Square Enix announced Octopath Traveler–previously a Nintendo Switch exclusive–is coming to PC on June 7. The game will launch via Steam and be available to buy through Valve’s PC game store or the Square Enix Store.

According to Gematsu, the announcement was made via a now-deleted blog post. The post didn’t mention any changes coming to Octopath Traveler, so it seems to be a straight port to PC. Square Enix has not followed up with an announcement concerning the Octopath Traveller PC port since deleting the blog post.

In our Octopath Traveler review, Peter Brown gave the game an 8/10, writing, “Despite the lackluster stories that pull you through the world, Octopath thrives on its character progression and the temptations of high-level challenges and rewards. The promise of new jobs, exciting boss fights, and powerful gear will inspire you to poke around every corner, and there are no shortage of discoveries to strive for. And all the while, you’re treated to one of the most interesting and effective re-imaginings of a retro aesthetic around. Octopath will likely be a divisive game due to its fractured storytelling, but it’s one worth playing despite its lesser qualities. Its high points are simply too good to ignore.”

Octopath Traveler is an RPG that puts you in the shoes of eight different heroes, each of which possess their own abilities and stories. H’annit, a hunter, for example, can tame animals and is in search of her missing master, while the knight Olberic can challenge NPCs to fights and is seeking redemption for his past actions. You begin the game as one of the eight, and then recruit the other seven in whichever order you choose.

A mobile game prequel, titled Octopath Traveler: Conquerors of the Continent, is in the works. Square Enix has said it plans on making more games like Octopath Traveler in the future, as sales for the RPG exceeded expectations.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/octopath-traveler-for-pc-leaked-by-square-enix/1100-6466182/

It’s that time of the week again: Fortnite is now in Season 8, Week 7, which means there’s a fresh set of challenges in its wildly popular battle royale. You know the drill: complete the challenges, earn Battle Stars, level up the Battle Pass, and then watch the cosmetic unlocks roll in.

Week 7’s challenges shouldn’t give you too much trouble at all as they’re all pretty easy and, for the most part, can be completed in natural play. In the free section, which is available to all players, there are three challenges. These involve dealing damage with a pickaxe, visiting two locations in a single match, and also heading to three Pirate Camps.

For those that have spent V-Bucks on a premium Battle Pass, you’ll need to do damage to players from above, search chests in Loot Lake or Snobby Shores, take out enemies in five different named locations, and deal damage to enemies while riding a zipline. That last challenge is a multi-part one, so you’ll have another stage open up when it is completed.

Fortnite Season 8, Week 7 Challenges

Free

• Visit Pirate Camps in a single match (3) — 10 Battle Stars
• Stage 1 of 3: Visit Junk Junction and The Block in a single match (2) — 1 Battle Star
• Damage opposing players with the Pickaxe (100) — 5 Battle Stars

Battle Pass

• Get eliminations in different named locations (5) — 10 Battle Stars
• Search chests at Loot Lake or Snobby Shores (7) — 5 Battle Stars
• Deal damage to players from above (500) — 5 Battle Stars
• Stage 1 of 2 – Deal damage to opposing players while riding a zipline (1) — 5 Battle Stars

Damage While Riding Ziplines

The ziplines are fairly plentiful on the island, so the difficulty here really is actually getting on one and then landing shots. Expect lots of players to gather around ziplines and, as we all know, they’re not going to just line up and let everyone take their turn. Prepare to defend yourself while trying to get on the zipline. If you manage to get on a zipline, try and use a weapon that spits out bullets fast, as that’ll give you the best chance of hitting another player.

Damage From Above

Easy peasy: Get to stockpiling resources. Once you’ve got loads of material, start building and go high to give yourself a nice vantage point. When you’re elevated, just start taking shots at anyone around. If you’re feeling particularly spicy, you can aim to do this in the heavily populated areas or even around ziplines to catch players trying to complete the other challenge.

Damage Using Pickaxe

This one is familiar, as Epic likes to throw this challenge in fairly regularly. As a result, you’ve probably got a working strategy at this point. Our one is to group up with other players and wait for ambush opportunities. Now that respawning is a bigger deal in Fortnite, you may get lucky and stumble upon downed enemies or someone so focused on rescuing teammates that they don’t see you coming with your Pickaxe.

Visit Pirate Camps

Epic loves this challenge. It was used in a previous week and is also part of the current Buccaneer’s Bounty event. The upside of re-using old challenges is that we’ve already got a detailed breakdown of how to complete it, including specific locations of the Pirate Camps.

As previously mentioned, a recent Fortnite update has borrowed yet another mechanic from battle royale rival Apex Legends: respawns. You can see how Fortnite and Apex Legends’ respawn systems compare here.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fortnite-challenge-list-visit-pirate-camps-damage-/1100-6466176/