Action-RPG Indivisible Launches This Fall, Gets New Trailer

After bursting onto the scene in July 2015 and having a free demo for a few years, Lab Zero Games’ Indivisible has finally nailed down a release date for this year. The forthcoming action-RPG/platformer hybrid is set to launch on October 8 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Along with the release date announcement came a new trailer that highlights Indivisible’s hand-drawn and animated art style as the trailer jumps between gorgeously-rendered cutscenes and vibrant gameplay environments. Despite the rest of the consoles getting definitive release dates, the Nintendo Switch version is said to be “coming soon.” Check out the announcement trailer below.

Indivisible is available to pre-order now on PC, with console pre-orders “coming soon.” Pre-ordering on Steam nets you the “Follow me, Roti!” bonus, allowing the protagonist’s pet tapir, Roti, to follow you around during your treacherous adventure to challenge the darkness and harness the cosmos. You’ll also receive character skins based on popular Valve games like Half-Life, Portal and Team Fortress 2. Lastly, pre-ordering Indivisible on Steam gives you a Portal Companion Cube.

Developed by Skullgirls creator Lab Zero Games (the core team from the now-defunct Reverge Labs), Indivisible follows Ajna as her life becomes chaotic when her home is attacked and a mysterious power awakens within her. After checking out a hands-on demo of Indivisible earlier this year, we said, “What we’ve seen already is a promising start, blending genres in a new way that makes the marriage of fighting and RPG elements feel natural.”

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/action-rpg-indivisible-launches-this-fall-gets-new/1100-6469007/

Fortnite Spray Can Locations: Where To Find Lost Spray Cans (Season 10 Challenge)

We’re in Week 2 of Fortnite Season X, and there’s a new batch of challenges for Battle Pass holders to complete in the popular battle royale game. This week’s set of missions is called Spray and Pray, and most of the tasks vaguely revolve around graffiti, such as one that asks you to find lost spray cans. If you’re not sure of where to look, we’ve put together this guide to help you complete the challenge.

Where Are The Spray Can Locations?

The spray cans you need to find for this challenge are hidden all across Fortnite’s island, and they’re quite small, making it difficult to track them down if you don’t already know where to look. There are several of them in total scattered around the map, but you only need to find five to finish the task. We’ve marked down the locations of the ones we’ve spotted below.

  • Junk Junction: Next to a pile of garbage at the top of the area
  • Viking village: Next to the tree at the foot of the waterfall
  • Umbrella-shaped mine: Next to a stack of barrels at the bottom of the area
  • Pressure Plant: Next to a pillar at the bottom of the lava stream
  • Shifty Shafts: Enter the mine, then make a left and break through the wall
  • Next to a tent near the nightclub northeast of Happy Hamlet
  • South of Paradise Palms, next to a tree near the scrapyard

How To Complete The Challenge

Once you know where to look, completing the challenge is simply a matter of going to the right areas, then walking up to the spray cans and searching them. You’ll know you’re close to one when you see graffiti scrawled on a nearby object or wall–that’s your signal there’s a spray can nearby. Once you’ve searched five of the cans, the challenge will be complete and you’ll earn 10 Battle Stars for your trouble.

Developer Epic Games is handling challenges a little differently this season. This time, the studio is grouping missions into different themed sets, like the aforementioned Spray and Pray tasks. These are only available to Battle Pass holders; unlike past seasons, Epic is no longer offering some challenges for free to everyone, so you’ll need to pick up a pass if you want to get access to these missions. If you need help completing some of this season’s objectives, you can find maps and guides in our ongoing Fortnite Season X challenges roundup.

Fortnite Season X Coverage

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Nintendo Switch Online’s Free NES Games For August Revealed, And One Is Incredibly Rare

Nintendo has revealed the next batch of NES titles coming to the Nintendo Switch Online service. This month adds another pair of legacy games to the system’s slowly expanding NES library, one of which has never been officially re-released before.

August’s free NES titles are the co-op beat-’em-up Kung-Fu Heroes and the action game Vice: Project Doom. The latter is particularly notable, as it hasn’t appeared on any other console since it first released on NES in 1991, making this its first official port in nearly 30 years. You can see a trailer for the games below.

Both titles will join the service on August 21, bringing the system’s NES software count up to 48. Nintendo adds a handful of classic titles to the NES library each month; July brought Donkey Kong 3 and Wrecking Crew (as well as a helpful rewind feature), while June’s additions included Double Dragon II and City Connection.

The NES library is one of the perks included in the Nintendo Switch Online service. Subscriptions run for US $4 / £3.49 / AU $6 for one month, US $8 / £7 / AU $12 for three months, and US $20 / £18 / AU $30 for one year. Nintendo also offers an annual Family Membership, which costs US $35 / £31.49 / AU $55 and covers up to eight Nintendo Accounts, even on different Switch systems.

In addition to the free NES games, Nintendo Switch Online subscribers can now pick up a freebie for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Nintendo is also holding a free trial period for Mario Tennis Aces. NSO members can play the sports game at no charge until August 13. The game will also be on sale in the Eshop until August 20, and any progress you make during the free period will carry over to the full title.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-onlines-free-nes-games-for-august-/1100-6469005/

Apex Legends Tournament Pulled From ESPN Following Mass Shootings

Following the multiple mass shootings that occurred over the August 3 weekend, well-established sports channel ESPN has pulled an upcoming Apex Legends tournament from its time slot. According to an email sent out by ABC, the EXP Invitational Apex Legends at X Games tournament will no longer broadcast on the television network.

Esports journalist Rod Breslau broke the news on Twitter, saying the tournament “that was scheduled for this weekend” has been pulled. The EXP Invinitational Apex Legends at X Games was originally scheduled to air on Sunday, August 11 from 3-4 PM PT / 4-5 PM ET, but will now be replaced by E:60 – Forever Broncos. ABC wrote that the decision was made “out of respect for the victims and all those impacted by the recent shootings.” Breslau reported that the tournament will air at a later date and confirmed that it can be viewed on ESPN’s esports YouTube channel.

ESPN2 will air the tournament “on three nights in October,” according to Bloomberg’s unidentified source familiar with the matter. Though no longer airing across its television networks–including ABC and ESPNews–Bloomberg reports that the tournament will still stream this weekend on ESPN’s digital channels and the ESPN app.

Earlier this week, President Donald Trump said “the gruesome and grisly video games that are now commonplace” are why mass shootings are becoming normalized. Take-Two Interactive’s CEO responded, calling the President’s comments “disrespectful and irresponsible.” The Entertainment Software Association (the organization behind E3) refuted the President’s statement, saying “numerous scientific studies have established that there is no causal connection between video games and violence.”

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/apex-legends-tournament-pulled-from-espn-following/1100-6469006/

Discord To Offer Limited Game Streaming Functionality

The voice chat app Discord is adding a new feature soon, which will allow streaming in a limited capacity. The Go Live feature will let you share your gameplay with up to 10 friends over the voice channel. The new feature is set to launch on August 15.

Go Live will let you broadcast on PC with low latency for a more social experience. Nitro subscribers will get some extra features too. Nitro Classic users will be able to stream up to 1080p and 60 FPS, and Nitro users can stream in 4K at 60 FPS. Nitro is a subscription service for PC games, offering a curated library for $10 per month.

Though the limited viewership means Discord’s feature isn’t exactly a match for streaming services like YouTube, Twitch, and Mixer that allow you to cultivate large audiences, the limitation appears aimed at making smaller social experiences among groups of friends.

Last year, Discord also announced plans to undercut Epic’s revenue sharing model by offering devs 90% of revenue on sales through its store. Epic has already been providing competition with Steam by offering an 88/12 split as opposed to Steam’s 70/30, so Discord’s would provide further competition in the market. Discord hasn’t made further announcements regarding these plans since then, however.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/discord-to-offer-limited-game-streaming-functional/1100-6469004/

This Xbox One, Madden 20, and 4K TV Bundle Features A $130 Discount

The Xbox One S may not be able to deliver 4K gaming, but it is able to take advantage of 4K displays with its 4K Blu-Ray player. If this interests you, then Best Buy’s latest bundle deal might be a good option.

Right now, Best Buy is offering a discounted Xbox One S and 4K TV bundle. That’s a Toshiba 43-inch 4K TV with HDR, an Xbox One S bundle, and a complimentary copy of Madden NFL 20 for $130 off. The final total is $500 USD at check-out, down from $630. As for the Xbox One S bundles, you have a few to choose from. You can see a list below. Unfortunately, these are a part of the deal as long as supplies last, and at the time of writing this story, the Battle Royale Special Edition was sold out.

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See it at Best Buy

However, if 4K gaming is what you’re looking for, then Best Buy has a deal for the Xbox One X as well. If you add a Battlefield 5 Xbox One X bundle or an NBA 2K19 Xbox One X bundle to your cart, then an extra controller and copy of Halo 5: Guardians will be added automatically, completely free of charge.

In addition to these bundled deals, Best Buy is currently discounting select Xbox One controllers by $10 to $16, depending on the pad. You can check out the Xbox One controller deal here, but you will need to add them to your cart before the exact discount is revealed.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/this-xbox-one-madden-20-and-4k-tv-bundle-features-/1100-6469002/

Introducing GameSpot’s New Weekly Podcast! – GameSpot After Dark Episode 1

“Where’s the Lobby?” “Why’s there no GameSpot podcast?” At least several of you have been asking, so here it is: the official GameSpot Podcast! We’re calling it GameSpot After Dark, and it’s, well, a podcast about video games. We might talk about other stuff, but generally speaking, this is the space each week where GameSpot staff can come together and talk about the games we’re playing, go over the biggest news stories, and answer some of your questions.

GameSpot After Dark will go live every Friday. Right now, it’ll be audio-only (and available on iTunes, Spotify, and other places where podcasts are found), but we’re not ruling anything out! On that note, please give Episode 1 a listen and let us know what kinds of things you want to hear, what kind of guests you want us to invite on, and whatever else comes to mind. You can email us at afterdarkpodcast@gamespot.com!

So, without further ado: On this week’s episode, Jake Dekker, Kallie Plagge, Lucy James, and Jean-Luc Seipke get together to talk about Fire Emblem: Three Houses‘ lack of romance, the Ooblets-Epic Store controversy, and all that shady business with Borderlands 3. We also discuss how we can’t say the F-word on this show.

Where You Can Listen To Episode 1

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New Guilty Gear Will Confront The “Essence” Of Fighting Games

A new entry to the Guilty Gear franchise was unveiled during EVO 2019. Currently dubbed Guilty Gear 2020, there is very little information about the upcoming fighting game. However, Guilty Gear’s general director Daisuke Ishiwatari is calling this new entry a “brand-new experience” that seeks to confront the core elements of the fighting game genre.

Ishiwatari wrote a lengthy note tweeted out by Arc System Works, stating the goal of Guilty Gear 2020 is to excite both new and existing players. To that end, Ishiwatari and his team are aiming to create a title “unlike those of the past.” Guilty Gear 2020, according to Ishiwatari, is not an evolution of the franchise nor a return to its roots. By “disassembl[ing] the current franchise into fragments,” Ishiwatari wrote, Arc System Works’ intention is “a full-frontal confrontation with the essence of the fighting game genre.”

The teaser trailer, above, is a brisk minute-and-a-half long, but it boasts stunning visuals and a camera system that transitions between 2.5D and 3D to give fights a more cinematic vibe. Series mainstays Ky Kiske and Sol Badguy (who is voiced by Ishiwatari himself) are seen battling and hopping between various locales similar to Dragon Ball FighterZ. Just before the trailer closes, Arc System Works introduces a new character: an African American male with dreadlocks and two katanas that looks like a cross between Afro Samurai and legendary two-sword samurai Musashi Miyamoto.

Though no release window has been confirmed and no platforms have been announced, Guilty Gear 2020 is expected to arrive sometime next year.

Speaking of Dragon Ball FighterZ, Janemba is the game’s latest DLC character as part of the FighterZ Pass 2. He joins previously announced Pass 2 characters GT Goku, Jiren, and Videl. Also in Janemba’s announcement trailer, SSGSS Gogeta is said to be joining the roster soon. Dragon Ball FighterZ’s FighterZ Pass 2 retails for $25 USD / $36 AUD / £20 GBP, though each individual character can be purchased for $5 USD / $7 AUD / £4 GBP.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-guilty-gear-will-confront-the-essence-of-fight/1100-6469000/

Where Is Xur Today? Destiny 2 Location, Exotic Weapon, Armor (August 9-13)

Destiny 2 is about to go through some pretty massive changes. In its latest blog post, Bungie outlined exactly when it’s adding cross save to the game–and with it, the ability to transfer characters between PS4, Xbox One, and PC. There are only a couple of weeks before Guardians can start defending the solar system on any platform they want. That makes this a great chance to fill out your Exotic collection before making the jump. As always, Xur has arrived for the weekend with another batch of Exotic items for just that purpose.

Where Is Xur?

You can find Xur on Nessus. Head to the Watcher’s Grave transmat zone, then ride northwest up to Calus’s floating barge, where you’ll find Werner 99-40. Xur is standing at the back of the barge, admiring the view.

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What Is Xur Selling?

As is always the case, Xur brings one Exotic weapon and three pieces of Exotic armor, one specific to each character class. If you need something Xur isn’t carrying, you can always snag an expensive Fated Engram, which will guarantee you an Exotic you don’t already have–but only from the first year of Destiny 2 content or Forsaken. Anything that has come from the Annual Pass expansions over the last year won’t be in the Fated Engram pool, so make sure you know what you need before you buy. You can also grab a Five of Swords card, which lets you adjust Nightfall runs for higher scores, and an Invitation of the Nine from the Season of the Drifter if you haven’t completed them all yet.

  • The Colony (Exotic grenade launcher) — 29 Legendary Shards
  • Shards of Galanor (Exotic Hunter gauntlets) — 23 Legendary Shards
  • Chromatic Fire (Exotic Warlock chest armor) — 23 Legendary Shards
  • ACD/0 Feedback Fence (Exotic Titan gauntlets) — 23 Legendary Shards

The Colony

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Xur’s weapon this week is The Colony, a handy grenade launcher if you’re struggling to hit your opponents with arcing grenade shots. It fires spider bots that track their prey over a short distance, running them down and exploding. That makes it very useful for the Crucible, especially if you’re trying to get grenade kills for the Mountaintop pinnacle weapon quest.

ACD/0 Feedback Fence

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Titans can pick up an old piece of Exotic armor. The ACD/0 Feedback Fence gauntlets are great if you’re the kind of Guardian who likes to mix it up at close ranges and dish out a lot of melee punishment. Notching melee kills builds up energy in the gauntlets, and when you get hit with a melee strike, the energy explodes outward.

Rolls:

  • Slot 1: Pulse Rifle Loader; Sidearm Loader; Momentum Transfer
  • Slot 2: Sniper Rifle Scavenger; Machine Gun Scavenger

Shards Of Galanor

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Hunters get the Year Two Exotic in Xur’s haul this week. Shards of Galanor amp up your Blade Barrage Super, returning Super energy when you get hits and kills with it. Bungie nerfed the Exotic gauntlets not too long ago, so they’re not as effective as they used to be, but these gauntlets are still worth snagging if you don’t have them. This roll is also pretty solid, offering two Enhanced perks.

Rolls:

  • Slot 1: Bow Reloader; Enhanced Impact Induction; Enhanced Hand Cannon Loader
  • Slot 2: Rocket Launcher Scavenger; Sniper Rifle Scavenger

Chromatic Fire

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A handy Exotic for Warlocks chasing orbs during the Solstice of Heroes, Chromatic Fire creates elemental explosions. When you’re wearing it, enemies you take out with precision kills will explode, firing off elemental energy of the subclass you’re using. That can make it useful for creating orbs even when you’re using your Kinetic weapons during the Solstice.

Rolls:

  • Slot 1: Unflinching Fusion Rifle Aim; Unflinching Hand Cannon Aim; Unflinching Sniper Aim
  • Slot 2: Bow Reserves; Special Ammo Finder

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/where-is-xur-today-destiny-2-location-exotic-weapo/1100-6469001/