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Super Smash Bros Ultimate To Receive Day One Switch Update; Here’s What It Does

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.

Fortnite Week 10 Challenges – Viking Ship, Camel, and Bus Map

Our Week 10 Fortnite challenges guide includes vehicle timed trial locations and a viking ship, camel, and crashed battle bus map.

The Best Battery Cases for the Nintendo Switch

Don’t let a dead battery torpedo a Switch marathon. Here’s our picks for the best battery cases for the Nintendo Switch.

The Best Qi Wireless Chargers

If your phone supports wireless Qi charging you should be using it. Here are the best wireless Qi phone chargers available.

How to Save in Red Dead Online

Saving works a little differently in Red Dead Online. Learn a little more about it with this Red Dead Online wiki.

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle Review

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle begins an exclusive limited theatrical engagement on November 29, 2018 and launches globally on Netflix December 7.

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle is a somber, serious retelling of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, a tale which has become, for better or worse, inextricably linked in the public consciousness with Disney’s animated, family-friendly adaptation. Director Andy Serkis’ Mowgli intentionally avoids any such cuddliness in favor of a less playful coming of age story set in a world full of danger, where learning to keep your guard up is a key lesson for survival. Forgetting about your worries and your strife will get you killed in Andy Serkis’ Jungle Book.

Marvel’s Ironheart Rises Above its Shortcomings

Perhaps the defining challenge of this new era of Marvel is finding a way to balance a renewed emphasis on classic heroes, classic costumes and classic status quos with a sense of experimentation and risk. What happens to all those younger, more diverse characters like Miles Morales and Amadeus Cho and Riri Williams that were introduced or elevated to greater positions of prominence in recent years? Do they get shoved to the side now that Marvel’s core fan-favorites are back in the spotlight? Particularly in the case of Riri, is there a path forward for this character now that Tony Stark has reclaimed the Iron Man mantle and co-creator Brian Michael Bendis has jumped over to DC?

Marvel certainly seems to think so, as Riri is back in her own solo series thanks to the debut of Ironheart. And rather than put this character in the hands of another mainstay creator, they’ve brought in a new voice in poet/academic Eve Ewing. That’s probably a wise move on Marvel’s part. As much as writers like Bendis, Mark Waid and Jim Zub have done to flesh out this new heroine over the past couple years, it might be nice to get the perspective of someone who isn’t a middle-aged white guy for a change. Ewing does bring a fresh voice to Riri’s world, though one that feels as though it needs some time to coalesce.

Red Dead Online is Off To a Promising Start – Beyond 568

BEYOND!

On this week’s episode of IGN’s PlayStation show, Beyond!, Max Scoville is filling in for the usual host Jonathon Dornbush, and he’s joined by Brian Altano, Tina Amini, and Andrew Goldfarb.

The big topics this week are the beta for Red Dead Online, which is off to a considerably smoother start than Grand Theft Auto V had, half a decade ago. There are some rumors of a new Alien game being announced at The Game Awards, and Andrew is very excited about those new Persona dancing games.

Console Wars TV Series: The Battle Between Sega and Nintendo Gets Legendary Adaptation

Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation, a novel written by Blake J. Harris, is being adapted into a television series.

Announced by Legendary, a deal has been finalized to develop the novel, with Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island) directing, and Mike Rosolio (American Vandal, Sean Saves the World) writing the pilot episode. Point Grey Pictures’ Seth Rogen, his long-time writing partner Evan Goldberg and James Weaver will executive produce. Point Grey’s TV credits include Preacher and Future Man.

The novel focuses on the behind-the-scene drama that occurred while Sega attempted to take on Nintendo throughout the 1990s. It follows Sega of America CEO Tom Kalinske as the infamous war between the two industry giants progressed, and includes stories of internal conflicts between Sega’s American and Japanese branches. The novel used various interviews with notable people involved in these events to create its plot.

Path Of Exile PS4 Delayed, And Here’s Why

The wait for Path of Exile on PlayStation 4 just got a little longer. Developer Grinding Gear Games has announced that the PlayStation 4 edition won’t launch in December as planned.

In a blog post, the developer apologised for the delay, and explained that the studio “underestimated the amount of work it would take to finish the certification process during the busy Christmas period.”

Grinding Gear is now expecting to finish the certification process by January, with the game potentially launching in early February on PS4. The studio won’t be sitting by idly twiddling its thumbs between now and then, as the studio said the extra time will allow the developer to further improve Path of Exile’s performance and frame rate for PS4.

“Again, we’re very sorry about this,” the studio said. “We promise that Path of Exile will be awesome on PlayStation 4 when it is released early next year.”

A free-to-play role-playing game, Path of Exile originally launched in 2013, and here at GameSpot we gave it our PC Game of the Year that year. The Xbox One version came out in 2017. In May 2018, Chinese internet and gaming giant Tencent acquired Grinding Gear Games, but the company claims to continue to operate independently.

While Path of Exile is no longer coming to PS4 in December, the game will welcome a new expansion, Betrayal, that month. For lots more, check out GameSpot’s in-depth coverage of Betrayal here, while you can check out the announcement trailer in the embed above.