Apex Legends has just launched Season 5, which includes a brand-new legend to play, Loba. But a troublesome bug appears to be keeping you from playing as the new character, or any other character that requires an in-game purchase.
The bug makes any extra character appears as locked in the character select screen. Outside of a match, they’re still unlocked, but you can’t play as them since you can’t choose them in the character select. Those include Mirage, Caustic, Octane, Wattson, Crypto, and Revenant, as well as Loba. [Update: Respawn says a fix is on the way on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.]
Respawn has issued a statement saying this is among the bugs it’s working on; relatedly, currency and menu navigation problems are being looked into. Beyond that, Respawn is also aware of textures appearing dark or black (something players have reported on the character-select screen) and crashes with high-level graphics settings on PC. There’s no word on when these will be fixed or if additional updates will be required.
We have identified the issue and currently rolling out the fix on all platforms. Thank you for your patience.
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Backward compatibility is always an important topic when console launches are on the horizon – the feature itself dates as far back as the Atari 7800. The ability to play your old games on the next generation of hardware is a factor that many consider when choosing which – if any – new console to purchase. Recently, while Microsoft has gone all-in on expanding backward compatibility on the Xbox One and Series X, Sony has been a bit more cagey about what backward compatibility actually means for the PlayStation 5. But this muddy messaging around backward compatibility is nothing new if we look back at the company’s history ever since it popularized the term for mainstream audiences with the PlayStation 2.
Ultimately, the decision to include backward compatibility comes down to the hardware architecture of a given system. “The [SEGA] Genesis had all of the pieces to play games from the Master System,” Frank Cifalidi, the director of the Video Game History Foundation, told IGN. “The PlayStation followed the same rules. It still used PlayStation 1 parts to play PlayStation 2 games.”
The PS2 Popularizes Backward Compatibility
In the early years, console backward compatibility typically required adapters or other peripherals. Even the Genesis required the Power Base Converter add-on to play 8-bit Master System titles. At launch the PS2 was the most uncompromising vision for hardware backward compatibility yet seen on a major console. It was such an important feature of the console that it played a critical role in its marketing: no adapters, no extra packs or expansions, just put in a PlayStation disc and the damn thing would play it.
“With PlayStation 2, it was the first time [backward compatibility] was a big selling point in the marketplace,” Jeremy Parish, Media Curator at Limited Run Games, said in regards to the naming scheme. It wasn’t the ‘Super PlayStation’ and it didn’t take on a whole new name like the Dreamcast. “They knew PlayStation was a huge name and deliberately named it the PlayStation 2.”
The PlayStation 2 could play every original PlayStation game at launch, even if some games, like Metal Gear Solid, suffered from compatibility issues. To prevent Tomba! from crashing, for example, players had to watch the entire intro sequence play out every time they launched the game.
And for the first time, it wasn’t just the games that carried over to the new generation. Letting players use their original PlayStation memory cards and DualShock controllers to play their old games was crucial to branding the console as the successor to the PlayStation. It was the first console that was an upgrade, not a clean slate. In that sense, Sony was years ahead of the curve.
Historically, backward compatibility has primarily been a console launch feature, one that — as a console’s native library grows — becomes less relevant as the generation goes on.
By the time the next generation – the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360/Wii – rolled around, both of Sony’s competitors had implemented backward compatibility into their console designs – though it was in a super limited capacity, some original Xbox discs could be played on Xbox 360. Despite the Wii’s emphasis on motion, it fully supported Gamecube games – even including ports for Gamecube controllers. The Wii had just as much physical design as the PlayStation 2 dedicated to playing games from the previous hardware cycle, letting players carry over their save data and continue to use their trusty WaveBird.
PS3 Creates Backward-Compatible Problems
At launch, the PlayStation 3 – like Sony’s previous generation – supported full backward compatibility as well. The PS3 was supposed to be an awe-inspiring system, one that could play any PlayStation game – from 1995 to 2006 and beyond – it was to be the ultimate PlayStation.
“The coolest system ever was the PS3 test kit, because it played PS one, two, and three games from any region, regardless of if the disk was original or burned,” Cifaldi said. The original plan for the PS3 was to play all these games, but the console’s cell processor – the unit that gave the PS3 its edge – made the future a lot more complicated for Sony.
This unique processor made first-party games look better than its competitors’ thanks to an architecture that was not standard, meaning many third-party ports often ran worse than on the Xbox 360. But even from launch, the exclusive tech was expensive – the market just wasn’t ready for a $600 console in 2006. Less than a year after its notably unprofitable 2006 launch, the PS3’s hardware-based backward compatibility was replaced with software-based PlayStation 1 & 2 emulation – the ramifications of which Sony is still dealing with to this day.
Not only did it mean that players had to start buying digital versions of games they already owned on disc, but because of the PS3’s proprietary processor and the decision to make the PS4 a more developer-friendly console, the PlayStation 4 does not have the ability to play PS3 discs, either. While Sony used this generation to look forward – developing stunning console exclusives and even releasing a (relatively) affordable VR headset – the Xbox One team focused on making more and more Xbox and 360 games backward compatible, even enhancing many of those titles, to boot.
Next-Gen Backwards Compatibility
Now, as Sony has promised backward compatibility on the PlayStation 5 – for both discs and digital copies of PS4 games – that PS3 cell processor looks like the greatest misstep in creating a greater ecosystem of games. Sony initially announced what seemed like less than 100 playable PS4 games on the PS5 before clarifying that “the overwhelming majority of the 4,000+ PS4 titles will be playable on PS5,” but only the 100 most popular PS4 games will be getting significant graphics and performance upgrades in Legacy Mode. But the company can always remake, remaster, and repackage the fan favorites, cashing in on nostalgia (not to mention ease-of-access) for returning players while also introducing classic franchises to a new generation. But what happens to the other 90% of PS3 games that aren’t deemed worth revisiting?
Sony’s inconsistent track record speaks to the games industry’s lack of concern for preservation. It often seems that game companies treated backward compatibility like a bullet point to sell consoles at launch, to convince players that they will have games to play while they wait for the big new release to trickle out over the course of the first year or two. As a result, games are constantly being lost to time, whether they age out of viable backwards compatibility or just aren’t popular enough for it in the first place. It’s only recently that developers and publishers have even begun re-releasing games on modern platforms, a process that requires them to have access to the original source code.
“In 2012 when 2K games wanted to reissue Bioshock they didn’t have it,” says Alex Handy, director of the Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment, an organization that has committed itself to archiving a medium that has historically had zero concern for its own history. “They had to run around, computer to computer, asking ‘does this guy have Bioshock?’ This is one of the biggest games of the 2000s and they couldn’t find the source code.”
Shifts by Microsoft show that backward compatibility can gain trust by giving players access to decades-old titles, alongside the promise that every new game will be compatible going forward as well. Sony, however, has historically put the future first, opting to resell, remake, and remaster its classics rather than sorting out a long term solution to backward compatibility, covering enough of the biggest hits to keep a vocal majority happy. As Sony moves forward, it seems like it will attempt to add enhancements to the top PlayStation games, with bigger remakes in the works as well.
Ultimately, while backward compatibility is used to sell new consoles, its value stretches well beyond the first year of a system’s life cycle. It lets loyal fans continue to expand and have access to their unified library of games – but this doesn’t just help players. It keeps games alive and available, ensuring older games – even those that are nearly forgotten – can be experienced by a brand new generation.
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Bryn Gelbart is a freelance writer who has written for Business Insider, Indiewire, Game Rant, and others. You can find his thoughts on games and emo revival bands on Twitter.
Ebay may be known for its marketplace of third-party sellers, but the storefront also offers official deals every day that tend to offer better prices than other major retailers–even Amazon. If you’ve been sleeping on these deals, now’s a great time to wake up, as Ebay is offering a smattering of discounts on first-party Nintendo Switch games, the newly released Final Fantasy VII Remake, online gaming subscriptions, and more. As with all official Ebay offers, these are brand-new, unopened products and include free shipping as well as Ebay’s money-back guarantee.
Nintendo Switch owners know full-well that first-party games, even those that are several years old, are tough to find for less than $60 outside of major sales like Black Friday. That’s why it’s pretty notable that you can currently snag some of Nintendo’s best first-party offerings for less than full price right now. Ebay’s Spotlight Deal today is 2019’s Super Mario Maker 2 for $51.49, but you can also get Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for $50, Super Mario Party for $51.49, and Luigi’s Mansion 3 for $50. If you’re a new Switch owner or somehow just missed out on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild until now, the acclaimed Zelda title is $54 right now. And OK, you’re not saving much with this one, but a few bucks is better than nothing: Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available for $57. Considering it’s sold out at Amazon and Best Buy, finding it anywhere for a slight discount is impressive.
Switching to another platform exclusive, Final Fantasy VII Remake for PS4 is already $10 off. Released in March, the critically acclaimed remake of the cult-favorite JRPG is available for $50 on Ebay. Considering how difficult it was to find physical copies at release, now’s a great time to snag a copy of Final Fantasy VII Remake at its best price yet. The game earned a rare 10/10 in GameSpot’s Final Fantasy VII Remake review, which you can check out for more info.
It’s a good time to renew or extend your subscription to PlayStation Plus or Xbox Live Gold as well. Ebay has an incredible deal on a 12-month PS Plus subscription, which is on sale for just $35 (compared to the usual $60 list price). We’ve tested and confirmed that this is a digital code you’ll receive with 24 hours–after that, just redeem the code in the PlayStation Store to start or extend your subscription. Xbox One owners can also grab a 12-month Xbox Live Gold subscription on sale for $50. Unfortunately, this isn’t as cheap as the PS Plus offer, but it’s still a great price on the membership.
IGN First is our monthly series full of exclusive coverage of an upcoming game. For May 2020, we are taking a deep look into the reveal and development of Xbox Series X launch title The Ascent from developer Neon Giant.
We’ll be keeping this page up to date with every single video and article we publish this month, so be sure to check back often!
While we wait for the release of Matt Reeves’ The Batman in October 2021, the film’s leading man, Robert Pattinson, says self-isolation during the novel coronavirus pandemic isn’t exactly helping with his workout regime.
According to a recent interview with GQ Magazine, Pattison informed the outlet that when it comes to his physical fitness preparation for The Batman, “I’m just barely doing anything.” In contrast, Pattinson said his co-star Zoë Kravitz is exercising five days a week to prepare for her role as Selina Kyle (aka Catwoman). Pattinson jokingly went on to tell GQ that back in his Twilight days, “the one time they told me to take my shirt off, I think they told me to put it back on again.”
When Pattinson was asked why he wanted to play the role of the Caped Crusader in the first place, the British-born actor explained that even though George Clooney, Christian Bale, and Ben Affleck have their particular takes on the iconic character, Pattinson believes that there is still more ground to cover.
“And then I was thinking, it’s fun when more and more ground has been covered,” Pattinson told GQ. “Like, where is the gap? You’ve seen this sort of lighter version, you’ve seen a kind of jaded version, a kind of more animalistic version. And the puzzle of it becomes quite satisfying, to think: Where’s my opening? And also, do I have anything inside me which would work if I could do it? And then also, it’s a legacy part, right? I like that. There’s so few things in life where people passionately care about it before it’s even happened. You can almost feel that pushback of anticipation, and so it kind of energizes you a little bit. It’s different from when you’re doing a part and there’s a possibility that no one will even see it. Right? In some ways it’s, I don’t know… It makes you a little kind of spicy.”
As if we needed another reason to be excited for the upcoming second season of The Mandalorian, a new report suggests none other than Boba Fett will be joining the series, with Attack of the Clones actor Temuera Morrison reprising the role. Morrison’s role is said to be a small one, but the fact that fans are finally getting more Boba Fett nearly 40 years after his apparent death is a pretty big deal.
You might be wondering how Boba Fett could appear in The Mandalorian when he was last seen plummeting to a horrible fate in Return of the Jedi. But anyone familiar with the classic Legends timeline knows that the Sarlacc was far from the end of Fett’s story. Read on to learn how he could have lived, how the Expanded Universe continued his journey and what role Fett could play in The Mandalorian: Season 2. These are the topics covered in this article:
When we last saw Boba Fett in the classic Star Wars movies, he was being doomed to an inglorious death in the Great Pit of Carkoon. For all his fearsome reputation, Fett was ultimately taken out by a blind, bumbling Han Solo and doomed to spend a thousand years being slowly digested by the Sarlacc.
However, the silver lining for Star Wars fans who feel Fett deserved a more spectacular sendoff is that there’s no reason to assume the character is actually dead. Again, C-3PO himself established that it takes centuries for the Sarlacc to fully digest its victims. Thanks to its uniquely disgusting biology, the Sarlacc is able to keep its prey alive for a very long time so that it can slowly absorb their nutrients. It even seems to form some sort of symbiotic relationship with its prey, eventually absorbing their consciousness into a larger hive mind.
With The Mandalorian taking place roughly five years after Return of the Jedi, Fett still has 995 years left before he’s completely dissolved. We have to assume a guy renowned for being the most fearsome bounty hunter in the galaxy has a few tricks up his sleeve and secret weapons tucked away in his armor. This casting rumor suggests Fett ultimately did find some way of escaping the Sarlacc. The real question is why he didn’t immediately hunt down and murder Han Solo.
Like many unexpected Star Wars plot twists – Darth Maul surviving the events of The Phantom Menace, Emperor Palpatine returning through the magic of cloning, etc. – the idea of Boba Fett surviving his run-in with the Sarlacc has its roots in the classic Expanded Universe. In fact, Fett went on to play a surprisingly critical role in the post-Return of the Jedi Star Wars saga until the EU was finally shelved by Disney.
Marvel Comics didn’t wait very long after the release of Return of the Jedi before bringing back Fett in the pages of its monthly Star Wars series. 1983’s Star Wars #81 shows an amnesic Fett being spat out by the Sarlacc and then captured by a group of Jawas. A chance run-in with Han Solo jogs Fett’s memory and he attempts to settle their score. Instead, the story ends with Fett, along with his new Jawa friends, being dragged back into the Sarlacc.
The Marvel series already had a dubious place in official Star Wars canon even before Disney came along, so this story is necessarily part of accepted EU lore. Instead, his true return came in Dark Horse Comics’ 1991 miniseries Dark Empire. Set six years after Return of the Jedi, Dark Empire deals with a clone version of Palpatine resurfacing to attack the fledgling New Republic. While not the main focus of the series, Fett also comes out of hiding and attempts to claim a new bounty on Han Solo’s head. He didn’t succeed, but this story paved the way for plenty more Fett-centric comics and novels. The Bounty Hunter Trilogy of novels is especially notable for fleshing out the character’s past and his actions after the movies, even if a lot of that material was rendered moot by Attack of the Clones.
Fett eventually evolved beyond his role as a silent bounty hunter. The New Jedi Order series of novels takes place two decades after Return of the Jedi and showcases a devastating conflict between the New Republic and an invasion force known as the Yuuzhan Vong. In this era, Fett has become the leader of Mandalore, rallying his people to resist the Vong invasion and forge an alliance with the New Republic. Later books introduced elements like Fett having a family and helping train Han and Leia’s daughter Jaina to confront her corrupted brother Jacen.
Obviously, none of these stories still hold true in Disney’s revised Star Wars timeline. However, given how much recent Star Wars projects have drawn inspiration from the EU, we wouldn’t be surprised if some of these plot points wind up being repurposed.
Boba Fett’s Return: The Clues So Far
It’s always been assumed Boba Fett’s return was a question of when, not if. For one thing, Disney wasted little time before moving forward with a standalone Boba Fett movie as one of its first Star Wars anthology movies. Chronicle director Josh Trank was brought on board the untitled project in 2014, though Trank ultimately left the film in 2015. Trank only recently discussed his real reasons for leaving the Boba Fett movie, telling Polygon, “I quit because I knew I was going to be fired if I didn’t quit.”
It was never clear whether the movie was meant to take place after Return of the Jedi or flesh out the character’s earlier years (as with the canceled Star Wars: 1313 game). And either way, Disney seems to have shelved the project for the time being. But it’s clear from multiple recent Star Wars projects that bringing back Boba Fett was always part of the plan.
The first clues to Fett’s return happened in the 2015 novel Star Wars: Aftermath. A passage in the book features a scavenger on Tatooine coming across a suit of Mandalorian armor “pitted and pocked as if with some kind of acid.” This strongly suggests Fett escaped his captivity in the Sarlacc and discarded (or possibly even sold) his acid-worn armor. That scene paves the way for Fett’s return, while also leaving the door open for infamous Boba Fett impersonator Jodo Kast to make his Disney debut.
Meanwhile, multiple installments of The Mandalorian: Season 1 hinted that Fett is alive, well and taking an interest in the misadventures of Din Djarin (a.k.a. the Mandalorian of the title). Vanity Fair spotted a background Mandalorian character in the series premiere whose suit looks an awful lot like Fett’s. Later on, Episode 5 ends with a stinger scene of a mysterious figure wearing a cape and spurs approaching the lifeless body of Fennic Shand. The spurs alone strongly point to Boba Fett, as the character’s costume was intentionally designed to evoke images of Wild West gunslingers.
With all that in mind, the report that Fett is emerging from the shadows for Season 2 isn’t terribly surprising. Clearly Disney has been building up to this point for a while. The only question is why Boba Fett is so interested in the exploits of Din Djarin. On that note…
With the Mandalorian doing so much to flesh out the culture of Mandalore and the sorry state of its people in the post-Imperial era, it makes sense to include the most famous Mandalorian character of them all. On the other hand, Boba Fett isn’t technically a Mandalorian at all. Like his father, Jango, Boba Fett is considered an outsider and pretender who simply wears Mandalorian armor.
That fact could explain both Fett’s presence in the series and his interest in Djarin. From what the series has revealed about Djarin’s origin story so far, we know that Mandalorians aren’t a specific race of people, but rather a group bound by time-honored traditions and a warrior spirit. Djarin wasn’t born a Mandalorian, but he became one after being orphaned in the Clone Wars and becoming inducted into the ways of Mandalore. Boba Fett may be jealous of Din Djarin – a rival bounty hunter who has eclipsed his own reputation while also being hailed as a true and worthy Mandalorian.
There may be a simpler explanation, too. Fett may be interested in stealing The Child and claiming the large bounty on is head. As the original trilogy showed, Fett is perfectly happy to work with the Empire if it means a hefty payday. His old benefactor Darth Vader is gone, but perhaps Fett found a new employer in the ruthless Imperial warlord Moff Gideon. Clearly there’s a story to be told in how Gideon acquired the Mandalorian weapon known as the Darksaber, and Boba Fett may play into that story (along with the Darksaber’s former owner, Bo-Katan Kryze, who will also reportedly appear in Season 2).
A great many actors have portrayed Boba Fett over the years, most notably Jeremy Bulloch in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. However, The Hollywood Reporter specifically names Temuera Morrison as the actor cast for The Mandalorian: Season 2. Morrison made his Star Wars debut in Attack of the Clones, where he played Jango Fett and the many Clonetroopers who were created from Jango’s DNA. Morrison later dubbed over Boba Fett’s handful of lines for a DVD rerelease of The Empire Strikes Back, but this will be his first time actually playing Boba Fett in live-action.
It didn’t take long after THR’s story to drop before fans began speculating Morrison will be playing more than one role in The Mandalorian: Season 2. Many fans believe Morrison will also play the part of Captain Rex, an ex-Clonetrooper who eventually became a member of the Rebel Alliance.
This theory is fueled by the recent news that Rex’s friend and comrade Ahsoka Tano is making her live-action debut (played by Rosario Dawson) in Season 2. Given their close friendship, it makes sense that Ahsoka would be accompanied by Rex, one of the very few Clonetroopers who managed to break free from Palpatine’s conditioning. It would certainly make for an interesting conflict if Boba Fett went head-to-head with one of his fellow Jango Fett clones. Rex would surely be an uncomfortable reminder of Fett’s tragic past.
Captain Rex on Star Wars Rebels
Normally, we’d question whether Rex is even alive by the time of The Mandalorian, as it’s been established clones were given artificially accelerated lifespans. Unlike Boba Fett, who was designed as an identical copy of his father, the Clonetroopers were built to age rapidly into adulthood and die off before they could become a liability to Palpatine’s new Empire. But for whatever reason, Rex has seemed to age slower than his brothers. He appears as an older but still virile soldier in Star Wars Rebels, and the Rebels finale even confirmed Rex took part in the Battle of Endor.
At this point, it’s not a stretch to assume Rex is still alive during the era of The Mandalorian. He may very well be the last Clonetrooper still standing. And with Director of Lucasfilm Animation Dave Filoni so heavily involved in the development of The Mandalorian, it stands to reason we’re going to keep seeing new connections between this live-action series and its animated cousins as time goes on.
The new season of Apex Legends has launched, and most of the attention is rightly on the new legend Loba. But another character has been given a serious makeover in Season 5, finally making Mirage a more competitive threat and expanding his bag of tricks.
In a message in the official patch notes, Respawn says it hopes the rework gives Mirage more depth and allows players “avenues to get better at Bamboozling people.” That means the trickster legend gets a bunch of adjustments to his decoy, including the ability to control it directly by having it mimic movements. It will also last for 60 seconds, and releasing a new decoy will remove the previous one.
But that’s not all. Mirage will also get a revised Ultimate, Life of the Party, which deploys a team of decoys, all imitating his movements like a flash mob. He also gets some extra utility by turning on cloaking whenever using a respawn beacon or reviving a teammate.
Now it’s a party! Your favorite trickster has learned a few new tricks to bamboozle his enemies in this new rework for Season 5.
Designer Note: The hope for this rework is that it gives more depth to Mirage gameplay by giving Mirage players avenues to get better at Bamboozling people.
Tactical: Psyche Out
Pressing the character utility action button allows Mirage to gain control of his decoy.
When controlling the decoy, it will mimic Mirage’s every move.
Decoys now last for 60 seconds.
Releasing another decoy will remove the previous decoy.
Ultimate: Life of the Party
Mirage deploys a team of decoys that mimic his every move (think “Emergency Dance Party” from DUMMIEs Big Day).
Cooldown 60 seconds.
Passive: Now You See Me…
In addition to cloaking when downed, Mirage also cloaks while using a respawn beacon and reviving a teammate (the teammate is also cloaked).
Mirage’s “You got Bamboozled” line will now trigger when you bamboozle an enemy, instead of when you release a decoy.
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Developer Infinity Ward has rolled out a playlist update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One that makes some adjustments to various multiplayer game modes.
This first of these is the placement of Gun Game Reloaded. Now, the frenetic mode can be found in the Quick Player filter in Modern Warfare’s multiplayer. In addition to this change, Boots on the Ground War has been reverted back to classic Ground War, and the Dirty Old Houseboat moshpit–which includes the maps Rust, Shipment, and Shoot House–is now live on all platforms.
Today’s playlist update for #ModernWarfare is out now across all platforms! 🚨 – Gun Game Reloaded has moved to the Quick Play Filter – Replaced Boots on the Ground War with core Ground War – Dirty Old Houseboat is back with Rust, Shipment, and Shoot House Mosh Pit game modes!
This Modern Warfare playlist update is server-side, meaning you only have to log into the game in order for the update to install.
Infinity Ward has also previously announced that a separate Modern Warfare playlist update will arrive later this week. It will add Demolition, 3v3 Gunfight Knives Only, and more. Further, the studio outlined various other changes coming to both Modern Warfare and Warzone this week, including a new Operator and legendary weapons, additional weapon blueprints, and more.
Respawn Entertainment has revealed the patch notes for Season 5 of its popular battle royale shooter Apex Legends, and it has an unfortunate surprise for all of you Peacekeeper fans. Apex’s lever-action shotgun has been loved and hated in equal measure since the game first came out, due to its monstrous damage output at close range and its support for the Precision Choke hop-up, which makes it fearsome even from far away.
After introducing several nerfs over the years to reduce the weapon’s effectiveness, Respawn is trying a different approach. In Season 5, the Peacekeeper will be buffed substantially, but it will only be available in care packages, which are special drops that players can seek out to find epic and legendary armor as well as some of the best weapons in the game. The previous care package-exclusive shotgun, the Mastiff, will be rolled into the existing loot pool, with its stats reduced accordingly.
Along with this shotgun shuffle, Apex Season 5 adds a new character to the game, Loba, whose kit focuses on spotting epic and legendary loot through walls. The update also reshapes the game’s Kings Canyon map, with Skull Town and Thunderdome replaced by new areas. Additionally, Season 5 comes with a new battle pass.
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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 is coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC on September 4. Developed by Vicarious Visions, the same company behind Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, it’s a remastered bundle of the first two games in the series. Like the Crash remasters, THPS 1+2 will keep the bones of the original games but will feature a full HD visual upgrade and other modern trappings. It will even have certain moves that weren’t available in the originals, like reverts. Read our Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 announcement article for more details.
Even though it’s not coming out until September, you can already place a preorder now at a handful of retailers. It comes in several editions and includes two different preorder bonuses, one for the physical version and one for digital copies. Let’s get to it.
The deluxe edition of THPS 1+2 comes with the game as well as the following digital items, according to the Epic Games Store: “‘The Ripper’ skater from Powell-Peralta, unique retro outfits for Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero and Rodney Mullen, and unique retro content for the Create-A-Skater mode.”
A collector’s edition for THPS 1+2 has also been announced, though it’s not yet available at any retailer. It includes the game, the deluxe edition content (‘The Ripper’ skater from Powell-Peralta, unique retro outfits for Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero and Rodney Mullen, and unique retro content for the Create-A-Skater mode), and a limited edition full-size Birdhouse skate board deck.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 Preorder Bonus
Digital Copy Preorder Bonus – Preorder a digital version of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, and you’ll receive access to the Warehouse Demo when it becomes available later this year.
Physical Copy Preorder Bonus – Preorder a physical copy of the game at participating retailers, and you’ll receive a Tony Hawk mini fingerboard.
