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The Sundial is the major new activity in Destiny 2‘s newly launched Season of Dawn. Much like the Vex Offensive, Bungie expects you to spend the next few months with this replayable activity to grind out new weapons and rewards. But before you can do so, you’ll need to make your way through a quest–A Matter of Time–in order to gain access. Here’s what to expect from each quest step to unlock the Sundial–and, by extension, this season’s artifact, which is given to you following your first Sundial run.

While it’s the big headlining feature of Season of Dawn, there’s a lot more to check out in Destiny 2 right now. Along with a revamped Eververse, Bungie has implemented changes across the board. Solar subclasses, Exotics, and numerous weapons and pieces of armor have been tweaked in various ways, while the Power cap has been raised by 10. We’re still digging into the new update, but for now, check out the update 2.7.0 patch notes.

A Matter of Time Quest Steps

A Disturbance on Mercury

• Osiris located

For this step, select Mercury from the Director and you’ll see a new Sundial Spire option near the top of the map. Head there and proceed straight up the stairs, past the enemies, to speak with Osiris.

Recovery Operation

To begin repairing the first obelisk, you’ll head to the Tangled Shore. The obelisk is located right next to the Thieves’ Landing landing zone, but you’ll instead want to head up to Soriks’s Cut, where you’ll find Cabal. You’ll need to kill Cabal to obtain Sundial components for this quest step. Any Cabal will do, but you can speed up your progress by using Solar weapons or abilities, which can cause Cabal to drop multiple materials at a time.

Reinforcements

Head to Thieves’ Landing and interact with the Obelisk to deposit the Sundial components you’ve collected.

Light Collection

• Light charge collected

Next, you’ll need to collect Light by killing enemies with abilities or Supers, or by collecting Orbs of Light. Your best bet is to seek out upcoming public events on the Tangled Shore so you can rally to the banner and obtain your Super instantly. Masterwork weapons will also drop Orbs of Light to help speed along your progress.

Light Infusion

• Bank the Light

Again, just head to the obelisk and deposit the Light you’ve collected.

Timeline Stabilization

The obelisk is now “attuned.” You can visit it to get some instructions on the basics of how the Sundial activity works in relation to the obelisks. The obelisk itself now functions like a vendor, offering up bounties–with more available if you cash in Polarized Fractalines to increase the Resonance Rank of the obelisk.

A Missing Link

As part of the explanation of the obelisks, you’re told that you can “link” an obelisk to the Sundial, thereby determining what rewards you’ll receive upon completion of a Sundial run. You can only have a limited number of obelisks linked at a time, so you’ll need to make some decisions about what items you want before jumping into the Sundial.

Visit Osiris

With the first obelisk set up, you now head back to Mercury to speak with Osiris again. He’ll grant you access to the Sundial.

The Sundial

With Osiris giving you the go-ahead, you’ll now find the Sundial playlist on Mercury’s map–it’s in the upper right. The recommended Power is 850, and as with things like the Menagerie and Vex Offensive, it’s a six-player activity with matchmaking enabled.

According to Marvel’s Chief Creative Officer Kevin Feige, Black Widow will explore parts of Natasha Romanoff’s past that will make viewers see certain events from Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame in a “new light.”

At Brazil Comic Con (CCXP19), IGN Brazil asked Feige when he and his team decided to put Black Widow between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War instead of it possibly being a prequel for the first Avengers or something similar.

“It was about four years ago as we were working on Infinity War and Endgame at the same time, we knew that we wanted to bring her story to a conclusion in the most heroic way possible in Endgame, but also that we wanted to explore a part of her life that we hadn’t seen before,” Feige said. “It occurred to us that we had seen her adventures in the Avengers movies, but a lot of stuff happened in between those movies that we never saw, we didn’t hear about, we didn’t learn about. And

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Edit 12/10/19 2:45pm PT: Updated “What is Escalation in Dauntless?” section with updated information on modified Behemoths. 

Dauntless just launched for the Nintendo Switch, and with it comes brand new content for all platforms tied to Escalation, a new type of sequential hunt featuring arena-like fights against two Behemoths at once and powerful modified Behemoths. Malkarion is at the top of the Escalation food-chain, but actually figuring how to get to the fight with this new Shock Behemoth isn’t so straightforward or easy.

We spoke with Dauntless design director Hunter Howe on exactly how to unlock Escalation and Malkarion, complete with helpful tips. Also, don’t miss this new gameplay video of Malkarion just below!

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If you, like me, grew up playing arcade games at the Aladdin’s Castle arcade at your local mall, you may have a huge rush of nostalgia when you see the TMNT, Mortal Kombat, or Street Fighter 2 arcade cabinets.

Right now you can save some serious cash and bring those memories home with you with the Arcade1UP arcade cabinets, which are seriously discounted at Walmart.

Best Deal: Mortal Kombat 2 Arcade Machine for $199

• Get it at Walmart for $199

Right now you can get Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 in a single arcade cabinet at Walmart. Normally this machine costs $299, but right now you can knock $100 off that price and bring it home for just $199 and get free delivery from Walmart.

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Bundle up because Overwatch’s annual Winter Wonderland event is back this year. This year, Blizzard is introducing a new game mode along with the usual, limited-time cosmetic offerings. Check below for the full breakdown of new skins and game modes in this year’s Overwatch Winter Wonderland event.

Like in previous years, Overwatch is getting a new game mode for the Winter Wonderland event. This year’s mini-game is called “Snowball Deathmatch.” It’s an 8-player free-for-all deathmatch mode where every player is Mei and shoots a modified snowball gun.

While this is similar to Mei’s Snowball Offensive, this year Mei gets a new ability for the game mode called “Catch.” This allows players to catch an enemy snowball and add it to their ammo count. The first player to 15 eliminations wins.

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It’s official: Capcom is releasing a remake of Resident Evil 3 next year. Sony confirmed the news during today’s State of Play stream, where it unveiled the first footage of the rumored remake and announced its release date: April 3, 2020.

The announcement trailer, which you can watch below, gives us our first glimpse at this reimagined version of the classic horror game. The video showcases protagonist Jill Valentine’s new look as she runs through a burning building from antagonist Nemesis. Much like this year’s critically acclaimed Resident Evil 2, the Resident Evil 3 remake forgoes the fixed camera angles of the original for a third-person, over-the-shoulder viewpoint.

Following the reveal, Capcom released a second Resident Evil 3 remake trailer, this one featuring commentary from producers Masachika Kawata and Peter Fabiano. The developers give an overview of the game and showcase some more gameplay footage. The trailer also provides a new look at the asymmetrical multiplayer experience Resident Evil Resistance, which is being included in the Resident Evil 3 remake. You can watch that trailer below.

The Resident Evil 3 remake is coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam. Those who pre-order the title ahead of its release date will receive the exclusive Classic Costume Pack, which features the original design for Jill Valentine and hairstyle for Carlos Oliveira, as a bonus. Capcom is also releasing a $180 Collector’s edition of the game that includes a handful of physical bonuses, such as a Jill Valentine statue and hardcover art book. You can read more in our Resident Evil 3 pre-order guide.

There were a lot of other announcements during Sony’s State of Play presentation. We also got our first look at some gameplay Babylon’s Fall, the joint venture from Square Enix and Bayonetta developer Platinum Games, as well as a release date for Dreams. You can catch up on more State of Play news below.

During the recent Nintendo Indie World Showcase, it was announced that the mind-bending narrative puzzle game, The Talos Principle, is coming to the Nintendo Switch later today. First released in 2014, the game puts players in the role of an android who has human-like sentience. While exploring a labyrinth full of different puzzles and other oddities, the protagonist will learn more about the mounting struggles as it comes to grips with its curiosity about life.

Given its balance of focusing on puzzle-solving and storytelling, The Talos Principle is a solid pick for the Switch library. It’s very much an intimate experience, and with the Switch’s portability and accessibility, it makes it seem like diving into a good book. This release will be the complete edition of The Talos Principle, which includes the DLC Road to Gehenna, which acts as a sort of epilogue to the main story.

In GameSpot’s review of The Talos Principle, former editor Jeremy Signor stated: “The Talos Principle is an absolute joy to play, packed to the gills with expertly designed puzzles and enough ancillary content to make any history of philosophy buff salivate. But all of that is almost beside the point in the face of the game’s thematic ambitions. It may seem like you’re alone in this world, but you’re really not, and that’s the greatest triumph of The Talos Principle: It serves as a fantastic representation of the human condition, complete with curiosity, speculation, wonder, fear, and a yearning to know the unknowable. But most importantly, it nails the role that isolation plays in the human condition. Because of all we don’t know, because of how seemingly out of control we all are in the cosmic sense, we feel alone. But, in reality, we’re alone together.”

Along with The Talos Principle, other games like Sports Story, a new character for Streets of Rage 4, and SuperSmash were revealed during the indie showcase.