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Respawn has finally detailed how Quests, the new mode coming to Apex Legends in Season 5: Fortune’s Favor, will work. Though Quests is primarily a PvE mode, it will incorporate the PvP side of Respawn’s battle royale game.
Season 5’s questline is called The Broken Ghost. Each week of Season 5, new weekly Hunts will unlock–you can tackle them solo or as a squad. These Hunts are PvE missions that will see you go up against AI-controlled enemies and escape Titanfall-style in a drop ship at the end.
To participate in a weekly Hunt, you’ll need five treasure packs. Treasure packs are found randomly in the PvP side of Apex Legends–Trios, Duos, Ranked, and limited-time modes–and you can only pick up one a day. So you’ll need to play Apex Legends at least five days each week in order to play the new weekly Hunt when it comes out. Or just begin stockpiling treasure packs with those extra two days your afforded each week.
These treasure packs benefit you beyond Quests mode as well. Each one contains in-game rewards, such as Crafting Metals, battle pass XP, or Apex Packs. If you miss out on treasure packs, you can buy them with in-game currency. However, you can only buy them retroactively, not proactively. So if it’s 10 days into Season 5 and you only have two treasure packs, then you can only buy seven more–one for each of the days you missed. You technically still have time on that tenth day to earn treasure pack 10. Each treasure pack will cost 25 Apex Coins ($0.25 USD).
If a friend has unlocked a weekly hunt, you can play with them, but if you haven’t found the five treasure packs for yourself, then you won’t get the reward for completing the mission. There are nine weekly Hunts, so you’ll need to find 45 treasure packs in Season 5 to earn all of the new rewards. These rewards include weapon charms as well as new chapters in the story of The Broken Ghost.
In a blog post, Respawn writes that The Broken Ghost will see the lives of the legends outside the Apex Games. “Alliances will be formed, friendships will be tested, vendettas will be born, and when the dust settles, nothing will be the same again in a mystery that has far-reaching consequences for them all,” Respawn writes.
Additionally, completing a weekly Hunt will net you one of the nine pieces of a mysterious artifact–you can actually see them in the Season 5 gameplay trailer. “Recover all nine pieces of the relic to unlock even more rewards, dive into the past, and uncover a secret that the Outlands might not be ready for,” Respawn writes.
Apex Legends Season 5: Fortune’s Favor begins on May 12, adding Loba as a playable character and seeing Kings Canyon partially destroyed in brand-new map changes.
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The second season of the Disney+ Star Wars TV show The Mandalorian has already been filmed, but thus far not a lot is known about what to expect. There have been reports that Rosario Dawson was cast to play a live-action Ahsoka Tano, and there will surely be plenty more Baby Yoda. Other than that, though, we have learned a little casting news and some of the episode directors, but not much about the plot.
A new report, though, suggests that a major Star Wars character will play a role in the season when it debuts. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones actor Temuera Morrison will appear on the show. In that film, Morrison played Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett. Now, based on THR’s report, he will play the iconic role of Boba Fett–who was revealed to be a clone of Jango in the prequels.
While it’s not believed that Boba Fett will play a big role in Season 2, there’s no telling if he will end up being a recurring character as the show moves into Season 3, which is reportedly in the works.
In the original movies, Boba Fett was played by Jeremy Bulloch, with Jason Wingreen supplying the character’s voice. It’s worth noting that in the special edition of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Morrison’s voice was dubbed over Wingreen’s.
The second season of The Mandalorian is set to arrive to the Disney+ streaming service in October. It’s one of many Star Wars projects in the works, including a new movie from Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi and a TV show from the creator of Russian Doll.
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If you’re already an ESPN+ subscriber, you can get the PPV for $64.99. If you’re not already an ESPN+ subscriber, the good news is it’s cheap: just $4.99 a month. You can also bundle it with Disney+ and Hulu, too.
You could always sign up for a free trial, buy the PPV, and then cancel when your trial is up, but I recommend keeping it because it’s actually a really great service if you’re into sports at all.
I’ve talked before about ESPN+ and how it has tons of classic sports. I really like watching old boxing matches from legends like Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali, but they have boxing going as far back as Jack Dempsey. Those Dempsey fights don’t even have sound. It’s awesome.
If you’re a UFC fan interested in the PPV, there’s a massive amount of UFC content, like old fights and highlights, as well as shows, about the world of professional mixed-martial arts. It’s a great service for sports fans, especially now that all sports are basically done with until 20XX or so.
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Per The Hollywood Reporter, Morrison’s Boba Fett “is expected to play just a small role in season two of the series.” The New Zealand-born actor joined Star Wars back in 2002’s Attack of the Clones where he portrayed Jango Fett. In Attack of the Clones, it was revealed that Boba is actually one of Jango’s clones, who he decided to raise as his own son.
Morrison will join Season 2 newcomers Rosario Dawson (Daredevil) as Ahsoka Tano, and Terminator star Michael Biehn as an unnamed bounty hunter. Behind the camera, Robert Rodriguez (Desperado, From Dusk Till Dawn) and Peyton Reed (Marvel’s Ant-Man) have both confirmed that they will be directing episodes of Season 2.
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If you want to find out how this show’s epic first season was brought to life, be sure to check out Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian on Disney+, which features in-depth interviews with the cast and crew. In the first episode, Clone Wars boss Dave Filoni shares a memorable story about his journey from Avatar: The Last Airbender to the Star Wars universe.
The Mandalorian Season 2 is expected to debut in October 2020 on Disney+.
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Microsoft has revealed the next set of Xbox One games available to play during its Free Play Days this weekend. From now through Sunday, you can get your hands on Dragon Ball FighterZ, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and Saints Row IV: Re-Elected–all of which are also conveniently on sale through the weekend.
Dragon Ball FighterZ, which originally launched in 2018, is in the midst of its third season. The new series of content adds a bunch of new DLC characters–including the female fusion Kefla and yet another version of Goku–introduces the new Z Assist Select mechanic, and more. Developed by Arc System Works, the studio responsible for other flashy fighters like Granblue Fantasy: Versus and Guilty Gear Strive, DBFZ will appear during this year’s Evolution Championship Series. The annual fighting game tournament has been affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic but will continue as an online event.
Perhaps the second-most-popular battle royale on the market, PUBG came out swinging in 2017. Since then, the game has seen a variety of patches, tweaks, and adjustments, with one update in particular introducing bots for console players. Developer PUBG Corporation has unveiled its plans for the future of the battle royale title, which includes parity between all platforms. The game recently launched on Google’s cloud gaming platform Stadia with some exclusive content.
The oldest game on the list, Saints Row IV: Re-Elected is the definitive edition of the game that packages all of its downloadable content into one bundle–with the exception of the standalone Gat out of Hell DLC. The game recently hit Nintendo Switch and comes with 25 additional enhancements, including the Dubstep Gun (Remix) package and more. In November 2019, Koch Media, the parent company of developer Volition, said a new Saints Row game will be revealed sometime this year.
Of course, with all three games being part of Xbox’s Free Play Days weekend, they are all on sale for 75-80 percent off for the next few days. You can check out the list below to see the deals.
Dragon Ball FighterZ
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
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Chatting with Collider, Russo explained that he and his fellow producer and brother Joe Russo will adopt the same approach to adapting Disney’s Hercules as they did with their Marvel Cinematic Universe movies.
“I think you always have to bring something new to the table because from our perspective as storytellers, it’s not compelling for us to do a literal translation,” Russo said. “We’ve already done that with our Marvel films. We don’t do literal translations of the comics because we feel like if you want that story you can go read that story.”
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Russo added that the live-action Hercules will introduce aspects to the story that weren’t in the 1997 film:
“We’re going to give you a different story. I think we’ll do something that’s in the vein of the original and inspired by it, but we also bring some new elements to the table.”
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This reimagined, live-action version of Disney’s Hercules is being scripted by Dave Callaham, who is also a screenwriter on Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
No word yet on when Hercules will go into production, whether it will be a musical like the original, or who will direct or star.
One of the many things that kept us busy were Breath of the Wild’s 120 Shrines. IGN’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Shrine guide contains solutions to every Breath of the Wild Shrine puzzle, with detailed directions on how to collect every Shrine treasure. Each puzzle shrine in Breath of the Wild has at least one Treasure Chest and Spirit Orb, and securing four Spirit Orbs will allow you to expand your Heart Containers or Stamina Vessels by trading them at any Goddess Statue (located in the Temple of Time and all major towns).
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Breath of the Wild’s Shrines offer a variety of challenges. Some are small dungeons containing a central puzzle theme, while others feature monsters that test Link’s combat skills. These encounters can range from relatively easy to quite difficult.
You can also use IGN’s interactive Breath of the Wild Shrine map that details the location of every Shrine in Hyrule. The map features the ability to check off Shrines as you complete them, which should help cut down on any confusion.
Note that some Shrines aren’t always visible, and Link will need to undertake Shrine Quests to solve riddles to reveal their location. There are 42 Shrines in BOTW that cannot be accessed until their corresponding Shrine Quest is completed.
There are also some “free” shrines. These include the Shrines in the Lost Woods and the three labyrinths, plus some Shrine Quests. These Shrines contain no puzzles or monsters and the Treasure Chest and Spirit Orb are awarded simply for accessing the shrine.
You can discover all Breath of the Wild Shrine locations by region below!
The Akkala region has a total of eight Shrines. Four of the Akkala Shrines are hidden until their associated Shrine Quest is completed.
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There are no Shrine Quests in Central Hyrule.
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There are nine Shrines located in the Deuling Peaks Region, two associated with Shrine Quests that must be completed.
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There are nine Shrines in the Eldin region, with three hidden until their Shrine Quest is completed.
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The Faron region features eight Shrines, four of which are hidden until their Shrine Quest is completed.
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The Gerudo Highlands region has a total of six Shrines, three of which are hidden until their Shrine Quest is completed.
There are 12 Shrines in the Gerudo Wasteland region. Four of the Gerudo Wasteland Shrines are hidden until their Shrine Quest is completed.
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The Great Hyrule Forest Region has eight Shrines in it, four of the which are hidden until their Shrine Quest is completed.
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There are just four Shrines in the starting region in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
The Hateno region has seven Shrines, and four of them require Shrine Quests to uncover.
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The Hebra region has a total of 13 Shrines, but only three of them are hidden until their Shrine Quest is completed.
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The Lake region has six Shrines. Two of them are hidden until their Shrine Quest is completed.
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The Lanayru region has a total of nine Shrines. Two of the Lanayru Shrines are hidden until their Shrine Quest is completed.
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There are seven Shrines in the Ridgeland region; two are hidden until their Shrine Quest is completed.
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The Tabantha region has six Shrines in it, and two of them are hidden until their Shrine Quest is completed.
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As part of The Champions’ Ballad DLC, several new Shrines were added, spanning a variety of regions. They can only be found by solving clues given by Kass over the course of the DLC’s quest.
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Great Plateau Shrines
Lanayru Shrines
Eldin Shrines
Tabantha Shrines
Gerudo Shrines
Once you’re done with those, why not hunt down all 900 Korok Seed? We’ve got a guide for that too. For even more game help, visit the complete Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild guide.
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The IGN guide for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was made through a collaborative effort between the entire IGN guides team with great freelancers and community support.
Call of Duty Mobile recently launched its western-themed season update, Once Upon a Time in Rust. But the mobile game has a lot more planned for the coming months, as outlined in a broad-ranging content roadmap. That includes new seasonal challenges, a new event, and more.
The roadmap image gives a quick overview of all the content coming over the next several weeks. The left side is dedicated to general content drops that came alongside the season update, while the right side outlines other additions that will continue to drop throughout the rest of the season. Those include the Saloon multiplayer map, 1v1 Duel, and Tactical Grenade Cryo Bomb in mid-May. The Poltergeist class will then arrive in late May.
The studio also noted that these roadmaps will be made available before the launch of future seasons to give players a quick overview of what’s coming.
Currently you can participate in the Gold Rush event, which lets you collect gold in Battle Royale or Kill Confirmed modes to trade for unique rewards. A new draw is now available, opening up the RUS-79U Dustkicker and Scarlett, an epic character you may recognize from playing Black Ops.
As for the future, more seasonal challenges are set to come to satisfy those who have already finished the first round. In the long-term, some sort of revised progression system is on the way to give more longevity to those who have already hit max level–though the blog doesn’t mention exactly what it will entail.
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