Grand Theft Auto Online, the multiplayer accompaniment to GTA 5, has new rewards and discounts for the week of March 19 – March 25. Players participating in King of the Hill will receive double the rewards. In the casino, the Work and Story Missions will also net players double perks, and a new trove of diamonds are also available to carry off in a heist.
For accessories, all players will be able to unlock the Black and White Street Crimes Icons Tees that are based on vintage arcade cabinets. You can also try your hand at The Lucky Wheel for its new top prize of the week, a Dewbauchee JB 700W.
There’s also a variety of discounts on arcade properties, heist equipment, penthouses, cars, and other items. The Nagasaki Buzzard is one of the most heavily discounted items and can be purchased for 40% off. The Buzzard is useful for fast delivery, transportation between properties, and quick escapes. While in Freeroam, players can also call the helicopter for heavy support. If property-owning is more your speed, all arcades are also discounted at 25% for the week, as well as arcade customization and extras.
Players with Twitch Prime accounts will receive an extra 10% off of the week’s listed discounts, and if the accounts are connected to Rockstar Social Club, players can obtain more rewards. They’ll be able to redeem Pixel Pete’s arcade in Paleto Bay for free and get 80% off of the Pegassi Tempesta and Vapid FMJ cars.
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Get ready hunters, the third Monster Hunter World: Iceborne update will hit March 23 for PS4 and Xbox One. As previously announced, two new monsters, Raging Brachydios and Furious Rajang, will be part of the update. In the Developer Diary 5 broadcasted on March 21, the dev team shared a lot more details about what fighting those two monsters will entail, but also revealed that layered weapons will be a new feature.
Layered weapons have been an add-on that Monster Hunter fans have clamored for before (a lot of “Finally!” comments showed up during the broadcast), and it basically means that players can alter the appearance of their weapon without changing its stats. The update on March 23 will roll out phase one of the layered weapons feature, and the second wave will arrive in April.
The first wave will allow you to customize certain weapons, specifically those that have a clear base and attachment to them. Players can swap them out however they want. In April’s second wave, players will be able to change the appearance of unique weapon designs, but only on weapons that can be augmented.
But back to the two new monsters, Raging Brachydios and Furious Rajang: They’re both variations of existing monsters Brachydios and Rajang. The normal Rajang only gets golden fur when it’s enraged, but the Furious Rajang will always have golden fur. When the variation gets enraged, its golden fur will sparkle, and get even more vicious than its normal counterpart. The Furious Rajang also doesn’t have a tail, which is different from the normal version. That means when its four legs get hard as rock and impossible to injure during enragement, players will have to attack its head instead of the tail on the normal version. The Furious Rajang will also have a strong pinning attack, and teammates will have to help each other out to get out of its grasp.
The Raging Brachydios is much larger than the normal version and moves a slower pace. However the slime on the monster’s body can now trigger explosions in a wide area. When you attacked the normal Brachydios, the slime on the monster’s body detonated. But in this variation, when you attack the slime-covered monster’s part, the slime will drop onto the ground and then explode. A particularly gnarly new feature is also this monster’s special ability to get to a certain place when requirements are met, and set the entire place on fire. While in this phase of the battle, players can’t use forecasters, can’t use traps, and can’t escape the area.
Part of the March 23 update includes a powerful Banishing Ball for use exclusively in the Guiding Lands. Only quest leaders can use it, and when they do, any monster the Ball is thrown at will disappear from the Guiding Lands. There’s also other updates, like modifications to the Hunter Helper system, armor and charm levels, and a new festival in April. The seasonal event is dubbed the Full Bloom Fest and comes with a very rose-themed special armor. It will run from April 10-7. You can check out the full third title update details on Monster Hunter’s website.
You can also read GameSpot’s Monster Hunter World: Iceborne review if you haven’t checked out the game yet. Our reviewer, Ginny Woo, says, “Monster Hunter World: Iceborne is more of the same, glorious slog for everyone who’s ever been taken down by a fire-breathing facsimile of a Tyrannosaurus Rex and thought, ‘I can’t wait to do that 50 times over.'”
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It’s always interesting to see what a creator does next after their hit series ends. Tite Kubo, the author of Bleach, took the route of publishing a 2018 one-shot, Burn The Witch, and set the new story in an extension of the Bleach universe. Burn The Witch casts two witches, Noel Niihashi and Spangle Ninii, as the protagonists, and they work for the Western Branch of Soul Society in Reverse London.
It was recently announced that Burn The Witch will receive an anime film adaptation this fall, and a new teaser trailer was released on March 20. Studio Colorido will produce the film, and director Tatsuro Kawano will helm it. Burn The Witch will also get a short run in Weekly Shonen Jump at some point during the summer. You can read the Burn The Witch one-shot for free on Viz Media’s website.
Also, if you’ve missed the chatter on Twitter, Bleach’s Thousand-Year Blood War arc is finally getting an anime adaptation. The Thousand-Year Blood War arc features Ichigo and the gang (the entire Soul Society and a few Espadas, actually) facing off against another megalomaniac villain. This time, it’s Yhwach, the founder of the Quincys and son of the Soul King.
The anime ended on the Fullbring arc in 2012, and with the Thousand-Year Blood War finale, Bleach’s anime will come to a completion. The exact air date isn’t confirmed yet, but the arc is expected to arrive in 2021.
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Ghost in the Shell has received multiple spin-offs and adaptations, almost too many to keep track of, but Netflix’s upcoming Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 will be a visually memorable one. Matoko Kusanagi is still the protagonist, but she’s CGI-ed. And of course, everything else is CGI’ed too.
The CGI style is not surprising since Netflix has pushed a variety of CGI shows in their original anime programming. (Beastars and Leviathan are two examples.) But to apply CGI to a classic like Ghost in the Shell and an iconic character like Matoko Kusanagi is a striking decision on Production I.G. and Sola Digital Art’s parts.
SAC_2045 will also still follow the exploits of Public Security Section 9. In the final trailer (and past trailers), it appears the Major and her team’s mission is to take down a guy who’s a “post-human” and an organization with a thirst for anarchy. Tonally, the final trailer suggests that the show won’t carry the grittiness and quiet unease of previous entries in the franchise. The soundtrack is upbeat, colors bright, and the characters, as pointed out by the video comments, look younger than the originals.
The 1995 Ghost in the Shell film, based on Shirow Masamune’s manga of the same name and directed by Mamoru Oshii, received great acclaim and is considered one of the greatest anime films of all time. One of the directors of SAC_2045, Kenji Kamiyama, has had prior experience with adapting the franchise. He’s directed the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex anime, Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG, and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Solid State Society.
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 will be released April 23 on Netflix.
Amazon has kicked off a new Warehouse sale that knocks an additional 20% off of used and refurbished goods like video games, controllers, and consoles. It’s unclear how long this promotion will last, but supplies are limited, so act fast if you’re interested in taking advantage of any of these deals.
Games like Death Stranding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and Control are all featured, as is one of the best Xbox One controllers for 2020, the Razer Wolverine TE, which will be compatible with Microsoft’s next-gen console, the Xbox Series X. Of course, if you want to save even more money, you can pick up standard Switch Joy-Cons, DualShock 4s, and Xbox One controllers at a nice discount.
One of the coolest offers in this current sale is the limited-edition Death Stranding PS4 Pro bundle, which comes with an awesome-looking console with a unique design. It currently starts at $360 for the bundle in “Very Good” condition. That’s an excellent deal, especially since there are plenty of great PS4 games to play right now and even more to come this year. These include Final Fantasy VII Remake, Ghost of Tsushima, and The Last of Us Part II. It’s still unclear just how many PS4 games will be compatible with the next-gen PS5, though Sony believes the majority of the PS4’s titles will be supported.
In “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1”, The crew of La Sirena arrive at the Synthetics’ home world, Coppelius, with Narek following closely. Meanwhile, Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) and the XBs take control of the Borg Artifact cube and follow after Picard.
Picard (Patrick Stewart), Soji (Isa Briones) and the crew meet the synths who populate Coppelius Station, along with Dr. Alton Soong (Brent Spiner) son of Noonien Soong. Soji warns them that a large fleet of Romulan warbirds is on its way to destroy them.
We also got another handful of Star Trek Easter eggs and references in this episode, calling back to The Next Generation and The Original Series.
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We’ve been enjoying Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the past few weeks and, like previous games in the franchise, there’s a lot of systems to keep track of, activities to do, and milestones to meet. There’s definitely a bit of a learning curve to it all.
In the video above, Jake Dekker goes over the eight details that we all wish we had known about before beginning our own island getaway in New Horizons. If you’re just picking up the latest Animal Crossing game yourself, these tips should help you expedite the process of getting through the first few days.
For those looking for a bit more help, we have several other video guides that may help you out during your initial weeks in New Horizons. Admittedly, the game is a bit slow when it comes to progression, so you may feel like you’re getting nowhere, but trust us–commit the time and you will begin to see developments on your island.
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In GameSpot’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons review in progress, Kallie Plagge writes, “New Horizons certainly has a slower pace than other Animal Crossing games, partially because you have to work to get things up and running on the island at the start. And while I’m impatient to discover what upgrades might be coming my way (and I need to mess around with Island Designer more), I still feel as though I’ve done a lot on my island. I’ve crafted tons of furniture, upgraded my house seven times, picked thousands of weeds, and done far too many drastic outfit changes. I’m as excited to see what random events await me each morning as I am to decorate my island and make it my own, and that’s sure to keep me coming back for the foreseeable future.”
