Month: April 2018

Destiny 2‘s new Warmind DLC, which releases in May, again takes players to Mars. But this time around, they’ll be playing in the new Hellas Basins area. It also features the introduction of a new Guardian, Ana Bray, who is set to play a central role in the expansion and is featured prominently in the prologue trailer.

The video (above) opens with Bray talking about how Guardians aren’t supposed to explore their pasts but that she’s decided to do so anyway. She talks about Rasputin, the AI Warmind who is back for this DLC and was apparently created in this new area on Mars. Satellites from the Golden Age have begun descending toward the planet, and the glaciers they strike have melted and revealed both Rasputin’s core and frozen Hive enemies, who serve as the main antagonist of the expansion. The trailer concludes with some sort of massive object casting a shadow over the area and Bray, who prepares for battle.

In addition to being a figure in the story, Bray will also serve as a vendor for players in the new area. Here, you’ll take part in the new story missions as you seek to “stop the rise of the Hive army.” There’s of course new gear–including new Exotic weapons and armor–to acquire and an endgame event activity that is sort of like a take on Horde mode. It’s called Escalation Protocol, and it involves facing off against waves of Hive enemies. The Leviathan also gets a new Raid Lair, while PS4 players will get some timed exclusive content in the form of a Strike and armor for each class.

All of the new Warmind content coincides with the launch of Season 3 and its accompanying update on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. That will make changes to Exotic weapons and introduce Crucible rankings and private matches, among other things. That will all be free, whereas Warmind will be priced at $20/£17.19. However, if all you care about are its new Crucible maps, those will be playable for everyone in standard matchmaking, regardless of whether you purchase the DLC.

Sony has kicked off the Golden Week Sale, a two-week-long promotion on PS4 games on the PlayStation Store. It has loads of great titles on sale for low prices. And if you’re a PlayStation Plus member, you get even deeper discounts on the games. The sale ends on May 8, so read on for our picks for the best deals in the Golden Week Sale.

As far as big games go, you can get Monster Hunter World for $48 ($45 for PS Plus members). It offers hundreds of hours of monster hunts, loot drops, and character upgrades. The stylish 100-hour RPG Persona 5 is on sale for $33 ($27). Nier: Automata will bend your mind to the point of breaking for $36 ($30), as you find all 26 endings. Meanwhile, the remake Yakuza Kiwami is the perfect entry point in this long-running series about Japanese gangsters. It’s on sale for $21 ($18).

Many smaller or more niche games are also on currently on sale. The Metroid-style pixel art game Axiom Verge is on sale for $12 ($10). All installments of the totally bonkers visual novel series Danganronpa are on sale. These games are about a murderous teddy bear who enjoys trapping high schoolers in buildings and making them kill each other to escape. And if you need to lighten up after that, try Dragon Quest Builders, a colorful game that’s like a more structured, mission-driven version of Minecraft. It’s on sale for $28 ($36).

You’ll find our picks for the best PS4 deals below, but you can see the full list here.

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It’s now been a year and a half since Battlefield 1‘s launch, and since then, DICE has released numerous DLC packs and content updates. DICE has revealed that there are still a few updates left in the pipeline, but monthly patches are going to end in June.

In a blog post, DICE explained that, now that the final DLC map pack is available, the studio will begin winding down frequent updates in the next few months. Before that, however, a couple of big changes are coming. First, the maps from the They Shall Not Pass DLC will be made playable for everyone for free; the map Rupture is already available. More maps will be unlocked for everyone in May.

In addition, a new mode is coming in June. Called Shock Operations, this is a modification on the normal Operations mode, which tasks players with battling across multiple maps in a campaign. Shock Operations will focus on one single map but will still feature sector-by-sector combat. It supports 40 players, and it’ll be played on five maps. Many of these maps were added in DLC packs, but DICE is opening Shock Operations to everybody–meaning that the mode is a way to try out the maps for free.

June also marks the last month during which DICE will release a normally scheduled update. The monthly updates have previously added various changes and tweaks across the game. DICE hasn’t said what its plans are after June, or whether players can expect less frequent updates.

In other Battlefield news, recent reports have suggested that the next game in the series will be set during World War II. Apparently called Battlefield V, it’ll feature numerous stories as a part of its overarching campaign and will have a co-op mode. It has not been officially announced, but we know that there is definitely a new Battlefield game of some sort coming this year.

In addition to the Switch version of the game itself, Dark Souls Remastered‘s network test has been delayed on that platform. Namco Bandai has confirmed that not only will Switch owners have to wait to get their hands on the upcoming game, but they’re also in line for a longer-than-expected wait to even give that version a try.

Following the recent news that Dark Souls Remastered has been delayed on Switch, the publisher provided an update on its planned network tests–essentially beta tests that will run in advance of the game’s launch. The PS4 and Xbox One tests will be held as originally planned, but the same isn’t true for Switch.

“Unfortunately, the change of the Switch release date has affected its network test and it will be arranged separately from the test for PS4/XB1,” the official Dark Souls Twitter account confirmed. “Network test dates for the Switch will also be announced at the earliest possible opportunity.”

Dark Souls Remastered was originally set to launch on Switch on May 25 alongside the other console and PC versions. Instead, it–along with the Solaire of Astora Amiibo–will launch sometime this summer. It runs at 1080p and 30 FPS in docked mode, and it includes the Artorias of the Abyss DLC along with various improvements.

The X-Men were first introduced in 1963 and have given comic book fans some of the greatest Marvel superheroes of all time. From Wolverine to Jean Grey to Cyclops to Storm, and so many more, the X-Men stands the test of time as one of the best superhero teams ever.

Still, that doesn’t mean every X-Men decision is a home run. While characters like Gambit, Nightcrawler, and Beast remain some of the most popular in the Marvel universe, there are plenty of mutants that are utterly ridiculous. Like these.

Image: Marvel.