Star Wars Battlefront 2 fans, DICE has announced that the Battle of Scarif update is due tomorrow, on April 29! While we’re waiting for that, the studio has thankfully released the patch notes ahead of time in the latest Community Transmission! Check out the Star Wars Battlefront 2 Battle of Scarif patch notes, trailer and more below.
Guardians, Bungie is planning to release a Destiny 2 hotfix tomorrow, April 29. No specific list of fixes has been mentioned, and whether there’s a download required. Aside from that, we’re here to bring the Destiny 2 weekly reset for April 28, 2020!
Today (Apr. 28) at 10 AM PDT, Destiny 2 will undergo background maintenance. No downtime is expected.
This will prepare us for Hotfix 2.8.1.1 releasing on April 29.
For more info: https://t.co/Ocy0lEVMfq
— Bungie Help (@BungieHelp) April 28, 2020
Nightfall – The Ordeal: Exodus Crash
Modifiers:
Rewards:
Legacy Nightfalls:
Complete various activities around Io, including public events, Lost Sectors, and Heroic Adventures.
The other modifieres rotate daily, check out the Daily Reset Thread for them!
This boss drops:
Raid Order: Gauntlet > Dogs > Baths > Calus
Challenge: Throne Challenge
Prestige Raid Lairs
| 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 |
| Rivalry Whitesand | Equip this shader to change the color of your gear. | Shader | 40 Bright Dust |
| Cyber Class Entrance | Modifications for your ship’s transmat systems, so you’ll always arrive in style. | Transmat Effect | 450 Bright Dust |
| Recognize | It’s all you. | Emote | 400 Bright Dust |
| Perfect Swing | It’s all in the hips! | Emote | 3250 Bright Dust |
| Competitive Spirit Hunter Bundle | Contains a full set of Guardian Games 2020 Hunter universal ornaments. Bundle price reduced for each item you already own. | Package | 6000 Bright Dust |
| Participation Trophy | We are the champions. | Multiplayer Emote | 4250 Bright Dust |
| The Underdog | Kicked, starved, or scorned, I always get up. I always go on. | Ship | 2000 Bright Dust |
| High Score | Credit where credit’s due. | Emote | 700 Bright Dust |
| Low Score | Big oof. | Emote | 700 Bright Dust |
| Runner Up | It’s gotta be someone. | Vehicle | 2500 Bright Dust |
| Carouse-CER | A Häkke Vimana class refit, painted for Revelry festivities in the Last City. | Ship | 500 Bright Dust |
| One… Two… Uh… | Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out… | Emote | 400 Bright Dust |
| Gleaming Boon of the Vanguard | When this is used during a strike, all players receive an Eververse Gift at the end of that strike. Only one gift consumable may be used per player in an activity. | Consumable | 150 Bright Dust |
| Gleaming Boon of the Crucible | When this is used during a Crucible match, all players receive an Eververse Gift at the end of that match. Only one gift consumable may be used per player in an activity. | Consumable | 500 Bright Dust |
| Rivalry Blacksand | Equip this shader to change the color of your gear. | Shader | 40 Bright Dust |
| Warlock Projection | Equip this item to change your Ghost’s projection. | Ghost Projection | 1500 Bright Dust |
Rasputin Weekly Bounties
| Name | Description | Cost | Requirement | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Servant: Moon | Use cache codes to open Rasputin chests after successfully completing Seraph Tower public events in Anchor of Light on the Moon. Complete daily bounties or Rasputin Activities to earn more cache codes. | 4 Caches Opened | XP & Glimmer & Warmind Bits | |
| Legendary Spelunker: Moon | Eliminate Champions and use cache codes to open Rasputin chests in Legendary Lost Sectors on the Moon. Complete daily bounties or Rasputin activities to earn more cache codes. | 3 Caches Opened & 12 Champions Defeated | XP & Glimmer & Warmind Bits |
Once the update is out tomorrow, we’ll let our readers know. In the meantime, make sure to read over the Destiny 2 weekly reset update above.
Source: Reddit
While we got the Dead by Daylight Escalation reveal trailer yesterday, the update is now out on al platforms! Dead by Daylight update 1.90 is out, and lays the groundwork for tomorrow’s event! Note that the data download is today, but the event starts tomorrow, April 29.
Coldwind Farm
MacMillan Estate
Autohaven Wreckers
Backwater Swamp
Level Design QoL Fixes:
Layout Tweaks: Updated tile-type spacing and or map size.
For more info click here: Dev Update April 2020
Perks
Audio
Fixes & Changes from PTB
Cosmetics
You can check the platform-specific changes right here.
Source: Dead by Daylight forums
While developer 343 Industries has been rather quiet when it comes to new info regarding Halo Infinite, it seems we now have new info about the game, and it’s thanks to official Halo Infinite toys!
Spotted by ResetEra user “Gundam,” is a now-deleted tweet that showcases two unreleased Halo Infinite toys from MEGA Contstrux that possibly spoils the return of two enemy types that haven’t been seen in the franchise for quite some time. Check out the images below of a Brute and Spartan Gungnir.
The two enemies are also wielding what seems to be a new type of weapon as well.
Note that this is based off of a toy and not an official announcement, so there is a chance that these two could have been manufactured just for merchandising purposes, though I highly doubt that.
In other Halo news, 343 Industries has talked about developing and supporting Halo amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which you can read about here.
Halo Infinite is set for release sometime this 2020 for the Xbox One, Xbox Series X and PC.
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While we just got a new Borderlands 3 patch last week that introduced Mayhem 2.0 and more, Gearbox Software is rolling out a Borderlands 3 April 27 hotfix to address audio issues in the game. This was announced today by the studio over on Twitter.
Check out the
Today we will release a hotfix for Borderlands 3 to address reported audio concerns regarding the Drone Ranger Mayhem 2.0 modifier. This hotfix temporarily disables the modifier, which we plan to re-enable in a future update.
— Borderlands (@Borderlands) April 27, 2020
Today we will release a hotfix for Borderlands 3 to address reported audio concerns regarding the Drone Ranger Mayhem 2.0 modifier. This hotfix temporarily disables the modifier, which we plan to re-enable in a future update.
Chances are, this is a server-side update (meaning no download required), but if it does require one, we’ll be sure to let our readers know. Players will know that the hotfix is applied in the main menu by seeing the “Hotfixes Applied” sign in the UI.
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Behaviour Interactive has released a new trailer for Dead by Daylight that offers a glimpse at Tome III: Escalation, which is set to launch this week! Check out the Dead by Daylight Escalation reveal trailer below.
Tome III: ESCALATION will soon be opened within The Archives, bringing new stories to discover in the world of Dead by Daylight. Witness the Auris, a device capable of peering into the memories of those who’ve entered the Fog. Through it, the mysterious Observer grants players access to a new series of Challenges to help them piece together these memories and his overall role.
Tome III: ESCALATION includes the memories of:
– Kate Denson – BACK TO ZERO
– Anna (The Huntress) – A LOVELY WAR
– Dwight Fairfield – A STORY BY ANY OTHER NAME
– The Legion (Julie) – SOLDIERS OF MAYHEMTome III: ESCALATION is available on April 29th through The Archives.
We’re expecting a patch to be available to initiate the new content included in Dead by Daylight Escalation, and once it’s out, we’ll be sure to let our readers know.
Following DICE’s announcement last week that Battlefield V (also called Battlefield 5) will be getting “one more” standalone content update and that’s it, the Battlefield community has — understandably — voiced their displeasure at this news.
With no new Battlefield game announced, it seems that for better or for worse, Battlefield fans will either need to come to grips that no new content is coming to Battlefield V after the next content drop and be happy with it, or just go back and play the older titles in the series. Having said all that, we here at MP1st decided to take it a step further. We’ve reached out to Battlefield YouTubers to seek their sentiment on the current situation, how we came to be in this state in the first place, and more.
Joining us for this Battlefield V dissection of sorts and what went wrong are: DannyonPC, TheTacticalBrit, and Westie.
Why do you think Battlefield V ended up the way it did now?
DannyonPC: Lack of devtime, far less than two years, and absolutely no direction. Also the bad PR didnt help. While it isn’t wrong to think if you dont like it dont buy it, its not smart to say it out loud if you try to sell a game.
Also, trying to please multiple people at the same time, one part wants the game to be more realistic and the other side wants it to be more fun and like BF3 .
TheTacticalBrit: The saying goes if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Battlefield V for me kept trying to fix until it found itself in a predicament that was untenable, probably resulting in the decision to shelve the game a little earlier than expected. Early when the game launched it had a core identity as a more hardcore WW2 experience, guns were punchy, the TTK was fast but ultimately the gameplay loop felt decent. It needed tweaking and tuning but there was something there to come back to. But as we have seen with DICE, the mantra is dial it up 200% or half it. There is no in-between tuning which arguably does work more effectively at finding the middle ground solution, but when patches take so long, it simply isn’t worth doing. The game seemingly was being tugged into many directions, lower TTKs, trying to make the game feel more sandbox-like, authenticity versus something different and it ultimately, in my opinion, left the game lacking an identity, a master of none. It started out as an excellent core gameplay and gunplay loop and self-sabotaged into a mess. It had bright points, but those weren’t enough to redeem damaged community trust.
Westie: There are many reasons Battlefield V ended up this way. I think it begins with a significantly shorter development window, where the team simply didn’t have the time to properly build and implement the systems they needed or wanted. Shortcuts were taken, making things harder to work with and ultimately fix in the long run. Take Ribbons for example: the whole system has been disabled because a fix would require a complete rebuild. Assignments is another: only four can be tracked at once and you have to back out of servers to track new ones. These choices aren’t normal and they lack common sense in their implementation. These are choices made under pressure and time constraint.
Could the game still be “saved?” in its current state?
DannyonPC: Not really, atleast not for me due to some really poor gameplay decisions DICE doesnt want to get rid of. But I honestly think it should have been fixed because this will reflect very poorly on the next game. They couldnt even finish BF5, who says they will do the same with BF 2021?
Also, do you really think BF1 would’ve sold as much if BF4 was never fixed?
TheTacticalBrit: No, I feel the man-hours would be better served with a new title. In order to build and save a title, you need a core philosophy and direction to make strides toward a greater end. BF4 did that exactly, a fun sandbox experience with solid land, air and sea elements. BFV lacks that identity, a core structure of what it wants to be and you can only bend something so far until it breaks. I personally would love to see the development team move over to BF 2021/2 and really craft a refined vision of battlefield with a stronger identity.
Westie: In it’s current state, yes, if we were still in November 2019. The launch of the War In The Pacific chapter marked a big change for Battlefield V, bringing a content expansion into a new Theatre of War that actually felt like it could have been based on World War 2. The invasion fantasy, more authentic uniforms for the American and Japanese factions, iconic weaponry, recognisable locations and a focus on reigniting the Battlefield sandbox. However, after another botched attempt to change the weapon balance and TTK of the game, I don’t feel Battlefield V could have been “saved,” and by that I mean hold a consistent player base and potentially expand it with new players. The mistakes, backtracks, cancelled features and delays, they weren’t going away.
What’s the main hurdle devs and players went through with BFV?
DannyonPC: No direction, bad PR, confusing statements about everything, I remember DM’ing one of the CM’s (Community Managers) with many straight up errors in their blogposts, also overpromising and under delivering, All the time, From tank customization, to crash landings, to other things.
TheTacticalBrit: The lack of direction and identity. Battlefield is about big Battlefield moments, doing stuff that no other game can do. Battlefield brings the replayability of a BR (battle royale) into a sandbox arena. The only game where you can take down buildings and skyscrapers, launch a jeep into the air with C4, hit an RPG shot on a jet from hundreds of meters away. These are the core things that make Battlefield special and arguably, the only time that level of fun and return to a battlefield experience came in the pacific launch pre-TTK changes. Aside from that the switch to a live service certainly hurt Battlefield. It was a move that benefitted the community financially and installed a level of trust in the game, but was badly mishandled and took far too long to produce content and in some cases like the 5v5 maps that were ported in TDM maps, a mess.
Westie: I think it was franchise identity. The development team tried to pivot the franchise in a more hardcore, tactical direction. Initially, players appeared to respond positively to that, but when those things were put into action, I found that the experience was largely worse. Battlefield is an inherently casual, large-scale warfare shooter, and when you try and implement tactical features into that, the result is more frustrating than beneficial. For example, by removing passive health regeneration and implementing healing pouches, players would be able to instantly undo all the damage they just took for an enemy by diving into cover. That elongated gunfights and made gunfights feel less rewarding. Scarcity of ammo only sought to make gameplay more frustrating because you could only engage in one or two gunfights before needing to disengage and spend time trying to find bullets. Over time, DICE gradually walked back on most these ideas to where we are today, where most features have been returned closer to their Battlefield 1 or Battlefield 4 implementation, however there are still elements left that feel jarring: entry & exit animations on vehicles leaving you completely vulnerable to attack; Medic revive animations that leave you open to attack; the lack of a soldier dragging animation to alleviate the previous point… the list goes on. DICE tried to bring order to the Battlefield chaos, and the result was a watering down of the sandbox experience we know and love Battlefield for.
Why do you think Battlefield 5 deviated so much from the past BF games?
DannyonPC: Following trends of super niche games? Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019 did the same with more ”hardcore” gameplay.
Great for franchises build on it (Insurgency) bad (IMO) for more arcade/casual franchises.
TheTacticalBrit: I think each Battlefield creates those “wow” moments that make you fall in love with the franchise. Battlefield Bad Company 2, a bold new destructible infantry experience, BF3, Land, Air and Sea (The same with BF4). Battlefield Hardline, a fun urban shooter. Battlefield 1, the experience and atmosphere of all-out war. The list goes on really. For me, BFV never had that moment, that grand thing about it that made you go “wow” other than the visuals and that doesn’t constitute a good game.
Westie: DICE tried to take direct control of the emergent gameplay that Battlefield offers, and unfortunately you cannot take control of something that only occurs when left to its own devices. DICE has been trying since 2016 (Battlefield 1) to offer a clearer experience for players, an “official” experience if you will. This is in response to games like Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4, where (depending on the server you joined, with whatever settings were running) you could have a wildly different experience. By trying to take more control, what DICE has done is shift all responsibility onto themselves; previous games like Battlefield 3 and 4 allowed the community to dictate what Battlefield was by applying modifiers to servers, running their own game mode and map rotations, implementing weapon rules to change the experience. I think DICE is trying to fix a problem that doesn’t need to be fixed. Battlefield is a sandbox; crazy things happen and they happen because of the unpredictable ways that 64 players combine, all doing their own thing. DICE tried to implement rules and controls into that environment, because they thought Battlefield didn’t have a clear experience to the end use… but the experience is clear: it’s chaos. Chaos in most cases would be considered a bad thing, and perhaps DICE convinced themselves of that. But in the context of Battlefield, chaos isn’t a bad thing. It’s a defining element of the franchise.
Do you agree with their statements? How do you think Battlefield V ended up the way it did? More importantly, what went wrong that it took DICE less than two years to stop pumping out new content for the game?
Note that aside from spelling and brevity, the answers remained as is from each individual.
Just yesterday, we posted a gameplay clip of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare new LMG (lightmachine gun) set to come in Season 3. Today, Infinity Ward has confirmed that this new weapon, along with Modern Warfare Gunsmith Customs, and more are coming in tomorrow’s patch!
In the latest “This Week in Call of Duty” blog post, Infinity Ward detailed the Data Pack download set to come tomorrow, and a host of other new stuff.
Data Pack Download Instructions:
For this week’s update, owners of the full version of Modern Warfare will have two separate downloads in order to complete the update. Once the update is live, players will download the patch as normal. Once that is completed, when an owner of the full version of Modern Warfare tries to access Multiplayer, Special Ops, or Campaign they will be prompted to download the Data Pack DLC. During the Data Pack DLC download, you’ll have access to Warzone so, jump into a match of Battle Royale or Plunder. When the download is complete, players must restart the game to access all modes of Modern Warfare. Free-to-play Warzone users will not have a secondary download to download the Data Pack DLC with this update.
The new LMG will be called the MK9 Bruen and here’s our first look and official description:
Add some more firepower to your arsenal with the MK9 Bruen LMG. This high accuracy and reliable damage weapon can be acquired via the ‘Encryption’ bundle or by completing a challenge found in the Weapons menu. Head to the LMG tab to find LMG Foxtrot and complete the associated challenge to earn the weapon or get the Legendary ‘The Glitch’ blueprint in the ‘Encryption’ bundle in the Store.
Another thing being added tomorrow is what Infinity Ward calls Gunsmith Customs. Players will now be able to mix and match parts from blueprints!
Modern Warfare Gunsmith Customs
(Note: Image above is not an in-game screenshot but simply demonstrates how players can build a custom hybrid weapon from a player’s available blueprints)
Expand your creativity to build lethal weapons from blueprints in your Armory with Gunsmith Customs. This update allows you to mix and match attachments from blueprints of the same weapon to create epic hybrid blueprints that have unique looks, styles, and capabilities. Get more details on Gunsmith Customs and suggestions on building your ultimate hybrid blueprint this week on the Games Blog.
Those looking for something to grind, the Obisidan weapon camos will be debuting tomorrow as well. More details on how to unlock this camo will be revealed this week, but we do know that it won’t require that Damascus camo be unclocked.
There will be a new Contract available in Warzone this week as well, and as we’ve mentioned before, the Shoot the Ship playlist is coming back! Finally, double XP, double weapon XP and double Battle Pass tier progression will all be available this weekend as well from May 1 at 10 a.m. PT to May 4, 10 a.m. PT.
Source: Activision
Following last month’s announcement that The Last of Us: Part II (stylized as The Last of Us 2) was getting delayed indefinitely, it seems Sony has had a change of heart, as The Last of Us 2 new release date has been announced for June 19!
This was announced earlier today by Herman Hulst, Head of Worldwide Studios at Sony Interactive Entertainment, who also mentioned a new Ghost of Tsushima release date as well. Ghost of Tsushima was originally set for release in June 26, but has since been bumped to July 17.
Here’s his note to gamers in full:
As our teams at Sony Interactive Entertainment and Worldwide Studios approach development milestones and confront a world changed by COVID-19, we find ourselves having to adapt to today’s ever-changing environment. Amidst some disruptions to our working styles, we wanted to provide an update to PlayStation gamers who are eager to learn when our next exclusive titles will arrive to PlayStation 4.
As we begin to see an ease in the global distribution environment, I am pleased to confirm that The Last of Us Part II will arrive on June 19. And Ghost of Tsushima will follow on July 17.
I want to personally congratulate and thank both the teams at Naughty Dog and Sucker Punch Productions on their achievements, as we know it’s not an easy feat to reach the finish line under these circumstances. Both teams have worked hard to deliver world-class experiences, and we can’t wait to see what you think of them when they release in just a few short months.
And finally, I want to thank the PlayStation Community for their continuous support and patience.
The Last of Us 2 new release date being announced this soon could very well be due to this past weekend’s massive leak. Hopefully nothing like that happens to Ghost of Tsushima, since it just ruins the game for everyone.
Source: PlayStation Blog
While 2K Games has confirmed that we’re not getting WWE 2K21, that doesn’t mean we’re not geting a WWE game at all. Announced today is WWE 2K Battlegrounds, which is an arcade take on the sport.
Developed by Saber Interactive (World War Z, NBA Playgrounds), WWE 2K Battlegrounds features “pick-up-and-play” action, and as you can see in the trailer below, over-the-top character design.
WWE 2K Battlegrounds is set for release this fall, though platforms haven’t been named. We’re assuming this will hit PC, PS4, Xbox One, and the next-gen platforms as well (PS5, Xbox Series X).
Are you liking this so far based on the trailer or are you more of a sim fan? Personally, I’m intrigued how this turns out. If this plays like the old WWF: The Arcade game and is just pure bedlam, then I’m in.
Annoyed at how some people post videos or screenshots of spoilers and share them without any care at all? It seems Sony is doing something about that. The company has filed a patent for what it calls a “Cross Platform Spoiler Block Service.”
Check out the official description and key elements of the filing Sony made at the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office).
Abstract
Computer implemented systems and methods for cross-platform spoiler blocking are provided herein. An example method includes ascertaining by a data platform data potentially available to a user of a service having a media object; identifying by the data platform at least one object revealed by the media object, the at least one object being associated with an application; receiving by the data platform metadata associated with the at least one object, the metadata indicative of whether the at least one object should be hidden from the user; determining by the data platform, based on the metadata, the at least one object is a potential spoiler; and blocking by the data platform, the user from interacting with the media object through the service.Description
The present technology relates generally to remote networked game services, and more particularly to systems and methods for blocking potential spoilers for users playing video games associated with a data platform.
A spoiler is a description of an important plot development in a video game which, if previously known, may reduce surprise or suspense for a first-time player. Exposure to spoilers can decrease the quality of the overall gaming experience for a player, and can even make the player lose interest in playing the game. Avoiding spoilers is of paramount importance to players of narrative-driven games. Spoilers can prevent such players from deeply engaging in the gaming community until those players have completed the game, limiting their engagement level with that community.
Moreover, spoilers are one of the biggest concerns for players of single-player and co-op player vs. environment (PvE) style games when engaging socially around those games with their friends or the broader gaming community (e.g., through discussions, walkthroughs, and so forth). This fear can prevent players from engaging in community-building social behaviors, which may result in a significant loss of engagement with the gaming platform for those users.
Detailed Description:
[0023] The following detailed description includes references to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of the detailed description. The drawings show illustrations in accordance with example embodiments. These example embodiments, which are also referred to herein as “examples,” are described in enough detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the present subject matter. The embodiments can be combined, other embodiments can be utilized, or structural, logical, and electrical changes can be made without departing from the scope of what is claimed. The following detailed description is therefore not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
[0024] The technology disclosed herein is directed to recognizing which in-game objects (e.g., activities, characters, weapons, and so forth) have been seen in-game by each player, and thus prevent that player from engaging with content (e.g., user generated content (UGC), trophies, lore objects, and so forth) that they would prefer to discover in the game as a matter of course.
[0025] The usage pattern can be similar to that of “hidden trophies” in Sony PlayStation 4. Game developers can mark specific game objects as `hidden` via an appropriate tool, and the details of those objects will be hidden from players until they discover them in the game themselves. As with hidden trophies, players will have the option to override the spoiler block if they so choose. The technology disclosed herein can allow players to engage with friends and the community around narrative games with the confidence that they will not accidentally see spoilers (which can include an activity, character, item, outcome of activity, action, effect, location, and attribute of character or item).
[0026] A uniform data system (UDS) can be aware of what in-game entities and activities users have engaged with, and thus support players in avoiding unwanted spoilers, giving them confidence to engage with the community without fear. The general solution pattern is that any object type can be considered a spoiler, and as such, can be marked as `hidden` by the developer in the metadata for that object type. When that object type is discovered by the player (e.g., an example of a UDS event), it is no longer treated as a spoiler for that player. This pattern can be applied to activities, entities, settings, outcomes, actions, effects, locations and character stats. This approach can result in an increase in the number of single-player and co-op PvE gamers who engage socially around those games, with their friends, and the broader community.
The full filing has the full breakdown of the patent. Basically, Sony’s patent will allow users to block content that is considered spoiler-ish (by the devs and community it seems), and this will let players engage with the community with freedom that nothing in the game will be spoiled for them unncessarily.
What’s interesting here is, it mentions how Sony can hide elements from other players so as to not spoil it, though they can override it, it seems. This patent mentions how weapons, activities, settings and more can be part of this patent, and should be a welcome feature if it’s ever implemented. Speaking of which. note that not all patent filings come to fruition, so this doesn’t mean this is a guarantee we’ll see this in PS5 games and so on.
Of course Sony blocking spoilers is nothing new as the PS4 currently has some features in place that can prevent a user from using its internal capture from streaming or recording certain scenes. Even some trophies get pixelated out if user is allowed to stream and capture.
Talking about spoilers, note that there are legit spoilers that have surfaced for The Last of Us: Part II yesterday, so be careful in watching YouTube videos and whatnot.
CyberConnect 2 released a new DBZ Kakarot update and it’s out now! Players will see this as Dragon Ball Z Kakarot update 1.10, and while this is a download to prep the game for its upcoming story DLC, there’s still a fair few items in it. Clocking in at 2.6GB on PC, and 3GB on PS4, check out the changes in DBZ Kakarot update 1.10 below.
As mentioned above, this is in preparation for the A New Power Awakens – Part 1 DLC set to launch this Tuesday on April 28. The DLC will introduce red-haired Sayan versions of Goku and Vegeta, and more. Here’s some of the stuff incoming (via Dragon Ball Hype):
If you haven’t picked the game up yet, check out our review of Dragon Ball Z Kakarot here where we gave it an 8/10 and had the following to say:
Regardless, if you are a big fan of the series or want a perfect place to start, then Dragon Ball Z Kakarot is a definite buy. Easily being able to offer over 40 hours of story content, and even more for side content, DBZ Kakarot is an exceptional welcomed title in the franchise.
If we spot any changes, we’ll let our readers know.
With Infinity Ward’s introduction of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season 3, players got treated to a new free weapon in the Renetti pistol via the Battle Pass. As it turns out, there’s a Modern Warfare new LMG (lightmachine gun) that’s also set to drop this season, too!
Reliable Call of Duty leaker TheGamingRevolution has managed to grab his hands on some gameplay featuring this new LMG, though it shows unfinished textures, you can see the weapon in action — complete with reload animations and more.
This Modern Warfare new LMG has the codename “MKILO3” though it looks and acts like the M249 LMG (which it most likely is, and Activision renamed it for licensing purposes). While no release date for this new gun has been announced, we’re expecting it to drop this April 28, which is when the latest patch is scheduled to be released.
Don’t forget to clear your harddisk as well if you play Modern Warfare on PS4 and Xbox One, as there’s a 15GB download headed your way this coming Tuesday.
What do you make of the new LMG? Liking it or will this just get lost amid the meta weapons?
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It seems someone posted a bunch of The Last of Us: Part II videos online that leaks major parts of the story. Needless to say, The Last of Us 2 spoilers are popping up online, and this is a warning more than anything.
Posted on video game forum ResetEra, the videos and channel has since been taken down. For the sake of gamers everywhere, and out of respect for Naughty Dog, we won’t be embedding or linking to videos or where people can see it, but know that it is real, and it spoils some of the major story beats, and more.
Interestingly enough, it also touches on The Last of Us 2 multiplayer, which Naughty Dog has mentioned before. Don’t count on the mode being ready anytime soon, but it seems Naughty Dog is indeed working on it.
As an added precaution, those who watch YouTube videos, be careful in the comments section as some people are spoiling it just for funsies. Even on the PS4 subreddit, they’ve posted a warning and a method on how not to get spoiled, as some random users are direct messaging people with spoilers!
PSA: Apparently there’s new leaked The Last of Us Part II footage out there, and it supposedly contains huge spoilers
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As the title says, apparently there was just a new leak of unreleased The Last of Us Part II footage and it supposedly contains quite some heavy spoilers. I haven’t seen it myself so I can’t confirm, but I just wanted to give everyone a warning so everyone can do whatever they can to avoid the spoilers.
Edit: some tips to avoid spoilers on Reddit:
Simply avoid as many comment sections as you can, people might put spoilers in their comments
In your settings under messaging options disable “notify me when people say my username”. If you have it enabled people can /u/username you and that comment will show up in your inbox
In your settings under messaging options click “Control who can send me messages”, then at the top it should let you select from who you want to see private messages, click on “only trusted users”
Avoid /new, people could put spoilers in titles there. Having subreddit posts sorted by “Hot” should hopefully filter out these posts as they shouldn’t appear because they wont get upvoted and wont get a lot of comments
While The Last of Us 2 has been delayed with no firm release date in sight just yet, Naughty Dog and Sony might think twice about a digital-only release soon, lest more parts of the game are spoiled.
Note that please don’t post spoilers in the comments and don’tbe that person, alright? We’ll automatically delete anything that touches on knowledge that’s not publicly know.
With DICE announcing earlier last week that Battlefield 5 will be getting “one more” standalone update before the new maps and weapons stop flowing, some might be wondering whether this means we won’t be getting anything at all. Well, based on the data files, we’re getting a Battlefield 5 free Epic soldier set at the very least!
Spotted by reliable Battlefield dataminer temporyal, check out the “Winterkrieg” Battlefield 5 free Epic soldier set below:
Also of note, there is also an interface update which replaces the main menu with the message, “New Chapter Coming Soon” along with “More Details Coming Soon,” which means that even though we wrapped up Tides of War Chapter 6 the previous week, it seems we’re not going to get Chapter 7 straightaway.
Additionally, when DICE announced the last content drop for Battlefield 5, it included a screenshot of an unknown location. Apparently, this is called “Al Marj Encampment” and is the new Battlefield 5 map set to be released with the content drop. It was internally known as “Libya,” and was part of the cancelled 5v5 mode.
Probably the first picture of "Al Marj Encampment", a new #BattlefieldV map which was developed for the canceled 5v5 mode. Internally it is called "libya" which matches the file name on the EA website.
More info regarding future content (June update): https://t.co/AzthUtxcVZ pic.twitter.com/v6w6ap1ObB
— temporyal (@temporyal) April 23, 2020
Bear in mind, both info are from mined data, and as such, there is no guarantee that we’ll be getting a Battlefield 5 Epic soldier set for free, nor will the map be officially known as Al Marj Encampment. That said, these leaks have usually been spot-on, so I’m banking on these being legit even if they’re not announced or released right away.
In more positive Battlefield 5 news, the South African servers are up again — albeit temporarily. We should be getting a title update which includes fixes this May as well per DICE.
Illfonic has released a new patch for Predator: Hunting Grounds that fixes a few of the game’s issues. PS4 gamers will see this as Predator Hunting Grounds update 1.05, and this is includes a fix for matchmaking queue waiting times and more.
Stay tuned to our Predator: Hunting Grounds review hitting the site soon, where we lay down the verdict whether this is a must-play, somewhere in between or a title you need to ignore.
Source: Illfonic forums
While we already know that a new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare patch is set to drop next week on April 28, it seems PS4 and Xbox One gamers will need to clear some space now, as Infinity Ward has announced a 15GB(!) Modern Warfare data pack download due next week!
Here’s the official details from Infinity Ward:
DATA PACK DOWNLOAD: Coming April 28th
Own Modern Warfare on PS4 or Xbox?
Tuesday’s update includes a required download for PlayStation and Xbox, about 15gbs, and is required to access Modern Warfare.
Once you install the patch and select a mode, (multiplayer, campaign, Special Operations, etc.), you will be brought to a game install menu. Here, you’ll need to download Data Pack 1 from this menu. Once the download is complete, you will need to hard close and reopen the game application.
From the sound of it, it seems like players will be able to select which component of hte game they want to install. I sure hope so since as of this writing, Modern Warfare eats up over 150GB of my PS4 harddisk already.
Also announced is a bunch of new playlist updates coming next week! Community favorite Shoot the Ship 24/7 is coming back!
Next week also holds some playlist updates. Modern Warfare will see Shoot the Ship 24/7 (now with Cranked and Grind in the mix!) along with some fun Gunfight variations. There’s also something new to chase. Can we interest you in Obsidian camo? Or maybe you want to mix and match blueprint weapon attachments to your heart’s content, even on another blueprint weapon…
Hopefully, this 15GB Modern Warfare data pack download will be one of the last big downloads players will need to do. I mean, surely, a game patch shouldn’t require 15GB of disk space, right?
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare players, a new patch is headed next week on April 28! Infinity Ward announced the Modern Warfare next patch release date alongside details on what players should expect to be in it via a patch preview.
Release date: April 28 (all platforms)
Patch preview:
Here’s a sample of the patch notes for next week’s update. A full list of patch notes will be available shortly before the update goes live:
Note that this is NOT the full patch notes. Infinity Ward has mentioned that they will release it “shortly” before the patch is released.
As soon as the patch out, we’ll be sure to let our readers know.
Source: Infinity Ward
While the Guardian Games is in full swing in Destiny 2, Bungie still has a lot on its plate regarding the live shooter looter. In the studio’s latest update, Bungie addressed Destiny 2 cheaters and what steps the studio is taking against them, and more.
According to Bungie Production Director Justin Truman, they are taking a new approach in communicating with the player base. Every week for the rest of this season, the studio will provide updates from different members of the team covering the “most important topics” in Destiny, and what the studio is planning to do.
For this week, Bungie’s focus is on Trials and the studio’s war against cheaters.
Bungie on Trials:
Our goal for Trials is to encourage players to chase seven win tickets. Resetting tickets should not be the most effective way to earn Trials gear. Rewards should show players that the further you progress, the better the payout. Players that have already gone flawless once over a weekend should be encouraged to repeat the experience on passages other than Mercy – to strive to earn more rewards and not sit at the bottom of cards picking on fireteams struggling to hit three wins or even just win a single match.Trials has always had a problem of being approachable for players who aren’t highly skilled PvP gods. We believe that players should be encouraged to make an attempt every week, regardless of skill. You should feel some value in dipping your toe in each week to see if you can get a little further than last week, to push yourself to improve and get better. While every single player won’t make it to the Lighthouse, you should feel like you can get meaningful rewards by pushing yourself and still get some rewards for spending time in the activity.So what are we doing about it?
Problem: Token Rewards incentivizes players to farm to three wins and reset their card.
- Solution: In Season 11 we’re planning on creating token payout milestones at 3/5/7 wins that give successively larger chunks of tokens. Bonus Tokens Passage should increase these payouts, and on a flawless run it will generate a significant token payout.
Problem: Trials is unrewarding for players stuck at 1-2 wins.
- Solution: Create a weekly bounty that encourages participation each weekend and does not require match wins. When redeemed, the bounty will reward the same item that comes from the three-win passage unlocking the engram for purchase that week.
Problem: Trials feels unrewarding compared to other endgame activities.
Solution: Inject more chances to earn Masterworking materials from Trials. Masterworking/infusion materials will come from 3/5/7 win payouts in Season 11. We’re also looking into possibly adding a new material-focused farming card in Season 12.
For now, these are the studio’s plans for the short term, though they are investigating improvements that can be made in the long term.
Destiny Engineer Director David Aldridge weighs in on Destiny 2 cheaters and some of the steps the studio has taken to alleviate this issue. There are loads of stuff to soak in, such as cheating in Destiny 2 has risen 50 percent since January 2020, how Bungie is working with Valve to integrate Steam Datagram Relay into the PC version, and bans.
Cheating in Destiny 2 is up roughly 50 percent since January, and significantly more in the highest skill echelons. We expected a significant bump with the return of Trials, and we made a number of careful preparations, most notably partnering with Valve to integrate Steam Datagram Relay into our PC build to mitigate DDOS attacks. While many of those preparations were successful (e.g. DDOSing on PC is nearly extinct), we’re still not happy with the amount of cheating happening today, especially in Trials. When your pinnacle achievements are denied by encountering a cheater on a high Trials ticket, or devalued by seeing someone else with ill-gotten goods, that’s frustrating. Those frustrations are happening too often right now, and the vengeance of the Banhammer is often too far behind.That said, the Banhammer has not been idle. Before Season of the Worthy launched, we were averaging 656 bans or restrictions per week. In the first four weeks after launch, that rate more than tripled to 2133 punishments per week.When it comes to tracking and punishing cheaters, we have to keep some of our plans and knowledge secret for obvious reasons, but we still wanted to give you a brief overview of the worst types of cheating we’re actively combatting:
- On PC (where most cheating occurs, unsurprisingly):
- Memory-poking attacks to gain gameplay advantage (e.g. infinite ammo, infinite ability energy, infinite respawns, teleports)
- To acknowledge a valid point that we often see come up in community discussion, some of these attacks leverage Destiny’s unique hosting model, discussed here and at much more length here. We designed Destiny’s model to optimize for the feel and consistency of high-complexity, high-action, high-fidelity PvE experiences, while allowing the seamless blending of PvE and PvP. Unfortunately, that model comes with some unique challenges in providing PvP security guarantees. That said, we continue to invest in preventions and detections in this space, leveraging the servers that host and monitor every match. This is a subtle point we’ve struggled to convey over the years: we do have servers hosting every match, but in our hosting model, those servers don’t have complete authority over the game simulation to prevent all of these sorts of attacks naturally. This makes it more difficult (but not impossible) to mitigate these attacks.
- Aimbots
- <We have plans to address this problem, but will keep the details close to our vest to prevent further hacks and workarounds.>
- Wallhacks
- <Same as above>
- Lag switching
- We have detection and banning systems in this area, and we’ll continue to hone those. We want to be cautious here because some players suffer with unreliable internet through no fault of their own and aren’t using it to gain advantage.
- On consoles:
- DDOS in Trials
- We have detection and banning systems around this (we’ve been evolving them since the original Destiny) but they’re imperfect because DDOS occurs entirely outside of the machine running the game. One long-term mitigation to this is adopting SDR on consoles as well, which we hope to do at some point in the future.
- Lag switching
- See above.
But you didn’t come here just to hear us describe the types of cheating in Destiny. The more pressing question is: What do we plan to do about it?
- We’re shifting more people to help work on this space. More eyes analyzing cheater reports, more developments in our anti-cheat systems, more people developing and testing new ban rules, and more fuel for the hammer. There are many details about new detections and preventions, but sharing those would give the bad actors a head start. The one thing I can say is that a big focus is rapid response – we want to get cheaters out of the pool more quickly. This is key to reducing the value of cheating, especially in selling access to cheats.
- We’re changing a key policy – fireteammates of cheaters are no longer innocent. We now reserve the right to restrict or ban any player who has benefitted from cheating, even if they didn’t cheat themselves. This includes scenarios where players group up with or provide account information to a guide or carry service, which then cheats on their behalf. We want you to find new friends out there, but be sure they have your trust before you go. If you LFG your way into a fireteam with a cheater, get out and report them. If you ride them to a flawless, the Banhammer will come for you as well.
- We’re considering requiring a much higher player time investment to play Trials. We’re interested in your thoughts on this. What if you had to have ~100 hours of play on an account to participate in any Trials match where a ticket with more than four wins was at stake on either side? Increasing the time it takes for a new account to become Trials-ready increases the power of our Banhammer (since cheaters can always create new dummy accounts), but it also adds barriers to honest, law-abiding PvPers that want to check out Trials. Would the reduction in cheaters be worth the increased barrier to getting your T-1000-aimskill buddy who’s running behind on Light to join your fireteam?
- [REDACTED]. Because this is a cheating discussion, know that we have additional initiatives we do not intend to share publicly, in order to stay one step ahead of attackers.
There are a couple of common misconceptions about Destiny security that are worth discussing here as well:
“Destiny does not have an anti-cheat”
- Destiny does have anti-cheat that consists of custom security code and a third-party security product used by many other AAA games. We have a team of senior security engineers working on anti-cheat.
- Anti-cheat isn’t a yes-or-no thing, it’s a constellation of possible mitigations. We’re always looking to add new stars to our constellation, and to strengthen existing ones.
“Destiny relies on player reports or humans to identify cheaters”
- The vast majority of punishments issued come from automated detections. We use player reports to help us identify emerging threats. All automated detections are reviewed and verified by a human before punishment to minimize the risk of false positives.
•“Destiny should use Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)”
Destiny does utilize some of VAC’s security features, and we have plans to utilize more. Bungie’s security team and Valve’s security team meet regularly to discuss the latest attacks and mitigations.
Hopefully, this new level of communication is appreciated by the community. If you have a tip regarding Destiny 2, send ’em over and we’ll credit you if we run it.
Source: Bungie
Respawn Entertainment has announced good and bad news for Apex Legends players, as the Apex Legends Season 5 start date has been pushed back to May 12, though we’re getting a new event to compensate for the delay.
Starting April 28, “The Battle Armor Event” will take place, which will be on World’s Edge and evolve over 14 days leading up to Season 5. What’s different here is, during the event only one armor type will be available and players will drop into a match with it already equipped. Players will also drop with a P2020 pistol, and all armor will be removed from the loot pool, though shield batteries, and the ther loot will be still available (just not armor).
Here’s the schedule for The Battle Armor Event:
Tuesday, April 28 @ 10am PDT – Saturday, May 2nd @ 10am PDT: Level 1 (White) armor only.
Saturday, May 2 @ 10:01 am PDT – Wednesday, May 6 @ 10am PDT: Level 2 (Blue) armor
Wednesday, May 6 @ 10:01am PDT – Saturday, May 9 @ 10am PDT: Level 3 (Purple) armor. We expect to see some drawn out fights as everyone drops with some of the best armor in the game.
Saturday, May 9 @ 10:01 am PDT – Tuesday, May 12th @ 10am PDT (when Season 5 kicks off): Evo Armor only.
Respawn is also extending Season 4 for about a week so players can grind that Battle Pass before the new season hits. Don’t forget: The Apex Legends Season 5 start date is now on May 12, and there’s a new event next week! Once that event is live, we’ll be sure to let our readers know.
Source: EA
