Path of Exile is coming to mobile devices. This morning at ExileCon, Grinding Gear CEO Chris Wilson announced that the popular free-to-play title is coming to smartphones featuring what is described as a fair monetization strategy. Wilson also pointed out that Grinding Gear is developing the title in-house as opposed to shipping it off to a different studio to handle it.

Before you get too excited, however, Wilson cautioned that Path of Exile mobile is only an “experimental” title. Development will continue–or not–based on fan feedback.

Wilson used his keynote address to make a little jab at Blizzard over its own mobile game reveal. He said he’s happy that Grinding Gear announced Path of Exile 2 before revealing Path of Exile Mobile in what was surely a reference to how Blizzard angered fans by announcing Diablo Immortal before Diablo IV.

Disclosure: Grinding Gear Games is paying for GameSpot’s flight and accommodation in Auckland, New Zealand to attend ExileCon.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/path-of-exile-mobile-game-announced-with-funny-rev/1100-6471504/

It’s an exciting time of year for Star Wars fans, with the release of The Mandalorian on Disney Plus and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in theaters this December. To complete the trio, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order released on PS4, Xbox One, and PC on November 15. If you’re planning to buy Jedi Fallen Order for yourself or someone on your shopping list this holiday season, you might be looking for discounts on the game this Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Luckily, there are some great Xbox One console bundles planned for Black Friday along with some early discounts on the game itself.

Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order is one of our top 2019 holiday gift recommendations; it also earned an 8/10 in our Jedi Fallen Order review. “Fallen Order becomes perhaps the strongest conception of what playing as a Jedi Knight ought to really be like,” wrote Phil Hornshaw. “It’s true that Fallen Order borrows liberally from other action games, but those elements work together with Respawn’s combat and environment design, and a story that finds humanity in the Force and in its characters, to hone in on what makes the world of Star Wars worthy of revisiting again and again. Even with some rough edges, Fallen Order represents one of the most compelling game additions to the Star Wars franchise in years.”

Read on for the best Black Friday deals on Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order announced so far.

Black Friday deals: Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order

Game deals

Currently, the best deal on Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order for PS4 or Xbox One is at Ebay, where you can get a brand-new copy of the game with free shipping for $50 ($10 off). Unfortunately, we haven’t seen any good PC discounts since the game’s release, but Steam and the Epic Games Store may discount the game when their Black Friday sales launch. In the meantime, Epic is offering a free Imperial Stormtrooper outfit for Fortnite with any purchase of Jedi Fallen Order now through November 30, 2020.

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Console bundles

If you’re looking to pick up a new Xbox One along with Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, you have some excellent choices for Black Friday. You’ll be able to get an Xbox One X bundle with Jedi Fallen Order for $350 and an Xbox One S bundle with the game for $200.

Xbox One X bundle with Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order: Deluxe Edition and 3 months of Xbox Live Gold

$350 ($500)

Best Buy’s Xbox One X bundle includes three months of Xbox Live Gold in addition to Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order Deluxe Edition. It’ll be available starting November 28 at Best Buy. If you buy at Microsoft, you’ll get the same bundle for the same price, but it comes with one month of Xbox Live Gold, one month of Xbox Game Pass for console, and one month of EA Access. In addition, Game Pass Ultimate and Xbox Live Gold members get early access to Xbox deals starting November 21. Everyone else will have access to this console bundle and other Microsoft Store deals starting November 24, which is still earlier than Best Buy and other stores.

Xbox One S bundle with Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order and $40 Target Gift Card

$200 ($300)

Multiple stores are offering this Xbox One S bundle with Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order Deluxe Edition, but only Target is throwing a $40 gift card in as well. It’ll be available starting November 28. Meanwhile, it’ll also be on sale at the Microsoft Store for the same price. Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass Ultimate members still get early access to Microsoft’s deals, which come with the aforementioned one-month trials.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-jedi-fallen-order-black-friday-2019-deal/1100-6471498/

Steam regularly has free periods where you can play a game all weekend, but you usually have to buy it if you want to keep playing past Sunday. However, this weekend is different, and with Black Friday just around the corner, Steam and publisher Sega are offering free digital copies of Company of Heroes 2 until November 17 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET.

All you have to do to get your free game is go to Company of Heroes 2’s Steam page, add it to your cart, and then checkout as if you were buying the game normally. You won’t be charged, and it’ll still be yours to keep forever. Sega is also discounting much of the game’s DLC, so if you find you enjoy the game, you can pick some of it up at a cheaper price.

GameSpot’s Company of Heroes 2 review scored the real-time strategy game a 7.5/10. “Such multiplayer mayhem recalls the original Company of Heroes’ best moments, and you couldn’t accuse this sequel of reaching the heights of the classic that spawned it,” critic Kevin Van Ord wrote.

“This familiarity is unlikely to breed much contempt, however, given Company of Heroes 2’s consistent level of enjoyment. Its barrage of online and offline skirmishes doesn’t always hit its mark. But when it finds its target, Company of Heroes 2 delivers a loud and mighty payload.”

In related news, Steam is offering a free-play weekend for the tactical FPS, Squad. If you enjoy playing it, you can grab it for 50% off all weekend–$20 USD, $25 CAD, or £16.25. Other games on sale include 2016’s Doom, Watch Dogs 2, and Street Fighter 5, among others.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/this-excellent-steam-pc-game-is-free-to-keep-forev/1100-6471505/

Apparently all of those Mass Effect-related tweets this past N7 Day wasn’t just BioWare employees teasing fans. According to a report, the studio is working on a fifth Mass Effect title.

According to Kotaku, BioWare Edmonton–the studio responsible for developing the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series–is “in very early development” on a new Mass Effect game. The project is being led by BioWare project director Mike Gamble–whose previous work includes serving as the producer for Mass Effect: Andromeda and lead producer for Anthem.

This past N7 Day–an annual holiday BioWare holds every November 7 to celebrate Mass Effect–several BioWare tweets hinted that work on a new Mass Effect title had officially begun. “Where do you want Mass Effect to go in the future?” Gamble tweeted, following up that there are still “so many stories yet to tell.” BioWare boss Casey Hudson tweeted that he’s been thinking about “where [BioWare wants] to go next” for Mass Effect and also posted several pieces of previously unreleased Mass Effect concept art–ideas that the studio hadn’t yet “brought to life.”

However, before N7 Day, BioWare was already insisting that more Mass Effect games are on the way. In February 2019, Hudson said that Mass Effect is “very much alive.” Gamble added that “of course” BioWare isn’t finished with Mass Effect.

In celebration of N7 Day 2019, BioWare also added limited-time Mass Effect-themed cosmetics to Anthem, including four new javelin skins, a javelin wrap, and an emote. In the aforementioned Kotaku report, sources at BioWare state that the studio is not yet done with Anthem. Though exact details are still in flux, BioWare wants to completely overhaul Anthem, transforming it into an “Anthem 2.0 or Anthem Next.”

“We spent a few months just tearing [Anthem] down and figuring out what needed to change fundamentally,” one person told Kotaku. “And we’ve been rebuilding for another few months since.”

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-mass-effect-game-reportedly-in-very-early-deve/1100-6471500/

Pokemon Go has quite a few events lined up for the rest of November, including the arrival of a new Legendary Pokemon. Before then, however, Niantic is hosting the game’s latest Community Day. This month’s event takes place this Saturday, November 16, and as usual, it’ll offer players around the world a chance to catch a rare Pokemon and snag a special event-exclusive move.

Typically, every Pokemon Go Community Day only runs for three hours, but the particulars of each event–from what time it starts to what Pokemon you’ll be more likely to find in the wild and other bonuses that will be available–vary month by month. To help get you up to speed on this month’s event, we’ve rounded up all the most important details about Pokemon Go’s November Community Day below.

What Is November’s Featured Pokemon?

Ahead of each Community Day, Niantic designates one “featured” Pokemon that will appear much more often than normal during the event. This month’s featured Pokemon is Chimchar, the Fire-type starter from Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. Throughout the Community Day, Chimchar will spawn in the wild more often than it normally does. You’ll also have your first chance of encountering a Shiny Chimchar during the event. These will be rare, however, so you’ll need to be persistent if you’re hoping to add a Shiny to your collection.

What Is November’s Special Community Day Move?

Not only does the featured Pokemon appear more often in the wild during a Community Day, it is also able to learn a special event-exclusive move that it couldn’t otherwise learn in Pokemon Go, but only if you can evolve it into its final form by the end of the event. That holds true for November’s Community Day. If you can evolve Chimchar all the way into Infernape up to two hours after the event ends, the Pokemon will automatically learn the powerful Fire-type attack Blast Burn. This applies to any Chimchar you have in your collection, even if you caught it prior to the event, but it will only learn Blast Burn if it evolves during the designated time frame.

What Time Does November’s Community Day Start?

As previously mentioned, each Community Day only runs for three hours, although the event often starts at different times depending on the month. Like last month’s event, November’s Community Day will take place early in the day, from 11 AM to 2 PM local time. That means you’ll have until 4 PM local time to evolve an Infernape and learn Blast Burn.

What Other Bonuses Are Available?

On top of increased Pokemon spawns, Niantic offers a couple of other bonuses during each Community Day as an extra incentive to participate in the event. As usual, any Lure Modules you use during November’s Community Day will last for three hours, rather than their usual 30 minutes. Additionally, Pokemon eggs will hatch at a quarter of the distance they typically require during the event, allowing you to hatch eggs more quickly than normal.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-go-november-community-day-start-time-shiny/1100-6471490/