Author: Trafficblast

Just as everyone expected, Fortnite now has a golf simulator. OK, few (if any) fans expected new sports to play inside Fortnite, but that’s exactly what they’re doing now that Season 5 has begun.

Fortnite streamers and leakers DieBuddies posted a promotional image hinting at in-game golf early this morning before later posting that it was possible to play basketball, volleyball, and golf.

The trio of sports games are made possible through what Epic has dubbed “toys,” which Polygon reports are unlocked by purchasing this season’s Battle Pass and performing an emote that generates a basketball, golf ball, or volleyball (which looks more like a beach ball but is being called a volleyball by most players).

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Yakuza series producer, Daisuke Sato, says the Nintendo Switch is not the “ideal” platform to develop Yakuza games on.

Sato has said that while he might consider releasing the Yakuza games for the Xbox One, the Switch isn’t looking likely, and it’s partially down to the console’s user base.

In an interview with gameblog.fr (per Gematsu‘s translation), Sato said that he’s not convinced Nintendo’s console is the right platform on which to develop Yakuza, because “maybe people don’t expect this kind of game on Switch.”

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Billed as a dramedy, director Jody Hill’s The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter follows the exploits of a “famous” hunter named Buck Ferguson (Josh Brolin), his faithful cameraman Don (Danny McBride), and his son Jaden (Montana Jordan). For years, Buck was known for his cheesy – yet, apparently lucrative – hunting videos. He and Don would go galivanting across the US in search of Whitetail Deer, often leaving their families and significant others alone for months at a time. Because of this (and his recent divorce), Buck hasn’t had the time to develop a great relationship with Jaden. All hope isn’t lost though. Thanks to his filming schedule coinciding with a purposed father and son hunting trip, Buck will finally be able to spend some quality time with his son.

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You’ll soon be able to get schwifty more easily with Rick and Morty’s upcoming full soundtrack.

Sub Pop and Adult Swim are releasing a 24-track soundtrack simply titled ‘The Rick and Morty Soundtrack’. It’ll feature music from the show’s composer Ryan Elder, alongside Chaos Chaos, Blonde Redhead, Mazzy Star, and Belly. There will also be two new songs from Chad VanGaalen and Clipping.

The soundtrack will be released as a standard CD, a double LP, and a full digital release on September 28. The double LP will be pressed on colored vinyl and will include two single-pocket LP jackets housed together in a die-cut slipcase.

On November 23 you can grab the soundtrack on a traditional cassette tape and a deluxe double LP, which will come with the standard LP pressed on an exclusive colored vinyl. It’ll be housed in a box with an etched plexiglass window with LED lights. The box will feature a custom poster, sticker, patch, and a bonus 7” single.

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Gunfire Games, the development team behind Darksiders 3, has announced Remnant: From the Ashes.

Remnant: From the Ashes is a third-person survival-action shooter developed by Gunfire Games and published by Perfect World Entertainment. It will feature four-player co-op in “dynamically generated worlds,” and is currently scheduled for a 2019 release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

The game will have playable demos at both Gamescom and PAX West later this year, and you can check out the official announcement trailer below:

Remnant: From the Ashes is set in a post-apocalyptic future in which Earth has been overrun by The Root; hostile beings from another dimension. To survive, players will travel to other dimensions, fight through “dynamically-generated levels,” craft weapons and equipment, recruit tradesmen to populate their home base, and customize their character to suit their personal playstyle.

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It was yet another massive week for the comic book industry. Marvel relaunched Amazing Spider-Man and X-23. DC delivered a new Superman series and the climax of “Flash War.” And IDW kicked off their biggest Transformers story yet in Transformers: Unicron.

Scroll down to check out our reviews for these and various other new releases, and be sure to let us know your favorite books of the week in the comments below.

Amazing Spider-Man #1

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After the credits rolled on Octopath Traveler, I took a 15-minute break before I sat back down, grabbed my controller, and went back to my save file to play more. This, in spite of the fact I’d played 53 hours on my journey to complete the path of Therion, the thief whose story I’d chosen at the beginning. The more I played, the more I loved it.

Going in, I’d expected little more than a charming but run-of-the-mill homage to the 16-bit RPGs I grew up playing. Instead, Octopath Traveler treated me to a stunning tilt-shifted art style and a deep battle system that made every encounter an exercise in thoughtful strategizing.

At first blush, Octopath Traveler is a sprite-based game that looks like it’d be at home in a Super NES Final Fantasy. But there’s more to it than that: Character are 2D, but they move and explore in a 3D world painted with 16-bit textures, with the exception of realistic sand, snow, and water. That lends it a delightful old-school charm while giving it a modern flavor.

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Ridley, Inkling, and Wolf will be joining the rest of the Super Smash Bros. series amiibo when they launch on December 7, the same day as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, for USD $15.99.

In addition, the Nintendo Versus Twitter account also confirmed that, “many” of the original Super Smash Bros. amiibo will be seeing re-releases “later this year and will be $12.99.”

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