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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds‘ new Savage map–now known as Sanhok–returns for a third round of testing tonight on PC. Ahead of the test, developer PUBG Corp. has shared patch notes on Steam, detailing the long list of changes players will encounter on this iteration of the map.
Most notably, PUBG Corp. has expanded Sanhok with four new areas: Cave, Tambang, Lakawi, Na Kham. Existing areas have also been renamed, and an assortment of them, such as Bhan (formerly Banyan Grove) and Mongnai (Coconut Farm), have received “various improvements.” You can see screenshots of the new and tweaked areas in the gallery below.
Additionally, PUBG Corp. has adjusted the spawn rate of certain weapons on Sanhok. The overall amount of item spawns on the map has been increased, as has total the amount of AR-type weapons. Specifically, PUBG Corp. has upped the spawn ratio of the M16A4 and AKM, while the M416 has been slightly decreased–although the developer says “the total amount spawned will remain similar to before.” Perhaps most importantly, players can now throw apples before boarding the plane.
PUBG Corp. has also adjusted how the red zone works on Sanhok. This time, the red zone will “generally” no longer appear within the white circle. This won’t always hold true, particularly when the blue circle is too close to the white one, but the developer says this change will make it riskier to play outside of the safe zone.
Lastly, PUBG Corp. has addressed a handful of issues that cropped up in previous incarnations of the map. In particular, the developer has removed some invisible objects in buildings and fixed an issue that caused the “aim punch” effect to be “too noticeable.” Blood effects will also now appear as intended, and the minimap displays areas 200 meters away, as opposed to 100.
You can read more about the changes on Steam. The third Sanhok test will begin tonight, May 10, and runs until May 14; you can find the exact start and end times below. This time, the test will be open to everyone who owns a copy of PUBG. To get in, all you’ll need to do is download the Experimental Test Server client, which will automatically appear in your Steam library prior to the test. The same client can also be used for future Sanhok betas.
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Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy will be released a few weeks earlier than expected on Switch, PC, and Xbox One.
Activision announced in a recent blog post the collection, originally slated to come out on July 10, will now be released on June 29. You can pre-order the trilogy here.
The N. Sane Trilogy is a remade collection of the first three Crash Bandicoot games and came out for PlayStation 4 on June 30, 2017. The trilogy was confirmed for other platforms back in March. This will be the first time the original Crash, Cortex Strikes Back, and Warped will appear off PlayStation systems.
Arcane Studios’ Prey is a remarkable game. It didn’t quite get the love it deserved, perhaps in part because of the off-putting advertisements that placed a gross bloodshot eye front and center. But don’t let a disgusting piece of marketing keep you from playing a fine game–especially when you can get it for less than $15.
Right now Amazon is selling the PS4 version of Prey for $14.53. That’s a fantastically good deal for a game that got a 79/100 on our sister site Metacritic. Prey is also currently available on Xbox One for $19 and on PC for $20.
Prey takes place in 2032, when humans have built a space station that orbits the moon. Naturally, we use the space station to perform some highly risky experiments, one of which goes horribly wrong. Enter a swarm of murderous, shape-shifting aliens who take over the station and commit gruesome acts of violence on its inhabitants.
That’s where you come in. You play as Dr. Morgan Yu, a character you can customize according to the play-style of your choice. Your job is to fend off (or sneak by) the aliens using an array of sci-fi weapons and abilities. For every problem the game presents, clever players can find numerous solutions, thanks to the interlocking systems Prey puts in your hands.
It’s a worthy game that deserves another look for anyone who passed it by last year. And for these low prices, you can’t really go wrong.
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Important note: Avengers: Infinity War and Black Panther are still climbing up the box office rankings, so their positions could change over the coming days.
Avengers: Infinity War is having a great run of fortune at the box office with a record-breaking opening weekend and $47.5 million in presales at the Chinese box office.
According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter, Infinity War may be the first summer blockbuster to reach the $2 billion milestone at the worldwide box office. All three films that made over $2 billion during their theatrical runs were released in December, but Earth’s Mightiest Heroes appear ready for the challenge.
Lu Over the Wall is easily one of the most bizarre and trippy movies I have watched in a long time. This anime film from the makers of Devilman Crybaby follows an over-the-top storyline surrounding the young mermaid Lu and her bond with a boy named Kai. While that initial premise may sound a lot like a certain Disney animated classic, the similarities completely end there.
Lu Over the Wall tries to accomplish so much in just under two hours that it lacks any sort of focus whatsoever. What at first looks like a simple tale of the friendship between a human and a mermaid quickly diverges into so many subplots that it’s nearly impossible to keep up. For example, the very beginning of the movie plays up Kai contributing his DJ skills to a band that two of his classmates have put together. While it’s basically the only storyline to get adequate enough time dedicated to it, I still felt like it could have been a completely different movie on its own.
Nintendo and Sony have both updated their warranty policies after receiving FTC warnings.
The FTC reached out to Sony and Nintendo last month, along with four other companies that reportedly included Microsoft, Hyundai, HTC, and ASUS, according to GamesIndusty.biz. The companies were warned that their warranty policies were “deceptive under the FTC Act” and were given 30 days to comply, with the threat of legal action if they failed to do so.
Deadpool is known for cracking wise at pop culture figures, but in a new marketing spot for Deadpool 2, the character expresses some overdue regret for a cheap shot at a sports celebrity. In the first film, Deadpool made fun of soccer star David Beckham. Poor Wade has apparently seen the error of his ways and wants to make it up to him.
Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds tweeted the skit, saying “Little known fact: Canadians are born with a black belt in apology.” True to form, it has a meta pay-off by turning the mockery back onto Reynolds himself. Deadpool in both his comic and film incarnations tends to break the fourth wall.
The promo spots for Deadpool 2 have taken aim at Marvel’s cinematic universe with some pointed jokes at The Avengers and DC film franchises. Despite the irreverent tone, though, some jokes are still off-limits. Reynolds recently explained that Fox made him remove a joke at Disney’s expense, possibly to avoid rocking the boat while the House of Mouse worked to acquire 20th Century Fox. That deal appears to be in jeopardy now, so we may still get to hear what Deadpool thinks of Mickey and Donald in the DVD extras.
Fans of the Bad Boys movie series can once again start looking forward to another instalment. Following the news last year that Sony had removed the third movie in the hit action franchise from its schedule, the film has now been given a new release date.
As reported by Variety, Bad Boys For Life will now hit theaters on January 17, 2020. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence will return as the rule-breaking cops, and the movie will be directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. The filmmaking duo are also attached to a reboot of Beverly Hills Cop, but there has been no further news about that since last year.
Bad Boys For Life has experienced a series of delays and date changes over the past few years. Both Bad Boys For Life and Bad Boys 4 were announced in August 2015. At the time, the former was given a February 2017 release, which subsequently moved back to early 2018, and then to November this year. By August last year, neither movie appeared on Sony’s schedule.
Following the departure of original director Joe Carnahan (The A-Team), Lawrence himself cast doubt on whether Bad Boys For Life would ever happen. “I don’t think we’re going to get one,” he said. “Not the way everything’s turning out. Will is off doing another movie, and I don’t think it’s going to happen.”
It was Smith himself who first revealed that a third movie was in the works. In 2016 he spoke about meeting co-star Martin Lawrence for the first time in several years. “We just looked at each other,” he said. “We hugged. In that moment, we knew we were making another Bad Boys. We’re definitely doing another one.”
The first Bad Boys was released in 1995, with the sequel following in 2003. Both movies were directed by Transformers‘ Michael Bay, and are somehow actually quite enjoyable despite that fact.
In related news, it was recently reported that the sequel to Smith’s Netflix hit Bright has a new writer. Beauty and the Beast‘s Evan Spiliotopoulos will pen the follow-up to the sci-fi thriller, which was released on the streaming service last December.
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy will be releasing sooner than expected for Xbox One, PC, and Switch, publisher Activision has revealed. The game was originally set to launch on July 10, but has been given a new release date of June 29. “Crash Bandicoot has been working hard to look good for his debut on new platforms,” the Activision blog states. “The fan reaction to the news that he’s coming to Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam was the extra push needed and now he’s ready nearly two weeks early.”
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy was released for PS4 in 2017, and the remaster package features updated versions of Crash Bandicoot, Cortex Strikes Back, and Warped.
The N. Sane Trilogy was very successful on PS4. In December 2017, Activision announced that it was the top-selling remaster collection the history of PlayStation 4. In GameSpot’s Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy PS4 review, Peter Brown said the games felt dated, despite looking much better.
“Vicarious Visions, for its part, succeeded in revitalizing Crash from an artistic perspective while preserving the charm that made him appealing when he first showed up, but years have passed since the original PlayStation was relevant, and we are well past the formative years of 3D gaming,” he explained.
“It’s easy to imagine how a dyed-in-the-wool Crash fan will fall in love all over again via the N. Sane Trilogy, but if you’re experiencing Crash for the first time–or the first time in a while–it might pain you to realize that Crash’s original adventures aren’t as inventive or surprising as they were 20 years ago.”
