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Bungie just provided another close look at the upcoming third year of Destiny 2 in a new ViDoc, which discusses October’s Shadowkeep expansion, its included new content season, and beyond. The video provides a few close looks at new guns and armor, some exploration of the story we can expect from Year Three, and a brief glimpse of a new loot crafting system related to Eris Morn.

In Bungie’s new ViDoc, we get a look at the Lectern of Enchantment, which appears to be the system by which you’ll craft your Shadowkeep gear. On the surface, it seems similar to the Chalice of Opulence, the device you use to make weapons and armor in Destiny 2’s current content season, the Season of Opulence. With that system, you add various runes you earn by completing in-game activities, which dictates what guns and armor you get when you complete a run of Opulence’s major new activity, the Menagerie.

According to the ViDoc, the Lectern will relate to an upcoming Shadowkeep activity, Nightmare Hunt. The Lectern says that you’ll earn something called Nightmare Essence from completing these hunts, which you’ll then use to craft weapons at the Lectern. It looks like there are other currencies related to the Lectern as well, such as “Phantasmal Fragments,” which you’ll earn from bounties you can collect from Eris.

Director Luke Smith loosely described the Shadowkeep loot system during the ViDoc. “You’re going to build a bunch of cool rewards, and if you don’t get rolls you like, you’re going to go back to the rune table and you’re going to build more,” he said. “That’s part of being a Shadowkeep player–you’re going to build your character your way.”

That description seems to suggest that rolls will be randomized, unlike in Menagerie. But it sounds like players might have some control over what loot they chase based on how they use the Lectern. Allowing players to go after particular guns and armor they need, rather than relying on random drops, is something Smith previously suggested Bungie wanted to do more of based on feedback from Year Two.

Looking at the Shadowkeep and Season of the Undying content calendar also gives a few more clues as to how the Lectern might work. The calendar mentions multiple versions of Nightmare Hunt, which roll out over time: “Hero” and “Legend” versions of the activity launch on October 8, and “Master” Nightmare Hunts launch on October 15. That suggests these will operate somewhat like activities such as Reckoning or the Menagerie, where you’ll eventually work your way up to harder tiers of Nightmare Hunt to chase better and better rewards.

We already know what to expect to earn for Shadowkeep’s various armor drops, but as for its many guns, things are a lot less clear. In the ViDoc, Bungie discusses how the guns warn you when Nightmares are nearby, so it’s no stretch to figure the Lectern is how you’ll earn them. It seems we might have to wait until October 1 and Shadowkeep’s launch to really see how these new systems work, though.

Pokemon Sword and Shield are less than two months away now, and The Pokemon Company continues to steadily reveal new details about the games in the lead up to their launch. Last week, we got our first glimpse–sort of–at a mysterious new Gen 8 Pokemon, and it looks like we may learn more about it very soon.

According to Pokemon fansite Serebii, a new Pokemon Sword and Shield reveal will be made tomorrow, September 18, at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET / 1 PM UTC, presumably regarding the aforementioned new Pokemon. The official Pokemon Twitter account has also teased more details about the monster are imminent, tweeting that there was a “technical issue” with the creature’s original announcement and that the problem will be “resolved shortly.”

The new Pokemon in question first appeared on the Pokemon Sword and Shield website. However, its page was intentionally corrupted; the image of the Pokemon appears glitched and certain details about the monster are obscured. However, we do know it will be a pure Fighting-type with the Steadfast Ability, and it weighs 257.9 lbs. The page also features this bit of flavor text:

“Only [BLANK] that have survived many battles can attain this [BLANK]. When this Pokemon’s [BLANK] [BLANK]ers, it will retire from combat.”

The prevailing fan theory seems to be that the new Pokemon is a regional evolution of Farfetch’d, although we’ll know for sure in just a little bit. In the meantime, you can see all the new Gen 8 Pokemon revealed so far in our gallery. Pokemon Sword and Shield launch for Nintendo Switch on November 15. If you’re interested in picking them up, be sure to check out our Pokemon Sword and Shield pre-order guide.

With just two weeks to go before the release of Destiny 2‘s new Shadowkeep expansion, Bungie has released a new update for the game. Hotfix 2.5.2.3 is out now on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, and while the full list of patch notes is quite short, there’s some potentially very good news to be had in them.

First up is the release of previously paid DLC for more players. If you own the Forsaken expansion, you can now access all Annual Pass content. This move comes ahead of the launch of Destiny 2: New Light, a new free-to-play version of the game that will provide access to much of the Destiny 2 experience without paying a dime. But in the meantime, Forsaken owners suddenly have access to a wealth of new content, including the Black Armory Forges, Gambit Prime/Reckoning, and the Menagerie, the latter of which is paying out bonus rewards right now thanks to the recent Mars community event.

The other change in this update concerns the aforementioned Reckoning. This PvE mode is tied to Gambit Prime, serving as the place to earn the special armor that enables role-specific perks in Gambit Prime. Bungie has previously conceded that Reckoning suffered from a variety of issues that resulted in a less-than-fun experience, and it’s recently made some changes to make it a less frustrating experience.

That continues in this patch, as all negative modifiers are now gone from Reckoning. You’ll no longer find yourself facing a lack of radar, increased enemy melee damage, and so on. This stacks with the recent change to make enemies easier to deal with and to ensure rewards are doled out more fairly.

This patch comes alongside a new Bungie ViDoc that explores the studio’s five-year plan for Destiny 2 and what we can expect from the upcoming year of Destiny 2 content.

DESTINY 2 HOTFIX 2.5.2.3 Patch Notes

GENERAL

• Annual Pass content is now available to all Forsaken players of Destiny 2
• All negative modifiers have been removed from the Reckoning

At this year’s Tokyo Game Show Hideo Kojima unveiled 49-minutes of Death Stranding gameplay with commentary. IGN has fully translated Kojima’s gameplay commentary from TGS 2019, which was previously only available in Japanese.

Watch the video above to see the full gameplay demonstration, now with English subtitles.

Be sure to check out everything we learned about the Death Stranding gameplay from its original showcase at TGS 2019, and check out the other TGS Death Stranding video for a deeper look at customization.

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She’s marvelous! She’s magnificent! She’s… a teenager from New Jersey? Don’t let Kamala Khan’s humble beginnings fool you—she’s one of the newest heroes in the Marvel Comics universe and also one of its most compelling. And now Kamala, aka Ms. Marvel, is joining the MCU thanks to her recently announced Disney+ television series.

Who is Kamala Khan? Why does she have Ms. Marvel’s name? What are her powers? And what might we expect from a series starring the teenage hero? Let’s take an embiggened look at the Avenger-turned-Champion and her place in the Marvel universe for some ideas. These are the topics we’ll be covering here:

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This is an advance review out of the Toronto International Film Festival. Motherless Brooklyn opens in the US on Nov. 1 and in the UK on Nov. 30.

Nearly 20 years after making his directorial debut with the romantic comedy Keeping the Faith, Edward Norton has journeyed back behind the camera for an altogether more serious affair. Motherless Brooklyn is a detective story based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Jonathan Lethem. But where the book had a contemporary setting, Norton – who also adapts and stars – has transported the plot back to 1950s New York to make a period piece about power, corruption, and the dark side of gentrification, packaged in a convoluted murder-mystery.

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