Month: April 2019

Week 8 of Fortnite Season 8 is upon us, and it’s brought a new set of challenges to complete across PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile. As usual, most of this week’s tasks are self-explanatory and can be completed with a little persistence just by playing normally, but there are a couple that require a bit more legwork, like the one that asks you to search jigsaw puzzle pieces under bridges and in caves. If you’re unsure where to go, we’re here to point you in the right direction.

To complete this mission, you’ll simply need to find seven different puzzle pieces scattered around the island. As the challenge states, these will be hidden inside caves and under bridges, giving you an idea of where you need to go. If you’re not too familiar with Fortnite’s island, however, you may not know where these areas are, so we’ve listed out all the puzzle pieces’ locations and marked them on the map below.

Fortnite Jigsaw Puzzle Piece Locations

1. Beneath the bridge northwest of Lucky Landing
2. Beneath the bridge to the south of Shifty Shafts
3. In the cavern southeast of The Block
4. In the cave on the northeastern end of Tilted Towers
5. In the Yeti’s cave in the southwest corner of the island
6. Beneath the bridge to the southwest of Paradise Palms
7. At the edge of the desert northwest of Paradise Palms

Once you’ve found all seven jigsaw pieces, they’ll form a picture of a strange, alien-ish creature and then disappear. It’s unclear what, if any, significance the picture has, but the important thing is the challenge will be completed, netting you five Battle Stars. If you need more help finding the pieces, we walk you through where each one is located in the video at the top of this guide.

This is one of the trickier challenges you’ll come across this week, but it isn’t the only one; you’ll also need to dial numbers on big telephones and search treasure map signposts. We’ve put together guides for those as well to help you rack up the Battle Stars. If you still have any outstanding challenges from previous weeks, you can also find our other guides in our complete Fortnite Season 8 challenges roundup.

Week 8’s challenges are coming on the heels of Fortnite’s 8.40 update. That patch kicked off a new limited-time mode called Air Royale, which revolves around dogfighting. Air Royale also has its own set of challenges, which will reward you with special Wraps when completed. Additionally, the 8.40 update brought back the Food Fight LTM, but this time, it’s called Deep Fried and features elevated restaurant bases.

Konami has announced the eight game lineup for its upcoming Castlevania Anniversary Collection. The collection includes: Castlevania, Castlevania 2: Belmont’s Revenge, Castlevania 3: Dracula’s Curse, Super Castlevania 4, Castlevania: The Adventure, Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest, Castlevania Bloodlines and finally, the rare Kid Dracula. The full collection will be released on May 16 for 19.99 on Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC via Steam.

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The latest patch for Apex Legends has added some often requested armor to two characters, introduced a limited-time bonus XP event, and ushered in various other weapon tweaks and adjustments. It’s live now so you can already start tinkering with all the new toys.

According to the patch notes posted on the Apex Legends subreddit, one of the most significant changes came to Gibraltar and Caustic. Community manager Jay Frechette explained that those two, along with Pathfinder, were all getting punished in match data for their hitbox size. Readjusting the hitboxes worked to fix Pathfinder, but the other two were still at a disadvantage. As a result, this patch adds a new passive ability for them both: Fortified, which reduces damage by 10%. Each has a handful of other minor tweaks as well to make them more competitive.

In addition to those changes, you can get some bonus Battle Pass XP to level up faster. Your first Top 5 of the day will grant you a full Battle Pass level (29,500 BPP), and you can repeat that every day until the bonus period ends on 4/18.

Other changes to weapons include buffs for the Longbow DMR and Havoc, and nerfs for the G7 Scout, Wingman, and Spitfire. The jump ship has also gotten a speed increase.

This is a smaller-scale update to the overall 1.1 Patch that went live a few days ago. More recently, project lead Drew McCoy commented that the game isn’t coming to Switch right now, but didn’t rule out the possibility completely.

Apex Legends Patch 1.1.1 Update Notes

LEGEND BALANCING

CAUSTIC:

• Fortified Passive Perk added: reduces damage taken by 10%

• Gas Damage per tick increased: 1 -> 4

• Ultimate Throw distance increased: 28 meters -> 33 meters

GIBRALTAR:

WEAPON BALANCING

• LONGBOW DMR

• WINGMAN

  • Reduced magazine size

    • Base mag reduced: 6 -> 4 rounds

    • Common mag extender reduced: 8 -> 6 rounds

    • Rare mag extender reduced: 9 -> 8 rounds

    • Epic mag extender reduced: 12 -> 10 rounds

ADJUSTMENTS TO GOLD WEAPON ATTACHMENTS:

• Gold Havoc

• Gold R301

• Gold Wingman

  • Now has digital threat

BATTLE PASS XP BONUS EVENT:

In honor of Thicc-boi buffs, we’re going to be running a bonus Battle Pass XP event. From approximately 10AM PST 4/16 through approximately 10AM PST 4/18, your first Top 5 of the day (your squad places 5th or better in a match) will grant you 1 full bonus Battle Pass Level (29,500 BPP), up to a max of level 110. You can earn this once per day.

We’ll also be finding other moments during the season to add Battle Pass XP bonuses, so stay tuned!

ADDITIONAL CHANGES

• JUMP SHIP SPEED

• BUG FIXES