Author: Trafficblast

At roughly 35 hours in with seemingly plenty more to go, GreedFall is almost everything I want out of a big, juicy, old-school RPG. While it’s still lacking a lot of polish, the exciting, enjoyable combat and excellent, complex quest writing bring it very close to that winning formula of a mid-2000s BioWare game – something developer Spiders has previously aimed for but missed with its last couple of releases. GreedFall’s sprawling adventure finally seems to have landed on the right foot, and so far it has been worth the wait.

Comparisons to The Witcher series and Dragon Age: Origins are easy to make as you traverse its wild, semi-open environments. Spiders has always been great at worldbuilding, and the Age of Discovery-inspired fantasy setting GreedFall throws you into doesn’t disappoint in that regard. From the moody, muddy streets of Serene that evoke Paris or London in the 1700s, you set sail for the mysterious, volcanic island of Teer Fradee. While exploring it, you’ll take steel and gunpowder to all manner of foes, human and mythical, while uncovering a compelling mystery that, unfortunately, reveals some of its best secrets a bit too early for my taste.

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Niantic’s second wave of Ultra Bonuses has arrived in Pokemon Go. For the next several days, players around the world will have a chance to hatch region-exclusive Pokemon from eggs. That’s not all; the Mythical Pokemon Deoxys, which has up until now appeared exclusively in EX Raids, will be available in standard Raid Battles for a limited time.

From September 9-16, all four forms of Deoxys will appear as bosses in five-star Raids, making this your first opportunity to capture them outside of the invite-only EX Raids. On top of that, Farfetch’d, Kangaskhan, Mr. Mime, and Tauros may hatch from 7 km eggs, and if you’re very lucky, you may hatch their Shiny forms.

If you need help challenging Deoxys in battle, Pokemon that are effective against it, such as Absol, Tyranitar, Houndoom, and more, will also appear as Raid bosses throughout the week, giving you a chance to build a powerful team before taking Deoxys on. You can see the full list of this week’s Ultra Bonus rewards below.

Niantic still has one more wave of Ultra Bonuses on the way, and it is saving perhaps the most exciting batch for last. Beginning September 16, the first Gen 5 Pokemon will appear in Pokemon Go. Among other Pokemon, players will have a chance to encounter Klink and its Shiny form in Raid Battles, while Shiny versions of Patrat and Lillipup will appear in the wild. Mewtwo will return to Raids as well, and this time, you’ll have a chance of encountering its Shiny form.

Before the third set of Ultra Bonuses arrive, Niantic will host a Pokemon Go Community Day. This month’s event takes place this Sunday, September 15, and the featured Pokemon is Turtwig, the Grass-type starter from Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. You can catch up on other recent Pokemon Go news below.

Pokemon Go Ultra Bonuses

September 9-16

• Farfetch’d, Kangaskhan, Mr. Mime, and Tauros may hatch from 7 km eggs. You may also hatch their Shiny forms
• All four forms of Deoxys will appear in five-star Raid Battles
• Pokemon effective against Deoxys will appear in other tier Raids

September 16-23

• Klink and Shiny Klink will appear in Raid Battles
• Shiny Patrat and Shiny Lillipup will appear in the wild
• Mewtwo that know Psystrike will appear in five-star Raids, as will Shiny Mewtwo

Borderlands 3 launches for Xbox One, PS4, and the Epic Games Store on September 13, followed by releases for Google Stadia in late 2019 and other PC storefronts in 2020. For long-time fans who are looking for an adventure, don’t worry, Borderlands 3 offers a lot of content to do.

The fourth mainline installment in the loot shooter franchise acts as a sort of conclusion to the series, completing the narrative arc first put forth in 2009’s Borderlands. That first game took just over 20 hours to beat, and its follow-ups Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel took about 30 and 17 hours respectively. Borderlands 3 takes a little over 30 hours to complete, putting it at about the same length as Borderlands 2. I finished my first playthrough in 33 hours.

On my first playthrough, I typically only stopped to complete side quests when I needed to level up more–as Borderlands 3’s campaign missions are fairly punishing to tackle when you’re below their recommended level. Upon finishing the campaign, I still had about 10 unfinished side quests in my mission log, and another dozen left undiscovered–marked with exclamation points on my map for me to go to and acquire.

It’s difficult to discern just how much more time those side quests would add to the total runtime, as some of Borderlands 3’s optional missions can be completed in as quickly as a few seconds while others can last upwards of 45 minutes. Some have multiple parts too, taking place across the universe on more than one planet. Finishing the campaign also unlocks a few pieces of endgame content, as well as Borderlands 3’s new game plus, True Vault Hunter Mode. So it will take a lot longer than 33 hours to complete everything.

In GameSpot’s Borderlands 3 review, I wrote, “Borderlands 3 has a few stumbling blocks when it comes to bosses, but these fights are overshadowed by the game’s rewarding gunplay and over-the-top humor. The game’s character-driven narrative acts as a satisfying finale for the loot-shooter franchise, and the new mechanics and features–especially the reworked skill trees and weapon manufacturer effects–give you plenty of agency in how you want to play through it. If you’ve never been a fan of the franchise, it’s unlikely Borderlands 3 does enough things differently to change your mind, as the game best excels at continuing what the series has always done: deliver a humorous tall tale of misfits looting and shooting their way to heroism.”

Street Fighter 2 is one of the most significant arcade games in history. It’s right up there with Pac-Man and Pong, breathing new life into the early 1990s arcade scene, a scene which had been in decline. Now you can bring home three iterations of Street Fighter 2 (Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition, Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers, and Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo), all at 3/4 scale.

Arcade1up Street Fighter 2 Deal: $187.50 at Amazon

This is the lowest price we’ve ever seen for the Street Fighter 2 Arcade1up cabinet. It comes with an “upgraded 17-inch Color LCD screen,” and it’s super bright. It also features adjustable volume, just like the other Arcade1up cabinets, and if you’re wondering how loud these get, the answer is “very.” You can turn the cabinet on, select your game, and just leave it in attract-mode for some nice throwback arcade ambience. If you want to go all-in, you could replace the flooring in your home with that 1990s vaporwave neon carpeting every arcade used to have. That’s up to you. I personally recommend it.

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Remnant: From the Ashes is receiving two free updates this month, adding a new mode and dungeon, Perfect World Entertainment and Gunfire Games announced Monday.

The first update, which adds Adventure Mode, will be released on September 12. Adventure Mode allows players to re-roll Earth, Rhom, and Yaesha individually without having to restart the entire campaign. (Players can currently re-roll the campaign, though doing so sacrifices all story progress; Adventure Mode “can be re-rolled freely without affecting your story,” according to Gunfire.) Like the current re-roll system, all character progress will be saved.

A new dungeon, Leto’s Lab, will follow as part of the second free update on September 19. Leto’s Lab is a backstory-heavy dungeon that will dynamically spawn on Earth. It mixes “light puzzles” with combat, according to Gunfire, and adds an all-new boss fight.

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse star Hailee Steinfeld has reportedly been offered a pivotal part in Marvel’s upcoming Hawkeye live-action series alongside Jeremy Renner, who will reprise his role as the titular hero, Clint Barton.

Per Variety, if Steinfeld accepts the role, she will portray Kate Bishop, who eventually takes over the mantle of Hawkeye for a time, until Clint comes back from the dead in the comic books. Back at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, Marvel Boss Kevin Feige didn’t say much about Kate Bishop, but did promise to “explore more of

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