The first update for Final Fantasy XIV‘s latest expansion, Shadowbringers, is now live and gives players their first wave of post-release content. Patch 5.01 introduces additional quests for those who finished the Shadowbringers main scenario questline under the umbrella of Chronicles of a New Era. There are also a handful of tweaks to many of the jobs and bug fixes, but the most substantial addition is the new 8-player raid dungeon called Eden’s Gate.

You can access the raid by finishing the new quest called “In the Middle of Nowhere” (found at the Crystarium near the main Aetheryte) and starting the follow-up quest “Deploy the Core.” Players will need an average gear level of 425 to take part in Eden’s Gate and complete its four parts Resurrection, Inundation, Descent, and Sepulture.

In the 5.01 patch notes regarding rewards for running the new dungeon raid, Square Enix gave the following details:

• Treasure coffers that appear upon completing Eden’s Gate will not yield gear, but instead yield tokens that can be traded for gear of your choosing.
• You can only receive one token per individual Eden raid each week. In the event you are awarded a token from the loot list, you relinquish your right to vie for all remaining tokens regardless of whether you selected Need or Greed.
• There is no weekly restriction on entering Eden’s Gate.
• Reward eligibility will be reset every Tuesday at 1 AM PT.

As for item exchange for new gear, you can go to Ghul Gul in Amh Araeng or Yhal Yal in Eulmore to trade in those early antiquity tokens for the following gear:

• Head: Helm of Early Antiquity x 2
• Body: Armor of Early Antiquity x 4
• Hands: Gauntlets of Early Antiquity x 2
• Waist: Belt of Early Antiquity x 1
• Legs: Chausses of Early Antiquity x 4
• Feet: Greaves of Early Antiquity x 2
• Accessories: Bangle of Early Antiquity x 1

There are more details on completion rewards for the new raid as well:

• Upon completing Eden’s Gate: Sepulture, players can also earn a blade of early antiquity once per week. This reward can be exchanged with Ghul Gul in Amh Araeng or Yhal Yal in Eulmore for lightweight tomestones, which can be exchanged for weapons.
• Weapons will be available for exchange for lightweight tomestones after the introduction of Allagan tomestones of phantasmagoria, which are scheduled to be released two weeks after patch 5.01.
• Reward eligibility will be reset every Tuesday at 1 AM PT.

Slight tweaks were made for a few jobs across all of FFXIV: Lancer/Dragoon ability Disembowel duration has increased for 24 seconds to 30 seconds, Scholar ability Art of War had its MP cost reduced from 800 to 600, and Astrologian ability Gravity also its MP cost reduced from 700 to 600. You can view the full patch notes for FFXIV 5.01 here.

A Nier Automata-themed 24-player alliance raid called YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse is coming in the future, and it’s being made in collaboration with series creator Yoko Taro. FFXIV director and producer Naoki Yoshida said it’ll play closer to Nier and that Yoko Taro is working on it “as if he’s creating a whole game.”

This is the third expansion for FFXIV, and GameSpot reviewer Ginny Woo awarded Shadowbringers a 9/10 praising its great storytelling, strong instanced dungeons, and new Trust system (which lets you bring the game’s characters into dungeons as AI teammates instead of real players). For a broad overview of what’s new in the expansion, check out the biggest changes made to FFXIV for Shadowbringers, or if you need help with the new jobs, be sure to use our Gunbreaker and Dancer starting guide.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ffxiv-shadowbringers-first-raid-and-update-are-liv/1100-6468452/

A special event has been announced for Pokemon Go. Niantic’s hit Pokemon mobile game is teaming up with the popular manga series One Piece for a collaboration event next week, which will give players around the world a chance to capture a special Pikachu.

Beginning July 22, Pikachu wearing One Piece hero Luffy’s iconic straw hat will begin spawning worldwide for a limited time. A straw hat avatar item will also be available from the in-game Style Shop, while players in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan will be able to visit statues of Luffy and other One Piece characters, which will serve as new PokeStops.

One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda was born in Kumamoto Prefecture, which was devastated by an earthquake back in 2016, just a few months prior to Pokemon Go’s launch. The special Pokemon Go/One Piece event is an effort to help draw people to the area. Pokemon Go and One Piece are both also celebrating anniversaries in July, making this month a special occasion for both properties.

In the meantime, a new Legendary Pokemon is appearing in Pokemon Go. Armored Mewtwo can be found in five-star Raids from now until July 31. This version of the Legendary Psychic Pokemon is sporting the armor it wears from the new Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution movie. It also boasts different stats and can learn different moves than standard Mewtwo.

Pokemon Go’s next Community Day is also just around the corner. The monthly event returns this Sunday, July 21. The featured Pokemon this month will be Mudkip, the Water-type starter from Ruby and Sapphire. On top of increased Mudkip spawns, players can also earn triple the usual amount of XP for capturing Pokemon during the event.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-go-crossing-over-with-one-piece-for-specia/1100-6468455/

Ubisoft has revealed the full list of games that will be available on Uplay+ when the service launches. First teased at E3 2019, Uplay+ is a subscription-based service that gives you access to a library of games–think along the same lines as EA Access or Xbox Game Pass.

“The value of Uplay+ is that you not only get access to our catalog of more than 100 games and DLC, but you also will be able to enjoy our upcoming releases,” Ubisoft VP of platform and product management Brenda Panagrossi said in a blog post. “Uplay+ subscribers will be able to play Ghost Recon Breakpoint and Watch Dogs Legion premium editions. Couple that with upcoming games like Gods & Monsters and Rainbow Six Quarantine, Uplay+ is packed with new releases in the first 12 months for only $14.99/month.”

Exclusive to PC, Uplay+ launches with close to a hundred games on September 3. Some of the most notable titles included are Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Ultimate Edition, Child of Light, Far Cry 5 – Gold Edition, For Honor – Marching Fire Edition, Rayman Legends, South Park: The Fractured but Whole – Gold Edition, Rainbow Six Siege – Ultimate Year Four Edition, Splinter Cell Blacklist – Deluxe Edition, The Division 2 – Ultimate Edition, Trials Rising – Gold Edition, and Watch Dogs 2 – Gold Edition.

As Panagrossi mentioned, new Ubisoft games scheduled to come in 2020 will be added to the service as well, including Gods & Monsters, Rainbow Six Quarantine, and Watch Dogs Legion. The full list can be found below. The bolded titles will not be available come launch.

Current Uplay+ Game List (Subject To Change)

• Anno 1800 – Deluxe Edition
• Anno 2205 – Ultimate Edition
• Assassin’s Creed – Director’s Cut
• Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood – Deluxe Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Chronicles – China
• Assassin’s Creed Chronicles – India
• Assassin’s Creed Chronicles – Russia
• Assassin’s Creed Freedom Cry – Standalone Edition
• Assassin’s Creed II – Deluxe Edition
• Assassin’s Creed III + Liberation Remastered
• Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag – Gold Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Ultimate Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Origins – Gold Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Origins – Discovery Tour
• Assassin’s Creed Revelations – Standard Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Rogue – Deluxe Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – Gold Edition
• Assassin’s Creed Unity – Standard Edition
• Beyond Good and Evil
• Brothers in Arms: Earned In Blood
• Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway
• Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
• Child of Light
• Cold Fear
• Far Cry 2 – Fortune’s Edition
• Far Cry 3 – Blood Dragon (Standalone)
• Far Cry 3 – Deluxe Edition
• Far Cry 4 – Gold Edition
• Far Cry 5 – Gold Edition
• Far Cry New Dawn – Deluxe Edition
• Far Cry Primal – Digital Apex Edition
• Flashback Origin
• For Honor – Marching Fire Edition
• From Dust
• Gods & Monsters
• I Am Alive
• Imperialism
• Imperialism 2
• Might & Magic IX
• Might & Magic VII – For Blood And Honor
• Might & Magic VIII -Day of the Destroyer
• Might & Magic X Legacy – Deluxe Edition
• Might & Magic: Heroes II – Gold Edition
• Might & Magic: Heroes III – Complete Edition
• Might & Magic: Heroes V – Standard Edition
• Might & Magic: Heroes VI – Gold Edition
• Might & Magic: Heroes VI – Shades of Darkness
• Might & Magic: Heroes VII – Deluxe Edition
• Might & Magic: Heroes VII – Trial by Fire
• Monopoly PLUS
• Ode
• Panzer General 2
• Panzer General 3D assault
• POD Gold
• Prince of Persia (2008)
• Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands – Deluxe Edition
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
• Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
• Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
• Rayman 2
• Rayman 3
• Rayman Forever
• Rayman Legends
• Rayman Origins
• Rayman Raving Rabbids
• Silent Hunter 2
• Silent Hunter 3
• Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific – Gold Edition
• Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic – Gold Edition
• South Park: The Fractured but Whole – Gold Edition
• South Park: The Stick of Truth – Standard Edition
• Speed Buster
• Starlink – Digital Deluxe Starter Kit
• Steep – X Games Gold Edition
• The Crew – Ultimate Edition
• The Crew 2 – Gold Edition
• The Settlers 1 – History Edition
• The Settlers 2 – History Edition
• The Settlers 3 – History Edition
• The Settlers 4 – History Edition
• The Settlers 5: Heritage of the Kings – History Edition
• The Settlers 6: Rise of an Empire – History Edition
• The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom – History Edition
• Tom Clancy’s EndWar
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier – Deluxe Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands – Ultimate Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint – Gold Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six – Standard Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3 – Gold Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Lockdown
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege – Ultimate Year Four Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas II
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Quarantine
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist – Deluxe Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction – Deluxe Edition
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent
• Tom Clancy’s The Division – Gold Edition
• Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 – Ultimate Edition
• Trackmania Turbo
• Transference – Uplay
• Trials Evolution – Gold Edition
• Trials Fusion – Standard Edition
• Trials Rising – Gold Edition
• Uno
• Valiant Hearts
• Warlords Battlecry
• Warlords Battlecry 2
• Watch_Dogs – Complete Edition
• Watch_Dogs 2 – Gold Edition
• Watch_Dogs Legion Ultimate Edition
• World In Conflict – Complete Edition
• Zombi

We got our first look at Gods & Monsters, Rainbow Six Quarantine, and Watch Dogs Legion at E3 2019. Made by the Assassin’s Creed Odyssey team, Gods & Monsters essentially takes the Atlantis storyline of Odyssey and expands upon it into a full-fledged game where you hunt down monsters from Greek mythology with the weapons and powers of the gods. Rainbow Six Quarantine is a standalone version of Rainbow Six Siege’s limited-time Outbreak mode, which sees Team Rainbow’s Operators fight against waves of zombified humans to stop an infection in PvE combat. Watch Dogs Legion takes the franchise to London, expanding your options in how you take fight tyranny by allowing you to play as any NPC in the city.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/over-100-pc-games-will-launch-on-ubisofts-uplay-pl/1100-6468453/

The Season of Opulence is well underway, and Destiny 2‘s latest update just dropped even more content for fans to blast through this season. There are now two new Exotics to chase: Lumina, a hand cannon that marks the third part of the story of Dredgen Yor, and Bad Juju, a pulse rifle with ties to Toland the Shattered. You also have a new slate of Moments of Triumph to chase down before the arrival of Shadowkeep. Meanwhile, if you’re still trying to climb to the new Power cap of 750, one route you can take to get Powerful gear drops is the weekly Ascendant Challenge in the Dreaming City. As always, we’ve continued to rotate through the available Ascendant Challenges; the specifics of what you have to do are the same, but it’s not immediately obvious where you need to go or what’s going to happen inside. Below, you’ll find a guide to help you out.

Before you try to tackle the Ascendant Challenge, the same requirements as always hold true; most notably, you need a Tincture of Queensfoil. This is a consumable item that you’ll happen upon while playing in the Dreaming City, although you can also buy them. Using a Tincture gives you the Ascendance buff, which allows you to see a Taken portal. It’s this portal you must go through to complete the Ascendant Challenge. Along with a Tincture, you have to grab the Ascendant Challenge bounty from Petra in the Dreaming City; it’s through this that you actually get your Powerful gear.

For the current challenge, the portal is located in Rheasilvia. In the northeast corner, head inside a building and go straight as far as you can. Turn right, and then go left in the next area to reach Harbinger’s Seclude. Go up a set of stairs and out the doorway on the right. Head straight through this area, through another doorway, and continue straight in the next zone. At the end of a bridge you’ll see a statue covered in Taken Blight balls; look for hidden Ascendant platforms to appear in the big open area in front of the statue starting on the right side of the room that will take you to the top, or jump up the blights themselves to reach the portal on top of the statue’s head. Check out the video above for a walkthrough. If you struggle to get up, take out your ghost and you’ll see some invisible platforms just off the slide of the area that can help you get up.

Going through the portal transports you to the Keep of Honed Edges in the Ascendant Plane. Platform your way across a series of rocks and you’ll find an area with three knights who are immune to damage. Kill all of the other enemies and the barrier protecting a sword will go away, allowing you to pick up the relic.

At this point, more enemies spawn in and one knight will begin attacking you. Kill the knight, and the other two will join the fray along with additional enemies. Take them all out, and you’ll again have to platform across a series of rocks, now with enemies to make things more challenging. There is debris moving through the area, and at least certain things you step on will disappear after a short period of time, so make sure not to linger. Make your way toward a platform with a large blue object on it to complete the challenge.

As in previous weeks, the chest you receive at the end of the Ascendant Challenge isn’t anything special. But the bounty you get from Petra offers Powerful gear for completing it; this can help to boost your Power level, so ensuring you have the bounty is essential.

Meanwhile, the quest for Thorn should keep players busy for a bit. It also represents another step forward in one of the biggest, most interesting running stories in all of Destiny lore–check out our lore catch-up guide for everything you need to know about the famous gun, its famous wielder, and what’s going on with the Drifter as the Season of the Drifter continues.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/destiny-2-ascendant-challenge-week-4-guide-july-16/1100-6462031/

Juventus will be exclusive to PES 2020 this year, meaning FIFA 20 will have to make do without. PES publisher Konami has announced a “long-term” deal with the club that makes PES “the only console football game to include the Italian champions.”

Konami says the partnership covers exclusive use of Juve’s “team name, crest, and official kits”–as well as its Allianz Stadium–within “console football video games.” That leaves the door open for other games, such as Football Manager, to include the club, but details on that are unclear. What is clear is that FIFA will not include Juventus this year; EA has stated its plans to instead feature an unlicensed version of the club.

“Following a close relationship with Juventus Football Club, EA Sports can confirm that June 30 marked the end of its partnership with the club,” EA said.

In a separate statement, the publisher continued: “Piemonte Calcio will be a new playable team in FIFA 20 with a custom badge and kit throughout Kick-Off, Career Mode, and Volta. Piemonte Calcio will use real-world, authentic players in FIFA 20 and FIFA 20 Ultimate Team. Piemonte Calcio players’ Chemistry within FIFA 20 Ultimate Team is unaffected by these changes.”

The term “Piemonte” is a reference to the region of Italy Juventus is located, Piedmont. “Calcio,” meanwhile, is the Italian word for “kick” that is commonly associated with football in the country. FIFA’s version of the Italian league, Serie A, is titled Calcio A due to the lack of official league license.

EA went on to reassure fans that while Juve’s name, badge, and kits are unlicensed in FIFA 20, the club’s players would still be depictions of their real selves, as player likenesses come under the umbrella football union, FIFPro, and not their individual clubs or leagues. Since FIFPro has partnerships with both Konami and EA, both are permitted to replicate player names and faces in their games. EA also said FIFA 20 will continue to feature Piemonte Calcio players as in-form players in Ultimate Team in accordance with Juventus’s real-world standing. The company concluded by confirming existing versions of FIFA are unaffected by the change.

PES 2020 also has official partnerships with Manchester United, Arsenal, and Bayern Munich, though those are not exclusive, so EA can continue to feature them officially in FIFA.

PES 2020 launches for PS4, Xbox One, and PC on September 10. A demo version, which includes online and offline match types as well as the game’s edit mode, will launch on July 30.

FIFA 20, meanwhile, launches September 27 and comes with a new five-a-side Volta mode, among other changes.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fifa-20-loses-juventus-after-pes-2020-announces-ex/1100-6468449/