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The first free update for Monster Hunter World‘s Iceborne expansion is now live on PS4 and Xbox One. The update introduces an assortment of new content and gameplay tweaks to the title, including a new monster to hunt, the ability to invite other players to your room, and more.

Headlining this update is the fearsome Rajang, a returning monster from Monster Hunter Freedom 2. Just as in previous games, the ape-like beast is capable of entering “rage mode.” In this state, the monster’s fur turns golden and it becomes even more relentless. “This ruthless beast offers a challenge for even the most experienced hunters … so it’s not a fight that should be taken lightly,” Capcom warns.

To hunt the Rajang, you’ll first need to have cleared Iceborne’s main story and explored the Guiding Lands at least once. If you meet those requirements, you’ll be able to take on a new Special Assignment to hunt the monster. You can begin the quest by speaking to the Admiral.

In addition to the Rajang, the update enables you to make your room public. You can choose this setting either by speaking to the housekeeper in your room or by going into the Communication option from the main menu and then selecting Your Room. Capcom has also added new decor for your room in Seliana.

Rounding out the update are a variety of gameplay tweaks, many concerning the aforementioned Guiding Lands. Among other changes, Capcom has adjusted the rate special tracks drop in the area. According to the developer, “Unanalyzed special tracks are now easier to obtain, making it easier to lure out specific monsters and control your region levels.” Additionally, you’re now guaranteed to get special tracks after capturing or carving a monster.

On top of that, Capcom has changed how the region level fluctuates. “In the Guiding Lands, you can obtain different materials at each level, so adjustments have been made to how levels increase/decrease to make it easier to explore,” the developer explains. You can read more about these changes and other details related to the new update on Capcom’s blog.

Capcom has more updates on the way for Iceborne. Next month will bring Resident Evil 2 costumes to the game. PS4 owners will also get an exclusive Event Quest inspired by Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds. Two more Frozen Wilds quests will follow in December.

Iceborne is the first paid expansion for Monster Hunter World. It’s available now on PS4 and Xbox One, with a PC release to follow in January. We gave it a 9/10 in our Iceborne review and said, “Monster Hunter World: Iceborne is at its best when you’re fighting tooth and nail against something that you know could crush you within its teeth in a second, even though this might feel like it came at the expense of a more interesting narrative.”

Developer IO Interactive and publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have announced that they are continuing their partnership and will work together on a brand-new console and PC gaming experience.

IOI CEO Hakan Abrak clarified that this project is a “new universe,” so it remains unclear if the developer is working on a new Hitman game. A second IOI studio opened its doors in Malmo earlier this year, and both are actively seeking “high-quality talent” for this new gaming experience.

“We’re looking forward to partnering on this next endeavor to bring a new console and PC gaming experience to players globally,” said Warner Bros. president David Haddad.

Abrak echoed Haddad’s sentiment: “We’re looking forward to continuing this relationship. IO Interactive has a proud history of creating compelling characters and universes for our players to enjoy–it’s in our DNA.”

IOI partnered with a couple of other publishers prior to shaking hands with Warner Bros. The Danish studio collaborated with Eidos Interactive on the first four mainline Hitman games before Square Enix took over Eidos in 2009. Warner Bros. entered the picture with Hitman: Definitive Edition, and the two continued their partnership with last year’s Hitman 2.

Hitman 2 continues to receive new content updates. Over the summer, the game’s first DLC took Agent 47 to The Bank in New York City. And last month, Agent 47 sipped some piña coladas and assassinated a few targets on the tropical paradise of Haven Island.

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Nintendo Switch game deals are often few and far between, especially when it comes to first-party titles and other highly anticipated games. But right now, you can find a batch of pretty solid Switch deals at Ebay, most of which are even cheaper than what you’ll find at Amazon. All of these games are brand new and come with free shipping.

Notably, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening is included among the offers, selling for only $48 despite having released less than a month ago. The classic Zelda remake has been well-received, earning an 8/10 in GameSpot’s Link’s Awakening review for its charming visuals, expertly designed map, and challenging puzzle-solving.

Several other first-party Nintendo games are marked down to $45, which is about as low as many of these games will drop. Those deals include Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Maker 2, and Yoshi’s Crafted World. In addition, there’s a solid discount on Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection; it’s available for $24.24.

Note that while Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu is included among Ebay’s deals for $45, it’s actually available at the same price at Amazon. But if you’re interested in that game, we definitely recommend grabbing Let’s Go, Eevee instead as it’s only $30 at Amazon right now. It hasn’t been that low since Prime Day.

There are plenty of non-Switch deals available as well, including some great prices on Xbox One bundles and a one-year PlayStation Plus membership for only $39. You can check out more of the best deals available now at Ebay below.

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With new consoles on the horizon from Sony and Microsoft, what should Nintendo’s plan be heading into 2020 and beyond? And, is next year the right time for Nintendo to release a Switch Pro? The NVC crew tackles these questions and more on this week’s episode of Nintendo Voice Chat. Plus, hear about the recent 24-hour Pokémon Sword and Shield livestream and Doom Eternal’s delay. Finally, the panel has to choose between a futuristic Zelda or a medieval Metroid on Question Block.

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This is an advance review out of the New York Film Festival. Marriage Story opens in limited theatrical release Nov. 6 and debuts on Netflix on Dec. 6.

Director Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story opens with a brilliant dual opening scene in which Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson’s respective characters narrate a list of things they love about the other. It’s a closed-door view of two perspectives on a marriage that has since fallen apart, the tragedy being that they refuse to read what they wrote about each other in a divorce counseling session, which perfectly sets the tone for this grueling view of love that doesn’t always last.

But there’s a note Nicole (Johansson) makes about Charlie (Driver) in her writing that also illustrates a larger problem with how Baumbach goes about this intimate, potentially semi-autobiographical exploration (his ex-wife, director and actress Jennifer Jason Leigh, filed for divorce in 2010) of a relationship. She tells us right from the start that her husband often gets lost in his own world. You see, Charlie is a somewhat renowned theater director Off-Broadway, while Nicole is his chameleon-like leading lady, and also had a memorable part in a fictional ‘90s teen comedy. “She’s my favorite actress,” he tells us in his opening. Marriage Story is a film desperate to be ordinary in its portrait of a difficult divorce, and it succeeds very often. But Charlie and Nicole are immediately established as extraordinary people, the former more or less a vessel through which Baumbach sees himself. He’s lost in his own world, and it makes Marriage Story as a whole a little less ordinary than intended.

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Ark: Survival Evolved has received a new update on most platforms that prepares the action-adventure survival game for some additional content.

Ark’s new patch will take up 13 GB on PlayStation 4, while Xbox One owners only need to make space for 4.7 GB. The patch notes are identical across PC, PS4, and Xbox One and include new content for Genesis Chronicles, which is slated to go live this December.

Full Ark: Survival Evolved Patch Notes

• Cryopods are now able to be crafted at obelisk.
• Added HLN-A Explorer Notes 1-5 for Genesis Chronicles.
• Added Corrupted Avatar Armor helmet for Genesis Chronicles.

Developer Studio Wildcard has not specified when, or if, this new update will land on Nintendo Switch.

Ark has received several DLC updates since launch. The Ark: Extinction expansion pack, which includes raid boss-like Titans and more, launched alongside the Switch port in November 2018. The game’s latest DLC, Genesis Chronicles, features the HLN-A cosmetic pet, “two new huge expansion packs,” and more.

Studio Wildcard’s next project, Atlas, released on PC in December 2018. The developer says it supports 40,000 concurrent players and is 1,200 times the size of an Ark server. The game will arrive on console through the Xbox One Game Preview program, but no widespread console release has been confirmed as of yet.

Activision recently released PC system specs for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and one number was surprisingly high. The company has since clarified that you won’t actually need 175GB set aside to install the game on day one–but you may need that much if you intend to play all of the post-launch content.

“175GB is the storage space we recommend players keep available in order to download the post-launch content we’ll be bringing to Modern Warfare,” the company stated. “At launch, the initial download will be smaller.”

The clarification doesn’t detail just how much smaller the game’s base install will be, or how long it will take the game to balloon to 175GB. But that does clear up that you won’t have to wait for such a massive install all at one time.

This also doesn’t necessarily mean the same space requirements will exist for the console versions. While console and PC versions are often similar, space requirements can differ slightly and day-one installs can require more space due to the ways the different types of hardware copy files.

A PS4 Pro bundle just became available for pre-order, letting you get the console with the game at no extra cost. For more details on your various buying options and their associated bonus goodies, check out our Modern Warfare pre-order guide.

As with most of Destiny 2‘s raids, the new Garden of Salvation raid introduced with the Shadowkeep expansion is full of secrets. The biggest one is the series of puzzles you need to solve in order to earn Divinity, the raid Exotic trace rifle. But there are also other secrets to find, including two hidden chests that are tied to a Triumph needed to unlock the new raid’s Seal and Title.

The two chests are located during the jumping portions of the raid, between the first and second encounters, and the third and fourth encounters. They’re easy to miss if you don’t know where to look for them, but not especially hard to grab once you know where they’re secreted away. Unfortunately, they don’t drop Powerful raid loot–but they do often include raid-specific mods for your armor that can make surviving in the Black Garden a little easier. Here’s where to find the chests as you work through the raid.

Hidden Chest No. 1: The Undergrowth

You’ll find your first hidden chest as you work through the Undergrowth area of the Black Garden, right after you finish the first encounter of the raid, chasing the Consecrated Mind. As you head forward from the reward chest from the end of that encounter, you’ll drop down into an underground area full of huge tree roots and glowing plants. This is the Undergrowth, and crossing it is the first big jumping puzzle of the raid.

When you first enter the Undergrowth, you should see two pathways spreading out ahead of you: one hugging the wall on the left side of the area, and one hugging the wall on the right. Follow the path to the left, walking onto the big tree root that leads toward some stone platforms. Ahead, you should see a big bronze Vex machine similar to what you’ve encountered in places such as Nessus. On the right side of it, look for a square elevator moving up and down. You’re aiming for that spot.

The elevator hangs when it hits the top, drops down, and then immediately starts up again when it hits its lowest point. You want to land on it when it’s low, so careful timing is important. Once you’re aboard, wait for the elevator to drop to the bottom and then look to the right of it for a hole in the wall right beside it. That’s your destination. Carefully hop over, being careful not to get knocked off by the rising elevator. You’ll find the first chest just inside.

Hidden Chest No. 2: The Climb To The Sanctified Mind

You’ll have two more encounters before you go after the second and final hidden chest in the raid. Once you’ve killed the Consecrated Mind, you’ll head into the area where the chest is hidden. If you hit the final boss fight with the Sanctified Mind, you’ve gone too far, but the place where the chest is hidden is pretty obvious, so you shouldn’t pass it without realizing.

Keep moving forward through the second jumping puzzle until you reach a big field that includes Vex statues, trees, flowers, and some flowing white waterfalls of Vex milk. The path forward takes you up the big tree on the right side of the area, past some enemies. You’ll continue up the hill, where you’ll see two openings. The one of the left is what you’re looking for, and leads you inside the tree you just scaled.

When you get inside the three, spin around 180 degrees and face the opening you just entered through. Up above it is a platform and you should be able to make out the glow of the chest. If you head back outside, you can follow a jumping path around the outside of the tree to the right that will take you to its top, where you can then jump down to the platform. But the easier way up is just to jump on the thin tree stump on the right side of the tree’s interior. You should be able to get onto it without much difficulty and then just jump straight up to the platform. As a Hunter, I made this jump without issue using Triple Jump, without doing anything in particular to spec for mobility or using jump-enhancing ST0MP-EE5 Exotic boots. It should be easy for any class to get there.

Once you’ve grabbed the second chest, you’re all set to continue on to the Sanctified Mind to finish the raid–unless, that is, you’re trying to get the Divinity Exotic trace rifle. If that’s the case, you’ll need to solve a bunch of puzzles throughout the raid, so check out our Divinity guide for all the steps.

You’ll need to open the hidden chests 10 times in the raid to unlock the associated Triumph, so get raiding.