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Dauntless Update Adds Halloween Event, New Character Customization & More

  by   Jasmine Powell  
October 28, 2017 4:00 pm in News

Patch 0.2.7 will soon be rolling out for Dauntless. On October 30, Phoenix Labs will add new character customization, new skins for your weapons and armor, and fix some minor bugs. 

In addition to customization, a Halloween event has been added. It’s called “The Dark Harvest.” You’ll be able to earn exclusive rewards and seasonal items. This event runs through October 3 to November 7. For further information on the seasonal event click here.

Find the full list of patch notes for Dauntless below:

WEAPONS AND ARMOUR

  • Added new Stormclaw Sword.
  • Added new Pangar Chainblades.
  • Added new Hellion Axe.
  • Added new Shrowd Axe.
  • Updated and improved the Borrowed Armour.
  • Updated and improved the Borrowed Chain Blades.
  • Added a new dodge move for the hammer (double tap secondary attack) where you do a blast evade with your hammer. At the cost of some ammo, this does damage to anything around the blast point and gives you additional invulnerability frames. This new move is part of our continued process to update the combat system, so be sure to stay tuned for more!
  • Updated the hammer launch move so that it can now be done as soon as the button is pressed instead after reaching sprint speed.
  • Fixed a bug where players couldn’t progress above Tier 3 for the Deadeye Hammer.
  • Fixed a bug where players were not able to progress the Ragetrail Hammer past Tier 1.
  • Updated lanterns so that they now might have resistance bonuses to specific damage types (blaze, frost, radiant, etc.) in addition to the base physical resistance.

QUALITY OF LIFE

  • Fixed a bug that caused some users to crash whenever they were doing a revive.
  • Players are now able to update their appearance in Ramsgate by visiting Gregario.
  • Added multiple new hairstyles and makeup options to the character creator.
  • Players are now able to choose different options on how they wish to set their helmet visibility.
  • Updated and cleaned up elemental damage, resistances and stats to be more understandable and balanceable. This includes changes to having elemental Behemoths do less physical damage and more elemental damage and improvements to armour elemental resistances.
  • Added a new Slayer Power Rating on the hunt board. This is the average of the player’s weapon power and total armour resistance.
  • Replaced placeholder VO with real actors, for Markus (the Bosun), Kat (the Mentor), Gregario (the Stylist), Arkan (the Aethersmith), Gaius (the Cartographer) and Visima (the Wayfinder). Characters will continue to be updated in future patches.
  • Fixed a bug that caused some users to be unable to unsheathe their weapons after climbing up a ledge.
  • Added in-place patching to the Patcher which is now faster and will allow patches to be interrupted and when resumed they will continue from where they were.

BEHEMOTHS

  • Fixed a bug where Shrowd could sometimes teleport off the edge of the map.
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented Rezakiri from dissolving on end of hunt screen.
  • Added a new music piece that plays when reaching 100 danger. It will play until the Behemoth flees or the player dies.
  • Rezakiri has had a full sound design pass, replacing the placeholder audio.

ETCETERA

  • Fixed a bug that caused footstep sound effects to seem like they were coming from a different location when walking.
  • Fixed a variety of visual bugs related to floating objects.
  • Patched some holes in the maps that allowed players to fall through.
  • Fixed a bug that caused some players to get stuck on certain rocks in the Arid biome.
  • Fixed a bug that caused some players to get stuck when sheathing/unsheathing.

Are you looking forward to testing out the new customization options? Let us know below.

In other update news, a Forza Motorsport 7 update introduced a credit bonus for VIPs, a Fortnite a “prevalent crash affecting all players,”patch fixed and an Ark PC patch tweaks sleeping and handcuffs. 

Source: Play Dauntless (Official)

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Friday the 13th: The Game Update Fixes Collectable Tracking & More, New Game Mode Coming Soon

  by   Jasmine Powell  
3:00 pm in News

A new update is rolling out across PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC for Friday the 13th: The Game. It includes a “quick hotfix for EAC launcher issues,” collectable tracking, and some minor bug fixes.

You can find the full list of patch notes below:

  • The collectible tapes now register properly when picked up with the latest Friday the 13th version 1.20.
  • The new Friday the 13th 1.20 also fixed the bug that caused players to sometimes get stuck in a black screen at the start of a match.
  • EAC will now properly auto-install when launching the game (PC/Steam)

Developer IllFonix has also announced a new multiplayer game mode called “Paranoia.” This is “coming soon” to the game, and will be available to players “at no additional charge.”

You can watch the Paranoia trailer below:

Has this new trailer spiked your interest? Will you be taking on this new game mode? Let us know what you think.

In other update news, a Forza Motorsport 7 update introduced a credit bonus for VIPs, a Fortnite a “prevalent crash affecting all players,”patch fixed and an Ark PC patch tweaks sleeping and handcuffs. 

Source: Sihmar, Friday The 13th (Official)

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Fortnite Down Time Is Due to Issue With the Database According to Epic Games

  by   Alex Co  
2:29 pm in News

While Epic Games just pushed out a Fortnite patch to fix a crashing issue, some might be wondering why they can’t log in right now. Nope, Fortnite down time isn’t happening, well, technically, it is, but it’s not due to Epic’s servers. According to the official Fortnite Twitter, players won’t be able to log in as they work through an issue with their database.

No ETA has been given so far, but once we get an update if it’s up again, we’ll be sure to update the post.

In other Fortnite news, go check out the latest content update where Halloween items have been added along with a host of new gameplay tweaks. 

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Titanfall 2 Update Adds Halloween Items, Balances Weapons & More

  by   Jasmine Powell  
2:00 pm in News

Titanfall 2 has received a new patch, alongside an extensive list of changes. In addition to weapon skins, some of the weapons have been balanced, and the Northstar titan has received a movement boost to help make it a more viable choice. 

For Halloween, Respawn Entertainment has added new callsigns, available for 1500 credits, as well as new elite weapon skins, which can be purchased for $4.99 each.

Find the full list of Titanfall 2 patch notes below:

ELITE WEAPON SKINS – $4.99 USD each

  • Heat Sink ELITE – L-Star
  • Crimson Fury ELITE – Mastiff
  • Masterwork ELITE – SMR
  • Halloween ELITE – R-201 [AVAILABLE LIMITED TIME ONLY. ENDS 11/28]
  • Halloween ELITE – CAR [AVAILABLE LIMITED TIME ONLY. ENDS 11/28]
  • Halloween ELITE – Spitfire [AVAILABLE LIMITED TIME ONLY. ENDS 11/28]

HALLOWEEN CALLSIGNS

  • Two will be available right away and both have prism variants you can buy for 1500 credits.

TITANFALL 2 GAME CHANGES

WEAPONS

  • Increased view kick and hipfire spread for R-101 and 201.
  • Reduced recoil for Flatline
  • Arc grenades now stick to a surface and explode after .75 seconds.This applies only to multiplayer. Arc grenades will function as they previously have in single player.
  • Mozambique and Wingman Elite can now be equipped as Primaries.
  • Mozambique is now automatic, has 2 more shots, and fire rate has been increased.
  • Damage and magazine size increased for Wingman Elite.
  • Turrets now have increased health and take more damage from Pilot weapons [2x damage from AT weapons, grenadier weapons, and Ordnance abilities. 3x damage from primaries]

TITANS

  • Northstar: Now moves slightly faster using Hover and Cluster Missile speed has been increased.

MODES

Attrition

  • Score limit increased to 650.
  • Time limit increased to 15 minutes.
  • Adjusted AI compositions.
  • Reapers are now worth 3 points

Frontier Defense

  • Arc Traps now cost $650.
  • Amped Batteries now cost $400
  • Join in progress players now receive money for each wave completed.
  • Players will now have 5 seconds of invulnerability after jumping out of a dropship.
  • Fixed bug with arc traps staying after a loss or after they get picked up and replaced.

Private Match

  • Aegis XP can now be earned in Private Match

REAPERS

  • Reapers now take more damage from Pilot weapons [2x damage from AT weapons, grenadier weapons, and Ordnace abilities. 3x damage from other primaries]
  • Increased health to 3500 from 3000.
  • Increased projectile speed and accuracy [this makes them a little better against Titans]
  • Reapers now dodge less frequently.

TACTICALS

  • Grapple now has one charge and recharges faster.
  • Holopilot cooldown decreased to 12.5 seconds [from 16.6 seconds]
  • Pulse Blade cooldown decreased to 25 seconds [from 40 seconds] and the pulse duration is decreased to 4.5 seconds [from 6 seconds].

NEW FEATURED MODES – These will be introduced at a later time as part of the rotation of Featured Modes.

  • Tactikill Attrition: All tactical cooldowns are reset to full charge when killing an enemy Pilot.
  • Attack on Titanfall: Everyone has 3 charges for Grapple.
  • The Great Bamboozle: Everyone has Holopilot.

BUG FIXES

  • Fixed bug with Tone’s Particle Wall taking more damage when aiming at a Titan behind it.
  • Pilot loadout menu will now properly display weapon skin name in the description area.
  • Player callsign cards in Frontier Defense will update to the proper difficulty in the Network interface.
  • [PC ONLY] Fixed highlights appearing cutoff when supersampling is enabled.

Will you be making any Halloween purchases? Let us know below.

In other update news, a Forza Motorsport 7 update introduced a credit bonus for VIPs, a Fortnite a “prevalent crash affecting all players,”patch fixed and an Ark PC patch tweaks sleeping and handcuffs. 

Source: Titanfall Forums

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Battlefield 1 Incursions Gameplay With eSports Casting Realizes Mode’s Potential

  by   Mack Ashworth  
1:00 pm in News

When the five versus five Battlefield 1 “Incursions” mode was first announced, I was a little skeptical of how good it would be. Previous attempts at a competitive Battlefield mode hadn’t worked out too well, and I’ll admit I was pretty pessimistic of this next attempt. However, it seems I was wrong to write it off, as the video below shows. 

Embedded below is a match between Meratua and Manguste eSports, casted by @BrettFX and @S8Fii. Give it a watch and see the mode’s potential realized:

If you’re not fully clued-up on what exactly the Incursions mode consists of, here’s the official lowdown:

COMPETITIVE—THE BATTLEFIELD WAY

A new competitive Battlefield 1 experience developed in collaboration with the community.

There’s nowhere to hide. No way to retreat. In Battlefield 1 Incursions, tightly-focused maps set the field for intense, tactical matches designed to test the limits of your skill and teamwork at the highest level of competition. With the inclusion of Battlefield staples like soldier classes and vehicles, this is a frontier that draws from everything that makes Battlefield special.

5-versus-5 Focused Battles

Built in collaboration with the community, Battlefield 1 Incursions brings the authenticity of Battlefield 1 to a contained, small-scale battle. The uniquely designed tighter matches of Battlefield 1 Incursions make it more than just another mode.

Vehicles

It wouldn’t be Battlefield without vehicles. Much like the Behemoths in the main Battlefield 1 experience, vehicles can turn the tide of a Battlefield 1 Incursions match. But they aren’t unstoppable, and destroying an enemy vehicle can be just as decisive as deploying one.

Strategic Depth

Your choices in loadout and role in your squad are critical, and every destroyed piece of environment can shift the entire momentum of battle. Only the sharpest strategic teams will rise to the top of the competition.

Epic Battlefield Moments

The impact of “only in Battlefield” moments lands even harder as every point, every move, and every bullet becomes the difference between victory and defeat. Scoring has been overhauled to create opportunities for dramatic comebacks and nail-biting upsets.

Discover Battlefield 1 Incursions for yourself as it commences a new phase with the help of the community. Invitations will be limited, so register now for your chance to help define this new chapter for Battlefield.

The Battlefield 1 Incursions Community Environment (formerly known as Alpha) is part of the ongoing journey where the Battlefield 1 Incursions development team collaborates with the global Battlefield community to craft a long-term competitive experience.

Welcome to competitive — the Battlefield way.

What do you think of the Battlefield 1 eSports mode? Good with a bit of casting behind it, right?

In other Battlefield news, a community mission is now available and themed around Halloween, here’s how to trigger the Neebs Easter egg on Brusilov Keep, and get a look at this new dog tag designed by a fan that’s coming to the game. 

Source: eSport Battlefield International (YouTube) via Reddit

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NHL 18 Update Adds New Arena, Equipment, Updated Uniforms & More

  by   Jasmine Powell  
12:00 pm in News

Patch 1.04 has been released for NHL 18, adding a new stadium, Little Ceaser’s Arena, and updating several others. The update also fixes several crashing issues and squashes bugs.

In addition to bug fixes and arena additions, new equipment has been introduced and some uniforms have been tweaked.

Find the full list of patch notes below:

PRESENTATION:

Stadiums
• Added Little Caesar’s Arena (Detroit Red Wings Home Arena)
• Updated Verizon Center to Capital One Arena
• Updated Nashville Predators Center Ice
• Updated New York Islanders Center Ice
• Updated Ottawa Senators Center Ice
• Updated Pittsburgh Penguins Center Ice
• Updated St. Louis Blues Center Ice
• Updated Washington Capitals Center Ice

EQUIPMENT:

Added True Hockey Equipment
• True Hockey A6.0 SBP Hockey Stick
• True Hockey XC9 ACF Hockey Stick
• True Hockey A6.0 Player Glove
• True Hockey XC9 Player Glove

The following uniforms have been updated in NHL 18:

NHL – National Hockey League
• Updated Edmonton Oilers Pants with updated logo
• Updated Calgary Flames Home and Away Socks

AHL – American Hockey League
• Added Rockford IceHogs Alternate uniform
• Added WBS Penguins Alternate Uniform

ECHL – East Coast Hockey League
• Added Atlanta Gladiators Alternate uniform
• Updated Colorado Eagles Home and Away uniforms
• Added Norfolk Admirals Home, Away and Alternate uniforms

CHL – Canadian Hockey League
• Added Brandon Wheat Kings Home uniform
• Added Erie Otters Home Uniform
• Added Saskatoon Blades Home and Alternate Uniforms
• Added Sudbury Wolves Home and Away uniforms
• Added Val D’Or Foreurs Alternate Uniform

DEL¬ – Deutsche Eishockey Liga
• Updated Home and Away uniforms for all DEL teams to 2017-18 season

National League
• Updated Home and Away uniforms for all National League teams to 2017-18 season

SHL – Swedish Hockey League
• Updated Frolunda Indians Home and Away uniforms
• Updated Karlskrona IK Home and Away uniforms
• Updated Malmo Redhawks Home and Away uniforms
• Updated Mora IK Home and Away uniforms
• Updated Orebro Hockey Home and Away uniforms

HockeyAllsvenskan
• Updated Timra IK Home and Away socks

EBEL – Erste Bank Eishockey Liga
• Updated EHC Linz Uniforms
• Updated Graz 99’ers Uniforms
• Updated Medvescak Zagreb Uniforms
• Added 2017-18 Red Bull Salzburg Uniforms

ELH – Czech Extraliga
• Rebranded PSG Zlin to Aukro Berani Zlin (Logos, Uniforms and Center ice logo)
ISSUES FIXED:

Game Modes
• Fixed an issue where game rarely crashed when sim intervening into a game due to injuries
• Fixed a crash during league creation in Franchise Mode

HUT
• Fixed an issue where a user would encounter a crash in gameplay after using the auction house to get a new player
• Fixed an issue where playing with 12 friends in a HUT game will cause a crash after the first goal is scored
• Fixed an issue that caused a rare crash at the end of a game in Competitive Seasons
• Fixed an issue that caused a rare crash when entering your team name and abbreviation in the Team setup screen
• Fixed Eric Eschweiler’s player portrait

EASHL
• Fixed a crash that was happening on the EASHL Team Matchup screen when entering the screen
• Fixed an issue where when playing a 6v6 match it would sometimes cause a crash at the opening face-off
• Fixed an issue where a rare crash occurred on Xbox 1 when a user edited their player’s last name in Player Creation or Edit Player

Online
• Fixed an issue where users could not find an opponent when playing with a local guest

Are you looking forward to testing out the new arena?

In other update news, a Forza Motorsport 7 update introduced a credit bonus for VIPs, a Fortnite a “prevalent crash affecting all players,”patch fixed and an Ark PC patch tweaks sleeping and handcuffs. 

Source: EA Forums (Official)

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Overwatch Roadmap Details Addition of eSports Tools to Make Matches More Watchable

  by   Mack Ashworth  
11:00 am in DLC and Expansions

During a new developer update, Blizzard’s Jeff Kaplan sat down to discuss the Overwatch roadmap and the next priority for the development team. With the Overwatch World Cup coming up, Kaplan wants to assure fans that watching the event will be made easier by the use of new tools. 

Debuting during the BlizzCon event, the new eSports tools will allow audiences to clearly distinguish the different teams, see from different angles using a “smart camera,” watch instant replays and more. 

Here’s the full list of features that Blizzard is looking to implement and showcase during the Overwatch World Cup:

  • In-game team uniforms. Beginning at the World Cup, all teams will have uniforms in different colours depending on whether they’re the home or away team. Depending on who you’re watching, the HUD will match, as will visual effects and explosions. “We want to make it super obvious which player and team you’re watching at all times,” said Kaplan.
  • A top-down interactive map for broadcasters. Broadcasters will be able to pull this map up over the action and observe where everybody is, how much ult charge they have, whether or not they’re stunned, and things like that. In theory, this one is for commentary folks and observers—the people on the other side of the camera—but Kaplan said broadcasters have the option of showing it to viewers and thinks it can be really useful that way, too. “We’ve had our observers and casters out here to work with it,” said Kaplan. “They say it makes their job a lot easier.”
  • A third-person “smart” camera. This is a third-person camera that knows where action is taking place and smooths it out so that it’s not all herky-jerky like when a person is moving it. “It knows where the action is at all times and is smartly following that action,” said Kaplan.
  • Instant replay tools. Broadcasters will be able to select any moment from the kill-feed, re-position the camera, time-scale it, and basically make it look really good and readable. In theory, this will make it much easier for commentators and analysts to break down plays.
  • An automated tournament interface. This will allow tournament organisers to set up matches with little chance of human error. It also means that if a player disconnects mid-match, the game will auto-pause and hopefully, once they’ve reconnected, be able to resume right where the action left off.

You can watch the full 10-minute developer update below:

In other Overwatch news, the player count recently hit “35 million players and counting,” a copycat game by the name of “Heroes of Warfare” is being sued by Blizzard, and Halloween skins were revealed and are now available to earn. 

Source: Overwatch (YouTube) via Kotaku

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Forza Motorsport 7 Update Introduces Credit Bonus for VIPs, Fixes Memory Leak Issue & More

  by   Jasmine Powell  
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Forza Motorsport 7 has a new update available to download for both Xbox One and PC. It focuses on fixing memory leak issues and black-screen crash issues, while also introducing a 2x base credit bonus reward for VIPs. At the end of a race, Forza Motorsport 7 VIPs will receive double the credit bonus. 

For the full list of patch notes read below:

  • Fixed an issue where VIP cars and Driver Gear were unavailable offline.
  • Fixed a memory leak issue where the game would become unresponsive or close unexpectedly for some PC players after upgrading cars or using the Livery Editor.
  • Fixed an issue for PC players who were experiencing multiple repeated black-screen crashes at launch.

Will you be blasting your way across the finish line for double credits? Or were you hoping for something different as a VIP reward? Let us know in the comments below.

In other racing game news, Gran Turismo Sport has sold over 150,000 unites in its first week out in Japan, GT Sport also received a new update which implements a multitude of fixes and tweaks, and we gave GT Sport a great score in our review. 

Source: Forza (Official)

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Fortnite Update Fixes “Prevalent Crash Affecting All Players”

  by   Mack Ashworth  
8:59 am in News

A new Fortnite update has been rolled out across all platforms to help fix a “prevalent crash affecting all players.” This update has been implemented without any downtime. All players have to do is reset their client to allow the new fixes to be applied.

Over on the Fortnite forums, [EPIC] S-LG provided further information:

We will be pushing an update @ 2:00am ET, Oct 28 in order to fix a prevalent crash affecting all players.

This update will be deployed for PC + PS4 at 2:00am ET with Xbox following shortly after. There will be no downtime. Players will need to update their clients.

With how common this problem appears to be, it’s good to see the Fortnite team committed to getting a fix out as soon as possible.

In other Fortnite news, update 1.8 is now live and brings big changes to the game, the Halloween event is bringing a new zone and other spooky scenarios, and an incoming Fortnite Battle Royale update will focus on weapon accuracy. 

Source: Epic Games (Official)

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Star Wars Battlefront II Chewbacca Gameplay Shown Off, Prepare for Wookie Action

  by   Alex Co  
October 27, 2017 10:00 pm in News

Star Wars Battlefront II is but a few weeks away, and EA is ramping up the info deluge with a new look at one of the most famous Heroes in its stable, Chewbacca! In this super short gameplay clip, we can see Chewie’s abilities which involve Shock Grenade, Furious Bowcaster and a crowd-clearing Charge Slam.

At the end, we see Chewbacca gearing up to face Darth Vader himself! Shame we didn’t see what happens next. 

For more Hero gameplay clips. check out Lando Carlissian’s abilities here, Princess Leia’s, and even Emperor Palpatine’s. If you took part in the beta, don’t forget that you’ll be given a Founder’s Crate that has some in-game goodies that you can use when the game releases this November 17.

Which Hero do you want to play as the most? Can Chewbacca stand up against Darth Maul and the rest of the lightsaber-wielding Heroes in your opinion?

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Xbox One Gifting Feature Available Today for Xbox Insiders in Preview

  by   Alex Co  
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If you’re an Xbox Insider, one of the most requested features will be implemented today, for preview, as you will be able to gift games digitally! This was announced by Mike Ybarra, Corporate VP of Xbox & Windows over on Twitter.

According to Ybarra, this feature should roll out around 10 p.m. PT, and for those wondering, DLC will be “giftable” as well.

Another online store that just implemented gifting, though this is available to everyone, is Blizzard’s Battle.net. There’s even a freebie gift from Blizz for checking it out.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Halloween Event Nets You a Free Camo and Lets You Try Der Eiscendrache Map

  by   Alex Co  
8:15 pm in News

With a lot of games having their own Halloween events to mark the occasion, Treyarch is joining the party with Call of Duty: Black Ops 3’s own in-game festivities. Starting today until November 1, 10 a.m. PDT, the Zombie mode map Der Eisendrache will be free for trial.  There’s also going to be a free camo for everyone who logs in by November 1!

This is definitely a nice touch by Treyarch even if Black Ops 3 is considered an old game by today’s standards, the support is still there.

Will you be jumping in back to Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 to try the free trial map? If you get the new camo, let us know what it looks like, alright?

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Sony Paris Games Week Press Conference Pre-Show to Include 7 Game Reveals

  by   Alex Co  
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While 2017 is winding down, Sony has a few more surprises up its sleeve which we’ll get to know more about this coming Monday. Starting at 9 a.m. PT, Sony’s Paris Games Week media showcase will start. 

However, Sony mentions that people should tune in as early as 8 a.m. since the pre-show will feature “21 game updates” that include “seven all-new game announcements” for the PS4 and PSVR. Make sure to check here on MP1st as we’ll be live-posting the announcements and provide updates as it happens.

What are you expecting to see from Sony this Monday? Maybe a firm release date for God of War? What new announcements do you think we’ll see?

Source: PlayStation Blog

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Survarium Update Includes First Ever Co-Op Mission, New Weapons & More

  by   Jasmine Powell  
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A number of updates have hit Survarium in quick succession. The biggest addition is the Team Story Missions, which allow co-op play. A range of weapon balance tweaks have also been made, and bugs have been thoroughly squashed. 

Here’s the full list of patch notes for the most recent update (0.50ae):

General Changes

  • Added new phrases for AI characters (bots).
  • Added visual effect when you hover a mouse pointer over the team mission picture in the lobby.
  • Added visual effects for Spring activation in the team mission.
  • Bots are now tougher on medium and hard difficulties in the team mission.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed issues causing desynchronization.
  • Fixed issues causing black squares on the screen.
  • Fixed issues with motion blur on your character’s weapon.
  • Fixed issues causing the game client or server crashes in the team mission.
  • Fixed issues with friendly fire in the team mission.
  • Fixed issues preventing player characters from resurrecting in the team mission.
  • Fixed issues causing the chat to not work in matches.
  • Various localization fixes.

Patch 0.50ae, builds onto the 0.50 update, which brought many big changes to the game. Here’s the extensive list of patch notes:

Team Story Missions

  • Introduced “Team Missions” mode.
  • Introduced “Dangerous Knowlege” team mission. It tells about a conflict between Black Market and The Renaissance Army, and also unveils the mystery about secret experiments which lead to creation of the Forest.
  • To begin a mission special Access Keys are required. The keys are divided in free and premium. One free key is awarded for each of the first 2 wins in PvP matches daily (so you can get maximum 2 keys daily), and you cannot own more than 2 free keys. Premium keys can be bought in the shop. Your keys never expire and the free keys are always used first.
  • After the first login into Survarium 0.50 all players will receive 5 Access Keys (2 free and 3 premium ones).
  • To start a mission you need to spend one Access Key for each person. You can pay for yourself, and also for one or both allies.
  • The mission is designed for a squad of three players. However, you can start it solo or with a friend, but you need to block the rest of the spots: pay for another one (if you go duo) or for two other people (if you go solo).
  • When you join a PvE mission alone (and have not blocked additional spots), the game will find two squadmates for you.
  • While going through the mission you can find stashes with trophies (some of them are hard to miss, but it’s not that easy to get all of the stashes). The more stashes you collect, the more rewards you get when the mission is a success. Can you find all the stashes?
  • There are three difficulty settings (easy, medium, hard) on each of five equipment tiers. The rewards for completing a mission depend on the number of stashes found, difficulty and equipment tier.
  • To successfully finish a mission you need to complete a set of tasks. At least one of the players must reach each of the checkpoints: then defeated squad members are resurrected and may continue.
  • You can resurrect immediately by spending an Access Key.
  • You can loot fallen enemies to resupply ammo.
  • If all squad members are dead, the mission is failed. The mission also has a time limit (45 minutes).
  • Added new UI screens before and after team missions.
  • Added Leaderboards for Team Missions. Your position is affected by the number of found stashes and mission completion time.

General Changes

  • Damage to characters hands increased from 80% to 100%.
  • All character skills were reset. Don’t forget to redistribute your skill points!

Weapons, Equipment, and Supplies

Equipment

  • Armor on all gloves was brought in line with that of other equipment.

Assault Rifles

  • HK416: slow down descreased from 15% to 12%.

Machine Guns

  • RPD: damage increased from 34 to 36.
  • RPK-74M: damage increased from 32 to 33.
  • Fort-401: damage increased from 34 to 36.
  • PKP “Pecheneg”: damage increased from 35 to 36.
  • FN Minimi: distance increased from 40 to 50.

Shotguns

  • Shotgun damage on the maximum distance descreased from 30% to 20%.
  • NeoStead 2000: pellets grouping when firing from the hip descreased from 9 to 6.
  • MR-27M Lancaster: pellets grouping when firing from the hip descreased from 7 to 5.
  • MP-153 “Baikal”: pellets grouping when firing from the hip descreased from 8 to 6.
  • Remington 870: pellets grouping when firing from the hip descreased from 9 to 6.
  • TOZ-34: pellets grouping when firing from the hip descreased from 7 to 6.
  • Franchi SPAS-12: pellets grouping when firing from the hip descreased from 6 to 5.
  • Benelli M4 Super 90: pellets grouping when firing from the hip descreased from 8 to 6.5.
  • Vepr-12: pellets grouping when firing from the hip descreased from 7 to 5.
  • Siaga-12K: pellets grouping when firing from the hip descreased from 7 to 5, rate of fire descreased from 400 to 350.
  • KS-23M “Catbird”: distance increased from 10 to 12 meters.
  • KS-23M: distance increased from 7 to 8.5, pellets grouping when firing from the hip descreased from 9 to 6.
  • Jackhammer: damage increased from 80 to 90.

Carbines

  • Socom 16: distance descreased from 70 to 60.
  • SVD: distance increased from 60 to 75, penetration increased from 8 to 10.

Pistols

  • Colt Python: rate of fire increased fom 150 to 175.

Technical Changes

  • Improved performance of both renderers (for gaming and old PCs).
  • Added distortion stage for the renderer for old PCs.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed issues causin desynchronization.
  • Fixed several issues in the tutorial mission.
  • Fixed decal shimmering when using the renderer for old PCs.
  • Fixed an issue with laser sight dot not showing on characters and objects when using the renderer for old PCs.
  • Fixed shimmering of anumated objects when using the renderer for old PCs.

Find the Survarium C0-Op Mission #1 trailer below:

Has the update made you want to give this free-to-play FPS a go? Let us know below.

In other updates news, a preview of Destiny 2 update 1.0.6 patch notes have been revealed, WWE 2K18 patch 1.03 has slammed out, and this Rainbow Six Siege update implements “Mid-Season Reinforcements.”

Source: Survarium

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Ark PC Patch Tweaks Sleeping, Handcuffs & More

  by   Jasmine Powell  
6:30 pm in News

A new ARK: Survival Evolved PC patch has been unleashed. Update 273 tweaks sleeping, handcuffs and more. Be sure to read up on the patch notes below, so you don’t get caught off guard when hitting the hay, or when you’re captured!

See below for the full list of patch notes:

  • Added the capability to “Lay On” Simple Bed and Modern Bed (2 people on Modern Bed). If you log out while laying on a bed, you’ll remain in sleeping pose on the bed even when you log-out, and will stay on the bed even while it moves on a dynamic platform. (You can still be damaged and killed when on the bed).
  • ARK update 273 has added the capability for another player to “Lock” handcuffed players to Seating Structures (including Chairs, Benches, Beds, etc). When locked to a structure, the handcuffed player will appear to have a cable connecting them to the structure and be forced to sit on the structure. This state persists across logging out as well. Another player can also “Unlock” you from the Structure, or remove the handcuffs. Chairs within Cages are thus very useful for transportation of prisoners.
  • When handcuffed, Poop now is forced directly into Slot 1. Prisoners can consume it rapidly as it builds up to attempt suicide.
    Fixed saving/loading of Lamp Post Light intensity value.

Now go get to playing Ark and rapidly consuming that poop!

In other Ark news, the PS4 update included big memory improvements and cutter optimizations, and the game runs surprisingly well on Xbox One X hardware. 

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Call of Duty: WWII PS4 Avatar Being Given Away Again for Simple Mission Completion

  by   Alex Co  
6:00 pm in News

For two days running, Sony has been giving out free Call of Duty: WWII stuff for completing what it calls “missions” over on live.playstation.com. Well, today there’s another one. While we first got an awesome COD: WWII dynamic PS4 theme, and a COD: WWII PS4 avatar yesterday, we get another PS4 avatar today, but this one is for Major Crowley! 

Same as the previous ones, all you have to do is to watch the trailer associated with the mission to get the avatar that you can see above. 

Will we get another one tomorrow? Or maybe something on Monday? Who knows, but if we do, we’ll be sure to let people know. 

Make sure to keep an eye out for our in-depth review of Call of Duty: WWII where we’ll cover everything the game has to offer, but go deep in multiplayer as only MP1st can.

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Absolver Update Readies the Game for Halloween, Includes Reworked Loot & Prestige Systems

  by   Jasmine Powell  
5:45 pm in News

A new Absolver update is out now on PC and PS4. This patch readies the game for Halloween, adding a bunch of scary masks to the customization options. In addition to the terror add-ons, Sloclap has worked on revamping the loot and prestige systems. 

For the full list of Absolver‘s 1.08 patch see below:

1.08 UPDATE RELEASE NOTES

NEW CONTENT

  • Prestige levels unlocked after level 60
  • Rift Coins replace random loot drops in Combat Trials
  • Rift Disks allow to get rarer equipments and weapons
  • Win Crystals at each Prestige level
  • Spend Crystals to reset attribute points
  • Spend Crystals to acquire Rift Disks
  • Inventory management: Sort by, Salvage and Repair.

New equipment:

  • 4 new sets
  • 3 new Absolver Cloaks
  • 9 new masks, including 6 Halloween masks dropped by Marked Ones
  • 1v1 maps are now in night mode (temporary)
  • New “Bald” haircut available at character creation!

DESIGN UPDATES

Parry:

  • Almost all attacks, including thrust attacks, now require a specific parry direction to be countered (exceptions: Hadrunken, Obvious Slash and bare-hands Rush Attack for Stagger style)

Rush:

  • Decrease rush acceleration
  • Closer rush camera
  • Rush attacks: increase stun duration
  • Rush attacks: decrease knockback

Note: These are first steps to address fleeing behaviour.
Rush attacks were intended to counter players fleeing, but until now the player hit by a rush attack had the time to rush again directly after. With a longer stun and shorter knockback for the rush attacks, and a slower acceleration for the rush, the issue should be less present.
Also the new rush camera is closer to the character, so the player has not the whole vision of their surroundings, and it feedbacks more clearly when the character is rushing.

Camera:

  • The camera position is now lower when close to walls.

Shockwave:

  • Range 230cm -> 280cm (as before 1.06) BUT knockback now depends on distance to caster (from 280 when close to the caster, to 84 when at the limit of the range)

Items:

  • Added rarity levels to all equipments
  • Updated drop rates (Rift Coins and Rift Disks)

BUG FIXES

  • [GAMEPLAY] 1v1 rematch : clear shards
  • [GAMEPLAY] Shards cannot be filled in practice anymore
  • [GAMEPLAY] Charging attacks now lose their property when parried
  • [GAMEPLAY] Silence power cannot be used without a target
  • [GAMEPLAY] Parrying a double hit attack doesn’t result in being hit by second hit anymore
  • [GAMEPLAY] Fixed issue in which character finished in the wrong ending stance when being hit while changing stance
  • [NETWORK] Fixed a bug in hit knockback resulting in some awkward teleportation
  • [NETWORK] Fixed dodge position replication
  • [SAVES] The game now detects if save is not valid and rollbacks to previous save if needed
  • [AI] Fixed a bug when AI would get stuck after a player’s successful dodge
  • [SFX] Fixed issue with boss gate SFX sound was playing in PvP maps and during boss fights.
  • [DESIGN] Loot drops in Rift Coins and Rift Disks now give items in different color variants

You know what beats reading? Watching the dedicated update trailer! Here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R6WS2_8-bo

Will you be hunting down some new Halloween masks? Let us know below.

In other Absolver news, catch up on the previous update’s patch notes here, and watch our 10-Minute Trial episode to see what this game is all about.

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Paladins Update Finally Comes to Console, Adding Terminus Character & More

  by   Jasmine Powell  
5:00 pm in News

The new Paladins update OB 61 has finally been released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, addressing bugs and improving character balance. 

The patch has also fixed several cards, introduced new customization options, and added a new champion into game.

Here are the open beta patch highlights:

General

  • Third Person toggle (not in Competitive or Esports)
    “We are experimenting with a user toggle between Third Person and First Person camera. The 3P|1P toggle is available in Casual Queues only and also as an option for players creating Custom Games. Expect a player survey regarding this feature and it may be refined or removed in a future release.“

Loading Screen additions

  • Upcoming Paladins Premier League matches
  • Game Mode tips

Removed Crowd Control overlay in First Person
Added Card cooldowns on HUD
Added additional audio for the following

  • Dances: Lex, Pip, Sha Lin, and Ying
  • Mastery: Barik, Pip and Seris
  • Emotes: Talus Default and Home Run

BUG FIXES

Addressed an issue with Champions loading in without weapons.
Fixed rarity glow & Announcer for cards/cosmetics not playing when opening Radiant Chests
Loudness level adjustments for Evie Bewitched, Androxus Shattermaw, and chat notification.
Fixed Troublemaker Evie’s voice from being heard from too far away.
Fixed max HP values not returning to expected values after max is changed.
Fixed hit sound playing when loading into match.
Spectator

  • Fixed issues camera falling through world
  • Fixed Barik death perspective locked to ragdoll camera
  • Fixed voice lines playing twice
  • Fixed Ruckus 1p projectiles only coming out of one gun
  • Fixed issues with Beam weapons not rendering correctly in Spectator (and kill cam).
  • Fixed an issue preventing the heal feed from working.

For the full list of patch notes click here.

Give Terminus a play with, and then let us know what you think in the comments!

In other Paladins news, a console series was announced with a $250,000 prize pool, get a load of this Halloween update, and check out the VIP program. 

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Minecraft Update Adds Stranger Things Skins, Halloween Tumble Arena & More

  by   Jasmine Powell  
4:15 pm in News

A new Minecraft update introduces the “Custom” game type to the Battle Mini Game, adding a variety of different options, including managing how a player heals and how fast they become hungry. 

In addition to the new custom game type, an all-new Stranger Things Skin Pack has been added, so players can celebrate the release of the second season in style!

Also, there’s now a spectate option in Battle and Tumble Mini Games, where players can appear as a Parrot, Vex or floating head.

The full list of Minecraft update patch notes are below:

  • Added Stranger Things Skin Pack.
  • Minecraft 1.60 update adds a time-limited Halloween Tumble arena, including specially themed layers!
  • Added the “Custom” game type to the Battle Mini Game with a huge variety of new settings, including:
    • Enable choosing the number of lives per round that each player gets.
    • Now you can choose the number of rounds to play before the winner is selected.
    • Enable forcing map size.
    • A variety of different options to manage how players heal, and how quickly they get hungry.
    • Minecraft update 1.60 added the No Armor item set to Custom Battle games, an item set designed to keep the combat fast-paced and exciting.
    • Added the High Power item set to Custom Battle games, allowing you to play Battle with some of the most powerful items in Minecraft!
    • Added the Decayed item set to Custom Battle games; every item breaks after a few uses, so you’ll need to keep moving.
    • Added the Food Central item set to Custom Battle games. Food is only found in the centre chests, and equipment only in the outer chests.
  • Added the “Custom” game type to Tumble Mini Game with a huge variety of new settings, including:
    • Enable choosing the number of lives per round that each player gets.
    • Minecraft PS3 1.60 enable choosing the number of layers, and controlling the size of the layers.
    • Added Fireworks as a usable weapon in Custom Tumble games.
    • Added Splash Potions of Levitation as a usable weapon in Custom Tumble games.
    • Minecraft update 1.60 has added Spectator Participation to Custom Tumble games!
  • Players can now spectate Battle and Tumble Mini Games as a Parrot, Vex, or floating head.

Will you be building houses as Eleven? Let us know below.

In other Minecraft limited edition Xbox One S that features a cool news, get a look at this Minecraft design, and catch up on the previous major update. 

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Super Mario Odyssey Update 1.0.1 “Enhances the User’s Experience”

  by   Mack Ashworth  
3:30 pm in News

It’s launch day for Super Mario Odyssey, and a patch has already found its way to the game for a 1.0.1 day one update. What could this patch possibly contain to make an already great game even greater? Well, the 101MB update is apparently just full of “fixes.”

These fixes “have been made to enhance the user’s experience.” That sounds good to me!

Version 1.0.1
Several fixes have been made to enhance the user’s experience.

If you’re wondering what Super Mario Odyssey is doing being featured on MP1st, I’d like to remind you of the game’s multiplayer co-op mode! In this mode, one player controls Mario while the other controls Cappy. This is done using a single system, making it easy for friends to jump in and have fun.

Have you picked up Super Mario Odyssey? If so, let us know your thoughts about the new Nintendo Switch exclusive. We hear that it’s pretty damn incredible!

In other Nintendo news, a spooktacular eShop sale for the UK has been released for this Halloween, the OJO projector has hit Indiegogo, and here’s 13 minutes of Super Mario Odyssey co-op gameplay. 

Source: Nintendo (Official) via Resetera

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