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After more than two months, Season 6 of Fortnite is coming to a close. Epic has rolled out the game’s final set of Season 6 challenges on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices, giving you one last chance to level your Battle Pass up and unlock any remaining rewards from the season. As always, there’s an extra incentive to complete these challenges; if you manage to clear all the ones from a given week, you’ll complete one of Season 6’s Hunting Party challenges.

Each Hunting Party challenge you clear will reward you with a special loading screen. Not only do these screens feature a cool piece of artwork showcasing some of the game’s newest skins, they also contain a very subtle hint that points you to a free item hidden somewhere around the island. Depending on how many Hunting Party challenges you complete, this item will either be a Battle Star–good for leveling your Battle Pass up by one tier–or a special Banner that can be used as a profile icon.

If you clear all 10 weekly sets of challenges in Season 6, you’ll unlock the loading screen pictured below. It showcases DJ Yonder–one of the new skins introduced at the start of the season–deejaying a giant party attended by other new and popular skins. Look closely at the speakers just to the left of Yonder, however, and you’ll notice a set of coordinates that read G8, G9, H8, H9. This is the clue to where you can find the final free Banner.

The aforementioned coordinates lead you to into the desert, near the area where the mysterious purple cube that played such a prominent role in Season 6 first appeared. At the start of a match, glide to where the coordinates intersect and the free Banner will pop up. Collect it as you would any other item and you’ll be able to use it as your profile icon after finishing the match, whether by getting eliminated or securing a Victory Royale.

However, just as with previous free Banners, the usual caveats apply. The item won’t appear on the island unless you’ve completed all of the necessary challenges and unlocked the aforementioned loading screen. This means you won’t simply be able to head to the right area and collect it without first clearing all 10 weekly sets of challenges.

Season 6 of Fortnite is scheduled to end on December 6, which means Season 7 will follow not too far behind. You have until then to complete this season’s challenges and unlock any remaining Battle Pass rewards. If you need some assistance, we’ve rounded up some helpful tips in our complete Season 6 challenge guide. You can also find our guides for all Season 6’s other free Battle Stars and Banners below.

Fortnite Hunting Party Challenge Guides

Yet another video game industry group has come out to say government control of loot box regulations is a bad idea. International Game Developers Association (IGDA) CEO Jen MacLean released a statement this week where she called on developers and publishers to take this issue seriously to avoid a scenario where politicians get involved and put forth legislative action that could impact games with loot box mechanics.

“By not taking significant action as an industry and global game developer community to self-regulate how loot boxes are used, we run the very real risk that governments around the world will take that action for us, and perhaps create significantly restrictive laws that could impact any random reward elements in games,” she said. “I offer my strongest advice to game developers and interactive entertainment businesses on this matter: addressing how loot boxes are used is both the right thing, and the smart thing, for the global game development industry to do.”

MacLean’s statement comes in response to the news this week that the US Federal Trade Commission may launch an investigation into loot boxes. Australia’s government has also called for a “comprehensive review” of loot boxes to determine what might be done. The IGDA backs up what the Entertainment Software Association has already said: the industry should self-regulate when it comes to loot boxes. Politicians, meanwhile, will argue that laws are necessary to ensure that something is being done to protect young people from falling into dangerous gambling habits. Self-regulation may be a good idea in theory, but actual laws or regulations would put more pressure on developers and publishers.

In her statement, MacLean–a former executive at Curt Schilling’s controversial defunct Rhode Island developer 38 Studios–said loot boxes with real-money mechanics “run the risk of triggering gambling laws.”

As an industry, MacLean said she advises the following three steps be taken immediately to avoid a situation where the government gets involved:

• Affirm an industry commitment to not market loot boxes to children
• Clearly disclose the odds of different rewards when purchasing loot boxes (as many games already do to comply with Chinese law)
• Launch a coordinated education campaign that boosts awareness of the parental controls that are available to appropriately limit how players engage with games

A politician from Hawaii, Democrat Chris Lee, is trying to make a law that would limit the sale of video games with “gambling-like mechanisms” to people under 21. Lee told GameSpot that he was aware of ESA lobbyists being flown to to Hawaii to try to stop the conversation about loot boxes from happening.

“We have to try and stand up for what is right,” Lee said earlier this year. “I think it is inevitable that, whether it was spurred by Battlefront or some of the recent big-title games just being so ridiculously exploitative of the player base, there is enough of generational transition in politics and positions of authority around the country and the world, that you have people who understand what the industry is doing and are willing to stand up and take action and do something about it. Inevitably, the industry will have to change.

“Because more and more jurisdictions are going to start protecting their citizens from the kinds of exploitive and predatory practices that the industry has been employing lately. Inevitably, that means a better industry for everybody and better games for everybody.”

Conversation around loot boxes heated up at the end of 2017 in the wake of EA’s Star Wars: Battlefront II. For a brief period of time, before the game’s official release, the title was set to allow players to spend real money on loot boxes that could potentially include items that impact gameplay. Some said this made Battlefront II effectively a slot machine where players could pay for the chance to get something they wanted. EA removed loot boxes from Battlefront II on the eve of the game’s public release, though it appears the controversy negatively impacted the game’s sales. Battlefront II re-introduced microtransactions in 2018, but only for cosmetics. EA’s newest shooter game, Battlefield V, features no loot boxes at all, while microtransactions aren’t turned on yet. Other games, such as Overwatch, continue to use loot boxes as an extra method of monetisation.

December is almost here, which means Niantic will soon roll out a new batch of Field Research tasks for Pokemon Go. As usual, if you complete enough of these before the month ends, you’ll earn an encounter with a rare Pokemon. This time around, however, the developer is giving players another chance to catch not one, but six previously featured Legendaries.

Each time you achieve a Research Breakthrough in December, you’ll earn another chance to capture one of six Legendaries: Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Raikou, Entei, or Suicune. Each of these Pokemon was featured with previous Field Research tasks this year, making this a good opportunity to catch any of the ones you missed the first time around (or simply add more Legendaries to your collection).

The Legendaries aren’t the only things returning to Pokemon Go in December. Niantic says it is also bringing back “some of the most popular Field Research tasks from past months.” As before, you’ll be able to acquire these by spinning the Photo Disc at different Poke Stops. In order to achieve a Research Breakthrough, you’ll need to complete at least one Field Research task a day for seven days.

The new Field Research tasks are scheduled to roll out on December 1 at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET. You’ll have until then to complete your current slate of tasks and earn an encounter with Shedinja, the Bug/Ghost Pokemon first introduced in Ruby and Sapphire.

Pokemon Go’s next Community Day celebration is scheduled to begin on Friday, November 30. This time around, the event will run through the entire weekend and bring back every featured Pokemon and special move from previous Community Days. Another Gen 4 Legendary, Cresselia, is also now available in Raid Battles and will remain there until December 18.

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