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BlizzCon Virtual Ticket Brings Warcraft Skins To Overwatch
Blizzard has outlined this year’s BlizzCon Virtual Ticket, which will grant you access to in-game bonus items, extra panels including musical acts, and the closing ceremonies. It’s on sale now through the official site for $50 / £35.
As always, the main attraction for those watching from home may be the exclusive goodies for Virtual Ticket holders. Some are already available for those who jump onto the ticket, while others will be hitting closer to the event.
Starting today, World of Warcraft gets faction leaders Finduin and Gillvanas, and a Wendigo Woolies transmog outfit. Heroes of the Storm players can claim a commemorative spray and portrait and a Celestial Deepcrawler mount. StarCraft 2 gets three new Brood War unit skins and portraits.
Coming closer to the event, Overwatch will get in on the WoW homage action for the first time, with an Illidan Genji and Tyrande Symmetra skin. Hearthstone players will be able to claim an exclusive card back as usual, but this year you can also get a Golden Legendary card that will be revealed at the show. Blizzard also says commemorative wings are coming for Diablo 3, but didn’t outline when to expect them.
This comes alongside the round of panels, musical acts, Community Night, and esports tournaments. You’ll also get access to the musical performances during the closing ceremony.
“This year’s BlizzCon is shaping up to be our best yet, and we want to make sure everyone in the Blizzard community can experience it together, whether they’re joining us in person, from home, or hanging out in-game,” said new company president J. Allen Brack, in the announcement. “We’re looking forward to delivering an epic experience for those watching our free broadcasts–which we’ll have more of than ever before–and for everyone tuning in for all of the extras provided with the Virtual Ticket.”
BlizzCon 2019 will begin on Friday, November 1. If you’re not a Virtual Ticket member, you can still watch many of the opening ceremonies as well as the esports tournaments for free.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/blizzcon-virtual-ticket-brings-warcraft-skins-to-o/1100-6470250/
Destiny 2 Shadowkeep: How To Claim Your Pre-Order Bonuses
Destiny 2‘s new DLC expansion, Shadowkeep, and free-to-play New Light version are out now. If you pre-ordered the expansion, you’re entitled to some freebies, but they won’t automatically appear in your inventory when you log in for the first time since patch 2.6.0.1 released. Instead, you’ll need to progress a short way into Shadowkeep’s campaign and then claim them. Here’s what to do.
You’ll need to complete the first mission of Shadowkeep’s new campaign in order to claim the bonuses. You can do that by bringing up the Director and selecting the new moon location. That will launch you directly into the mission. Play through it and you’ll unlock the moon as a new destination you can freely visit like any other location. That will also unlock a vendor and quest giver: Eris Morn.
Your next quest step is to visit Eris. Accept the next leg of your journey, and you’ll see she has bounties for the moon (though you’ll need to advance further in the story before you can claim them). In a separate row of her inventory, provided you qualified for the pre-order bonuses, you’ll see your rewards: the Exotic rocket launcher Two-Tailed Fox (which was originally added in Forsaken) and a weapon ornament called Chasing Kitsune that gives the weapon a new look.
To equip the ornament, you’ll need to inspect the rocket launcher in your inventory and then press Down to view the new Appearance window. From here, you can freely equip and unequip the ornament.
While Two-Tailed Fox isn’t new, it is a fun gun to use. As the name suggests, it fires two rockets: one is void (and suppresses enemies, preventing the use of abilities) and the other is solar (causing damage over time). If you’re looking for new items, be sure to check out our look at all of the weapons, armor, and Exotics you can earn in the new Season of the Undying battle pass.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/destiny-2-shadowkeep-how-to-claim-your-pre-order-b/1100-6470248/
Pokemon Sword & Shield Dev On The National Dex Drama, Says Cut Pokemon Will Return In Future
Pokemon Sword and Shield producer Junichi Masuda sparked much controversy earlier this year at E3 2019, when he revealed that the upcoming Switch titles will not feature every Pokemon from the series. This marks a dramatic change from past installments, and now we’ve learned a bit more on why developer Game Freak came to that decision.
Speaking to Game Informer, Masuda revealed that the decision to scale back Sword and Shield’s Pokedex was made in part to free up the development team to work on other ideas for the games.
“Up until now, we’ve been proud we’ve been able to include so many Pokemon in the games, but as a result of that, there’s actually been quite a few features or gameplay ideas that we’ve had to abandon in the past,” Masuda said. “Going forward, thinking about the future of Pokemon, we want to prioritize all those new gameplay ideas, new ways to enjoy the game, and want to challenge ourselves at Game Freak to create new ways to enjoy the game. That’s really what drove the decision for this new direction.”
We recently got a glimpse at a couple of new features in the games, such as camping and curry cooking, and it appears that’s only the tip of the iceberg. “We have a lot of awesome new challenges that we haven’t even revealed in Sword and Shield,” Masuda said. “We want to continue to come up with these new features, so we figured this was the best path forward for the franchise”
While it’s disappointing that Sword and Shield won’t support every Pokemon in the series, Masuda reiterates that cut monsters will still return in future games, so they aren’t gone permanently. “You can look forward to seeing Pokemon that don’t appear in these games appearing in different regions in future games,” Masuda assures.
You’ll also still be able to store all of your old Pokemon in the upcoming Pokemon Home cloud service, which will launch for Switch and smartphones early next year. “We’re really designing it as the place for all of your Pokemon together, so it’s really important for the future of the franchise, and it’ll be more than even Pokemon Bank as a place to gather all your Pokemon together in one spot,” Masuda said.
Pokemon Sword and Shield launch for Nintendo Switch on November 15. We’ll learn a bit more about the games very soon, as The Pokemon Company will be broadcasting a 24-hour animal cam-style stream starting this Friday, October 4, which will showcase “live” footage from an in-game location. For more on the games, be sure to check out our Pokemon Sword and Shield pre-order guide.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-sword-and-shield-dev-on-the-national-dex-d/1100-6470242/
