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Ahead of tonight’s The Game Awards, where a “special announcement” will be revealed, a brand-new Fortnite patch is now live for mobile devices, PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The update brings a host of fixes and tweaks, as well as a new way to play on consoles.

Fortnite’s latest update, v11.30, introduces split-screen cooperative to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Though it’s an “early release” of the feature, which will continue to receive updates in the future, you can use split-screen in both Duos and Squads with your friend on the same system.

Elsewhere in the patch, the ammo indicator has been changed, offering a better visual representation in the form of numbers instead of the solid bar the game used previously. Other fixes and tweaks include addressing issues with missing and/or incomplete textures, preventing the Social menu on the Friends List from auto-scrolling, increasing the daily Item Shop gifting limit, and more.

A new leak suggests developer Epic Games is looking into altering its traditional Battle Pass structure by offering some sort of all-encompassing Annual Pass. We’ll learn more during tonight’s Game Awards show, as well as whether this leak is the “special announcement” Epic Games has planned.

Fortnite v11.30 Full Patch Notes

General Additions/Changes

• Introducing Split Screen.
  • Play Duos and Squads with a friend on the same PlayStation 4 or Xbox One.
  • This is an early release of Split Screen; we will continue to improve the feature. Please report bugs via the in-game Feedback tool.
• Preview what’s in the Item Shop using your mobile device.
  • With Party Hub, you can now preview what’s new in the Item Shop before loading into the game.
  • To do this, open Party Hub, swipe right, and tap “Preview Items.”
• Increased the daily Item Shop gifting limit from 3 to 5.
• Changed Ammo Indicator.
  • Now a visual representation of remaining ammo number rather than a solid bar.
• You can now choose when to transition from the “Eliminated By” screen to the end-of-match XP screen.
  • To transition to the end-of-match XP screen, press “Continue” on the “Eliminated By” screen.
• Made preparations for the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker live event at Risky Reels on December 14 at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET.

Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue involving the Safe Zone setting on Xbox One returning to 1.00 upon each login.
• Resolved an issue involving some trees and metal fences in Arena not granting the correct material increase.
• The Magma Wrap now appears correctly on the Bandage Bazooka and Pistol.
• Resolved an issue involving the Bandolette Outfit appearing to have two hairstyles merged together.
• Resolved an issue involving some items from the Twin Turntables set appearing grainy and pixelated.
• The Social menu Friends List on mobile devices no longer auto-scrolls to the top when players try to scroll down.
• Resolved an issue involving players’ Quick Bar being inadvertently defaulted off on mobile devices.

If you’re still stocking up on holiday gifts or looking to buy a little present for yourself, you can pick up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for cheap on Amazon today. The retailer is offering the latest in Activision’s massive shooter franchise for $38. The deal is for physical copies of on PS4 and Xbox One.

The price actually matches the best deals we saw for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, so if you held off then your patience has been rewarded.

Modern Warfare recently launched its first season of live content, which includes four maps, a new Reinforce game mode, aand five more Spec Ops missions. All of those free additions are available to all players, and you can also work your way through the free tiers of the Battle Pass to get the two new guns, a RAM-7 assault rifle and Holger-26. Buying into the Battle Pass for roughly $10 gets you a new Operator, 20 Tier skips, and a lot more cosmetics you can earn.

Modern Warfare earned a 7/10 in GameSpot’s review. “Realism mode is an excellent addition to the slate, and although not all the new multiplayer modes are great, Gunfight and the Night Vision playlist are refreshing standouts,” Kallie Plagge wrote. “And while the campaign ends up playing it safe in the end, it’s still a memorable one, and it lays a strong foundation for where the Modern Warfare series could go from here.”

Original Justice League director, Zack Snyder, has posted a brand new photo of Henry Cavill wearing a black Superman suit, which appears to confirm that Superman ditched his traditional costume in the infamous Snyder Cut.

In a post on social media network Vero on Thursday, Snyder continued to build momentum in the “Release the Snyder Cut” movement, founded by fans who want to see the fabled alternate cut of the 2017 Justice League movie.

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker director JJ Abrams and Rey actress Daisy Ridley have commented on why the sequel trilogy ignore midichlorians in their portrayal of the Force.

At a press conference in Tokyo, the cast and crew of the forthcoming Star Wars movie were asked whether George Lucas’ unexplored ideas regarding midichlorians will ever be explored in canon. The question was mangled in translation into English, but led to an interesting discussion nonetheless.

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Wasteland 2, InXile Entertainment’s post-apocalyptic RPG, is currently free in the GOG.com winter sale. You better be quick to grab it, though, because the offer is only around for another 24 hours. Here it is.

This free version of Wasteland 2 is the Director’s Cut Digital Classic Edition, which also includes the original Wasteland–first released in 1988. The post-apocalyptic tactical-RPG sequel follows a ragtag group of wasteland protectors known as the Desert Raiders. After one of its members is brutally murdered while investigating a strange radio signal, you pick up the investigation where they left off, taking you on an adventure across the wastes of a post-nuclear fallout Arizona.

Reviewer Daniel Starkey gave Wasteland 2 a score of 8/10 in GameSpot’s review, saying, “In many ways, Wasteland 2 represents everything about classic computer role-playing games that the modern iterations of Fallout aren’t. Where Fallout 3 gives you an extreme amount of general latitude, Wasteland 2 focuses on the narrative minutiae and tangible consequences of your individual actions. Where Fallout 3 tries to craft a broad world that feels whole, Wasteland 2 loosely strings together several locations with hidden connections, with secrets waiting to be discovered and picked over. And where Fallout masterfully uses comedy to lambast the ludicrous tone of paranoia surrounding Cold War America, Wasteland 2 attacks the natural arrogance of the individual. It forces us to confront the painful truth of our own blind self-righteousness, and shows us how childish our own grand plans truly are.”

This is an ideal opportunity to get into the Wasteland series if you haven’t already, with Wasteland 3 launching early next year. We were able to get our hands on it a few months ago, and were left thoroughly impressed by the upcoming RPG.

GOG.com’s winter sale is running until January 2, 2020, and features plenty of mouth-watering deals on games such as A Plague Tale: Innocence, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Ashen, and dozens more. You can also pick up two GameSpot 10/10s, with deals on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Game of the Year Edition and Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Definitive Edition.

Today’s spotlight deals are the numerous Switch consoles and accessories that are currently on sale. Some of them are cheaper than Black Friday and Cyber Monday prices, others were never discounted to begin with. These would make great holiday gift ideas and all of them will still arrive before Christmas even with free shipping. You better hurry, though, since the deadline is coming up rather quickly.

Gen2 Nintendo Switch (Bigger Battery) with $30 Amazon or Best Buy Credit for $299.99

Use code “D3E2CDJ6GB6S”

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Louis Vuitton has unveiled the LVxLoL Collection, made up of 34 items inspired by League of Legends. These clothing items, which pulls elements of the game’s aesthetic into the world of high fashion, retail at extremely high prices–not unusual for Louis Vuitton, but higher than you might be used to for gaming apparel.

Some are quite subtle in their gaming links–this $345 diamond bracelet will only be identifiable as a game tribute by people in the know–while others, like this $670 t-shirt, are more transparently based on the game. On the cheaper end of the scale, a monogram bandeau will set you back $170; on the other hand, you could spend $5650 on a biker jacket. The bumbag pictured below costs $2400.

The page also features several models showing what different outfits you could potentially put together from this range might look like; a few examples are collected below. Obviously, these full ensembles are going to set you back a bit.

December has been a big month for League of Legends developer Riot Games, with the announcement of Riot Forge and a move into publishing. We also found out now long ago that they’re working on a fighting game and shooter. It hasn’t all been good news, though, with the studio also recently settling a sexual discrimination lawsuit, following a 2018 report by Kotaku on the studio’s culture of sexism.

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