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The moon is dark and full of terrors in Destiny 2‘s upcoming Shadowkeep expansion. Bungie released a new trailer gives us a more detailed look at the locations you’ll be blasting Hive in this fall. The trailer also includes a few hints about what else might be hiding under the lunar surface.

Bungie first showed the trailer during GuardianCon earlier this month. Mostly, it’s just a video fly-through of Shadowkeep locales set to music. The expansion marks the first time players have returned to the moon since Destiny 1. It was a significant location in that game but has been absent from Destiny 2, until now. But as the trailer demonstrates, Shadowkeep represents an entirely different area from the Hellmouth of the first game, and there seem to be some strange new things hidden within it. Watch the trailer above.

Look closely, and you’ll see red-tinted Hive scattered throughout Shadowkeep, which looks to represent a new faction and might give a suggestion of who these aliens serve. (There’s a lot of Hive lore about the Hive’s leaders and gods, including Oryx the Taken King from Destiny 1, and his siblings, Savathun–a name all over Destiny 2–and Xivu Arath). There are also brief glimpses of a Fallen Vandal, which might suggest the moon’s population of Fallen are fighting the Hive in Shadowkeep, and of a weird-looking Vex Minotaur. He could be one of the Nightmares, the resurrected versions of past enemies that have been awoken on the moon and need you to kill them. Then again, we can also see a Vex gate in the shot. We know Shadowkeep’s new raid will take place in the Black Garden, a special Vex location from the first Destiny, so this Minotaur could be related to that.

There’s also a shot in the trailer that gives a possible hint at how Shadowkeep will tie into future story developments in Destiny 2. It shows some creepy figures floating in the air somewhere within the Shadowkeep. These could be bodies of the Hive’s Guardian victims (the moon was the site of a massive battle years ago, in which a whole ton of Guardians were permanently killed). Or those figures might not be human at all, and instead related to a new threat teased at the end of Destiny 2’s vanilla campaign. Destiny’s current story suggests there’s another alien race who attacked far in the past, and they’re on their way back to the solar system.

Of course, there’s a whole lot we still don’t know about Shadowkeep, and the new trailer is very thin on details. We’re stuck waiting until the expansion’s release on September 17 to learn more.

While on the surface, Disney’s latest live-action remake looks a lot like the 2016 adaptation of The Jungle Book–and even has the same director in Jon Favreau–the new Lion King was actually crafted very differently. That’s due, in large part, to the technology used to make the film.

During a press conference to promote the film, Favreau revealed that his take on Jungle Book owed a lot of its technique and style to James Cameron’s 2009 film Avatar. “In Jungle Book, we were essentially using the same motion capture technology for performers and cameras as had been developed ten years prior for Avatar,” he explained. For The Lion King, though, the technology used to make the CGI-film took a major jump forward. In particular, advances in virtual reality allowed him to create an interactive version of the movie’s setting.

“Towards the end of [Jungle Book], there was a whole slew of consumer-facing VR products that were hitting the scene. And we started experimenting with it at the end of Jungle Book and realized that we could build this really cool system of filmmaking using game engine technology and this new VR technology,” he explained.

The engine in question is Unity, which is also used in the development of several games, from Hearthstone to Cuphead to Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. When it came to The Lion King, the engine and VR technology allowed Favreau to create a virtual Pridelands that both his cast and crew could fully explore.

“[He] did an amazing job with this,” JD McCrary, who voices young Simba, recalls. “So it was me and Shahadi and Mr. Favreau. We put on the headsets, we had these little controller things in our hands, and we could fly. It was like we were Zazu. We were birds. We were whatever we wanted to be. And we saw everything. We saw the Pridelands. We saw Pride Rock. We saw the watering hole. We saw the elephant graveyard. We saw it all, man. And it was so cool.”

More than allowing his cast to experience the setting they’d be acting in, though, the virtual Pridelands helped Favreau and his team decide how best to film the movie. Describing the program as a sort of “multiplayer VR filmmaking game,” the director noted how it allowed those on the crew without extensive visual effects backgrounds to view the set as if it were a physical location. “The crew would be able to put on the headsets, go in, scout, and actually set cameras within VR,” he said. “And whenever anybody visited, I would pop them into the equipment.”

“It’s like watching your favorite movie, but, like, you’re in it,” McCrary mused. “You’re in the movie.” Now Disney just needs to release that VR program for the rest of the world to play with. In the meantime, The Lion King is in theaters on July 18.

After three weeks of 9.30 content updates, a new patch is on the way for Fortnite. The v9.40 update will arrive on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices tomorrow, July 17, and it looks set to introduce some new weapon variants to the battle royale shooter.

Downtime for the v9.40 update is scheduled to begin at 1 AM PT / 4 AM ET / 9 AM BST, developer Epic announced on Twitter. The studio didn’t discuss what new content will arrive as part of the update, but Fortnite’s in-game news feed is teasing that Epic and Legendary variants of the Tactical Shotgun are “coming soon” to the title.

Given that new weapons are advertised in the News feed just ahead of their release, the Epic and Legendary Tactical Shotguns will presumably arrive in this week’s 9.40 update. We’ll have the full 9.40 patch notes once the update is live.

Fortnite’s Week 10 challenges arrived on all platforms last week, which means we’re quickly nearing the end of Season 9. Epic typically caps off each season of the game with a big world-changing the event, and it appears one may happen this weekend. Dataminers have recently discovered evidence that a large battle between the monster formerly beneath Polar Peak and the giant robot being assembled at the Pressure Plant will kick off in the game on July 20.

There have been numerous indications within the game that some large-scale event is happening soon. One of Week 10’s challenges tasks players with visiting public service announcement signs, while players have recently begun noticing countdown timers around the island that lead up to the fateful showdown this Saturday, although what exactly that will entail remains to be seen.

Fortnite is preparing to wrap up Season 9 in a few weeks, and it appears this weekend could start the events that will lead into Season 10. Data miners have found evidence of an large-scale battle that could kick off on Saturday evening.

The giant eyeball from Polar Peak, apparently belonging to a monster nicknamed Cattus, has vanished. It has been roaming around the island and causing havoc. Meanwhile, a giant robot called Doggus is under construction at Pressure Plant. The two seem likely for a confrontation sooner or later.

Eurogamer reports that the datamines have found indications that the event will take place on July 20 at 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST / 7 PM BST (4 AM AEST on July 21). The game itself has started placing posters encouraging players to find high ground with public service notices when things start to get wild, in case you need a good vantage point to watch it all go down.

If you’re still catching up with Battle Stars, you can check out our challenge guide for a little hand with this week’s challenges. We already know a little about Season 10, notably that it will change the system requirements. Epic also recently warned mobile players about the latest iOS 13 beta update, citing stability concerns.

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The annual limited-time Summer Games event has returned to Overwatch. The event continues until early August, offering three weeks of challenges to complete, new cosmetics to unlock, and the return of a beloved arcade mode.

The Summer Games have been divided into three segments this year, with challenges to complete during each week. Every week offers the same three challenges: win three games, win six games, and win nine games. The rewards for each week are outlined below.

July 16 – July 22

• Win 3 Games — Shark Attack Spray
• Win 6 Games — Punchimari Icon
• Win 9 Games — Epic American Reaper Skin

July 23 – July 29

• Win 3 Games — Snorkeling Spray
• Win 6 Games — Tennismari Icon
• Win 9 Games — Epic Zhongguo Mei Skin

July 30 – August 5

• Win 3 Games — Sand Castle Spray
• Win 6 Games — Footballmari Icon
• Win 9 Games — Epic Bundesadler Reinhardt Skin

The three aforementioned skins can only be unlocked by completing those challenges, so you’ll need to win at least nine games per week during the Summer Games to unlock every new cosmetic during the limited-time event. Four new Legendary skins–Kendoka Genji, Lúcioball Wrecking Ball, Surf ‘N’ Splash Torbjörn, and Wave Hanzo–are available to unlock via the traditional Summer Games Loot Boxes. All seven new skins are pictured below.

You’ll also be able to unlock any of the Epic and Legendary skins from past Summer Games if you’re missing any. The same goes for old Summer Games emotes and Intros, and two new Emotes and one new Intro have been added to this year’s event.

In Arcade, Lúcioball has returned for the Summer Games. Overwatch’s Rocket League-like soccer mode can be played in three different arenas: Estádio das Rãs, Sydney Harbour Arena, and Busan Stadium.

Summer Games 2019 ends August 5, and once it’s over you’ll have to wait until next year to unlock its summer-themed cosmetics. So if anything tickles your fancy, it’s better to jump back into Overwatch sooner rather than later. Remember, the new Epic skins can only be earned through the weekly challenges, so you need to keep playing throughout the Summer Games in order to unlock them all.

This year’s Summer Games has started earlier than previous ones; almost by a whole two weeks. As a result, Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan revealed, in a recent dev update, that the 31st Hero would be coming out later than initially anticipated. We still know little about the new Hero, other than that Kaplan has confirmed they will be male.

Overwatch is available on Xbox One, PS4, and PC.

The first update for Final Fantasy XIV‘s latest expansion, Shadowbringers, is now live and gives players their first wave of post-release content. Patch 5.01 introduces additional quests for those who finished the Shadowbringers main scenario questline under the umbrella of Chronicles of a New Era. There are also a handful of tweaks to many of the jobs and bug fixes, but the most substantial addition is the new 8-player raid dungeon called Eden’s Gate.

You can access the raid by finishing the new quest called “In the Middle of Nowhere” (found at the Crystarium near the main Aetheryte) and starting the follow-up quest “Deploy the Core.” Players will need an average gear level of 425 to take part in Eden’s Gate and complete its four parts Resurrection, Inundation, Descent, and Sepulture.

In the 5.01 patch notes regarding rewards for running the new dungeon raid, Square Enix gave the following details:

• Treasure coffers that appear upon completing Eden’s Gate will not yield gear, but instead yield tokens that can be traded for gear of your choosing.
• You can only receive one token per individual Eden raid each week. In the event you are awarded a token from the loot list, you relinquish your right to vie for all remaining tokens regardless of whether you selected Need or Greed.
• There is no weekly restriction on entering Eden’s Gate.
• Reward eligibility will be reset every Tuesday at 1 AM PT.

As for item exchange for new gear, you can go to Ghul Gul in Amh Araeng or Yhal Yal in Eulmore to trade in those early antiquity tokens for the following gear:

• Head: Helm of Early Antiquity x 2
• Body: Armor of Early Antiquity x 4
• Hands: Gauntlets of Early Antiquity x 2
• Waist: Belt of Early Antiquity x 1
• Legs: Chausses of Early Antiquity x 4
• Feet: Greaves of Early Antiquity x 2
• Accessories: Bangle of Early Antiquity x 1

There are more details on completion rewards for the new raid as well:

• Upon completing Eden’s Gate: Sepulture, players can also earn a blade of early antiquity once per week. This reward can be exchanged with Ghul Gul in Amh Araeng or Yhal Yal in Eulmore for lightweight tomestones, which can be exchanged for weapons.
• Weapons will be available for exchange for lightweight tomestones after the introduction of Allagan tomestones of phantasmagoria, which are scheduled to be released two weeks after patch 5.01.
• Reward eligibility will be reset every Tuesday at 1 AM PT.

Slight tweaks were made for a few jobs across all of FFXIV: Lancer/Dragoon ability Disembowel duration has increased for 24 seconds to 30 seconds, Scholar ability Art of War had its MP cost reduced from 800 to 600, and Astrologian ability Gravity also its MP cost reduced from 700 to 600. You can view the full patch notes for FFXIV 5.01 here.

A Nier Automata-themed 24-player alliance raid called YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse is coming in the future, and it’s being made in collaboration with series creator Yoko Taro. FFXIV director and producer Naoki Yoshida said it’ll play closer to Nier and that Yoko Taro is working on it “as if he’s creating a whole game.”

This is the third expansion for FFXIV, and GameSpot reviewer Ginny Woo awarded Shadowbringers a 9/10 praising its great storytelling, strong instanced dungeons, and new Trust system (which lets you bring the game’s characters into dungeons as AI teammates instead of real players). For a broad overview of what’s new in the expansion, check out the biggest changes made to FFXIV for Shadowbringers, or if you need help with the new jobs, be sure to use our Gunbreaker and Dancer starting guide.