Borderlands 3’s Bank Is Expanding, Other Future Updates Revealed

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Gearbox is set to release a new patch for Borderlands 3 today, October 24. The update addresses bug fixes, stability improvements, and general adjustments, but the studio has also outlined its roadmap for the coming weeks in terms of what we can expect from future hotfixes and patches for the looter shooter.

Gearbox says game performance and stability continues to be its top priority. An upcoming November patch promises to introduce various improvements games-wide, with the studio saying, “performance and stability will continue to be an ongoing effort with more fixes rolled out with each upcoming patch.”

One of the most requested features by the community is an expansion to Borderlands 3’s bank. As a result, Gearbox has begun laying the groundwork for expanding the bank. The upcoming release of Takedown at Maliwan’s Blacksite will introduce a significant expansion to the bank that will more than double the existing space for storing your items.

Bosses will also be getting dedicated loot pools to ensure that more specific gear drops from defeated bosses. Once this happens as an expected part of the November update, you’ll be able to go to a specific boss and get the specific gear you’re looking for, saving a lot of time and hassle.

Gearbox says it will be introducing some character buffs as well, since Moze’s Iron Bear, FL4K’s pets, and Zane’s Digi-Clone/SNTL aren’t performing as well as expected when Mayhem Mode is activated in the late stages of the game. The developer is looking at ways to adjust damage according to the relevant skills and gear, to make sure Borderlands 3 has as many viable character builds as possible.

Speaking of Mayhem Mode, Gearbox is also planning a significant revamp that will introduce a host of improvements to the way it works. The first update will, once again, be released as part of Takedown at Maliwan’s Blacksite, and will include the first new Mayhem Mode level, Mayhem 4. The new level promises to offer a significant challenge, with tougher enemies and better rewards that revolve around new Legendary gear. Beyond this, Gearbox will eventually overhaul Mayhem Mode with Mayhem 2.0, adding more UI support, playlists, additional levels, new rewards, and new Mayhem Modifiers that will dramatically change the gameplay.

Lastly, there will be new vending machines cropping up throughout Borderlands 3’s planet-hopping adventure. Gearbox is also hard at work trying to find a solution that will let you skip cutscenes, and it’s introducing a target dummy so you can easily test your gear on Sanctuary.

As for today’s patch, the latest update fixes numerous bugs afflicting Borderlands 3 by addressing various crashes, removing a reported bug in the Space-Laser Tag mission that prevented some players from progressing to the next objective, and altering the Flakker weapon so it now consumes one ammo instead of five, among a host of other changes detailed in the full patch notes.

There’s also a free Bloody Harvest Halloween event kicking off today, introducing spooky new cosmetics like skins and weapon elements, the new Bloody Harvest boss, and a new Legendary weapon. GameSpot has all of the details on how you can access the Halloween-themed event and when it comes to an end.

Luke Skywalker and Ben Solo Fight the Knights of Ren in New Star Wars Comic

The cover art for the upcoming second issue of The Rise of Kylo Ren, a four-issue comic mini-series the focuses on the origins of Kylo Ren and the Knights of Ren, has revealed that a young Ben Solo and Luke Skywalker once fought together against the Knights of Ren.

Revealed by The Rise of Kylo Ren writer Charles Soule, the image by Will Sliney shows Solo, who will eventually become Kylo Ren, and Skywalker facing off in the rain against at least 5 Knights of Ren carrying various weaponry.

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Netflix’s Daybreak Shows You How to Survive the Apocalypse

Netflix’s new post-apocalyptic show centers on a group of high school students who must survive in a world where all of the adults have been turned into flesh-eating monsters called “Ghoulies.”

Currently streaming on Netflix, Daybreak stars veteran actor Matthew Broderick as Glendale High School’s Principal Michael Burr, Krysta Rodriguez as the biology teacher, Colin Ford as our hero and every-teen, and Sophie Simnett as Sam Dean, the most widely admired girl at Glendale High. The streamer describes the series as “part samurai saga, part endearing coming-of-age story, and part Battle Royale.”

Be sure to check out the video below to watch the cast and crew learn how to survive the apocalypse.

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Fortnite Dance Locations: Where To Dance For Forged In Slurp Challenge

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Chapter 2 of Fortnite has begun its third week of Battle Pass challenges. The newest mission set is titled Forged in Slurp and centres around Rippley, the adorable Slurp creature introduced at the beginning of the season. One of the latest challenges tasks you to dance at Compact Cars, Lockie’s Lighthouse, and Weather Station. If you’re not sure where these landmarks are found on the brand new map, we break down how to easily complete the challenge below.

Where Are Compact Cars, Lockie’s Lighthouse, and Weather Station?

The three locations you need to dance in are spread out across the map with one in the north, south, and near the centre. They’re not too hard to find, though, especially if you know where to look.

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Compact Cars is found near the centre of the map. It’s a small scrapyard that’s located on the east side of the river between Frenzy Farm and Dirty Docks. You’ll find it on Fortnite’s map grid in the G4 square.

Lockie’s Lighthouse is difficult to miss when you’re in the northwest of the map. The tall red and white lighthouse is located on an island at the very top of the map near Pleasant Park. Fortnite’s map grid places it in the C1 square.

Lastly, the Weather Station lives at the top of the snowy mountains in the southeast. The building and its accompanying satellites are located to the east of Misty Meadows and south of Retail Row, at the southwest end of the frosty peaks. You’ll find it in the G7 square of Fortnite’s map grid.

How To Complete The Challenge?

This one is fairly easy to complete; all you need to do is head to each of the three locations and activate one of your dance emotes. You can do this in separate games or attempt to nail them all in one, but this is easier said than done considering how spread out they are. Completing this challenge will net you 14,000 season XP and unlock another Forged in Slurp challenge.

Chapter 2, Season 1 runs until December 12, according to the official Fortnite website. You can see the full list of Chapter 2 challenges here, along with our guides on how to complete the trickiest ones. For more, be sure to check out our other Fortnite Chapter 2 coverage below.

The Best Entrance In All Of WWE May Belong To NXT’s Breezango

In wrestling, there is something for everybody, no matter your tastes. There are exceptionally serious moments of high drama between two angry competitors, then there’s moments like the one tag team Breezango created on the October 23 episode of WWE’s NXT: pure, hilarious entertainment.

The team made up of Tyler Breeze and Fandango have been changing things up the past few weeks on NXT. They were once the Fashion Police–which led to a Twin Peaks parody that garnered a lot of attention, followed by a Stranger Things parody–and as of this week, they were fighter pilots, which you can see in the video below.

Two ramp agents, holding the orange rods, direct the wrestlers in. Tyler Breeze walks in from the left, and Fandango–pretending to be an airplane–comes in from the right. It’s nearly impossible to look away, as this is one of the most entertaining entrances we’ve seen in WWE in years.

The week prior, Breezango entered the ring as construction workers, and who knows what they will do next week. The two aren’t just a comedy showcase though. Breeze and Fandango are extremely skilled in the ring and put on excellent matches as well.

The two WWE superstars have been working together for years as a tag team. In 2017, the team came to the GameSpot office to create-a-wrestler in WWE 2K18 to take on the one I made, and they lost, which you can watch up top. And if they ever return, I will have yet another create-a-wrestler destroy them.

Speaking of WWE 2K, this week marked the release of WWE 2K20, and the Twitter’s first impressions of the game are rough, as it is filled with lots of bugs, which are sometimes hilarious.

You can check out to see what Breezango enters as next on NXT which airs on Wednesday nights on USA.

Haunting of Hill House, Us, And More Blu-Ray Deals At Best Buy

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Even in the age of streaming, Best Buy has remained committed to Blu-ray home releases. The retail giant often has exclusive Blu-ray box sets, like this awesome Avengers four-movie collection and steelbook editions you cannot get anywhere else. Best Buy also often discounts the prices on its wide selection of Blu-rays. This week you can save on an eclectic assortment of Blu-rays at Best Buy, from horror hits that are perfect for this time of year to heralded animated movies and collections of beloved franchises.

Let’s start with the movies that align with the spookiness in the air. Jordan Peele’s pair of excellent horror movies, Get Out and Us, are available for great discounts. Get Out is just $5 (was $10), and the Us 4K UHD steelbook edition (exclusive to Best Buy) is down to $19 (was $35). The Haunting of House Hill is streaming on Netflix, but if you want to watch the extended director’s cut, the first season is $15 right now (was $25). Three episodes, including the pilot and finale, contain never-before-seen footage alongside commentary from director Mike Flanagan.

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Best Buy’s current Blu-ray deals also feature some Halloween-themed movies fit for the whole family, including Hotel Transylvania for $5 (was $10), Hotel Transylvania 3 with a steelbook case for $15 (was $25), and It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown for $9 (was $15).

You can also save on some of the biggest movies of 2019. Pokemon Detective Pikachu is $15 (was $25), and the Shazam 4K UHD steelbook edition is $25 (was $35).

Best Buy’s sales typically reset every Sunday, so you might only have a couple more days to take advantage of these Blu-ray deals. All of the Blu-rays are eligible for Best Buy’s price match guarantee, so if you see a product for a cheaper price elsewhere, you can get the lower price at Best Buy.

You can browse the whole selection of Blu-ray deals at Best Buy by clicking the link below. We’ve combed through the deals and selected a bunch of our favorites.

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Microsoft Has Paid Indie Devs Over $1B This Generation

Since ID@Xbox launched in 2014, Microsoft has become a hub for indie games, with developers able to register and self-publish their titles across both Windows PC and Xbox One. Promoting indie developers has been a core value at Xbox for a number of years now, most notably during the company’s annual E3 presentations where they’re often given the spotlight to shine.

Kotaku Australia recently spoke with ID@Xbox Director Chris Charla about the program and the importance of indie games development. One of the questions raised addresses concerns over the tangible benefits for developers joining the program in regards to finances and support from Xbox. Charla reveals that Microsoft has paid “more than $1.2 billion to independent developers this generation for games that have come through the ID program.”

That number is sure to be significantly higher during the next generation of consoles–which will include Microsoft’s Project Scarlett–as indie games become bigger and more ambitious than ever. “We’ve also seen some independent studios who are now approaching the 30 person level and doing bigger games,” Charla explains. “They’re exploring more multiplayer games, and areas that traditional games have done. That’s what’s so exciting about the independent games scene–it’s not just, ‘oh, now everyone’s making Goose Game’, there’s a lot of things simultaneously, and it’s really, really exciting.”

With the ID@Xbox program, Microsoft is prepared for the future of indie games in a way it wasn’t when the Xbox One first launched. “When we first started, it was… two or three people in a three-metre by three-metre space,” Charla reminisces. “We were packed in and just getting things going. We knew exactly where we wanted to get to, which was to have devs have it as easy as possible to have their games shipped on Xbox One. We had an enormous amount of work to do at the beginning. In the ensuing five, six years–I think we’ve done that.”

Keanu Reeves In Talks For Role In Fast And Furious Movies, Says Series Writer

From Speed and The Matrix to John Wick, Keanu Reeves has starred in some of most-loved action movies of the past two decades. It has now been revealed that he has been in talks to join another high profile action series–the Fast and Furious movies.

Chris Morgan, who has written five of the previous Fast and Furious films, as well as this year’s spin-off Hobbs and Shaw, stated that he and Reeves have spoken about the actor playing a role in the series. “I sat down with him and we’re talking about,” Morgan told Screenrant. “I wanted him to be in the Fast universe for a very long time. We’re just trying to find… the hardest thing is always time and competing schedules and then designing the right thing together. My fervent desire is to bring him into this franchise for sure.”

This isn’t the first time that Reeves has been linked to the series. In August, Dwayne Johnson revealed that Reeves was initially in talks to appear in Hobbs and Shaw as the leader of the movie’s terrorist group Eteon, before the decision was made not to reveal the character’s identity.

The currently-untitled ninth Fast and Furious movie is set for release in May next year, with Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, and Ludacris all reprising their roles. Johnson previously stated that he won’t appear in this one, but in a recent Instagram post he suggested that he and Diesel had patched up their relationship following a rumored feud while making 2017’s Fate of the Furious.

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare | New Ground War Map And Final Thoughts

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – How Perks Work

In rebooting Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, developer Infinity Ward has changed a lot of about the franchise’s formula. The game adds new equipment to your loadout, offers new abilities like reloading while aiming down sights, and allows for new strategies thanks to its different take on map design. It also makes some changes to how its weapons work in multiplayer, allowing you to add attachments to your guns that change how they handle.

Like past Call of Duty games, Modern Warfare includes a slate of “perks” you can add to your loadout that give you different abilities. Some will fill up your killstreaks a little faster, while others will make you tougher for enemy technology to spot you. But perks work a little differently in Modern Warfare. They’re not just specific to your character loadout, they can also be added to your weapons, as well. Here’s what you need to know about how perks work in Modern Warfare, and how to make the most of them.

Perks On Your Loadout

Your main group of perks come as part of your character loadout. As in past games, you get three of them, each with a different thematic drive. Some affect how fast you move or how quickly you can ready your weapons; others change how enemies can see you or how you’re affected by their equipment. Combining the perks for different situations can help you make the game fit your playstyle and give you an edge against an opponent under the right circumstances.

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Modern Warfare also lets you edit your loadouts mid-match, so you can make adjustments to your perk choices as the situation dictates. If your enemy is using a lot of UAVs, you can switch to a perk that makes you invisible to enemy radar, for example. In general, you don’t want to just pick a set of perks and forget about them–try to adjust your perks to give yourself advantages and abilities to deal with whatever you’re dealing with in a given match.

Perks On Your Guns

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Modern Warfare uses a similar system to past Call of Duty games, in that you don’t just level up your overall character to unlock new guns, equipment, and perks as you play, you also rank up your individual guns as you use them. Experience earned with a particular weapon unlocks new attachments for that gun, which can change the way it handles–a scope increases a weapon’s range while making it heavier and therefore slower to wield, while a different stock might speed up how quickly you can move around while aiming.

Guns also have perks of their own you can unlock, independent from your loadout perks, and specific to each weapon. Unlike attachments, each of which has pros and cons when you add it to a weapon, perks are slight boosts to your weapon that can give you a particular edge. For instance, one perk gives your gun more bullet penetration, allowing you to do more damage to players you shoot through cover. Perks don’t drastically change a weapon’s capabilities or damage, but like attachments, they can change how a gun works to make it better fit your playstyle. You can add one perk to a gun, so you’ll have to choose wisely–and adding a perk counts as an attachment, which means you’ll have one less slot for things like magazines, barrel attachments, and sights.

Spend some time considering which perks work best with your playstyle on a particular weapon. As with loadout perks, you can change your gun attachments in your loadout at any time during a match, and that goes for your gun’s perk, too. Adjusting to the situation is key to victory in Modern Warfare, and with perks on both your character and your weapons, you have a lot of customization options that, if used well, can help you excel over the opposition.