint at a future event happening near Greasy Grove. Meanwhile data-miners have found a long list of historical artifacts likely to be popping through the various rifts, like a Penny Farthing bike and a poker table. All this seems to indicate Season 5 will have some kind of time travel or historical theme, but don't put it past Epic to toss us a curveball.
Season 5 of Fortnite is scheduled to begin on Thursday, July 12, at 1 AM PDT / 4 AM EDT / 9 AM BST / 6 PM AET, so you still have a few days left to complete the Season 4 challenges. You can also take that time to make a fan film to win some fat stacks of V-Bucks.
By Anonymous on Jul 09, 2018 11:21 pm We talk about what Fortnite Season 5 could possibly bring to PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and iOS, plus the Darksiders 3 release date.
Another week has begun, which can only mean one thing: another set of deals is available at Best Buy, both brick-and-mortar and online. This week finds a heap of pre-order bonus rewards, plus savings on a number of big games for PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. If you see a deal you like, make sure you buy it before July 14, because there's no guarantee it will be around when next week's Best Buy deals go live.
Anyone interested in Nintendo Switch can save some money this week. If you buy a Switch console, you get $30 off The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2, or Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. You can also get $10 in rewards for pre-ordering Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
That's far from the only game you get rewarded for pre-ordering. You can also get $10 in rewards for pre-ordering many of the biggest upcoming games, including Madden NFL 19, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Battlefield V, Kingdom Hearts III, Fallout 76, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, and more. Check here for the full list.
Buy an Xbox One and you'll save $10 on an extra controller, or on a three- or six-month Xbox Live Gold membership. Unfortunately, no PS4 hardware deals are happening this week.
Following its launch on PS4 and Xbox One earlier this year, Capcom has announced the PC release date for Monster Hunter World, and it's coming earlier than expected. The online action-RPG was originally slated to arrive on Steam sometime this fall, but Capcom has now revealed that it will hit the digital storefront next month, on August 9.
Players who pre-purchase Monster Hunter World on Steam ahead of its launch will receive a pair of bonus items: the Origin armor set and the Fair Wind Charm. In addition to the standard version, the game will also be available in a Digital Deluxe edition, which contains the same assortment of customization items found in the console equivalent. This includes a set of Samurai armor, three gestures (Zen, Ninja Star, and Sumo Slap), two sticker sets, and a new face paint and hairstyle option.
Capcom says that updates made in the console versions of Monster Hunter World will be "gradually applied" to the PC edition. The game will also follow a different Event Quest schedule than the console versions, so Capcom advises fans to regularly check the game's official Twitter account and website for the latest updates.
In addition to the release date announcement, Capcom has shared a new trailer for Monster Hunter World, which you can watch above. The publisher has also confirmed that the PC version will support 4K and 60 FPS. You can find the minimum and recommended specs on the game's Steam page.
Monster Hunter World launched for PS4 and Xbox One on January 26. It has been a resounding commercial success for Capcom, setting a new launch record for the series and becoming the publisher's best-selling game ever. The game also received a positive reception from critics. GameSpot awarded it an 8/10 in our Monster Hunter World review and called it "a meaningful evolution for the series at large."
You know the drill by now: A brand new Marvel movie has hit theaters, which means we've got a brand new clutch of Easter eggs and references to sort through. Ant-Man and the Wasp debuted over the weekend at the number 1 spot in the box office, earning an estimated $76 million for Disney and Marvel. That's a significant increase over the original Ant-Man's $57.2 million debut, indicating an increased interest in Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly's MCU antics--or maybe all those people just wanted to see how Ant-Man and the Wasp would connect with Avengers: Infinity War.
Ant-Man and the Wasp may not have been the most serious entry into the MCU's timeline, especially in the wake of Thanos and the snap heard round the universe. But from obscure D-list comic book villains to decade-old MCU deep cuts, it still managed to pack in some winks and nods for the dedicated fan.
We've broken down a list of them here--how many were you able to catch?
We join Scott this time around while he's under house arrest--a consequence he's suffering from his involvement in Captain America: Civil War. Scott teamed up with Cap to fight against the signing of the Sokovia Accords, which landed him right into the heart of a black site prison called The Raft. Rather than deal with life on the run, Scott elected to take a plea deal and go back to his family, which included a two year house arrest clause.
2. X-Con Security
Scott may be confined under house arrest post-Civil War, but he's been hard at work with a brand new day job. He and the crew--Luis, Dave, and Kurt--have started up a brand new security consulting business called, appropriately, X-Con Security. This is actually a reference to some recent Ant-Man comics where Scott does just that in Miami, Florida.
The comics version of X-Con is called Ant-Man Security Solutions, and it's populated not by other ex-cons, but with a small group of D-list costumed villains (Grizzly and Machinesmith making up the core of the group). But the basic principles are still the same.
3. The Orb
During Scott's heist playtime with Cassie, he has her pull out a "special contact" to disable one of their imaginary security systems. The contact, in this case, is just a paper plate painted like a giant eye that takes up Cassie's entire face for a moment. Of course, this is about 80% sight gag but that remaining 20% is a pretty clever nod to one of Marvel's weirdest (and most persistent) villains, a man called The Orb. Orb's most notable feature is his head, which, as you might guess, is a giant, spherical eyeball.
4. Animal House
Blink and you might miss Animal House playing on TV. But it's there, and it couldn't be more appropriate--it's Donald Sutherland talking about entire universes existing in one tiny atom, which, you know, is literally what the Quantum Realm is.
5. Sleight of hand
During his house arrest, Scott takes up close-up magic from an online course as a way to pass the time. He even gets pretty good at it! On top of just being yet another goofy layer to Scott's boredom, dealing with magic has been kind of a thing for the Ant-Man legacy. One of Hank Pym's oldest costumed enemies was a man called the Magician, who faced off against him back in the early 60s during his Giant-Man days.
6. Baba Yaga
This one isn't so much a comics reference as a wink to actual folklore. When discussing Ghost for the first time, Kurt wistfully explains that she sounds just like "Baba Yaga," a witch who could magically show up and eat children. He's not totally wrong, nor is he just making this up--the Baba Yaga is a myth-slash-cautionary tale told in Slavic countries about a terrifying old woman (or sometimes a trio of old women) who served, depending on the story, as a benevolent helper or a malicious villain. In that way, the reference fits very well.
7. "I was talking about me…"
Scott's daughter Cassie makes a very earnest pitch to him about needing a partner, but she's not talking about Hope's Wasp--she's talking about herself. It's a pretty heart warming and adorably child-like moment, all things considered, but the truth of the matter is, she's actually not wrong. Cassie in the comics becomes a superhero named Stature, able to use Pym Particles to manipulate her size just like her father. She goes on to join teams like the Young Avengers--obviously not when she's like, 10 years old, but hey! Who knows? Maybe a few years from now when Cassie's in her teens, she'll get to totally live out her dreams on the big screen.
8. Masters of Disguise
During their trip to visit Bill Foster on his campus while, hopefully, avoiding the eyes of the FBI, Hope, Scott and Hank go "under cover." Under cover in this case means they put sunglasses and baseball hats on. During their daring stealth mission, Scott comments that he can't believe anyone would be fooled by this because, really, they just look like themselves at a baseball game.
He's not wrong--but he's also not just talking about their little ragtag team in that moment. The MCU has become pretty infamous for putting heroes in the same style of "disguise"--hats and glasses and not much else, to the point that it's become something of an inside joke for fans. Really, who isn't going to realize Captain America's standing right next to them just because he's got a pair of glasses and a hat on? Nobody, that's who.
9. Centurion
The FBI has it out for Hank Pym in more ways than one. They're hunting down Pym Tech for Scott's flagrant violation of the Sokovia Accords, sure--but there's some personal gain thrown into the mix. Agent Geoffrey Ballard is Sonny Burch's man on the inside for this particular mission, and steals Pym's lab from FBI custody during their their raid on its new woodland location. This lines up with Ballard's comics incarnation, Centurion, a Z-list villian and thief who is known for taking odd jobs that pay well.
10. The Goliath Project
Bill Foster talks briefly about he and Hank's work together back in the good ol' days on a project called "Goliath," which it turns out is more than just a catchy name. Bill's comic book counterpart has a superhero alter-ego all his own, the (surprise!) size manipulating Goliath, who had basically the same story on screen and off. Apparently, no matter what universe he's in, Bill's destined to be Hank's ex-assistant. Maybe eventually we'll get to see Laurence Fishburne suit up, but until then, a formerly Pym particle empowered Bill is the best we've got.
11. Jimmy Woo
The closest thing Scott has to a personal nemesis through the entirety of Ant-Man & The Wasp is Officer Jimmy Woo, the FBI agent in charge of overseeing Scott's house arrest and parole. We don't get too much in the way of a backstory for Jimmy on camera, but he's not a newly created character for the movies. In the comics, Jimmy has a decades long history as a S.H.I.E.L.D agent and hero in his own right, most famously as a member of the Agents of Atlas.
What we're saying is, don't count out Jimmy Woo just because Scott completed his house arrest sentence. There's still plenty of potential for Agent Woo to return in the future, maybe with a whole team behind him.
12. Wassup???
Luis, bless his heart, makes a pretty dated joke to a truly vintage meme: the Budweiser "wassup??" commercial from the '90s. In the days before the internet truly took hold, this was pretty much the peak of comedy for several months after it first aired. Unfortunately for Luis, Scott and Hope don't seem to be as nostalgic about pop culture as he is.
13. Ava's Family
In describing the accident that knocked her body out of phase with the universe, Ava explains that her father was a man named Elihas Starr, a scientist who used to work with Hank Pym before he went rogue. Like Project Goliath, that name isn't just a random grab. Over in the comics, Elihas Starr is a scientist super villain known, appropriately, as Egghead, who dates all the way back to the early 60s.
Unfortunately, it seems MCU Egghead will never truly be considering Starr's untimely death during the explosion that transformed his daughter into Ghost. But hey, who's to say there aren't more flashbacks in Ava's future that could flesh out her father's history a bit more?
14. Spot Stan
Of course Stan Lee has a cameo--this is an MCU movie, after all. This time around we catch Stan unlocking his car as the size-shifting chase barrels down the street. He makes a crack about how the '60s were fun but now he's paying for it--a two part joke about being a former hippie and also about founding Marvel. Ant-Man himself was introduced in 1962.
15. "It's Them!"
As the ants come marching in to save Hope, Scott, and Hank, Bill Foster has a moment straight out of the pulps of the '50s, announcing, "It's them!" It's a shout-out to the 1954 horror/scifi classic Them, which is, unsurprisingly, about giant ants. The reference comes full circle when Scott, Cassie, and Hope watch the movie for real while miniaturized at their very own "drive in."
16. Sonny Burch
Fan favorite Walton Goggins plays Sonny Burch, a sleazy businessman with his eyes set on Pym Tech--something he claims to be trying to purchase for a mysterious buyer, the likes of which is never seen or named on screen. In the comic, Sonny is basically the same, an on again, off again villainous CEO of a company called Cross Technologies that is traditionally a thorn in Tony Stark's side. His comic book connections actually run pretty deep, but most notably, he's had repeat dealings with Obadiah Stane, who you might remember as Iron Monger back from the very first Iron Man movie.
Wouldn't that be a crazy callback to make on screen somewhere down the line? Stranger things have happened, and it's not like Sonny was taken off the table here--so maybe keep an eye out.
17. Giant-Man
While Scott's antics are being broadcast on TV, a newscaster refers to him as "Giant-Man," likely because he's, well, a giant man. But significantly this tiny moment represents the first time the name Giant-Man has actually been used in canon in the MCU.
18. Tardigrades. They're real.
During his trip into the Quantum Realm, Hank Pym comes across a few massive, alien-like creatures at the subatomic level. They're called Tardigrades, or "water bears," and they're actually pretty important to the scientific community. They're known for their ability to withstand extreme environments and live in excess of a hundred years.
19. Tim Heidecker, Whale Boat Captain
Continuing the Ant-Man franchise's tradition of including offbeat comedian cameos, Tim Heidecker of Tom Goes To the Mayor and Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job appears briefly in the film as a whale watch boat tour captain--a slightly larger role than Neil Hamburger's "Dale" in the first Ant-Man movie.
20. Evolutionary
Jan describes the effects of her time in the Quantum Realm as a sort of evolution, rather than adaptation. Over in the comics, Jan is actually a mutant, which gives that line a whole new flavor. While mutants aren't exactly canon in the mainline MCU, this does present a backdoor into introducing them in earnest sometime down the line. Maybe quantum energy will have something to do with the emergence of the next step in human evolution.
21. Jailbreak
When Hope and Hank are caught by the FBI and held in custody, Scott mounts a rescue that involves sending ants in to obscure the security cameras, move important items around, and relay messages. This scene mirrors the moment in the first Ant-Man after Scott is arrested for a second time and put in a holding cell. Hank sends the suit and some friendly ant helpers in to guide him out of the police station. Don't you love it when things come full circle?
22. The Snap
Of course we couldn't go an entire movie without acknowledging the finale of Infinity War. The post credits this time around include Hank, Hope, and Jan all mysteriously "vanishing" (crumbling into dust), leaving Scott stranded in the Quantum Realm--the work of the Infinity Gauntlet and Thanos.
July isn't just for fireworks and barbecues. It's also the month when Amazon Prime Day 2018 is going to happen. This Black Friday-like event happens every summer, and this year is no different. You can expect the Amazon to offer temporary discounts on games, tech, movies, toys, and anything else you might want to buy from the world's largest online retailer. Other retailers may also offer discounts that day to cash in on the commerce craze. Here's everything you need to know about Amazon Prime Day 2018.
What is Prime Day?
Prime Day is a massive sale Amazon puts on each year in July for Prime members. It all began in 2015, when Amazon had a sale to celebrate its 20th birthday. In the years since, Prime Day has grown into a shopping extravaganza in its own right, with deep discounts on all kinds of items.
When is Prime Day?
Prime Day begins at 12 PM PT (3 PM ET / 12 PM BT) on July 16 and will last 36 hours, through July 17.
For Prime Members Only
The catch is that you have to be an Amazon Prime member to take advantage of the deals. The company ruffled feathers earlier this year when it upped the annual price of a Prime membership from $99 to $119. (You can also get a one-month membership for $13). Having to buy a subscription is a bummer, but there are ways around dropping cash just to take part in Prime Day. If you've never been a Prime member before, you can get a free 30-day trial just by signing up. Students get an even better deal: their Prime membership begins with a free six-month trial.
Even if you're a lapsed Prime member and you can't get the free trial, signing up for a one-month membership may be worthwhile, depending on what Prime Day deals you want to take advantage of. There's also a good chance Amazon will offer a discount on Prime subscriptions in the run-up to Prime Day, so your best bet is to wait and see.
What kind of deals can we expect?
Amazon always drops prices on tons of items, with big discounts in particular on its own hardware: Echos, Kindles, Fire sticks, and tablets. Additionally, you can expect big savings on video games, consoles, gaming accessories, 4K TVs, other electronics, apparel, outdoor gear, baby products, and nearly anything else you can buy at the online retailer.
Already Amazon has dropped the price on the Echo Show from $230 to $130 for Prime members and begun offering discounts on select items like furniture and luggage. Many more deals are to come, and you can see a selection of the first promotions. Meanwhile, Twitch Prime--which you get for free with Amazon Prime--is giving a ton of free PC games this month.
We'll have lots of Prime Day deals coverage on all things gaming and media here at GameSpot when the event rolls around. Make sure to check back closer to the the big day.
THQ Nordic has confirmed the Darksiders 3 release date as November 27, 2018. Along with the release date, the publisher has detailed pre-order options that will be available for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC game. Anyone that puts their money down early at participating retailers will get the Fury armor DLC, which is described as "a completely original skin for [protagonist] Fury's base armor that will set her apart and always be visible during gameplay."
Those that pre-order digitally from the PlayStation Store or from the Microsoft Store will have a choice between three versions of the game. The Standard Edition ($60/£45) is just the base game, while the Deluxe Edition ($72/£50) includes the bonus armor skin and two paid DLCs that will launch in the future.
Finally, the Blades & Whip Edition ($90/£59) features the game, the bonus armor, the two pieces of DLC, as well as Darksiders: Warmarstered Edition and Darksiders 2: Deathfinitive Edition. This package effectively includes three games, providing the complete Darksiders series experience thus far. Pre-ordering any of these three versions from the PlayStation or Microsoft stores will also get you access to the game 24 hours early.
Beyond the digital pre-order options, are two physical editions of the game that feature extra bonuses. Take a look at what they contain below.
Darksiders III Collector's Edition ($150):
Premium Box
Fury Figurine about 29cm - 11" high
Original Steelbook
Artbook
Soundtrack
Darksiders 3 Game
Exclusive Armor DLC; completely original skin replacing Fury's base armor set (purely aesthetic, no gameplay impact)
Darksiders III Apocalypse Edition ($400):
Premium Box about 117cm - 46"
Wall Scroll - Fabric print with hanger 77 x 100 - 30" x 40"
4 Figurines: Fury (~29cm 11" high), Vulgrim, War, Death (each about 25cm 10" high)
Heavy weight amulet (5cm - 2" with necklace)
Original Steelbook
Artbook
Soundtrack
Darksiders 3 Game
Exclusive Armor DLC; completely original skin replacing Fury's base armor set (purely aesthetic, no gameplay impact)
Six films and 22 years in, and the Mission Impossible series shows no signs of slowing down. Mission Impossible: Fallout arrives in theaters later this month, with Tom Cruise once again playing Ethan Hunt and promising some insane stunt sequences. Ahead of that, we have a new behind-the-scenes video.
The promo focuses on the core team of Hunt, Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg), and Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames). As ever with this sort of thing, all the actors say very nice things about this other, but there's some new footage in there and the movie looks like a seriously wild ride. Check it out below:
Mission Impossible: Fallout also stars Rebecca Ferguson, Angela Bassett, Henry Cavill, and Alec Baldwin. It's directed by Christopher McQuarrie, who previously helmed 2015's Ghost Protocol. It hits theaters on July 27.
Alongside the accident in which Cruise broke his ankle, the other notorious story that emerged during the movie's production was Cavill's mustache. As the video shows, the Superman actor sports an impressively full 'stache for his role as CIA assassin August Walker, and the scheduling clash with his reshoots on Justice League meant that it had to be digitally removed for the DC movie.
In a recent interview with Empire, Cavill spoke about the controversy. "When we decided to go for the moustache, I certainly wasn't expecting all the events to unfold as they were going to unfold," he said: "I wasn't expecting Justice League reshoots to be as extensive as they were. As you will see when [Fallout] comes out, to have a fake moustache on would not have been a possibility."
Amazon's Prime Day won't officially kick off until July 16, but a number of deals are already available for Prime members. If you're a PC gamer, the best early deal by far is one that won't cost you anything at all. Twitch is giving Amazon/Twitch Prime members free PC games each day between now and July 18. All told, 21 free games will be available for Prime members in July.
The availability windows vary depending on the game, but today you can download nine games for free. Make sure to grab them quickly, because one game goes away each day this week (you can find the full schedule in the image below). Even if you've missed out on some of the free games, many more lie ahead.
The latest free game is Hue, a side-scrolling puzzle platformer that has you manipulate the color of the background to navigate through levels containing colorful obstacles. It's available for free until July 15.
Several other games remain available as well. Q.U.B.E. 2 is a first-person puzzle game that's available through July 9. Battle Chef Brigade, available until July 10, is a side-scrolling brawler with match-three puzzle elements. Gonner is an ultra-challenging procedurally-generated platformer that will be available until June 12. Finally, an SNK bundle that includes Metal Slug 3, The Last Blade 2, and Twinkle Star Sprites is available through August 2.
To get your free games, you'll first have to link your Twitch and Amazon Prime accounts. Then, head to Twitch.tv and click the crown icon next to the search bar. That opens a drop-down menu where you'll find your free games, along with any other freebies you haven't collected yet. Just note you'll need the Twitch desktop app to access the games.
Even more free games are coming in the days ahead, including Tacoma and Brutal Legend. You can find descriptions of each game here.
A recent leak has given unprecedented insight on the popularity of thousands of Steam games. Ars Technica reports that the hole in Valve's API gave precise player counts for tons of games before the company sealed it up. The mathematical calculations for estimating player counts are complex, but the end-result is a striking snapshot of total players as of July 1.
It should be noted, though, that this method of tracking player counts relies on Steam achievements, so it doesn't count games that don't actually use achievements. It counts any game that was played at least once, which means simply downloading and starting up a game is enough to make an appearance. That gives an inherent advantage to free-to-play games, which have a low barrier to entry. However, it's only games that have been tried once achievements were added, which disadvantages older games.
The full listing is interesting to see and includes games ranging from a few hundred thousand players to the tens of millions. It's not pinpoint-accurate due to the caveats about how the data was compiled, but it's a more direct player count comparison than the gaming public is usually privy to.
By Anonymous on Jul 09, 2018 08:35 pm This week you can revisit fan favorites like Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and Warhammer: Vermintide 2, and enjoy a new adventure with Octopath Traveler.
An event in Fortnite appears to be spilling out into the real world as part of a promotional stunt for the coming season. A recent rocket launch opened up cracks in the sky and rifts began swallowing parts of the game world. Now at least one of those landmarks has appeared in a remote desert.
Greasy Grove's Durr Burger disappeared from the map recently, only to be found by photographer Sela Shiloni in the desert of Palmdale, California (via Eurogamer). Shiloni tweeted about the bizarre find, asking what this strange object was doing in the middle of nowhere. He followed up with a video to prove it wasn't Photoshopped, and has admitted he does not play video games and wasn't familiar with the reference. A police car nearby accompanies a sign that says, "This site is unstable. Beware of possible effects."
Meanwhile, an agent near the Durr Burger sign was handing out a mysterious card with a phone number that appeared to play rift sounds. Dexerto reports that the audio from that phone call has been decoded, and it points to the coordinates of Greasy Grove. That may indicate another clue incoming at that location soon.
This seems likely to be part of the promotional campaign from Epic leading up to the launch of Season 5, but where it all ends is anybody's guess. Epic has been keen at throwing curveballs in its world events, first by having a meteor strike the map and take out Dusty Depot instead of the widely accepted Tilted Towers, and more recently, having a missile launch open a rift instead of impact a part of the map directly.
The rifts appear to be leading to a shift in the objects that appear around the map. Modern-day objects are disappearing, and data-miners have found historical props like a poker table and Penny Farthing bike. One such object, a Greek anchor, appeared near Snobby Shores. It seems likely that by the time all this is over, some current objects will go missing and the map will be populated by historical artifacts.
Season 5 of Fortnite is scheduled to begin on Thursday, July 12, at 1 AM PDT / 4 AM EDT / 9 AM BST / 6 PM AET, which means you have just a few days left to complete the Season 4 challenges. You also have just a couple more days to finish up your fan film for your chance at notoriety and a boatload of V-Bucks.
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