A datamine may have revealed the next area of Fortnite’s map to be affected by story developments. @FNLeak tweeted an alleged bit of Fortnite code that points to the destruction of Tilted Towers.
“The game files now include the explicit mention of destroying Tilted Towers!” FNLeak tweeted Tuesday. The leaker continued: “These lines of text have to do with bots that are configurable in some manner to attack things.”
It’s now Week 10, the last week of Fortnite: Battle Royale Season 6. What Epic Games has in store for the wildly popular battle royale title in Season 7 remains a mystery, but what we do know is that time is running out to get this season’s Battle Stars, level up your Battle Pass, and unlock the cosmetic items attached to it. Once the season is over, it could be a long time before any of those items return, so if you’ve had your eye on a skin, bling, or harvester, it’s now or never. Here’s what to expect from Week 10 challenges.
Week 10’s challenges are now available and, as always, come in two categories: free to everyone and exclusive to paid Battle Pass owners. In the free section, players will need to build 250 structures in exchange for five Battle Stars. Visiting a ship, a camel, and a crashed Battle Bus will also net you five Battle Stars (check out our guide for exact locations), while searching seven chests at either Tilted Towers or Paradise Palms will get you 10 Battle Stars.
In the paid Battle Pass section, meanwhile, you’ll need to place Mounted Turrets in three different matches for five Battle Stars and complete three vehicle timed trials for 10 Battle Stars. This tier also has two multi-stage challenges. The first starts by landing at Lazy Links, while the second begins by getting a shotgun elimination. As you complete those, additional stages will reveal themselves. Take a look at the full list of challenges below.
Epic has launched Fortnite update 6.31 and, as part of it, a new feature that allows players to gift items to others. According to the studio this feature isn’t going to be around for long, but it’s described as an “initial gifting period,” suggesting it could return in the future. The item shop currently allows players to buy cosmetics as a gift and then select someone on their friends list to send the item to.
In order to make use of the gifting feature, you’ll need to have multi-factor authentication enabled, and you’ll need to have been friends with a person for at least 48 hours before a gift can be sent to them. Gifts are limited to three in a 24-hour period and Epic will not refund any gift purchases. Fortnite’s 6.31 update also added new shotgun variants and a fresh limited-time mode, among other things. You can get all the details in the full patch notes here.
The final set of challenges for Fortnite Season 6 have been revealed, and while they’re all pretty straightforward, one will require you to have good knowledge of the island. For Week 10‘s free challenges, developer Epic Games wants players to visit a Viking ship, a camel, and a crashed Battle Bus. In return, they’ll be awarded with five precious Battle Stars that can be put towards leveling up their Battle Pass and unlocking cosmetics. Here’s where to find all three.
If you’ve played a lot of Fortnite, you should have a pretty good idea of where to find these landmarks on the island. However, if you need a helping hand, we’re here to provide it. The Viking ship can be found on the southwest of the map at coordinates B6. It’s huge, so if you glide over there you will not miss it. The camel, meanwhile, is near Lucky Landing at the coordinates G9. Again, another one that you can’t miss. The Battle Bus is slightly trickier as it has moved recently. While it used to be around Shifty Shafts, it’s now at the map grid E3, which is to the west of Lazy Links.
All you’ve got to do to finish the challenge is head to those locations. However, make sure you finish the game–win or lose–as if you quit out immediately it will not count. To make things a little easier we’ve put together a video of ourselves completing the challenge, which you can watch above. Below you’ll find the exact locations of the three landmarks.
That’s just one of the challenges for Season 6, Week 10. As previously noted, this is the final week of challenges for the season, which means it’s also the last week you can unlock the cosmetics tied to the Battle Pass for this season. Once it’s over, there’s no telling when they’ll be available again, so it’s worth spending some time finishing challenges from this week, and previous ones, so you can get everything you want.
It might seem daunting, but we’ve been putting together guides for all the hardest challenges week by week. If you use our Fortnite Season 6 complete challenge guide, you’ll get everything done in no time. You’ll want to act fast, as Fortnite Season 7 is just around the corner.
The trailer for Jon Favreau’s The Lion King broke records over Thanksgiving, and no wonder: It’s a remake of a beloved classic, and it looks stunning. But in between breathless exclamations of emotion since the trailer hit – whether borne of CGI majesty or nostalgia – there’s been much debate around the film’s photorealistic visual style. Put simply: Will a “live-action” Lion King feel weird? And can it possibly be as visually stylish as the original? Indeed, these questions also raise a more existential one about animation’s history and future in general.
The most tedious version of this argument concerns the jargon of moviemaking. Given that the film will be entirely computer-generated, calling it “live-action” is patently incorrect. One can split hairs over the production process – shooting motion-captured actors on a bluescreen stage, rather than animating by hand – but not a single frame of live-action footage will make the film. How you define it, however, makes little difference; the intended aesthetic is that of live-action animals, and that’s that.
Here’s your first look at a trailer for Prodigy, a new comic book from Netflix’s Millarworld comic company. The trailer introduces super-genius Edison Crane and sets the stakes as he’s faced with the first problem he may not be able to solve, and if he doesn’t, it could mean the end of the world.
Check it out:
Prodigy is written by Mark Millar and drawn by Rafael Albuquerque.
When Netflix acquired Millar’s comic book company Millarworld earlier this year, the streaming giant announced plans to create movies based on Millar’s Empress, Sharkey the Bounty Hunter, and Huck as well as TV series for Jupiter’s Legacy and American Jesus. In addition, Millar has been working on creating new movies and shows for Netflix, some of which will be getting comics. The Magic Order (written by Millar with art by Olivier Coipel) was the first of these comics and up next is Prodigy, out next week. A Prodigy movie is currently in production for Netflix. A comic for Sharkey the Bounty Hunter from Millar and artist Simone Bianchi is on the way in February 2019.
Epic Games’ battle royale shooter is getting more flak for allegedly contributing to video game addiction in kids.
Fortnite has come under fire once again for having a detrimental effect on younger players. A child psychologist claims that there has been a marked increase in kids attending counseling on account of video game addiction, which may or may not be tied to the uptake of players since the game’s launch.
“This game is like heroin,” said British behavioural specialist, Lorrine Marer, whose work involves dealing with children suffering from video game addiction. “Once you are hooked, it’s hard to get unhooked.”
Bloomberg reports on a number of parents and professionals recounting their experiences on Twitter that include a 17-year old playing for 12 hours a day and falling asleep in class, to over half of certain groups of kids getting counseled for video game addiction at a handful of camps in North Carolina playing the game to excess.
While Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee are heavily inspired by Pokemon Yellow, the pair diverge from the classic Game Boy title in some dramatic ways. Rather than starring Red and Blue, the protagonist and rival of the original game, the pair cast players in the role of a brand-new trainer who is setting off on a journey to become a Pokemon Master alongside a new rival character.
But while Red and Blue no longer share the spotlight in Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee, they do play a role in the games. As we learned from a recent trailer, both classic characters appear at some point during the adventure–as does Green, the female trainer who was seen standing alongside the other two characters in the original artwork for Pokemon Red and Blue.
All three trainers can be battled at different points in Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee, but as in previous games, Red is the most difficult to find and defeat of the three. While Blue and Green will challenge you to a match when you’ve made it to a certain part of the story, you’ll need to fulfill a few conditions before you’re able to take on Red. Some mild spoilers follow below.
If you’re hoping to test your battle prowess against the iconic Pokemon trainer, you’ll first need to complete the main story by defeating the Elite Four. Once you’ve taken the mantle of Pokemon League Champion, a new slew of characters known as Master Trainers will begin appearing around the Kanto region. Each Master Trainer specializes in one particular Pokemon, and you’ll need to use that same Pokemon to defeat them in a one-on-one battle. True to their name, however, Master Trainers pose a significant challenge; the Pokemon they specialize in has high stats and knows attacks that give it an advantage over you.
In order to battle Red, you’ll first need to defeat any six Master Trainers in Let’s Go Pikachu or Eevee. Once you’ve accomplished that feat, Red will appear outside of the Pokemon League in the Indigo Plateau, where you can talk to him to initiate the battle. He has a diverse team that consists of Pikachu, Snorlax, Arcanine, Lapras, Machamp, and Mega Venusaur, all of which are level 85, so you’ll need to bring a powerful team of your own to stand a chance.
After defeating Red, you’ll earn the title of Battle Master, which you can display to other players in-game when challenging them to Link Battles. Red will then leave the area, but you’ll be able to re-battle him in the same spot by defeating the Elite Four again.
Pokemon: Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee are available exclusively for Nintendo Switch. The games make a great entry point for the series, but we still have nine tips you should know before starting your adventure. We’ve also put together a detailed guide on how to catch Meltan, as well as one on how to get the original starting Pokemon Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle. You can learn more about the games in our Pokemon: Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee review.
Masahiro Sakurai, creator of Kirby and director of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, has revealed why Kirby was the only character to survive the attack on our beloved characters in Ultimate’s World of Light story mode.
Speaking to Famitsu, via Source Gaming, Sakurai explained why, of all the 74 characters in Smash’s roster, Kirby was the only one to survive the in the first cinematic of World of Light.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be over, but saving money never goes out of style. We’ve seen a number of fantastic deals pop up out of the blue this week for anyone quick enough to grab them. Now we can add one more to the pile: Ebay is running a promotion that gets you 25% off eligible items for a limited time. Similar promotions in the past have been good on video games, consoles, and accessories, so this will likely be an opportune time to grab anything you might have missed over the big shopping weekend.
All you have to do is fill your cart with eligible items and enter promo code PSAVE25 (or click the check box next to the PSAVE25 code) at checkout. All items eligible for the promotion will have the coupon code displayed on the checkout page. The promotion is live from 8 AM PT (11 AM ET) November 29 to 11:59 PM PT December 1 (2:59 AM ET December 2).
As you can probably imagine, some additional restrictions apply. The discount is capped at $25, so even if you buy a $500 Xbox One X, you’ll only save $25. The discount applies only to the purchase price of the item, not to costs associated with shipping, handling, or taxes. And while the code can be used on multiple eligible items in your cart, you can only use it once per account, so you’ll want to make sure you have everything you want before finalizing your purchase.
And if you’ve read this far but live in the UK, you can grab 15% off by entering promo code PRESENTS–but you’ll have to hurry, because this offer is only good on November 29.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate owners will need to download a day one update when it launches for Switch on December 7, Nintendo has confirmed. In an interview with Famitsu (via ComicBook.com), Smash director Masahiro Sakurai said the patch is necessary for the game’s replay system to work as intended.
“We will distribute our first update on launch day,” the developer stated. “Players who purchased the digital version don’t need to worry, but players who purchased the physical version should apply this day-one patch before you play. This will also prevent your replays from going off-track. By the way, if you save your replays as videos, you can keep them forever, but note that they take up a lot of space!” Sakurai did not confirm the size of the patch.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the first game in the series to launch for Nintendo Switch. It includes every character and stage ever seen across all entries in the franchise, plus some new characters such as Ken, Incineroar, and Isabelle.
In addition, Nintendo will release five as-yet-unannounced DLC characters for the game throughout 2019 as part of the Fighters Pass, plus one additional surprise fighter, Piranha Plant, which you’ll receive for free if you register Ultimate on My Nintendo by January 31, 2019. You can read more about the game in our roundup of everything we know about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.