Month: May 2021

Minecraft Dungeons is celebrating its one-year anniversary with new free content, new DLC, and a special in-game event where players can acquire a suit of armor that looks good enough to eat.

From May 6 to June 8, Minecraft Dungeon players can complete seasonal trials to earn special anniversary rewards, including cake-themed armor and an event exclusive cape.

Going hand-in-blocky-hand with the anniversary celebration is the arrival of the game’s Hidden Depths DLC. The latest expansion for the Minecraft-themed action RPG, Hidden Depths takes players under the sea and brings with it new enemies, armor, artifacts, and weapons like the Coral Blade and Bubble Bow for players to acquire. While underwater, players will need to keep up their oxygen levels while swimming through streams of air bubbles, a concept that is likely familiar to players of the original Minecraft.

A new, free update for all players will also add a new enemy type to the game in the form of Raid Captains, which players can seek out for more challenge and more rewards.

Minecraft Dungeons received cross-play between consoles and PC late last year, with cloud-enabled cross-saves coming to the game just earlier this month. The game is even receiving an arcade cabinet version. Overall, it’s been a good first year for Minecraft Dungeons, which recently reached 10 million players, no doubt in part thanks to its inclusion on Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass service for both Xbox consoles and PC. The game is also available on Nintendo Switch.

PUBG’s gone through a lot of changes since its initial release more than four years ago, and that means that some of its older maps are showing their age. In the game’s latest patch, Update 12.1, developer Krafton is rolling out a complete remaster of the big desert map Miramar.

The patch, which is now live on test servers, significantly improves the fidelity of all parts of the Miramar map in order to bring it up to the same level as the other maps. The studio is also modifying the environment alongside the fidelity upgrades for the purpose of providing an “overall smoother experience, with reduced object clutter, less troublesome coastlines, adjusted cover across the map, and more,” according to the patch notes.

Most of the map should remain familiar to veteran PUBG players. On the visual side, the developer has given a fresh coat of paint to buildings, objects, cliffs, and foliage, and it’s updated the map’s lighting. On the terrain and geometry side, one of the most noticeable changes is the addition of new cliffs to better indicate steep slopes. In addition, smaller, superfluous objects have been reduced throughout urban areas to make navigation easier. Check out some before-and-after shots in the video above.

The rest of the patch includes a variety of gameplay tweaks, fixes, and additions. It introduces a new vehicle, the Quad, which is a racing-style ATV with two seats that spawns on Miramar. In addition, pre-match lobbies will now include two soccer balls per player area, just for killing time before a round starts (they disappear once the round begins). Check out the rest of PUBG’s Update 12.1 patch notes at the bottom of this article.

Alongside the release of Update 12.1 to test servers, Krafton also teased two new maps coming to the game. The first, which is codenamed “Tiger,” is an 8-on-8 map and will launch in Q3 2021. This map will feature one of the biggest changes to core PUBG gameplay, too: a respawn system. The second map, codenamed “Kiki,” is further out with a planned release in Q4 2021 or Q1 2022. It’ll also be an 8-on-8 map and will feature a wide array of locations, “from mysterious underground labs and massive skyscrapers to swamplands and underwater buildings,” according to Krafton’s statement.

PUBG Update 12.1 Patch Notes

New Weapon–Lynx AMR

The Lynx AMR is PUBG’s first Anti-Materiel Rifle, a semi-automatic crate gun capable of damaging military equipment and armor, in addition to players and vehicles.

Intended as a hard counter to vehicles, the Lynx is also effective in any situations you’d find yourself wanting to scope in and shoot down an enemy.

• PUBG’s first .50 caliber weapon
• The Lynx AMR is first and foremost the best anti-vehicle sniper rifle in the game, capable of destroying BRDMs and even penetrating the windows to kill its occupants.
  • Capable of destroying weak vehicles like motorcycles in a single shot and most regular vehicles in two or three shots.
• Players have five shots only, with no way to reload.
• Spawns in Care Package only on Miramar in Normal Matches. In a future update, the Lynx will be added to Custom Matches and Training Mode

New Vehicle–Quad

The Quad is an off-road vehicle with four low-pressure tires and a driver seat designed to be straddled by the operator, with handlebars for steering control, with room on the back for a teammate.

• Seats: 2
• Health: 750
• Maximum Speed: 110 km/h (125 km/h at maximum boost)
• Maximum Range: 24.4 km (18.5 km at maximum boost)
• Only spawns on Miramar.
• Will be added to in Custom Matches and Training Mode in a future update.

Ranked Season 12

All players eligible for Season 11 ranked rewards will receive them upon launching the game. Rewards are granted based on your end-of-season rank.

For more information on ranked rewards, click here. Season 12 rewards will be announced at a later date.

• Ranked rewards for Season 12 are below:

• PUBG ID emblem for each tier that includes animation can be acquired when reaching the Platinum Tier or higher.

Bronze	Bronze PUBG ID Emblem
Silver	Silver PUBG ID Emblem
Gold	Gold PUBG ID Emblem Ranked Parachute Skin
Platinum	Animated Platinum PUBG ID Emblem Ranked Parachute Skin
Diamond	Animated Diamond PUBG ID Emblem Ranked Parachute Skin
Master	Animated Master PUBG ID Emblem Animated Master Nameplate Ranked Parachute Skin
Top 500	Bonus rewards for Top 500 players: Animated Top 500 PUBG ID Emblem Animated Top 500 Nameplate

Unlocked Rewards

• The Parachute Skin is a permanent reward that players keep forever and can equip as they please.
• The rest of the earnable rewards are ‘Unlocked’ only for the duration of a single Ranked Season.
• Only the unlocked rewards from a player’s highest rank will be granted.
• Unlocked Rewards can be found in the inventory at the start of the new season.

Weapon Skin Upgrade System

Introducing the Weapon Skin Upgrade System. Level-up your weapon skins and add new features and styles to your weapon; keep an eye out for Contraband Crates in store (purchasable with G-Coin). Materials used to upgrade skins can be purchased or found with a low probability via certain crates purchasable with BP and through community events.

Contraband Crate

Crates can be purchased 200 G-Coin each or bought as a pack of 10 for 1,800 G-Coin.

• Unboxing gives a chance to acquire the following weapon skins or materials:
  • Upgradable weapon skins
  • Ordinary weapon skin, special grade or above (Special, Rare, Elite, Epic)
  • Schematics (Material)
  • Polymer (Material)
• 10 Contraband Coupons are required to open a crate.
• 10 Scrap can be acquired from opening Contraband Crates using G-Coin. Scrap can be used to purchase items from the Scrap Shop.

Crate Probability Table

Tier	Item Name	Probability
Legendary	[PROGRESSIVE] Gear Head – Beryl M762	0.90%
Epic	Schematics	0.90%
Epic	Psycho Killer – M24	1.20%
Epic	Shark Bite – M16A4	1.00%
Epic	Gold Plate – AKM	1.00%
Elite	Psycho Killer – SCAR-L	2.10%
Elite	Psycho Killer – QBU	2.10%
Elite	Psycho Killer – MP5K	2.10%
Elite	Gold Plate – SKS	1.70%
Elite	Gold Plate – Groza	1.70%
Elite	Desert Digital – M416	1.70%
Elite	Gold Plate – AWM	1.70%
Elite	Trifecta – SCAR-L	1.70%
Elite	Silver Plate – S12K	1.70%
Rare	Plaid to the Bone – M249	2.70%
Rare	Plaid to the Bone – Beryl M762	2.70%
Rare	Plaid to the Bone – VSS	2.70%
Rare	Gold Plate – Sawed-Off	2.50%
Rare	Silver Plate – UMP45	2.50%
Rare	Silver Plate – Tommy Gun	2.50%
Rare	Desert Digital – P92	2.50%
Rare	Desert Digital – Kar98k	2.50%
Rare	Desert Digital – Mini14	2.50%
Rare	Trifecta – Micro UZI	2.50%
Special	Chain Gang – DP-28	2.90%
Special	Chain Gang – S12K	2.90%
Special	Chain Gang – M16A4	2.90%
Special	Chain Gang – Micro UZI	2.90%
Special	Urban Hunter – Crossbow	2.40%
Special	Urban Hunter – Sawed-Off	2.40%
Special	Urban Hunter – P92	2.40%
Special	Gold Plate – Win94	2.80%
Special	Trifecta – P92	2.80%
Special	Desert Digital – R45	2.80%
Special	Desert Digital – Win94	2.80%
Special	Desert Digital – Micro UZI	2.80%
Special	Desert Digital – P18C	2.80%
Special	Rugged (Orange) – Kar98k	2.80%
–	Polymers x50	9.50%
–	Polymers x100	3.50%
–	Polymers x200	1.50%
Total

Scrap Shop

• Scrap acquired from opening Contraband Crates can be used to purchase items from the Scrap Shop. Scrap can be kept indefinitely.
  • Available items:
    • [PROGRESSIVE] Gear Head – Beryl M762
    • Schematics
    • Contraband Coupons

Weapons

• View upgrade features for each level of the Upgradable Weapon Skins, and you can upgrade them by consuming your materials.
• Upgrading your Upgradable Weapon Skins
• Schematics and Polymer are required
• Upgrading will unlock features with each level-up. More schematics and polymers are required to upgrade to the next level.
• An Upgradable Skin, [PROGRESSIVE] Gear Head – Beryl M762’s features for each levels are as follows.
  • Lv.1: Basic Skin Cosmetic (Level 1 appearance)
  • Lv.2: Magazine / Muzzle Skin
  • Lv.3: Uncommon Skin Cosmetic (Level 2 appearance)
  • Lv.4: BATTLESTAT Total Kills
  • Lv.5: Inspect Weapon Animation
  • Lv.6: Killfeed Skin
  • Lv.7: Grip Skin
  • Lv.8: Rare Skin Cosmetic (Level 3 appearance)
  • Lv.9: Loot Crate Skin
  • Lv.10: Scope Skin
• Once a weapon skin has been upgraded, it cannot be reverted.

Salvage

• Salvage your Weapon Skins to earn materials for upgrades
• Up to 12 Weapon Skins can be selected at a time
• Earn polymer by salvaging an ordinary Weapon Skin
• Earn Schematics and Polymer by salvaging an Upgradable Weapon Skin
• Tiers not listed in the below chart (Event, Basic, Ultimate) cannot be salvaged
• The number of polymer and schematics earned from Weapon Skins by tiers is listed below

Tier	Polymer	Schematics
Legendary & Upgradable	800	3
Legendary (Ordinary)	800	–
Epic	200	–
Elite	40	–
Rare	28	–
Special	16	–
Classic	8	–
Common	4	–

UI/UX

• Added Context Menu (right-click) when customizing your character to facilitate additional options
• Added skin tier information to the Store preview

Lobby Ball

• 2 soccer balls spawn in each player-occupied starting area.
• The soccer balls vanish once the game begins.

Bot Improvements

With this update, bots will now jump from the plane similarly to other players and we’ve also made additional improvements to the underlying bot AI.

• These changes apply to all situations where bots spawn:
  • Match: Normal Match
  • Maps where upgraded bots can be found: Erangel, Miramar, Sanhok, Vikendi
  • POV: TPP/FPP
  • Modes: Solo/Duo/Squad

World

In the Hall of Fame building on Erangel, the PGI.S winners are now being showcased. Relive the excitement from PGI.S in-game.

• The winning team’s jersey and logo have been added.
• Names of the winning players are displayed on the Hall of Fame board.
• Photos of the tournament-winning moment have been put on show.
• The PGI.S 2021 trophy is also displayed in all its glory.

Emergency Pickup Improvements

• Emergency pickup airplanes will appear less frequently.
• There is now a 90-second cooldown between airplanes.
• A countdown timer appears on the emergency pickup icon if an airplane isn’t currently available. Using an Emergency Pickup while the airplanes are on cooldown will cause the kit to be wasted.
• Improved the sound rope sounds when attached players are moving.
• Changed the model of the airplane.

Reputation System Changes

• Temporary bans related to potential cheating won’t impact reputation. Players found to be cheating will still be permanently banned.
• Reputation will still decrease from other types of bans.
• Breaking the PUBG Rules of Conduct can result in a ban and a subsequent decrease in reputation. We’ve updated in-game wording accordingly.

Social

• A view profile button has been added when receiving a team invite
  • You can now see a person’s profile before accepting their invitation
• When receiving multiple team invites, the invite number is displayed in the upper right corner of the window.
  • By default, the most recent team invite is displayed first.
  • When a new team invite is received while viewing the profile via the team invitation message:
    • Team invitation messages from players in the profile you are currently viewing will be pinned to the front, and new team invitations will be placed behind them.
    • You can check that there is an invitation by seeing the number displayed at the top right of the message.

Performance Improvements

• Improved server performance through server replication cost optimization related to character spawning
• Enabled “Do not use display scaling in high DPI settings” equivalent setting without requiring it be set manually
• Optimized processing of physics data through parallelization to improve CPU efficiency and reduce instances of frame drops and hitching
• Optimized overall server processing load

Items & Skins

PCS 4

• Sales Period
  • KST: 2 June 11 AM–24 June 6 PM
  • PDT: June 7 PM–24 June 2 AM
  • CEST: 2 June 4 AM–24 June 11 AM
• Items
  • Crash Test AKM & Coupon Bundle
  • Crash Test Gear Bundle
  • Crash Test Costume Set
  • Crash Test Motorbike & Coupon Bundle
  • Crash Test SKS & Coupon Bundle
  • Crash Test Emote & Coupon Bundle
  • Crash Test Value Pack
  • Crash Test Weapon & Bike Bundle

CnH

• Sales Period
  • PDT: 22 June 7 PM–14 September 7 PM
  • KST: 23 June 11 AM–15 September 11 AM
  • CEST: 23 June 4 AM–15 September 4 AM
• Items
  • CNH’s Bundle
  • CNH’s Shirt
  • CNH’s Shorts
  • CNH’s SLR

Nameplates

• Sales Period
  • PDT: 22 June 2021 7 PM–21 June 2022 7 PM
  • KST: 23 June 2021 11 AM–22 June 2022 11 AM
  • CEST: 23 June 2021 4 AM–22 June 2022 4 AM
• Items
  • Big Bang
  • Deco Darling
  • Gunsmoke
  • The Returned

Shopping Day Vigilante

• Sales Period
  • PDT: 13 June 2021 7 PM–12 June 2022 7 PM
  • KST: 14 June 2021 11 AM–13 June 2022 11 AM
  • CEST: 14 June 2021 4 AM–13 June 2022 4 AM
• 4 Sets
• Blood Hound Set
  • Blood Hound Muzzle
  • Blood Hound Jacket
  • Blood Hound Pants
  • Blood Hound Boots
  • Blood Hound Gloves
• Vigilante Set
  • Vigilante Hair (Bonus–Not for individual sale)
  • Vigilante Mask
  • Vigilante Bodysuit
  • Vigilante Jacket
  • Vigilante Shoes
• Vigilante Helmet Bundle
  • Blood Hound–Helmet (Level 1)
  • Vigilante–Helmet (Level 2)
  • Vigilante–Helmet (Level 3)
• Vigilante Backpack Bundle
  • Blood Hound–Backpack (Level 1)
  • Blood Hound–Backpack (Level 2)
  • Vigilante–Backpack (Level 3)
• 2 Emotes
  • Victory Emote 54
  • Victory Emote 55

Ocean Fantasy

• Sales Period
  • KST: 30 June 2021 11 AM–29 June 2022 11 AM
  • PDT: 29 June 2021 7 PM–28 June 2022 7 PM
  • CEST: 30 June 2021 4 AM–29 June 4 AM
• 3 Sets
• Mermaid Costume Set
  • Mermaid Hair
  • MerMade-up
  • Mermaid Outfit
  • Mermaid Flipflops
• Divemaster Costume Set
  • Divemaster Helmet
  • Divemaster Suit
  • Divemaster Boots
• Lobster Costume Set
  • Lobster Mask
  • Lobster Costume
  • Victory Dance 56
• 1 Emote
  • Victory Dance 56
• 1 Vehicle
  • “Ocean Fantasy” Aquarail

El Solitario

• Sales Period
  • PDT: 1 June 7 PM–30 December 6 PM
  • KST: 2 June 11 AM–31 December 11 AM
  • CEST: 2 June 4 AM–31 December 4 AM
• Items
• El Solitario Biker Set
  • El Solitario Snake Head – Helmet (Level 1)
  • El Solitario Biker Suit
  • El Solitario Biker Gloves
  • El Solitario Biker Boots (Tan)
• El Solitario Wolf Set
  • El Solitario Wolf – Helmet (Level 1)
  • El Solitario Wolf Bodysuit
  • El Solitario Wolf Gloves
  • El Solitario Biker Boots (Gray)

Replay System

The replay system has been updated. Replay files from previous updates are now unable to be used.

Bug Fixes

Gameplay

• Fixed the issue where bots weren’t able to attack players on motorcycles.
• Fixed an issue with bot DBNO bleed speed.
• Fixed the issue where bots won’t attack players for more than ten seconds.
• Fixed the issue where a different message is displayed after accepting “Continue with this team.”
• Fixed the issue where the camera’s up/down rotation angle is overly limited in some vehicles.
• Fixed the issue where the player perspective doesn’t return to default settings after using the Emergency Pickup.
• Fixed the issue where players are able to throw an item through a window without breaking it.
• Fixed the issue where the Helmet hiding feature is turned on as default.
• Fixed the issue of the Match Report lists showing non-squad members when the match is in progress.
• Fixed the issue of a DBNO player on a Dirt Bike remaining on the bike, still able to ride.
• Fixed the issue where the microphone could activate on death even when it isn’t activated in a Custom match.
• Fixed the issue where the character doesn’t hold their weapon as they get out of the vehicle in certain situations.
• Fixed the issue where a destroyed Motor Glider could cause the driver to be de-synced appear in a different location after landing.
• Fixed the issue where the Blue Zone was blocking the backpack and Emergency Pickup interaction.
• Fixed the issue where players were unable to eject from Emergency Pickup

UI / UX

• Fixed an issue where the nickname of the opponent team was displayed in the player selection list when reporting a squad member from the squad management menu during TDM.
• Fixed an issue where a player’s own nickname wasn’t highlighted in yellow on the leaderboards.
• Fixed an issue on Miramar where the plane path UI and exiting the plane wouldn’t work correctly in a few specific situations.
• Aligned the text under Settings → Audio → Master Volume.
• Fixed the issue with the Equip UI being displayed in red randomly while riding in a vehicle.
• Fixed the issue where squad-mates online status wasn’t reflected in real-time on the social page.
• Fixed the issue of a missing comma in the G-Coin prices in the purchase pop-up.
• Fixed the issue where the “Back to custom session” message is displayed when creating a Custom match and then accessing the Social screen.
• Fixed the issue where the season mission image displayed the wrong weapon image.
• Fixed an issue where the result screen was not displayed upon death when switching from the replay screen to the highlight and then returning to the lobby and playing the game again.
• Fixed the issue where players are able to send an invitation to players in matchmaking situations and form a team.
• Fixed the issue where the color of the survival mastery reward LV.370 nameplate is partially displayed in the wrong color.
• Fixed the issue where the friend’s orders are wrongly displayed on the social screen.
• Fixed the issue of online friends not being updated in real-time on the Social widget.
• Fixed the issue where certain menus were not displayed in the Social widget as intended.
• Fixed the issue where the played time with friends was displayed in the Social menu.
• Fixed the issue where some English descriptions were incorrect in some Medals.
• Fixed the issue where the translation for Play Zone and Red Zone weren’t applied on the killfeed.
• Fixed the issue where players who have already been added as friends show up in the “previously played with list” on certain accounts.

Skin & Items

• Fixed an issue with the left arm graphics being displaying strangely, depending on the graphic quality, after equipping the Crash Test Handwraps.
• Fixed the clipping issue occurring after equipping the LV.1 Vest followed by the Mad’s Jumpsuit on a female character.
• Fixed the clipping issue when Spike Sweetness Jacket and PCS2 Unseen Survivor Masks are equipped at the same time.

Co-developer Raven Software has posted a Call of Duty: Warzone teaser hinting at what’s to come in the battle royale’s next season of content.

Over on Twitter, Raven Software posted a redacted image of three lines of text. The first two lines are blacked out in the middle, but the final line states that “something must be done soon.” It’s the first two lines, however, that point to something potentially drastic happening on the streets of Verdansk.

There’s something about “cargo,” but more importantly, the text appears to state that Verdansk needs saving. Twitter users jumped onto the post, seeking to decipher its message. One, who thinks they have cracked it, suggests it reads: “Cargo trucks are the current meta. Verdansk swiftly needs saving. Something must be done soon.” Raven Software has yet to confirm the text’s meaning.

Both Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone have received a mid-Season 3 Reloaded update that introduces more weapons, ’80s actions heroes John McClane and Rambo, and various other gameplay tweaks.

There’s no start date for Season 4 yet, but it’s likely to begin in mid-June. Whenever it does go live, the next season of content could make some significant changes to the battle royale shooter.

Square Enix has given Final Fantasy Brave Exvius players some new lo-fi hip hop music to adventure/play to, announcing a new partnership with English lo-fi musical group Chillhop Music.

The partnership begins with the Final Fantasy Exvius Universe x Chillhop Music compilation album, a 25-track record created by Chillhop Music in collaboration with Square Enix, that can be streamed on all major streaming platforms.

To celebrate the release of the album, both of the games in the mobile Final Fantasy Exvius Universe–Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and War of the Visions Final Fantasy Brave Exvius–will be running limited-time events themed around lo-fi music.

The new content coming to War of the Visions, as described in the official press release, is as follows:

• Collaboration Event – Players can challenge this limited-time event, which features a lo-fi remixed WOTV FFBE song from the compilation album, once per day to earn rewards.
• Home Screen Background Music – Fans can chill out with new home screen background music, which will be the lo-fi version of the song Under the Flag Remixed by SwuM for a limited time.
• Social Campaign – Players have the chance to earn 2,500 Visiore by liking/following the official WOTV FFBE Facebook and Twitter pages and by sharing/retweeting campaign posts on those pages. Full details and rules for entry are available on the official social channels.

Content specifically for the original Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, also found in the official release, is below:

• Lo-fi Login Bonus – Players will receive a special item called the “Lo-fi Note” by logging in daily and can exchange it within the game’s Exchange Shop to receive the “Lo-fi Headphones” equipment, which boost water, ice, wind and dark resistance by 20%, nullify sleep, silence and confusion and have the Auto-Shell ability, which automatically boosts SPR and reduces magic damage taken. Players can also exchange “Lo-fi Notes” for summon tickets, Lapis and more.
• Home Screen Background Music – Fans will be treated to new home screen background music during the collaboration period featuring a Chillhop Music collaboration song called Moment of Recall, Remixed by SwuM.

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius is a freemium turn-based RPG on both iOS and Android that first launched worldwide in June 2016. Its companion game, War of the Visions, is a tactical turn-based RPG that launched just under two years later in March 2020. The two games are connected via the story, with War of the Visions occuring far in the first game’s past.

A web developer from Spain who’s tired of boring CAPTCHAs decided to spice things up by creating a Doom-themed CAPTCHA for fun. The small minigame, which is playable on the project’s GitHub page, challenges you to shoot four imps with a pistol before time expires. If you complete the task, it’ll give you the go-ahead.

Spanish developer Miquel Camps Orteza created the CAPTCHA as a fun side project in just a few days. On the GitHub page, Orteza notes that the widget doesn’t actually provide the security of a real CAPTCHA, because its code only works on the user side. Most CAPTCHAs have both a user and server component in order to prevent hackers and bots from circumventing them.

“I think that today there have been much better projects than this one, but somehow Doom Captcha has brought you some kind of nostalgia and you felt the project as yours,” he wrote. “…It was funny to see the people’s reaction because everyone hates CAPTCHAs and they found fun in the Doom CAPTCHA.”

As one of the most iconic PC games of all time, hackers and developers often use Doom to demonstrate the possibilities of exploits they uncover. For example, a developer recently got a free version of the game working through a playable GIF on a fanfiction website. Prior to that, we saw Doom playable on a pregnancy test and on a graphing calculator powered by potato slices. Still, Doom has come a long way visually from 1993, with the 2020 release of the latest game in the series, Doom Eternal, as well as its DLC The Ancient Gods Part 2.

Monster Hunter Rise‘s 3.0 update releases today, May 26, Capcom announced during its latest Monster Hunter Digital Event stream. The update is slated to go live at 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET, and it introduces two new monsters to hunt, as well as a new ending to the game’s story.

First is Crimson Glow Valstrax, a new variant of the flagship monster from Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate. As Capcom describes, “This elder dragon typically secludes itself in the upper atmosphere, but it has been driven mad by its own rampant energy, causing it to lash out at anything in its sight.”

In addition to Crimson Glow Valstrax, the 3.0 update is also introducing Apex Zinogre to the game. “Its body is covered in scars and wounds as if it had been caught in a storm, and it’s seemingly always dominated by wrath and terror,” Capcom says. You can check out both fearsome monsters in the trailer above.

The final big addition is a new ending to the game’s story. It appears the Elder Dragons Ibushi and Narwa, which had been searching for each other throughout the entire game, will finally reunite, and you’ll need to take on both of them together to finally rid Kamura of the Rampage.

Beyond the new monsters, Capcom is also releasing a third wave of cosmetic DLC for the game alongside the 3.0 update. This batch includes more new voices, gestures, hairstyles, and other cosmetic options for your hunter. The update will fix various bugs as well. You can check out the full patch notes below.

There are more free updates on the horizon for Monster Hunter Rise. Beginning in June, Capcom will kick off the Capcom Collab, a series of crossover events that will introduce gear based on other Capcom titles. The first Collab event will let you earn layered Palico armor based on Tsukino from the upcoming Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin. Two more Capcom Collabs will be held in July and August.

Monster Hunter Rise Ver. 3.0 Patch Notes

Required Space

About 1.4GB (only this update)

• If this is your first time updating the game after purchasing it, the required space is about 2.9GB.
• Please make sure you have enough empty space before you download the update.

Main Additions/Changes

Added Story Elements

• New monsters will appear in Hub quests.
• New monsters will appear in the Rampage.
• New quests will be available.
• A new combat locale will be available.
• New weapon trees, armor, and layered armor will be available.
• New skills and Rampage Skills will be available.
• You can change the appearance of Rampage weapons using certain materials.
• Note: The above items will be unlocked when certain conditions are met.

Added System Elements

• New Guild Card awards will be available.
• New DLC can be purchased from Nintendo eShop.

Bug Fixes/Miscellaneous

Base/Facility

• Fixed a bug causing an explosion when removing a Hunting Installation during Rampage Quests in Multiplayer.
• Fixed a bug preventing the player from obtaining Talismans from the Melding Pot under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause submarines to become transparent during the cutscene where the Argosy leaves port from the Buddy Plaza, when other players are in specific locations in Multiplayer.
• Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause decorations to be unequipped when changing to a different loadout that contains the same decorations.
• If the player has a Daily Special dango registered to a set, Dango Carver (Hi) would sometimes activate even when it’s not the Daily Special. This has been addressed.
• Fixed a bug preventing the gunlance’s Wyrmstake Cannon and Wyvern’s Fire from being counted towards the “Repel using a weapon” sub-assignment during Rampage Quests.
• Fixed a bug causing the game to freeze when pressing the accept button after the cursor goes off-screen if the player performs certain actions when accepting items from the Meowcenaries.
• Fixed a bug causing Novice Hunter Taishi to appear as Rice Ball Artist Seihaku if the player looks at where he’s sitting from the Hub Prep Area.
• Fixed a bug causing an error when performing certain actions in the village after taking on a quest with Send Join Request active while not participating in a Lobby.

Monsters

• Fixed a bug that would sometimes prevent monster parts from being electrically charged, thus taking less damage during the Serpent Goddess of Thunder quest.
• Fixed a bug causing the wind effect to remain on screen if the monster is slain while creating an air stream during the Serpent God of Wind quest.
• Fixed a bug that would very occasionally prevent the player from advancing when Bishaten clings onto a wall.

Player

• When a player faints during a quest, other players that joined the quest mid-way would sometimes get a message on the loading screen telling them that they had fainted. This has been addressed.
• If the player is riding a Palamute when Almudron dives under and creates a mud maze, there would sometimes be paths between the mud walls too narrow to pass through, and some walls would warp the player somewhere else when touching them. This has been addressed.
• Fixed a bug preventing Buddies from helping the player if they are inflicted with a status ailment while in a state where knockback is negated.
• Fixed a bug where the dual blades’ Demon Mode attacks and the heavy bowgun’s melee attack were not included in the conditions for the Latent Power skill.
• Fixed a bug causing the player to get stuck in the environment when using Wyvern Riding actions on Tobi-Kadachi in the Flooded Forest.
• Fixed a bug causing the cutscene to go dark and become unskippable when the player’s HP hits 0 at the same time as the monster is slain during the Serpent God of Wind quest.
• Fixed a bug causing the charge blade’s Axe Hopper to only gain the “Silkbind Boost” effect during the upward attack.
• Fixed a bug preventing blast damage from increasing when a guest player uses Teostra Soul at the Training Area.
• Fixed a bug preventing any additional hits from occurring when succesfully landing a Midair Spinning Blade Dance or Midair Roundslash if the wirebug’s silk is connected.
• Fixed a bug causing a continued state of low stamina and reduced movement speed.
• Fixed a bug preventing Sticky Ammo from benefiting from the effects of the Dango Bombardier dango skill.
• Fixed a bug causing the effects of Gourmet Fish to last longer for other players than for the user when using the Wide-Range skill.
• Fixed a bug causing a hunter’s stamina to be reduced if they are guarding and get hit by the bowgun’s Shrapnel Ammo from another player.
• Fixed a bug causing an application error to occur when the player opens their own status screen from the member list before leaving on a quest with Send Join Request active while not participating in a Lobby.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed a bug preventing players from advancing if the host leaves a Multiplayer session of 3 or more players with specific timing and under specific conditions.
• Fixed a bug sometimes causing the wrong amiibo sound effect to be played when reading one.
• Fixed a bug preventing the player from advancing when repeatedly opening and closing the HOME screen after activating the software keyboard.
• Fixed a bug sometimes preventing Escuregots from being recognized as a camera subject, resulting in the picture not being usable on the Endemic Life list.
• Fixed a bug causing the Palamute’s voice pitch to be switched between low and normal, causing the actual voice to be different from the sample voice.
• Fixed a bug preventing the “Negate Stun” Buddy Skill from negating stun caused by a flash of light.
• Fixed a bug preventing the Guild Card picture from being displayed properly after accepting a Guild Card while it is still being transferred.
• Fixed various text bugs.
• Other miscellaneous bug fixes have been made.