Gran Turismo Sport Update Adds F1 Car, Microtransactions

The latest free update for Gran Turismo Sport adds seven new cars, a new fantasy track, new events, plus the optional ability to purchase the majority of the cars in the game with real-world currency. Details of the update arrived via a new post from Polyphony Digital president Kazunori Yamauchi on PlayStation.Blog.

The fresh batch of vehicles is led by Lewis Hamilton’s championship-winning Mercedes-AMG F1 W08 EQ Power+ 2017 and also includes the legendary, Le Mans-winning Mazda 787B. The rest of the list features a commemorative Ford GT designed by Polyphony that first appeared in 2007’s GT5 Prologue, a Ferrari 250 GTO race car that was last available in GT6, plus a handful of Japanese kei cars from Daihatsu and Honda.

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New Fortnite Update Brings Back Guided Missile, Adds Jetpack Game Mode

Epic Games has released a new update for Fortnite on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and iOS. Update 5.10 marks the start of a new limited time mode called Fly Explosives, which involves using jetpacks to cause mayhem. The update also pulls the Guided Missile weapon out of the vault and puts it into play.

“The Guided Missile is back from the Vault and dropping into Battle Royale this update,” the patch notes read. “In its time away, the Guided Missile has been tweaked and tuned down as it was too strong upon its initial release.” For those playing Save the World mode, there’s a new Spyglass Sniper Rifle, which will be available in the store on August 1 at 8 PM ET. Take a look below for the full Fortnite patch 5.10 notes.

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Battle Royale

  • Guided Missile (Battle Royale): The Guided Missile returns from the Vault! Scan the battlefield from above, weave through obstacles, and rocket ride teammates into the action.
  • Fly Explosives (Battle Royale): BOOM! The new Fly Explosives Limited Time Mode is here and it’s a blast for the whole squad. Use Jetpacks to fly above your foes and rain down in this explosives only game mode.

Limited Time Mode: Fly Explosives

  • This mode combines the explosive fun of the High Explosives LTM and the vaulted Limited Time Item Jetpack. Take to the skies and blast everyone else back to the lobby!
  • Mode Details
    • Only Explosive Weapons can be found in this mode.
    • Floor Loot spawners will occasionally spawn Jetpacks.
    • Fly Explosives Jetpacks have increased fuel regen rate & decreased burn rate compared to Default Jetpacks, to keep pilots in the sky a bit longer.
    • Between-storm wait times have been reduced due to players needing less time to find adequate loot (avg. match length should be lower than 20m).
    • Rocket Ammunition capped at 120.
    • Profile Stats (K/D & Wins) are tracked in this mode.

Limited Time Mode: Playground

  • The following weapons and items have been added to the Playground LTM only.
    • Jetpack
    • Guided Missile
    • Crossbow
  • Bug Fixes: Nameplates will no longer appear for members of the opposite team.

Weapons and Items

  • Guided Missile returns!
    • Available in Epic and Legendary variants.
    • Fuse duration reduced from 18 to 15 seconds.
    • Movement Speed decreased from 1100 to 1000.
    • Reload time increased to 2.4/2.2.
    • Reduced player damage from 105/110 down to 74/77 damage.
    • Reduced structure damage down from 1100 to 400.
    • Explosions now damage structures with no regard for Line of Sight.
    • Guided Missile can also be controlled via keyboard using the default movement inputs.

Bug Fixes

  • The issues with Slurp Juice have been fixed and it can once again be looted in-game.

Save the World

Spyglass Sniper Rifle (Save the World): Husks don’t stand a chance against this newest addition to the Flintlock Weapon set. This powerful single shot sniper packs a punch, so hold on tight as you take aim and fire.

Weapons and Items

  • Spyglass Sniper Rifle added to the Weekly Store
    • An accurate, high-powered, scoped sniper rifle with a single round per magazine that kicks like a mule.
    • Available Wednesday, August 1 at 8:00 PM ET until Wednesday, August 8 at 8:00 PM ET.

If you’re still working on the Season 5 Week 3 challenges, check out our guide on how to follow the Flush Factory treasure map and also the locations of birthday cakes all the Clay Pigeons. If you haven’t already done the Fortnite birthday challenges, we’ve got a guide for where to find the birthday cakes too.

Fallout: Miami Would Be Pretty Cool, This Mod Shows

The next massive total-conversion mod for Fallout 4 is taking players to Miami. A new trailer for Fallout: Miami reveals the Florida city remade in the war-torn, radiation-filled landscape of the Fallout universe. The primary modder behind Fallout: Miami is Milan “Mika999” Brajkovic, most well-known for being the creator behind the well-received Shard of Oblivion mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

The new mod takes reimagined content from Fallout 4 and its Far Harbor and Nuka-World DLC expansions. Fallout: Miami’s website claims the mod’s map will be slightly larger than Far Harbor’s, roughly covering South Pointe Pier to Fontainebleau Hotel. The mod doesn’t have an official release date as of yet, and the creators behind it are seeking volunteers who are familiar with the Fallout Creation Kit to help finish the project. The trailer seems to promise a similar experience to Fallout: New Vegas.

Fallout 4 is available for Xbox One, PS4, and PC. However, like most mods, Fallout: Miami is only scheduled for PC.

Another mod for PC, titled Fallout: New California is launching October 23. According to Polygon, New California is a mod of Fallout: New Vegas, and its story acts as an unofficial prequel to Bethesda’s 2010 RPG.

Fallout 76, the next official release in the Fallout franchise, is heading to West Virginia. The game takes place in the earliest point on the Fallout timeline, approximately 60 years before the original 1997 game‘s story. Bethesda is taking a different approach with Fallout 76, opting for a massive-multiplayer online experience as opposed to a single-player RPG. Fallout 76 launches for Xbox One, PS4, and PC on November 14. A beta is scheduled for October.

WarioWare Gold Review

WarioWare Gold, the latest release in the offbeat Nintendo series that takes the expression ‘a quick game is a good game’ to its most literal extreme, is a greatest hits slab with substantial appeal for newcomers. It’s just a shame that its assortment of rehashed ‘microgames’ and disappointingly mixed bag of unlockables combine for an overall package that feels all too familiar for existing fans.

As with previous entries in the series, the core gameplay of WarioWare Gold is a breakneck succession of gameplay microgames that put your reaction times to the test. This relentless think-quick shtick finds mirth in otherwise mundane tasks and distills classic Nintendo games down to a few frames of fun, with 3-5 second microgames that are separated into three main types: mash, which is button-based; twist, which uses the 3DS’ built-in gyro-sensor; and touch, which requires tapping and swiping of the stylus. (There are also a few microphone-based games, but they all ultimately amount to just blowing air as hard as you can.)

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The July 31 OCE Esports Highlights

With July wrapping up we’ve got another round of highlights for you to check out — and we’re going worldwide with this selection! PUBG, League of Legends and some Counter-Strike Global Offensive are all on deck!

Be sure to head over and check out the rest of the esports hub! Remember you can email tips to me [email protected] or you can just click to send me an email. If you want, you can tweet suggestions at me as well, my twitter is down the bottom of this article.

Counter-Strike GO – CGPL CSGO Winter 2018 Finals

The CGPL CSGO Winter 2018 Finals saw some of Australia’s best teams duke it out, while some others were travelling for other tournaments. Those on deck made sure to keep things entertaining. Avant Gaming’s DANZ smashed it against SYF Gaming in the clip below, and I can’t stress enough how implausible this effort was. Avant were on an Eco round, which means they had vastly inferior weapons.

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Fortnite Premium Collectible Figures Launch This Fall

McFarlane Toys has announced a partnership with Epic Games to create collectible Fortnite figures, accessories, and resin statues. The collection is scheduled to be available for purchase from mass retail stores in Fall 2018.

McFarlane Toys is one of America’s top action figure manufacturers. The company was created by Todd McFarlane, creator of Spawn and director behind the upcoming Spawn film. “The Fortnite brand has taken on global status and continues to grow each day,” said McFarlane. “The game, with its sense of skill and irreverent fun, now has hundreds of character options to choose from, which is a tremendous blueprint for making any successful toy and action figure line.”

“We’ve been fans of Todd and McFarlane Toys for years and years, and it’s been a dream come true to have an opportunity to collaborate with them,” said Donal Mustard, worldwide creative director of Epic Games. “I’ve seen some of the prototypes and they’re so sweet…I think players are just going to be blown away.”

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The collection incorporates “both current and ‘classic’ looks from the Fortnite franchise” and the figures will be seven-inches tall–which puts them in the 1/8 to 1/6 scale range of statue collectibles.

Fortnite contains two modes. The first, Save the World, is a cooperative survival shooter where up to four players build massive structures to fight off against hordes of zombie-like creatures. The more popular Battle Royale is a free-to-play game mode where up to 100 players fight in a shrinking arena until only one person is left standing. Fortnite is available on Xbox One, PS4, PC, and Switch.

Fortnite Battle Royale Season 5 is now in Week 3. We’ve compiled walkthroughs for two of the more difficult new challenges, following the treasure map in Flush Factory and finding the locations of all the Clay Pigeons. Keep checking back for more Fortnite coverage.

Fortnite Battle Royale Season 5 Coverage

Save Up To 90% On Steam Games In The US

Right now is a good time to be an indie game fan, because the Humble Store is running the Indie Mega Week sale. All week long, between now and August 5, you can save up to 90% on indie PC games of all kinds. And we’re not just talking small indies. Many of these games are well-known and highly regarded. The majority of them come in the form of Steam codes. Read on for the highlights.

The “rogue-lite” Castlevania-style game Dead Cells isn’t coming to consoles until next week, but PC gamers can get it now on sale for $20. It’s currently in early access, but it’s been getting lots of positive word-of-mouth and is set for an official launch on August 7. The Metroid-style game Axiom Verge is on sale for $10 right now. And fans of challenging side-scrollers can also pick up Cuphead for $16.

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If you’re a fan of Left 4 Dead and the Warhammer universe, then you’ll definitely want to check out Warhammer: Vermintide 2, on sale for $20. For some futuristic sporting competition, you can download the car soccer game Rocket League for $12. Superhot offers a series of intense, stylish action movie-style shootouts, and it’s on sale for $15.

Indie darlings like Inside ($9) and Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice ($18) are discounted as well. The action platformer Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove–which will be getting another free DLC campaign sometime this year–is on sale for $20.

That only scratches the surface of the Indie Mega Week sale, so take a look below for more highlights, or click on over to the full list here.

Spider-Man PS4 Has Now Gone Gold

Insomniac’s highly anticipated Spider-Man game for PS4 has reached an important development milestone. The studio announced that the upcoming title has “gone gold,” meaning primary development has been completed and the game is now ready to be sent off for manufacturing.

Insomniac shared the announcement on Twitter, thanking both Sony and Marvel for “their support in the creation of this original Spider-Man adventure.” The tweet was also accompanied by a humorous image parodying the popular meme in which Spider-Man sits behind a desk. You can take a look at the tweet below.

Unlike most games starring the webslinger, Insomniac’s Spider-Man is set in a new, standalone universe and casts players in the role of an older, more experienced Peter Parker, whose greater confidence is reflected in the way he swings through the city and battles foes. The game also features an assortment of Spider-Man’s most memorable villains, including Electro, Rhino, Scorpion, Vulture, Shocker, and the recently revealed Silver Sable.

Spider-Man launches exclusively for PS4 on September 7. We had a chance to check the game out during E3 2018 and said it “may be one the best game experiences we’ve had with the webslinger.” Those who pre-order the title will receive a variety of bonus content, including three suits that alter your appearance and unlock new suit abilities: Iron Spider, Spider-Punk, and Velocity Suit.

If you’re interested in picking up Spider-Man but don’t yet own a PS4, Sony recently revealed a beautiful Spider-Man-themed PS4 Pro bundle during San Diego Comic Con. The bundle comes with a copy of the game; a red, 1 TB PS4 Pro console with the Spider-Man symbol emblazoned on the center; a matching DualShock 4 controller; and a download code for the City That Never Sleeps DLC. The bundle launches alongside the game on September 7 and retails for $400.

New On Netflix This Week In The US: TV Shows, Movies, And Originals

This week is both the last week of July, and the first week of August, which means it’s a big one for Netflix. Her was added on Sunday, and two originals will be added on Monday and Tuesday called A Very Secret Service and Terrace House: Opening New Doors.

Looking ahead to August 1, Batman Begins, Gran Torino, Million Dollar Baby, and Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring will all be coming to the streaming service on Wednesday, along with an original called Switched in the vein on Freaky Friday.

August 3 is a big day for Netflix originals; several new shows and movies will be added, including an original film starring Kristin Bell called Like Father, which follows a young woman who reconnects with her father after being left at the alter. There is also an original documentary series called I Am A Killer in which death-row inmates tell the story of their crime(s) from their perspective.

These and other titles will be added to Netflix this week, look below to see the whole list. If you’d like to know about everything coming to Netflix in August, see our complete list.

Arriving On Netflix The Week of July 29

July 29

  • Her
  • Sofia the First: Season 4

July 30

  • A Very Secret Service: Season 2– Netflix Original

July 31

  • Terrace House: Opening New Doors: Part 3– Netflix Original

August 1

  • Batman Begins
  • Chernobyl Diaries
  • Clerks
  • Constantine
  • Dreamcatcher
  • Edge of Fear
  • Eraser
  • Gran Torino
  • House of Deadly Secrets
  • Los tiempos de Pablo Escobar: Season 1
  • Million Dollar Baby
  • No Reservations
  • Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Moby
  • Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Nile Rodgers
  • Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Noel Gallagher
  • Once in a Lifetime Sessions with TLC
  • P.S. I Love You
  • Secretariat
  • Silverado
  • Steel Magnolias
  • Stripes
  • Switched– Netflix Original
  • The Aviator
  • The Golden Compass
  • The Informant!
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

August 2

August 3

  • Brij Mohan Amar Rahe– Netflix Original Film
  • Cocaine Coast– Netflix Original
  • Dinotrux Supercharged: Season 3 — Netflix Original
  • I AM A KILLER — Netflix Original
  • Like Father — Netflix Original Film
  • Marching Orders –Netflix Original

August 4

  • Flavors of Youth: International Version- Netflix Original
  • Mr. Sunshine (Streaming Every Saturday)– Netflix Original
  • On Children — Netflix Original