Modiphius has just released Dishonored: the Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, which is now available as a digital edition PDF for £15 (approx. $17.71). While the physical edition is only available for pre-order on the site for the end of June, the PDF is available immediately on purchase.
Dishonored: The Roleplaying Game delves into the Empire of the Isles, a place filled with occult lore, intrigue, and drama. This core book contains all the rules and background information needed to start off your group’s adventure into the Arkane whalepunk universe. It even contains a mini-campaign, The Oil Trail, for the city of Dunwall that can be used for your own party.
The book was designed in collaboration with Dishonored director Harvey Smith, along with a diverse selection of writers and artists, many of which were involved in the games as well.
Enemy types from Dishonored: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook
The game will come in a deluxe, 300 page hardcover book, and there will be custom dice and cards available too.
If you would like to get the PDF edition now, but down the line want to purchase the physical edition, just email [email protected] who will provide you with a discount code to redeem for the printed purchase.
Dishonored: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook has all the resources for character creation
Now is the perfect time to move your tabletop group online. With more RPG’s having downloadable PDFs to use, players can tune into games from the safety of their own homes and enjoy the co-operative nature of a role play game with friends.
As Sword Art Online anime fans probably know, the most recent season of SAO takes place in a completely different kind of virtual world, one that has no connection to the previous MMO games. Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris follows the anime’s progression into a whole new virtual world, a world where the AI are actually living beings with their own personalities and history.
Anime characters Renly, Sheyta, and Sortiliena are all available as playable characters which can be recruited into your party. Hersyrain is an all-new character not from the anime that has been added to the game. New enemies, the Black Knight, Kayode, and the Mysterious Giant are also featured in the trailer as foes to vanquish. Team up to defeat your enemies and build bonds with your party members--you can even date them in game.
Free updates to Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris will follow after the game’s release, with more chances to earn SAO coins and CUBES. Monthly Raids and Daily Quests can be completed in exchange for tickets that can be traded for CUBES. CUBES enable players to randomly win in-game prizes such as costumes, accessories, weapon skins, and more. Players can also purchase CUBES with SAO coins or just buy the in-game prizes individually.
Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris is now available for pre-order on Xbox One and Steam. The standard edition includes the base game and four Design Contest costumes. The deluxe edition pre-order includes the base game, the four Design Contest costumes, the Premium Pass, Premium Pass Bonus Costume, and 200 SAO Coins. The four Design Contest costumes are also available for purchase separately on the Playstation Store, Microsoft Store, and on Steam from May 22 to June 22.
Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris is set to launch in the US on May 22 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
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Nintendo of America has made a major donation to its local area to help out during the COVID-19 crisis. The company has donated more than 9,500 N95 particulate respirator masks to North Bend, Washington, which is where the company is headquartered in North America.
In a statement, North Bend said Nintendo originally bought the masks for its own emergency preparedness measures, but the company decided to give them to the public during this time of crisis. The masks will be distributed to address “immediate needs.”
“This crisis is unprecedented. The safety and security of community members is paramount in our daily mission,” the local government said. “The communities served by City of North Bend and Eastside Fire & Rescue deeply appreciate the generous donation from Nintendo.”
Every episode of Samurai Jack is now available for free on Adult Swim’s website.
There’s no need for an account of any kind. Just go to Adult Swim’s Samurai Jack page and click on any episode from the show’s five seasons. A 15- or 30-second ad will play before the episode with one 90-second ad break in the middle of the episode.
Adult Swim made the announcement on its social media pages Tuesday afternoon. The company didn’t say if the show will only be available for a limited time or if this is a permanent gift. It’s not available in all countries, however.
Samurai Jack features Phil LaMarr as the titular character who is sent from feudal Japan to the distant future by an evil shape-shifting demon named Aku. The series was created by Genndy Tartakovsky, who also created Dexter’s Laboratory.
The series ran from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network before it was resurrected on Adult Swim for a final season in 2017. LaMarr returned to voice Jack, but the voice actor for Aku, Mako, sadly passed away in 2006 and was replaced.
The series has spunoff into numerous comic books and even a couple of video games: Samurai Jack: The Amulet of Time for Game Boy Advance and Samurai Jack: The Shadow of Aku for GameCube and PS2.
The Crew 2 is getting another major update, and it’s due March 25 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. The update, named Inner Drive, will introduce 20 new cars to the game, including the Koenigsegg Jesko (2020) and the Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 (2020). It won’t cost you a thing, either.
On top of this, the update adds 15 new Live Summit events, with a new one debuting each week. A heap of vanity items and avatars have been added too, and new hobbies are coming soon.
More cars are coming on April 8, too. They include the Ferrari Enzo Ferrari (2002), Lamborghini Diablo GT (1999), and Proto Alpha Mark X (2020).
The vanity items coming include some options that have not featured in the game previously, such as custom nitro, horns, window tints, and 2D emotes. Here’s every vanity item that players will get when they download the update:
11 Custom Nitros
17 Horns
6 Window Tints
23 2D Emotes
4 Smokes
12 Tires
12 Underglows
10 2D Emotes
10 Horns
The update weighs in at 10GB on all systems, and will download automatically. It’s also making various fixes and improvements across the board, meaning that The Crew 2 will be in better shape than ever.
The Crew 2 scored 8/10 in its original 2018 review, written before its numerous free updates. Edmond Tran praised the game for its “player-friendly features, freedom of movement, and its willingness to bend the rules in order to make things exciting and varied for an accessible, American-themed thrillride.”
Fatshark, the developer and publisher of Warhammer: Vermintide 2, have announced the release of the next map update as a part of the Curse of Drachenfels storyline. This map is available right now and will automatically be downloaded on steam for users who have Vermintide 2 already installed.
Inside the Enchanter’s Lair
After making your way through the previous two maps, Old Haunts and Blood In Darkness, the party has finally reached the Castle Drachenfels where the Enchanter is waiting. Inside the Enchanter’s Lair it seems that the enemy is ready and waiting for you, so beware.
The Enchanter’s Lair is the third map in the Curse of the Drachenfels campaign, which is part of the Season 2 content roll out. The first and second Season content is free for all owners of Vermintide 2 owners and includes Daily and Weekly Quests for players to earn Shillings. This currency can be spent on cosmetics in-game. Shopkeeper Lohner has more cosmetics for players to purchase in the Emporium of Wonders.
Red Dead Redemption 2 has outlined the bonuses and discounts for Red Dead Online this week, and anyone looking to tackle the Moonshiner missions will be rewarded handsomely. Rockstar has announced that from March 24 to 30 players will receive a 50% Role XP Boost on every Moonshiner activity, including sell, bootlegger, and story missions.
You’ll need to be Trader Rank 5 or have completed a Trader sell mission before jumping into the Moonshiner specialist role, but if you’ve done that you’re good to go. You’ll also receive a 10 gold bar discount on all Moonshine shacks this week, so it’s a great time to make some headway on the Moonshiner role.
On top of this, there’s a 40% discount available on all roadster horses and the same discount for band expansions. Furthermore, players who manage to fill all seven Outfit Slots this week will get a free off-hand holster, and they’ll be able to choose from any below rank 70. You can also get a bonus of RDO$100 by completing three role challenges for any role.
The Last Stand Showdown series will also run during this time. It’s a new variant on Last Stand, where players spawn next to a random weapon and then fight to be the last player still alive. The maps for this series are Annesburg Mine, Armadillo, and Cemetery.
Finally, various rank rewards are active from now until June 1. Every ten levels up to Rank 60 you’ll earn new bonuses, including discounts and new items. Twitch Prime users can also get a Collector’s Bag, a Polished Copper Moonshine Still Upgrade, and 5 Moonshiner Role Ranks, while PlayStation Plus subscribers will be given three free Ability Cards.
Tripwire Interactive has released a new update for Killing Floor 2 called Neon Nightmares The free update includes a new map and two new weapons to use.
The new map, Biolapse, takes you deep into an abandoned laboratory filled with zombies, where players will have to take advantage of traps to survive against the horde of undead. Biolapse is playable in both Survival and the weekly game modes.
The two new weapons will let you try out some new strategies. The HRG Incendiary Rifle can light an entire horde of zombies on fire, a fitting weapon for the Firebug class. Equipped with both incendiary rounds and grenades, the HRG Incendiary Rifle is a weapon made for crowd control.
On the other hand the new Compound Bow is made for single target kills, which is perfect for the Sharpshooter class. You can switch between two types of arrows: sharp and cryo. Sharp arrows penetrate through enemies and can be collected off dead bodies to be used again. Cryo arrows explode on impact, freezing anything in the small radius. Arrows can be held down for longer range and more damage.
Killing Floor 2: Neon Nightmares is available on PS4, Xbox One and PC right now. This update is free if you own Killing Floor 2 on any of these platforms. Take out some of those pent-up emotions on hordes of zombies now with Killing Floor 2: Neon Nightmares.
Steve Carell’s Michael Scott character was the foundation of The Office. So when it was confirmed that he would be leaving the show, it was huge news. The show was never the same without him. But why, exactly, did Carell leave the show? New details on this controversial topic have now come to light.
Boom operator/sound mixer Brian Wittle says in the book that the April 2010 interview that Carell gave to the BBC is where it all began. In that interview, Carell offhandedly said Season 7 of The Office would “probably be my last year.” Wittle said that Carell told him that he “didn’t plan on saying it out loud and he hadn’t decided anything” about staying on the show. He was merely “thinking out loud” during the interview, Wittle said Carell told him.
Carell’s comments made news, of course. However, those in higher-up positions for The Office didn’t bring this up to Carell. Wittle said in the book that no one called Carell and said, “What? You wanna leave?'”
“When he realized he didn’t get any kind of response from them, he thought, ‘Oh, maybe they don’t really care if I leave,'” Wittle said. “‘Maybe I should go do other things.’ So I think that made it easier, because when the news broke that he was considering it, the people that are in charge of keeping him there didn’t make a big effort to do so until afterward.”
Kim Ferry, a hairstylist on The Office, corroborated Wittle’s analysis of the situation. Ferry said Carell had planned to sign for “another couple of years.” However, NBC higher-ups never contacted Carell to get a deal done, according to Ferry’s recollection of the events.
During this tumultuous time, NBC changed presidents from Jeff Zucker to Bob Greenblatt. The Office producer Randy Cordray said in the book that Greenblatt “was not as big a fan of The Office as we wished he would’ve been.” Cordray said Carell might have stayed on The Office if management handled the situation differently.
Greenblatt is also quoted in the book as saying he can’t remember the specific circumstances, but he claims that Carell had already elected to leave The Office when he became the new NBC chief.
The Office casting director Allison Jones said in the book that it’s “absolutely asinine” that NBC did not come to an agreement with Carell to appear in the final seasons of The Office.
Michael Scott left The Office in the 22nd episode of Season 7, titled “Goodbye Michael.” It’s a wonderful, touching episode in which Michael says goodbye to his longtime friends one by one.
The Office ran for two further seasons. While there were some funny and emotional episodes, The Office failed to get the ratings it did with Steve Carell and the Michael Scott character.
Michael eventually came back for the series finale, uttering one more “that’s what she said” joke.
A reboot of The Office is reportedly happening, and it’s said to feature a new cast. One of the difficulties of rebooting these shows is that they would be very expensive from a salary standpoint, not to mention the production costs. “The actors want a lot more money than we’re willing to pay them,” Greenblatt explained in 2018.
The original show was adapted from the Ricky Gervais BBC show of the same name, and it ran for nine seasons from 2005 to 2013. The American show was developed by Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons writer Greg Daniels, who recently teamed up with Carell for a new Space Force show for Netflix.
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