Rainbow Six Siege has become one of Ubisoft’s most successful live games with a steady stream of new operators joining the competitive landscape. One fan recently wondered if the game would ever add a K9 operator, and while the team at Ubisoft has considered it, there’s one problem holding them back: no one wants to kill a dog.

The answer came in the midst of a Q&A with presentation director Alexander Karpazis. The format was addressing questions from Twitter, which means his answers were quick and pithy. In response to one fan asking about a K9 unit in Siege, he simply acknowledged that the team had thought about it, but implied the team hasn’t figured a way around that central problem.

“This is something we’ve talked about for a while,” Karpazis said. “Our creative director always talks about a K9 unit. But to answer your question, I have to ask you a question: are you okay with shooting a dog?”

Dogs as enemies are common in games featuring hordes of undead, and less so but still present in games like Call of Duty. The upcoming game The Last of Us 2 features dogs as enemy units, which may make you pretty uncomfortable. But introducing it in a competitive game is a different kind of design challenge, and Karpazis doesn’t sound sure they’ve solved it.

Elsewhere in the Q&A, he mentions that the team cancelled plans for an Area 51 map. The most recent update added an operator with a flame-throwing shield, so despite its gritty Tom Clancy roots the game isn’t exactly afraid to get absurd. Ubisoft just doesn’t want to make you sad while they’re at it.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rainbow-six-siege-considered-adding-a-very-good-do/1100-6470382/

Destiny 2: Shadowkeep’s newest Raid, Garden of Salvation, went live over the weekend. Thanks to the first group of players who were able to complete it, new content has now been unlocked for all players with access to Season of the Undying (included with Shadowkeep): the Vex Offensive. The central component of the new, Vex-centric season is now officially underway, but in order to take part in the Vex Offensive you’re told to complete the Eyes on the Moon quest. Despite being given the name of the quest, you might be at a loss for how to proceed. Here’s what you need to do to finish Eyes on the Moon and unlock the Vex Offensive.

Now that the Raid has been beaten, when you log into Destiny you’ll get a new cutscene where Ikora talks about the Vex and we see the new threat they pose. You’ll want to speak directly to Ikora at the Tower, and she’ll give you a quest. At this point, it seems as if you can jump into Vex Offensive, which has its own node when looking at the moon’s map, but this is locked until you complete the aforementioned Eyes on the Moon quest. Despite some confusion with the name, all you need to do is complete the quest Ikora has given you, where you have to kill 100 Vex and three Gate Lords on the moon.

How To Complete Eyes On The Moon

While you can find the occasional Vex wandering around the moon, this quest step can only fully be completed by taking part in one of the Vex Invasion Zones–so-called “warpgate hot spots.” These are public event-style occurrences that take place in one of three designated areas: Hellmouth, Archer’s Line, and Anchor of Light. These happen periodically, seemingly before or after the standard public events that can unfold in these areas. There’s little mistaking them: You’ll see a giant electric storm and warpgate in the sky and a lot of Vex on the ground.

For the purposes of finishing Eyes on the Moon, you’ll just have to kill a lot of Vex and the boss–known as a Gate Lord–that spawns at each of these invasion sites. If you successfully kill the Gate Lord before it leaves, another warpgate will open up nearby. You can make your way through three of these encounters before then taking on a special hydra enemy called an Overlord. Killing that will end the event. You don’t need to successfully make your way through the entire event for the purposes of Eyes on the Moon, but doing it in one shot will guarantee you the three Gate Lord kills that you need.

The Vex Offensive

Once you’ve secured the necessary number of kills, only then are you technically granted the quest called Eyes on the Moon (hence the confusion some players have experienced). This simply involves speaking with Eris Morn. Once that’s done, you can freely access the Vex Offensive, which is a six-player PvE matchmaking activity. You’ll fight waves of Vex (including Champions, which are the special enemy class that is best dealt with by using weapons with special mods unlocked through the Gate Lord’s Eye seasonal artifact) and earn new weapons.

Ikora, who has long had little purpose at the Tower, now has weekly and daily bounties for Vex Offensive. These pay out XP, glimmer, and Vex Mind Components, a new type of currency you might have already obtained by leveling up the seasonal battle pass. We now know what these are used for: You cash them in with Ikora for “data input” quests, which simply involve racking up 50 Vex kills (in Vex Offensive or elsewhere) with a specified weapon type. Completing one rewards you with a specific weapon which can also be earned in Vex Offensive. Doing these quests, much like the Essence ones on the moon, are a way of farming for your ideal weapon roll.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/destiny-2s-eyes-on-the-moon-how-to-start-the-vex-o/1100-6470381/

Mario Kart Tour‘s second in-game Tour event is set to begin soon. The event kicks off tomorrow, October 8, at 11 PM PT (2 AM ET on October 9), and it will introduce “additional new and nostalgic courses,” including another one inspired by a real-world location.

Whereas the game’s first Tour took players to New York City, this event will have them racing around a new course based on Tokyo. As before, you’ll be able to earn Grand Stars based on how many points you accumulate in a race, which in turn will let you unlock new Tour gifts, cups, kart parts, and more.

Nintendo has not yet announced what other “new and nostalgic courses” will arrive as part of the Tokyo Tour, but the company did confirm the event will bring new characters. During the aforementioned New York Tour, players had a chance to unlock Pauline and Musician Mario, but it remains to be seen which new racers this week’s event will introduce.

Mario Kart Tour launched on iOS and Android devices on September 25, and the game has already proven to be a big success. Mobile analytics tracker Sensor Tower reports that it racked up 90 million downloads worldwide in its first week of availability, making it Nintendo’s biggest mobile game launch to date.

Mario Kart Tour doesn’t yet feature multiplayer, so you can currently only race against bots, not other players on your friends list. However, Nintendo says the option will be added in the future. We’ve been playing Mario Kart Tour and feel the game isn’t great, but it has some good ideas that future entries in the series should incorporate.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/mario-kart-tours-next-event-kicks-off-tomorrow/1100-6470377/

Season 10 of Fortnite is now slated to end on October 13, after Epic extended it by an additional week, and it appears this season will go out with a bang. Ahead of Season 11, countdown timers have started to pop up all over the island, suggesting a big world-changing event is taking place in the battle royale game this weekend.

The timers can be seen on TV screens across the island, as well as above the rocket at Dusty Depot. As of this writing, there are six days remaining in the countdown, which would mean it’s set to expire on October 13, the day Season 10 now ends.

Epic typically ushers in each new season of Fortnite with some kind of world-changing event, so it’s no surprise that one is on the way ahead of Season 11, but it’s unclear what exactly this event will entail. However, many fans are speculating that it will lead to an entirely new map next season, as dataminers have recently discovered a list of new locations within the game’s code.

While there are still many questions lingering around Season 11, we do know the next season will add bots to the game. As part of its matchmaking changes to Fortnite, Epic confirmed it will add AI-controlled opponents to the game to help players hone their skills; the better players become, the fewer bots will appear in their matches. However, the matchmaking changes have raised concerns because players from different platforms are now matched together, potentially giving those on certain platforms an advantage.

With Season 11 on the horizon, now’s your last chance to complete any remaining challenges from this season. Epic will also be rolling out a set of Overtime challenges beginning October 8. If you need help finishing up any tasks from this season, be sure to check out our complete Fortnite Season 10 challenges guide.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ahead-of-fortnite-season-11-a-major-event-will-tak/1100-6470372/