The upcoming Title Update 9 for The Division 2 will implement a new reconfigure feature into the Exotics system. When the update goes live on April 21, you’ll be able to raise low level Exotics to your current level as well as adjust Exotics at your current level.
Under this new system, you’ll be able to reconfigure Exotics up to the level of your crafting bench, capping at level 40. When reconfigured, an Exotic will get new attributes and corresponding stats to match its new power level. If an Exotic is already at your current level, it won’t grow stronger–it will only gain new attributes. This means that choosing to reconfigure your already powerful Exotic could be a double-edged sword, possibly removing beneficial aspects of the equipment.
In order to reconfigure an Exotic, you’ll need its specific Reconfigure Blueprint, all of which require one Exotic Component alongside generic crafting materials. If you’re short on Exotic Components, you can still deconstruct an Exotic you don’t want in order to gain the crafting part. However, after Title Update 9 goes live, you’ll only get one Exotic Component per deconstruction, not two. So you may want to start deconstructing your unwanted Exotics now.
“As soon as you own a specific Exotic, you can purchase the Reconfigure Blueprint from the crafting Vendor, Inaya,” Ubisoft wrote in a blog post. “Existing upgrade blueprints you already owned prior to [Title Update 9] will be converted into Reconfigure Blueprints automatically and will be available in the Reconfigure section of your crafting bench.”
The Division 2 is available for Xbox One, PS4, and PC.
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A mobile version of Dead by Daylight, the asymmetrical survival horror game, is now live worldwide on Android and iOS, developer Behaviour Interactive announced. Check out the launch trailer below.
The game, which soft-launched to a limited userbase in 2019, has been optimized for mobile devices with scaled-back graphics and touch-sensitive controls. Aside from fitting into a much smaller device, Dead By Daylight Mobile is the same 4v1 survival horror experience. And it features the same content as its PC and console counterparts, including iconic killers like Halloween’s Michael Myers, Stranger Things’ Demogorgon, and more. Dead By Daylight Mobile is free to download for everyone.
In other Dead By Daylight news, the game’s newest DLC is available now on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The Chains of Hate expansion includes a new Killer, another Survivor, and a wild west-themed map and costs $8. It’s unclear if this DLC pack will make its way to Dead By Daylight Mobile.
We scored the game a 6/10 in our original Dead By Daylight review, saying, “Dead by Daylight executes the concept of a competitive horror game well, but only to a point. The poor matchmaking and the highly exploitable scoring system make Dead by Daylight less competitive than it should be, resulting in gameplay which doesn’t resemble the horror experience it sets out to be.”
Note: This post contains light spoilers for Chapter 9 of Final Fantasy 7 Remake. We recommend you’re at least playing through this chapter before reading this guide.
During the Wall Market section of Chapter 9, Cloud and Aerith embark on a mission to find Tifa, who’s holed up in the mansion of the reclusive Don Corneo. To accomplish this task, Aerith must qualify as an official candidate in the running to be one of Corneo’s many mistresses. If you’re coming up on this after reading the guide we wrote about Chocobo Sam, then you’ll know you need the approval of Corneo’s closest confidants–another of which is a woman goes by the name of Madam M.
When you speak to Madam M–like Chocobo Sam–she also presents you with a choice. For her, it’s around the massage course you want to spend money on. There are three choices: the Luxury Course (3,000 gil). the Standard Course (1,000 gil), and the Poor Man’s Course (100 gil).
The decision you make ultimately impacts a pair of side-quests you get access to later on after you complete the coliseum. If you choose Standard Course or Poor Man’s Course, you’ll be locked into a set of side-quests tied to Chocobo Sam, but if you choose the Luxury Course, you’ll be locked into side-quests tied to Madam M.
If you’re eager to experience the other pair of missions, you’ll need to replay Chapter 9 using the Chapter Select menu that becomes available once you finish the game. Doing both sets is required to complete the “Best in the Business” Trophy.
Below you can find a walkthrough detailing each pair of side-quests and some of the rewards you can earn along the way. For more guides, be sure to check out our FF7 Remake walkthrough and guides roundup. Otherwise, read our FF7 Remake review for our full thoughts about the game.
Chocobo Sam’s Side-Quests (Standard Course or Poor Man’s Course)
The Party Never Stops
Just north of the gym on the same side of the street is the clothing shop. Talk to the owner, who will dispatch you to go find his father at the bar across from the gym. You mostly just need to follow Johnny around Wall Market, talking to people. Your performance will be based on the quality of your materia: Assess, elemental materias like Fire and Ice, and Cleanse. If you’ve leveled them up, you’ll earn Moogle Medals at each step.
The Materia Shop owner will send you to the Inn to use a vending machine, where your Assess materia will be tested. After that, drop by the restaurant and help the owner with whatever your best elemental materia is. Finally, the Item Shop owner will send you to deliver medicine; depending on the level of your Cleanse materia, you’ll deliver more medicine for more rewards. Check the bathroom at Drunkard’s for your first delivery to get a sedative. The second goes to the alley behind the gym, accessible from the northwest side of the map, and gives you a celeris. The third is for the narrow alley just north and east of the Item Shop, which will earn you a pack of three Big Bombers. After you’re done with the medicine, the Item Shop owner will give you the “Inspiration” to bring back to the dressmaker and complete the quest.
Dynamite Bodies
After speaking with Sam, go to the Colosseum for more fights. If you can, combine a Fire and Elemental materia on your armor to give yourself additional protection. You’ll fight two Bomb enemies, which don’t have any major weaknesses, but are strong against Fire attacks. How you fight these guys is the key, though–you’ll want to catch them with attacks while they’re in the middle of doing attacks of their own, like the Flamethrower or Fireball, to raise their stagger meters. The best way to do this is to stay out of range, flinging Blizzara spells at the Bombs when they blow fire your way.
Avoid hitting the Bombs when they do the Inflame move, because that’ll cause them to grow in size, making their attacks more potent and expanding their range. Do your best to keep away from the Bombs and keep pushing their stagger meters up until you can close the gap and take one out with Punisher attacks and ATB abilities. At that point, finishing off the other should be pretty simple. You’ll get an Arcane Scepter weapon for Aerith for your trouble.
Madam M’s Side-Quests (Luxury Course)
The Price of Thievery
Head just outside of Wall Market and talk to Mirielle. Return to Evergreen Park and enter the Collapsed Highway again, where you’ll find Beck’s Badasses. This time, they’ve got a big Grungy Bandit backing them up, who will like to charge at you and pick you up. He’s slow and weak to fire, however, so just avoid him and hit him with magic attacks or Punisher strikes until you put him down.
Shears’ Counterattack
Once you finish both side-quests “The Price of Thievery” and “Burning Thighs,” head to Madam M’s to get a new challenge in the Colosseum. You’ll face the Jury-Rigged Cutter in the battle. It’s a powerful but slow opponent, and at this point, you’ll have fought through a bunch of Sweepers and Cutters–deal with this one the same way, with Lightning magic and Punisher melee strikes. Keep clear of its attacks by dodging and you shouldn’t have much issue.
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Note: This post contains light spoilers for Chapter 9 of Final Fantasy 7 Remake. We recommend you’re at least playing through this chapter before reading this guide.
When you arrive to the Wall Market in Chapter 9, the party is quickly set on a mission to find Tifa by entering the mansion of the reclusive Don Corneo. To accomplish this, Aerith needs to qualify as a candidate in the running to be one of Corneo’s many mistresses, so they can easily bypass his heavy security detail. But this isn’t a simple process, as you need to the approval of Corneo’s closest confidants–one of which is a feller named Chocobo Sam.
Once you start chatting with Chocobo Sam just outside the entrance of the Wall Market, he soon presents you with a coin toss to determine whether or not he’ll help Aerith out. You’re given three choices: Heads, Tails, or No Deal.
While you might spend the next 10 minutes mulling over what to do, don’t waste your time. No matter which choice you make, the outcome will always be the same where you’ll guess it wrong. This even applies when you say “No Deal”, since Aerith will inevitably decide for you, leading to the same result.
Chocobo Sam is really just messing with you, which lends to the charm of his character–aside from his pitch-perfect Sam Elliot impersonation, of course. You do get a slight hint about him rigging the coin toss beforehand if you talk to the disheartened Johnny, who passes by and rants on about how he should’ve picked heads.
Ultimately, this may not be the answer you want to hear about the coin toss choice, but at least, you can breathe easy knowing that your journey isn’t impacted by the decision. However, do keep in mind that the choice you’re faced with Madam M later on does impact how some things play out during Chapter 9. For a full rundown on everything you need to know about that choice, read our Madam M decision guide.
There’s a total of 80 fish to catch in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, from huge ocean-dwelling sharks to tiny tadpoles in your island’s ponds. One of the rarest (and most profitable) of these fish is the coelacanth, an ancient fish once thought to be extinct in real life that is actually still alive and swimming. Luckily, you don’t have to do anything extra-special to catch one; you just need to keep an eye on the weather.
When To Catch A Coelacanth
Unlike a lot of fish, the coelacanth is available year-round and at all times of the day. However, it only appears when it’s raining. Weather in New Horizons isn’t tied to real-life weather, so you just have to look out for a random rainy day as you play–it can even start or stop raining throughout an individual day.
A coelacanth in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
In previous Animal Crossing games, you could also catch a coelacanth when it was snowing. However, New Horizons’ in-game Critterpedia only lists rain as a weather requirement, not snow. We will update this guide when we can confirm this.
Where To Catch A Coelacanth
Coelacanth only appear in the ocean, and they’re represented by the largest shadow. When it’s raining, just go to the ocean and keep an eye out for big fish. While you might still get the dreaded sea bass, with a little patience, you should get a coelacanth.
You can also go to a deserted island on a Mystery Tour to catch a coelacanth. Because the weather on these islands can be different from the weather on your own island, it doesn’t hurt to check if you’re eager to complete your museum or make a quick buck. That said, there’s no time limit to catching a coelacanth like with the game’s seasonal fish, so it’s probably more convenient to wait for rain on your own island.
What To Do With A Coelacanth
Like with other fish and bugs, you have two main options once you’ve caught a coelacanth: You can donate it to Blathers at the museum or you can sell it for bells. We recommend donating your first catch so you don’t forget, then selling any others to Timmy and Tommy at Nook’s Cranny or to the special visitor C.J. for 150% of the regular price.
Nook’s Cranny price: 15,000 bells each
C.J. price: 22,500 bells each
You can also display a coelacanth in a large tank in your home or around the island.
By the way, coelacanth is pronounced “see-la-canth.” Yes, I only know this because of Animal Crossing.
While conventional wisdom would say punishingly frustrating games aren’t the best experiences to recommend right now, I think they can provide a welcome distraction. Enter: Dark Souls. This weekend you can save on the iconic From Software franchise on Steam until April 20, with incredible discounts on Dark Souls 3 and Dark Souls 2.
Dark Souls 3 is down to just $10 (was $60), but the really great deal here is the Deluxe Edition. Normally $85, the Deluxe Edition comes with the season pass containing the two expansions, Ashes of Ariandel and The Ringed City, for $14.44. If you already own Dark Souls 3 on Steam, you can grab the season pass for 50% off at $12.49.
Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin is also discounted to $10 (was $40). Scholar of the First Sin is the “definitive” edition of Dark Souls 2, as it comes with the three expansions from the season pass.
Spring game sales
Though absent from the official Steam sale, you can round out the series with Dark Souls: Remastered for $16 (was $40) at Fanatical. Plus, you’ll get a Steam code when purchasing from Fanatical.
Baba is You developer Arvi Teikari is hard at work on his next game, Environmental Station Alpha 2 (tentative title). But Teikari acknowledges that the sequel to Environmental Station Alpha, a 2015 metroidvania, isn’t likely to achieve the same levels of success as Baba is You–a sentiment he’s willing to accept.
“I’ve been trying to tell myself and remind myself that it’s extremely unlikely that whatever I do next, or whatever I do ever in my career, will be as successful as Baba Is You,” Teikari said in an interview with GamesIndustry.Biz. “Unless I figure out something as novel as Baba Is You, my future games will have to be okay not being as successful. And I would really like to be fine with that.”
“ESA 2 is a very traditional metroidvania game, not one that would get people saying ‘Wow this is so innovative!'” Teikari added. “More like, ‘Oh, this is another game in the genre that already has a lot of games, not very interesting but I might enjoy playing it.’ He hopes that he can be happy with the critical reception to ESA 2, which he predicts will be less favorable than Baba is You seeing as ESA 2 isn’t currently as innovative.
Prior to completing ESA 2, Teikari plans on releasing a level editor for Baba Is You. He has no specific release date in mind, though he’s aiming to finish in 2020.
In the interview, Teikari admits experiencing a sense of burnout following the completion of Baba is You, a game he developed entirely on his own. It’s an experience shared by several other indie developers who designed games on their own–developing a game solo can be mentally and emotionally taxing.
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A cult-classic game from the PS2, Xbox, and GameCube era is soon coming to modern consoles–yes, we’re obviously talking about SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated, a remake of the 2003 3D platformer based on the popular cartoon. THQ Nordic finally revealed a release date for the game, which is set to launch June 23 on PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC, so it won’t be long before fans can return to the oceanic town of Bikini Bottom, reimagined with vibrant visuals.
First revealed ahead of E3 2019, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated follows SpongeBob and his friends Patrick and Sandy as they work to save Bikini Bottom from the evil Plankton and his horde of robots. SpongeBob and team must make their way through various platforming levels, avoiding hazards, collecting items, and battling wacky robots. While the original game was single-player only, the remake adds a new horde multiplayer mode (online and split-screen); it also includes original content that was cut from the original, like the Robo Squidward boss fight.
The original game received mixed reviews and currently holds an overall score of 71 on Metacritic (with an 8.3 user score), but it’s since developed a cult following, and it’s a favorite within the speedrunning community.
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated is available to pre-order now for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC, and it has two different special editions, which you can check out below. We’ve detailed what comes with each edition, including the huge and appropriately wacky Collector’s Edition.
Pre-order SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated standard edition
The standard edition includes just the base game and is available to pre-order for a modest $30. As of right now, no pre-order bonuses have been announced, although retailers may offer their own exclusive bonuses eventually. We’ll note those here when available. Physical console copies are available at the following retailers–you can also pre-order for a slight discount on Steam right now.
Upgrade to the Shiny Edition, and you’ll get several SpongeBob goodies along with your game. Available for $150, the Shiny Edition is up for pre-order and includes the following collectibles:
SpongeBob figurine (8″) with a golden spatula and flexible tongue
Only real SpongeBob fans will want to shell out for the $300 F.U.N. Edition, which is more expensive than the collector’s editions for AAA games like The Last of Us Part 2, Cyberpunk 2077, and Ghost of Tsushima. In addition to everything in the Shiny Edition, the F.U.N. Edition gets you figurines for Sandy and Patrick along with a set of Tiki keyrings. Here’s a look at what it includes and where you can purchase it.
SpongeBob figurine (8″) with a golden spatula and flexible tongue
Patrick figurine (7″)
Sandy figurine (8″)
Set of Tiki keyrings
Wall stickers
Six lithographs
SpongeBob SquarePants tennis socks
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Crunchyroll has released a new trailer for The God of High School, an upcoming Crunchyroll Original series. The trailer introduces the voice actors for the main cast of characters–it’s embedded below.
Coming in Summer 2020, The God of High School is an anime adaptation of the South Korean webtoon of the same name. The series follows a group of high school students who each decide to participate in an intense fighting tournament to accomplish a personal goal.
As seen in the trailer, protagonist Jin Mori is a high school taekwondo master who joins the tournament after suffering the first loss in his life–now motivated to seek greater challenges and improve himself. In the tournament, he befriends and ultimately teams up with Yoo Mira (a powerful swords-woman seeking a man who’s worthy of marrying her) and Han Daewi (a defensive specialist looking to earn enough money to pay the hospital bills for his friend that’s been diagnosed with a terminal disease).
Crunchyroll Originals are a lot like Netflix Originals–they’re TV series and movies exclusives that have been produced by the streaming service. The God of High School is a part of Crunchyroll’s first wave of Original series, following on the heels of Winter 2020’s In/Spectre and Spring 2020’s Tower of God.
Rehydrated is a remake of the original Battle for Bikini Bottom that released on PS2, Xbox, and GameCube in 2003 (the PC and GBA games were distinctly different.) While the game didn’t review particularly well, it soon became a cult classic and is popular among speedrunning communities.
The remake features “high-end visuals” and “modern resolutions.” There’s also a brand-new Horde mode for up to two players, both online and offline, and some of the original game’s cut content has been restored, such as the Robo Squidward boss fight and more.
Pre-orders are now available for Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Two special editions of the game have been announced as well. The Shiny Edition includes an 8-inch SpongeBob figurine with a golden spatula and flexible tongue, wall stickers, six lithographs, SpongeBob SquarePants tennis socks, and, of course, the game itself.
The F.U.N. Edition, meanwhile, includes the same 8-inch SpongeBob figurine with golden spatula and flexible tongue, a 7-inch figurine of Patrick, a Sandy 8-inch figurine, wall stickers, a set of Tiki keyrings, six lithographs, SpongeBob SquarePants tennis socks, and the game. You can check out both special editions below.
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