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Fortnite In-Game Tournaments Feature Coming This Week

Fortnite v6.10 will add in-game tournaments, Epic has announced through its official site. Tournaments will be scheduled events open to all players to get in over the course of several hours and win as many points as they can. If you achieve the score goal, you’ll get a pin to celebrate. Some special tournaments will use the pins as qualifiers for the next tier of a tournament or to win prizes.

Tournaments will be open to all players, but you’ll need to opt in for crossplay to compete. All players participating in a tournament will be treated as equals regardless of their control input–mouse and keyboard, controller, or touch. Epic says it was carefully watching pro players during the Summer Skirmish, PAX West, and Fall Skirmish events, and have concluded that controller players can be a match for mouse-and-keyboard players. The studio will be continuing to look at the competitive landscape and may offer limited tournaments for inputs or platforms.

Matchmaking during a tournament session will match you against players with similar point standing. In the coming months, Epic will be developing tournaments to take place across multiple rounds with pins acting as qualifiers. Players can even earn a spot for the 2019 Fortnite World Cup using the in-game tournament system.

The first tournament kicks off this week, and the initial tests will be continuing over the next few weeks. Check the first round of scheduled tournaments below.

Alpha Tournament (Solo)
- Dates: October 16 – October 21
- Description: Participate in the first in-game tournament, spanning across several days of daily competition!
Beta Tournament (Duo)
- Dates: October 23 – October 25
- Description: Grab a friend and take on the world – until you are the last two left.
Friday Night Fortnite (Squad)
- Dates: October 19 – November 30
- Description: Join your friends every Friday and kick off your weekend with some exciting Squad action.
Salty Springs Cup (Solo)
- Dates: October 27 – October 31
- Description: One week and three attempts to prove you’re the saltiest that Salty Springs has to offer.
Tomato Temple Cup (Duo)
- Dates: October 28 – November 1
- Description: Become legends of the Tomato Temple Cup.

Fortnite Streamers Being Sued By Epic Over Cheating

Epic Games has filed suit against two game streamers for posting videos of cheats in Fortnite and directing users to purchase those cheat tools. Brandon Lucas, who goes by “Golden Modz,” is being sued for violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, breach of contract, and “tortious interference.” Colton Conter (“Excentric”) who often appears with Lucas in his streams, was also named in the suit.

Engadget reports that Epic is requesting that Lucas and Conter earnings be disgorged–giving Epic an extra share of their profits since they were obtained unjustly–along with standard damages and court costs. It has also requested that YouTube pull several videos. The studio isn’t exactly hurting for money, so the tough legal stance appears aimed primarily at sending a message to cheaters.

Lucas, for his part, has said that other streamers were participating in similar behavior, and so he didn’t think of his videos as problematic.

Cheating has been a pervasive problem for Fortnite. On top of the usual rationale of protecting the sanctity of its game, Epic has reason to be concerned about phishing schemes from sites claiming to give away cheats-enabled versions. The studio is aiming to beef up its anti-cheat mechanisms in the game itself, but cutting off the source by discouraging streamers from promoting cheats could help mitigate the need for those later steps.

For help making progress the old fashioned way, check out our challenges guide. That will help you earn progress toward your Battle Pass to earn this season’s cosmetic items. Or for some lighter entertainment, watch daytime talk show host Ellen playing Fortnite with Ninja.

Inside the Huge Arrow Twist We Didn’t See Coming

This interview contains spoilers for the Arrow Season 7 premiere, “Inmate #4587.” Check out our review of the premiere here.

Arrow spent its first five seasons telling the story of Oliver Queen’s evolution from a spoiled rich kid into a hardened vigilante through flashbacks to his time on Lian Yu – but in the Season 7 premiere, the superhero show introduces a new twist on the plot device, flashing forward in time to offer a different hero’s journey.

We see a mystery man traveling to Lian Yu in the midst of a brutal storm – only coming to realize at the episode’s end that we’ve jumped forward in time, and we’re seeing Oliver’s son, William, all grown up. He’s seeking out an older Roy Harper, who has apparently been living on the island, and it seems like William hasn’t seen his father, or Roy, for quite some time.

Darksiders 3’s DLC Revealed Ahead Of Game’s Release

THQ Nordic has announced more details regarding the post-launch DLC plans for Darksiders 3. The expansions will add puzzles, items, and enemies to the game, which can be found in two new areas. THQ has not revealed exactly when either DLC will launch.

The first DLC is called The Crucible, which adds a horde mode to Darksiders 3. Completing each wave will let you earn new rewards and items to help you in Fury’s main quest. The second DLC, titled Keepers of the Void, has Fury journey to the Serpent Holes to deal with an ancient threat. The series The Legend of Zelda-like puzzles will be the main focus of this expansion, but there will also be new types of enemies for Fury to fight as well. Beating Keepers of the Void nets you The Abyssal Armor.

Darksiders 3 continues the series’ story of the four horsemen of the apocolypse and focuses on Fury, the third horsemen and sister to War and Death. Fury is the most powerful of her siblings and leader of the horsemen, possessing the magical abilities of a mage. As a result, Fury can change her form at will, allowing her to wield different types of weapons and attack with a wide range of spells. Her Flame Hollow form, for example, lets her use speedy nunchucks and fly through the air as a fireball, while her Force Hollow form gives her the strength to handle a heavy hammer and walk on walls.

Darksiders 3 releases on November 27 for Xbox One, PS4, and PC. The game has special Deluxe, Blades & Whip, Collector’s, and Apocalypse editions. Darksiders 3’s DLC comes included in the Blades & Whip, Collector’s, and Apocalypse editions. Pre-ordering Darksiders 3 gives you access to an exclusive armor set.

No One Can Agree On Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s Microtransactions

In the days and weeks following the release of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, an uproar over the game’s inclusion of time-saving microtransactions touched a nerve with the community. Do they cross the line from harmless enhancers to practically necessary against Odyssey’s difficulty spikes? The overall conclusion has people torn.

You don’t have to look further than the Assassin’s Creed subreddit to find divisiveness over the game’s real-money timer savers that generally boils down to one of two opinions. Essentially, some people feel Ubisoft has intentionally designed a pacing system that demands those purchases, while others consider the open-world, exploratory nature of an RPG one that necessitates spending time in that world for progression regardless.

Tom and Jerry: Live-Action Animation Hybrid Movie in the Works From Fantastic Four Director

The Hanna-Barbera classic cartoon duo Tom and Jerry will be receiving a live-action/animated hybrid feature film, and Warner Bros. is in negotiations with Tim Story to Direct.

As reported by Variety, the film is expected to begin shooting in 2019. Story is known for directing 2005’s Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, as well as Ride Along and the upcoming Shaft film.

Out This Week: Soulcalibur VI, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, Dark Souls: Remastered on Switch

With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.

Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.

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Chris Evans Says His Avengers 4 Wrap Tweet Wasn’t a Spoiler

A tweet from Chris Evans last week made fans think they’ve figured out how The Avengers 4 ends, but the Captain America actor wants fans to know that his tweet was not intended to reveal anything at all.

“I should clarify that, I know I did tweet something that made a lot of people think that it was in some way a spoiler, and I should clarify that, regardless of how Avengers 4 ends, I would’ve tweeted the exact same thing,” Evans said this past weekend at Chicago’s ACE Comic Con, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Evans let the tweet in question fly on October 4. In it, he talked about his feelings toward suiting up as Captain America after nearly a decade portraying the character.

Pokemon: Let’s Go Is Relaxing and Approachable by Design

For anyone unfamiliar, Pokemon is an easy series to underestimate. On the surface, it’s bright, cute, and basically the opposite of what a lot of people think when they hear “competitive multiplayer” or “deep RPG.” But as any experienced player will tell you, the core Pokemon series is full of elements like breeding, hidden abilities, and a ton of other factors that require meticulous stat tracking and battle strategies.

For that reason, Pokemon: Let’s Go is designed as an entry point for kids and new players. Normally, those people might pick up a traditional Pokemon game expecting something simple and find themselves intimidated by the many facets of battling and training. But after playing a bit of Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee, it’s clear that Game Freak has succeeded in making a much simpler, more friendly Pokemon experience.

Edvard Munch ‘The Scream’ Themed Pokemon Cards Coming to Japan

Norwegian painter Edvard Munch is best known for a series of paintings known as “The Scream” and, for whatever reason, there are now five official Pokemon trading cards that play on its distinct style.

As revealed on the official Japanese Pokemon Trading Card Game website, the cards each feature a different Pokemon: Pikachu, Eevee, Rowlet, Psyduck and Mimikyu. It appears that each one uses a scream-based attack to cause confusion.

Though the pairing may seem exceptionally random, the cards have been made in conjunction with an Edvard Munch retrospective exhibit coming to the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum starting October 27. This same day, the cards will become available and will retail for 450 yen. It appears they can be purchased at the exhibit, and some will be given as promotional items for buying booster packs at Japanese Pokemon Centers.