Monthly Archives: May 2018
Fortnite’s 50v50 Mode Has a Problem with Cruel Teammates
Fortnite's 50v50 mode is currently back and pits 50 players against another 50 enemies, but sometimes the true enemies are the teammates right beside you.
In 50v50, teammates share everything: anything you build can be edited by anyone on your team and, any friendly player can revive you when you go down. The problem is that any and all loot is up for grabs by anyone who spots it, including loot that you drop when you meet an early death.
This has led to cruel players purposely letting you succumb to death so they can pick up all the weapons and materials you've collected. Some even go so far as to build around you to make sure other players don't heal you. Others use building to interrupt kindhearted players and stop them from reviving a partner. Just because you're far from the other enemy team doesn't mean you shouldn't worry when building up to use a launch pad. Evil teammates will shoot down your tall ramp themselves, sending you plummeting to your demise.
Will Halo 6 Be at E3?
It's that time of year again: E3 2018 is just on the horizon. From June 9-14, we'll be covering the biggest games and hardware announcements of 2018 and beyond. While you can check out our continually-updated Games of E3 List, we're now going to start diving deeper. Every day leading up to the show, we'll be highlight the stuff we want to see and play at E3 2018. Today's game: HALO 6.
When Did We Last See Halo 6?
So Halo 6 doesn’t actually officially exist yet. But that’s a minor technicality. Given that Halo 5: Guardians came out in 2015, it’s safe to say that 343 has been hard at work on the follow-up for the past few years.
The Hearthstone Team on Nerfing Paladin and Warlock
Blizzard’s Team 5 has just announced the details of a sweeping set of nerfs coming soon to Hearthstone. Let’s quickly run through each change and what decks are affected.
The Paladin spell Call to Arms will now cost 5 mana instead of 4. It’s arguably the most powerful card in both Murloc Paladin and Even Paladin (which in turn is the most powerful deck overall at the moment), so this change will mean Call to Arms will be weaker in the former, and can’t be played at all in the latter.
The Warlock minion Possessed Lackey will now cost 6 mana instead of 5. Both Cube Warlock and Control Warlock use Possessed Lackey to pull big minions – Voidlords or Doomguards – onto the board for free, which they then bring back using cards like Carnivorous Cube and Bloodreaver Gul’dan. It’s often played then hit with Dark Pact on the same turn, meaning the opponent isn’t given a chance to silence it or transform it. Speaking of Dark Pact…
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Octopath Traveler: Final Two Protagonists Unveiled
The final two protagonists for Octopath Traveler have been revealed.
A new trailer reveals the final playable characters in Octopath Traveler, Cyrus the Scholar and Ophilia the Cleric, as well as details on how Talents and character switching will work in the game. You can check out the trailer below.
The Scholar, Cyrus, is traveling the world in search of a lost tome which holds the secrets to ancient mysteries, and he blazes his own path with his Path Action, Scrutinize.
Scrutinize allows Cyrus to suss out all kinds of useful information from the people he encounters on his journey, helping him to solve mysteries, or gain the upper hand in interactions with shopkeepers and the like.
PUBG Mobile Gets Miramar Map and More
The latest update for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile adds the desert-themed Miramar map, alongside a wealth of new content.
As revealed on Twitter, update 0.5.0 brings Miramar to the mobile version of the hit battle royale game. The map has been available on the PC version since December of last year and recently arrived on Xbox One.
Patch 0.5.0 marks the start of PUBG Mobile’s second season. Players can now tackle the weekly progress missions, which unlock rewards.
Storytelling Engines: What Keeps Comic Books Going
Out today is ATB Publishing’s latest foray into comic book analysis, author John Seavey’s Storytelling Engines: How Writers Keep Superhero Sagas Going and Going! (available now at atbpublishing.com). Culled from years of blog posts from his website Fraggmented, Seavey’s book looks at comic book story arcs through the lens of the Marvel Essentials and DC Showcase Presents series. For the unfamiliar, these two series typically collect around 20 significant issues from a given book’s run and reprint them in one volume in black and white, allowing the reader to quickly (and cheaply!) catch up on major plot points they might have missed out on during initial publication. They’re a great way for readers to see how things develop over the long term, but for Seavey these anthologies represent something deeper.
Lucifer’s Bonus Episodes Hint at What Season 4 Might Have Been
Lucifer ended Season 3 with quite the cliffhanger - and on May 28, Fox aired two bonus episodes of the series that the producers had planned to debut as part of a potential Season 4 - but that doesn't mean the show's coming back.
Fox chairman Gary Newman gave a pretty straightforward reason for why Lucifer was canceled, according to Deadline: he boiled it down to "a ratings-based decision."
"We felt like performance-wise, we needed to make that change," Newman added.
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner Mars Gets a Release Date
Konami has announced Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner Mars will come out September 6 on PC, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation VR.
You can pre-order the game starting today. Digital pre-orders from the PSN store will come with a special theme and Zone of the Enders avatars. A 4K and VR demo version on PSN is also arriving sometime prior to launch. The game is priced at $29.99/£24.99.
The remaster will sport enhanced graphics, 4K resolution, and new sound design (with surround sound support). You can also look forward to new features such as a “Very Easy” difficulty setting, an optional "Pro mode" controller setup, training modules, and a mini-map.
There's also the following additional VR content:
Lethal Weapon: Damon Wayans Talks Clayne Crawford’s Firing
Lethal Weapon's Damon Wayans has dished out details on his issues with former co-star Clayne Crawford, who was fired from the show recently.
The Hollywood Reporter noted that Wayans took his Twitter account public briefly overnight, though it's no longer active as of this story's publishing. In a series of posts, Wayans shared a video, image and allegations against Crawford "to address the Twitter outrage" over his firing.
For example, Wayans was apparently hit in the head by shrapnel during an episode directed by Crawford. This seemingly links to one of two incidents for why Crawford was canned on Lethal Weapon.