Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland battle system details and screenshots
See our newest alchemist in action.
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Fire Emblem: Three Houses details characters, classes, gameplay, and more
Learn about classes, skills, and more from Famitsu magazine
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Fortnite Week 9 Secret Battle Star Location Guide (Season 8 Discovery Challenge)
We’re quickly coming up on the end of Fortnite Season 8, but Epic still has a few more challenges in store for players before Season 9 officially begins. Week 9’s challenges are now live across PS4, Xbox One, PC, Switch, and mobile, which means you have another chance to earn Battle Stars and unlock more of this season’s skins and other Battle Pass rewards.
If you’re familiar with how Fortnite works by now, you’ll know there’s an added incentive to complete as many challenges as you can; if you finish all of the ones from a given week, you’ll also clear a Discovery challenge, which will reward you with a special loading screen. These screens typically feature a cool or humorous piece of artwork, but the real reason you want to unlock them is because they each hide a subtle clue that points you to a free Battle Star (which levels your Battle Pass up by one tier) or Banner (which can be used as a profile icon) hidden somewhere around the island.
Once you’ve completed nine weeks’ worth of challenges, you’ll unlock the loading screen pictured below. This one features Season 8’s best new skin, Peely, rather unwisely trying to retrieve a treasure chest from a river of lava. Look in the background directly above the treasure chest, however, and you’ll be able to spot an etching of a viking ship. This is the clue to where this week’s free Battle Star can be found.
As it turns out, there’s a large wooden viking ship in the snowy mountaintop village located just southeast of Snobby Shores. Make your way to the area and you’ll be able to easily spot the boat sitting near the edge of the waterfall. Approach it and the Battle Star will appear inside. Collect it as you would any other item, then finish the match and your Battle Pass will level up by one more tier. You can see the ship’s exact location on the map below. We also walk you through exactly where to find it in the video at the top of this guide.
If you’ve been keeping up with all of this season’s free Battle Stars and Banners, you’ll know there are a few caveats before you can find them in the game. Specifically, the items won’t appear around the map unless you’ve first completed the necessary number of challenges and unlocked their corresponding loading screen, so you can’t simply waltz to the right location and expect to find it unless you’ve done all of the other steps.
If you still have any outstanding challenges from this season, be sure to check out our complete Fortnite Season 8 challenges guide. We’ve put together tips to help you finish all of this season’s trickier missions. You can also see all of the cosmetics up for grabs in our Season 8 Battle Pass rewards gallery.
Fortnite’s 8.50 update arrived on April 25, and it marked the start of the anticipated Avengers: Endgame crossover event, which encompasses new Avengers-inspired cosmetics–like a cool Black Widow skin–and a Fortnite Endgame limited-time mode that features its own unique set of challenges to complete and rewards to unlock. The event is slated to run through to the end of Season 8, which formally wraps up on May 8.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fortnite-week-9-secret-battle-star-location-guide-/1100-6466485/
Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest launches on May 15
This tough tactical RPG lands next month.
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Flash Deal: Get 12 Months Of Xbox Live Gold For $40
If you’re an Xbox One owner who plays online multiplayer games, you’re probably very familiar with Xbox Live Gold, Microsoft’s premium service that lets you do just that. A 12-month membership sells for $60 at most retailers, but for a very limited time, you can grab an annual subscription to Xbox Live Gold for just $40 at MassGenie. The deal ends in less than 24 hours, so act fast.
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Here’s how to claim the offer at MassGenie: On the product page, click on the Power Deal circle. It’ll prompt you to sign in or create an account–creating an account is free (and there’s no guest checkout for Power Deals). After you’re signed in, you’ll automatically be redirected to checkout, and you’ll see that the coupon (XBOXLIVE12M) has automatically been applied.
After you check out, you can access the Xbox Live Gold digital code via email. The Xbox Live Gold code is the same as the tracking ID in your order history. To see the code, just click “track your package” in the email you’ll receive, and you’ll be redirected to your order details, where you can see the tracking ID/digital code to redeem at the bottom right.
In addition to online multiplayer, Xbox Live Gold members gain access to exclusive discounts and free monthly games for Xbox One and Xbox 360. April’s free Games With Gold currently include The Technomancer, Outcast: Second Contact, and Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2, so if you claim this deal, be sure to pick up those freebies while they’re still available.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/flash-deal-get-12-months-of-xbox-live-gold-for-40/1100-6466484/
Fortnite’s Avengers: Endgame Crossover Has Cool Black Widow Skin, But Only For Today
Fortnite‘s 8.50 update is now live across all platforms, and it’s kicked off the game’s anticipated Avengers: Endgame limited-time event. That isn’t the extent of the crossover, however. Epic has also added a new assortment of Avengers-inspired cosmetics to the battle royale game, including a cool skin based on Black Widow.
The Black Widow outfit, which you can see below, is available for purchase now from Fortnite’s in-game store. It costs 1,500 V-Bucks and comes in two variants: one with red hair, and one with blonde. It also includes a matching Back Bling. On top of that, Epic is selling a Widow’s Bite harvesting tool skin for 800 V-Bucks, as well as a Widow’s Pirouette emote for 200.
If you’re interested in adding the Black Widow outfit to your wardrobe, you’ll need to act quickly; the skin will only be available from the Fortnite store until 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET. There’s also no telling if it’ll cycle back in at some point in the future, so if you’d like it, you only have a few hours to pick it up. However, Epic has teased that there will be other Avengers outfits in the game, with the second set going on sale “early next week.”
Meanwhile, the Fortnite Endgame LTM will run through to the end of Season 8. This special mode has players either siding with Thanos and his Chitauri Invaders or the Heroes trying to stop them. Those on Team Thanos must find the six Infinity Stones scattered around the island in order to power up the mad titan, while players on the Heroes’ side will need to find the Avengers’ iconic weapons and wield them against the villains. There’s also a set of Fortnite Endgame challenges to complete, which will unlock more Avengers-inspired cosmetics.
On top of all that, Week 9’s challenges are also live in Fortnite, which means we’re quickly nearing the end of Season 8. That also means you only have a little more time to complete any outstanding challenges from this season and unlock the remaining Battle Pass rewards. If you need any help, we’ve rounded up tips for the trickier tasks in our complete Season 8 challenges guide.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fortnites-avengers-endgame-crossover-has-cool-blac/1100-6466477/
Respawn Delays Future Titanfall Games To Focus On Supporting Apex Legends
It appears Respawn’s current Titanfall project and plans on all future Titanfall games have been delayed. Previously scheduled for later this year, Apex Legends executive producer Drew McCoy announced plans for all future Titanfall games have been delayed so that Respawn can better focus on future seasons for Apex Legends.
“[Regarding] other games in development at Respawn, it is important to understand that there are entirely separate development teams working on Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order,” McCoy wrote in a blog post. “Additionally, in order to fully support Apex Legends, we are pushing out plans for future Titanfall games. No resources from the Apex Legends team are being shifted to other titles in development here at the studio, nor are we pulling resources from the team working on Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.”
Not many details about this upcoming Titanfall project have been revealed, but Respawn CEO Vince Zampella has clarified that it is not Titanfall 3. “We love being able to experiment in this crazy universe!” he said. On Twitter, Zampella also shot down the theory that the Titanfall project would be a VR game. In an earnings call, EA described the project as a “premium” title but suggested the game would not be a typical Titanfall sequel.
In this regard, the Titanfall project sounds like it could be similar to Apex Legends, Respawn’s battle royale game set within the Titanfall universe years after the events of Titanfall 2. This upcoming game could just be set within the same setting as the original first person shooters, but doesn’t quite follow the same mixture of fast-paced, wall-running gameplay and slower, mech-based combat.
Respawn is set to announce the details concerning Apex Legends Season 2 during EA Play in June. “For Season 2 you can expect a Battle Pass with more meaningful content, the introduction of a new Legend, the debut of a new weapon…and you didn’t expect Kings Canyon to stay the same forever, did you?” McCoy wrote. Following the start of Season 2, Respawn is scheduled to release Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order on November 15 for Xbox One, PS4, and PC. The Star Wars game is set after the events of Revenge of the Sith and sees you play as Jedi padawan Cal Kestis.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/respawn-delays-future-titanfall-games-to-focus-on-/1100-6466483/
Apex Legends First Season 2 Details Coming In June
Respawn will share the first details of Apex Legends Season 2 at the EA Play event taking place just before E3 in June. A statement from the company acknowledges some of the shortcomings of this first season battle pass, and goes on to tease some of the new content that will be coming, including changes to the map.
“We’ve seen all the feedback on Season 1 and look forward to showing you the improvements we’re making,” the studio said in a note on the EA blog. “For Season 2 you can expect a Battle Pass with more meaningful content, the introduction of a new Legend, the debut of a new weapon… and you didn’t expect Kings Canyon to stay the same forever, did you?”
The seasonal roadmap also said that Season 2 would begin in June, so there likely won’t be much time between the announcement and the update.
This is part of the studio’s new commitment, as stated in the blog, to “provide more visibility into the future.” That doesn’t mean we’ll hear about everything, they warn, but it’s attempting to be more transparent and put out “fewer surprise drops.”
Also along those lines, it explained the current studio slate and how it’s prioritizing its projects. Respawn is currently split into two teams working on Apex Legends and Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. But to keep from stretching itself too thin, the studio is pushing back its plans for future Titanfall games. This would seem to suggest that it’s no longer planning to put out multiple games this year.
A recent report claimed that Fortnite, Apex’s chief competitor which offers weekly content drops along with larger seasonal changes, has developed a culture of crunch because of the sheer workload of such frequent updates. Without mentioning Fortnite by name, Respawn CEO Vince Zampella said that Apex will stick with seasonal drops, referencing “quality of life for the team.”
EA won’t be holding a traditional press conference again this year, but will be holding its EA Play event the week prior. Check out our full roundup of all the press conferences scheduled for this year’s event.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/apex-legends-first-season-2-details-coming-in-june/1100-6466482/
PlayStation Gear Store Relaunches With New Official Apparel, Accessories (North America Only)
Die-hard PlayStation fans now have a new online destination for games-related merchandise and apparel: Sony just relaunched its online PlayStation Gear Store this week with officially licensed products inspired by PlayStation and some of its biggest games, like God of War, Bloodborne, Uncharted, and The Last of Us. As of right now, the PlayStation Gear Store is available only to those in North America and ships to the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
The new store has a wide range of official products, from apparel and accessories to home decor. According to Sony’s announcement, limited-edition items are coming soon and will include collectibles, seasonal products, and brand collaborations.
Head over to the PlayStation Gear Store to check out the new offerings, and see some of the new products that caught our eye below.
Controller Tee, $24.95
Symbols Fizz Backpack, $14.95
PlayStation Branded Gadget Decals, $12.95
Kojima Productions Logo Tee, $28.95
Inflatable Controller Chair, $39.95
Bomber Jacket, $129.95
God of War Pop Games Vinyl Figure, $14.95
Bloodborne Eileen the Crow Tee, $28.95
Uncharted Artifacts Coasters – Set of 4, $29.95
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/playstation-gear-store-relaunches-with-new-officia/1100-6466473/
Epic Store Will Stop Going After Exclusives If Steam Makes A Big Change
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has laid out an ultimatum in regards to securing further exclusive titles for the Epic Games Store. If Valve offers a revenue share for developers on Steam that matches Epic’s, Sweeney tweeted out, then the Epic Games Store will stop signing exclusivity agreements that keep games off of Steam.
“If Steam committed to a permanent 88% revenue share for all developers and publishers without major strings attached, Epic would hastily organize a retreat from exclusives (while honoring our partner commitments) and consider putting our own games on Steam,” Sweeney wrote. “Such a move would be a glorious moment in the history of PC gaming, and would have a sweeping impact on other platforms for generations to come.”
The Epic Games Store has made a habit of securing major triple-A and high-profile indie games away from Steam. The Souls-like game Ashen was one of the first to leave Steam for an exclusive offering on Epic, but it was followed by more prominent titles like Metro Exodus and Borderlands 3. Ubisoft has entered into a partnership with the Epic Games Store and moved most of its PC releases over from Steam to Epic, starting with The Division 2 and extending to Anno 1800 as well.
There’s been plenty of discontent for the Epic Games Store, especially when games that have been sold on Steam are moved to Epic during the pre-order phase. In most cases, this has caused outrage on Twitter and Reddit, as well as Steam users review bombing games that have sequels launching on Epic. Both Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light were hit hard in the aftermath of Metro Exodus’ move to Epic. The same happened to Borderlands, Borderlands 2, and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel after the reveal that Borderlands 3 would be launching on the Epic Games Store.
Steam users’ harsh reactions to games leaving Steam for Epic and Valve’s slow response on some of the review bombings have rubbed some developers the wrong way. “Ironically, that this misuse is possible and that Steam has no interest in correcting this misuse makes me kind of happy about 2K’s decision and makes me want to reconsider Gearbox Publishing’s current posture on the platform,” Gearbox studio head Randy Pitchford wrote.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/epic-store-will-stop-going-after-exclusives-if-ste/1100-6466479/
