Category: Games

Another week means more new content is heading to Grand Theft Auto V Online. This week includes a new sports car, the addition of a game mode, more top prizes at the casino, and more. Here’s a breakdown of what’s to come in GTA Online.

Just in time for Halloween, Rockstar Games announced that you will receive a free item in Red Dead 2 Online when you play GTA Online. There are no strings attached. Just boot up GTA Online and the Slaughter Mask will be yours.

If you have a need for speed, Rockstar has you covered with the Ocelot Jugular. It’s a model Sports car that “cut[s] down the road with the precision of a surgeon” and can be acquired from Legendary Motorsport.

Rockstar is adding a King of the Hill mode to GTA Online. This brand-new mode of play will see upwards of 16 players split across 2-4 teams vying for the top spot. You will receive double cash and reputation points until October 16 when you participate. King of the Hill will span seven different maps throughout San Andreas and can be launched in the following ways:

• Via the Featured Series button in the loading screen
• By heading to the Featured Series Icon on your map
• Via the Online menu under Jobs > Rockstar Created
• By pulling up your iFruit and browsing the “Quick Job” list

You can also earn double cash and reputation points from all Client Jobs until October 16. Special Cargo Sell Missions are paying out two times the cash as well. Those attempting Client Jobs or Special Cargo Sell Missions for the first time this week will receive 40% off the Benefactor Terrorbyte and all Special Cargo Warehouses as a courtesy

The Diamond Casino & Resort’s Lucky Wheel has a new top prize: the Principe Deveste Eight. The casino also has new items on sale, including limited-edition clothing, artworks, and more.

GTA Online is having a huge sale on a variety of premium vehicles. The sale includes the Progen Emerus, Enus Paragon R, and more. There are other items on sale as well, such as body armor, Special Cargo Warehouses, and more. Check below for all the discounts featured this week in GTA Online.

• Benefactor Terrorbyte — 40% off
• Special Cargo Warehouses — 40% off
• Progen Emerus (Super) — 25% off
• Ocelot Pariah (Sports) — 35% off
• Enus Paragon R (Sports) — 35% off
• Grotti Turismo R (Super) — 35% off
• Karin Sultan RS (Super) — 35% off
• Dewbauchee Specter (Sports) — 35% off
• Vapid GB200 (Sports) — 35% off
• Annis Elegy Retro Custom (Sports) — 35% off
• Vehicle Armor — 40% off
• Bulletproof Tires — 40% off
• All Ammo — 40% off
• Body Armor — 40% off

Daemon X Machina has gotten a free update adding competitive multiplayer, and laid out a roadmap for more updates to come. The future plans include new missions and equipment for your Arsenal mech dropping through the end of the year.

The first update, available now, adds Versus mode. You can play against other pilots in 1v1 or 2v2 matches, and earn points toward a global ranking system. The game released in September with a campaign and co-op play, but no competitive multiplayer mode.

The roadmap lays out much more to come. In early November it will get “specially-themed” items for both your Arsenal and your Outer (aka your avatar). That’s said to be a collaboration of some kind, so it may be themed after a fellow Nintendo franchise. In late November, it will add new co-op missions, including new behemoth Immortal bosses and new weapons and Arsenal parts. Finally, in December it will get co-op missions with new objectives and more weapons and parts.

The roadmap teases “more to be confirmed,” which suggests we may still see more post-launch additions as well.

GameSpot’s Daemon X Machina review praised the cast of likable characters and deep level of customization, but found some of the PvE combat lacking. “The missed potential of the story and minor issues with mech-vs-mech combat and multiplayer loadouts make Daemon X Machina fall just short of its potential, but the foundation is strong. As a total package, it’s on the verge of greatness; it just needed a little more time in the shop tinkering.”

Here’s a working list of every game and (timed) exclusive coming to Google Stadia.

From a pint-sized Solid Snake to the Mother of Dragons herself, these statues stole the show at NYCC.

Get a closer look at XM Studios’ incredible line of Justice League and Batman statues from NYCC.

IGN can exclusively reveal that Disney Junior’s The Rocketeer, an animated series inspired by Dave Stevens’ comic book and the 1991 Disney film of the same name, will premiere on Friday, November 8, 2019, on Disney Channel, Disney Junior, and DisneyNOW.

Disney Junior’s The Rocketeer features “a young girl named Kit Secord, who takes to the skies to protect her community after becoming the surprise recipient of a rocket-pack that gives her the ability to fly.”

The Rocketeer stars A Series of Unfortunate Events’ Kitana Turnbull as Kit Secord, with Billy Campbell and Kathy Najimy voicing her parents, Dave and Sareena Secord. Rocketeer fans will know that Campbell previously played Cliff Secord, the protagonist of 1991’s The Rocketeer.

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When you look at Afterparty, Night School Studio’s newest game due out later this October, one has to wonder how a fledgling indie studio goes from a game about teenagers on a mysterious island to a game about drinking your way out of Hell. As developer Sean Krankel puts it on this month’s episode of IGN Unfiltered, the idea for Afterparty definitely involved a bit of drinking and cemetery exploration.

“There’s a cemetery called Forest Lawn across from our studio,” Krankel explains. “It’s massive. Anyone who’s been to LA knows, it’s like three miles across. So everybody is buried there. We’ll walk over there and brainstorm sometimes.

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Not much time has passed since “Hunted” played out in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man, raising the question of whether the series really needs to be embroiled in another major crossover event so soon. The events of Absolute Carnage have spilled over into Spidey’s flagship comic. Though as it turns out, writer Nick Spencer and artist Ryan Ottley focus much more on furthering their own ends than on expanding on the events of Absolute Carnage itself. Maybe that’s not ideal for readers who only jumped on board for the duration of the crossover, but it’s great news for long-term readers.

As with issue #30, Amazing Spider-Man #31 follows a flashback-within-a-flashback format for the majority of the story. Spidey’s present-day clash with a Carnage-ified Norman Osborn is basically just a framing device. Again, you’re not going to get much on the Absolute Carnage front you’re not already seeing in the pages of the core series. But on the plus side, this issue offers vital new insight into the true nature of Kindred and a welcome chance to revisit the classic Stan Lee/John Romita era of Amazing Spider-Man.

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It’s October, the spookiest month of the year. To help you get in the proper mindset, LEGO has a Hidden Side line of building sets with a ghoulish theme. They look reasonably normal at first, but each set has a haunted side. On top of that, you can download an AR app that lets you play games that interact with the finished sets. Best of all, most of the Hidden Side sets are currently on sale for a limited time. Let’s take a look.

LEGO Hidden Side Newbury Haunted High School

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