The Red Dead Redemption 2 gameplay trailer shed a lot more light on just how Arthur Morgan and his gang of outlaws will operate in the upcoming action game, but it also revealed some story threads as well. We know that, as a prequel, this tells the story of Dutch’s gang, where the first game’s protagonist, John Marston, made his outlaw name. However, the new trailer reveals that his family is along for the ride too.
In a pair of blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameos, we see both Abigail Marston and her son, Jack. Both of them are sitting at a campfire as the gang gathers around. In a separate scene, Abigail talks to Morgan one-on-one, and the mini-map at one point shows an “A” icon–possibly for Abigail. It seems the whole Marston family will factor into this story.
Conspicuously absent is John Marston’s daughter, who was mentioned but unnamed in the first Red Dead Redemption. She was said to have died of a fever a couple years after he left Dutch’s gang, so it’s possible she’ll factor into the story too, and simply wasn’t seen in the footage released today. Alternately, she could have both been born and passed away after Marston left the gang.
The rest of the trailer focused mostly on how Morgan and his gang will operate within the world, moving from the heartland to the Wild West as law enforcement chases them out of their hideouts. And naturally, it’s full of sweeping vistas of mountain ranges and prairies, dangerous wildlife, card games, and shoot-outs. This trailer kicks off a series that will explore the gameplay systems in-depth, and more are on the way.
Samsung and Epic revealed Fortnite on Android beta is available right now to Samsung smartphone users. Android users not using a Samsung smartphone or tablet can join the beta “in the next few days.”
Anyone who owns a Samsung Galaxy: S7 / S7 Edge , S8 / S8+, S9 / S9+, Note 8, Note 9, Tab S3, or Tab S4 can begin playing today, and consumers buying the new Samsung Note 9 or Galaxy Tab S4 “will get access to the new Galaxy outfit.”
Sony has reached an impressive milestone: in the 24 years since the original PlayStation launched in Japan in December of 1994, the company has sold over 500 million PlayStation consoles (525.3 million, to be exact). To celebrate, Sony’s releasing the PS4 Pro 500 Million Limited Edition. It’s a new translucent dark blue version of the console that will be limited to 50,000 units worldwide. It will be available on August 24.
The PS4 Pro 500 Million Limited Edition comes with a DualShock 4 controller with the same translucent blue shell, a 2TB hard drive, vertical stand, and PlayStation Camera. The front of each system will have a commemorative copper plate with its unique serial number etched on it. Some will have “extra special” serial numbers like 09995 (U.S. Launch Date of the original PlayStation: September 9th, 1995), 01115 (U.S. launch date of PS4: November 15, 2013) and 01013 (U.S. launch date of PS VR: October 13, 2016). It will sell for $500 / £450.
The 500 Million Limited Edition DualShock 4 will be available as a standalone item for $65 / £55 on August 24. Additionally, you’ll be able to buy a 500 Million Limited Edition Gold Wireless Headset with the same translucent blue design and copper detailing for $100 / £78 on September October 11 in Europe.
Pre-orders for the PS4 Pro will be available in Europe on August 14 from retailers including Amazon UK, Game, Smyths, ShopTo, and Very. There’s no word yet about US pre-orders. Sony says that all of the items will be available in very limited quantities, so don’t be surprised if you have a hard time finding them in stock.
The 525.3 million sales figure includes PlayStation, PS2, PSP, PSP Go, PS3, PS Vita, PS Vita TV, and PS4. The hardware that contributed most to that figure is the PS2, which is also the bestselling console of all time. Since its release in 2000, the PS2 has sold over 155 million units. The PS4 is no slouch, though, as it has shipped roughly 82 million units and counting.
Two new Taiko no Tatsujin games are coming to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
Both Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! for Switch and Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Session! for PS4 will be released on November 2. The popular rhythm titles from Bandai Namco will feature all of the tracks from the original Japanese versions.
The games will also be in the original Japanese release format to replicate the arcade experience.
Drum ‘n’ Fun! will feature “CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA” from Dragon Ball Z, “How Far I’ll Go” from Moana, and classical songs like Beethoven’s “Turkish March.” Drum ‘n’ Fun! will have its very own Taiko drum set.
Meanwhile, Drum Session! will feature “Pen Pineapple Apple Pen,” “Let It Go” from Frozen, and “Genkai Toppa X Survivor” from Dragon Ball Super.
Rockstar Games has finally shown off a gameplay trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2, giving the many eager fans out there the first opportunity to see exactly what playing the sequel will be like when it launches later this year. The video provides a much deeper look at the game world, how players can interact with the Van der Linde gang, build a reputation for main character Arthur Morgan, and more. Check it out above.
“In the late 1800s, America was evolving, on its way to becoming the most powerful country in the world,” a voice over in the trailer states. “New immigrants arrived, thriving outposts became towns, and civilization was spreading into the huge, wild, and lawless frontier. With Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Games aims to create a living world that’s not simply open, but deeper, more interactive and detailed than ever, combining action, storytelling, and gameplay in new ways as you live, ride, and fight to survive as an outlaw in a notorious gang.”
As shown in the trailer, Red Dead Redemption 2 features a vast American landscape that encompasses everything from harsh mountain trails and dense forests to untamed swamplands, sweeping deserts, rugged livestock towns, and cities that are undergoing the process of modernization. Players will be able to move between these locations seamlessly and each one provides a variety of activities and missions to engage with.
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As Arthur Morgan, you roll with the Van der Linde gang, who are being pursued across America by Lawmen intent on snuffing out the age of outlaws. The way players interact with fellow gang members is key to Red Dead Redemption 2’s narrative and its gameplay, so they are always available to talk to, either for general chit-chat or to get missions and activities from. You can also take your compatriots in crime out with you to hunt, go drinking, or rob.
The Van der Linde gang has a dedicated camp that evolves over time. Players will frequently return to the camp to take on missions and activities, as well as build their relationships with other members of the gang, as previously mentioned. Here, the group can eat, sleep, perform chores, and play games together. The camp needs to be maintained and each member of the gang is involved in that process. For upkeep, the camp needs a regular supply of provisions, be it food or cash. Although players can choose not to contribute and leave it to others, helping out will lead to Arthur being rewarded for his efforts. Interestingly, camp locations will change as the story progresses, which makes sense given that they’re outlaws on the run.
Red Dead Redemption 2 also lets players interact with the majority of other characters in the game world, and these interactions will change depending on the situation and context. Since you’re an outlaw, you can choose how to approach the world, either behaving like an upstanding member of society or choosing to cause trouble. Depending on the approach the world and the people, around you will react accordingly. In the trailer Arthur is shown calling out to a passing rider, smack talking tough guys, and reasoning with a sheriff. He intimidates a witness into silence by beating him, and also talking someone else down from getting violent.
The horses are another big pillar of Red Dead Redemption 2’s gameplay, as they are as much a companion for Arthur as it is a transportation option. As with the first game, wild horses can be tamed and ridden, but this time will behave differently depending on their breed. Some may be better suited to traversing certain terrain, while others may get spooked easier when around action. To build a bond with horses, players are able to feed them and groom them, and if they’re upset, you can ease their stress and calm them too. As the player, and Arthur, deepens the bond with a horse, its stamina and speed develops, and it also becomes easier to calm it.
Needless to say, horses are also pretty handy for carrying equipment. Saddlebags can be utilized to hold extra weapons, killed animals, and pretty much anything else that Arthur isn’t able to stuff into his pockets.
Arthur, who is a senior member of the Van der Linde gang and, as a result, has the confidence of its leader, Dutch, joined the gang when he was a boy and treats its members as family, inspiring deep loyalty from him. Given that the life of an outlaw is all that he’s known from a young age, he’s desperate to protect his lifestyle and his family, and make sure they’re taken care of. Despite being an outlaw, the player can define how honorable Arthur is through actions. The way they choose to approach missions and activities, as well as their general conduct in daily life in the open-world will dictate the level of honor Arthur has. This, in turns, opens up different opportunities and has varying consequences.
In terms of shooting and combat, shooting and fighting have been improved to make combat feel “deep and engaging at all times.” Guns now have unique characteristics with realistic reload and recoil so the action feels grounded.
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Up until now Rockstar has provided precious few details on Read Dead Redemption 2’s gameplay, opting instead to release three cinematic trailers that deliver some insight into the story of the game and set the mood for it. Red Dead Redemption 2 takes place in America in the year 1899, at the end of the wild west era. Lawmen have begun hunting the last remaining outlaw gangs, killing off those that don’t surrender.
“After a robbery goes badly wrong in the western town of Blackwater, Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang are forced to flee,” Rockstar explained. “With federal agents and the best bounty hunters in the nation massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal and fight their way across the rugged heartland of America in order to survive. As deepening internal divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, Arthur must make a choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him … Red Dead Redemption 2 is an epic tale of life in America at the dawn of the modern age.”
The story follows outlaw Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang as they fight for survival by robbing and stealing their way across the heart of America. A previous trailer confirmed that the first Red Dead Redemption’s protagonist, John Marston, will make an appearance.
Although it released in early access last year, Dead Cells is now officially out on PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. And we adore it.
In the video above, Mike Mahardy and Jake Dekker gush about the roguelite-metroidvania-2D-platformer mashup, and how well it juggles several different genres throughout each playthrough.
For more on Dead Cells, you can read our full review, as well as earlier impressions from last year, on GameSpot.com
Nintendo’s first Direct broadcast since E3 2018 was dedicated entirely to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and it was packed with a ton of new information about the upcoming mascot fighter. Series director Masahiro Sakurai delivered the presentation and offered a much closer look at many of the game’s features, revealing a variety of new items, modes, and even five brand-new characters making their Smash debut–among them Simon and Richter Belmont from the Castlevania series.
While Super Smash Bros. Ultimate features a huge number of changes and gameplay tweaks, its defining feature is its extravagance. The game boasts the largest roster in the series, with nearly 70 playable characters confirmed to date. That isn’t the only metric by which Ultimate eclipses previous Smash games, however. The title also has an extensive soundtrack that consists of more than 800 songs, as well as a huge assortment of Pokemon, items, and Assist Trophies, including Monster Hunter’s Rathalos.
Just as impressive is its selection of stages. As Sakurai revealed during the latest Direct, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate features 103 battle arenas, which amounts to more than 300 levels if you include each stage’s Battlefield and Final Destination variants. This lineup primarily consist of returning stages from every previous Smash game, including the series’ 3DS installment, although Ultimate also introduces several new ones of its own. Nintendo revealed two such stages at E3–Great Plateau and Moray Towers–and we got a look at another pair of new levels during the latest Direct: Dracula’s Castle from the Castlevania series and New Donk City from Super Mario Odyssey.
In addition to those two level, Sakurai showcased a variety of returning stages that had yet to be revealed, ranging from Melee favorites like Brinstar Depths and Fountain of Dreams to Magicant and Unova Pokemon League from Super Smash Bros. for 3DS. Sakurai also gave fans their first look at the newest iteration of Final Destination. Click through our gallery to see all of the new and returning stages revealed during the August Smash Direct.
Unlike previous installments, the stages in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will all be available right from the outset and won’t need to be unlocked. This time around, the levels will also be arranged in the order in which they were introduced in Smash series. Most of the stages feature some type of environmental hazards, but players will have the option to toggle these either on or off in Ultimate. They’ll also be able to select a new option called Stage Morph, which causes a stage to transform into a different one mid-match.
The current Fortnite meta got another small shakeup with a few building changes and a reduction of damage and other stats for the infamous Compact SMG.
Back in the v5.1 patch update, the initial health of a building segment the moment its put up was reduced. Some of those changes are now reverted with a wood wall getting a bump from 80 HP to 90, stone walls going from 80 to 100, and metal segments jumping from 80 to 110.
Both the epic and legendary variation of the Compact SMG are now a little less powerful with damage reduced from 22/21 to 21/20. The clip size also took a hit going from 50 to 40.
The Drum Gun got the biggest nerf with decreases in accuracy while jumping and targeting, increased damage fall off based on distance, additional environmental damage fall off based on player damage fall off, and a 40% decrease in its spawn rate.
Discord has announced its launch of the Discord Store Beta – its jump into distributing and publishing games on its platform.
The beta rolled out to 50,000 randomly selected Canadian users on Thursday who are current subscribers to Discord’s subscription service, Discord Nitro. Selected players will see an upgraded interface with the new features, including a new tab for the Discord Store where individual games are available for purchase.
