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After a cataclysmic world event accompanied by a total game blackout, Fortnite Battle Royale has for Chapter 2, with what would have been Season 11. It’s not quite like you remember in some key ways, though, starting with big changes to the map.

The old map has ostensibly been destroyed, replaced by a new island with 13 new locations. The new named locations don’t reveal themselves on your in-game map until you visit them for the first time. There are also new “landmark” locations that are like smaller versions of named locations, and aren’t identified on the map.

The new map is much more aquatic, with rivers and lakes dotting the landscape. You have new tools a your disposal to make use of these mechanics, like swimming, fishing, and motorboats. Other additions include the ability to carry fallen teammates or revive them with a bandage bazooka.

This event marks the beginning of Fortnite Chapter 2, signaling occasional bigger changes than the already large-scale seasonal changeovers. A trailer for Chapter 2 also teased new skins, which are live now. Naturally this all comes along with a new Battle Pass, emotes, and other goodies to collect. Check out our wrap-up of the changes in the new chapter to catch up before you drop in.

After being the world’s worst kept secret ever for months, Google has finally officially announced the Pixel 4 at its Made By Google Press Event.

The Pixel 4 is the first smartphone to include radar capabilities. Radar allows the phone to be touched “without touching,” sensing through materials and improving the gesture experience, according to Google.

One of the new features touted with Motion Sense on Pixel 4 was shutting off your morning alarm. As you reach for your phone, the radar senses your reach and the nalarm volume decreases as your hand grows closer.

On top of the new radar features in Motion Sense, Google Pixel 4 also has live transcription capabilities. The Pixel 4 audio recorded “taps into

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Pokemon Sword and Shield arrive on Nintendo Switch next month, and The Pokemon Company has more to share about the games ahead of their launch. The company has announced a new Galar Research Update video will drop tomorrow, October 16, promising some more new details about the Switch RPGs.

The Pokemon Company hasn’t teased what we can expect from tomorrow’s update, only that it will drop at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET. Previous videos have revealed new Gen 8 Pokemon and game mechanics, so we’ll presumably get our first look at some of those in the video, although nothing has been confirmed as of yet.

The last video The Pokemon Company aired was a 24-hour “livestream” from the Glimwood Tangle, a mysterious forest area in the Galar region. While that broadcast was largely uneventful, it did reveal a new Pokemon: Galarian Ponyta. This form is exclusive to Pokemon Shield and has a billowy purple mane much like a unicorn.

Pokemon Sword, meanwhile, will be the only place players can encounter Sirfetch’d–a Galar-exclusive evolution of Farfetch’d. You can check out all the other new Gen 8 Pokemon revealed so far in our gallery.

Pokemon Sword and Shield launch for Nintendo Switch on November 15. Download cards for the games have reportedly started appearing in stores in Japan and reveal the titles’ file size is 10.3 GB. For more on the games, be sure to check out our Pokemon Sword and Shield pre-order guide.

Google’s has a history of making the most premium and expensive Chromebooks around, but at its Made by Google event, it introduced an affordable Pixelbook Go laptop.

A “thin and light laptop” with reported all-day battery life, the Pixelbook Go comes in just black “and not pink,” but the “not pink” can be ordered at a later date.

It includes a “wavy” bottom for increased grip and has a keyboard promised to be both “comfortable and quiet.”

Unlike Google’s previous convertible Pixelbook or detachable Pixel Slate, this new Chrome OS device is a classic clamshell laptop. From the outside, it looks like an everyday slim 13-inch notebook, that is until you flip it over and reveal its ribbed, washboard-styled bottom.

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WWE’s Draft, meant to more definitively split the main roster between USA Network’s Monday Night RAW and FOX’s Friday Night SmackDown, concluded on Monday.

Night 2 saw the likes of Seth Rollins, Charlotte Flair, and Rusev head to RAW while SmackDown nabbed Brock Lesnar, New Day, Bayley, and Daniel Bryan.

As mentioned back in the Night 1 results, WWE’s two main shows have two separate corporate masters (which have also been turned into on-air “characters” in the form of “executives”) so this Draft, even though it’s the second one this year, is meant to be a more permanent split.

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Google has announced that the Google Stadia Founder’s Edition will be available beginning on November 19, 2019.

Revealed during Made by Google ’19, those who pre-ordered the Google Stadia Founder’s Edition will be able to play such titles as Red Dead Redemption 2 and Mortal Kombat 11 on your TV, laptop, desktop, and certain phones and tablets on November 19 at 9am PT/12pm ET/5pm BST/6pm CET.

Google Stadia Founder’s Editions and Google Stadia Premiere Editions will both begin shipping “in the same order that pre-orders were received.” Shortly after Stadia packages begin shipping, those who pre-ordered will receive a code to activate their Stadia account and Stadia Pro.

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Mark your calendars! Stadia will start arriving November 19.
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— Stadia (@GoogleStadia) October 15, 2019

Now that House of X and Powers of X are both complete, Marvel’s X-Men relaunch is in full swing and a new status quo for the X-Men is fully established. From a brand new mutant nation to the newfound ability to cheat death, the X-Men have entered a very different, very exciting era in the Marvel Universe.

We’ve already broken down everything we know about the new X-Men status quo, but we still have a lot of questions as Marvel prepares to launch its new ongoing titles. There are still major mysteries that need to be solved, and a few things that have left us scratching our heads. With that in mind, these are the biggest questions we have about Marvel’s Dawn of X relaunch.

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Every time a new Need For Speed game comes along I eagerly await to see what the new hook (if I’m being positive) or gimmick (if I’m leaning negative) is this time. For 2017’s Need For Speed Payback that was “action driving”, which initially felt promising, but ultimately failed to deliver. Thankfully this year’s Need for Speed Heat feels different. I’m happy to report that after five hours of hands-on time, the game’s ‘hook’ of day-night switching not only feels refreshing, but also an interesting direction for the series.

When I sampled Need For Speed Heat at Gamescom I was initially concerned about how the day-night switching worked. After all, Payback had introduced a seamless day/night cycle to the series for the first time, and to abandon that after only one outing felt like an odd choice. After more time with the game though, I now understand this decision as not only a game mechanic, but also a unique step in helping mould this games’ character.

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