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Battlefield 2042 Beta PS5 File Size Revealed; PlayStation Pre-Load for Early Access Starts Nov. 10

With the Battlefield 2042 beta dates and schedule  , it seems EA has also uploaded the Battlefield 2042 beta PS5 client on the PlayStation Network as well! Not only that, but we now know the pre-load date for PlayStation gamers, too (at least for those who pre-ordered the Ultimate, and Gold editions of the game who are the ones getting early access)!

Spotted by reliable data checker PlayStation Game Size, the  Battlefield 2042 beta PS5 file size has been confirmed to be 16.8GB! Mind, this is without a day-one patch, or any other updates applied.

Bear in mind, some beta clients or game files do get patched even before they get released to gamers, so there is a possibility that this 16GB file size will be even bigger.

As for the Battlefield 2042 PS4/PS5 pre-load date, it’s set for November 10 — a complete nine days before it officially launches!

Update: Just pointing out (in case it wasn’t obvious), that the pre-load date shown below is for the Ultimate Edition, as they will get early access to the base game. Regular game owners should be able to pre-load on November 17.

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This is definitely good news for those looking to download the game file ahead of launch. At least you’ll be able to clear some HDD space in advance before the game’s servers are turned on. Outside of the beta date, DICE has also revealed details on the progression and cosmetics, and even the PC requirements have been revealed, too.

Battlefield 2042 shoots out this November 19 on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

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Apex Legends New Event Apex Chronicles Scheduled to Begin September 29

Electronic Arts announced a new type of event for Apex Legends called Apex Chronicles, which gives players a chance to earn Battle Pass Stars and themed Apex Packs for completing the event! The spotlight will be on Bloodhound for the first installment of the event titled “Old Ways, New Dawn, ” and will kick off September 29. Check out the full details below:

We’re introducing a new type of event called Apex Chronicles! These are bite-sized story events that inject narrative into the world of Apex via gameplay challenges and experiences.

On Sept 29th, our first Apex Chronicle—called Old Ways, New Dawn—will launch.

During this event, players who choose Bloodhound will be given the chance to go on an adventure. The journey follows Bloodhound as they try to save an injured prowler and deal with the guilt over their crumbling home world and past failures.

Some tips for those looking to try out Old Ways, New Dawn:

The challenges are unique to Bloodhound and their abilities—you have to play as Bloodhound in a non-ranked BR game to activate the quest.
All challenges occur on World’s Edge, Bloodhound’s home.
Once you’re on World’s Edge as Bloodhound, simply look out for a white raven to trigger the beginning of your hunt.

Just a few other things to keep in mind:

Players are assigned unique paths to chase, so even if multiple Bloodhound players are going for the challenge at the same time, they’ll be able to avoid overlap with others.
You’ll be able to resume your journey from a checkpoint if you aren’t able to complete it in a single game.
And finally, you’ll be able to earn Battle Pass Stars as you complete individual chapters, along with three Bloodhound-themed Apex packs for completing the whole Chronicle!

Developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by EA, Apex Legends is a free-to-play Battle Royale style shooter game that is available for people to download on PC, PS4, and Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Onto the battlefield, 60 players are dropped where they have to loot, scavenge for the weapons and ammo while battling out with the other players.

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Black Desert Online Update 1.99 Released This September 29

Pearl Abyss has released the Black Desert Online update 1.99 patch for September 29, and this includes the conclusion for the Summer Season, as a bunch of content changes. There’s a ton to dig in through in the patch notes below.

Black Desert Online Update 1.99 Patch Notes:

Summer Season Closes

● The Summer Season comes to an end through the 09/28 Maintenance. All Summer Season Characters that have not yet graduated will be converted into normal characters.
– Please refer to the [2021 Summer Season Closes] notice listed on the website.
※ Adventurers who aren’t able to complete the graduation quest will find Fughar’s Letter of Encouragement and Gift Box Full of Memories in their Mail.

Manos Gear

● Manos equipment has been added to the game, giving access to the highest Lifeskill gear.
– For more information, please check out the Manos Gear Patch note – here

Content Changes

● Added a function that allows you to repair durability of your cooking utensils and alchemy tools. You can repair the following tools.

Item Name
Advanced Cooking Utensil
Supreme Cooking Utensil
Advanced Alchemy Tool
Supreme Alchemy Tool

– You can repair the durability of cooking utensils/alchemy tools installed in your residence by selecting the repair function from the interaction ring.

– You must have the appropriate repair tools in your inventory to repair the durability of cooking utensils and alchemy tools. The entire durability can be repaired using one tool.

 

● Added four types of repair tools appropriate for each installment that you can set up within your residence.

– You can hand over one cooking utensil or alchemy tool with max durability to an NPC in major towns and Velia, and exchange the tool for one repair kit.

※ These items can be stacked, placed into Storage and moved with Storage maids/butlers.

 

 

 

 

Tools Repair Tools How to Obtain

Advanced Cooking Utensil

Baermalo Hona’s Advanced Cooking Repair Tool

Velia – Islin Bartali
Heidel – Constante
Calpheon – Fredelles Herba
Altinova – Edman
Valencia – Nerasabi Alom
Grana – Luansei
Drieghan – Maopan

Supreme Cooking Utensil

Baermalo Hona’s Supreme Cooking Repair Tool

Velia – Islin Bartali
Heidel – Constante
Calpheon – Fredelles Herba
Altinova – Edman
Valencia – Nerasabi Alom
Grana – Luansei
Drieghan – Maopan

Advanced Alchemy Tool

Lomerun’s Advanced Alchemy Repair Tool

Dalishain, located in major towns, and Velia Village.

Supreme Alchemy Tool

Lomerun’s Supreme Alchemy Repair Tool

Dalishain, located in major towns, and Velia Village.

Previously, the residence was crowded with a variety of cooking utensils and alchemy tools, but with the addition of the ability to repair cooking utensil/alchemy tools, you can now install just one tool rather than setting up multiple tools. We hope this opens up options for Adventurers who enjoy cooking/alchemy and decorating their residences.

● Added a filter on the Barter Information window that distinguishes trade information by level.
– By setting the filter to ‘All Barters’, you can filter items in order by level as was the default prior to the update.
The filter that distinguishes the trade information by level are as follows:
– Normal -> Lv. 1
– Lv. 1 -> Lv. 2
– Lv. 2 -> Lv. 3
– Lv. 3 -> Lv. 4
– Lv. 4 -> Lv. 5
– Normal Barter
– Crow Coin
– All Barters

 

● A filter function has been added to the Barter Information window that allows you to sort the list according to the number of Barter goods that can be obtained through Bartering.
– This filter only applies to the following Barter offers
– Lv. 1 -> Lv. 2
– Lv. 2 -> Lv. 3
These filters allow you to distinguish barter offers base on the obtainable amount in the following ways.
– More than 1
– 2 or more
– 3 or more
This filter can only be used if the trade information level is set to the following:
– Lv. 1 -> Lv. 2
– Lv. 2 -> Lv. 3
– All Barters

 

● Added a button that sorts trade routes based by distance closest to your current location on the Barter Information window.
– This function can be used together with the level/quantity filter, allowing the lists to be based on what is closest to you.

 

●Added a function which allows you to instantly sell trade goods and items through any warehouse.
– The items that can instantly be sold through a storage are as follows:
* Items that can be sold for Silver
* Items that are not Pearl Items
* Gear that is not Enhanced.
※ Please note that items sold in this will will not show up in the repurchase window.

 

A function that allows you to instantly sell junk items stacked in your warehouse without having to go to a shop was added. Previously, you had to go to a Shop NPC after loading your items on your mount or moving them to your inventory. Now, it will be more convenient since you won’t have to go through this whole process. Not only can you use this function to sell your junk items, but you can also instantly sell your sea trade goods. The best function for our Adventurers who enjoy bartering may actually be one where you can instantly sell your trade goods on a ship. However, this function may take a while to develop. It may not be the best, but I hope this newly added function will be at least a little meaningful to those of you who enjoy bartering

● Improved resurrecting in Red Battlefield to automatically resurrect the character in the resurrection area of Red Battlefield if they try to exit the battlefield while they are dead.

● Added different alerts in the 1:1 chat with friends.

– You can use this feature to set individual messenger alerts for each friend in your friend list.

● Added a quest to exchange the accessory obtained from the ‘Old Moon Guild’s Trade Offer’ quest for a different accessory.
– Once you’ve completed the “[EXC] A New Choice I” quest, you can accept the following “[EXC] A New Choice II” quests from Jetina:

Quest Name Quest Objective Quest Reward
[EXC] A New Choice II Hand over TET (IV) grade accessory from NPC Jetina’s Old Moon Guild’s Trade Offer content Choose 1 TET (IV) grade

Narc Ear Accessory/Tungrad Earring/Ring of Crescent Guardian)

[EXC] A New Choice II Hand over PEN (V) grade accessory from NPC Jetina’s Old Moon Guild’s Trade Offer content Choose 1 PEN (V) grade

Narc Ear Accessory/Tungrad Earring/Ring of Crescent Guardian

* You must have the relevant accessory enhanced to TET (IV) or PEN (V) grade in your inventory (unequipped) to proceed with and complete the quests.

* If you’ve used a reform stone on the relevant accessory, you will need to extract the stone before you can proceed with and complete either of the quests.

* You can complete either the TET (IV) or PEN (V) grade accessory quest once per family.

● Changed the name of the following quest due to the addition of the aforementioned exchange quests involving the accessories obtained from the “Old Moon Guild’s Trade Offer” content.

Before After
[EXC] A New Choice [EXC] A New Choice I

● Changed portions of the quest dialogue for “[EXC] A New Choice I” due to the addition of the “[EXC] A New Choice II” quests.

● Improved the quest “[Valencia] Clean Revenge” to no longer require ancient coins that have been removed as quest rewards.

Node War and Conquest War

● Simplified all the annex-related items that are used in Node and Conquest Wars into one item.

– You can build all annexes, including Hwacha’s and Flame Towers, with an ‘Annex Construction Tool’.

– When you use this item, a new window opens where you can select an annex and choose what you want to build from the window.

– An annex suitable for your current level (Node Tier etc) will automatically be displayed on the new UI.

– You can purchase an ‘Annex Construction Tool’ from the Guild Military Supply Shop with 1,000,000 silver used from Guild funds. Due to this, all annex-related items in different tiers that were sold at the Guild Military Supply Shop have been removed.

– When you construct your desired annex, the used Annex Construction Tool disappears. This item does not stack in your inventory.

●The maximum durability of the Castle Gate in Calpheon has increased as follows:

Outer Gate Inner Gate
+130% +165%

● Improved issues where movement and actions could appear unnatural in Node Wars and Conquest Wars.

● Fixed an issue where removing a Conquest War Wooden Fence also removed other Wooden Fences nearby.

● Changed the message displayed when building Conquest War forts during special circumstances as follows:

 

Before
After
You can start building your Conquest War Fort/Command Post the day after you have successfully occupied a Tier 3 or 4 node. You can start building your Conquest War Fort/Command Post the day after you have successfully occupied a Tier 1 or higher node.

● Reduced the DP of Conquest War Flimsy Wooden Fence by 40%.
– Increased the damage dealt by a character to the Flimsy Wooden Fence.

●Changed the appearance of your maid/butler to be invisible in the following circumstances for a better Node/Conquest War play.

– When using (summoning) a maid/butler in the server where a Node/Conquest War is in progress.

– When a loading screen is displayed when using a guild skill such as resurrecting at a Node/Conquest War or Command to Gather in the server where a Node/Conquest War is in progress.

※ You can still use the maid/butler function normally, although your maid/butler will be invisible.

Character Changes

● Changed to display ‘Unknown Adventurer’ above the character’s head when the camouflage effect is applied from the Treant Camouflage and Desert Camouflage outfits.

 

 

● Treant and Desert Camouflage outfits that were purchased before this update can be exchanged for Cron Stones via Tranan Underfoe in Velia. The number of Cron Stones you can exchange for each outfit piece is listed in the table below.
– However, you cannot exchange Treant/Desert Camouflage outfits that are purchased after the September 29th Maintenance for Cron Stones.

-Treant Camouflage Outfit Set can be exchanged for the following amount of Cron Stones.

Outfit Number Exchanged
Treant Camouflage Helmet 48
Treant Camouflage Armor 180
Treant Camouflage Main Weapon 66
Treant Camouflage Sub-weapon 42
Treant Camouflage Awakening Weapon 84
Total 420

-Desert Camouflage Outfit Set can be exchanged for the following amount of Cron Stones.

Outift Number Exchanged
Desert Camouflage Armor 228
Desert Camouflage Main Weapon 66
Desert Camouflage Sub-weapon 42
Desert Camouflage Awakening Weapon 42
Total 420

● The Treant Camouflage 4 piece effect, and the Desert Camouflage 3 piece effect, will now show the ‘Unknown Adventurer’ tag as Red if it is possible for that character to be attacked/attack other adventurers.

– The ‘Unknown Adventurer’ tag will show in gray when the effect is normally applied.

Before Change
After Change
When applying the Camouflage effect, the ‘Unknown Adventurer’ tag would change color depending on the Karma of the wearer. When applying the Camouflage effect, the name will appear Red if the character is possible to attack or be attacked.

Normally, the ‘Unknown Adventurer’ tag shows gray.

● Fixed the issue where the character did not naturally transition when using Emergency Escape, interacting to gather, or other actions when suddenly changing weapons while moving. This fix was applied to the following classes:

Classes Fixed
Warrior, Sorceress, Valkyrie, Ninja, Dark Knight, Striker, Mystic, Lahn, Archer, Shai, Guardian, Nova, Sage, Corsair

● Fixed the issue where the character could not use Emergency Escape, Interact to gather, or perform other actions suddenly when sprinting in non-combat stance. This fix was applied to the following classes:

Classes Fixed
Berserker, Corsair

● Fixed the issue where the character could not use Emergency Escape while moving forward in non-combat stance. This fix was applied to the following classes.

Classes Fixed
Musa, Witch, Wizard, Nova, Corsair

● Storming Beast – Fixed the issue where the sound effect of the skill would sound different when the skill is used in a combo during another skill.

 

● Chase – Fixed the issue where the skill ‘Carver’ would activate first when inputting the command L2+R2+R1/ LT+RT+RB.

 

● Meteor Shower (I to III, Absolute), Prime: Metor Shower: Areal/Focus – Changed the skills to activate automatically after a set time when used on a mount.

 

● Aad Sphera Training – Fixed the issue where the skill would not activate when R2/RT was pressed in certain situation.

 

● Fixed an issue where certain parts of the [Lahn] Desert Camouflage/Treant Camouflage main weapon and sub-weapons could not be dyed.

 

● Fixed the issue where she would stop moving for a moment when using Backward Evasion due to not having enough stamina to perform certain skills.

● Prime: Roaring Tiger – Fixed an issue where she would stop moving for a moment using the skill to consume 30 Martial Spirit Shards, then comboing into another Martial Spirit Shard consuming skill.

 

● Fixed an issue where the minions summoned from the following skills could not deal damage to annexes in Node/Conquest Wars other than the Flame Tower and Hwacha.

– Guards summoned with the skill Passed Pawn

– Axian summoned with the skill Prime: King of the Dead.

 

● Fixed an issue where the minions summoned from the following skills could not deal damage to annexes in Node/Conquest Wars other than the Flame Tower and Hwacha

– Realm of Anguish

– Arkanon summoned with the skill Radiant Annihilation

– Arkanon summoned with the skill Enlightening Bolt

– Arkanon summoned with the skill Flow: Aftershock

 

● Labao on Deck! – Changed the Damage Reduction Rate effect applied to Corsair when she is in danger when Labao appears to the following:

– The effect that was applied with the ‘Bodily Rejection’ effect was changed to the ‘First Into the Fray!’ Effect, changed the duration to 10 min.

* Therefore, the effect of the skill Labao on Deck! Was changed to be now stackable with the effects of Protected Area and Elion’s Blessing.

● Labao on Deck! – Changed the skill so that the Damage Reduction and HP recovery of the skill apply quicker.

● Fixed the issue with where the scallywags summoned from the following skills could not deal damage to annexes in Node/Conquest Wars other than the Flame Tower and Hwacha.

– Actin’ Cap’n, Scallywag Trio, and Cannoneer Duo summoned with the skill Code of the Scallywags.

● Fixed the issue with where the additional damage from the Cannoneer Duo were not applied to annexes in Node/Conquest Wars.

● Improved the Actin’ Cap’n and Scallywag Trio to be able to call up to 5 scallywags.

● Prime: Ocean’s Allure – Changed the last slash motion of the skill to appear more natural.

UI

● Improved the Skill window by enabling the search function to find the following skills in the ‘Grab’ category.

Skill Name
[Berserker] Smack Down, Undertaker, Rock Smash, Corpse Storm
[Tamer] Soaring Kick
[Valkyrie] Punishment
[Wizard] Flame Knot
[Guardian] Chokeslam, Neck Impaler
[Hashashin] Constriction
[Nova] Punishing Trap

● Changed the ‘Steal’ interaction option with NPC’s to show a notification if the character does not have enough energy.

● Added a category where you can check the list of items in the registration queue on the Central Market.

– The ‘In Registration Queue’ will show items that are currently on the 15 minute cooldown upon registration. You will also be able see the time (based on UTC+0) and value of the items listed in this category, and pressing the item in the list will take you to the page where you can bid for a new item.

– The items displayed in the category are either items worth 20 billion Silver OR specific items listed below. These items have a 15-minute cooldown upon registration before you can purchase them.

 

PEN(V) Enhanced Gear
Giath’s Helmet
Red Nose’s Armor
Bheg’s Gloves
Dim Tree Spirit’s Armor
Griffon’s Helmet
Leebur’s Gloves
Urugon’s Shoes
Ogre Ring
Tungrad Necklace
Laytenn’s Power Stone
Tungrad Earring
Narc Ear Accessory
Vaha’s Dawn
Ring of Crescent Guardian
Eye of the Ruins Ring
Tungrad Ring
Centaurus Belt
Basilisk’s Belt
Valtarra Eclipsed Belt
Tungrad Belt
Orkinrad’s Belt
Manos Golden Coral Belt
Manos Hoe
Manos Lumbering Axe
Manos Fluid Collector
Manos Tanning Knife
Manos Butcher Knife
Manos Pickaxe
Manos Trainer’s Clothes
Manos Hunter’s Clothes
Manos Sailor’s Clothes
Manos Cook’s Clothes
Manos Alchemist’s Clothes
Manos Fisher’s Clothes
Manos Necklace
Manos Earring
Manos Ring
Manos Belt
Manos Gatherer’s Clothes
Manos Craftsman’s Clothes
Blackstar Battle Axe
Blackstar Shamshir
Blackstar Longsword
Blackstar Longbow
Blackstar Amulet
Blackstar Axe
Blackstar Shortsword
Blackstar Blade
Blackstar Staff
Blackstar Kriegsmesser
Blackstar Gauntlet
Blackstar Crescent Pendulum
Blackstar Crossbow
Blackstar Florang
Blackstar Morning Star
Blackstar Kyve
Blackstar Serenaca
TET (IV), PEN (V) Enhanced Accessories
Black Distortion Earring Ethereal Earring

● Changed the error message to be more apparent when an error occurs in certain situations with items that were registered on the Central Market with the 15-min wait time.

● Changed the following UI elements to display the amount collected when selling horses at the Horse Market:

– Confirmation message window upon collection.

– System message in the chat window after collection.

 

● A message will now display when a boat has been completed.

● Fixed an issue where in the enhancment UI window, the cursor position would occasionally be located on a different window.
● The banner that opens on the side of your inventory has been changed.

● Descriptions for the Horse Riding Crop and Dine have been added to the Automatic Sprint function.

● Fixed an issue where when enhancing without having Valk’s Cry in your inventory, a guide message would show misleading information in certain situations.

 

Item Changes

Characters in Black Desert all used different resources. From the fighting spirit of Warriors, to the divine powers of Valkyrie, each character had their own unique characteristics and resources required for skills. With this in mind, potion items that restore these resources were seperated accordingly.

Although natural in concept, new adventurers struggled to intuitively grasp the concept due to variety. With this in mind, and to make things more accessible, all MP/SP/WP recovery items have been reorganized and rolled into one item. When rolling the items together, we used the highest current cooldown and useage effect, and due to this, we have also made improvements to the Odore’s Spirit Essence as well.

Meanwhile, to improve the progression of the Infinite HP potion, Ornette’s Spirit Essence has been improved, allowing lower grade potions to be crafted when you only have one or two of the required components. These lower grade potions have lower effects, so if you wish to get the most out of your healing item, you will need to get the rest of the materials required.

However, we did not apply the step change for Odore’s Spirit essence because the effects of smaller potions can be highly impactful for certain classes that do not require as many resources to perform.

In addition, with the difficulty in obtaining the two items, we are adding Name Engraving to the potions, as well as the tag ‘Ancient’ being added to the pre-existing Infinite Pots that are in the game. For those who have spent a long time already trying to collect and create them, but are yet to collect the final pieces, there is still chance to obtain the special title, name engraving and the ‘Ancient’ tag if you complete the Ornette’s Spirit Essence and/or the Odore’s Spirit Essence before October 27th. Please note that this will only count for those who finish the infinite pots the old way, without the use of the new Items.

● Changed the recovery of Odore’s Spirit Essence from 325 MP/SP/WP Recovery to 375 MP/SP/WP Recovery and the cooldown from 6 seconds to 5 seconds, which is the same for the Instant MP Potion (Extra Large).

BeforeAfter

 

● Combined MP, WP, SP Recovery potions into a single item.

– You will no longer be able to purchase WP and SP Recovery potions from Vendors or obtain via Exchange due to the combination of the MP, WP, SP Recovery potions. You can still use the existing WP, SP Recovery potions that you own.

– Changed to recover the proper MP, WP, SP for each class when using one of the MP, WP, SP Recovery potions.

 

● Changed a text in the item description for Magic Crystal of Infinity – MP Recovery from recover MP to recover MP/WP/SP.

● Changed the cooldown for an herbal juice from 6 seconds to 5 seconds, and changed the Refined Herbal Juice to now recover MP/WP/SP +375 instead of the previous +325.

● Changed the cooldown for WP, SP Recovery potions and Instant MP Recovery potions from 6 seconds to 5 seconds and recovery of Extra Large potions from 325 to 375.

– Changed the sale price of the WP, SP potions listed on the Shop so that they can be sold at the same price that they were purchased at.

BeforeAfter

● Added new items you can obtain when defeating monsters in each region

Area Item Name
Forest Ronaros

Tranquil Tinniolum

Blood Wolf Settlement
Blood Wolf’s Oath
Sherekhan Necropolis
Dragon’s Fang
Tshira Ruins
Katzvariak’s Venom
Manshaum Forest
Narc’s Solace

※ When defeating Afuarus that appear in the aforementioned areas, you can obtain the respective loot of that area according to a certain probability.

● Added loot that you can obtain from tanning after defeating some monsters in the following area:

Area Item Name
Navarn Steppe
Valtarra’s Memory

※ You can obtain this item at a certain probability when defeating Afuarus that appear in Navarn Steppe.

 

● Merindora of Grana will give you the following items that can only be used by a Great Adventurer in possession of 100 items obtained in monster zones.

– You only need to show Merindora the 100 items, they will not be consumed or disappear during this process.

Items to Show Items obtained

Tranquil tinniolum x100

Forest’s Whisper x1

Blood Wolf’s Oath x100

Crimson Breath of Resentment

Dragon’s Fang x100

Dragon’s Roar x1

Katzvariak’s Venom x100

Markthanan’s Greed x1

Valtarra’s Memory x100

Valtarra’s Nail x1

Narc’s Solace x100

Narc’s Tear x1

● Added Processing – Simple Alchemy to the following items

Ingredient Result

Tranquil Tinniolum x100

Forest’s Whisper x1

Rons Tinitinnabulum

Blood Wolf’s Oath x100

Crimson Breath of Resentment x1

Ash Halfmoon Kagtunak

Dragon’s Fang x100

Dragon’s Roar x1

Sherekhan’s Panacea

Katzvariak’s Venom x100

Markthanan’s Greed x1

Markthanan’s Gland

Valtarra’s Memory x100

Valtarra’s Nail x1

Valtarra’s Clairvoyance

Narc’s Solace x100

Marc’s Tear x1

Narc’s Crimson Tear

※ You can obtain Ornette’s Spirit Essence using the items listed above via the following method.

 

※ You can obtain Ornette’s Spirit Essence using the aforementioned items via the following method.

 

※ You can obtain Ornette’s Spirit Essence using the aforementioned items via the following method.

 

 

● Merindora of Grána has begun to give out Everlasting Water to Adventurers who only have some of the items needed to craft Ornette’s Spirit Essence, which include Sherekhan’s Panacea, Ron’s Tintinnabulum, and Ash Halfmoon Kagtunak.

– You can craft a Blessed Spirit Essence by adding Everlasting Water to Sherekhan’s Panacea, Ron’s Tintinnabulum, OR Ash Halfmoon Kagtunak.

※ A Spirit Essence with the “Ancient” tag is one crafted with materials obtained from defeating monsters.

Combined Items Result
 
Sherekhan’s Panacea, Ron’s Titinnabulum OR Ash Halfmoon Kagtunak

Everlasting Water

Arrange into the shape of a [-] in your inventory


Blessed Spirit Essence

 

– You can craft a Greater Blessed Spirit Essence by combining one of the two crafting materials that remain after crafting Ornette’s Spirit Essence with a Blessed Spirit Essence.

Combined Items Result

Blessed Spirit Essence

One of the two remaining pieces from Sherekhan‘s Panacea, Ron‘s Tintinnabulum, or Ash Halfmoon Kagtunak after crafting a Blessed Spirit Essence

Arrange into the shape of [-] in your inventory


Greater Blessed Spirit Essence

– You can accept the same quest from which you can craft an Ornette’s Spirit Essence by going to Merindora with a Greater Blessed Spirit Essence and the final, remaining material

Required Item Reward

Greater Blessed Spirit Essence

One of the Sherekhan’s Panacea, Ron’s Tintinnabulum or Ash Halfmoon Kagtunak depending on which materials were used to create the Blessed Spirit Essence and the Greater Blessed Spirit Essence.

Ornette’s Spirit Essence

 

● Added “Ornette’s Spirit Essence,” a quest that you can accept from Merindora when you have one of the crafting materials for Greater Blessed Spirit Essence or materials left after crafting Ornette’s Spirit Essence in your inventory.

– You can accept the existing quest when you have all of the three types of items: Sherekhan’s Panacea, Ron’s Tintinnabulum, and Ash Halfmoon Kagtunak.

– If you are doing or have completed one of the two types of quests, you cannot accept a different quest and the rewards will be the same.

 

● Changed the names of the following items that you can obtain from defeating monsters.

Before After
Sherekhan’s Panacea Ancient Sherekhan’s Panacea
Valtarra’s Clairvoyance Ancient Valtarra’s Clairvoyance
Narc’s Crimson Tear Ancient Narc’s Crimson Tear
Ron’s Tintinnabulum Ancient Ron’s Tintinnabulum
Ash Halfmoon Kagtunak Ancient Ash Halfmoon Kagtunak
Markthanan’s Gland Ancient Markthanan’s Gland

※ The items you obtain from defeating monsters will have the “Ancient” tag.

※ Materials or Spirit Essences with the “Ancient” tag can only be crafted via items with the “Ancient” tag, and in this case, you can obtain a Spirit Essence with the “Ancient” tag.

For instance, when crafting an Ancient Blessed Spirit Essence by combining an Ancient Sherekhan’s Panacea with Everlasting Water, you can use an Ancient Ron’s Tintinnabulum to craft it. However, you cannot use a Ron’s Tintinnabulum without the “Ancient” tag to craft an Ancient Blessed Spirit Essence.

※ You can only craft a Spirit Essence without the ‘Ancient’ tag with a material or Spirit Essence without the ‘Ancient’ tag

However, if you want to craft the Spirit Essence mentioned above by combining items both with and without the  ‘Ancient’ Tag, you can exchange your item for an ‘Ancient’ item by going to Merindora of Grana. Since you would not have an Ornette’s Spirit Essence crafted from an Ancient Item, you cannot obtain a ‘Dawnwish Petal’ or a ‘Duskwish Petal’

For example, when you want to craft an Ornette’s Spirit Essence with a Ron’s Tintinnabulum without the “Ancient” tag while having an Ancient Ash Halfmoon Kagtunak and an Ancient Sherekhan’s Panacea in your inventory, you can go to the NPC Merindora by Exchanging them for one without the “Ancient” tag.

● You can exchange an ‘Ancient’ item for one without the tag by going to Merindora of Grana.

Required Item Exchanged Item
Ancient Sherekhan’s Panacea Sherekhan’s Panacea
Ancient Valtarra’s Clairvoyance Valtarra’s Clairvoyance
Ancient Narc’s Crimson Tear Narc’s Crimson Tear
Ancient Ron’s Tintinnabulum Ron’s Tintinnabulum
Ancient Ash Halfmoon Kagtunak Ash Halfmoon Kagtunak
Ancient Markthanan’s Gland Markthanan’s Gland
Ancient Blessed Spirit Essence Blessed Spirit Essence

 

● Added the quests, ‘Dawnwish Petal’ and ‘Duskwish Petal’ that can be picked up once per family from the NPC, Merindora of Grana.

 

Acceptance Requirement Completion Reward

An Adventurer who has an Ornette’s Spirit Essence crafted from an ’Ancient’ crafting material before the October 27th Maintenance

Dawnwish Petal

An Adventurer who has an Odore’s Spirit Essence crafted from an ’Ancient’ crafting material before the October 17 th Maintenance

Duskwish Petal

– The petal items can be used with processing, to brand your family name onto Ornette’s Spirit Essence and Odore’s Spirit Essence, in addition to changing their names.

– The following function will be added depending on each of the processing methods including Heating and Simple Alchemy when Processing each Petal and Spirit Essence.

※ However, the Petal that you use for Processing will disappear, which means you can only use one of the following: Heating OR Simple Alchemy

Materials Processing Method Result

Ornette’s Spirit Essence


Dawnwish Petal


Use Heating with Powder of Flame x1

Ornette’s Spirit Essence
※ The crafter’s family name is branded onto the item.

Use Simple Alchemy with Powder of Time x1

Ancient Ornette’s Spirit Essence
※ The crafter’s family name is branded onto the item.

Odore’s Spirit Essence


Duskwish Petal


Use Heating with Powder of Flame x1

Odore’s Spirit Essence
※ The crafter’s family name is branded onto the item.

Use Simple Alchemy with Powder of Time x1

Ancient Odore’s Spirit Essence
※ The crafter’s family name is branded onto the item.


● Added a title you can obtain when you have an Ornette’s Spirit Essence or Odore’s Spirit Essence in your inventory. The quest for this title can be accepted from Merindora if the aforementioned items are in your inventory.

– You can obtain a blue title via the quest, “Herald of Dawn I,” that you can accept from the NPC, Merindora, when you have an Ornette’s Spirit Essence or an Ornette’s Spirit Essence processed with a Dawnwish Petal.

– You can accept and complete the quest, “Herald of Dusk I” from the NPC, Merindora, to obtain a blue title, when you have an Odore’s Spirit Essence or an Odore’s Spirit Essence processed with a Duskwish Petal.

– You can accept and complete the quest, “Herald of Dawn II,” from Merindora to obtain an additional yellow title, when you have an Ornette’s Spirit Essence processed with a Dawnwish Petal.

– You can accept and complete the quest, “Herald of Dusk II,” from Merindora to obtain an additional yellow title, when you have an Odore’s Spirit Essence processed with a Duskwish Petal.

– You can still accept the quest, “Ornette’s Spirit Essence,” when you either have all of the three items: Sherekhan’s Panacea, Ron’s Tintinnabulum, and Ash Halfmoon Kagtunak, or when you have an Ancient Greater Blessed Spirit Essence and the remaining Ancient material in your inventory.

 

* You can only proceed with and complete one of the two potion questlines, and not both “Ancient” and non-“Ancient” questlines.

● Items obtained in Balenos, Serendia, Calpheon and Mediah have been adjusted.

– The adjusted regions of each territory are as follows

 

Balenos and Serendia
Biraghi Den
Calpheon
Abandoned Monastery
Calpheon Shrine
Keplan Mine
Treant Forest
Saunil Camp
Gehaku Plain
Marni’s Lab
Glutoni Cave
Quint HIll
Mask Owl’s Forest
Bree Tree Ruins
Refugee Camp
Northern Wheat Plantation & Waragon Cave
Old Dandelion
Karanda Ridge, Mansha Forest
Rhutum Outstation
Hexe Sanctuary
Lake Kaia
Mediah
Abandoned Iron Mine
Wandering Rogue Den
Manes HIdeout
Sausan Garrison (Excluding Shultz Guard)
Helms Post
Ancient Ruins Excavation Site
Elric Shrine
Soldier’s Grave
Marni’s 2nd Lab
Hasrah Ancient Ruins (excluding Kratuga Ancient Ruins)

– Removed the following items from the loot tables of the above monster zones:

Item Type Item Name
Gear Loure’s Lost Helmet, Loure’s Lost Armor, Loure’s Lost Gloves, Loure’s Lost Shoes
Trade Ancient Iron Coin, Ancient Bronze Coin, Ancient Silver Coin, Ancient Gold Coin, Giant Tribe Statue Fragment, Pure Sulfur Stone, Mane Fang Necklace, Broken Golem’s Core, Intact Golem’s Core, Cultists Magic Sack, Soldier’s Keepsake etc.
Other Melted Iron Shard, Melted Copper Shard, Melted Platinum Shard, Ancient Magic Crystal of Abundance, etc.

Replaced some of the items obtainable from the aforementioned monster zones with the following item boxes:
-The same type of boxes will stack in 1 inventory slot

Before After
Bares, Yuria, Krea, Seleth, and Kalis main weapons of all classes, total of 85 item types
Bares Main Weapon Box, Yuria Main Weapon Box, Krea Main Weapon Box, Seleth Main Weapon Box, Kalis Main Weapon Box
Offensive, Accuracy, Defensive, and Krea sub-weapons of all classes, total of 75 item types
Offensive Sub-weapon Box, Accuracy Sub-weapon Box, defensive Sub-weapon Box, Krea Sub-Weapon box
Agerian, Zereth, Talis, Taritas, Grunil, Hercules’ Might, Heve’s Strength, Fortuna’s Luck defense gear of all armor slots, a total of 32 item types
Agerian Defense Gear Box, Zereth Defense Gear Box, Talis Defense Gear Box, Taritas Defense Gear Box, Grunil Defense Box, Hercules’ Might Defense Box, Heve’s Strength Defense Box, Fortuna’s Luck Defense Gear Box
Yuria, Bares, Hesus, Elisha, Kalis, Talis accessories of all accessory slots, total of 24 item types
Reliable Adventurer’s Necklace Box, Reliable Adventurer’s Earring Box, Reliable Adventurer’s Ring Box, Reliable Adventurer’s Belt Box
Magical Crystals of Infinity, total 46 item types
Faintly Magical Crystal Box

※ You can obtain one of the following crystals when you open a Faintly Magical Crystal Box.

* Magical Crystal of Infinity – Armor, vigor, swiftness, adamantine, assault, valor, durability, MP recovery, Back Attack, Down Attack, Air Attack, Critical Hit, Speed Attack, Counter Attack, Siege, Melee Attack, Magic Attack, Ignore Knockback Resistance, Ignore Knockdown Resistance, Ignore Grapple Resistance, Ignore Stun Resistance
– You can obtain one of the item types of all classes according to a certain probability upon opening the Weapon/Sub-weapon boxes. Also, you can only obtain gear and accessories that are not enhanced.
– Added the following Black Stone bundles that are obtainable by defeating monsters in the aforementioned regions.

 

Item Name Item Description

Black Stone (Weapon) Bundle
Open to obtain Black Stone (Weapon) x25 ~ 50 according to a set probability.

Black Stone (Armor) Bundle
Open to obtain Black Stone (Armor) x25~50 according to a set probability.

● Changed the obtainable trade items from destroying objects to a gold bar.

Before After
Trade Items
(when destroying Altar Imp Prison, Bandit Treasure Wagon, Troll Protection Tower, Sausan Golden Wagon, Sausan Supply Chest)

Gold Bar 1G
We felt that there were too many lootable item types from the Calpheon and Mediah Territories. These items, which were also not always immediately necessary when you obntained them, would only serve as an inconvenience as they took up precious inventory space. To address this matter, we went about organizing the types of loot that dropped in these regions.
Monster Zones Vendor Item Before After
Desert Naga Temple Desert Naga’s Webfoot 1,750 12,700
Titium Valley Desert fogan’s Helmet Shard 1,820 14,500
Bashim Base Bashim Mane 1,925 14,800
Crescent Shrine Token of Crescent 1,890 10,600
Cadry Ruins Cadry’s Token 2,100 15,700
Gahaz Bandit’s Lair Gahaz Seal 2,400 16,100
Waragon Nest Stone Waragon Hide 3,150 10,000
Basilisk Den Basilisk Scale 3,000 8,300
Taphtar Plain
(Centaurus Herd)
Centaurus Mane 3,240 21,900
Roud Sulfur Mine Sulfur Fragment 3,000 18,600
Pila Ku Jail Warder’s Token Piece 3,600 16,400

* The amount of vendor items dropped from using Item Collection Increase Scrolls and/or Agris Fever are as follows:

– Item Collection Increase Scroll = x1

– Item Collection Increase Scroll (Advanced) = x2

– Agris Fever = x2

– Item Collection Increase Scroll + Agris Fever (Book of Margahan Chapter 5 Completed) = x3

– Item Collection Increase Scroll (Advanced) + Agris Fever (Book of Margahan Chapter 5 Completed) = x3

 

● Changed the drop rate for certain vendor items from Waragon Next and Basilisk Den.
– Decreased the drop rates of Scroll Written in Ancient Language and Caphras Stones when defeating normal monsters.

– Increased the drop rates of Scroll Written in Ancient Language and Caphras Stones when defeating rare monsters. (those denoted with a star on the minimap).

We’ve improved the vendor items that drop from Valencia monsters by introducing new versions of these items.

When setting forth on their seasonal adventure, Valencia has been a testing ground for many adventurers to witness their growth with their Tuvala gear equipped, and yet, the types of vendor items that drop from these regions were rather unbalanced. Thus, we adjusted the value of vendor items that drop from defeating monsters in the above regions. For the sake of New Adventurers who may not have “Item Collection Increase Scrolls” readily available, we made sure that the basic vendor items items have a 100% guaranteed drop rate.

● Due to the value change of Cadry Tokens, the recipe for [Guild] Restoration of Cadry’s Forbidden Book has been modified.

Guild Crafting Cadry Token x30 + [Guild] Parchment x1 + Sheep blood x10 + Powder of Darkness x10

※ You will still need 100 ‘Cadry Token’ when Crafting the ‘[Guild] Restoration of Cadry’s Forbidden Book’ with the old ‘Cadry Token’ item.
* You will only be able to craft the ‘[Guild] Restoration of Cadry’s Forbidden Book’ using old Cadry Tokens before the October 27th Update

The description of the ‘[Guild] Restoration of Cadry’s Forbidden Book’ has been changed from stating 100 tokens to 30.

 

● Removed the text that explained that additional effects will be applied once Life Mastery is unlocked from the item description of Seafood Cron Meal and Ancient Cron Spice.

● The description for the Wooden Fence Gate has been modified to make it more natural.
● Added the following text to description of the Perfume of Courage, Perfume of Swiftness, Khalk’s Elixir, and the Elixir of Deep Sea: Only the effects of the last draught used will be applied.
● Ancient Ruins Core can now be purchased from NPC stores.

● The phrase ‘Uncheck the Auto Arrange box’ description in items that require combining, has been improved to make it more noticeable.

● Fixed an issue where name engraving on certain PEN(V) items would not show while the item was in the inventory.

● Fixed an issue where name engraved items that are PEN(V) would display incorrectly on the mount information page.

 

● Separated the shoes from the [Witch] Labreve Clothes.

– Added [Witch] Labreve Shoes to the outfit boxes where [Witch] Labreve Clothes can be obtained.

– Because of this, we have sent the [Witch] Labreve Shoes to the Heidel Storage to Adventurers that own the [Witch] Labreve Clothes.

● Separated the shoes and gloves from the item [Maehwa] Labreve Clothes.

– Added [Maehwa] Labreve Shoes and [Maehwa] Labreve Gloves to the outfit boxes where [Maehwa] Labreve Clothes can be obtained.

– Because of this, we have sent the [Maehwa] Labreve Shoes and [Maehwa] Labreve Gloves to the Heidel Storage to Adventurers that own the [Maehwa] Labreve Clothes.

● Separated the shoes worn upon equipping the [Hashashin] Domtur Armor.

– [Hashashin] Domtur Shoes were sent to the Heidel Storage of an Adventurer with the [Hashashin] Domtur Armor.
– [Hashashin] Domtur Shoes were added to the [Hashashin] Domtur Outfit Set.

● In the Naphart Campsite description, the text has been changed to remove references to potions that are no longer in the game (WP/SP potions).
● [Ranger] Treant Camouflage Outfit Set has had typos rectified.
● [Da-Dum-Da-Dum] Merv’s Tailoring Tool and [Venia] Merv’s Tailoring Tool has had its description extended to mention interactions with Dyes.

Monster Changes

● Changed the location of one of the ‘Shadow of Gahaz’ so that it no longer interferes with extracting the Essence of Garzar, which is required to proceed with the quest ‘[Valencia] Enervated Black Dragon’.

● Adjusted the AP and HP levels of the [Violent] Shadow of Gahaz that appears at Gahaz Bandit’s Lair to be suitable for the recommended AP level.

Quest and Knowledge Changes

● Added the quest, “[Pet] Lauren’s Fluffy,” from which you can obtain a pet that can share your joys and sorrows throughout the long adventure.
– You can complete this quest once per family and must complete all of the quests in the Serendia main questline.
– Upon completion of this quest, you can obtain a Tier 1 pet, “Lauren’s Fluffy.”
– You can conveniently check this by opening Quest (O) and going to [ADV Support] Pets, Loyal Companions from the Suggested tab.
* You can proceed with the quest upon completion of the following Serendia crossroads main quests.
– [Crossroad] The Lamenting Head of the League of Merchants: The Eyewitness
– [Crossroad] Silence, We’re Done Here!: Restless Days
– [Crossroad] Each of Their Reasons: The Securing of Safe Passage
– Beginning of a Journey: Edan’s Party

▲ Lauren’s Fluffy, the Pet available from this quest.

● Editted the Knowledge of ‘Seafood Cron Meal’ so that it no longer states that the additional effects will be applied when Life Skill Mastery is applied.

● Changed the spacing in ‘Fughar’s Letter of Encouragement’ to make it easier to read.

● Changed the quest text for accepting “Watch Your Step While on Patrol” in Calpheon to read more naturally.

● Karashu, the alchemist in Sand Grain Bazaar, buried an alchemy device somewhere deep in Hystria Ruins. When the Ancient Teleporter connects to the Hystria Ruins, the light that seeps out from the alchemy device will reveal where it is connected.

– It is said that Adventurers who help Karashu can see the light the device emits from the ancient teleporter.

– Make sure that you have your quest settings to show combat quests, which can be done through the quest window.

Quest Name Starting NPC Objectives Completion NPC
Forgotten Core Part Karashu Hand over the Alchemy Device’s Core Part to Vygun Vygun
Light of Hystria Ruins Vygun Drink the potion in your invetory that Vygun gave you Vygun

– To accept these quests, your character must be level 57 or higher, and have completed one of the quests below:

* Mediah Main Quest ‘[Co-op] Awakened Black Spirit’ before the rework

* Mediah Main Quest ‘Apocalyptic Prophecy’ after the rework

* ‘[Special Growth] Fughar’s Memorandum – Chapter 9’


▲ Aakman/Hystria Ruins teleporter before completing the quest

▲ Hystria Ruins releporter after completing the quest

The teleporter found in the desert frequently led players to undesirable monster zones, because it was difficult to predict where it would take them. In this update, we’ve added an effect to the teleporter device that leads to Hystria Ruins. The teleporter devices can now be distinguished after completing a simple quest.
    • ● Changed selectable quest rewards that offered SP & WP potions to now offer MP potions.

● Bartali Gold Bar, Lauren Family’s Gold Bar, and Gold Bar from the Citizen Bank obtainable as quest rewards have all been changed to Gold Bar 10G (equal in value). All Ancient Coin types awarded from the main questline have also been changed to Gold Bar 10G rewards.

● Added energy potions as quest rewards throughout the Balenos to Mediah main questlines in order to ensure adventurers have enough energy to explore and learn knowledge in the vast world of Black Desert.

● Adjusted the amount of Beginner Black Stones that are obtainable from the simplified main questline to be comparable to the amount obtainable from the regular main questline.

Item Name Before After
Beginner Black Stone (Weapon) Complete Fughar’s Memorandum – Chapter 7 (Reach Lv. 55) and get 610 stones Complete Fughar’s Memorandum – Chapter 7 (Reach Lv. 55) and get 1580 stones.
Beginner Black Stone (Armor) Complete Fughar’s Memorandum – Chapter 7 Complete Fughar’s Memorandum – Chapter 7 (Reach Lv. 55) and get 2,220 stones

Removed Beginner Black Stones as quest rewards from the following simplified main quests.

Quest
[Special Growth] Fughar’s Memorandum – Chapter 8 (Reach Lv. 56)
[Special Growth] Fughar’s Memorandum – Chapter 9 (Reach Lv. 57)
[Special Growth] Fughar’s Memorandum – Chapter 10 (Reach Lv. 58)

●Simplified the type of food items rewarded from the Balenos to Valencia main questlines to those that give Health EXP, such as Fluffy Milk Bread, Seasame Simit, and Simple Cron Meal.
● Improved the route for the ‘[Combat Promotion] Uncomfortable Sea Otter’ quest, and changed its objectives as follows:

Before After
Defeat the Helms
Defeat monsters at Abandoned Iron Mine
Defeat monsters at Elric Shrine
Meet with Narava Rakum in Sarma Outpost
Meet with Adam Berney in Kusha
Defeat monsters at Elric Shrine

● Added ‘Porio’s Combat Promotion’ quests to be suggested by the Black Spirit only for characters who have already completed the Mediah main questline but haven’t reached Lv. 56 yet.
– If you proceed with the ‘Porio’s Combat Promotion’ questline, you’ll be able to obtain a large amount of Combat EXP to help your character reach Lv. 56.

● Changed the locations of Black Dragon Garzar and Weakened Black Dragons in Gahaz Bandit’s Lair. Also, Gahaz Bandits have been relocated to a certain distance further away from the NPCs in the vicinity.
● Changed the quest acceptance requirement from Lv. 57 to Lv. 60 for “Invitation from I,” which is the preceding quest for the last stronghold of the Ancients, Atoraxxion main questline.
● Changed to move directly to the Kalis Parliament in Calpheon City from the Serendia Shrine upon completing a Calpheon main quest, “A Disaster Foretold.”

– You can continue the quest by talking to Herman Feresio at the Parliament.

● Changed the “[Horse Emblem] Seal of the Secret Guards,” a quest from which you can obtain a horse once per family while the main questline is in progress, to be unacceptable in Trent. Instead, you can proceed with “[Horse Emblem] Seal of the Secret Guards” when you’ve completed the Balenos main questline.

– You cannot accept “[Horse Emblem] Seal of the Secret Guards” if you have already completed it once.

– When the [Horse Emblem] Seal of the Secret Guards quest is already in progress in Trent, you can continue the quest.

● Fixed the Operation Plans in Biraghi Den so characters won’t collide with them.
● Completed accepted quests that required the old loot items that were obtained in monster zones before the loot item changes.

● Improved Illezra’s movement to appear more natural when she appears behind Tranan Underfoe during the quest ’Hammer that Wakes the Morning of Velia.’

● Improved the camera effect to appear more naturally when talking with Maudi Budar.

● Changed Jordine to disappear at a more natural point during the quest “Confronting Jordine.”

● Improved the start and end of the reminiscence dialog between Martha and Rafi that you can see after accepting the quest “[Atoraxxion] Too Adventurous” to appear more natural so that it feels like a reminiscence.

● Improved Yaz’s movement of reading Martha’s Journal to appear more natural in the quest dialog for “[Atoraxxion] Talibre’s Tear.”

● Fixed the issue where the dialog for obtaining knowledge would appear for the NPC Aliba even after the Altinova Gateway node would be revealed on the map.

● Improved the presentation of the quest, “On the Top of the Spire.”

● Fixed the issue where the button for playing the cut scene during the quest, “[Awakening] Bree Tree Cave,” would be displayed in duplicates.

● Changed the navigation guide needed to complete the quest, “Calpheon Shrine,” to be more natural.

● Improved to steal required items at a higher chance during the following quests: “[Valencia] Afuaru’s Hobby,” “[Valencia] Memories of Eliza,” “[Valencia] Rabam’s Storage Key,” and “[Valencia] The Same Method.”

● Added more treasure chests placed throughout the main questlines from Velia to Calpheon.

● Decreased the number of Harpies you have to kill for the quest objective of the following quest: “Reclaiming the Ridge.”

● Changed the pigeons in Glish to fly away when you approach them.

● Added the knowledge for “Worn Orc Binding Test Records,” which is obtainable from the Marni Farm Ruins.

● Improved the quest, “[Valencia] Memories of Eliza,” so that the same item cannot be stolen when you have a “Lake Jail Key” during the quest.

● Changed Tatar’s dialogue during the “[Valencia] Memories of Eliza” quest to read more naturally.

● Changed the dialogue options for Annolisa Rosie in Calpheon and Neruda Shen in Altinova to display the ‘How to Use the Gold Key’ button for Lv. 60 or lower characters that have a Golden Key item.

● Added Traveler’s Map x1 to the quest rewards for ‘Purified Ritual.’

● Changed the quest objective for ‘The Kingdom of Mediah’ to the following:

Before After
Speak with Prince Bareeds III Use the Traveler’s Map to speak with Prince Bareeds III

※ If you lost the Traveler’s Map and made your way to Bareeds III, you can talk to Bareeds III to complete the quest.

● Added a guide about stealing in the quest summary of ‘[Valencia] Afuaru’s Hobby’ and made the quest objectives clearer.

● Fixed an issue where the Suggested Quests tab incorrectly stated the level required for the quest ‘I’s Invitation’.

● Changed the location of the Dark Portal when the Cyclops was summoned in the quest ‘Retrieve the Sealing Stone.’

● Reduced the AP of Ronin by 25% in the quest ‘[Kamasylvia] Boss, Ronin’ to make the fight easier.

● Changed lines in the quest ‘A Much-needed Drop’ to make it more natural.

● As Troll Blood can only be obtained through a Fluid Collection tool, the quest ‘[Gathering Lv38] Defense Base Support III has been improved to flow more naturally.

● Changed the Igor Bartali’s Adventure Log – Vol. 10 entry’s goal from “Sell a Broken Golem’s Core” to “Hand over Golem Fragment x10 to Anna Marre of Shuri Farm.

Backgrounds, NPC, Effects and Cutscene Changes.

● Changed the box at Northern Heidel Quarry to drop Silver and various items when broken.

● The Relief Aid Priest Laderr has appeared at the Abandoned Monastery node. You can purchase various potions and Atanis Fireflies from Laderr.

● Changed Cheremio of Glish to move more naturally.

● Changed Freharau, chief of Glish village, so his facial skin tone is more visible at night, along with his permanent scar.

● Improved the dialogue of several Stonetail Horse Ranch villagers to flow more naturally.

Other Changes

● When Advanced and Supreme Cooking Utensils and Alchemy tools are installed in a residence, the location of the UI indicating the name and remaining durability has been moved to be displayed above each tool.

● Fixed the issue where you couldn’t properly exchange Marni’s Stone when the collected Marni’s Stones in the inventory were located behind those that were not collected.

● Fixed the issue where certain items would disappear when selling the same item on the Central Market while holding the Rich Merchant’s Ring.
● The Helmet and Armor have been renamed in Mystic’s Karlstein Outfit to Hat and Clothes respectively.
● Certain geographical features have been corrected.

● Fixed the issue where the awkward motion that appeared when previewing Premium Sets of Sage in the Pearl Store.

● Fixed an issue where in certain situations, the camera would not work after previewing certain costumes for the Witch in the Pearl Shop.

● Fixed an issue where the Mystic Class voice would play abnormally loud during the Black Spirit Training mdoe.

● Fixed an issue where a character could be moved to abnormal locations in specific situations in the Serendia region.

● Fixed an issue where you could go to the character selection window, even if your character was not in standby mode.

● Fixed an issue where the key guide would display incorrectly in certain residences when entering placement mode.

● Fixed an issue where [Lahn] Desert Camouflage Weapons and Offhand could not be dyed.

● Made changes to in-game mail UI so that it will use linebreaks when the item name is too long

● Fixed an issue where name-engraving would not show on items when placed within mount storage. .

● Fixed an issue where in certain circumstances, when an item successfully enhances to PEN (V), the icon would not display it was enhanced while in the enhancement window.

● Fixed an issue where certain windows that contain a checkbox would display and unchecked box when the UI was first opened.

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Sony has launched the new PlayStation Store sale, and this one is called the “Blockbuster Games” sale! As one might expect, a lot of AAA titles are discounted, and we have the complete list of discounted offerings below.

New PlayStation Store “Blockbuster Games” Sale List of Discounts:

PlayStation Store Link for Blockbuster Games Sale

Game Name Plu$ $ale Off
9 Monkeys of Shaolin $7.49 75%
911 Operator + Special Resources $8.09 55%
[Prototype] $5.99 80%
A Hat in Time $14.99 50%
A Way Out $5.99 $8.99 70%
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown $9.59 84%
Aegis Defenders $4.99 75%
Agents of Mayhem – Total Mayhem Bundle $4.49 $7.49 75%
Agony $2.99 85%
Albedo: Eyes From Outer Space $2.99 80%
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX $13.99 30%
Allison’s Diary: Rebirth $4.99 $5.99 40%
Alvo VR $24.79 38%
Ary and the Secret of Seasons $9.99 75%
Ash of Gods: Redemption $5.99 80%
Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag $7.49 $8.99 70%
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – Gold Edition $14.99 70%
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey $14.99 75%
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Deluxe Edition $19.99 $23.99 70%
Assassin’s Creed Rogue Remastered $9.89 67%
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate $8.99 70%
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – Gold Edition $14.99 70%
Assassin’s Creed Triple Pack: Black Flag, Unity, Syndicate $22.49 75%
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla – Gold $49.99 $54.99 45%
Battlefield 1 $4.99 75%
Battlefield 4 $4.99 75%
Battlefield V $5.99 85%
Bear With Me: The Complete Collection $4.49 70%
Black Clover: Quartet Knights – Deluxe Edition $11.24 85%
Black the Fall $4.49 70%
Blasters of the Universe $3.74 $5.99 60%
Bloodborne – Complete Edition Bundle $15.74 $17.49 50%
Bounty Battle $7.49 70%
Buildings Have Feelings Too! $13.99 30%
Burnout Paradise Remastered $5.99 $7.99 60%
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Gold Edition $19.79 67%
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 $19.79 67%
Call of Duty: Black Ops III – Zombies Chronicles Edition $19.79 67%
Call of Duty: Ghosts – Gold Edition $19.79 67%
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare $19.79 67%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare $29.99 50%
Candle: The Power of the Flame $4.99 75%
Car Demolition Clicker $3.84 45%
CarX Drift Racing Online $8.99 $10.49 65%
Cast of the Seven Godsends – Redux $1.39 80%
Catherine: Full Body $15.99 $17.99 55%
Caveman Warriors $3.74 75%
Caveman Warriors – Bundle $3.74 75%
Children of Zodiarcs $5.39 70%
Chroma Squad $3.74 75%
Cloudpunk $14.99 40%
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled + Spyro Game Bundle $29.99 60%
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled – Nitros Oxide Edition $23.99 60%
Crimson Keep $3.99 80%
Cruz Brothers – Combat School Edition $1.19 $1.59 60%
Cube Raiders $1.74 75%
Cuphead $14.99 25%
Cyberpunk 2077 $33.49 33%
Dakar 18 $4.99 80%
Darkestville Castle $5.99 $8.24 45%
Darknet $3.74 $5.99 60%
Darksiders III – Digital Deluxe Edition $11.99 85%
Days Gone – Digital Deluxe Edition $29.99 40%
Dead Alliance $4.49 85%
Dead Alliance: Multiplayer Edition $2.99 85%
Dead Rising $5.99 70%
Dead Rising 2 $5.99 70%
Dead Rising 2 Off The Record $5.99 70%
Death’s Gambit $7.99 60%
Degrees of Separation $5.99 70%
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – Digital Deluxe Edition $6.74 85%
DiRT Rally 2.0 $5.99 $8.99 70%
Disco Elysium – The Final Cut $31.99 20%
Dishonored – Definitive Edition $9.99 50%
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider $14.99 50%
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider – Deluxe Bundle $29.99 50%
Doom Eternal Standard Edition $23.99 60%
Doom Eternal: Year One Pass (Standalone) $22.49 25%
Dragon Ball Xenoverse + Season Pass Bundle $9.74 85%
DreamBall $1.24 75%
Dreams $9.99 50%
Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition $14.99 50%
EA Family Bundle $3.99 90%
Eight Dragons $3.99 50%
Ellen $1.99 75%
Elliot $2.74 50%
Emma: Lost in Memories $1.99 75%
Erica $4.99 50%
Escape Plan PS4 $4.99 50%
Escape Plan Ultimate $7.49 50%
Evasion $7.99 $10.99 45%
Evil Inside $9.09 30%
Exodemon $9.09 30%
Extinction – Deluxe Edition $5.99 85%
F1 2019 $5.99 80%
Family Feud $14.99 50%
fault – milestone one $8.99 $10.49 30%
Fear Effect Sedna $1.99 90%
Five Nights at Freddy’s $5.59 30%
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 $5.59 30%
Flockers $3.74 85%
Flower PS4 $4.89 30%
Foreclosed $13.99 30%
Forgotton Anne $7.99 60%
Fort Triumph $14.99 25%
Freakout: Calamity TV Show $2.99 70%
Freediver: Triton Down $7.49 $9.74 35%
Furwind $2.49 75%
Gang Beasts $9.99 50%
Goat Simulator: The GOATY $6.24 75%
God Eater 3 $11.99 80%
God’s Trigger $4.94 67%
Gods Will Fall $9.99 $12.49 50%
Gods Will Fall – Valiant Edition $12.79 $15.99 50%
Going Under $9.99 50%
Gold Rush: The Game $18.74 25%
Green Hell $19.99 20%
Gris $6.79 60%
Hasbro Family Fun Pack – Conquest Edition $9.99 75%
Hohokum $4.99 50%
Honor and Duty: Arcade Edition $2.79 $3.49 50%
Honor and Duty: D-Day $1.99 $2.49 50%
HoPiKo $1.39 80%
Horror Tales: The Wine $10.49 30%
Hunt: Showdown – Gold Edition $20.99 $24.49 65%
Ikenfell $13.99 30%
Indiecalypse $6.24 50%
Jagged Alliance: Rage! $8.99 $11.99 60%
Job Simulator $13.99 30%
Just Cause 3 $2.99 85%
Just Cause 3: XXL Edition $4.19 86%
Just Cause 4 – Gold Edition $11.99 80%
Just Dance 2021 $19.99 60%
Kauil’s Treasure $2.74 50%
Kerbal Space Program Enhanced Edition $9.99 75%
King of Seas $17.49 $18.74 25%
King’s Quest: The Complete Collection $5.99 80%
Kingdom Come: Deliverance $7.49 $10.49 65%
Knack 2 $9.99 50%
Knockout City $9.99 50%
Knockout City Deluxe Edition $14.99 50%
Konrad’s Kittens $5.99 $7.19 40%
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes $4.99 75%
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 $4.99 75%
LEGO Marvel’s Avengers – Deluxe Edition $7.49 75%
Let’s Sing 2020 $22.49 50%
Let’s Sing Country – Platinum Edition $46.79 40%
Life is Strange 2 Complete Season $12.77 60%
Little Misfortune $5.99 $7.99 60%
Little Nightmares II PS4 and PS5 $20.09 33%
Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time $7.49 85%
Lords of the Fallen – Complete Edition $2.99 $5.99 80%
Mail Mole $10.49 30%
Malicious Fallen – Deluxe Edition $13.99 65%
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered $8.99 55%
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite – Standard Edition $9.99 75%
Matterfall $9.99 50%
Max and the Book of Chaos $1.99 75%
Maximum Football 2019 $3.99 60%
Maximum Football 2020 $9.89 67%
Mega Man 11 $14.99 50%
Metal Slug XX $9.99 50%
Metamorphosis $11.24 55%
Metro Exodus: Gold Edition $11.99 $13.99 65%
Mickey Storm and the Cursed Mask $13.49 25%
Middle-earth: Shadow of War $9.99 80%
Minigolf Tour $4.19 30%
Monopoly Plus $4.49 70%
Monster Harvest $14.99 25%
Morbid: The Seven Acolytes $12.49 50%
Mortal Kombat 11 $12.49 75%
MotoGP 14 $4.49 85%
Mystic Fate $1.24 75%
Naruto Shippuden – Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – Deluxe Edition $10.39 87%
Need for Speed – Deluxe Edition $6.24 75%
Need for Speed Heat – Deluxe Edition $17.49 75%
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered $15.99 $19.99 50%
Need for Speed Payback – Deluxe Edition $7.49 $10.49 65%
New Gundam Breaker $19.79 67%
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom – Deluxe Edition $12.79 84%
Nioh $8.99 $9.99 50%
Nioh – The – Complete Edition $22.49 $24.99 50%
Octahedron $6.49 50%
Odin Sphere Leifthrasir $14.99 75%
Oh My Godheads $2.99 80%
OkunoKA Madness $2.99 $5.99 60%
One Piece Burning Blood – Gold Edition $12.67 85%
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 $17.99 70%
Onimusha: Warlords $7.99 60%
Orbital Racer $7.49 50%
Outriders $35.99 40%
Overcooked $3.39 80%
Overcooked! 2 – Gourmet Edition $20.47 55%
Overcooked: Gourmet Edition $3.99 80%
Overpass $14.99 75%
Override: Mech City Brawl $9.99 50%
Overruled! $2.99 80%
Paradise Lost $9.89 34%
Pathologic 2 $13.99 60%
Pba Pro Bowling $5.99 $7.49 50%
Persona 5 $8.99 55%
Pierhead Arcade $5.99 $8.24 45%
Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare $3.99 80%
Plants vs. Zombies: La Batalla de Neighborville $8.99 70%
Project Cars 3 $17.99 70%
Prototype2 $7.99 80%
Pure Farming 2018: Digital – Deluxe Edition $13.99 65%
Puyo PuyoTetris $9.99 50%
Rabi-Ribi $11.99 $14.99 50%
Rad $4.99 75%
Radio Commander $11.24 25%
Raging Justice $2.99 80%
Rayman Legends $4.99 75%
ReadySet Heroes $9.99 50%
Red Wings: Aces of the Sky $4.99 75%
Regions of Ruin $2.49 75%
Reknum $1.24 75%
Resident Evil 3 $19.79 67%
Resident Evil 4 $7.99 60%
Resident Evil 5 $7.99 60%
Resident Evil 6 $7.99 60%
Returnal $49.69 29%
Returnal Digital – Deluxe Edition $59.99 25%
Ride $5.99 90%
Riot – Civil Unrest $5.99 70%
Rise of the Kasai $8.99 40%
Ritual: Crown of Horns $3.99 80%
Road Rage $2.99 85%
Rodent Warriors $2.99 50%
Sackboy: A Big Adventure $31.79 $34.79 42%
Sackboy: A Big Adventure Digital – Deluxe Edition $51.19 $55.19 31%
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – – Complete Edition $7.49 50%
Scribblenauts Showdown $3.99 90%
Shenmue III $5.99 80%
Skully $7.49 75%
SlabWell $1.99 75%
Sleeping Dogs – Definitive Edition $4.49 85%
Slide Stars $7.99 $9.99 75%
Smoots Summer Games $2.49 75%
Smoots World Cup Tennis $2.49 75%
Snooker 19 $13.99 60%
SnowRunner $19.99 50%
Solo: Islands of the Heart $4.99 75%
Sparklite $9.99 60%
Spartan Fist $3.74 75%
Speed 3: Grand Prix $8.99 $11.99 60%
Spelunky $3.74 75%
Spirit Arena $1.37 75%
Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition $12.49 50%
SRX: The Game $27.99 30%
Star Wars Battlefront – Ultimate Edition $3.99 80%
Star Wars Battlefront II $3.99 $5.99 70%
Star Wars: Squadrons $15.99 60%
Stranded Sails – Explorers of the Cursed Islands $9.99 60%
Street Racer Underground $2.99 50%
Sublevel Zero – Redux $4.99 75%
Subnautica: Below Zero $19.49 $22.49 25%
Sudden Strike 4 $9.99 50%
Super Bomberman R $7.99 80%
Super Hyperactive Ninja $2.24 75%
Super Street: The Game $7.49 70%
Supraland $11.99 40%
Tales from the Borderlands $14.99 25%
Tango Fiesta $2.49 75%
Tank Mechanic Simulator $13.99 30%
Taxi Chaos $14.99 50%
Tetragon $7.49 $10.49 30%
The Count Lucanor $3.74 75%
The Elder Scrolls Online $7.99 60%
The Elder Scrolls Online Collection: Blackwood $29.99 50%
The Elder Scrolls Online Collection: Blackwood CE $39.99 50%
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition $13.99 65%
The Escapists 2 – Game of the Year Edition $8.09 70%
The Escapists: Supermax Edition $7.49 70%
The King Of Fighters ’98 Ultimate Match $4.49 70%
The King of Fighters XIV $13.49 $14.99 50%
The Last Dead End $2.74 50%
The Last of Us Part II $25.99 35%
The Long Reach $3.74 75%
The Lost Cube $2.49 50%
The Mark of Kri $7.49 50%
The Order: 1886 $9.99 50%
The Padre $3.99 80%
The Survivalists – Deluxe Edition $10.79 60%
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Complete Edition $32.49 35%
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Standard Edition $27.99 30%
The Walking Vegetables: Radical Edition $3.24 75%
The Witch and the Hundred Knight 2 $12.49 75%
Thief Simulator $13.39 33%
Tina’s Toy Factory $1.19 $1.49 50%
Titanfall 2 – Ultimate Edition $8.99 70%
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands – Ultimate Edition $35.99 70%
Tom Clancy’s The Division Franchise Bundle $16.49 70%
Tools Up! $8.99 55%
Trials Fusion $4.99 75%
Tribes of Midgard $15.99 20%
Tribes of Midgard Digital Deluxe $23.99 20%
Turok Bundle $14.99 50%
Two Point Hospital: Jumbo Edition $25.99 35%
Ultimate Ski Jumping 2020 $4.99 50%
Unbox: Newbie’s Adventure $7.49 75%
Unravel Two $4.99 75%
Valkyria Chronicles 4 $10.49 $13.49 55%
Vaporum $7.49 70%
VR Ping Pong $4.49 70%
VR Ping Pong Pro $9.99 60%
War of the Monsters $5.99 40%
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus $14.79 63%
Watch Dogs $6.99 65%
Watch Dogs 1 + Watch Dogs 2 – Standard Editions Bundle $14.99 75%
Watch Dogs 1 + Watch Dogs 2 Gold Editions Bundle $24.99 75%
WipEout Omega Collection $9.99 50%
Wizodd $3.49 30%
World of Final Fantasy $9.99 60%
Yakuza 0 $4.99 75%
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life $4.99 75%
Yakuza Kiwami $4.99 75%
Yakuza Kiwami 2 $6.99 $8.99 55%
Yoku’s Island Express $4.99 75%
Yooka-Laylee: Buddy Duo Bundle $11.24 75%
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DiRT Rally 2.0 – Year One Pass $5.99 $7.99 60%
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Premium Costume Pass $9.89 67%
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Digital Deluxe $26.79 33%
Shenmue III – Complete DLC Collection $5.99 50%

In other PlayStation news, the October PS Plus games have apparently leaked! We’ll know for sure later today or this week what the free games are for October.

If there’s another “Games Under” sale roll out later, we’ll be sure to let our readers know.

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Black Ops Cold War & Warzone Season 6 Cinematic Trailer Reveals the Return of Alex Mason

Activision dropped a literal bombshell today as the publisher revealed something big for the still ongoing Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War and Warzone. The first ever COD Black Ops Cold War & Warzone Season 6 cinematic trailer reveals the return of one of the series’ most enduring icons, Alex Mason. Check out the trailer below.

For longtime fans of the series, this is a very welcome content update for Season 6. Alex Mason is a central figure in the eponymous Black Ops sub-series for Call of Duty, and he is prominently featured to be the new Operator skin for this free content update. Adler, one of COD Black Ops Cold War’s protagonists, also makes a return as the final showdown between him and Stitch is coming in this latest update.

Season 6 will be arriving as a free content update this October 7. The series’ next iteration, Call of Duty: Vanguard, will be released on November 5.

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Kena: Bridge of Spirits Review – Spoiled Rotten (PS5)

I have been looking forward to Ember Labs debut, Kena: Bridge of Spirits since it was first showcased on Sony’s first PS5 event back in June 2020. It looked like it was delivering on the promise of playing a Pixar movie. With Ember Labs history as an animation studio, I knew in my heart Kena was going to be something special. Well, the wait is over; I’ve completed Kena: Bridge of Spirits, and what I learned is that my heart knows nothing. While certainly impressive in many aspects, especially presentation, Kena: Bridge of Spirits falls short in the two categories most important to me: gameplay and controls, which is disappointing to me because it’s clearly inspired by Dark Souls, one of my favorite series of all-time but without any of FromSoftware’s polish and meticulousness.

Stop Me If You Think that You’ve Heard this One Before

The story of Kena: Bridge of Spirits is not only simple, it’s kind of rote. I’ve played countless games in which a malevolent force has corrupted the land, and the player is tasked with restoring the world back to its original beauty (as recently as the underrated Immortals: Fenyx Rising). In this regard, Kena doesn’t bring anything new to the table. It sticks with a classic gaming trope, and does it about as well as it can without breaking any new ground. The newish wrinkle is that each area has its own point of view character that Kena must rescue from the “Corruption” by collecting three relics each, bringing them back to a central point and then fighting the corrupted version of that character thus restoring them to the world. In all honesty, because I’ve done it all before I was never truly captivated by it, and found myself checking out at times. It’s perfectly fine.

It doesn’t help that we barely get to know Kena as a character. Even having played and finished the entire game, I still have no idea what she really wanted or who she really was. There are hints, for sure, but nothing that endeared me to her as a character.

Presentation Awards

There’s no denying that Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a gorgeous game. The animations are impeccable, the world is beautifully realized, and the cutscenes are as good as any animated film out today. It’s clear that this is where Ember Labs’ strengths lie. The voice acting, while sparse is also really well done. Beyond the visuals, the score by Jason Gallaty is fantastic. If there’s an award for best score, this should definitely be in contention.

The level design is actually pretty great at times. It’s a huge interconnected map that makes great use of the PS5’s SSD which allows you to travel seamlessly from area to area. Fast travel is pretty much instantaneous as well. There’s also some fun environmental puzzles, especially when you get the Spirit Bomb which can almost move back and freeze time briefly, allowing me to navigate the level and reach other areas. Sometimes these are used as puzzles and can be quite creative, if never challenging. In fact, that applies to most of the puzzles. They’re fun, creative and never all that challenging.

Imitation of the Sincerest Form of Battery

Then there is the combat. You’ll spend a lot of time fighting enemies as well as a total of 16 bosses to test your mettle against that all have some kind of trick to them but can vary wildly in challenge. The combat itself is simple enough. Borrowing heavily from FromSoftware’s Soulsbourne games, R1 is light attack, R2 is heavy attack. Holding R2 will give a charged heavy attack, L1 is your shield and/or parry. The key difference is that the aiming is handled by L2 at all times and depending on R1 or R2 held in tandem with L2 will either shoot a Spirit Arrow or throw a Spirit Bomb. R3 is also the lock on.

As a Soulsbourne veteran, this should be right up my alley. Unfortunately, Ember Labs are no FromSoftware. The window to parry is hilariously and frustratingly small, and it’s often hard to tell exactly when the right time to use it is because there seems to be a delay in the input, and it’s shockingly janky and finicky. I played through the entire game parrying a ton, and rarely did it feel like I didn’t just get lucky.

It’s not just the parrying that feels unwieldy. I literally had to let go of the button to start a charged attack after a combo, wasting valuable time to go into the next attack. Whenever I pressed L2 and R2 in too close of succession the game would, I don’t know, think I wanted a heavy attack instead of to aim and charge an arrow. This is most noticeable when sprinting into an attack.

Lock-on is absolutely broken at times. There are enemies that can teleport, and it seems like the game is simply erasing their image but the framework is still there because I was stuck looking at where the enemy was, and couldn’t move the camera around to the enemy’s new position. Needless to say, this got my character killed on more than a few occasions. The camera will also sometimes jerk to face enemies when you’re running to find a healing flower which, you guessed it, also caused me to die.

Adding to this frustration is that some of the bosses spike in difficulty considerably. I would blow through some bosses on my first attempt while others took well over 20 tries. Partially because of the above stated woes, but also because some of the fights expect you to not mess up at all. You only get a handful of healing flowers in each boss arena and once they’re used up, that’s it. You have to play perfectly from there on out. And nothing is more frustrating than a multi-phase boss fight that negates one of your upgrades because god forbid, you have it easier through your own success and rewards.

Flowers Amongst the Weeds

The upgrade tree is sparse but all of the upgrades are useful. It’s refreshing to play a game in which I used all of the upgrades multiple times throughout the game rather having some I will never use because they either offer very little or don’t fit my playstyle.

Rot are also useful. Rot are the tiny creatures of the world that are hidden throughout, and you need to use your other Rot to find them. Once you’ve collected a certain amount you will gain a Courage point in your meter which fill up as you deal damage to enemies. A full Courage point allows you to either use a special attack or sick your Rot on an enemy, distracting them allowing you to either get behind them or just wail away getting free hits. Rot can also be used to summon a Spirit dragon that slithers across the floor taking out Corruption spots which lead to other areas to explore or take out enemies.

The problem with exploration is that with the exception of finding more Rot, the collectables are pretty useless. They’re either hats for your Rot that can be bought at a hat vendor, or allow you to find currency which is used to buy hats from the hate vendor. If it weren’t for the opportunity to build my Rot army I wouldn’t have explored nearly as much.

If I sound like I am being overly harsh, I’m not. Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a good game that could have been better had Ember Labs tightened up the combat controls and offered better reasons to explore the gorgeous world they created. I hope Kena is a big hit so Ember Labs can have another go at it, and hopefully get more ambitious and really nail down their combat. Meanwhile considering how much I was looking forward to this game, Kena: Bridge of Spirits can’t help but feel a little disappointing.

Score: 7/10

Pros:

  • The presentation is stellar
  • The interconnected world is fun to explore
  • Puzzles a clever

Cons:

  • The controls in combat are wonky and unwieldy at times
  • The story is rote and familiar
  • Bosses can be extremely frustrating

Kena: Bridge of Spirits purchased for review and played on PS5. You can read SP1st and MP1st’s review and scoring policy right here

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Battlefield 2042 Control Configurations for PC & Consoles Revealed’; Player Card Is “New Dog Tag”

While the Battlefield 2042 beta dates were revealed today, DICE and EA didn’t stop there. We also got a look at the Battlefield 2042 control configurations for PC and consoles! If you’re wondering which button does what, or what got changed, here’s your chance to check it out.

Battlefield 2042 Control Configurations:

PC:

PS4/PS5 (DualSense pictured):

Xbox:

Images courtesy of Battlefield

Not much has changed it seems, no? Except for maybe how grenades are handled for controllers.

With DICE revealing the progression and cosmetics, some might be wondering where the franchise’s familiar dog tags come into play. It seems they are being replaced by Player Cards! Community Manager Kevin Johnson confirmed this over on Twitter where he says this is the new dog tag.

While the controls might not have changed much, taking out dog tags is a big thing. However, it seems Player Cards do offer more customization, so I’ll reserve judgement on that until at least after we’ve all played the game, and seen how it looks in-game.

We’re expecting more Battlefield 2042 news to be released as we get nearer to the beta start date, so stay tuned!

Battlefield 2042 shoots out this November 19 on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

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Overwatch Update Patch Notes: Here’s What’s New for 3.18 This Sept. 28

Blizzard Entertainment has released the Overwatch update patch notes for 3.18 this September 28, and this one introduces a brand-new map to the game. Read on below for more information on this latest update.

Overwatch Update Patch Notes for 3.18:

NEW MAP: MALEVENTO

  • Our newest Free-For-All Map is Malevento, a peaceful Italian hilltop town with a cursed past!
  • Battle along the cliff’s edge for dominance of the majestic Duomo di Malevento. Circle your opponents beneath the mournful stone eyes of Caterina Pastore, a Renaissance painter with a tragic past, or plot the downfall of your enemies in the mysterious safe house.
  • Will you find victory in these twisting streets, or will the curse of Malevento claim you too?

BUG FIXES

Heroes

Brigitte

  • Fixed a bug that caused her hair to not animate properly when using the Kneel victory pose

Winston

  • Fixed a bug that caused his jump landing sound effects to be heard globally when landing on metal surfaces

That’s about it for the patch.

Source: Blizzard forums

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Xbox Games With Gold Free Games October 2021 Selection Revealed

Microsoft has announced the Xbox Games With Gold free games October 2021 selection, and it seems to be rather slim pickings for those looking for AAA games.

Xbox Games With Gold Free Games October 2021:

Aaero ($14.99 ERP): Available October 1 to 31

Speed through stunning environments, tracing ribbons of light and fighting epic boss battles, all to an incredibly licensed soundtrack. Featuring music from Noisia, Flux Pavilion, Katy B, The Prototypes, Neosignal, and more, feel the groove and release the energy that lives in the music.

Hover ($24.99 ERP): Available October 16 to November 15

In a futuristic 3D open world, join a group of young rebels, the Gamers, and fight against oppressing laws while performing incredible tricks and combos. Equipped with high-tech gear allowing for amazing jumps and speed, help the citizenry, and find a way to reach the Orbital Station.

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair ($14.99 ERP): Available October 1 to 15

Step into the shadows of the hell house to vanquish your old-nemesis, Dracula. With 6-player co-op, select your fan favorite vampire hunters from across the entire series to return Dracula to his eternal slumber.

Resident Evil Code: Veronica X ($19.99 ERP): Available October 16 to 31

Set three months after the destruction of Racoon City, help Claire Redfield travel to Europe to search for her missing brother, Chris. Infiltrate the Paris laboratory of the Umbrella Corporation and survive the zombie horde that awaits.

Thoughts on this upcoming month’s selection? There is Game Pass, so this shouldn’t be that bad, right?

Source: Xbox News

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Red Dead Online Weekly Update September 28 Reset

Rockstar Games has rolled out the Red Dead Online weekly update September 28 reset of activities and discounts! Same as before, for the recap, head on below for the list of new activities, discounts and more.

Red Dead Online Weekly Update September 28 Reset:

Red Dead Online adds three new Hardcore Telegram Missions this week with A Tough Business, three new missions that will test the toughest hired guns across Saint Denis, Armadillo, and Colter – without any aim assistance or enemies visible on their map.

Plus, wealth of bonuses and boosts for Traders and Moonshiners, alongside a free Horse Care Package for all players and the latest discounts awaits all players.

More key highlights from today’s news include:

  • Three All-New Hardcore Telegram Missions: Players will need to take out a target in the heart of Saint Denis in Good and Dead, rescue hostages from the Del Lobos gang in Frontier Justice, and stealthily steal robbery plans from a local gang in Cold Day in Hell
  • Double XP on all Races
  • 50% RDO$ and Role XP boost on completed Trader and Moonshine Sales
  • Login Rewards for Traders: A Reward for 25 Trader Goods, plus a Reward for a Trader Resupply for Quick Draw Club No. 3 members (received within 72 hours)
  • Moonshiner Rewards: A free Mash Refill for logging in, a Reward for 2,000 Moonshiner XP for Quick Draw Club No. 3 members, plus destroying 3 Revenue Agent Roadblocks will net an Offer for 40% off an Established or Distinguished Moonshiner Role Item (received within 72 hours)
  • A Free Horse Care Package for all players, available at any Stable
  • New Discounts: 5 Gold Bars off both the Butcher Table and the Moonshine Shack, 40% off the Hunting Wagon, plus 30% off all Race Horses, all Stable Stalls, Moonshine Shack Upgrades, Moonshiner Bar Themes, Trader Cosmetic Role Items, and all Ponchos
  • New Prime Gaming Benefits: Players that connect to Prime Gaming before October 25 will get a Reward for 40 Capitale and an Offer for half off the Mauser Pistol

Discounts

Get your mount up to snuff by visiting the Stables and taking 30% off the cost of all Race Horses and Stable Stalls; all Horse Care Packages are free, as well.

Join the entrepreneur class this week: both the Butcher Table and Moonshine Shack are 5 Gold Bars cheaper than usual. Traders above Rank 10 can save 40% when purchasing the Hunting Wagon from the Wheeler, Rawson & Co. Catalogue. All Trader Cosmetic Role Items are 30% off for the next seven days, as well.

Keep the booze-hounds happy by spiffing up your Moonshine Shack — both Upgrades & Themes are 30% off.

Bundle yourself up to protect from the elements — all Ponchos are 30% off in the Catalogue and at Tailors across the map.

That’s it for this week. Tune in next week for the next Red Dead Online update.

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Destiny 2 Iron Banner Rewards and Bounties for September 28, 2021

Alongside the Destiny 2 weekly reset today, Bungie has also launched the Destiny 2 Iron Banner for September 28. For the Iron Bounties and rewards for Lord Saladin’s foray into Season of the Lost, head on below.

Destiny 2 Iron Banner Rewards and Bounties for September 28, 2021:

Iron Bounties

Name Description Requirement Reward
Oath of the Pack Defeat opponents while assisted by at least one other teammate. 100 Opponents defeated XP++ & 50 Iron Banner Token & Pinnacle Gear
Maneuver Warfare Defeat opponents while your team holds Zone Advantage. Earn bonus progress during the Hunt. 75 Opponents defeated XP++ & 50 Iron Banner Token & Pinnacle Gear
Victory Banners Complete matches in the Iron Banner playlist. Wins award bonus progress. 40 Matches completed XP++ & 50 Iron Banner Token & Pinnacle Gear
The Rout Defeat opponents in the Iron Banner. Earn bonus progress by landing final blows on opponents with a higher Power level. 200 Opponents defeated XP++ & 50 Iron Banner Token & Pinnacle Gear

Additonal Iron Banner Rewards

You have a chance to get randomly rolled Iron Banner gear at the end of matches. This includes all available weapons & armor for the current season.

Iron Banner Rewards and Weapons:

  • Peacebond (Legendary Sidearm)
  • Forge’s Pledge (Legendary Pulse Rifle)
  • Forewarned, Forearmed (Legendary Quest Step)
  • Titan Armor
  • Hunter Armor
  • Warlock Armor

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Battlefield 2042 Progression and Cosmetics Info Blow Out

Despite the recently announced delay for the game, those still excited for Battlefield 2042 will be happy to learn that today Electronic Arts and DICE dropped some new information for the game. A page that answers all of the frequently asked questions for Battlefield 2042 details the game’s progression and cosmetics, as well as the long-awaited open beta (which was leaked earlier by the Origin API). Check out the information dump below.

Battlefield 2042 Progression:

Earning Experience

Our design approach for earning XP in Battlefield 2042 is to reward the most XP to players who play the objectives and stick with their teams and squads until the match ends, followed by further various actions such as kills, assists and other support actions.

On top of that, Ribbons are a great way to earn XP, and we are excited that they are back in a new way for Battlefield 2042. Ribbons are earned by completing different gameplay objectives, and have up to 3 tiers which each will grant a greater XP reward. The more progress you make on a specific Ribbon, the more XP you’ll earn at the end of round. Here’s a few examples of some of those Ribbons:

  • Objective Ribbon – Play the objective
  • Wingman Ribbon – Support teammates with revives and various assists
  • Logistics Ribbon – Heal and resupply others and repair vehicles
  • Intel Ribbon – Spot and disrupt enemies, such as via EMP’s or destroying drones
  • Combat Ribbon – Score kills and destroy vehicles

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At launch you’ll be ready to jump onto the Battlefield and start earning XP, up to the max Player Level of 99. During your journey of leveling and progression, you will unlock Specialists, weapons, vehicles and gadgets and a variety of cosmetics. But once you reach that milestone, your adventure isn’t over. You can continue leveling up through what we call S-levels, starting at S001 and ending at S999. While there are no further rewards tied to the S-levels, they are the ultimate way to show off your veterancy on the Battlefield!

Unlocking your weapons

Once you earn enough XP, you are promoted to the next Player Level. With every new level comes new rewards, including weapons, gadgets, cosmetics, and more.

When first starting your journey you’ll have access to a varied set of Specialists, weapons, vehicles and gadgets. This allows you to discover several playstyles before you come across further unlocks during the leveling up process.

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There’s a lot of hardware for you to unlock in Battlefield 2042 as you progress through Player Levels. However, the journey doesn’t begin and end with just collecting weapons and gadgets.

Mastery

Hardware you unlock has its own mastery-based progression journey, with you earning new unlocks for reaching certain criteria with that hardware. For example, score enough kills with the M5A3 assault rifle to unlock a new scope. Or for a vehicle, gain new equipment as you use it to accomplish goals (like capturing points).

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At certain Mastery milestones such as performing 40 kills with a weapon, you’ll also gain cosmetics for that hardware such as a new skin, and a new tier of Mastery Badge you acquire to decorate your Player Card and boast about your achievements.

Earning the top Mastery rewards for hardware and Specialist is a monumental task, with each cosmetic acknowledging your dedication and skill level. A great way to show off your skills to your fellow players!

The Player Card

With Battlefield 2042, you’ll have a customizable Player Card that will allow you to show off your Player Level, Player Icon and Title, Player Card Art (background) and up to three Badges you’ve earned by mastering your weapons, vehicles, gadgets and Specialists. Your Player Level, or later S-level, is determined by your overall progression, with no separate levels tied to class or weapon and vehicle performance.

You’ll be able to see and customize your own Player Card via the Play screen. Of course, when you are killed by another player you’ll be reminded that they got the better of you through seeing their Player Card in the kill screen. Lastly, you’ll be able to view the Player Cards in the end of round screen, and various other areas throughout the game.

battlefield 2042 progression

As you play, you’ll earn customization items (such as new Player Card Art, and Player Icons and Titles) for your Player Card through Player Level progression, or unique action and discoveries you make while playing the game. As for what those actions and discoveries entail, we’re looking forward to you exploring and finding out for yourself when the game launches.

Cross-progression

As a reminder, we also have cross-progression functionality within Battlefield 2042, which will be shared across all platforms and travel with you wherever you go as long as you play on the same EA account. This means your unlocked progress and completed purchases in your PlayStation® copy of the game will carry over onto the Xbox or PC version, and vice versa.

For example, your new unlocked skin for your M5A3 assault rifle on PlayStation®, alongside your in-game progress such as Player Level and Mastery, carries with you if you now choose to jump into the action on Xbox Series X|S.

While there are a few limitations to cross-progression we want to make you aware of, such as Special Edition cosmetics, the Digital Artbook & Soundtrack, unspent Premium Currency and pre-order items not carrying over, we’re excited about giving you the freedom to play and progress wherever you choose to play.

Cosmetics

Battlefield 2042 will have a wide variety of cosmetics to give you flexibility when it comes to choosing appearances for your Specialists and Loadout, enabling you to express yourself on the Battlefield in a way that’s important to you.

You’ll be able to earn cosmetics through gameplay, or by purchasing them.

Skins

There are multiple ways of earning skins and cosmetics for Specialists, weapons and vehicles. These cosmetics are available in the following rarities:

  • Common (Grey)
  • Rare (Blue)
  • Epic (Purple)
  • Legendary (Gold)

Rare and Epic Specialist skins have both a Headgear component and a Body component. You can mix and match Headgears with different bodies if you wish. However, Legendary skins are a single outfit and cannot be mixed with any other skin.

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Weapon skins apply to the whole weapon. Whatever attachments you have on your weapons will be affected by the skin you have applied. You’ll also be able to unlock weapon charms, all of which can be equipped on nearly every weapon in the game.

Specific to vehicles, you’ll also be able to modify your vehicles with skins and decals.

Battlefield 2042 will also have unlockable melee weapons earned through Player Levels and progression, all of which have their own unique Takedown animation tied to them.

Battlefield 2042 is set to be released on November 19, 2021.

Source: EA

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New Destiny 2 Weekly Reset September 28, 2021 and Eververse Rotation

It’s Tuesday, and that means another heaping of activities are live for players to complete in Destiny 2 is now live! The new Destiny 2 weekly reset September 28, 2021 refresh of activities is now live, with details listed below, along with the Eververse rotation of items for sale.

New Destiny 2 Weekly Reset September 28, 2021 and Eververse Rotation:

Nightfall – The Ordeal: Proving Grounds

Modifiers:

  • Nightfall: Adept
    • Empath: Enhanced radar. Take increased damage from melee.
  • Nightfall: Hero
    • All previous modifiers
    • Champions: Unstoppable: This mode contains Unstoppable Champions, which cannot be stopped without an Unstoppable mod.
    • Champions: Barrier: This mode contains Barrier Champions, which cannot be stopped without an Anti-Barrier mod.
    • Champions: Cabal: This mode contains both Barrier and Unstoppable Champions, which cannot be stopped without an Anti-Barrier or Unstoppable mod, respectively.
    • Hero Modifiers: Extra Shields
    • Ignovun’s Challenge: Incoming splash damage increased. Knockback damage and distance increased.
  • Nightfall: Legend
    • All previous modifiers
    • Equipment Locked: You will not be able to change your equipment after this activity starts.
    • Match Game: Enemy shields are highly resistant to all unmatched elemental damage.
    • Legend Modifiers: Locked Loadout & Match Game & Extra Shields
  • Nightfall: Master
    • All previous modifiers
    • Famine: All ammunition drops are significantly reduced.
    • Master Modifiers: Champions: Mob & Locked Loadout & Match Game & Extra Shields
    • Champions: Mob: This mode contains additional Champions.

Rewards:

  • Powerful (Tier 1) reward: Get 3 points by completing runs. Higher difficulties grant more points.
  • Pinnacle reward: Get a score of 100k. Since modifiers are fixed, this requires a high difficulty run.

Weekly Crucible Rotator: Momentum Control

Achieve victory by capturing zones and defeating opponents. All weapons are more lethal; abilities replenish only with targets defeated, and tracker is disabled.


Vanguard Burn: Void Singe

The other modifieres rotate daily, check out the Daily Reset Thread for them!


Europa

  • Eclipsed Zone: Eventide Ruins
  • Empire Hunt: The Dark Priestess: Defeat the new leader of the Fallen, Kridis, the Dark Priestess.
  • Exo Challenge: Simulation: Survival: Simulated Skill-Set Training: Survive the harsh weather as you take down the Vex.

Legacy Activities

  • Moon:
    • Wandering Nightmare: Nightmare of Xortal, Sworn of Crota (Sorrow’s Harbor)
    • Trove Guardian is in Archer’s Line
    • Nightmare Hunt: Insanity: Defeat the Nightmare of the Fanatic.
    • Nightmare Hunt: Anguish: Defeat the Nightmare of Omnigul.
    • Nightmare Hunt: Despair: Defeat the Nightmare of Crota, Son of Oryx.
  • Dreaming City: Weak Curse
    • Petra is at The Strand.
    • Weekly Mission: Broken Courier – Respond to a distress call in the Strand.
    • Ascendant Challenge: Agonarch Abyss, Bay of Drowned Wishes
    • Blind Well: Scorn, Plagues: Sikariis & Varkuuriis

Eververse Bright Dust Offerings

Name Description Type Cost
Concentrated Mattergem An Upgrade Module ionizer created from refined Mattergems. Consumable 200 Bright Dust
Glimmershard A shard with the ability to generate Glimmer during combat. Consumable 250 Bright Dust
Scavenger’s Boon A transmutation device with the ability to create planetary materials. Consumable 250 Bright Dust
It’s Over Emote 400 Bright Dust
The Queensguard Equip this weapon ornament to change the appearance of The Chaperone. Once you get an ornament, it’s unlocked for all characters on your account. Weapon Ornament 1250 Bright Dust
Cabal Entrance Modifications for your ship’s transmat systems, so you’ll always arrive in style. Transmat Effect 450 Bright Dust
Hazard Pay Equip this shader to change the color of your gear. Shader 300 Bright Dust
Drumroll Emote 3250 Bright Dust
Nemean Strides Equip this ornament on any eligible Legendary armor item to change its appearance. Once you get a universal ornament, it’s unlocked for all characters of the relevant class on your account. Hunter Universal Ornament 1200 Bright Dust
Orbweaver Shell Ghost Shell 2850 Bright Dust
Immoderate Splendor Vehicle 2500 Bright Dust
Buy Bye Emote 400 Bright Dust
Bad Dog Equip this weapon ornament to change the appearance of Leviathan’s Breath. Once you get an ornament, it’s unlocked for all characters on your account. Weapon Ornament 1250 Bright Dust
Eramis Projection Equip this item to change your Ghost’s projection. Ghost Projection 1500 Bright Dust
Buffer Overflow Apply this shader to change the color of your gear. Shader 300 Bright Dust
Verdigris Equip this shader to change the color of your gear. Shader 300 Bright Dust
Carbon Blood Equip this shader to change the color of your gear. Shader 300 Bright Dust
Rustberry Equip this shader to change the color of your gear. Shader 300 Bright Dust
Traveler’s Wake Effects Modifications for your ship’s transmat systems, so you’ll always arrive in style. Transmat Effect 450 Bright Dust
Illicit Transmat Effects Modifications for your ship’s transmat systems, so you’ll always arrive in style. Transmat Effect 450 Bright Dust
Eldritch Effects Modifications for your ship’s transmat systems, so you’ll always arrive in style. Transmat Effect 450 Bright Dust

Weekly Records

Name Description Objectives Rewards

No more records this season!


Notable Armor Rolls

Only notable rolls (stat total >= 59 or single stat >= 26) are listed here.

Class Name Vendor Type MOB RES REC DIS INT STR Total Cost
Titan Exodus Down Robes Nessus Chest Armor 7 2 20 2 26 2 59 20 Legendary Shards & 10 Microphasic Datalattice
Hunter Cinder Pinion Strides Crucible Leg Armor 6 12 8 2 2 26 56 25 Legendary Shards & 1000 Glimmer
Warlock Devastation Complex Ada-1 Helmet 8 16 6 6 16 9 61 25 Legendary Shards & 1000 Glimmer

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Battlefield 2042 PC Specs Revealed

Electronic Arts and DICE revealed a lot of new information for Battlefield 2042 today, and one of the biggest ones relate to the players who will enjoy it on PC. As revealed on Twitter, here are the Battlefield 2042 PC specs.

Battlefield 2042 PC specs:

Minimum PC specs:

  • OS: 64-Bit Windows 10
  • Processor (AMD): AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • Processor (Intel): Intel i5 6600K
  • Memory: 8GB
  • Video Memory: 4GB
  • Graphics Card (Nvidia): Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
  • Graphics Card (AMD): AMD Radeon RX 560
  • DirectX: 12
  • Online Connection Requirements: 512 kbps or faster internet connection
  • Hard Drive Space: 100GB

Recommended PC specs:

  • OS: 64-Bit Windows 10
  • Processor (AMD): AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
  • Processor (Intel): Intel Core i7 4790
  • Memory: 16GB
  • Video Memory: 8GB
  • Graphics Card (Nvidia):Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
  • Graphics Card (AMD): AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
  • DirectX: 12
  • Online Connection Requirements: 512 kbps or faster internet connection
  • Hard Drive Space: 100GB SSD

The game looks to be very friendly even for older PCs, much like the previous Battlefield titles which have been shown to run on the lowest-specced rigs. That said, the 100GB hard drive space is still staggering to look at, and if you want to have a good time loading into matches an SSD would definitely help.

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Outriders Update Patch Notes: Here’s What’s New for 1.14 This Sept. 28

People Can Fly has released the Outriders update 1.14 patch (version 1.014 on PS5), and we have the complete Outriders update patch notes! There are changes to the Devastator Impale skill, the Borrowed Time revive bug is fixed, and loads more.

Outriders Update Patch Notes for 1.14 and 1.014:

Important: As previously explained, today’s patch does not include any discussed changes to Moaning Winds, Fortress or Legendary Armor Set changes. These changes are all part of a bigger update that is still a little way away.

  • Fixed an issue that could cause players to stutter when entering the drained lake during the third enemy encounter in the Scorched Lands expedition.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the game to stutter when engaging Crawlers in battle during Expeditions
  • Fixed an issue that would force matchmaking privacy setting to default to “Open”. The privacy setting should now remain “Closed” when set. This should help further reduce AFK matchmaking.
  • Added an AFK status for players on friends lists
  • Fixed a bug that could cause client shots to sometimes deal no actual damage to enemies.
  • Further improved the visibility of the Brood Mothers Surge AOE skill limits.
  • Changed the behaviour of the Devastator’s Impale, so that the game will detect impaled enemies as dead even before they disappear.
  • The Devastator’s “Reflect Bullets” skill will now protect from Sciathan projectile attacks.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the Pyromancer’s Phoenix Nesling passive to restore 100% rather than 50% of Health while in Multiplayer.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause players to be teleported back into cover if they used Thermal Bomb shortly before exiting cover.
  • Fixed a bug that was preventing players from reviving themselves and other players after using the Trickster’s Borrowed Time skill.
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent Devastators from being able to consistently dodge if they had the Auto Reflect mod active.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the Plague Sower and the Cannonball Legendary Sets to not retain their set bonus after a transition.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the Technomancer’s Plague Sower set bonus to not proc consistently.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause certain mods like “Grand Opening” to not proc if the player was on their last magazine.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause certain ammo related mods to retain their effects, even after having been replaced, thereby leading to inconsistent gameplay. This issue would previously resolve itself when returning to the lobby. Affected mods included Brain Eater, Clip of Amalthea, Perpetuum Mobile, Vampiric Mag, Toxic Lead, Reforging Bullets.
  • Fixed a bug that allowed the mod “Unstoppable Force” to be stacked with itself.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause shards invested in sidearms/second primary weapons to cause inconsistent behaviour on the primary weapon.
  • Resolved an issue that prevented secondary characters from picking up Journal Entries if they had already been collected on a different character.
  • Crash fixes
  • Other minor bug Fixes

People Can Fly has also outlined some of the fixes they are working on which gamers can read about here.

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Official Battlefield 2042 Beta Dates, Schedule, Pre-Load Date and Info Announced

As expected given the leaks, DICE and EA have released the official Battlefield 2042 beta dates (open and early access), and schedule! It is indeed starting this October, and will run for just a few days!

Official Battlefield 2042 Beta Dates and Schedule:

Per the press release:

September 28, 2021 – Electronic Arts and DICE today revealed that the Battlefield 2042 Open Beta* will be available on October 8 for Xbox® One, Xbox® Series X and S, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5 and PC. EA Play members and individuals who pre-order the game can gain access two days early on October 6. All players can preload starting on October 5th** 

  • Duration: October 5-10, 2021

    • Oct 5: Downloads enabled for all players

    • Oct 6-9: Early Access window (triggers Oct 6 at 9am CEST)

    • Oct 8-9: Open Availability (triggers Oct 8 at 9am CEST)

    • Oct 10, 9am CEST: Sunset

Fans can expect to beta to feature the Conquest game mode, where the Orbital map will be available. Next-gen gamers can expect 128-player battles, while those on last-gen will be limited to 64 players.

From the press release:

The Battlefield 2042 Open Beta will feature the iconic Conquest experience on the Orbital map, previously showcased in the game’s reveal trailer. PC and next-gen console players will receive first-hand experience of playing the new, epic 128-player battles (64 players on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One) through Conquest’s large-scale game mode, and will fight for control of key objective points on the map.
During the Beta, participants will have a chance to jump into the franchise’s signature brand of All-Out Warfare as one of four unique Specialists each equipped with their own individual styles, specialties and traits. Players can step into the shoes of Boris, a Russian engineer who comes with a SG-36; Casper, a South African camouflage and long-ranged attacks expert; Falck, a skilled German medic who specializes in Support; and Mackay, a Canadian outdoorsman and nomad who is equipped with a Grapple Gun.

Set in Kourou, French Guiana, the Battlefield 2042 Orbital map lets players experience a race against time in hostile conditions as they battle around the site of an imminent rocket launch. Sectors found in this map include the Assembly Building, the Launch Platform and the Crawlerway connecting the two. During a Conquest match, players will experience Battlefield’s signature dynamic maps featuring an automated rocket launch sequence, zipline traversal between lightning towers, vehicular combat in adverse weather, including an unexpected tornado event altering the flow of battle, and much more.

Battlefield 2042 will be available this November 19 on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

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Dying Light Playerbase Still Sits at Over Half a Million 6 Years After Its Initial Release

A single-player game surviving past two or three years is considered a major achievement in the video games industry today, given the nature of new titles that come out to replace it almost every year. It’s all the more surprising to hear titles that still enjoy a decently-sized chunk of a playerbase past that, and so the story goes for Techland and Dying Light. In an interview with DualShockers, the developer revealed that Dying Light still boasts over half a million unique monthly players, an incredible commendable feat considering the game has been out for more than six years now.

Techland elaborated on this further in the interview, stating that the playerbase can’t expect things to be “different this time,” referring to the developer’s upcoming release, Dying Light 2. Part of the reason for Dying Light’s continued success was stated to be their continuous support via in-game events and regular updates.

The game’s sequel, Dying Light 2, will be released on February 4 next year.

Make sure to read our interview with Techland regarding Dying Light 2, as it contains a lot of info.

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Genshin Impact One Year Anniversary Community Event Kicks Off September 28

Get a chance to win an iPhone 13 Pro Max, as miHoYo celebrates the first anniversary of open-world, action RPG Genshin Impact! The anniversary event kicks off September 28 and here’s an overview of the events that were announced by miHoYo in a recent post on their site.

Overview of One Year Anniversary Community Events:

“An Unforgettable Journey” Web Event

  • Event Duration: September 28 – October 12
  • Event Rewards: Primogems, Mora, Mystic Enhancement Ore, Hero’s Wit
  • During the event, Travelers can watch their own anniversary theater and relive their experiences of their journey. After watching, Travelers will not only obtain a reward for viewing, but can also exchange rewards with their friends, such as Primogems and Mora.
  • How to Participate: Through the links posted by each official community on September 28

“A Message in Time” Web Event

  • Event Duration: September 29 – October 7
  • Event Rewards: Blessing of the Welkin Moon ×1
  • Chance to Win: 10%
  • Mora ×100,000
  • Chance to Win: 90%
  • During the event, Travelers can take part in a raffle by creating their own anniversary cards. After the event ends, we will randomly select 10% of the participants to receive the Blessing of the Welkin Moon ×1. The remaining participants who are not selected will be rewarded with Mora ×100,000.
  • How to Participate: Through the links posted by each official community on September 29

Anniversary Congratulatory Art Repost Prize Giveaway

  • Event Duration: September 28 – October 2
  • Event Rewards: iPhone 13 Pro Max ×3, share daily to participate in the raffle for cash prizes
  • Platforms: Twitter and Facebook
  • How to Access Event: Through the official Genshin Impact accounts on Facebook and Twitter

Genshin Impact Anniversary Event “Recording Your Anniversary Memories”

  • Event Duration: September 28 – October 7
  • Event Rewards: Primogems ×100 (1,000 winners)
  • Platforms: Twitter, Facebook, and HoYoLAB
  • How to Access Event: HoYoLAB

Genshin Impact Anniversary Event “Let’s Solve Word Puzzles”

  • Event Duration: October 7 – October 13
  • Event Rewards: Primogems ×100 (1,000 winners)
  • Platforms: Twitter, Facebook, and HoYoLAB
  • How to Access Event: Through the official Genshin Impact accounts on Facebook and Twitter

“The Promise of a Worldly Encounter” Cosplay Submission Contest

  • Event Duration: September 22 – October 20
  • Event Rewards: Primogems, Apple AirPods, Razer DeathAdder V2, Fateful Gift Series Merchandise Set (Random Character)
  • Platform: HoYoLAB
  • How to Access Event: HoYoLAB

Anniversary Events in Progress:

“The Promise of a Worldly Encounter” Photo Submission Contest

  • Event Duration: September 1 – October 11
  • Event Rewards:
  • Primogems, Paimon Food Theme Blind Box (Full Set), Trick-or-Treat Party-themed Merchandise Set (Random Character), 1-month subscription of Discord Nitro
  • Platform: HoYoLAB
  • How to Access Event: https://www.hoyolab.com/contribution/53

“The Promise of a Worldly Encounter” Fan Art Submission Contest

  • Event Duration: September 16 – October 17
  • Event Rewards: Primogems, Apple iPad 10.2″, Apple AirPods, Trick-or-Treat Party-themed Merchandise Set (Random Character)
  • Platform: HoYoLAB
  • How to Access Event: https://www.hoyolab.com/contribution/54

“The Promise of a Worldly Encounter” Video Submission Contest

Genshin Impact Update 2.2 has very little information aside from its October 13 release date, but you can read the details on the current Version 2.1 titled Floating World Under the Moonlight here.

Genshin Impact is available PC, Playstation 4, PS5, Android, and iOS devices.

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Hitman 3 Update 1.008 Slinks Out for Season of Envy Patch 3.70

IO Interactive has released the Hitman 3 update 1.08 (PS5: 1.008) September 28 patch, which brings Title Update 3.70 and the Season of Envy. For the new content and patch notes, head on below.

Hitman 3 Update 1.08 Patch Notes | Hitman 3 Update 1.008 Patch Notes | Hitman 3 Update 3.70 Patch Notes:

The HITMAN 3 September Patch arrives on Tuesday September 28, 2021 and signals the start of the Season of Envy, the penultimate act of the Seven Deadly Sins campaign.

The Season of Envy brings new premium content and sin-themed content for all HITMAN 3 owners. Plus, there’s new and returning Elusive Targets, new unlocks to earn through Featured Contracts and a few extras to round out a busy month of content.

The September Patch prepares the game for that content and also brings fixes and improvements.


HITMAN 3 – September Patch Overview

HITMAN 3 will be updated to version 3.70 on all platforms; PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC, Stadia and Switch.

Patch Release: Tuesday 28th September 2021, 1pm UTC / 3pm CEST / 6am PT

Maintenance: Starts one hour before the release of the patch on all platforms. The game servers for each platform will come back online once they’ve been checked and verified, as such there is no set end time for the maintenance window. Updates will be posted to the official @IOInteractive Twitter account.

Patch size: Approximately 3-6 GB on all platforms.

Cloud: Stadia and Switch players do not need to download or install the patch. They will get access to the latest version when they launch the game after the above ‘patch release’ time.


HITMAN 3 – September Patch New Content

Seven Deadly Sins Act 6: Envy (Premium Content)

Face off against your ultimate rival and prove your skills in the Envy Contention Escalation, the headline act of this season’s Seven Deadly Sins content.

With a rival assassin hunting down your targets, you’ll need to think fast and make your move. Prepare to outsmart and outmanouevre your rival as you chase multiple targets throughout three stages of an escalating challenge.

Completing the Envy Contention will unlock three new unique sin-themed rewards. First, the Odium Suit, a suit for those who covet the look of high-end streetwear. Or high-end streetwear for those who covet the look of a suit.

Next, The Cat’s Claw, an eye-catching dagger with a distinct wave-shaped blade with a handle made to resemble a sitting cat. While it may not be the most comfortable weapon to wield, it’s certain to be the subject of widespread admiration. Finally, The Jaeger 7 Green Eye features a suppressor, a feline-inspired cosmetic mod, and a black and green fragment design. The perfect weapon for hunters who lie in wait and strike with confidence.

Get access to all of this content either through the Seven Deadly Sins Act 6: Envy or as part of the Seven Deadly Sins Collection, which includes all 7 acts at a reduced price.

Featured Contract Rewards

The Season of Envy brings another milestone reward for completing Featured Contracts. Rack up 60 completions across HITMAN 3 locations and the Hackl Covert “Ducky” Edition is yours to keep.

More unlockables items (that are not related to Featured Contracts) will be available throughout the Season of Envy.


GENERAL ISSUES (3.70)

Language Support
We’ve added full text localisation of all in-game menus and subtitles for the following languages on all platforms: Japanese. All players will be able to access these languages after downloading the 3.70 patch. PS4 and PS5 players will need to own the SIEJ (Japanese version) to access the Japanese localisation.

Shoulder Swap
We’ve added a Camera Shoulder Swap option to the Gameplay Options menu. This is set to off by default, where the camera will always be aligned to Agent 47’s right shoulder. After turning this option on, players will be able to toggle which shoulder the camera is aligned to during gameplay.

Sniper Slowdown
We’ve tweaked the parameters of mouse sensitivity when zooming in with sniper rifles to give a better experience. Previously, the mouse speed was extremely slow, especially when fully zoomed in.

Arkian Unlock
We’ve made further tweaks to correctly unlock the Arkian Tuxedo suit for players that have completed the requirements, or ran into issues after carrying over their progress from HITMAN 2.

Gold Upgrade
We’ve tweaked the inventory image for the Goldballer so that it better represents the in-game weapon. In other words, we’ve made sure that the unlock image for the gun actually looks gold.



Localisation Tweaks

We’ve made several changes to various subtitles, menu text and in-game signage (in multiple languages) to improve their localisation and translations.

Stats: DGS
We’ve updated the icon for the Dartmoor Garden Show in the Statistics menu to represent Dartmoor. It was previously incorrectly using the ICA Facility location image.

Deadly Sins Campaign
We’ve added the Seven Deadly Sins content as a campaign under the Side Missions menu, and put it front of the queue.

Suit Categories
We’ve added two new suit categories to the Inventory menu; Deluxe and Deadly Sins. These categories will include the suits unlocked via the Deluxe Pack and Seven Deadly Sins content packs respectively. This will free up the Themed category as well.

Stability Improvements
We’ve resolved several issues to improve the game’s stability, including an issue that could cause players to encounter disconnection issues when completing a mission.

Water Worries
We’ve resolved an issue where PC players using certain AMD graphics cards would not see water rendered properly in certain locations. This issue was fixed by AMD in recent patch notes.

Credit Where It’s Due, 3.70
We’ve updated the in-game credits to reflect work done since the last patch, including new members of the team that have joined.



Location Changes: Dubai, UAE

Rise Up
We’ve resolved an issue where some players could not unlock the Rise Up trophy in Dubai, despite fulfilling the requirements.



Location Changes: Dartmoor, England

Gas Mark 9
We’ve resolved an issue where it was impossible to create gas leaks in one of the kitchens in Dartmoor because the stoves would explode immediately after creating a leak.

Dartmoor Garden Contracts
We’ve resolved an issue where Featured Contracts created on the Dartmoor Garden Show sublocation did not count towards progress for the Featured Contract Milestone challenges.



Location Changes: Berlin, Germany

Biking Bad
We’ve resolved an issue where it was possible for some NPC to see through walls near the food delivery area.



Location Changes: Chongqing, China

Wall Hack
We’ve resolved an issue where Agent 47 could be spotted through walls, notably when hanging on roof ledges.

Gluttony Guard
We’ve resolved an issue where a specific guard didn’t count as a target in the Gluttony Gobble Escalation, despite dropping the same items as all other targets.

Eats, Shoots and Leaves
We’ve tweaked the name of the Maximalist Shotgun (Gluttony content unlock) to be correctly spelled.

Wrong Location
We’ve resolved an issue where the descriptions for two Agency pickups were misleading and did not describe where the actual pickup was located.

Face Time
We’ve made a few tweaks to the targets’ behaviour so that they will react accordingly depending on Agent 47’s actions.



Location Changes: Mendoza, Argentina

Snipers Up
We’ve fixed an issue where it was possible to acquire a Sieger 300 Tactical in the Mendoza location with drastically different properties than intended after performing certain actions.

Mr Maker
We’ve resolved an issue that could cause a crucial NPC in the ‘Private Tour’ Mission Story to suspend their routine and block progress.

Corvo Can’t Dance
We’ve resolved an issue where it was impossible to exit the Mendoza campaign mission if players reached the only available exit in a specific disguise.

Hop On, Hop Off
We’ve resolved an issue where it was possible for Agent 47 to fall into infinite space by vaulting over a railing after completing a specific Mission Story in Mendoza.

No Wine For You
We’ve resolved an issue where a target in Mendoza could suspend their routine depending on player actions, leaving them waiting for wine that Agent 47 can no longer pour. Apparently, even he has his limitations.

Private Tour
We’ve resolved an issue that could occur during the ‘Private Tour’ Mission Story, where a key NPC could stop moving if a player performs specific actions.

Lawyer Up
We’ve made sure that Agent 47 can only talk to NPCs as the lawyer, when he’s actually dressed as the lawyer. NPCs will now be more aware of


 

Location Changes: Carpathian Mountains, Romania

Too-Quick Cinematic
We’ve resolved an issue where it was possible for a guard to trigger a cinematic instead of Agent 47. Contractually, only the protagonist (47) can progress the story of HITMAN 3.


Legacy Location Changes: HITMAN 1 and HITMAN 2

Sapienza: Card Read
We’ve resolved an issue where the keycard reader between the main square and a kitchen was not functioning.

Paris: Door Prompts
We’ve resolved an issue where several doors in Paris had a prompt to ‘open’ that Agent 47 couldn’t reach, meaning that only NPCs could open the doors. The prompts are now back within reach.


Stadia Changes

Crystal Ball
We’ve resolved an issue where the ‘Series of Unfortunate Events’ achievement does not unlock despite fulfilling the requirements.

LOC Check
We’ve made tweaks to several localisation issues for various languages.


VR Changes

Quick HUD
We’ve resolved an issue where the VR Quick HUD does not appear after performing a save/load cycle, unless the game is paused.


Known Issues and Bug Reports

We’re always listening to feedback and tracking the issues that get reported. If you’ve encountered an issue with HITMAN 3 and want to tell us about it, please first check the official Known Issues list through the HITMAN 3 Player Support Hub for an updated list, where you can also submit a bug report.

That’s about it for the patch.

Source: IO Interactive

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Zombie Army 4 Update 1.41 Drags Out for Season 3 This September 28

Rebellion has released the Zombie Army 4 update 1.41 patch this September 28, and this is for Season 3! This patch includes a new content drop that includes premium (read: paid) content, fixes and more! Check out the complete patch notes.

Zombie Army 4 Update 1.41 Patch Notes | Zombie Army 4 Season 3 Patch Notes:

Here is what to expect in the latest update:

  • A fix for a progress block on Rotten Coast: Survive Hitler’s Trap
  • A fix for a progress block on Dead Zeppelin – Heartbreaker objective
  • Enemies will now continue to spawn in the Night on the Town chapter
  • Players will now correctly receive the None More Hard achievement for completing evry mission on Nightmare Mode
  • The FG 42 SMG Stat Card now reads correctly when upgraded
  • The M1 Garand can now be equipped without the characters hands clipping
  • The Trench gun weapon can no longer be observed on the floor when the ‘Eggers Bomb Lance’ is swapped with another secondary weapon throughout the game
  • ‘Painted’ skins for the ‘M1911’ Pistol now have the appropriate textures
  • Season 2 – Chapter 3 – EP03 – Zeppelin Bay 1 – Zombies are no longer blocked behind the organic pipes when the Characters throws zombies with Divine Blast.

 

Season 3.3 content:

You can now give the heroes of Alpha Squad a new look and some new weapons as the latest content drop has just hit Zombie Army 4: Dead War. Including new character outfits for Shola and Werner, a new SMG as well as weapon skins and charms, the latest content is all included in the Season 3 Pass and also available to buy separately.

Desert Rat Shola Outfit

Shola sports khaki shorts and sandy accoutrements inspired by various British divisions, including the Desert Rats, famous for their role in the North African Campaign. It might seem like a recipe for a grazed knee but the shorts and rolled sleeves are perfect for the hellish climate…

This pack includes:

  • Desert Rat Shola Outfit
  • 3 Hats for Shola (Desert Rat Cap, Desert Rat Beanie + Desert Rat Scarf)

‘Hermann Wolff’ Werner Outfit

Clearly one of those people who can’t walk by a hat without trying it on (even if it’s mysteriously covered in blood), Werner discovered this uniform in a Resistance safe house. Judging by the personal effects in the pockets, he senses something of a kindred spirit in this fellow deadhunter, one Captain Hermann Wolff.

Pack includes:

  • ‘Hermann Wolff’ Werner Outfit
  • 2 Hats for Werner (Officer Cap + Chicken Wire Stahlhelm)

MAB 38 SMG Bundle

Designed for the Royal Italian Army, and popular with elite units due to its high build quality, the MAB 38 became one of the most effective firearms of WWII. The perfect heavy tool for hammering your way through the hordes!

This Weapon Bundle contains:

  • The MAB 38 submachine gun
  • 2 Charms (Roman Fasces + Roman Centurion Helmet)
  • 2 bespoke Weapon Skins (Strange Brigade ‘Royce’ + Italian Camo)

Zombie Wrapped Weapon Skins

You’ve heard of fighting fire with fire, but maybe the same logic applies to… zombies? Apply a grisly Zombie Wrapped finish to your guns with these weapon skins for the Gewehr 43, M1 Garand, Mosin-Nagant M91/30, M30 Drilling, MP44, Thompson, Trench Gun, C96 Pistol, M1911 and Webley MKVI.

Story Charm Pack

Ghoulish keepsakes with a story to tell, which will remind you of the battles you’ve fought through – the Z5 core from Schweiger’s occult machine; the tome he used to save Alpha Squad; a haunting skull mask worn for sinister rituals; and Baron Umbra’s monocle, as cracked as its owner!

Contains the following charms:

  • Z5 Core
  • Baron’s Monocle
  • Occult Tome
  • Horned Skul

Once there’s new content, we’ll let our readers know.

Source: Zombie Army

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