Fortnite carries on changing, week by week, and we’re now into Season 9, Week 5. Many of this week’s challenges are fairly self-explanatory, but there is one that’s a little trickier.

“Visit different wind turbines in a single match,” developer Epic Games asks of us. “But where are the wind turbines’ locations?” I hear you respond. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.

You can watch the video above to see the locations of the five wind turbines you need to visit to complete this challenge (hint: they’re all pretty close to Pleasant Park). You just need to land on top of a wind turbine for it to register you as having visited it.

When you’re done, you might want to read the full patch notes for Fortnite’s 9.20 update, which introduces a new throwable named the storm flip. According to Epic, the throwable “explodes on impact and creates a sphere-shaped zone.” This zone brings Fortnite’s evil storm to any safe zone, and makes any storm zone safe. You can therefore use it in a pinch if the storm has caught up with you–or throw it at an enemy to subject them to the storm’s damage-dealing abilities, even when they would normally be safe.

In other Fortnite news, players have recently spotted a giant eyeball encased in ice within the game. The eye can be found underneath Polar Peak. It’s still unclear just what this means for the game, although fans are theorizing it could lead to some kind of community event or even a Godzilla: King of the Monsters tie-in, which certainly wouldn’t be out of the ordinary, as Epic has previously held tie-in events for John Wick and Avengers: Endgame. You can watch some footage of the eyeball here.

To tie in with E3 2019, meanwhile, Microsoft has unveiled a new Fortnite-themed Xbox One console bundle. In addition to the console itself, which sports a stylish royal(e) purple gradient, the bundle includes a matching purple Xbox wireless controller, a copy of Fortnite, a Dark Vertex cosmetic set for the game (comprising a Legendary Outfit, Epic Glider, and Rare Pickaxe), 2000 in-game V-Bucks, and a one-month free trial Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass (the former of which is required to play Fortnite).

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fortnite-season-9-week-5-challenge-guide-wind-turb/1100-6467427/

Microsoft and Sony recently made a surprise announcement that they were agreeing to a strategic partnership for gaming and cloud services, specifically using Microsoft’s own Azure infrastructure. Two of the biggest console manufacturers working together was big news, but it doesn’t mean the PlayStation and Xbox brands are joining forces.

In an interview with the Financial Times, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan ruled out any kind of larger merger afoot.

“There is to my knowledge… no scenario where the PlayStation and Xbox platforms combine,” Ryan said. “The two platforms will remain separate with their own separate identities and brands and fans.”

The deal does, however, give Sony a more robust back-end for its PlayStation Now streaming service thanks to Azure datacenters. It appears that the company is seeing competition coming between Google Stadia and Microsoft’s xCloud and wants to be prepared to match with its own service.

“We are getting more confident with the [PlayStation Now] service and we are really going to start to push it hard this year and the year to follow,” Ryan said. He also suggested that Sony has resolved the technical end of PlayStation Now and can focus its efforts on lining up content.

Shortly after the deal was announced, we learned that PlayStation was largely left out of the negotiations. It was a high-level deal between Microsoft and Sony, rather than between the Xbox and PlayStation divisions at the companiesm . The report even stated that managers had to calm addled nerves from employees who wondered what this meant for their next console, so fans weren’t the only ones wondering about a possible console merger in the works.

Microsoft is likely to further detail its xCloud plans at its E3 2019 press conference. Before then, though, Google is giving a special “Stadia Connect” presentation where it has promised price and launch plans for Google Stadia.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/playstation-boss-rules-out-merger-with-xbox/1100-6467425/