Gaming - Page 811

Fortnite is set in a world that is in a constant change, with a mysterious purple cube that has been rolling all over the map for the last few weeks, and has now finally found a home inside of Loot Lake.

For the last few weeks, gamers have been following the mysterious cube around but have been wondering what the hell it is, and what the hell it'll do. Well, now we know that if you shot the cube it would push you away and damage you, but it also helped you if you stood close to it your shields would regenerate. If you jumped on the cube, you'd be flung into the air like you just jumped on super-jelly.

The cube is now sitting in Loot Lake and has lost some of its proximity effects like regenerating your shield, but it has kept one of its traits: it's still bouncy when you jump on it. Mix that in with Loot Lake which is a huge body of shallow water, with the lake post-cube now turning purple just like the cube. If you jump in Loot Lake, you'll fly into the air just like if you jumped onto the mysterious cube before it melted into the lake.

Microsoft is hosting a huge custom-designed Xbox One charity auction, offering up some of the slickest customized Xbox One S and Xbox One X consoles that have been signed by celebrities, athletes, or gaming studios.

Xbox and Make-A-Wish teamed up for the "Consoles for Kids" charity auction that is being hosted on Charitybuzz, with the two companies working with some of the biggest names in the music, movies, TV, sports, game developers, and across the internet. All of this is not just for a great cause, but there are some amazing one-of-a-kid custom Xbox One X consoles that would put a smile on anyones face.

Seriously, this Fallout 76 custom Xbox One X is doing strange things to my body.

The next Halo game apparently won't use the REQ pack lootbox system found in Halo 5.

Yesterday I wrote a lengthy article on why I thought Halo 6 may repeat a lot of Halo 5's mistakes, but now 343 Industries has thankfully proven me wrong. Halo: Infinite (which is officially Halo 6) won't be monetized with seedy lootboxes in a bid to capitalize on engagement and the most addictive live service model.

"We're still working through final plans and will share more when we are ready, but I can definitely say that Halo Infinite will not include real-money loot boxes," 343 Industries' FPS studio head Chris Lee said on Twitter.

If my experience with playing NES games on the Switch is any indicator then Nintendo is going to sell lots of classic NES gamepads.

A month after the Switch launched, I predicted that classic retro games would suffer quite a bit thanks to the console's split D-pad. Platformers that require precision jumps and attacks just don't play nicely with a sliced-up control interface (this is doubly true with old-school NES games). Instead of bringing triumph and cheer, playing NES games on the Switch on-the-go has brought me frustration and bewilderment. Finally, Switch owners get to play their childhood favorites on a new system...but it's not the same as you remembered it--Nintendo has made it needlessly harder.

The problem itself isn't just the JoyCon controller's D-pad, or Nintendo's weird decision to not let us customize button mapping so Super Mario Bros. 3 is actually fun and not a confusing mess. The issue is we have to learn new tricks while our brain constantly tells us to rely on old hardwired responses. Retro gamers are conditioned to be able to rock their thumb on-the-fly and move accordingly to evade attacks and adjust jumps mid-air. Zelda, which is grid-locked, is made needlessly frustrating thanks to the JoyCon D-Pad, but the analog stick isn't much better: I find myself pressing diagonally by accident and completely messing things up.

Nintendo's new Switch Online service lets you play classic NES games on the handheld-console hybrid, and here are some details you need to know.

In order to play the library of 20 NES games on the Switch you first need an active Switch Online subscription. Luckily you can just grab the free 7-day trial, but you'll have to enter credit card/PayPal info to access it. The subscription will bill you every month unless you turn off automatic renewal, too. To do that you'll need to go to the Switch Online hub on the eShop (the service doesn't have its own dedicated square or app on the main page). Also remember to log in every 7 days or else you can't play your library of games.

Here's how to turn off Switch Online's automatic billing renewal:

Red Dead Redemption 2's online mode has been branded as Red Dead Online and is a direct evolution of the first game's live multiplayer.

Today Rockstar announced Red Dead Online, which sounds like it'll be the Western version of GTA Online. The mode is described as a "new online connected experience" that will use the sequel's huge open-ended Western frontier as a playground for mischief and mayhem, similar to how GTA Online is built around Los Santos.

Red Dead Online is essentially a more robust, engaging, and updated version of Red Dead Redemption's original multiplayer action, Rockstar says. But Red Dead Online isn't just about dueling at high noon or robbing banks: it'll feature both co-op and competitive play that span various narrative plot points. Like GTA Online it will continue evolving with content updates, and will be free to anyone who owns Red Dead Redemption 2.

Nintendo Switch users around the world will now have to update their handheld consoles are Nintendo has just rolled out their firmware update 6.0.0 to all systems. Nintendo Switch Online is now live.

The highly anticipated online service has already begun to be rolled out across all Nintendo Switch systems. Nintendo has taken to their website to post an article addressing the now additional functionality that the update comes with. Some of the features include: Save Data Cloud Backup, new user icons, new Nintendo account features, compatibility improvements and more.

For those that missed the recent announcements with Nintendo Switch Online, Nintendo will also be bringing NES games to the Nintendo Switch. Players will have access to 20 NES Classic games that now feature online play with friends and also 2 player local co-op. If you want to check out the full breakdown of Nintendo Switch Online and the coming NES titles to the Switch, visit my article here. If you are interested in the full changes of firmware update 6.0.0 check out the official Nintendo website post here.

Ubisoft has slapped some brand new sales onto their title Ghost Recon Wildlands. The announcement via the titles Twitter page has revealed to players that Ghost Recon Wildlands will be going completely free-to-play this weekend.

In celebration of Ghost Recon Wildlands going free-to-play and also being slapped with some heft discounts, Ubisoft has released a brand new trailer. The trailer showcases to players that they will be able to enjoy a massive open-world completely free from the 23rd to the 26th of September. Players will also have the ability of full customization of different costumes of their choosing, access to 4 player co-op missions and also the Ghost War PVP Mode.

Looking at the discounts now, the standard edition for Ghost Recon Wildlands has been baptized in a huge 60% discount, bringing the price down from $58.25 to a now $23.30. If you are interested in the Gold Year 2, it has been discounted by 30%, which means it's now $57.15, from once a $81.65 price. So you want the whole thing? Well, the Ghost Recon Wildlands - Ultimate Year 2 has been discounted by 30%, originally the bundle was $116.65, it is now $81.65. If you are interested in picking up Ghost Recon Wildlands while it is on sale or just want to jump into the game while it is free, visit the official Steam listing here.

A recent announcement from Behavior Interactive has revealed that Dead by Daylight has reached a new total sales milestone. In celebration of Dead by Daylight reaching 5 million copies sold the title will be going free-to-play for the weekend.

Dead by Daylight the very intense survival-horror title by developer Behavior Interactive has hit a brand a new sales milestone. The developer has announced that the title has reached 5 million units sold, and in celebration of this achievement Dead by Daylight has been blessed with some considerable sales on Steam.

Looking towards the Steam listing, Dead by Daylight has been struck by Steams 'MIDWEEK MADDNESS' and has received a 50% discount on its initial price. This means Dead by Daylight has gone from $19.99 to $9.99 on the standard edition, the deluxe edition has got a 60% discount, bringing the price down from $29.99 to $11.99. If you are after everything Dead by Daylight can offer, the Dead by Daylight: The Saw + Jigsaw Big Bundle is for you. Originally priced at $37.97, the bundle has been discounted by 46% to $20.69. If you are interested in Dead by Daylight, check out the Steam listing here.

Nintendo have revealed that a Fortnite themed Nintendo Switch bundle is on the way to retailers, it will be featuring special items from the game and is titled the Fortnite "Double Helix" bundle.

If you happen to be a Fortnite fanatic and don't wanna stop those wins you are working so hard to secure, maybe its time for you to go portable? Nintendo have your back if that is what you desire, as the partnership between Fortnite developer Epic Games and Nintendo has extended to a brand new Fortnite themed Nintendo Switch bundle.

The bundle will be coming in at $300 and will feature a Nintendo Switch console, 1,000 V-bucks (Fortnite in-game currency) and the Double Helix Set which contains a unique character outfit, Back Bling, Glider and a Pickaxe. The bundle will be made available on October 5th, for more information regarding Fortnite on the Nintendo Switch visit the official Fortnite listing on the Nintendo website here.

Sony has just announced the new PlayStation Classic, a small retro console that packs 20 pre-installed PS1 games and even two replica PS1 controllers.

PlayStation Classic will be pre-loaded with PS1 classics like Final Fantasy VII, Jumping Flash, Ridge Racer Type 4, Tekken 3, and Wild Arms. Sony hasn't announced what the other pre-installed games will be, but I'm hoping for some original Resident Evil and Tomb Raider action. I pumped some serious hours into those games at the time, it would be wild to see them sitting on the console if Sony wanted to blow retro minds.

The new PlayStation Classic is a huge 45% smaller than the original PlayStation, with the console not having an operating optical drive as it's there for show. The power button is still that, a power button while the reset button will suspend games when pressed. Pressing the OPEN button will change the virtual disc.

So you are a fan of the classic SEGA Genesis & Mega Drive titles, well you are just in luck as SEGA has announced that plenty of those classic titles are making their way to the Nintendo Switch.

SEGA has taken to their Twitter and YouTube Channel to announce that Nintendo Switch gamers will soon be blessed with a slew of SEGA Genesis and Mega Drive titles. According to the announcement, Switch players can expect a massive 50 Genesis Classic titles coming to the Nintendo Switch, a full list has been provided below.

SEGA will be bringing some classic titles such as Golden Axe, Phantasy Star, Sonic the Hedgehog, Streets of Rage, Kid Chameleon and ToeJam & Earl. Unfortunately there has been no official release date announced for any of these titles debuting to the handheld console, from the trailer it is shown that they will be arriving sometime during "this winter." Since that is the case we will be sure to update you with any new information coming out about the ports and more importantly a specific release date when its announced.

We know that AMD is working with Sony on the development of its Navi GPU architecture for the next-gen PlayStation 5 console, and while AMD has teased it's working on the 'secret sauce' for both Microsoft and Sony's new consoles, game developers have been pretty quiet.

Bethesda boss Pete Hines has come out acknowledging the new consoles in an interview with The Telegraph, where he talked about how big of a shift we can expect between the current-gen consoles and the new ones, as well as the shifts between Xbox/PS2, Xbox 360/PS3, and Xbox One/PS4.

Hines said: "I am curious to see what it looks like and how it's different. I'm privy to some stuff which obviously I can't really talk about, but there is also a lot that I'm not sure on what it's going to look like. And more importantly how big a shift we can expect. I feel like there was a shift from Xbox and PS2 to Xbox 360 and PS3 that was pretty demonstrable. Because we went from the old way to HD and the HD thing was so dramatic. It was night and day".

In the home stretch of NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX graphics card launch, 4A Games and NVIDIA have teamed up for a new video of Metro Exodus running with NVIDIA RTX real-time ray traced global illumination, and it looks REALLY good.

Metro Exodus is running on a single GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics card and presumably running at 1080p which you can see that it sometimes, but not always, hits 60FPS. I'm sure that with improved drivers and optimization over the next few months leading up to Metro Exodus' launch, we'll see improved performance on all graphics cards, but a larger jump on the GeForce RTX cards, hopefully.

You can see that it looks absolutely amazing when it's turned on and running, a huge leap to the way lighting is handled with RTX off. The realism of the entire game increases as soon as it's turned on, changing the entire look and feel of the game. But it seems that the FPS drops to somewhere between 25-30FPS when RTX is enabled, and that's not going to be a good experience for those dropping $799-$1199 on a new graphics card.

The YouTube Gaming app will soon be retired as the company makes key changes to its video game streams and content offering.

In a bid to re-capture fans and viewers, YouTube has re-vamped its gaming section on the homesite and will now show the most popular games and streams. The YouTube Gaming app will also be killed off next year, but its content will instead be folded into the main dedicated YouTube app. Essentially you won't have to download another app to watch specific videos.

"In March 2019, we'll retire the YouTube Gaming app and focus all of our gaming efforts on YouTube where we can reach our entire gaming community," reads the announcement post.

SCUM has now sold over 1 million copies on Steam, making it Devolver Digital's most popular game to date.

To celebrate SCUM's rise to fame, Gamepires is giving out a free gold Desert Eagle gun to all players. If you grabbed the support pack you'll also get the Nice Watch, which only tells the time right now but will have "more useful features" down the line.

"Hello prisoners, we are happy to announce that with your support SCUM has surpassed 1 million copies sold. As a thank you, everyone will get a golden DEagle .50! Players can get your gun through your prison wallet, the first time nature calls. The DEagle 50 will be available for all users until September 25," reads the announcement.

Update: 343i confirms Halo 6 won't have real-money lootboxes.

Halo 5: Guardians is pretty much a bad Halo game. It might not be a bad game, but it's a bad Halo game that really does betray a lot of the series core tenants. But Microsoft and 343 Industries have to adapt to changes in the market--live services, microtransactions, engagement...bleh--in an effort to make money, which pretty much means Halo 6 should be a lot like Halo 5. Here's some of the things we've learned about Master Chief's upcoming adventure.

Yesterday we reported on a troubling job listing at 343 Industries. The listing strongly hinted Halo 6 (aka Halo: Infinite) will be monetized with microtransactions, which shouldn't be surprising. Microsoft made quite a bit of cash from Halo 5's randomized-gambling-lootbox REQ packs, and I long thought this would roll over to Halo 6.

Capcom Vancouver's in-development Dead Rising game has been cancelled as the studio ramps down for closure.

In today's press release Capcom announced it's decided to kill off all future projects from its Vancouver branch. The Japanese games-maker is prepared for a 4.5 billion yen loss (about $40 million) in its 1H 2018 earnings as a result, which basically equates to the amount invested in the now-cancelled project. Capcom will now focus on its more lucrative franchises like Resident Evil and Devil May Cry, both of which have upcoming releases in the fiscal year. But the new Dead Rising game isn't the only casualty: Capcom Vancouver is actually closing down.

A company rep told Kotaku that the studio will operate under a "skeleton crew" until it closes in January 2019.

Some could call it an inside job, others would call it a heist. Whatever definition you want to give this thievery is up to you, but a New Hampshire father has just been caught on camera sending his toddler daughter inside a prize machine to retrieve prizes. The father and his child managed to get away with a Nintendo Switch.

According to The Union Leader, security at a mall in Rockingham Park, New Hampshire was altered by employees from the store opposite the burglary. The report says that the employee heard "Two people came in and I heard them say, 'That's so unsafe.' So I went outside and all I saw was the toddler's head peeping out of the front of the machine."

Mono Studio and Hero Craft have officially released the launch trailer for their upcoming Dystopian title INSOMNIA: The Ark. The trailer showcases to potential players the kind of world they will be required to survive in, unfortunately the future isn't all sunshine and rainbows.

Players that don't know about INSOMNIA: The Ark should known that this title is a diselpunk sci-fi RPG that is based around the last humans attempting to survive together on a massive space city. Players will be able to develop their very own characters and dive into some gorgeous handcrafted locations, while at the time interacting with a large variety of different NPC's.

Hero Craft have previously released a trailer titled 'Dystopian World Trailer', if you happened to miss that announcement, visit it here. INSOMNIA: The Ark is planned for release on the 27th of September for PC. If you are interested in checking out the games official Steam listing, a link to it can be found here.