Month: March 2018

Following an extended round of maintenance, a new update is now available for Fortnite. It introduces a handful of new content to both the game’s Battle Royale and Save the World modes, including a new limited-time event for the former.

For the next few days, Fortnite players can take part in Sniper Shootout v2, a modified version of last month’s sniper-only event. This time around, Sniper Shootout offers solo and squad variants. Epic has also added the Hunting Rifle and Crossbow to the mode, both of which were introduced to the game after the first Sniper Shootout. However, the Magnum has been removed from the mode.

In addition to that, players can only find Legendary weapons in supply drops during Sniper Shootout, while Epic weapons will only appear in treasure chests. Epic has also disabled the downed state for the mode, meaning downed players will now immediately be eliminated. You can find more details about the limited-time mode in Epic’s patch notes.

Epic hasn’t announced an exact end date for Sniper Shootout v2, but limited-time modes are typically only available in Battle Royale for roughly a week, giving you only a few days to play it before the mode is removed from the rotation. However, be aware that there are currently some issues with Sniper Shootout not granting XP, rewards, or progress to players. Epic says it is currently working on the problem.

Sniper Shootout v2 arrives for PS4, Xbox One, PC, and mobile alongside Fortnite’s v3.4 update. That patch adds a new weapon to Battle Royale–the Guided Missile–and an Easter-themed quest line for the paid Save the World mode. It also marks the start of a new set of weekly challenges for Battle Pass owners.

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It’s a big day for Fortnite, as a sizable update has been released that brings new additions and changes to both Battle Royale and Save the World. However, some issues have cropped up in the wake of its release that are causing players to not accumulate progress and rewards when playing two different modes.

Developer Epic Games has confirmed on Twitter and through an in-game notification that Battle Royale’s new limited-time mode Sniper Shootout v2 is not properly granting XP, rewards, or progress. “We’re investigating this and will update you once we have more information,” Epic said. There’s no word on if any of this will be offered retroactively, so if you’re insistent on leveling up or knocking out the new Week 6 challenges, you should play a different mode for the time being.

Save the World, the paid early-access PvE mode of Fortnite, is also affected by its own similar problem: Rewards aren’t being paid out as they should at the end of missions. Epic says it’s also aware of this and will share more information once it has further details.

Problems aside, there is a lot to took forward to in the newly released 3.4 update. Battle Royale has gotten the new Guided Missile weapon, and the Boogie Bomb has returned after being disabled for a period of time. Other improvements and fixes have also been made, and Epic has eliminated the 30 FPS option from consoles as it feels that the 60 FPS is the best way to play. You can read about all the changes in the full Fortnite 3.4 patch notes.

No Man’s Sky is coming to Xbox One alongside a big new update, developer Hello Games has announced. The game’s Xbox One release is coming at some point in 2018, while the update is also coming for free to PS4 and PC this year.

All previous expansions–Foundation, Pathfinder, and Atlas Rises–will be included in the Xbox One release, while the upcoming update will also be pre-installed. The game’s Xbox One box art states it will be enhanced for Xbox One X with 4K and HDR capabilities, but no details on those features have been announced.

The game was previously exclusive to PS4 and PC after launching for those systems in 2016. Hello Games self-published the exploration title on those platforms, but 505 Games–the publisher behind games such as Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and Payday 2–will distribute the Xbox One version worldwide.

No Man’s Sky’s upcoming update–dubbed Next–will also be made available for free to PS4 and PC players. Hello Games says the update will be “an important next step in a journey for No Man’s Sky,” though no further details have yet been released.

In our original No Man’s Sky review, critic Peter Brown awarded the procedurally generated sci-fi game a 7/10. “No Man’s Sky is immediately a massive game with impressive seamless transitions from ground to space, and it will entertain your inner collector for a while,” he said. “The more you get to know it, the more you recognize its faults, and it’s easy to fall so deep into the act of exploring and trading that your focus narrows to those aspects alone. If, however, you consider everything it has to offer and listen to what Atlas has to say, No Man’s Sky becomes more than a collection of slightly different worlds in a seemingly never-ending galaxy–it becomes an examination of the meaning of life in a way that’s more valuable than all the gold or starships in its virtual galaxy.”

Alongside a new update, Epic Games has released the next set of weekly challenges in Fortnite: Battle Royale. As is typically the case, there are a total of seven new objectives for Battle Pass owners to complete on PC, PS4, Xbox One, and mobile. One important note to be aware of before diving in is that the new limited-time mode, Sniper Shootout v2, is not granting rewards, XP, or progress at the time of this writing, but Epic is working on the issue.

A fair number of this week’s challenges are pretty straightforward, though they may require some time and patience. For instance, you’ll need to place a Cozy Campfire, which, of course, first requires you to actually get your hands on one. Be sure to throw it down as soon as you come across one to ensure you get the credit for this.

Other challenges are simply a matter of being in the right place or using the right weapon. You’ll need to deal damage with SMGs, open chests in Anarchy Acres, secure eliminations with explosive weapons (such as the new Guided Missile), and take out enemies in Retail Row. The latter two are labeled as Hard, but spend enough time in those locations and you should eventually have no trouble racking up the 10 Battle Stars offered as rewards for each.

There are two others that are slightly more involved. The first asks you to summit 10 different mountain peaks. In other words, you simply have to reach the top. You can either climb mountains individually or, if you don’t care too much about your starting location, simply land on top of a mountain at the start of each round 10 different times. Take note that you’ll primarily find mountains around the western half of the map.

The other more complex challenge is a Hard one that asks you to “search between a Metal Bridge, Three Billboards, and a Crashed Bus.” As with past objectives like this, it’s simply a matter of tracking down the Battle Star icon that’s hidden in between the stated objects. In this case, you’ll find it on a small mountaintop in the E7 section of the map. It’s right between Shifty Shafts and Salty Springs, just northeast of the bridge that’s closer to the former. Build your way up (or land there at the beginning of the match), pick up the item, and you’re all done.

You can see all of the Week 6 challenges below. As always, you’ll need the Battle Pass to take part in these (except for the existing set of free challenges), and you have the full season to complete them, which gives you through the end of April to do so. Completing challenges rewards you with Battle Stars, leveling up your Battle Pass and giving you a quick route to unlock Season 3’s cosmetic rewards. You can see all the Season 3 challenges here.

Fortnite Week 6 Challenges

• Deal damage with SMGs to opponents (500) — 5 Battle Stars
• Search Chests in Anarchy Acres (7) — 5 Battle Stars
• Place a Cozy Campfire — 5 Battle Stars
• Summit different Mountains Peaks (10) — 5 Battle Stars
• Hard: Search between a Metal Bridge, Three Billboards, and a Crashed Bus — 10 Battle Stars
• Hard: Explosive Weapon Eliminations (3) — 10 Battle Stars
• Hard: Eliminate opponents in Retail Row (3) — 10 Battle Stars

Nintendo Switch is getting a basket-load of new releases this week, from brawlers and puzzle games to new DLC for some of the system’s biggest releases. The update will add 19 games in all, along with one demo.

Headlining the set is Toki Tori, a remake of the classic puzzle-platformer. It’s only fitting for the holiday weekend that players can spend some time going on an egg hunt, and this marks its return to a portable format. Pairing up with the little chick is Penny-Punching Princess, an isometric brawler RPG from NIS. It takes place in a fantastical land of dragons and monsters, but money still makes the world go round.

A few of Switch’s biggest releases are also getting more content starting today. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 gets its second New Quests pack, which adds five more quests for you to pursue. Fire Emblem Warriors rounds out its Season Pass this week with the Awakening DLC. That adds three new playable characters (Owain, Tharja and Olivia) and three more History Maps, along with new weapons and attributes, costumes, armor break models, and support conversations.

Check out the list below for all of this week’s releases, along with some coming early next week.

This Week’s New Nintendo Switch Releases

March 27

• Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings
• D/Generation HD
• Outlast 2
• Warp Shift

March 29

• 10 Second Run Returns (Demo)
• ACA NeoGeo Sengoku 3
• The Adventures of Bertram Fiddle: Episode 1: A Dreadly Business
• ClusterPuck 99
• Fire Emblem Warriors – Awakening DLC
• Tengai
• The Charming Empire
• Xenoblade Chronicles – New Quests Pack 2
• Zombillie

March 30

• Alteric
• Arcade Archives Punch-out
• Devious Dungeon
• Farm Expert 2018
• Gotcha Racing 2nd
• Shadow Bug
• Toki Tori

April 1

April 3

• Penny-Punching Princess

April 4

• Metropolis: Lux Obscura