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Full Call of Duty Warzone Map Leaked

While Activision nor Infinity Ward have yet to announce Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s rumored battle royale mode allegedly called “Call of Duty Warzone,” there’s a ton of leaks out there right now. Today, we have the full Call of Duty Warzone map leaked!

Leaked by reliable Modern Warfare dataminer Senescallo, check out the full Call of Duty Warzone map below.

Same as in any leak, this has not been confirmed by Activision or Infinity Ward, and as such, should be taken with a grain of salt. That said, this is in the leaked files, so the chances of it being legit are high.

Aside from the map, the vehicles list for Warzone has been leaked, and even gameplay as well.

We’re expecting Call of Duty Warzone to be released soon, and once it is, we’ll be sure to let our readers know every important info about it.

Are you looking forward to Call of Duty Warzone or have you had your fill of battle royale games already?

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Roblox Now Worth $4 Billion

The online gaming platform Roblox has recently been valued at $4 billion, following a number of other milestones that show Roblox is only going from strength to strength. The most-recent of these is the $150 million in Series G funding that was raised for the platform, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.

Roblox is most popular with the Gen Z audience, younger gamers who enjoy the cute stylisation. Older gamers, those who tend to avoid more serious games or casino games (you can use this William Hill promo code if that includes you), haven’t taken much notice of Roblox at all. The platform appeals most to Gen Z gamers because of the opportunities afforded to them to hang out with friends in it, play games together, and even make games of their own.

Roblox Corporation recently announced that the platform had hit 115 million monthly users. In August 2019 the platform passed Minecraft in monthly active users, gaining 100 million new users at the time.

In 2019 Roblox was valued at $2.5 billion, meaning the value has spiked by $1.5 billion in just a single year. According to Roblox Corporation, half of all American children aged between 9 and 12 use their platform. Only last year it was named as one of the top five most-watched games on YouTube.

Roblox is primarily a social space, open for anyone to use, which is why Gen Z players enjoy it so much. They’re able to interact and socialise with those they may not be able to meet up with any other way. Players can customise their virtual avatar, and even play games with their friends if they want to.

The platform also has its own premium currency that drives its marketplace. Roblox is open for developers and publishers to build and create their own games, as well as assets for their own games, and for others to use. A store allows other developers to buy these assets, or create and sell their own. This has grown so much that even the IRS have started to take note of the goings on in the marketplace.

Since it was launched, Roblox has been updated regularly. Roblox Corporation are in touch with what their players want, whether that’s cross-platform functionality between mobile and PC, or bigger and better games to play. With so many updates, it’s no wonder that so many players return to Roblox month after month.

Investors are clearly very interested in Roblox, hence the recent $150 million raised for it. The platform doesn’t look like its growth will slow soon. With more investment it will continue to grow, and with more growth will come even more investment as it attracts yet more players.

Source: WSJ

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Hunt Showdown Crossplay Is”Weeks” Away, Crytek Talks Upcoming Fixes

Players anticipating Hunt Showdown crossplay feature won’t have to wait too long as Crytek confirmed that the update set to bring it is only weeks away.

Answering questions on a recent Reddit Ask Me Anything, Crytek’s lead designer Dennis Schwarz revealed that the team highest priority at the moment is the much anticipated cross-play feature between Xbox and PlayStation. While he didn’t supply an exact date, he did say that we shouldn’t expect cross-play to come months down the road, but rather within the coming weeks.

Crossplay between XBOX and PS4 users is being worked on right now and we want to roll this out to the console community ASAP. We are talking weeks here by the looks of it! It’s one of the most important features for us right now to support console besides optimizing the controller input lag and crash fixes.

We are working hard on the first update, which should come to consoles in the next weeks and also introduce crossplay between XBOX and PS4 players!

Crossplay between PS4 and XBOX is one of the highest priorities for us and will be released as soon as it’s ready. We are talking weeks not months here.

Along with this new’s we also have confirmation of some of the fixes and features that players can expect in the upcoming 1.3 update. Hunt; Showdown Producer confirmed in the same AMA that lobby views will be improved, crash and input-lag fixes are in the works, and some new features such as different time of day, shortcuts and more.

Update 1.3 includes an improved lobby view with more Hunter details. We will have to see how much of this addresses the issue you are referring to and then decide on the next steps.

With the next update (Update 1.3) we will add a new time of day. We plan to add also additional time(s) of day in the future which might or might not include also weather effects.

Optimization is one of the highest priorities of our ongoing development. Expect some further CPU performance optimization with the upcoming releases.

The goal is to address this (Input Lag) with the next update, but this ultimately depends on identifying the cause of the issue and then applying a fix for it. I don’t have much more details to share at this stage other than that we have a strike team looking into this.

We are going to have some shortcuts soon, and they will help certainly in terms of painful navigation with the menu. Additional quality-of-life improvements will be added as we go.

While there is no ETA when we will release it, a third map is in progress currently. More details about map #3 will be shared at a later date.

Stay tuned to our Hunt Showdown review hitting the site soon.

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Paladins Update 2.13 Now Live, Brings Sands of Myth Update

Those playing Hi-Rez Studios’ Paladins, a new major Paladins update is now live! Console gamers will see this as Paladins update 2.13, and this brings the Sands of Myth content and changes into the game.

Paladins update 2.13 patch notes (Paladins Sands of Myth changes):

MAP UPDATE: FROG ISLE

General

  • Frog Isle has received a visual rework, and now lives up to its namesake! Frogs!

“When it comes to the Frog Isle rework, the primary goal was to push the environment quality up to the high bar we’ve established for the more recent maps. The secondary goal was to add a lot of frogs; we wanted to make sure the map finally lived up to its name. We wanted clear contrast between bricks and trims, between walls and floors etc. This was to combat some of the washed out, samey feel of the original map. We also desperately wanted to replace the low poly rocks used throughout the tropical art set with something a little more stylized. Frog Isle was one of our earliest maps and I’m happy to have had the opportunity to finally give it a makeover.”

-Alex M, Environment Artist

KILLCAM & TOP PLAY UPDATE

Working towards our goal of a higher quality Paladins experience in 2020 we are removing both Killcam and Top Play in our upcoming patch. In their place we will be introducing Death Cards, an improved post-match lobby landing screen, and fixing numerous Death recap bugs.

Killcam and Top Play ride the same system, and have plagued our development team since their inception. While we know these systems do add value to the player experience, they have actively worked against Paladins success in the long run. The reality is they were poorly implemented early, have cost thousands of developer hours over the years fixing each new bug that appears, and even with those thousands of hours there are long-time bugs that we can not fix without fundamentally rebuilding the system from the ground up. In an ideal world we would do that, but that’s not a reality for the team as it currently stands. Our time is better spent polishing the core gameplay experience, and fixing other bugs that still remain in Paladins.

You can read about our full reasoning behind these changes in our recent developer blog.

IMPROVED POST-MATCH LOBBY & DEATH CARDS

Death Cards

  • Players will now have access to a new cosmetic item: Death Cards. Your Death Card appears to enemies you kill in a match, and features a unique art piece and quip!

MVP Screen & Accolades

The Best in Class Landing page is new and improved! After a match finishes, players will be presented with the accomplishments of their entire team. Each player will receive a unique accolade based on their best accomplishments during the match.

We have updated the Best in Class Landing page after a match finishes to now feature your entire team with a un instead of the top player of specific stats. Each player will receive a unique accolade title based on one of their best statistics showcased throughout the match, in a new backdrop.

*These images are extremely Work-In-Progress and not representative of the final positioning for players, and accolade information.

Commendations

Paladins is adding a Commendation System that allows you to praise your team for their Leadership, Teamwork, or Skill after a match has completed! As you collect Commendations from other players throughout Season 3, you will start to unlock rewards as well.

Rewards

  • 100 Commendations
    • Comes Highly-Rated, Limited Title
  • 200 Commendations
    • Gold Chest
  • 300 Commendations
    • Sky Rider, Death Stamp
  • 400 Commendations
    • Diamond Chest
  • 500 Commendations
    • Loading Frame, awarded at the end of Season 3

Restrictions
Players will only be able to grant 8 Commendations every 24h, so use them wisely!

  • Players cannot commend the same player in a single day
  • Users who are banned will have their Commendation count reset to 0

GENERAL

Combat Feedback Update – Dealing Damage

As originally outlined in our Season 3 Dev Blog, we are working to improve our Combat Feedback throughout 2020. This patch will feature our first changes towards that goal, focused around dealing damage to players. We have revamped how our damage numbers behave, and made some adjacent audio changes to make hitting players in Paladins feel more impactful. We want players to feel rewarded as they deal damage, and for that combat feedback to be clear and concise. Please make sure to play PTS and provide any feedback here!

We were also working on adjusting some of our in-match HUD elements to reduce the noise a player is presented with during combat, but we were not confident in where it was at near the end of the development cycle for patch 2. We still believe it is too hard to properly identify critical combat information in a match, and will look to remedy that throughout the year.

Death Recap [Console]

  • Death Recap is now default bound to Up on the Dpad

Loading Screen Art

  • Added Loading Art for all champions with Obsidian and Cosmic Skins
  • Androxus
  • Barik
  • Bomb King
  • Buck
  • Cassie
  • Drogoz
  • Evie
  • Fernando
  • Grohk
  • Inara
  • Lex
  • Maeve
  • Makoa
  • Mal’ Damba
  • Pip
  • Seris
  • Skye
  • Torvald
  • Tyra
  • Viktor
    • Including Soldier Plus
  • Willo
  • Ying

Holiday Events
 

Four Leaf Grover

  • Available reward for playing any 2 games on the weekend before St. Patrick’s Day (Saturday, March 14th, 2020)

Termineaster

  • Available reward for playing any 2 games on Easter (Sunday, April 12th, 2020)

CUSTOMIZATIONS

Death Cards

  • Purchasable for 300 Crystals
    • The Depths: “Sink into the pitch black of the Abyss.”
    • Emerald Stinger: “Ahhh, that one must have stung!”
    • Seal Guardian: “Keeping the Darkness at bay requires sacrifices”
    • Ill Omen: “A drowned man tells no tales.”
    • Lord of the Abyss: “Another soul for the collection.”
    • Hydra’s Wrath: “I enjoy my kill’s roasted.”

 
 
 

Mastery Levels

  • We have removed the ability to purchase Champion mastery levels
  • Players will have up until the release of Patch 2 to purchase Champion levels

Titles

  • 5,000,000 Gold
    • The 1%
  • 1,000,000 Gold
    • Is a bot
    • Live, Laugh, Frag
    • Has it all
    • the Edgelord

GOLDEN SKINS

Golden Cassie

  • Unlocked by reaching Mastery Level 50 as Cassie

Golden Makoa

  • Unlocked by reaching Mastery Level 50 as Makoa

Golden Torvald

  • Unlocked by reaching Mastery Level 50 as Torvald

CHESTS

Steel and Fire – NEW

Available April 1st

Price

  • 400 Crystals

Contents:

  • Skins
    • Steel Forged Terminus – NEW
    • Dragonborn Moji
    • Drakefire Tyra
    • Knightmare Fernando
    • Legionnaire Atlas
    • Steel Forged Barik

NEW SKIN – TERMINUS STEEL FORGED

Gothic Horrors – NEW!

Available March 18th

Price

  • 300 crystals

Contents:

  • Skins
    • Brimstone Grohk
    • Deathspeaker Ying
    • Dutchman Makoa
    • Hemlock Willo
    • Huntsman Androxus
    • Iron Madam Inara
    • Night Bane Cassie
    • Wickerman Mal’Damba

RANKED SPLIT 1 – RAGE AGAINST THE ABYSS

As a reminder, Season 3 will feature 3 splits across two patches each. Players will have until the release of patch three to earn their Split 1 rewards!

Split Rewards

  • For the list of rewards please check out our blog post for Patch 1.

Ranked Map Rotation

Each split, maps will either be in the active or reserved map pool. Reserved maps will not appear while playing ranked during that split. Each new split will see some maps rotated between the active and reserved pools. For Patch 2, Warder’s Gate and Frozen Guard will be rotating into the active map pool, while Timber Mill and Jaguar Falls will be rotating out.

Active Maps

  • Bazaar
  • Ascension Peak
  • Jaguar Falls
  • Brightmarsh
  • Serpent Beach
  • Splitstone Quarry
  • Frog Isle
  • +Warder’s Gate
  • +Frozen Guard

Reserved Maps

  • Frozen Guard
  • Shattered Desert
  • -Timber Mill
  • -Jaguar Falls

BALANCE

Ash

  • Abilities
    • Burst Cannon
      • Increased damage 360 ➡️ 400*
      • *Reverted Season 3 change

Barik

  • Cards
    • Double Time [Rocket Boots]
      • Reduced Healing per second {80|80} ➡️ {50|50}
      • Reduced Duration 4s ➡️ 3s
    • Field Deploy [Turret]
      • Reduced Healing per turret hit {30|30} ➡️ {20|20}
    • Healing Station [Turret]
      • Reduced Healing per second {35|35} ➡️ {25|25}

Bomb King

  • Royal Subjects
    • Now has a unique damage falloff curve.
    • Players were previously able to get increased damage on sticky bomb detonations at the same distance from the target compared to base.

Furia

  • Talents
    • Cherish
      • Reduced bonus healing 25% ➡️ 15%

Grohk

  • Talents
    • Spirit’s Domain
      • Reduced Healing per second 900 ➡️ 500
    • Totemic Ward
      • OLD: Increase the Healing done by Healing Totem by 30% and allies Healed by Healing Totem gain Immunity to Crowd Control for 2s.
      • NEW: Gain a third charge of Healing Totem and increase their healing by 20%
  • Abilities
    • Healing Totem
      • Now has 2 charges
      • Totem healing now stacks
      • Increased max allowed totem count 2 ➡️ 3
      • Reduced healing per second 420 ➡️ 250
      • Reduced cooldown 15s ➡️ 10s
      • Increased effect radius 20 units ➡️ 28 units
    • Ghost Walk
      • Increased duration 1s ➡️ 2s
      • Increased movement speed 20% ➡️ 50%
      • Increased cooldown 12s ➡️ 15s
    • Tempest
      • Reduced Healing per second 1,000 ➡️ 700
      • Reduced Movement Speed Bonus 60% ➡️ 50%
      • Increased Max Allied Healing Count 2 ➡️ 3
      • Increased Max Enemy enemy hit count 2 ➡️ 3
  • Cards
    • Shamanic Might [Wep/Armor]
      • Reduced Health {100|100} ➡️ {50|50}
    • Astral Traveler [Ghost Walk]
      • Reduced movement speed bonus {25|25}% ➡️ {10|10}%
    • Phantom [Ghost Walk]
      • OLD: Increase the duration of Ghost Walk by 0.3s
      • NEW: Heal {100|100} health during Ghost Walk.
    • Gale [Ghost Walk]
      • Decreased cooldown reduction {1|1}s ➡️ {0.6|0.6}s
    • Healing Rain [Healing Totem]
      • Renamed to Spirit’s Grace
      • OLD: Allies inside your Healing Totem are Healed for 1% of their maximum Health every 1s
      • NEW: Allies inside your Healing Rain gain {6|6}% increased movespeed for 1s.
    • Crackle [Healing Totem]
      • Reduced totem lifetime increased {0.6|0.6}s ➡️ {0.2|0.2}s.
    • Monolith Totem [Healing Totem]
      • Reduced Healing Totem health increase {250|250} ➡️ {100|100}.
    • Outreach [Healing Totem]
      • OLD: Increase the radius of Healing Totem by {25|25}%
      • NEW: Increase the deploy range of Healing Totem by {15|15}%

Inara

  • Abilities
    • Stone Spear
      • Reverted an unintended damage nerf from Season 3 3×210 ➡️ 3×225

Koga

  • Talents
    • Adrenaline Junkie
    • Increased damage threshold per energy point 70 ➡️ 80
  • Cards
    • Trigger Happy [Wep/Armor]
      • Reduced healing {10|10}% ➡️ {5|5}%
    • Surprise [Shadow Step/Skewer]
      • Reduced ammo generation {6|6} ➡️ {5|5}
    • Tenacious [Shadow Step/Skewer]
      • Reduced Healing {60|60} ➡️ {40|40}
    • Memento [Wep/Armor]
      • Reduced Ammo Increase {10|10} ➡️ {5|5}

Maeve

  • Cards
    • Predation
      • Now only works against players

Makoa

  • Abilities
    • Shell Shield
      • Increased shield health 3,750 ➡️ 4,000
    • Ancient Rage
      • Reduced Health gained during ability 5,000 ➡️ 4,000

Mal’Damba

  • Abilities
    • Gourd
      • Increased healing per tick 45 ➡️ 60
      • Reverted season 3 change*

Raum

  • Talents
    • Enforcer
      • Reduced damage reduction during charge 75% ➡️ 50%
    • Abilities
      • Juggernaut
      • Reduced damage 700 ➡️ 600
      • Reduced distance traveled 260 ➡️ 245

Seris

  • Abilities
    • Restore Soul
      • Reduced cooldown 2s ➡️ 1.5s

Sha Lin

  • Abilities
    • Longbow
      • Increased minimum projectile speed when drawing bow 120 ➡️ 300
      • Reduced base gravity scaling on arrows 3 ➡️ 0.8
      • Removed gravity scaling from fully drawn arrows

Skye

  • Talents
    • Smoke and Dagger
      • Remove 1s duration increase
      • Reduced allied healing per second 200➡️ 150
    • Cards
      • Dissipate
        • Reduced duration 3s ➡️ 2s

Terminus

  • Cards
    • Blood and Stone [Shatterfall]
    • Reduced Power Siphon charge gain {10|10}% ➡️ {6|6}%
  • Abomination [Calamity Blast]
    • Reduced Power Siphon charge gain {3|3}% ➡️ {2|2}%

Tiberius

  • Abilities
    • Blade Dance
      • Reduced lockout after the last ability charge is used
  • Cards
    • Bragging Rights [Wep/Armor]
      • Reduced healing per Chakram Hit {25|25} ➡️ {15|15}
    • Honed Senses [Wep/Armor]
      • Reduced ultimate charge gain {0.8|0.8}% ➡️ {0.6|0.6}%

Torvald

  • Abilities
    • Protection
      • Reduced Shield 1,000 ➡️ 500

Ying

  • Abilities
    • Illusion
      • Reduced healing per shot 420 ➡️ 400

Zhin

  • Talents
    • Guillotine
      • Removed damage immunity
    • Smolder
      • Reduced heal per second 25% ➡️ 15%

BUG FIXES

Champions

Bomb King

  • Fixed an issue where the audio of Grumpy Bomb did not match up with the animation of the explosion when using the Accelerant Talent in combination with certain skins.

Imani

  • Fixed an issue where Imani could not get multi-kills while using Dragon’s Call.

Io

  • Fixed an issue where the Goddess’ Blessing Talent was still providing 25% Damage Reduction to the target of Moonlight.

Maeve

  • Fixed an issue where Maeve sat incorrectly on the Alpha Speeder and 8-Bit Speeder Mounts.

Makoa

  • Fixed a description error with Makoa’s Pluck talent.
  • Fixed an issue where the Tidal Grace card would stop working in a match if Shell Shield was active at the end of the round.

Mal’Damba

  • Fixed an issue where Mal’Damba was not hearing the audio that plays when he hits a Player successfully with Mending Spirits.

Moji

  • Fixed an issue where Moji would no longer see the Magic Marks UI above an Enemy’s health bar if the Enemy disconnected during the match.

Pip

  • Fixed an issue where Healing Potion was still healing Pip for 1200 Health instead of the intended 1000 Health.

Raum

  • Fixed an issue where the End of Match Scoreboard would improperly display a Player’s Healing stat as higher than the actual value if they healed Raum while Soul Armor was active.

Sha Lin

  • Fixed an issue where enemy Players could not hear audio that accompanied the activations of Withdraw and Heat Haze if he was outside of their Stealth Detection radius.

Talus

  • Fixed an issue where the Trick or Treat’s Surprise weapon would not play audio for Weapon Fire.

Terminus

  • Fixed an issue where Power Siphon had a dead zone where absorbed damage would not contribute to the charging of Calamity Charges.
  • Fixed an issue where Abominable Terminus could get into a state where he would be invisible after using his Ultimate. This skin will be re-enabled when the patch goes live.

Tiberius

  • Fixed an issue where Players could not Aim Assist properly to Tiberius when using Gamepad.
  • Fixed an issue where the description for Whirling Blades listed the incorrect damage value.
  • Fixed an issue where Tiberius’ Bladed Chakrams were louder than intended.

Tyra

  • Fixed an issue where Tyra’s screen would continue to shake after the end of a round if she was firing her weapon at round end.

Viktor

  • Updated audio for the Reaver and V1-KT0R Firestorm Weapons when using the Burst Mode talent.

General

  • Fixed an issue where Players could accidentally hide the “Match Ready” prompt when queuing for Ranked, causing them to get Deserter.
  • Fixed an issue where Players could accidentally hide the “Choose Your Talent / Loadout” menus at the start of the match when attempting to backtrack to a previous screen.
  • Fixed an issue where Players started a Siege Training match with 400 Credits instead of 450.
  • Fixed an issue where some sections of the floor outside of Bazaar spawn rooms were missing projectile collision.
  • Fixed an issue where the Capture Point boundaries would not change color correctly based on who is in control of the objective on Bazaar and Ascension Peak.
  • Fixed an issue where specific walls near the spawn rooms of Splitstone Quarry did not properly have Weapon Collision and did not block line of sight.
  • Fixed an issue where the Default Voice Pack was still a selectable option for every Champion in Match Lobby.
  • Fixed an issue where AI would not use VGS in matches.
  • Fixed an issue where Players could soft-lock the Tutorial.
  • Fixed an issue where the arrows on the sides of the screen in the End-of-Match Lobby would not navigate to the correct tabs.
  • Fixed an issue where Players could select to join queues that should have been locked during Partial Install on Xbox and PS4.
  • Fixed an issue where chest acquisition pop-ups would display after a chest had been purchased and opened.
  • Fixed an issue where the Premium Rewards panel would continue to display first for the Player even after they had purchased the Battle Pass.
  • Fixed an issue where a large amount of space that should have displayed information on the Death Recap screen was blank. This has now been populated with the displayed Players’ items!
  • Fixed an issue where some ability names would clip into damage numbers on the Death Recap screen.
  • Fixed an issue where the Death Recap screen would display the Killer as “Assisted” if they dealt damage to the Player with more than one ability.
  • Fixed an issue where the Death Recap screen would show one more instance of the ability that dealt the Killing Blow to the Player than actually dealt damage to the Player.
  • Fixed an issue where several damaging abilities displayed with the wrong name on the Damage Recap screen.
  • Fixed an issue where several damaging abilities displayed as Weapon Shots instead of the ability on the Death Recap screen.
  • Fixed an issue where some Talents would display incorrectly on the Death Recap screen instead of the abilities they modified.
  • Fixed an issue where the same Player could appear as both Killer and Assisted on the same Death Recap screen.
  • Fixed an issue where the display name for Strix’s Pistol displayed as two different names on the Death Recap screen.
  • Fixed an issue where a Player dying to Imani’s Dragon would display the Imani Player’s Champion name and Player name incorrectly on the Death Recap screen.
  • Fixed an issue where Players could see two instances of FrostFire Breath from Imani’s Dragon’s Call on the Death Recap screen.
  • Cleaned up several UI elements on the Death Recap screen.

The following issues and more have been addressed due to the removal of Killcam:

Some may still occur significantly less often if they occur due to an end-of-round transition.
If you still experience any of these, please report them so we can continue to investigate!

  • Players stuck in 3P on certain Champions after respawn
    • Moji Scamper
    • Zhin Whirl
    • Zhin Spite
  • Players experiencing visual effects stuck on their 1P camera or their Champion’s model after respawn
    • Androxus’ Reversal
    • Androxus’ Nether Step
    • Ash’s Shoulder Bash
    • Ash’s Kinetic Burst
    • Drogoz’s Salvo
    • Khan’s Battle Shout
    • Maeve’s Prowl
    • Raum’s Ignition
    • Seris’ Shadow Travel
    • Talus’ True Power
    • Tyra’s Hunter’s Mark
  • Players experiencing other model changes stuck on their Champion’s model after respawn
    • Drogoz’s Dragon Punch
    • Evie’s Ice Block
  • Players experiencing a chain-like effect stuck between two models after respawn
    • Khan’s Overpower
    • Makoa’s Dredge Anchor
    • Seris’ Restore Soul
    • Torvald’s Nullify
  • Players experiencing incorrect zoom on characters that can scope or ADS after respawn
    • Kinessa’s Sniper Mode
    • Strix’s Scope
    • Viktor’s Iron Sights
    • Vivian’s Precision Sights
  • Players experiencing looping audio playing after respawn
    • Bomb King’s King Bomb music
    • Koga’s Submachine Guns
    • Talus’ Veracharger
    • Tyra’s Auto Rifle
    • Viktor’s Assault Rifle
    • Vivian’s Light Machine Gun
  • Players experiencing some audio replaying after respawn after viewing in Killcam
    • Ultimate voice lines (could occur with any Champion)
    • Ultimate sound effects (Viktor’s Barrage, Talus’ True Power, Buck’s Buck Wild)

DESIGN CHANGES FROM PTS

Grohk

  • Shock Pulse – Reduced arc range 50 -> 40
  • Healing Totem – Increased radius 28 -> 30
  • Healing Totem – 250 -> 300

BUG FIXES FROM PTS

Bugs from Live

  • Fixed an issue where the correct name would not display to the Player if their Friend Request was declined.
  • Fixed a visual issue with the Default Loading Frame where Skin and Champion names were difficult to read.
  • Addressed several instances of Imani’s camera getting stuck at the location of the Dragon when it would despawn instead of properly shifting back to Imani’s 1P POV.
  • Fixed an issue where Tiberius would play the incorrect animations while using his Ultimate if he was Stunned during his Ultimate.
  • Fixed

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Diablo 3 Update 1.33 Released, Here’s What’s in Patch 2.6.8

It’s Diablo 3’s 20th season! If you’re on consoles, you might be surprised to see that Diablo 3 update 1.33 has been released, and it brings a host of new content, gameplay fixes, and more! This is the big Diablo 3 update 2.6.8, thought console gamers will see this as Diablo 3 update 1.33!

As for Season 20, it will start on March 13 at 5 p.m. PDT, and there’s no specific mention of when it will end.

Diablo 3 update 1.33 patch notes:

General

  • Infernal Machines and Organs are now subject to vacuum pick-up
  • Crafting plans from Bounty Caches are now guaranteed to drop unless all plans have been learned

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Seasons

  • A new Season Theme has been added for Season 20, the Season of the Forbidden Archives:
    • For the duration of Season 20, all slots in Kanai’s Cube will be able to select Legendary powers from Weapon, Armor, or Jewelry
      • This means you could select three Armor powers, three Weapon powers, three Jewelery powers, or any other combination thereof across all categories
      • Items are not self-additive or multiplicative (meaning, you cannot stack multiples of the same item’s power)
      • Once the Season has ended and characters roll over to Non-Season, players will have all currently active powers in their Kanai’s Cube reset
      • Developer’s Note: As we outlined in our Developer Insight blog, we want to continue to get creative (and maybe a little crazy) with the Season Themes and powers we add to the game. We heard from some players that they preferred themes that made your character directly feel more powerful rather than needing to focus on the environment around you. If that describes you, then the Season of Forbidden Archives should be right up your alley, and we’re really interested to see how this changes the game for Season 20.
  • Two new Seasonal rewards are available for players who fully complete the Season 20 Journey, including a new portrait frame and pet

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Classes

  • Crusader
    • Developer’s Note: We’re not convinced that this change has fully reigned in Crusader performance to be more in line with other classes. We’ll be continuing to keep an eye on overall Crusader performance (as well as performance among the other classes) in 2.6.8 and beyond.
    • Heaven’s Fury
      • The animation for the Fires of Heaven rune can no longer be cancelled early.
  • Witch Doctor
    • Spirit Barrage (Phantasm)
      • The periodic attacks from Spirit Barrage (Phantasm) are now twice as slow, but twice as powerful
      • Developer’s Note: We rolled this change back between PTR and Live as it was creating additional bugs. We may consider re-exploring this option in the future if we find this adjustment is still needed.

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Items

  • Developer’s Note: With Patch 2.6.8, we’re adding three(!) new class sets with similar goals to those we included in the previous patch. Each set was designed primarily with boosting long-requested skills and play styles we lifted directly from community feedback. Frenzy, Spirit Barrage, and Hydra were requests that offered a lot of opportunity for gameplay exploration, and we’re looking forward to seeing what players do with these new tools at their disposal. Additional changes to associated supplemental Legendaries have been included to round out these builds.
  • Mantle of Channeling
    • The bonus granted by this item now occurs 1 second after channeling has begun
  • Barbarian
    • New Class Set: Horde of the Ninety Savages
      • 2-Piece Bonus: Double the effectiveness of all Shouts. Feared, Frozen, or Stunned Enemies take double damage.
        • Developer’s Note: The callout that Stun may be the best fit for this set bonus was definitely heard, but we didn’t want to take away other potential builds enabled by experimenting with Fear or Frozen. We hope this opens up a variety of options for Barbarians to explore!
      • 4-Piece Bonus: Each stack of Frenzy reduces damage taken by 6%. Frenzy lasts twice as long.
      • 6-Piece Bonus: Frenzy deals 1000% increased damage per stack.
    • Undisputed Champion
      • Frenzy gains the effect of every rune and deals 300-400% increased damage.
    • Bastion’s Revered
      • Frenzy now stacks up to 10 times and hits an additional time per stack. Each additional hit will chain to any enemies within 15 yards and the damage is split between all affected enemies.
  • Witch Doctor
    • New Class Set: Mundunugu’s Regalia
      • 2-Piece Bonus: Big Bad Voodoo now follows you and lasts twice as long.
      • 4-Piece Bonus: Gain 60% damage reduction for 30 seconds when you enter the Spirit Realm.
      • 6-Piece Bonus: Spirit Barrage deals 20000% increased damage plus an additional % equal to 5 times your Mana Regeneration/Second.
        • Developer’s Note: We found this set was overperforming at the highest end, but we also wanted to maintain its capabilities at early gearing stages. The addition of a base multiplier and reducing the effectiveness of the Mana Regeneration bonus should accomplish this goal.
    • The Barber
      • Instead of dealing direct damage, your Spirit Barrage now accumulates on the target. When you stop casting, it explodes dealing 225-250% 400-500% of the accumulated damage to all enemies within 15 yards.
      • Is now classified as a Ceremonial Knife, with a base 1.4 attack speed
    • Gazing Demise
      • Spirit Barrage gains the Phantasm rune. Each active Phantasm lasts twice as long, increases the damage of Spirit Barrage by 40-50% 100-150%, and also increases the attack rate from Manitou spectres.
    • Ring of Emptiness
      • You deal 250-300% increased damage to enemies affected by both either your Haunt and or Locust Swarm.
  • Wizard
    • New Class Set: The Typhon’s Veil
      • 2-Piece Bonus: Double the duration of Hydras and increase the number of heads on multi-headed Hydras by two.
      • 4-Piece Bonus: Damage taken is reduced by 8% for each Hydra head alive as long as there is one available. Each time you take damage, a Hydra heads dies. Heads cannot die more than once every 2 seconds
      • 6-Piece Bonus: Hydras deal 1200% 1300% increased damage for each Hydra head alive.
        • Developer’s Note: We’ve continued to tilt more of the power for Hydra in favor of the 6-piece set bonus and away from the supplemental Legendary items.
    • Serpent’s Sparker
      • You may have one extra Hydra active at a time and they deal 450-600% 250-300% increased damage.
    • The Magistrate
      • Frost Hydra Your Hydras now periodically cast Frost Nova and deal 450-600% 250-300% increased damage.
    • Etched Sigil
      • The bonus granted by this item now occurs 1 second after channeling has begun.
    • Deathwish
      • The bonus granted by this item now occurs 1 second after channeling has begun.

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Bugs

  • Several issues with adding/removing players to group and starting new games as a group have been resolved
  • Captain Crimson’s Trimmings
    • Fixed an issue where the set bonus did not increase damage reduction when using Devour – Voracious
  • Barbarian
    • Fixed a bug where Threatening Shout (Grim Harvest) would not activate when enhanced by the Horde of the Ninety Savages set bonus
  • Crusader
    • Corrected the spelling of “Imperius” on the flavor text for several pieces of the Aegis of Valor set
    • Fixed an issue where the bolts cast by Fist of the Heavens – Divine Well failed to zap enemies
  • Demon Hunter
    • Fixed an issue where In-geom was not properly dropping for Demon Hunters
  • Wizard
    • Fixed a bug where Arcane Torrent would get an extra damage multiplier from Etched Sigil and Deathwish
    • Fixed a bug where Hydra (Frost Hydra) was getting a damage bonus instead of Attack Speed bonus from its owner’s Attack Speed; this rune now benefits from Attack Speed in the same manner as other Hydra runes
  • PTR Specific
    • Note: The following issues were only live on the PTR, but we’re including the fixes here for visibility and to indicate intended functionality on live.
    • Fixed a bug with Bastion’s Revered where it would not properly benefit from Convention of Elements
    • Fixed a bug where Big Bad Voodoo would not properly follow its owner through zones when utilizing the new 2-Piece set bonus
    • Fixed a bug where Hydras would have a short delay after being summoned

For the full details on Season 20, head on over to the official Diablo 3 website.

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Battlefield 5 Update 6.2 Patch Notes Released Ahead of Title Update

This is it, Battlefield 5 fans! DICE is rolling out Battlefield 5 patch 6.2 this Thursday, and it will have weapon changes that players have been asking for! Thankfully, DICE has released the Battlefield 5 update 6.2 patch notes ahead, so players can already know what’s coming.

Battlefield 5 update 6.2 patch notes:

What’s New?
  • New Weapon Balancing ensuring a higher damage output, and improved damage dropoff

  • Tank Customisation

 ‏‏‎Weapons and Gadgets

Update 6.2 returns the base damage at range values on most weapons, back to their previous standards used in 5.0. We will be maintaining a drop in ranged damage, but one that is smaller than has been used in both 5.2 and 5.2.2.  Additionally, ranged damage is now based on a weapon’s class rather than it’s rate of fire. Overall you’ll find that Weapons do more damage up close, and that the experience engaging a player at range is more satisfying.

Assault Rifles and LMGs will hit harder at range than SMGs with the equivalent rate of fire.  Recoil and accuracy values have been adjusted to be consistent with the values used in 5.0. The only exception is the Type 2A, which has had a substantial increase in recoil to balance it within the the SMG class.

Bolt Action Rifles now have higher muzzle velocities across the board.  These weapons are Battlefield’s longest range weapons, and are out performed by other weapons due to the bullet velocity. This adjustment will return Bolt Action Rifles to be the kings of long, and very long range combat.

We have also increased Type 11 muzzle velocity slightly for both the default, and High Velocity bullets. This should help differentiate the Type 11 more from the Bren and help to make its ranged performance stand out.

We’re also restoring the additional muzzle velocity adjustments for Sniper Rifles that did not make it into Update 6.0 released last month.
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General Changes

  • Tweaked the damage values of the Bazooka and Panzerfaust. The Bazooka now does slightly less damage, especially for poor angle hits, reflecting its role as a long range sniper weapon. The Panzerfaust now does slightly more damage, especially at poor angles, returning it to the solid all around reliable antitank weapon.

  • The Bazooka now one hit kills enemy airplanes.

  • The Lunge mine now deals the correct amount of damage and is more consistent.

  • The Lunge mine no longer causes an unexpected second explosion after it has been selected if the player had previously used it.

  • The Lunge Mine now properly destroys stationary weapons.

  • Improved the Panzerfaust third person reload animation while in a Dinghy boat.

  • When equipped with some upgrades the 2x scope on the M2 Carbine did not zoom in properly. This has now been fixed.

  • Flamethrowers can no longer be fired when the reload animation plays, if the player also uses a pouch at the same time.

  • Emblems no longer clip when applied to the M2 Carbine.

  • Anti-Tank grenade throwback functionality has been fixed.

  • Ensured that the ammo belt disappears correctly when using the drum mag on the MG34.

  • Reduced wind impact on smoke emitted by smoke grenades and other smoke screens.

  • Gadgets no longer float in the air when switched in the game world.

  • Fixed an issue with the bolt action animation for the BOYS AT Rifle.

  • Fixed a LOD issue with M1918A2 on it’s bipod leg.

  • Fixed an issue where certain smoke effects would not be properly blocking enemy spotted icons (smoke barrage for instance).

  • Fixed an issue with the KI-147 and V1 rocket sometimes not having any engine sound.

  • Fixed a bug that would sometimes allow the spotting scope to spot enemies behind walls.

  • Fixed an issue that would cause an unintended soldier scream to play throughout the explosion when using the Lunge Mine.

  • Fixed an issue that would cause reloads not to count if the player healed during the reload animation.

  • Fixed the spotting scope’s glint not being aligned with the scope itself.

  • Corrected the ammo crate to have a pickup glint effect when being held in the player’s hands.

  • Corrected the Bazooka’s in world pickup model to be the bazooka, and not another rocket launcher.

 ‏‏‎ ‎Vehicles

  • The Universal carrier can no longer be disabled, as it has no self repair functionality which used to make it a frustrating transport vehicle.

  • The towable stationary 40MM AA no longer explodes when hitched to the Churchill tanks.

  • The Sherman tank no longer gets the decals of the other team, should it get stolen by the enemy team.

  • The Corsair F4U-1C back wheel no longer clips into the tail rudder when it retracts after take-off.

  • The Dinghy boat seat UI now matches the physical location of the players in the boat when seated.

  • Improved syncing of tank turrets aiming position between zoomed and none zoomed mode, which could previously be inconsistent if players late joined a server.

  • The Archer’s “rear” engine compartment has been upgraded with more armor. While still easy to critically hit like the rear, it will take less damage from a critical hit.

  • Increased drag on the HE shells for tanks to reduce long range tank sniping vs infantry. AT dedicated shells, which have less blast, are not affected by this change.

  • Increased the damage of AT mines slightly.

  • Increased the ammo count of shotgun type rounds for tanks, except for AA tanks.

  • Adjusted the Calliope Rockets to fire from a more central set of rocket tubes, in order to make more accurate shots. Decreased the time between the 4 round rocket barrage of the Calliope to make it more competitive with the Hachi’s 6 round burst.

  • Improved the Kettenkrad handling to be a more fun vehicle to drive.

  • Airplanes 3P bombsight gets less accurate at higher altitudes, pilots need to align the rings to bomb accurately from higher altitude.

  • Fixed a bug that could cause visual bugs when players switched between seats in the LCVP.

  • Fixed a bug that would cause the LCVP to sometimes rotate and spin out of control at a very high speed.

  • Fixed the incorrect icon for the Sturmtiger with the smoke launcher.

  • Fixed an issue that would cause spotted enemies to not appear from an airplane.

  • Fixed a bug that would cause Transport vehicles on The Pacific to not drive backwards if the terrain was not flat.

  • Fixed a bug with the transport vehicles on The Pacific which would sometimes cause visual issues.

  • Fixed a bug with certain airplane propellers spinning slower than intended.

  • Fixed an issue with airplanes not taking damage when hit by shell projectiles.

  • Fixed a bug that could cause the gunner seat position to look broken after entering it.

 ‏‏‎ ‎Soldier

  • The death flow has been refactored, making it more robust and easier for us to debug should there be other issues. This solves multiple issues related to players getting stuck in a bleeding out state after getting killed.

  • Improved Norman Kingleys downstate which could previously result in invisible torsos in first person view.

  • Japanese soldier audio no longer requests a V1 instead of the KI-147.

  • Fixed another bug that could cause ragdolls to “hang from their hips” With this fix, hopefully this bug should get even rarer than it already is.

  • Fixed an exploit that would increase the height of the players camera.

  • Fixed an issue affecting soldiers throwing a Kunai knife, which could result in the Katana sword floating in third person perspective.

  • Fixed a bug that could cause the soldier to continuously play the throw pouch animation.

 ‏‏‎ ‎Maps and Modes

  • Solomon Island – Removed the supply station that was inside the mountain.

  • Solomon Island – Removed the invisible collision near the beach on Breakthrough.

  • Solomon Island – Fixed an issue located inside the crashed plane, that could cause players to get stuck.

  • Solomon Island – Fixed an exploit that would allow players to hide inside a mountain wall.

  • Solomon Island – Removed a duplicate static track that was placed on top of another truck.

  • Solomon Island – Fixed multiple issues that would allow players to reach unintended areas of the map.

  • Solomon Island – Once the AT cannons have been destroyed, they have to be rebuilt. Previously they would incorrectly respawn.

  • Solomon Island – Some water no longer squirts dirt effects when being fired upon.

  • Solomon Island – Rain effects no longer go through the crashed airplane and military barracks.

  • Solomon Island – Fixed a bug that would cause invisible fires to be spawned by destroyed US transport vehicles.

  • Solomon Island – Various smaller clipping and other graphical issues.

  • Solomon Island – Many improved spawns.

  • Solomon Island – Improved water transparency from some angles.

  • Solomon Island – Added missing rain particle effects.

  • Solomon Island – Conquest – Improved the capture area on C flag.

  • Iwo Jima – Various minor graphical improvements.

  • Pacific Storm – Decreased the intensity of the sun, when looking out of certain bunkers.

  • Wake Island – Breakthrough – Improved the locations of the AT turrets in Sector 2 to make them more useful.

  • Wake Island – Breakthrough – Moved the AA turret in Sector 4.

  • Wake Island – Fixed the debris to look better when players destroy the planes parked inside the hangar.

  • Wake Island – Improved placement of vehicle resupply stations.

  • Wake Island – Added a limit to the amount of active planes on the map at the same time, each team can now only have two active planes at the same time.

  • Wake Island – We ask everyone to be careful around the large fuel tanks.

  • Wake Island – Planes now get destroyed if they crash into the hangar.

  • Wake Island – Fixed the floating sandbags.

  • Aerodrome – Improved the smoke grenade effect in the hangar area, making it more difficult to see through it.

  • Devastation – Fixed a few spots where players could get stuck.

  • Fjell 652 – Squad Conquest – Moved around a few objects that could cause players to get stuck in the geometry.

  • Hamada – Craters on the runway no longer hinders planes from taking off as they are now only visual and not physical alterations of the terrain.

  • Hamada – The sandstorm has a smoother transition loop when it’s running at maximum effect.

  • Marita – Fixed an exploit that could be used by players for an unfair advantage.

  • Narvik – Frontlines – Fixed a floating supply station and improved the combat area a bit.

  • Twisted Steel – Conquest – Removed the duplicate medical supply station and replaced it with an ammo station.

  • Breakthrough – Fixed breakthrough retreat icons in vehicles.

  • Outpost – Players that die near constructed towers could not be revived, this is now fixed.

  • Spectator mode – Fixed 3P director camera not automatically moving back to its original position after colliding with objects.

  • Spectator mode – Fixed a few cameras that were placed outside of the playable area by default.

  • War stories – Fix for the missing throwing knife animation.

  • War stories – Fix for the missing grenade throw animation.

  • Firestorm – Fixed the missing propellers on the drop planes.

  • Firestorm – Minimum player count for solo has been decreased from 8 to 2.

 ‏‏‎ ‎Other

  • Implemented a new audio prioritization system in order to reduce occurrences of important sounds being culled due to performance limitations. This results in more controlled and stable behavior for sounds such as vehicles, footsteps and weapons.

  • Players can now join their friends that are playing on Community Servers through the social menu.

  • Added slightly more weight to most close range weapon firing sounds, excluding smgs and pistols. The difference is most prominent in stereo.

  • Added a new option in the audio menu to change the hit indicator sounds between current (default), original BFV release and off.

  • Added a potential fix for players ending up in the wrong region when matchmaking. Please let us know if the situation has improved with this update.

  • Added back the “Claim all” button in the armory that has vanished.

  • The ammo and seat UI no longer overlap when players are in Pacific vehicles passenger seats, and when playing in 4K resolution.

  • Improved the M2 Carbine icon to better represent the weapon visually.

  • If in an airplane, Spotted enemies that are not in line of sight of the player (behind a wall etc…) will now show with a different icon in the world (an outline instead of a full diamond).

  • Getting multiple headshot kills in a quick succession now stacks the headshot kill icons, instead of showing them one by one.

  • The progression of the Selbstlader 1906 has been fixed.

  • The game now automatically moves the selector to the previous vehicle that the player had selected in the vehicle deploy menu.

  • Map icons for supply stations are now shown if players can build/repair them.

  • The zoom settings for the mini-map are now saved between lives.

  • Fixed a bug that would cause players to get stuck on the deploy screen that could trigger if they changed squads while still being alive.

  • Fixed typos in the Sai description.

  • Fixed the description of the MAB38 Mastery VI assignment.

 ‏‏‎ ‎Stability and Performance

  • Fixed a crash that could occur when using the Russian language.

  • Fixed a crash that could occur if the player played the game for more than 5 hours in one go.

 ‏‏‎ ‎PlayStation 4

  • Fixed a bug that was causing random black squares to show in the game world.

If you want a preview o how tank customization works once it’s finally out, check it out here.

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FIFA 20 Update 1.16 Kicks Out, Here’s What’s in Title Update #12

Footie fans, EA Sports has released FIFA 20 title update 12! Console gamers will see this as FIFA 20 update 1.16, and it includes a host of gameplay changes.

FIFA 20 update 1.16 patch notes:

Gameplay

Made the following changes:

  • Increased the impact of the Overload Ball Side D-Pad Tactic on in-game Stamina.
  • Increased the impact of the Constant Pressure D-Pad Tactic on in-game Stamina in order to match the impact of Overload Ball Side.

General

Made the following changes:

  • Added CONMEBOL competitions to Career Mode and Kick Off.
  • Added the CONMEBOL Libertadores as a standalone competition in the main menu.
  • Added new stadiums, teams, kits, and presentation packages for CONMEBOL competitions.

FUT

Addressed the following issues:

  • Quick Selling Squad Fitness Items from the Squad Actions menu displayed an incorrect Quick Sell value, and the Item was unable to be Quick Sold.
  • Player Pick Items were not displaying correctly on the FUT Champions end of match Rank Progression screen.

VOLTA FOOTBALL

Addressed the following issues:

  • Avatars recruited after the Tokyo event in the VOLTA STORY were incorrectly retaining an Attribute increase until VOLTA STORY was exited.
  • Addressed instances of debug text displaying in the VOLTA SHOP.

Visuals

Made the following changes:

  • Added 17 new Star Heads.
    • These will only be available following a server update. Please follow @EASPORTSFIFA for updates on when this will be live in-game.
  • Updates to multiple kits, stadiums, and ad boards

Source: FIFA forums

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Modern Warfare Update March 3 Rolled Out

Heads up! Infinity Ward has released a server-side Call of Duty: Modern Warfare update! This one isn’t just a playlist update, but includes fixes as well. Check out the Modern Warfare update March 3 patch notes below.

Same as any server-side update, players will be prompted with a download bar before they can proceed to the main menu.

Modern Warfare update March 3 patch notes:

PLAYLIST UPDATE:

  • Shoot the Ship 24/7 (replaces Dirty Old House Boat)
  • 3v3 Gunfight (replaces Gunfight 3v3 Snipers Only)
  • 1v1 Me Bro – all Gunfight maps. Includes an always-on UAV and the ability to hear enemy players speaking
  • Boots on the Ground War – updated to regular Ground War with no tanks and removing Realism rules.
  • Removed Giant Infection

GENERAL FIXES:

Uzi:

  • Sped up sprint out time
  • New attachments available through challenges!
    • New .41 AE caliber change for increased damage and range
    • New Uzi Carbine Pro Barrel for increased range and bullet velocity

PC: Fixed a bug where the shaders status bar would read as paused in the UI even though the shaders were continuing to install in the background

CoD Caster:

  • Fixed a bug where killfeed colors would become inverted
  • Added a way to see when a player has activated Dead Silence
  • In CDL Domination, the round transition screen would display “Team Wins” instead of “Switching Sides” when the first round ends. This has been fixed.

Our patch notes from 2/25 contained weapon notes that did not actually make it into update itself. The below changes are now live as of today:

  • Increased close and mid-range damage for the AK 5.45x39mm round mags
  • Reduced recoil to the SA87 12.4 Factory Barrel

If we spot any stealth changes included in this update, we’ll be sure to let our readers know.

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Apex Legends Update 1.31 Brings System Override Collection Event, Full Notes

It’s finally here, legends! Respawn Entertainment has launched the System Override Collection Event via a new Apex Legends update! Console gamers will see this as Apex Legends update 1.31, and as one might expect, brings a host of gameplay changes and new content.

Apex Legends update 1.31 patch notes:

The System Override Event runs March 3rd to the 17th.

  • Limited Time Mode – Deja Loot
    • Deja Loot is a unique take on the Apex games where “random” is a dirty word. A glitch in the system has caused all loot to spawn in the same location every match for the duration of the event. Even the plane path and circle locations will be fixed for this mode, which will change on a daily basis while the loot location stays the same for the whole event.
      • Features new equipment type: Evo Shield [see below for details]
      • The first week will be played on World’s Edge and the second week we’ll go back to Kings Canyon
    • New equipment type: Evo Shield
      • When you pick up Evo Shield it will start out weaker than a Common Body Shield (White), but as you do damage to non-downed players throughout the match it can become even stronger than Epic Body Shields (Purple). Evo Shields change color as they progress, but their perpetual distinctive glow will help you identify them. Progress also carries over from person to person, so look forward to some interesting late game scenarios.
      • Exclusive Event Prize Track with two Legendary Weapon skins
      • 24 Event Limited premium cosmetic available directly or through System Override Event Packs
      • Octane Heirloom Set Preview

Check out the full blog with the details here.

META CHANGES

BLOODHOUND

Designer note: The intent is for Bloodhound to use their tactical as they are approaching towns pre-combat versus reacting while in a fight.

  • Increased the scan distance for Eye of the Allfather by 3x.
    • Increased time to activate: .4s -> .8s
    • Increased duration of scan: 2s -> 3s

GIBRALTAR

  • Gun Shield health reduced: 75 -> 50.

CRYPTO

  • Primary weapons will now automatically reload while in drone view.

INVENTORY UPDATE

  • Base inventory slots increased 8 -> 10.
    • Common Backpack: expands inventory to 12 slots.
    • Rare Backpack: expands inventory to 14 slots.
    • Epic Backpack: expands inventory to 16 slots.
  • Grenade stacks reduced to 2 -> 1.
  • Light / Heavy / Energy ammo stacks reduced from 80 -> 60.
  • Syringe and Shield Cell stacks reduced from 6 -> 4.
  • Med Kit and Shield Battery stacks reduced from 3 -> 2.

PEACEKEEPER

  • Mag size reduced from 6 -> 5.
  • Increased reload time from 2.5s -> 2.65s.
  • Increased reload time with empty mag from 3.5s -> 3.6s.
  • Slightly increased the scale of the blast pattern from 1.6 -> 1.7.

SENTINEL

  • Base damage increased from 65 -> 70
  • Reduced time it takes to rechamber from 1.85s -> 1.75s.

QUALITY OF LIFE

  • Muzzle flash adjustments:
    • Reduced the intensity of muzzle flash while aiming down the sight for all weapons except shotties and snipers
  • Red dot has been added to the iron sights for Prowler and L-STAR; iron sights dot will stay properly centered during weapon sway and bob movements.
  • Heirloom crafting
    • We’re changing up the Heirloom system to make it easier for you to acquire the heirloom you want. Instead of an entire Heirloom set dropping at once, you’ll now receive Heirloom shards. You can then use those shards to pick the exact Heirloom set you’d like. The shards will have the same drop rate as the previous system, so that after 500 Apex Packs, you will have enough Heirloom Shards to obtain an Heirloom set from the Heirloom shop. And don’t worry, your existing progress towards the 500 Apex Packs will carry over with the switch. Remember that once a player owns all of the Heirloom sets, the player will not be eligible to receive more shards until more Heirloom Sets are added to the game.

BUG FIXES

  • Fixed bug for cases where Bangalore would appear invisible when equipped with certain skins. The Apex Overdrive and Killer B skins have been re-enabled now for affected players.
  • For cases where sometimes Revenant’s Ultimate Totem could be destroyed or disabled when placed too close to some geometry, it will now be refunded back to the player at full charge when this happens.
  • Fixed a bug for where sometimes players would enter a match with a different character than they selected and all loadouts being set back to default after the match.
  • Cleaned up some areas around World’s Edge with bad collision or provided ways for players to exploit them.
  • Fixed an exploit near Geyser where players could climb to a spot that provided an unfair advantage.
  • Fix for cases where players were able to punch and shoot enemies clipping through doors and other areas with thin geo.
  • Fixed bug for cases where full-auto mode would be disabled when players equipped the Anvil Receiver hop-up while in single-fire mode for R-301 or Flatline.
  • Fix for cases where there could be a delay with firing the Havoc after cancelling a reload.
  • Fixed a bug where players could place Gibraltar’s Dome Shield on Crypto’s Drone allowing the Dome to be mobile while in use.
  • Fixed bug for cases where players were able to reroll Daily Challenges without being charged the Legends Tokens for reroll.
  • Fixed a bug for cases where unlocking new badges would not trigger the red dot notification to make players aware a new badge is available.
  • Fixed a bug where if players were respawned while spectating someone under Revenant’s death protection, they would return in that state permanently and unable to use heal items.
  • Fixed players getting assist credit by using abilities that place status effects (e.g. Crypto Drone, Revenant tactical etc) on enemies after they are knocked down.
  • Fixes for cases where the Store would show placeholder images when content would be slow to load.
  • Fix for cases where audio from Wattson’s skydive emote would continue to play after she lands.
  • Stability fixes to reduce crashing and script errors.
  • Various stability and polish bug fixes for Firing Range.

We’ll be on the lookout for more Apex Legends news.

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New Destiny 2 Weekly Reset – March 3, 2020

It’s Tuesday, and Guardians know that means a new load of activities are ripe for the taking (completing) in Destiny 2! MP1st is back once again for the new Destiny 2 weekly reset for March 3, 2020!

New Destiny 2 weekly reset – March 3, 2020:

Nightfall – The Ordeal: The Arms Dealer

Modifiers:

  • Nightfall: The Ordeal: Adept
    • Empath: Enhanced radar. Take increased damage from melee.
  • Nightfall: The Ordeal: 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
    • Zahn’s Stratagem: Solar damage increased and incoming Airborne damage increased.
  • Nightfall: The Ordeal: 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: The Ordeal: Master
    • All previous modifiers
    • Attrition: Regeneration is greatly impaired. Defeating enemies may create wells of Light.
    • Champions: Mob: This mode contains additional Champions.
    • Master Modifiers: Extra Champions & Locked Loadout & Match Game & Extra Shields

Rewards:

  • Powerful (Tier 1) reward: Get 5 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.

Legacy Nightfalls:


FLASHPOINT: TANGLED SHORE

Complete various activities around the Tangled Shore, including public events, Lost Sectors, and Heroic adventures.


Weekly Crucible Rotator Playlists:

  • Momentum Control: “You’ve been capturing zones and destroying your enemies for a long time, haven’t you? Let’s pick up the pace a bit.” —Lord Shaxx – – Fight for Valor by capturing zones and defeating opponents. All weapons are more lethal, abilities replenish only on kills, and tracker is disabled.
  • Lockdown: “Hold your ground. Yield to no one.” —Lord Shaxx – – Fight for Valor by capturing and holding zones. Win rounds instantly by capturing all three.

Vanguard Burn: Void Singe

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


Sundial Boss: Niruul, the Hollow Voice

  • 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.
  • Void Singe: Void damage increases slightly from all sources.
  • Heavyweight: Power weapons deal more damage, and more ammo is available.

Moon Nightmares


Menagerie Boss: Hasapiko, Vex Minotaur

  • Extinguish: If your fireteam falls in a Restricted Zone, everyone is returned to orbit.
  • Iron: Enemies have more health and are not staggered by damage.
  • Blackout: Enemy melee attacks are significantly more powerful, and radar is disabled.
  • Void Singe: Void damage increases slightly from all sources.

Dreaming City Cycle: Strong Curse

  • Petra is at Rheasilvia.
  • Weekly Mission: Dark Monastery – Provide recon for Petra’s forces by investigating strange enemy activity in Rheasilvia.
  • Ascendant Challenge: Ouroborea, Aphelion’s Rest
  • Blind Well: Taken, Plague: Inomina

Escalation Protocol Boss: Nur Abath, Crest of Xol

This boss drops:


Leviathan

Raid Order: Dogs > Baths > Gauntlet > Calus

Challenge: Throne Challenge

Prestige Raid Lairs

  • Prestige: Gladiator
  • Armsmaster

Weekly Bounties

Weekly Obelisk Bounties

Name Description Cost Requirement Reward
Strike a Blow Defeat enemies in strikes. 1000 Glimmer 300 Enemies 1 Major Fractaline Harvest
Swift Precision Rapidly defeat enemies in groups of 2 or more using precision final blows. 1000 Glimmer 90 Rapidly defeated 1 Major Fractaline Harvest
Finger on the Pulse Defeat enemies using Pulse Rifles. 1000 Glimmer 300 [Pulse Rifle] Pulse Rifle 1 Major Fractaline Harvest
Hand of the Vanguard Defeat bosses in strikes. 1000 Glimmer 5 Bosses 1 Major Fractaline Harvest
Perfect Shot Defeat Hive with precision damage. 1000 Glimmer 150 Hive 1 Major Fractaline Harvest
Lost to Time Clear Lost Sectors anywhere in the system. 1000 Glimmer 5 Lost Sectors 1 Major Fractaline Harvest
Hero’s Journey Complete a Heroic adventure, and defeat enemies anywhere in the system. 1000 Glimmer 1 Heroic adventures & 300 Enemies 1 Major Fractaline Harvest
Cut to the Quick Using a Sword, rapidly defeat enemies in groups of 2 or more. 1000 Glimmer 60 Rapidly defeated 1 Major Fractaline Harvest

Werner 99-40 Weekly Bounties

Name Description Cost Requirement Reward
Golden Experience Gain experience by completing tasks and defeating enemies throughout the solar system. 1000 Glimmer 120000 Experience gained Legendary Gear & Legendary Rune & 1 Puny Purse of Imperials
Trial by Valor Complete Vanguard daily bounties. 1000 Glimmer 10 Daily bounties completed Legendary Gear & Legendary Rune & 1 Puny Purse of Imperials
Gaze Into Death’s Eyes Defeat enemies at close range using Submachine Guns, Shotguns, Sidearms, or Swords. 1000 Glimmer 200 Enemies defeated Legendary Gear & Legendary Rune & 1 Puny Purse of Imperials
Salvaged Goods Loot Legendary engrams from the ground in any activity. 1000 Glimmer 5 Engrams looted Legendary Gear & Legendary Rune & 1 Puny Purse of Imperials

In case you didn’t see it, Bungie announced Season of the Worthy today, and here’s a trailer and official details for the event, which starts March 10.

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PlayStation Plus March Download Links Now Live – File Sizes, Description & More Here (US, EU)

It’s the first Tuesday of the month, and for PlayStation Plus members, that means the PlayStation Plus free games for March are now live! Below, the PlayStation Plus March download links are available, as well as the official file sizes, descriptions and more.

In case you didn’t know, this month’s free games are Shadow of the Colossus and Sonic Forces.

PlayStation Plus March Download Links

Shadow of the Colossus – 13.57GB

Description

Rebuilt from the ground up by Bluepoint Games and JAPAN Studio, SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS on PlayStation 4 system introduces the awe of its unforgettable world and towering creatures to a new generation of gamers, while allowing long time fans to revisit the beloved masterpiece with unparalleled visual fidelity and improved performance.

Tales speak of an ancient realm where Colossi roam the majestic landscape. Bound to the land, these creatures hold a key to a mystical power of revival – a power you must obtain to bring a loved one back to life.

SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS is a breathtaking journey through ancient lands to seek out gigantic beasts. Armed with only a sword and a bow, explore the spacious lands and unearth each Colossus, presenting a unique challenge to test your wits, determination, and skill.

Sonic Forces – 18.16GB

Description

In SONIC FORCES, the evil Dr. Eggman has conquered much of the world with help from a powerful and mysterious new villain named Infinite. Now, you must assist Sonic and build an army to reclaim the world as they fight against chaos and destruction.

Defeat enemies with blazing speed as Modern Sonic, catapult past perilous platforms as Classic Sonic, and create your very own Custom Hero Character equipped with a variety of powerful gadgets. Experience fast-paced action with these three unique gameplay styles, explore iconic stages, plus, fight across unique added content with Shadow as a playable character!

Digital Standard Edition includes:
– SONIC FORCES video game
– EPISODE SHADOW (DLC)

The fate of Sonic the Hedgehog’s world is in your hands – Join the Uprising.

Make sure to download these titles before the next tide of games are released in a few weeks. Remember: you don’t need to download these to “keep” them, just initiate the download and you can download them whenever you want as long as you’re a PS Plus member.

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Red Dead Online This Week – Treasure Map Reward, Role XP Boosts & More

Rockstar Games has rolled out a fresh batch of new challenges, rewards and more in Red Dead Online this week! Check out the Red Dead Online update below.

Red Dead Online this week summary:

  • A Treasure Map Reward for completing 5 Daily Challenges
  • A 50% Role XP boost on all Moonshiner Sell, Story, and Bootlegger Missions
  • 10 Ranks worth of Club XP for signing up for the Outlaw Pass No. 2 by March 8th
  • Discounts on Select Clothing and Weapons: The Hunting Bow and Fishing Rod are 40% off, and all Vests and Bandoliers are 30% off
  • All Arabian Horses are 25% off at Stables
  • Ongoing Twitch Prime Benefits: A free Collector’s Bag and Polished Copper Moonshine Still, plus a Benefits Award of 5 Ranks of Moonshiner Role XP
  • New PlayStation Plus Member Benefits: Up to 3 Ability Cards of their choice for free

EARN A TREASURE MAP

Complete 5 Daily Challenges this week and receive a Treasure Map as a reward for your diligence and determination. You can pick up your Treasure Map from the Camp Lockbox or Post Office within 48 hours of completing the Daily Challenges.

RECEIVE A 50% ROLE XP BOOST

Moonshiners will receive a 50% Role XP Boost on all Moonshiner Sell, Story and Bootlegger Missions, which they can access by talking to Maggie and Marcel in their Moonshine Shack. 

Discounts:

There are a bevy of discounts to take advantage of through March 9th, including 25% off the cost of Arabian Horsesat Stables, and 40% off the Hunting Bow and Fishing Rod. From the apparel sections of the Wheeler, Rawson and Co. Catalogue, get 30% off all Vestsand Bandoliers. 

PlayStation Plus members who log in between now and June 1, 2020 will get to select three Ability Cards of their choice, free of charge. The rewards will be in the players’ Benefits section within 48 hours of playing.

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Need for Speed Heat Update 1.06 Brings the Big March Patch

Need for Speed Heat players, Ghost Games has released the big Need for Speed Heat March update! Console gamers will see this as Need for Speed Heat update 1.06, and it includes the Black Market Delivery debut, a host of gameplay fixes and more.

Need for Speed Heat update 1.06 patch notes:

Estimated File Sizes

  • PC – 7.74 GB

  • PS4 – 8.38 GB

  • Xbox One – 7.7 GB

Black Market Delivery

As touched upon in the Under the Hood article, the March Update features the first Black Market Delivery. Once you’ve launched the updated game, you’ll meet Raziel. He’ll give you a call to let you know that there’s a car waiting to be collected down at Port Murphy. That’s only the beginning – as you pick it up, Raziel will give you tasks, and as time goes on, you can unlock new character customization, vanity items and a body kit for that car.

Two cars are released with the March Update. The Aston Martin DB11 Volante ‘19 comes as a free addition, being a variant of an existing car. The second one is a brand new paid car, the McLaren F1 ‘93.

Along with unlocking new vanity items like the new Beat Sync underglow, you will also notice that you’re playing some new events. Once completed, you will be able to replay them outside of the Black Market Delivery.

Quality of Life improvements

Adjustable camera shake

  • We’ve added a slider to the options that adjusts the amount of camera shake while you’re driving. You can find it in the “Driving” tab in the settings.

“Game is not paused” Notification

  • When you’re accessing the game menu during online play, you will find a notification that the game is not paused while you’re playing online..

New item notification

  • Until now, when you entered the garage and unlocked new car parts, you would be prompted with a feed of the new items on the right side of the screen. It was easy to miss a part if you unlocked many at once, so we changed the way you are notified about new parts. From now on, when you receive a new item in the garage, you will find a yellow notification banner labeling the category, guiding you to the new part.

Vanity Items

  • You have more ways to customize your car. You can choose from a variety of themed decals, add a new underglow that is in sync with the beat of the music or customize the color of your car’s backfire.

Race visuals

  • We added more variations for the intros of both day and night races. When you win a race, you might also notice there are new victory poses.

  • When it comes to time trials, both your and the ghost’s car will now be shown ahead of the race.

Other

When you launch NFS Heat while you’re offline after having the March Update installed, you will notice a tile in the social menu mentioning “Rival Crews”. It is a game feature concept that we were exploring, but unfortunately won’t be releasing. Such is life in game development. There are a lot of ideas and concepts floating around. Some of them are released and some will just remain concepts – like this one. We just wanted to give you a heads up that the tile found its way into the game, but it doesn’t have any functionality – and we’re looking at a possibility of removing the tile in the future.

Bugfixes

Missions

  • Resolved an issue that could lead to the game hanging when restarting “Got your back” after the mission failed and you’ve been inactive for a while.

  • During “Breaking the Law”, the light effect that indicates an upcoming turn would sometimes remain visible even after taking the turn, which could lead to confusion when you were exposed to two active indicators at once. The guiding light should now be removed once you’ve passed it, as intended.

Events

  • Added another checkpoint to the “Vertigo” event to prevent corner cutting through the park.

  • Fixed a rare issue that could lead to the game hanging after starting the “Snake Dance” time trial.

  • “Up Up and Away”: Jumping through the concrete tube should no longer reset the car mid-air.

  • Lifted up a few people in the crowd during “The Resort’s Circuit” intro to stop them from clipping with the ground.

  • The AI drivers will now follow the proper route during the “Sand in Eyes” off-road event.

  • Similarly, they will now jump over the ramps during the “Crazy Cowboy” event.

  • We tweaked some events that have checkpoints covering split roads. Sometimes the AI drivers would slow down unexpectedly when passing through these checkpoints, adjusting their speed when transitioning slightly off-road. They should stick to the road now, preventing sudden brake maneuvers and therefore incidents.

  • It was possible to get stuck under a trailer during the “Brotherhood Drive” drift challenge. We did some work on them to give you more space to pass through.

  • Added a challenge level to the “Steel Dragon” circuit race.

  • When you fall down from the monorail track during “Trail Rail”, you will now correctly be reset on the trail.

  • We’ve added some visuals to the finish line of “The Resort’s Circuit” to make it more obvious that it’s both a checkpoint and the finish line.

  • The AR icon of the “Aardvark” event is now at the event location instead of a few yards away.

  • When quitting the “Eagle” sprint race just after it started, the AI cars should no longer drive straight into the crane.

  • The crowd is now visible throughout the outro cinematic of the “Crossfield” event.

  • AI cars no longer spawn in the air when restarting “Voyager”.

  • Hitting a specific tree at high speed during the “Axiom” event will no longer result in your car falling below the map.

  • We removed a few barrels that could spawn a few turns into the “Scramjet” event.

  • We had a chat with one floaty boi who was hovering to get the best view during the “Ultra Sharp” event intro. He’s now cheering on the ground, where everyone can see him.

  • The crowd should no longer pop in and out during the intro of the “Bullet” event.

  • The event intro and the countdown timer should show consistently, even when restarting the event multiple times in quick succession.

  • You should no longer encounter large boxes in the middle of the road during the “Farah” event.

  • Made a small change to the outro cinematic of the “Drift Duel” event to prevent the camera from shaking.

  • Added spectators to the outro of the “Trouble” event.

  • Jumping into the water at a low speed during the “Ultra Sharp” event should no longer get you stuck in a reset loop.

  • The camera is no longer clipping through the ground during the intro of the “Jenny II” event.

  • Added the missing spectator crowd to cheer you on during the challenge level version of “The Resort’s Circuit”.

  • Removed the outro camera for the “Speedcheck” event, as the corridor is so narrow that the camera would clip through containers.

  • During the intro cinematic of “Reaction”, people in the crowd should no longer spawn inside your car. We get that they want to be close to you, but we had to set boundaries.

  • When inviting players to a High Heat event by selecting “Challenge All”, everybody will now have to have the required amount of Bank to start the event.

  • After selecting “Challenge All” for an event, waiting for a few players to accept, then driving away from the event interaction point while the other players are withdrawing, driving back to the event should allow you to select “Challenge All” again.

  • In the outro of the “Containers” time trial, the AI opponent’s car will no longer fall out of the sky.

  • When getting off track and restarting “Mountainside Maneuvers”, you should no longer start from position two.

  • Adjusted the camera during the outro of the “Heights” time trial so the player and the car are visible straight away. Previously, their view could be blocked by a parked car next to the event finish line.

  • The Speedwall info for the “Crazy Cowboy” event will now show user data as intended.

  • We fixed an issue that was causing visual artifacting at the bottom of the screen during night race intros.

UI

  • When you’re busted with a Bank balance of over 10,000 but less than the fine you have to pay, the correct amount is now deducted from your balance.

  • The Rainbow nitrous tile in the customization UI in the garage is now showing rainbow colours instead of a plain white symbol.

  • High Heat events now show the event name in the event panel.

  • Players joining an Xbox party should no longer be muted by default.

  • Fixed a rare issue where the open world UI would be displayed during the outro of the time trial “Containers”.

  • The “Blackbird” event didn’t have a course preview on the map, so we added one.

  • Improved the visibility for the star icons next to activities on the map during daytime.

  • You should no longer see any empty message banners after completing activities.

  • When you’re accepting an invite for a Night event and then get involved in a cop chase, you’ll be notified that you won’t join the event. Furthermore when it’s you and one other player wanting to race, the event will be canceled, and an “Event canceled” notice will be displayed. If there’s more than 2 players and only you are getting involved in a cop chase, the event will start without you.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented you from using Russian or Arabic characters in the crew tag field when creating a crew.

  • When you scroll up in the player search screen, you should no longer scroll straight to the top, but scroll up gradually.

  • Inviting a player to a party in the game should show an invitation prompt on their end reliably.

  • The “Friends” tab in the snapshot gallery will now be empty when you don’t have any friends.

  • After escaping a cop chase in front of a safe house or garage, the prompt “End chase to enter” should correctly be replaced by “Enter Garage”.

  • Fixed an issue that would display incorrect rewards for some time trials in the info panel. This was only visual, you would still receive the proper amount of Bank after the event.

  • When you’re sending a party invite while Origin is in offline mode, you should no longer be prompted with “Invite Success”, despite the invite not being sent.

  • In the “Trouble” time trial event, when racing “GhostSpecial01”, the ghost car won’t get a head start anymore.

  • When swapping the X and O buttons via the PlayStation settings, nitrous activation should no longer occur when closing the map.

  • There was contradicting information in the UI about the reward for getting all collectibles in the Cloudbank district. The menu now correctly says “Red & Orange Wave Underglow”.

  • When you’re in an event start area during night and not involved in a cop chase, you shouldn’t see cop icons on your screen anymore.

  • Replaced the picture for the higher challenge levels of the off-road races with the correct one.

Cars / Garage

  • A set of stock rims for the Audi R8 V10 Performance ‘19 was a bit too small for the tires. We reworked them so there won’t be a gap between the rims and the tires anymore.

  • The tail lights and rear window will no longer pop as you’re hitting higher speed with the Audi R8 V10 Performance ‘19.

  • Slightly toned down the visual effects of the exhaust flames for the Audi R8 V10 Performance ‘19.

  • Decals will now be applied to the Speedhunters spoiler for the Audi S5 Sportback ‘17.

  • The Aston Martin DB11 will now show visual damage that reflects the status of the car’s health bar.

  • When equipping the convertible roof option on the BMW i8 Roadster ‘18, the windows will now be down.

  • The calipers no longer change when navigating through the brake disc menu of the BMW i8 Roadster ‘18.

  • When you’re driving around in a damaged BMW i8 Roadster K.S Edition, the spoiler will now be properly attached to the chassis and not floating when you’re jumping.

  • The wheels should no longer be flickering when you’re in a race loading screen with a BMW i8 Roadster ‘18 and holding down the acceleration button.

  • When customizing body parts of the BMW M3 ‘10, decals should now be constantly visible and no longer disappear when swapping a to certain rear fender, rear splitter or rear canards.

  • Moved the interaction point of the rear wheels of the BMW M4 Convertible ‘17 slightly so they’re in the correct spot when customizing the car.

  • Also adjusted the rear wheel interaction point for the BMW M4 GTS ‘16 Performance.

  • Fixed the visuals of some aftermarket wheel textures for the BMW M5 ‘18.

  • There was a small spot where decals applied to the rear window of the BMW M3 ‘10 would become distorted – fixed!

  • Reviewed the spoilers of the BMW M3 Evolution II E30 ‘88, so you should be able to apply decals to them properly now.

  • Realigned the NOS and backfire effects for the BMW M3 Evolution II E30 ‘88 when the DTM rear bumper is equipped.

  • When you’re equipping the convertible roof option to the BMW Z4 M40i ‘19, the windows will now be down.

  • Decals will no longer bleed into windows when applied to the side of the BMW Z4 M40i ‘19 and having the Speedhunters or The Alchemist roof equipped.

  • With the Speedhunters side skirt equipped to the Chevrolet Camaro Z28 ‘14, decals will now only show on the side of the car and not on the side skirts.

  • When you apply a color to the rims of the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 ‘17 or Land Rover Defender 110 ‘15, the color of the rim of the backup wheel will no longer be affected.

  • Decals can now be applied to “The Alchemist” spoiler of the Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport ‘17.

  • You can now equip a roof on the Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 ‘19.

  • When selecting the Carbon diffuser and Carbon splitter to the Dodge Challenger SRT8 ‘14, they no longer flicker when changing the camera angle in the garage.

  • Adjusted the spoilers for the Ferrari 488 GTB ‘15 so they behave as expected when driving around and jumping with a heavily damaged 488.

  • Carbon body customization for the Ferrari 488 GTB ‘15 should now be displayed with the correct texture at all times.

  • The underglow for the Ferrari F40 ‘87 now matches the shape of the car and is not overextended anymore.

  • When swapping the hood from custom to stock on the Ferrari LaFerrari ‘13, the doors will retain their physical appearance.

  • The interaction points for the left and right window of the Ferrari LaFerrari ‘13 are now properly aligned.

  • Polished the looks of the Ferrari Testarossa Coupe ‘84 engine hood.

  • Fixed an issue that affected the Speedhunters and Alchemist grille customization for the Ford F150 Raptor ‘17, so decals should apply properly across the parts now.

  • Decals now show correctly on the Alchemist spoiler for the Ford Focus RS ‘16.

  • Added an interaction point for the sound system to the Ford Focus RS ‘16.

  • Fixed an issue with the stock bumper and the sides of the Ford Focus RS ‘16, decals are now applied correctly.

  • The last “Americana” spoiler is no longer clipping with the splitters of the Ford Mustang ‘65.

  • You can now properly put decals on spoilers of the Ford Mustang Foxbody ‘90.

  • When equipping the Speedhunters rear wide fender on the Ford GT ‘17, you will no longer be able to see through the vent.

  • Decals can now be applied to the stock spoiler of the Honda Civic Type-R ‘00.

  • Realigned the NOS virtual effects for the Honda NSX Type-R ‘92 when you equip the Carbon diffuser and Speedhunters exhaust.

  • Moved the interaction point of the rear window of the Jaguar F-Type R Convertible ‘19 to the rear window.

  • When the Jaguar F-Type R Convertible ‘19 is damaged on the side, the wing mirrors should no longer be twitching.

  • Fixed an issue with the Speedhunters rear fenders on the Jaguar F-Type R Convertible ‘19 that would make them partially transparent when looked at from a specific angle.

  • Pressing the up arrow while having the front fenders of the Jaguar F-Type R Convertible ‘19 selected no longer moves the camera outside of the garage.

  • The window frame will no longer disappear when you drive around in a heavily damaged Lamborghini Aventador S Roadster ‘17.

  • The steering wheel should no longer clip through the window when steering right in the Land Rover Defender 110 ‘15.

  • Realigned the second set of rims with the third set of fenders for the Land Rover Defender 110 ‘15.

  • The rear axle will no longer clip through aftermarket rims for the Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR ‘15.

  • When entering and exiting the garage with the Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR ‘15, you will now be able to switch back to the bonnet cam showing the bonnet.

  • Decals can now be applied to both side skirts of the Lotus Exige S ‘06 properly.

  • If you equip the Chidori wing mirrors on the Lotus Exige S ‘06 and damage the car, the mirrors shouldn’t be shaking anymore.

  • Added an interaction point for the rear window of the Mazda MX-5 ‘96, so you can apply wraps.

  • When customizing the Mazda MX-5 ‘96 and trying to move from the left rear canard interaction point to the rear fender, you should no longer jump straight to the left rear wheel.

  • All diffusers are now displayed correctly when you’re in the customization menu of the Mazda MX-5 ‘96.

  • Resolved an issue that would show two different levels of detail of the Mazda RX-7 Spirit R ‘02 Coupe when the camera moved far away and then back, in photo mode or at very high speeds.

  • The spoilers of the McLaren 570S ‘15 will now behave as intended when jumping with a highly damaged car.

  • Fixed an issue with the Speedhunters wing mirrors for the Mercedes AMG A45 ‘16 that would cause the decal to be misplaced on the right mirror.

  • Also on the Mercedes AMG A45 ‘16, decals can now be placed across all of the “The Alchemist” front bumper.

  • Added the BBS rear rims for the Mercedes AMG C63.

  • When you equip the first Mansory front fenders option and either the Mansory or Mercedes-Benz rear fenders, the side skirts will now show correctly when driving the Mercedes AMG G 63 ‘17 and moving the camera.

  • Decals applied to the spoiler of the Mercedes AMG GT R ‘17 will now also affect its base.

  • When customizing the Mercedes AMG GTS Roadster ‘19, the roof interaction point should now be completely visible as the camera should snap to a better spot than before.

  • The Mercury and Speedhunters side skirts are now showing different models as intended when customizing the Mercury Cougar ‘67.

  • When the Speedhunters rear fenders are equipped to the Mercury Cougar ‘67, black-metallic texture applied to them is now shown at all times.

  • When applying the second diffuser option to the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX ‘07 while having the “Vortex” bumper equipped, the diffuser will no longer adapt the paint job of the car.

  • Decals can now be applied to the stock spoiler of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X ‘08.

  • The wing mirrors of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X ‘08 are no longer floating when you’re driving around while the car is heavily damaged.

  • We aligned the headlight flare with the Rocket Bunny headlight modification for the Nissan 180SX ‘96.

  • You can now apply decals to the Nissan spoiler and the Bensopra rear bumper for the Nissan GT-R Premium ‘17.

  • When applying decals to the Nissan GT-R Premium ‘17 front bumper and front fender, the decal can now be applied to the entirety of the respective parts. Before, there was a small segment that would always show the paint and no decals.

  • Reworked the backfire VFX for the Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec ‘93 so it will only show in the intended area.

  • Fixed an issue where one of the bumpers of the Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec ‘99 was transparent in one spot when looked at from a specific angle.

  • Decals will now properly apply to splitters and spoilers for the Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R ‘71.

  • Fixed an issue that would cause the Speedhunters exhaust to adapt the decal applied to the top section of the Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R ‘71.

  • Removed the side skirt and trunk lid interaction points for the Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R ‘71 as there is only one option available for both parts.

  • Touched up the looks of the rear window for the Nissan GT-R Nismo and Nissan 370Z Nismo so they are displayed consistently, regardless of camera distance when accelerating and braking.

  • Set the correct location for the right and left window interaction points when customizing the Pagani Huayra BC ‘17.

  • When applying decals to the Porsche 718 Cayman GTS ‘18, the decal applied to the right window should no longer blend into the left window.

  • Similarly, decals applied to the left window of the Porsche 718 Cayman GTS ‘18 will no longer appear in the corner of the back right window.

  • Fixed an issue that would prevent decals to be applied to Splitters for the Porsche 911 Carrera RSR ‘73.

  • Added the missing sound system interaction point to the customization menu for the Porsche 911 GT2 RS ‘18.

  • Made it easier to navigate to the license plate interaction point of the Porsche GT2 RS ‘18.

  • When you equip the first aftermarket option for the tail lights on the Porsche 911 GT3 RS ‘19 and exit the garage during night, the lights will now have the correct tint instead of shining bright like a diamond.

  • Decals on the left side of the Porsche 918 Spyder ‘15 should no longer be stretched when applied near the rear fender.

  • Decals applied on the left window of the Porsche Cayman GT4 ‘15 will no longer bleed into a small area of the back right window.

  • Added the missing sound system interaction point to the Subaru BRZ Premium ‘14 customization menu.

  • When equipping the Tex rear fender on the left side of the Subaru Impreza WRX STI ‘06, it will no longer be carbon by default.

  • Also for the Subaru Impreza WRX STI ‘06, the carbon fiber material applied to some parts will no longer flicker when looked at from specific angles.

  • You can now adjust the tint of the windows for the Subaru WRX STI ‘10, and the stock version isn’t completely opaque either.

  • Also added the missing sound system interaction point for the Subaru WRX STI ‘10.

  • Fixed an issue that would cause decals being partially displaced on the side of the Volkswagen Beetle ‘63 when using the “The Alchemist” front fender.

  • After putting another roof on the Volvo Amazon ‘70, you can now revert back to the stock roof option.

  • Fixed an issue that would prompt you with a “Sell Failed” message instead of selling your car.

  • When driving a time trial against the ghost of a Polestar, the taillights were pretty solid as you would expect from a normal car. Now it blends into the ghostly appearance of a time trial opponent.

  • Fixed an issue that would lead to tires clipping into the ground in the showcase screen when equipping air suspension.

Visual

  • A rare issue could lead to the game world not rendering correctly after reaching Heat level 5. You should no longer see the road disappearing under you, and you should also see the garage correctly after transitioning through the loading screen.

  • One combination of hair and hat was looking warped in the game, so we fixed the hat.

  • Adjusted the belt of a mask so it doesn’t clip through a beanie.

  • When applying a specific haircut to your character, it should now correctly display even when you’re in a car. Before, there would be a small patch of hair missing.

  • During a specific outro sequence after a race event, the player character should no longer clip through the car while sitting next to it.

  • After completing the first day race event, Lucas’ subtitles are now in sync with the voiceover.

  • The reflection of your car in the transition screen when entering the garage during daytime should now be displayed consistently.

  • Character models should no longer clip through clothes during night race intros.

  • When you were playing chapter 3 while having the game set to Korean, you could notice a chunk of subtitles displayed at once instead of being split into multiple pieces – we fixed that.

  • Resolved a rare issue that would allow you to see a party member in day time, despite them driving at night time.

  • Fixed an issue where the camera could clip through the wall when you were driving through one of the entrances to Palm City Raceway.

  • Fixed an issue that could cause some rims to flicker in the customization menu until a different coat of paint was applied.

Audio

  • Audio changes made in the Accessibility settings will now take effect without having to access the audio settings tab.

  • VOIP should now work more reliably when forming a party.

  • When scrolling through the character head slot customization menu, the correct sounds should now play for all items.

World

This is a very extensive list of changes to the world. There are a lot of minor tweaks for LOD issues, or instances where you could go to the middle of nowhere and drive through a rock because it was missing a collision volume. Then there’s buildings that were missing an entrance and other fun things.

We divided this into sections, as there’s a bunch of changes related to three different categories.

Collisions: We have tweaked some collisions. When we talk about collisions, we’re usually talking about your car hitting any other object in the environment, sometimes even another car. Or being able to drive your car into objects or below terrain, as the textures are not matching the collision models.

Reset points: This second category includes instances when your car would reset, when the game would think that you’re out of bounds. Most of these occurrences were in very specific places far off the busy streets, and not places you would frequent during races or challenges.

Visual: The last category covers changes that are mainly or purely visual. Slightly misaligned textures, floating vegetation, houses that are just slightly too high or low compared to the ground.

Collisions

  • You can now drive between the pillars and the front of a building next to a billboard in Downtown Palm City.

  • Fixed a collision issue in Southern Rockville, where you could drive into the wilderness and disappear underground. It was a good hide & seek spot.

  • Added collision to a concrete wall surrounding a parking lot in Mendoza Keys. That should prevent some water-related incidents.

  • Another rock was reworked to have proper collision in Grenada Wetlands.

  • You should no longer get stuck between two trees in Blackwood Heights.

  • Polished a spot next to the Palm City Raceway to prevent you from becoming stuck on a ramp near the flamingo collectible.

  • Added collision to a small tree in East Sandpiper Forest. Now that physics will affect it: Please don’t hurt it.

  • Reworked physics for beach huts so their destruction feels more natural.

  • A bunch of barrels at the end of a bridge in Mendoza Keys are now smashable.

  • We touched up the collision volume of a rock in the Northeastern area of Frontera Hills.

  • There’s a loading ramp near the border between Edgewood Valley and Sandino Ranches which you could get stuck under, which should no longer happen now.

  • Removed an invisible collision near a cliff in western Blackwood Heights.

  • A bunch of bushes in Grenada Wetlands will now be properly flattened when you drive through them.

  • Added missing collision to some stairs in Downtown Palm City, so you can no longer drive into them.

  • There was a cement block next to a railroad track in Frontera Hills that was missing a collision. To make your life easier, we lowered it a bit more into the ground, as it was the top of a pillar.

  • Reworked a few ramps in Mendoza Keys and the Palm City Raceway to prevent damaging the car when driving over them.

  • When you were looking for a billboard in Sandino Ranches, you would likely end up on the roof of a building. Now your car will properly collide with the pipe on the roof when you hit it.

  • The tent next to the “Late for Work!” speed trap in Frontera Hills is now destructible.

  • We fixed a missing collision box for a rock in the wilderness of Southern Cloudbank.

  • Also Cloudbank, different spot: Adjusted the collision model of a rock.

  • When you’re trying to explore the very edge of the map on the north side of Rockville, you could get stuck in an invisible object. That should no longer happen – but we’re still curious what you were looking for in that area.

  • The bridge fence next to the “Seaside Speeding Ticket” in the Westside district should be less of a hard stop – if you don’t run into it full frontal.

  • Removed a small spot on a sidewalk some cars could collide with during the “Larry” event.

  • Added collision to a tree in Fairview Fields – which doesn’t mean you should drive into it!

  • You should no longer be able to get stuck under a loading ramp in eastern Edgewood Valley.

  • Corrected the collision model of a rock in Rockville, the collision volume was a bit larger than the actual rock.

  • Reworked a small tree in Port Murphy that was previously indestructible.

  • Reduced the collision of a barrier on the side of a road in Cloudbank.

  • We don’t know how you find these specific scenarios, but here goes: When you park two cars in a narrow space between two containers near the Palm City Raceway garage, in a way that they slightly overlap due to the lack of space, and then have someone hit one of the cars with enough force, that car could be yoinked below the map at an incredibly high speed, and the game could hang when trying to respawn the car. This should be resolved.

  • If you were skillful enough, you could reproduce a similar issue we fixed: Driving backwards in between two cars, and hitting them in quick succession could make your car disappear. Nice party trick, but you had to restart the game as you couldn’t move.

  • Added a few boulders to an area in Rockville so it’s locked off, as intended.

  • Reduced the collision model of a storefront in Sandino Ranches, so you can smoothly drive under the marquee.

  • Reduced collision on the edge of a ramp during the “Up Up and Away” event to match the visual boundaries.

  • Improved the collision model of a rock in the coastal area of Mendoza Keys to prevent you getting stuck there.

  • The tree next to the “I’m not a jump!” speed trap in Downtown Palm City is now breakable.

  • There’s a huge advertising board showcasing the stores in the mall in Edgewood Valley. You could drive past it, but would take damage at high speeds, despite not hitting it, we adjusted the size of the collision volume to match the texture volume.

  • For whatever reason you might have tried that, but it was possible to get stuck in the fence around the Palm City Raceway. The fence has been reworked in parts and should not tangle around your axles anymore.

  • Adjusted collision to match the storefront of a cook house in Fort Callahan.

  • Going off the road that’s part of the “Proton” event should be less of a bumpy ride than before, as the terrain now behaves as even as it looks.

  • You should no longer be able to become stuck under the pipes at the rocket launch pad in Cape Castille, even with low rides.

  • You can now freely navigate on and off the path next to a building in Cape Castille.

  • In Mendoza Keys, you can find “The Teal Fin Inn”, a famous spot in Palm City. We reinforced their promotional sign so you can no longer drive through it.

  • A junk pile in Blackwood Heights can now be driven over from all sides.

  • You shouldn’t be able to drive into a rock on the west side of Port Murphy anymore.

  • Reworked a rock in Mendoza Keys so you can’t drive into it anymore.

  • Added a collision volume to a few small pillars in central Downtown Palm City.

  • You should no longer get stuck between a cargo train and a tanker rail car in Frontera Hills.

  • Two rocks near the edge of the map in Rockville now have a proper collision model.

  • Added missing collision to some metal wires behind the gas station in Fairview Fields.

  • You can no longer drive through a part of a bridge in Grenada Wetlands.

  • AI cars should no longer experience a collision when traversing an intersection in Cape Castille.

  • The spawn location of a parked AI traffic car was slightly below ground level. This would result in the engine trying to resolve that conflict by catapulting it into the air. It made for a fun sight, but we still decided to move the spawn location up slightly.

  • You shouldn’t be able to get stuck under a bridge in Sandpiper Forest anymore

  • More collision fixes: We ground a wall in Port Murphy next to an oil tank so you can drive alongside it a bit smoother.

  • We adjusted the weight of some forklifts, so they will slow you down as you would expect them to, when hitting them at high speeds.

  • We ground the inside of a tunnel in Fort Callahan, so you should experience a less bumpy ride when driving into the wall. Except for when you smash into it full frontal.

  • A building in Frontera Hills has a step in front of its entrance. You were able to drive through this step before, now you can properly drive over it.

  • You should no longer get stuck on top of a ramp inside the Palm City Raceway, despite your tires touching the ground.

  • Touched up a wall in Fort Callahan so you shouldn’t bounce off it when just touching it slightly.

  • We revisited an area in Frontera Hills and made a few changes so you shouldn’t be able to become stuck between a tree and a rock anymore.

  • Removed an invisible collision from a street in Port Murphy, south-east from the safe house.

  • We added collision to a hedge in Mendoza Keys. When you drive through it, it will be properly deformed now.

  • You should no longer be able to get stuck on a dock in Port Murphy.

  • There was a nice little area in Port Murphy around the docks where you could hide from the cops because they got stuck on a solid barrier. You should no longer be able to get to the area where they can’t follow – but there’s still enough jumps and containers around.

  • Ironed out some edges when landing after a jump during the “Up Up and Away” event.

  • Although it looked like a car would fit, you just couldn’t drive in between the back of a building and a fence. The area is now visually blocked, as it is supposed to be inaccessible.

  • We added collision to a rock at the edge of a mountain in Frontera Hills, so you can’t just drive through it anymore.

  • When driving through Cloudbank and wrecking a bunch of solar panels (rude – it’s a good energy source!), the bottom part of the solar panel pillar will now also be destroyed.

  • Removed an invisible blocker from a concrete wall in Fairview Fields.

  • Added proper collision physics to the metal railing near a billboard in Western Grenada Wetlands.

  • Your car should no longer clip through the edge of the steel bridge in Rockville.

Reset points

  • Driving into a spot between a pile of wood, a metal pillar and a wall in Port Murphy no longer resets your car.

  • Removed a reset point between a shed, a wooden building and a trailer in Sandpiper Forest.

  • Fixed an issue where you could access an out of bounds area in Mendoza Keys.

  • We removed a reset that would trigger when driving between a trailer and a wooden residential building in Sandino Ranches.

  • Similarly, in Edgewood Valley, this should no longer occur when driving through a part of a barn or a hay shelter near it. Or a barn in Frontera Hills.

  • Removed a reset point in Port Murphy, between a metal fence and an electric pole.

  • Crashing and flipping your car in the concrete tube during the “Up Up and Away” time trial won’t reset you below the concrete tube anymore.

  • During the “BayClock” time trial event, your car should no longer be reset during the last jump.

  • Cleaned up a few spots around BayView Park that are now properly part of the road network.

  • Touched up an area in Port Murphy near the docks, removed two small pillars so you no longer get stuck or reset in an area that shouldn’t have been out of bounds.

  • Driving off the road between two barriers next to a bridge in Westside will no longer reset your car.

  • Removed a reset trigger from in between two trailers in Frontera Hills.

  • Added a reset trigger to an area that should be inaccessible, but can be reached by jumping far off a ramp in Port Murphy.

  • We doubled down on an issue we fixed in January: Landing on top of an otherwise inaccessible building and wrecking the car in the process – the transition of resetting the player car should now be even more reliable.

  • When using the ramp to jump across the water and collect a billboard in Bayview park at a very high speed, you should no longer be reset mid-air.

  • Cleaned up a reset area close to the Cloudbank safehouse.

  • Fixed an area near the bridge in Eden Shores that counted as “out of bounds”, where you could get stuck in a reset loop despite just stopping there to take in the scenery.

  • Removed a reset trigger in between a house and a mobile home in Frontera Hills.

  • Driving up stairs in Port Murphy to collect a decal will no longer reset your car.

  • Patched up a few small holes in the road network in Eden Shores.

  • Same thing was fixed on a part of the golf course in the Westside district.

  • Removed a reset point next to a cargo vessel in Port Murphy.

  • Your car will no longer reset when driving between a parked van and a ramp in Edgewood Valley.

  • Cleaned up an out of bounds location in Fort Callahan when driving in between a residential building and a bridge.

  • Adjusted the collision model of the concrete structure leading up to the rocket launch pad in Cape Castille.

  • Driving on the high end of the base of the building just north of the “Downhill is Better” event will no longer reset you.

  • Added a reset volume in a spot where you could previously drive into the riverbed in Western Fort Callahan.

  • Fixed a reset issue between a set of stairs and a building in Sandino ranches.

That’s a ton of changes, no? Hopefully, the April update brings in this much new stuff as well/

Source: Reddit

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Destiny 2 Season of the Worthy Release Date and Details Announced

Bungie has finally announced the Destiny 2 new season today! Not only that, but we got a ton of info as well. Called the Season of the Worthy, there’s a new trailer out, as well as confirmation that the Destiny 2 Season of the Worthy release date is set for March 10!

Destiny 2 Season of the Worthy release date and details:

Season of the Worthy will be out on March 10 at 10 a.m. PT.

Season of the Worthy key features:

  • Trials of Osiris PvP mode returns
  • New Exotic weapons and armor
  • New Season Pass and rewards
  • Guardian Games free Seasonal Event
  • Continue the Destiny story: battle alongside Rasputin to save the Last City!
  • All new Seasonal Artifact: New mods and new combat enhancements.

The full Destiny 2 Season of the Worthy roadmap will be revealed tomorrrow by Bungie, and you can be sure we’ll be covering that once we know more info.

Stay tuned to this week’s reset of activities later on the site. Don’t forget to check out some of the subclass changes coming in the new season, which you can read about here.

Are you hyped for this new upcoming season? What are you most looking foward to? Let us know down in the comments.

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DayZ Update 1.13 Now Out for Consoles, Here’s What’s in It

DayZ console gamers, the “1.07” update for PC, is now live on consoles! Players will see this as DayZ update 1.13, and there’s a bunch of stuff added, as well as a ton of bugs fixed. Check out the full DayZ update 1.13 patch notes below.

DayZ update 1.13 patch notes:

NOTES

Game Hotfix 2 (03.03.2020)

GAME

FIXED

  • Fixed: A common server crash
  • Fixed: An exploit for item duplication
  • Fixed: Exploitable collisions in civilian buildings
  • Fixed: A client error related to the cable reel
  • Fixed: Occupied wheel slots on vehicles would still display the “Attach” prompt

GAME

ADDED

  • Added: Sound for amusement park objects

FIXED

  • Fixed: A server crash caused by certain player actions (On XBOX One)
  • Fixed: A game crash caused by inventory manipulation
  • Fixed: A server crash related to dropping large items (reverted the physical dropping until this issue is resolved)
  • Fixed: A case of bullets not being registered when starting to shoot while the weapon is moved
  • Fixed: Doors in certain military barracks were disappearing
  • Fixed: Item description of beige Working Boots
  • Fixed: An exploit allowing to carry heavy items while running
  • Fixed: Voice chat could be activated while in the inventory

 


 

GAME

ADDED

  • Added: Repeater Carbine
  • Added: .357 Rounds
  • Added: 12ga Rubber Slugs
  • Added: Amusement park locations throughout Chernarus

FIXED

  • Fixed: A client error caused by re-encountering the weapon you dropped during a previous death
  • Fixed: The map always used to open at the top left corner (now remembers the last opened position)
  • Fixed: Disabled “Jump out” action for back seat passengers of the ADA 4×4
  • Fixed: Action circle was missing while dismantling the oven
  • Fixed: The player can no longer attach both the suppressor and compensator to the SG5-K
  • Fixed: Issue caused by starting an action with a different item in your hands between client and server
  • Fixed: An animation glitch related to throwing
  • Fixed: Several types of inventory interactions related to item swapping
  • Fixed: Water bonus from wells was added to early in the action
  • Fixed: Infected would not cause bleeding as intended
  • Fixed: Issues with doors in the aircraft hangar, hospital, school, harbour crane
  • Fixed: Issues with the sounds of doors in the fire station and big ATC buildings
  • Fixed: Issues with a ladder on the construction site
  • Fixed: Piles of wooden planks could spawn on top of each other
  • Fixed: The big doorway of the sawmill had bullet collision
  • Fixed: Object placement fixes for Enoch and ChernarusPlus terrains
  • Fixed: A yellow heat comfort was giving a penalty on health regeneration
  • Fixed: Position of the combination lock widget, LODs and textures
  • Fixed: The player could collide with individual ivy parts
  • Fixed: The Denim Skirt showed the wrong colour in 1st person mode
  • Fixed: Infected could not navigate into the large grey shed
  • Fixed: The Construction Light behaved weirdly when thrown
  • Fixed: It was not possible to empty liquid containers in interior spaces
  • Fixed: Blue Athletic Sunglasses had a green texture (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T148324)
  • Fixed: The Thermometer would always display 0 degree (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T146710)
  • Fixed: Night vision was darkened when someone entered the players network bubble (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T147106)
  • Fixed: Base building actions could be mixed up resulting in building the wrong part
  • Fixed: Barrel with holes was still able to store liquids (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T148495)
  • Fixed: Missing icon for the night vision goggles attachment slot
  • Fixed: NVGs were not operable while holding an item in hands (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T148637)
  • Fixed: Door of the Radio Station would spawn opened half-way
  • Fixed: Belts with attachments could be put inside clothing items

CHANGED

  • Changed: Global lighting changes (ground-lighting addition, brightness of day and night, shadow contrast during clear weather, rain visual tweaks, darker clouds during overcast)
  • Changed: Updated the inventory attachment icons (missing icons added, some icons tweaked and unused removed to free space for more in future)
  • Changed: Clean-up of the car damage zones
  • Changed: Lowered the amount of leaked coolant when the radiator is destroyed in the car
  • Changed: The open option for the fence gate can be accessed easier
  • Changed: Removed the collision from Barbed Wire
  • Changed: Barbed Wire now causes bleeding sources instead of shock damage
  • Changed: The fence and watchtower kits can be dismantled
  • Changed: Heavy items (with collision) are dropped using physics
  • Changed: Rework of the combination lock destruction (requires more time, but in shorter cycles)
  • Changed: Sawing a pile of wooden planks is now a truly continuous action
  • Tweaked: Decreased range of the night light, and changed its colour, position and brightness for better immersion
  • Tweaked: The fence gate opens and closes slower
  • Tweaked: Inventory view of the Assault Helmet Visor
  • Tweaked: You receive one additional plank when cutting down a wooden log
  • Tweaked: You receive one more wooden log when cutting down most trees
  • Tweaked: Base building materials are now placed more clear
  • Tweaked: Sorted the attachments icons of firearms
  • Tweaked: The base building build action won’t show up at all when it is being blocked (previously allowed to execute without result)
  • Tweaked: Adjusted the logic behind obstacle checks when building base building parts
  • Tweaked: The map is now full screen
  • Tweaked: Removed the collision from tourist trail poles
  • Tweaked: The pickaxe can build watchtowers and fences again

SERVER

  • Added: Access to the server mission files
  • Added: Admin log parameters to selectively monitor certain player actions
  • adminLogPlayerHitsOnly = 0;    //1 – log player hits only / 0 – log all hits ( animals/infected )
  • adminLogPlacement = 0;    //1 – log placement action ( traps, tents )
  • adminLogBuildActions = 0;    // 1 – log base building actions ( build, dismantle, destroy )
  • adminLogPlayerList = 0;    // 1 – log periodic player list with position every 5 minutes
  • Added: New server config parameters to customise night lighting
  • lightingConfig = 0; // – 0 for brighter night, 1 for darker night
  • disablePersonalLight = 1; // – disables personal light for all clients connected to server

 

KNOWN ISSUES

  • Picking up an item on the upper floor of a watchtower can crash the game

Here’s the complete message from Bohemia Interactive:

Hello Survivors, 

The new 1.07 Update brings some important fixes and exciting new elements to the game.
We are adding the Repeater Carbine which uses .357 rounds, and the 12ga Rubber Slugs which can be used by any of your favorite shotguns.
This new update also focus on important fixes, from small gameplay tweaks to the inventory fixes that were affecting the players experience since the release of the 1.06 Update.
You will also be able to find the newly added Amusements Parks, which are scattered across Chernarus.

For the latest DayZ news, make sure to keep locked in to MP1st.

Source: DayZ forums

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Fortnite Update 2.60 Released, Here’s What’s in v12.10 (Update)

Epic Games has released Fortnite update v12.10 today, or what console players will see as Fortnite update 2.60! Same as before, don’t expect any official patch notes from Epic, but we’re here to share what we know got changed or fixed.

Updated the post to include the image from Reddit user thesquatingdog.

Fortnite update 2.60 changes (v12.10):

General

Flair style of Y0ND3R incorrectly locked.

Description
Players’ Flair style of the Y0ND3R Outfit may have been locked upon the launch of v12.00.


Platforms
All

Big Haul Glider variant may not unlock.

Description
Big Haul Glider variant may not unlock when unlocking the Shadow or Ghost variant for Brutus.


Platforms
All

Battle Royale

XP gain from XP Coins not appearing in XP bar.

Update
We are tracking collected XP Coins and will be rewarding any missing XP in the 12.10 update. Thanks for everyone’s help in tracking this down!


Description
XP gained from some XP Coins may not appear on the Season Level XP bar, despite appearing as collected.


Platforms
All

Unable to close map with map input if bound to directional pad up.

Description
Players on controller may be unable to close the map with the map input if the input is bound to directional pad up.


Platforms
All


Workaround
If using the Old School or Quick Builder controller configuration, you can close the map by pressing the Toggle Build Mode/Edit button or bringing up the Emote/Quick Chat Wheel. You can also work around this issue by changing which button the map input is bound to.

Teammate arrows flickering / temporarily disappearing in Team Rumble.

Description
Teammate arrows may flicker/temporarily disappear in Team Rumble.


Discussion
Reddit thread


Platforms
All

Weak Point hits not registering when very close to them.

Description
As players hit Weak Points while harvesting, some hits may not register if the weak point is very close to them.


Discussion
Reddit Thread


Workaround
Backing up from the weak point should allow it to be register as hit.


Platforms
All

Splitscreen: Player 1 interrupts Player 2’s trigger button action.

Description
In Splitscreen play, Player 1’s opening the inventory/menu may stop the action Player 2 is doing with their trigger button.


Platforms
PlayStation 4, Xbox One


Workaround
If Player 2’s action is interrupted, they can release and re-hold down the trigger button to continue it.

Creative

The Class Selector Device will not work unless the volume is visible.

Description
The Class Selector Device will only work if the Volume Visible setting is set to “on.” In all other instances, the Class Selector will not change the player’s class.


Platforms
All

Save the World

Unable to collect items with the pickup key.

Description
Players may be unable to pick up items with the pickup / interact key on PC / Console.


Platforms
All


Workaround
Walk through the object to pick it up rather than using the interact key. Additionally, you may go into BR, go into your settings, and toggle”Hold to Swap Pickup” to off.

Players may get stuck in the inventory menu.

Description
Inventory menu may become unresponsive with no way to close it, causing the players to get stuck.

Platforms
All

Controller inputs may not function correctly on Feedback / Reporting in the player menus.

Description
Player’s may be unable to submit Feedback or Report in the player menus due to controller inputs not functioning properly while the menus are open.


Platforms
Xbox One, PlayStation 4


Discussion
Reddit

Mobile

Updating to latest patch.

Description
We’re investigating an issue that is preventing some mobile players from updating the game.

Platforms
Mobile

Workaround
Reinstalling the game may solve the issue.

Discussion [https://www.reddit.com/r/FortNiteMobile/comments/f8jou9/fortnite_not_updating/

Map markers misaligned after zooming.

Description

Map markers and mission objectives may appear misaligned when zooming in or out of the Battle Royale map.

Platforms
Mobile

And yes, that’s basically it for the confirmed list of changes/fixes.

Source: Fortnite (Trello)

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Valorant Release Window Set for Summer 2020, Watch Official Gameplay Now

With yesterday’s surprising Valorant screenshots and confirmation leak, Riot Games has now officially unveiled Valorant gameplay, and as well as the Valorant release window as well! According to Riot Games, Valorant will be playable in “Summer 2020,” though it’s uncertain whether this is just a beta, early access or the full release.

If you want to check out this 5v5 team-based shooter and how it plays, check it out below.

The official Valorant website is also up, and offers some info regarding the game.

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Battlefield 1 New Game Mode for the Week – Back to Basics Frontlines

While Battlefield 5 might be hogging the news given it’s the latest Battlefield game out, DICE is still supporting Battlefield 1! There’s a Battlefield 1 new game mode update (or a new playlist if you want to be more specific), and it’s Frontlines with Back to Basics rules!

This was announced today by DICE Producer Jaqub Ajmal over on Twitter.

For those who haven’t booted up Battlefield 1, or just not familiar with the mode, here’s what Frontlines is all about (via Battlefield wiki):

Frontlines is a gamemode featured in Battlefield 1 and Battlefield V. It was originally introduced in the Battlefield 1: They Shall Not Pass expansion. It combines Conquest and Rush gameplay in a single map. Each team has a base with two telegraphs. A line of flags joins the two bases, with all flags needing to be captured in order to attach telegraphs in a game of tug-a-war.

As for Back to Basics, it’s a variant of fan-favorite mode Conquest, where no automatic weapons are allowed (goodbye Hellriegel!), and players can only use bolt action rifles. Go old school, soldier!

Are you still playing Battlefield 1? How do you stack it up against Battlefield 5 and what modes do you want to see in the future? Share your thoughts down below in the comments.

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The Division 2 Update March 2 – Title Update 8 Patch Notes

We’re expecting it tomorrow, but Ubisoft Massive rolled out The Division 2 update 1.18, which brings in the Warlords of New York content and more! The Division 2 update March 2 patch notes — or what Ubisoft calls Title Update 8 — can be seen below and as one might expect, it’s massive (52GB on consoles, 42GB on PC).

The Division 2 update March 2 patch notes:

Warlords of New York Campaign

Travel to New York City to hunt down Aaron Keener. To find him you will need to investigate his Lieutenants activities, find clues and gain the trust of the Peacekeepers, local militia defending the public.

  • Completely new Open World in lower Manhattan with random world activities, returning factions like the Rikers and Cleaners.

    • 4 new Open World named zones under fog-of-war, with no level-gating, giving you the freedom to tackle the investigation in any way you want.

      • Two Bridges

      • Battery Park

      • Civic Center

      • Financial District

  • 5 new narrative Main Missions taking you through lower Manhattan in your hunt for Aaron Keener.

    • The Tombs

    • Pathway Park

    • Wall Street

    • Stranded Tanker

    • A Mystery Location

  • 8 interlinked Side Missions to investigate clues that will help players find out more about Keener’s operation and his Lieutenants.

    • Police Headquarters

    • Hugh Carey Tunnel

    • Pier 26

    • JTF Shelter

    • City Hall

    • New York Federal Reserve

    • Castle Clinton

    • Doyers Street

  • New level progression from Level 30 to 40!

    • Find out more about your journey in New York from our dedicated article here.

  • A new Base of Operation: Haven

    • Haven is a new Settlement led by Paul Rhodes. The inhabitants consist of survivors from Lower Manhattan, former JTF soldiers, and former police officers, with the latter two forming the Peacekeepers.

    • PUPPY!

  • Re-imagined New York factions

    • Rikers and Cleaners are back!

    • Both have received upgrades to their AI and are fiercer than ever.

    • New archetypes for both Rikers and Cleaners.

  • New, elite variant of the Black Tusk

    • Can be found in legendary difficulty Missions.

    • New archetypes, as the Black Tusk have assimilated parts of the LMB.


New Skills
  • Explosive Sticky Bomb

  • Incendiary Sticky Bomb

  • Trip-wire Tap

  • Decoy


New Gear
  • A wide array of new weapons, brand and gear sets, exotic and named items.


Gear “2.0”
  • All weapons, gear and mods have been reworked.

  • All existing items have been converted into the new system.

  • Gear has been converted to only contain the following attributes:

    • Weapon Damage

    • Skill Tier

    • Armor

    • Weapon Handling

    • Critical Hit Chance

    • Critical Hit Damage

    • Headshot Damage

    • Skill Damage

    • Skill Repair

    • Skill Haste

    • Armor Regeneration

    • Hazard Protection

    • Health

    • Explosive Resistance

  • All Brand Bonuses have been reworked

Talents
  • Talents

    • All talents have been reworked.

    • Talents will now only appear on Chest and Backpack gear, as well as Weapons.

    • All items can have a maximum of one Talent.

    • Backpack Talents

      • Skill DPS

      • Combined Arms

        • Shooting an enemy increases total skill damage by 25% for 3s.

        • Perfect Combined Arms: 30% skill damage.

      • Energize

        • Using an armor kit grants +1 skill tier for 15s. If already at skill tier 6, grants overcharge.

      • Tech support

        • Skill kills increase total skill damage by 25% for 20s.

        • Perfect Tech Support: 27s.

      • Calculated

        • Kills from cover reduce skill cooldowns by 10%.

      • Shock and Awe

        • Applying a status effect to an enemy increases total skill damage and repair by 20% for 20s.

        • Perfect Shock and Awe: 27s.

      • Heal and Support

        • Safeguard

          • While at full armor, increases total skill repair by 100%.

        • Overclock

          • You and allies within 7m of your deployed skills, gain +25% reload speed and reduces active cooldowns by 0.2s each second.

      • Tank and Bruiser

        • Bloodsucker

          • Killing an enemy adds and refreshes a stack of +10% bonus armor for 10s. Max stack is 10.

        • Leadership

          • Performing a cover to cover grants 12% of your armor as bonus armor to you and all allies for 10s.

          • This is doubled if you end within 10m of an enemy.

          • Cooldown: 10s.

          • PVP: 8% of your armor.

        • Protector

          • When your shield is damaged, you gain +5% and all other allies gain +15% of your armor as bonus armor for 3s.

          • Cooldown: 3s.

      • Weapon DPS

        • Vigilance

          • Increases total weapon damage by 25%. Taking damage disables this buff for 4s.

          • Perfect Vigilance: 3s.

        • Versatile

          • Amplifies total weapon damage for 10s when swapping between your primary and secondary weapons if they are different.

          • 35% to enemies within 15m for Shotguns and SMGs.

          • 35% to enemies further than 25m for Rifles and Marksman Rifles.

          • 10% to enemies between 15-25m for LMGs and Assault Rifles.

          • At most once per 5s per weapon type.

        • Opportunistic

          • Enemies you hit with shotguns and marksman rifles amplifies the damage they take by 10% from all sources for 5s.

        • Unstoppable Force

          • Killing an enemy increases total weapon damage by 5% for 15s. Stacks up to 5 times.

        • Companion

          • While you are within 5m of an ally or skill, total weapon damage is increased by 15%.

        • Composure

          • While in cover, increases total weapon damage by 15%.

        • Concussion

          • Headshots increase total weapon damage by 10% for 1.5s. 5s with marksman rifles.

          • Headshot kills additionally increase total weapon damage by 15% for 10s.

      • Status Effect

        • Creeping Death

          • When you apply a status effect, it is also applied to all enemies within 5m of your target.

          • Cooldown: 20s

        • Wicked

          • Applying a status effect increases total weapon damage by 18% for 20s.

          • Perfect Wicked: 27s

        • Galvanize

          • Applying a Blind, Ensnare, Confuse, or Shock to an enemy grants 40% of your armor as bonus armor to you and all allies within 20m of that enemy for 10s.

          • PvP: 20%

      • Sustain

        • Clutch

          • If you are below 15% armor, critical hits repair 3% missing armor.

          • Kills allow you to repair up to 100% armor for 4-10s, based on your [Weapon] core attribute.

          • Perfect Clutch: If you are below 20% armor.

    • Chest Talents

      • Skill DPS

        • Tag Team

          • The last enemy you have damaged with a skill is marked.

          • Dealing weapon damage to that enemy consumes the mark to reduce active cooldowns by 4s.

          • Cooldown: 4s

        • Kinetic Momentum

          • When in combat, each skill generates a stack while active or not on cooldown.

          • Stacks increase your total skill damage by 1% and total skill repair by 2%. Up to 15 stacks per skill. Lost when on cooldown.

        • Skilled

          • Skill kills have a 25% chance to reset skill cooldowns.

          • If no skills were on cooldown, you instead gain one-time buff that immediately refreshes a skill’s cooldown when it goes on cooldown.

        • Spotter

          • Amplifies total weapon and skill damage by 15% to pulsed enemies.

        • Explosive Delivery

          • Whenever you throw a skill, 1.5 seconds after landing, it creates an explosion damaging enemies within 5m.

          • Damage scales with skill tier dealing 25-100% damage of a concussion grenade.

          • At most once per skill.

          • Remote Pulse, All Turrets, All Hives, Explosive Seeker, Cluster Seeker, Mender Seeker, Decoy, All Traps.

      • Heal and Support

        • Empathic Resolve

          • Repairing an ally, increases their total weapon and skill damage by 3-15% for 10s. 1-7% if self.

          • Effectiveness increased by your skill tier.

        • Overwatch

          • After staying in cover for 10s, increase your and all allies’ total weapon and skill damage by 12% as long as you remain in cover or in a cover-to-cover move.

          • Perfect Overwatch: 8s.

      • Tank and Bruiser

        • Intimidate

          • While you have bonus armor, amplifies total weapon damage by 35% to enemies within 10m.

          • Perfect Intimidate: 40%.

        • Unbreakable

          • When your armor is depleted, repair 95% of your armor.

          • Cooldown: 60s.

          • Perfect Unbreakable: 100%, 55s.

          • PvP: 50%, 60s.

          • Perfect Unbreakable PvP: 55%, 55s.

        • Vanguard

          • Deploying a shield makes it invulnerable for 5s and grants 45% of your armor as bonus armor to all other allies for 20s.

          • Cooldown: 25s

          • Perfect Vanguard: 50%

          • PvP: 20%

          • Perfect Vanguard PvP: 25%

        • Protected Reload

          • Grants +20% bonus armor while reloading.

          • Grants 0-18% of your armor as bonus armor to all other allies when they are reloading, based on your [defense] core attribute.

          • PvP: 15%, 0-12%

      • Weapon DPS

        • Glass Cannon

          • All damage you deal is amplified by 25%. All damage you take is amplified by 50%.

          • Perfect Glass Cannon: 30%/60%.

        • Gunslinger

          • Weapon swapping increases total weapon damage by 20% for 5s. This buff is lost for 5s if you weapon swap while it is active.

        • Focus

          • Increases total weapon damage by 5% every second you are aiming while scoped 8x or higher, up to 50%.

          • Perfect Focus: 6%/60%.

        • Braced

          • While in cover weapon handling is increased by +45%.

          • Perfect Braced: 50%

        • Spark

          • Damaging an enemy with a skill increases total weapon damage by 15% for 15s.

          • Perfect Spark: 20s.

        • Obliterate

          • Critical hits increase total weapon damage by 1% for 5s. Stacks up to 15 times.

  • Mods

    • All Mods have been reworked.

    • Gear Mods now provide one attribute.

    • Mask, Chest and Backpack items can contain one mod slot.

    • Generic Gear Mods have been removed from the game.

  • Gear Sets

    • All Gear Sets have been reworked.

  • Exotics

    • All Exotic items and weapons have been reworked.

  • Skills

    • All Skills have been re-balanced.

    • Skill Power has been removed.

    • Skills now automatically scale with the Skill Tier attribute.

    • Skill Mods now have no requirement to equip.


Loot
  • Reduced overall loot drop quantity.

  • Item power, quality and quantity now scales more strongly with difficulty.

Developer comment: This change is intended to make loot feel more meaningful. While you will see less loot drops overall the quality of items you acquire will be higher and you have the option to increase the quality by tackling harder challenges.


Vendors
  • The Clan Vendor and Cassie Mendoza no longer sell items at maximum power and instead sell items within a high-power range above other Vendors.


Crafting
  • Items from the Crafting Bench now have a minimum and maximum power range.

    • For players that stay at Level 30:

      • Crafting bench scales with player level and requires World Tier upgrades to increase Gear Score.

      • The 500 Gear Score upgrade now raises the minimum Gear Score of the crafting power range.

    • For players that own Warlords of New York and are above Level 30:

      • Crafting bench scales with player Level.

      • Crafting bench is reset to Specialized quality upon arrival in New York and will automatically increase back to High-End while levelling up to Level 40.

  • Crafted Exotics are no longer crafted at maximum item power and now roll at a higher range than the bench’s default range.

  • Exotic Upgrade Blueprints are temporarily capped at Level 30, Gear Score 515.

  • All other Blueprints can be used to craft items up to level 40, scaling with the player level.

  • AUX Batteries can no longer be crafted.

    • These previously provided the Skill Power attribute which has been removed.

  • The missing Gear Score Upgrade Blueprint for the Chameleon has been added.


NPCs
  • Players now receive an off-screen warning for incoming grenades.

  • Elites are more adept at targeting player Skills.

  • Signature Weapons now deal reduced damage against Named enemies.

  • Cleaners’ Rushers now move slower (Coney Island took a lot out of them).

  • EMP emitted on death from Black Tusk’s Warhounds has been decreased in radius.

  • Black Tusk – Adjustments to Hostile Factions:

    • Renamed existing Rusher archetype (the one that deploys the Suicide Drones) to the Drone Operator. Big promotion for those guys!

    • Added two new archetypes which have been recruited from the LMB:

      • Rusher – Uses an Assault Rifle at range then switches to a Shotgun up close.

      • Support – Deploys a Support Station which heals nearby friendlies.

    • Added two new Warhound archetypes:

      • Warhound Grenadier – Fires a volley of three grenades while stationary, then moves to a new position do it again. And again, and again, and again.

      • Warhound Minigun – Frequently repositions while unloading a powerful minigun.

    • Increased Health gain per player.

    • Slightly increased armor gain per role, per player.

    • Slightly increasesd damage per role, per player.


Infinite Progression
  • SHD Levels – an infinite progression system granting you perk points at regular intervals used to improve selected stats and bonuses of your agent.


New attribute system
  • Streamlined RPG system, with a focus on increasing build diversity, improved accessibility and making the RPG systems more intuitive.

  • “God rolled” items are back and easily identified in the new UI.

  • Skill Power now uses a Tier system to allow a clear progression and benefits to each skill, shown in the UI.


Recalibration
  • Recalibration has received a large overhaul and players can now store attributes extracted from gear and weapons.

  • Once extracted, players can use the stored attribute to recalibrate gear.


Achievements and Commendations
  • New Achievements and Commendations have been added for Warlords of New York.


Hunter Puzzles
  • 8 new Hunter encounters.

    • 4 encounters in New York.

    • 4 encounters in Washington D.C.


Operation Dark Hours
  • A Normal Difficulty Operation Dark Hours Raid is now available for Level 40 players.


Signature Weapons
  • All Signature Weapon Pistols now have a Level 40 version.

  • Increased the Gunner’s Minigun damage to make it more effective, it will still require sustained fire to maximize effectivity.

  • The Technician Skill Power Talent has been reduced to a Single Talent which grants Skill Tier.


Dark Zone
  • Additional extraction points are now available in every Dark Zone.

  • Experience in the DZ will now only be earned from player to player interactions, Extractions and Supply Drops.

  • All items are now contaminated and show attribute rolls to give players more agency on which items they want to extract.

  • VOIP is now active on default, with options to set it to Team only or turn it off entirely.

  • You can now see players in the Social Menu that are within 100ms of your agent.

  • Signature Weapon Ammunition is now longer granted inside the Dark Zone and already acquired ammunition is removed when entering a Checkpoint.

  • Grey Rogue Status and the Thieves Den Vendor have been removed. There are still Vendors available near the DZ gates.

  • Removed the securing loot option on dead agent’s loot piles.

  • Added new, intense extraction music for non-invaded Dark Zones.

  • Extraction Timer is now 90 seconds in all Dark Zones.

  • Surviving Manhunt rewards are not contaminated.

  • Dark Zone Intro Missions have been shortened and streamlined.

  • Death Timer for dying as Rogue agent or Manhunt is now 15 seconds.

  • Reduced the loss of DZ XP when dying by 50%.

  • You now lose DZ XP when dying as non-rogue.

  • Killing NPCs inside the DZ no longer grants DZ XP.

  • Added ammunition creates near every extraction site.

  • Clearing a Landmark no longer grants DZ XP.

  • Loot quality in the Dark Zones has been increased.

  • Toggling speed to gain Rogue status has been increased, it now takes less time to go Rogue.

  • Players are now able to move while toggling Rogue status.

  • Added Heroic Landmarks.

  • Added Project Objectives for the Dark Zone.

  • Deconstructing contaminated items will now provide contaminated DZ resources.

  • Entering Dark Zone effect has been added. You know which one.

  • Reduced UI clutter.

  • Dark Zone Perks have been reset as some perks and the order of perks have changed.

  • Invaded Dark Zones are now normalized.

  • Normalization has been changed and now only affects Base Amor and Weapon Damage.

  • DZ Vendor prices now slightly scale with item level and quality.


Progression
  • Reduce the maximum number of armor kits that can be carried from 6 to 4.

  • Target Intel has been removed.

    • Loot containers that previously provided Target Intel will now provide Crafting Materials.

  • Targeted Loot areas have been updated to include new gear, weapons and equipment.

  • The E-Credit reward for replaying a mission now scales with player level.


Bounties
  • Daily Bounties no longer require collection from the Bounty Boards or Officers.

  • Bounties no longer require Target Intel, once a Bounty has been accepted it can be completed.

  • Bounty location selection has been updated, some rare Bounty locations will now activate more frequently.


Invasions
  • Invasions no longer automatically select a “suggested” mission every time you enter Washington D.C.

  • Agents may now fast travel to most invaded missions.

  • Invaded Strongholds no longer have a Gear Score requirement during the World Tier progression.


Offsite Locations and the Pilot
  • Many Offsite Missions have been moved on the map for easier navigation.


Missions, Control Points and Bounty Difficulty
  • All difficulty modifiers have been updated to account for the removal of Damage to Elites.

  • All missions now have Heroic Difficulty available once you finish the Warlords of New York campaign.


Directives

Directives are additional difficulty modifiers that players can activate manually after having finished the Warlords of New York campaign, both for Missions and the Open World. The more Directives you activate the harder the challenge and the greater the end-of-activity XP reward! Five Directives will be available once you reach the Level 40 endgame:

  • Ammo Hoarders

    • Reduced starting ammo & excess ammo is lost on reload. Enemies don’t drop ammo & ammo is not shown on the mini-map.

  • Cool Skills

    • When one Skill is activated the other is put on cooldown.

  • Fog Of War Revisited

    • Mini Map and directional threat indicators are removed.

  • No Regen

    • Armor never regenerates after an encounter. It can be manually healed.

  • Special Ammo

    • Enemy bullets may be of special types. What type depends on the enemy faction.


Global Difficulty

Players that have finished the Warlords of New York campaign can now choose to select a Global Difficulty. This will affect all gameplay, including Open World activities. Higher difficulty enemies and activities drop better-quality loot. There are 4 difficulties that can be selected:

  • Normal

  • Hard

    • Small Enemy Damage increase.

    • Small Enemy Armor increase.

    • Small Enemy Veterancy increase.

  • Challenging

    • Medium Enemy Damage increase.

    • Medium Enemy Armor increase.

    • Medium Enemy Veterancy increase.

  • Heroic

    • Heavy Enemy Damage increase.

    • Heavy Enemy Armor increase.

    • Heavy Enemy Veterancy increase.

    • Respawn Restricted.

Changing Global Difficulty will respawn and re-activate activities in the Open World. This will allow players to freely reset their activities.


Seasons

Seasons will bring a cohesive experience end-game experience using Seasonal Manhunt, Leagues, Global Events, Bounties and Apparel Events across both New York City and Washington D.C. You can find a first overview on Seasons in our dedicated article here.

  • Participating in the activities above will earn players Season experience contributing to their Season level.

  • Season One will feature 100 levels.

  • Seasons have a free track and a premium track, which is available to be purchased via the Season Pass.

    • The Season Pass for the first Season will be free for all players.

  • Playing Conflict will contribute XP by gaining Conflict Levels beyond 30.

  • Playing in the Dark Zone will contribute XP by gaining DZ Levels beyond 30.


Bug fixes
  • Fixed an issue causing Dead Man’s Hand talent to not trigger properly after several activations and respawning.

  • Fixed an issue that caused the Lullaby Upgrade Blueprint to not be available.

  • Fixed an issue that caused the Stats menu to not correctly close when clicking the “Toggle View Stats” button with a mouse.

  • Fixed an issue that could cause players to receive a Server transfer message when accepting a Dark Zone group invite.

  • Fixed an issue that could cause players to become stuck in a loading screen when accepting an invite for The Pentagon mission while not having unlocked the Safe House Off-Site.

  • Fixed several issues with props and covers not working properly with player interactions.

  • Fixed an issue that could cause DZ server transfers to not work properly under certain circumstances.

  • Fixed some weird walls.

  • Fixed an issue that caused the Food Aid Operation Campus Project to no longer reward the Compensator 5.56 Blueprint.

  • Fixed an issue that caused the Salvager Crew Theatre Project to no longer reward the Vertical Grip Blueprint.

Yep, told you this was a very big patch.

Source: Ubisoft forums

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Demo Download Now Available

After much anticipation, Square has announced that the Final Fantasy 7 Remake demo download is finally live on the PlayStation 4!

The demo weighs in at 7.5GB, and as early leaks indicated the demo will feature the game’s first chapter, the Bomber mission. It’s a pretty lengthy segment, and it took us roughly 40 minutes to beat.

The demo shows off the new battle system introduced in the remake, though if you are a fan of a more strategic approach rather than action, there is a “classic” mode available in the demo that is said to offer a similar experience to the original Final Fantasy 7.

“In this mode, the characters will attack automatically, so you can focus on giving them commands – similar to command-based RPGs like the original FINAL FANTASY VII.”

You can download the demo by either searching for it on The PlayStation store via the PlayStation 4 console, accessing the demo section of the PlayStation Store, or by using the link to the browser page below.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Demo Download Link (US)

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Demo Link (UK)

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Demo Link (Japan)

Final Fantasy 7 Remake is releasing for the PlayStation 4 on April 10 after being delayed a month. The title is set to be released on other platforms, though it’s currently unconfirmed whether that would be PC or on the Xbox. We will hear more about that most likely later in the year.

Stay tuned as we will have a full playthrough available for those who cannot download or play the demo. In the meantime, enjoy some new screenshots published by Square Enix today.

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