November 2019 – Page 81

Fans Miss Fortnite’s Patch Notes, So They’ve Started Making Their Own

Since the launch of Fortnite Chapter 2, Epic has decided to change things up. Starting with the crazy black hole event that ended Season 10 and began Chapter 2, fans have often been confused by what is going on in Fortnite. In fact, recently, Epic decided to delete the majority of the patch notes on the official Fortnite website, causing fans to make their own.

Fan ire over a lack of patch notes really sprung up after a Harpoon gun was released into Fortnite without any warning from Epic earlier this week. While it may seem like a minor thing, some fans enjoyed reading through the patch notes to see what was new in Fortnite. In the past, patch notes were usually released on Tuesday or Thursday of every week, but for Chapter 2, that hasn’t been the case yet.

The Outer Worlds On Nintendo Switch’s Release Date Window Narrowed Down

Though we still don’t have an exact date, Take-Two Interactive has provided a release window for the Switch version of The Outer Worlds. The Outer Worlds is currently only available for Xbox One, PS4, and PC. On Xbox One and PC, The Outer Worlds is available via Game Pass.

In the company’s latest quarterly earnings report, Take-Two writes that The Outer Worlds will “be available for Nintendo Switch in calendar 2020, during our fiscal year 2020.” That limits the Switch port to sometime between January and March in 2020, so unless there’s a scheduling change, you can expect The Outer Worlds to release on Switch fairly soon.

The next patch for the current versions of The Outer Worlds addresses several in-game bugs and implements some welcome changes–such as an increase to subtitle font sizes. The patch is currently scheduled to release in The Outer Wilds sometime between November 10-16.

In GameSpot’s The Outer Worlds review, Edmond Tran wrote, “I finished The Outer Worlds wanting more, eager to jump back into the world to see extra things. It’s not a short game, but it’s one packed with such a steady stream of wonderful characters to meet, interesting places to explore, and meaningful, multi-layered quests to solve, that it didn’t feel like there was any room to get tired of it. I wanted to rewind the clock and do everything in a completely different way. The Outer Worlds is consistently compelling throughout, and it’s a superb example of how to promote traditional RPG sensibilities in a sharp, modern experience.”

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Disney is Submitting the Avengers: Endgame Cast for Oscar Consideration

Avengers: Endgame was undoubtedly one of the biggest movie releases of 2019, as it completed the first 3 phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and broke box office records. With tons of great performances by an elite acting crew, Disney has confirmed it has officially submitted the majority of the core Avengers: Endgame cast for Oscar consideration.

After initially only submitting off-screen roles, Disney decided to also push Best Supporting Actor and Actress nominations for Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, and the rest of the core Endgame cast. The following candidates have now officially been submitted by Disney for Oscar consideration.

Red Dead Redemption 2, GTA 5, And Borderlands 3 Reach New Sales Milestones

As part of Take-Two’s latest earnings report, the company shared new sales numbers for some of its biggest games from the Rockstar and 2K labels.

Starting with the biggest one, Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V has now shipped an astonishing 115 million copies, which is up 5 million copies in three months. That is a tremendous figure, especially so given the game is more than six years sold.

Gearbox’s Borderlands 3, which is published by 2K Games, has now reached 7 million copies sold in. That’s up from 5 million shipped in its first week. About 70 percent of sales of Borderlands 3 were digital, which is good news for 2K because printing discs cuts into the profitability of a game. Across all of its games, Take-Two’s digital share of console game sales reached 50 percent for the latest quarter, which is up from 31 percent during the same period last year. This is further evidence of the waning popularity of physical media.

Another Rockstar release, Red Dead Redemption 2, now stands at 26.5 million copies shipped. Sales are improving again, it seems, as the 1 .5 million copies shipped during the quarter is up from 1 million copies shipped during the three-month period before that. Importantly, these numbers do not include PC, as the sales only cover the period through September 30.

Red Dead Redemption 2 needed only eight days to surpass the number of copies that 2010’s Red Dead Redemption shipped during its entire lifespan. Sales are expected to continue to climb, as Red Dead Redemption 2 was just released for PC.

Take-Two also announced that NBA 2K20 has now sold in 6 million copies, which represents growth over sales of NBA 2K19 over the same period of time.

Take-Two doesn’t just make money from outright game sales. The company’s games have microtransaction systems, and these are proving to be lucrative as well. For the latest quarter, Take-Two made $317,386,000 from what it calls “recurrent consumer spending.”

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Death Stranding Guide: The Best Upgrade You May Have Missed

After spending a few hours in Episode 3 of Death Stranding, you’ll have gathered some pretty useful gadgets and upgrades that expand your toolset in all sorts of handy ways (big shout outs to the Bola Gun and the Power Skeleton). But have you ever found yourself wondering why Sam’s backpack in Death Stranding is always open, exposing your precious cargo to the wild and unpredictable Timefall elements of the world? It seems pretty unprofessional of an expert porter if you ask us.

But what if we told you that it’s possible to unlock a cover that fits around your backpack–something to keep all of those high priority deliveries safe? Well, it’s just for the cargo directly inside the confines of your backpack and not placed above it, but still, the backpack cover upgrade is an invaluable tool that’s especially useful during late game deliveries when you’re up against intense weather conditions.

So how do you find this wonderful (and fashionable) upgrade you ask? Allow us to explain below where we highlight how to get one of the most important upgrades for Sam. But for more Death Stranding features, check out our in-depth beginner’s guide and our feature highlighting all the most significant celebrity cameos we’ve found so far.

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How To Get The Backpack Cover

The backpack cover becomes available to get once you start doing deliveries at the Distribution Center South of Lake Knot City during Episode 3. It’s the closest landmark to an optional prepper, known as The Collector, that you can connect to the Chiral Network. Upon doing so, they will reward you with the backpack cover and its subsequent upgrades.

To find the Collector, head slightly southeast 400 meters from the Distribution Center South of Lake Knot City along the right side of a crevice that runs perpendicular from the Distribution Center. Be sure to bring a ladder with you–you’re going to need it. Be mindful to send some Odradek scans along the way to check for any lost cargo tagged with the Collector, so you can take it to him. They’re worth grabbing ahead of time if you’re able.

Along the crevice, you should see a small path that leads down, take it and keep walking along the bottom and to the right until you reach some pools of water and a MULE scanning pylon. Stand near that pylon and look up and to the north, and you should see a cartoony fox painted on the wall. Place your ladder here and climb up to meet the Collector. If you’re actually familiar with Japanese games magazine Famitsu, then you might recognize the Collector’s likeness as the magazine’s former editor-in-chief, Hirokazu Hamamura. And that Fox on the wall? It’s the magazine’s mascot.

You need to increase your standing with the Collector to unlock the backpack cover. If you didn’t find any lost cargo tagged with the Collector before you arrived, then don’t worry. Interacting with his terminal should give you an order to steal back some game consoles from the MULE camp nearby. Complete that delivery and he should give you more orders that’ll help bolster your rank enough with him to unlock the backpack cover.

As stated above, the cover only fits around the main compartment of Sam’s backpack. Any excess cargo will be stacked on top of his backpack and consequently exposed to Timefall. The cover itself comes in two flavors: a level-one version that comes in shiny silver, and a level-two version with increased durability that’s colored an eye-catching gold! Despite its limitations, the backpack cover is a lifesaver and is an upgrade you shouldn’t miss.

Disney Plus United Kingdom And More Release Dates Revealed

While the Disney+ streaming service will be launching in the United States on November 12, what about the rest of the world? Previously, The Walt Disney Company hasn’t shared many details about the international rollout of the service. Now, though, we know when some countries will be able to sign up.

As announced on the Disney+ Twitter account, several countries will get access to Disney+ early next year. “[Disney+] will be available in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain (and more to be announced soon) starting on March 31.”

The tweet also notes that the availability of titles will vary based on the territory you’re watching from. Essentially, if a title already has an exclusive streaming deal already in place in a certain country, that movie or TV show would not be able to appear on Disney+ until the deal was over.

When it launches in the United States, Disney+ will offer access to the entire library of classic Disney animated movies and shows, along with a bunch of Marvel and Star Wars titles and a slew of original programming–including The Mandalorian, the first live-action Star Wars TV show.

Disney+ will debut in the United States on November 12.

Xbox’s X019 Event: Playable Titles Revealed

Microsoft announced a list of games that will be playable at X019 in London. The show floor will include upcoming Triple-A titles, indie games, and first-party Xbox games that are already out.

In total, Microsoft said that over 24 titles will be at X019.

Xbox Game Studios will have eight games on the show floor, including Rare’s Battletoads reboot, Minecraft Dungeons, and Bleeding Edge from Ninja Theory. Microsoft is also bringing its most popular franchises to the show with the already released Gears 5 and Halo: Master Chief Collection.

Here’s the full list of titles:

GTA, Red Dead Parent Company Is Making Lots Of Money From Microtransactions

Microtransactions continue to be big business for the parent company of Rockstar and 2K Games. Take-Two Interactive announced on an earnings call that revenue from “recurrent consumer spending” grew 32 percent during the quarter ended September 30.

In total, revenue from recurrent consumer spending accounted for 37 percent of Take-Two’s total revenue during the period ($857.8 million).

Recurrent consumer spending includes all manner of “ongoing consumer engagement,” including virtual currency, add-on content, and in-game purchases.

During an earnings call, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said the online modes for Red Dead Redemption 2 and Grand Theft Auto V continue to grow in terms of revenue. It’s an impressive achievement for both titles, but especially GTA Online considering it is more than six years old.

Take-Two intends to have some kind of microtransaction system in every game that it releases.

Take-Two is riding high of late. For the latest period, the company pulled in $857.8 million in revenue, which is up 74 percent from $492.7 million during the same period last year. The company also shared that revenue from digital sources jumped by 72 percent and reached $615.8 million (compared to $358.4 million during the same period last year).

Revenue from digital sources made up 72 percent of Take-Two’s total revenue for the quarter, which emphasizes how the industry is shifting away from physical and toward digital.

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Disney Plus: 13 Great ’80s Movies To Watch On Day One

After many months of build-up, Disney+ finally launches next week. Disney’s much-anticipated streaming platform will arrive with hundreds of movies and TV shows available to stream from day one, spanning the many decades of live-action and animated storytelling from the studio. In fact there’s so much available, that it might be a bit confusing to know where to start, so we’ve jumped into the line-up to pick some must-watch titles.

The 1980s was an interesting era for Disney. Movies such as Star Wars and Jaws had changed the face of blockbuster filmmaking in the 1970s, with rising directors such as George Lucas and Steven Spielberg forging a thrilling vision for populist cinema that made many of the more traditional crowd-pleasers–disaster movies, musicals, animated fairy tale adaptations–seem a little old-fashioned in comparison. Disney wasn’t alone in the ’80s in trying to adapt to what younger audiences were looking for, but it did mean that there were some commercial missteps along the way, especially in the way the studio attempted to draw in an older audience with some surprisingly dark fantasy movies.

But while some of these films, such as the Black Cauldron and Return to Oz, weren’t hits, they make for fascinating viewing today. And it wasn’t all weird fantasy. There were hugely entertaining comedies like Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the inventive sci-fi of Flight of the Navigator, and more traditional animated classics such as The Little Mermaid. They’re all on Disney+, along with much more from the decade. So to get you started, here are the best ’80s movies to stream from November 12 on Disney+. And once you’ve read that, check out GameSpot’s guides to what’s available on day one and every cartoon from your childhood to watch.

BioWare Celebrates N7 Day With New Mass Effect Armor…in Anthem

If you’re a Mass Effect fan, then November 7 (or N7 Day) is a good time to celebrate BioWare’s expansive space opera RPG. This year, BioWare is offering a neat Mass Effect tie-in with its current project, Anthem, in the form of themed armors and emotes.

BioWare usually does something fun for fans on N7 Day, and this year they’re releasing a set of armor designs and emotes that pay homage to their popular franchise. BioWare has released four Mass Effect-themed armors that change their designs to look like characters from the Mass Effect series.

There are four armors, each referencing a different Mass Effect character. These designs will make your Anthem freelancer look like Garrus, Tali, Wrex, and Liara.