Author: Trafficblast

One of the best games released so far this year is already on sale–Resident Evil 2, Capcom’s remake of the horror classic–is selling for just $40 (33% off). Resident Evil 2 released on January 25, less than three months ago, so this is an excellent time to pick up the game for Xbox One or PS4 if you haven’t already.

For Amazon, GameStop, and Best Buy, it’s unclear how long this $20-off discount will last, and the PlayStation Store’s deal will end this coming Monday, April 8, at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET, so hop on this offer fast if you’re interested in buying the game.

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Resident Evil 2 has a dual narrative where you can play as either Leon Kennedy, a police officer who shows up late for his first day on the job to find himself in the midst of a zombie outbreak (terrible luck), or Claire Redfield, a college student who arrives in Raccoon City looking for her brother, recurring series protagonist and police offer Chris Redfield. After you complete one campaign, you’ll unlock the option to play the second character’s campaign.

The game received a 9/10 in GameSpot’s Resident Evil 2 review, where Alessandro Fillari praised the game for its fantastic visuals, strong survival horror gameplay, expanded story, and more. “The remake is an impressive game for the fact that it goes all-in on the pure survival horror experience, confidently embracing its horrifying tone and rarely letting up until the story’s conclusion,” he wrote. “Though Resident Evil 2 has its roots firmly in the past, it reworks the familiar horrors into something that feels brand new and all its own.”

Resident Evil 2’s first DLC, The Ghost Survivors, released in February and introduces new characters, gameplay elements, and storylines. The DLC is free to download for all consoles.

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Another week, another set of Fortnite challenges. For those looking to unlock everything in the Season 8 Battle Pass, it’s crucial that all the mini-quests are completed so the Battle Stars needed to level up the pass and get access to the cosmetics are earned. While the majority of Season 8, Week 6’s challenges are fairly straightforward, there’s one that could prove to be quite tricky: Visit the five highest elevations on the island.

The Fortnite island is full of elevated areas, so it may be quite time-consuming to run around guessing which ones are the highest of them all. To speed things up for you, we’ve got a quick breakdown of exactly where you should go. Thankfully, a number of them are located pretty close together, so that makes completing the task even quicker.

The first of the locations is the volcano crater, naturally. After that you’ll need to book it to the west side of the Island. Head towards Snobby Shores but stop on the east side of it because, as you’ll no doubt see, there are two mountains on the way there–simply make your way to the top of those and you’re good to go. After that, it’s time to head south into the colder part of the map. The final two elevated locations are the top of the castle at Polar Peak and then the submarine near frosty flights. Once you’ve been to those locations, it’s done. Good job.

Below you can see a map and list of where the highest locations can be found. We’ve also put together a video guide (above) to show you exactly where you need to go.

Fortnite’s Five Highest Elevations On The Island

• Volcano crater at grid reference H3
• Mountain northeast of Snobby Shores at grid reference C5
• Second mountain northeast of Snobby Shores at grid reference B5
• Castle at Polar Peak at grid reference C7
• Submarine east of Frosty Flights at grid reference B8

If you’ve still got challenges from previous weeks left over, make sure to head over to our Season 8 challenge guide, which includes tips for all the most difficult challenges every week so far. Use that and you’ll be racking up Battle Stars in no time.

For many of the attendees who saw Cyberpunk 2077 at E3 2018 it was the game that stole the show, but my hype ultimately went to a different demo: Remedy Entertainment’s Control. The dazzling combat I was shown, set against the juxtaposition of paranormal oddities and rigid brutalist architecture, had me hooked. And now that I’ve had the chance to play it and been further exposed to its strange secrets, I’m even more convinced of Control’s potential.

Remedy has a way with weird and has repeatedly proven that it knows how to stage a good fight. Control looks like an effort to double-down on these strengths. It puts you in the shoes of a veritable action hero with the power of levitation and telekinetic destruction. Her name is Jesse, and Control starts on her first day on the job as director of the Federal Bureau of Control. The agency is in charge of studying and containing that which defies the laws of science, but after a mysterious force known as the Hiss floods the halls of the bureau, Jesse will have to confront and take down possessed coworkers, demonic entities, and pulsating, corrupted masses of energy.

One of the most common sights in The Old House (the given name for the building that houses the FBC) are Hiss-infected office workers and other employees floating motionless in mid-air. Red flood lights color-in otherwise sterile environments, evoking a sense of foreboding evil. Odd rituals and dream logic are noted as central themes, and when confronted by their effects on people and places in Control, you get the sense that almost anything can happen under the Hiss’ influence.

Surprisingly, Jesse seems to take it all in stride, and with the power to control objects and a shape-shifting pistol in her hand, you have plenty of offensive and defensive options when the Hiss-infected entities turn on her. There’s a bit of a learning curve when it comes to juggling telekinetic abilities and your weapon while steering Jesse mid-flight, but once it clicks, Control becomes a playground for destructive experimentation. This feeling was helped somewhat during my preview demo due to the fact that the basic enemy AI was a bit careless–a balance that remains in flux, according to director Mikael Kasurinen. But for the purposes of getting a feel for Control, at least, I appreciated the lenience as a chance to get my bearings.

Rather than flying freely, Jesse leaps and levitates, and then slowly drifts back down to the ground; you’re also capable of directing her trajectory on the way down or stunning an enemy with a targeted ground-pound attack. Though the factors therein will change as Jesse’s powers increase throughout the game. Even a moment of hovering overhead allows you to get a line of sight on objects and enemies in the distance, both of which can be remotely manipulated. You can take hold of a desk, for example, and fling it into groups of enemies or use it as a shield from incoming fire–you can also pull concrete from the floors and walls in a pinch. The most satisfying application of this move has to be snatching rockets out of mid-air and flinging them back at the shooter.

Jesse isn’t the only person capable of these feats, however. Several of the enemies I fought could also hover in the air and hurl nearby objects. These opponents presented a tougher challenge than the more traditional gun-toting bad guys mentioned earlier. One move in particular, Jesse’s targeted ground-pound attack, feels very intimidating when used against you.

New to the demo shown during GDC was the mind control ability, which effectively lets you turn an enemy into an AI-driven ally. There’s no word yet if enemies will ever be able to overpower Jesse’s mind in the same way, but I don’t imagine we’ve come close to seeing everything they’re capable of.

Jesse’s suite of skills will grow as she locates objects of power, but to acquire their magic requires you to journey to the astral plane, a stark white ethereal realm with minimalist, angular structures. If you’ve paid attention to Control’s marketing since its E3 reveal, you’ve probably seen imagery of Jesse floating towards converging black geometry hovering in empty space. More than just special locations designed to unlock new abilities, the astral plane can also be used to influence the state of things in the bureau, either to solve puzzles or to clear a path forward for Jesse.

Control is being designed with a Metroidvania-like structure that requires you to re-examine previously explored locations when new skills are unlocked, and the thought of incorporating an alternate dimension into this concept is very intriguing. Though I only got a small taste of what’s to come, I walked out of my demo with more questions than answers, pertaining to both the truth behind the strange happenings inside The Oldest House and to Jesse’s relationship to the Hiss. I honestly can’t wait to experience Jesse’s journey from the beginning and to see how strange and unpredictable it becomes as it unravels.

Load up Fortnite because there’s a new batch of challenges to do. We’re now in Season 8, Week 6, which means there are new Battle Stars to be earned. As always, there’s a set of challenges that is available to everyone and then another group of challenges that are exclusively for those who have spent V-Bucks on a Battle Pass.

In the free section for Week 6, players will need to find the highest elevations on the island, visit three specific landmarks, and then take out opponents in Lazy Lagoon or Frosty Flight. If you’ve got the Battle Pass, you’ll need to search where the knife points on the treasure map loading screen, land at five different locations as part of a multi-stage challenge, use throwable items, and bring down enemies with either the Flint-Knock Pistol or Boom Bow. Take a look at the full list of challenges below.

Fortnite Season 8, Week 6 Challenges

Free

• Visit the five highest elevations on the island (5) — 5 Battle Stars
• Visit a Wooden Rabbit, Stone Pig, and a Metal Llama (3) — 5 Battle Stars
• Eliminate enemies at Lazy Lagoon or Frosty Flights (3) — 10 Battle Stars

Battle Pass

• Search where the knife points on the Treasure Map loading screen (1) — 5 Battle Stars
• Stage 1 of 5: Land at Fatal Fields — 1 Battle Star
• Use different throwable items in a match (2) — 10 Battle Stars
• Get an elimination with a Flint-Knock Pistol or Boom Bow (1) — 10 Battle Stars

The final challenge in the Battle Pass section for Week 6 makes good use of one of the newer additions to Fortnite. The Boom Bow was introduced in Fortnite’s 8.20 content update, and uses shotgun shells that explode on impact. Holding fire increases draw strength and will also up the arrow’s speed and the damage. Save the World mode gets its own new weapon as well, the Cannonade Launcher.

Once you’re done with Week 6’s challenges, you may want to finish up any incomplete challenges from previous weeks. Use our Season 8 Challenge Guide for help with that and you’ll be well on your way to unlocking all the cool new Fortnite skins and other Battle Pass rewards from Season 8.