Monster Hunter World Has Crossed Big New Milestone, Rewards On The Way
Monster Hunter World has hit another sales milestone, and Capcom is rewarding the community with some free items to celebrate. The company announced on Twitter that it had hit 13 million units shipped worldwide. As a result you can claim some rewards through the end of August.
From July 25 to August 29, you can log in to get a package of items including one Attack Jewel, 13 Appreciation Tickets, 13 Silver Eggs, 3 Gold Wyverian Prints, and 3 Heavy Armor Spheres.
That all puts it in a nice position for the upcoming expansion, Iceborne. It will be the first major expansion for Monster Hunter World, which launches on September 6, introducing loads of new monsters, mechanics, and a new area to explore. A recent trailer also showed off subspecies monsters and improvements to the gathering hub.
There Are Now More Than 100 Switch Joy-Con Colour Combinations
Yesterday, Nintendo surprised everyone when it revealed two new sets of Joy-Con would be arriving on 4th October. There’s blue and neon yellow or neon purple and neon orange to select from.
If you’ve gone to great lengths to collect every single coloured Joy-Con so far and are wondering how many combinations there now are if you mix and match them all, a Reddit user by the name of LimeheadGames has posted an updated chart featuring every single possible combination.
According to Nintendo of America, the new sets of Joy-Con will be priced at $79.99. Be sure to take a look at the existing announcement post, if you haven’t already.
Will you be picking up the latest sets? How many Joy-Con do you currently own? Leave a comment below.
Splatoon Producer Hasn’t Thought About The Future Of The Series Just Yet
After two years, Splatoon 2’s development appears to be winding down. It has received an expansion and this weekend Nintendo is hosting the final Splatfest. After this, though, future support will be limited to balance adjustments and monthly league matches.
So, what’s next for the Inkling and Octoling? Speaking to Weekly Famitsu magazine, Splatoon Producer Hisashi Nogami said the team hadn’t thought about the future of the series just yet, as they’ve been so busy with the constant stream of updates for Splatoon 2.
In saying this, Nogami did explain how something might happen if support for the series continued (translation below courtesy of BlackKite):
Splatoon 2’s production started moving right after 1 was released. Now we also had production for Octo Expansion so we’re fully focused on the updates, and we still haven’t thought of the future.
For future plans, we’ll think of them after everything is over.
We’re not yet at a phase where we can make a promise, but we’d like to return the favour in some sort of way to many people who have supported us. If you continue to support us, it might turn into reality.
For more details about this weekend’s final Splatfest, check out our previous article.
Have you thought about the future of the Splatoon series? What would you like to see? Which team are you siding with in the final Splatoon 2 Splatfest? Share your thoughts below.
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Find out what Xbox will be up to at gamescom 2019
Following this year’s incredible E3 and the breathtaking reaction we’ve had from our fans, we’re excited to let you know that Xbox will be coming to gamescom 2019 in Cologne, Germany. We’ll be bringing a great line up of games to the event from developers around the world with almost 200 gameplay stations in our booth, including the first public hands-on of both Minecraft Dungeons, Horde Mode in Gears 5 and fans in Germany can also try Project xCloud for the first time.
Here’s a quick overview of what we’ll be getting up to at the show this year:
Inside Xbox live from Cologne To kick off the week, we’ll be hosting a special episode of Inside Xbox live from the Gloria Theatre in Cologne. Tune in Monday, August 19 at 5:00 p.m. CEST (8:00 a.m. PDT) for the latest news, games, accessories, and features that we can’t wait to tell you more about!
Xbox Open Doors Held at the Gloria Theatre on Wednesday, August 21 to Friday, August 23, Xbox Open Doors offers fans a multiday experience during the week of gamescom. Entry to Xbox Open Doors is free and fans will be able to participate in community events, game tournaments, panel sessions and other exciting experiences. Stay tuned for more information and announcements about Xbox Open Doors.
Xbox Booth The Xbox booth will feature nearly 200 gaming stations with a fantastic line up of titles across a variety of genres and platforms, with many of these experiences coming to Xbox Game Pass for Console and Xbox Game Pass for PC at launch. If you’re coming to the show, make sure you pay us a visit – we’re in Hall 8 of the Koelnmesse (access via North entrance).
gamescom will be the first time that fans in Europe will have the chance to jump in and try out many of our newest gameplay experiences from Xbox Game Studios including Age of Empires II Definitive Edition, Battletoads, Bleeding Edge, Gears 5, Halo: The Master Chief Collection on PC, Minecraft Dungeons and more. In addition, we’ll have several highly anticipated third-party games available to play at the booth, including Borderlands 3, Doom Eternal, NBA 2K20, and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint. Fans at gamescom will also be amongst the first in Europe to get hands-on with Project xCloud and experience the true power of cloud gaming on mobile.
Lastly, at Xbox, we believe that gaming should be safe, inclusive, and accessible for all, and in that spirit we’re excited to announce that our booth is even more accessible to fans at the show this year. This includes Xbox Adaptive Controllers available for nearly every game on the booth, wheelchair access at every point of the booth and sign language interpreting support for all on-booth programming in both English and German.
Windows Gaming Powered by Xbox Game Pass Featuring Xbox Game Pass for PC titles such as Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition and more at our Xbox booth, you can also check out the latest PC gaming hardware at our booth dedicated to gaming on Windows PC. We’ll also have custom-built PCs from BoostBoxx by CSL, the latest gaming laptops and desktops from Acer and other partners showcasing high-quality components that deliver powerful PC gaming experiences. Fans can even try the goliath of gaming chairs, the Predator Thronos!
Visit the Xbox Official Gear Shop Returning to gamescom in partnership with Game Legends, come and visit the Xbox Official Gear Shop in the gamescom fanshop arena. Fly your gaming colors and show off your fandom for Xbox and award-winning franchises like Gears of War, Halo, and Sea of Thieves with all new apparel and collectibles including the gamescom exclusive Xbox Green Tech Sphere pin!
Show opening times are as follows:
Tuesday, August 20 – 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. CEST (press/trade only day)
Wednesday, August 21 – 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. CEST
Thursday, August 22 – 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. CEST
Friday, August 23 – 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. CEST
Saturday, August 24 – 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. CEST
Remember to keep your eyes on Xbox social channels for the latest news and updates surrounding Xbox at gamescom 2019 – Mixer, Facebook, Twitter – we’ll keep you updated with all the great activity happening from the show. Can’t wait to see you there!
Etherborn is an elegant leap in the gravity-puzzle genre, an environmental puzzle platformer built on exploring and understanding gravity-shifting structures. Travel through beautiful and exotic locations, where each level is an organic puzzle to explore, manipulate and shift gravity on in order to decipher the way forward.
Ghost Recon Wildlands Adds Battle Royale-Like Mode In Final Big Update
Ubisoft has announced one final content drop for Ghost Recon Wildlands. Now live, the latest update for Wildlands adds a brand-new PvPvE mode, Mercenaries, to the game.
"With Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint coming this October, we want to send off Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands with one last major update as a thank-you to the community," Ubisoft wrote in a blog post. "We're excited to experiment with this concept to bring something new and different before we launch the next installment in the franchise."
An eight-player free-for-all, Mercenaries is divided into three phases: Recon, Helicopter Deployment, and Extraction. The mode is a race to be rescued first by gathering intel before anyone else and fighting off both computer-controlled soldiers and other players.
In Phase 1: Recon, you spawn in without any gear, weapons, or items. In order to reach the next phase, you need to discover the location of the extraction point by activating three different radio transmitters. While hunting down transmitters, you can also stop off at intel markers to unlock different perks, such as the location of every other player for a limited time or the position of a vehicle. While exploring, you can scavenge for supplies, which will come in handy for fending off other players or Unidad soldiers. Dying won't reset your progress, but you will lose every weapon, item, and piece of gear on your person.
Once one of the eight players activates three transmitters, Phase 2: Helicopter Deployment begins. Only the player who activated all three transmitters will know where the extraction helicopter is going to land, but the other seven will be informed of the location once the chopper sets down. Boarding the chopper requires five segments in your extraction gauge, and you can fill one of those segments by activating three transmitters. So once the helicopter appears, you can follow it to immediately challenge the player who summoned it or continue hunting for transmitters and markers to better your odds for Phase 3.
Phase 3: Extraction begins once the helicopter touches down on the map, revealing its location to all eight players. As stated before, you need five segments in your extraction gauge to board the chopper. You can earn additional segments by staying within a set area around the helicopter, but only if you're the only player present. You'll have to fend off any approaching players to fill your gauge while fighting off the swarm of Unidad soldiers as well. The first player to earn five segments and board the helicopter wins the match.
There are seven rewards for playing the new Mercenaries mode, all of which are listed below. Ghost Recon Wildlands isn't the only Ubisoft game to get one final major update this week. Assassin's Creed Odyssey's final DLC, Judgement of Atlantis, also released, concluding the over 100-hour saga of Kassandra/Alexios.
Mercenaries Mode Rewards
Complete 1 Game -- Lone Wolf costume
Win 1 Game -- Mercenary Patch
Win 3 Games -- Mercenary Pants
Win 5 Games -- Mercenary Heavy Vest
Win 10 Games -- Jacket Army Mercenary
Win 15 Games -- Mercenary Heavy Vest with Shoulder Pads
Win 25 Games -- Mercenary Backpack
Ghost Recon Wildlands is available for Xbox One, PS4, and PC. Its sequel, Ghost Recon Breakpoint is scheduled to release on October 4 for Xbox One, PS4, and PC. Both Wildlands and Breakpoint are two of the over 100 games that will be made available through Ubisoft's new PC game subscription service, Uplay+, which is scheduled to launch on September 3.
Microsoft Open Sources software to guard U.S. voting machines
Microsoft is rolling out an open-source software product called ElectionGuard, which it said uses encryption to “enable a new era of secure, verifiable voting.” The company is working with election machine vendors and local governments to deploy the system in a pilot program for the 2020 election. Microsoft would give away software designed to improve the security of American voting machines, even as the tech giant said it had tracked 781 cyberattacks by foreign adversaries targeting political organizations so far this election cycle.
Polymega TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine Module Includes Five Pack-In Games
It’s been announced that the TurboGrafx-16/PC-Engine module (or the EM04 “Turbo” Element Module Set to give its full title) for the upcoming modular retro console Polymega will include five licensed pack-in games playable from the module itself.
The five bonus titles are Moto Roader (NA and JP versions), Moto Roader II (JP version), Double Dungeons (NA and JP versions), Shockman (NA and JP versions) and Dragon Egg (JP version).
The console is looking to be a very convenient and faithful solution for all your retro gaming needs – it’s even going to feature a Retro Gun Controller accessory that will let you play light gun games on a modern HD TV set. Check out our hands-on feature courtesy of Jeremy Parish (who’s apparently partial to the odd retro game).
The only obvious fly in the ointment at the moment appears to be the price – $299.99 for the base unit plus $59.99 per module. These pack-in games do sweeten the deal, but the cost is up there with current gen consoles.
It seems that Turbografx and PC Engine fans have plenty to look forward to at the moment – the announcement of the Turbografx-16 and PC Engine Mini consoles means there’s suddenly multiple ways to play that system’s catalogue on a modern telly. Check out our Turbografx-16 and PC Engine Mini pre-order guide for more info on the mini console.
Do these pack-in games make the Polymega a more attractive offering to you? Do you like the look of Playmaji’s modular retro solution? Let us know with a comment below.
‘Nintendo Switch Do’ Trademark Spotted On Official Document
Nintendo has applied for and been granted the trademark for ‘Nintendo Switch Do’, according to an official document that has surfaced in Israel. Dutch website Let’s Go Digital caught wind of the filing at the Israel Patent Office and has set minds racing as to what it could refer to.
As you can see yourself by examining the document itself (courtesy of Let’s Go Digital), trade mark number 318447 was applied for on 8th July 2019 and granted on 16th July. The goods and services it relates to, however, are extremely wide-ranging and non-specific. Here’s a small taster of the things it apparently covers:
Class: 9 Electronic game programs; Downloadable electronic game programs; Video game programs; Downloadable video game programs; Video game cartridges; Programs for consumer video game apparatus; Downloadable programs for consumer video game apparatus; Electronic storage media recorded with programs for consumer video game apparatus; Programs for handheld electronic game apparatus; Downloadable programs for handheld electronic game apparatus…
It goes on:
Class 28: Games; Toys; Portable games with liquid crystal displays; Protective films adapted for screens for portable games; Protective carrying cases specially adapted for handheld video games; Handheld electronic games; Video game machines; Controllers for game consoles; Joysticks for video games; Apparatus for games; Arcade video game machines…
It continues, but you get the idea. So what has Nintendo actually trademarked here, besides absolutely everything under the sun with a possible connection to games, video-based or otherwise? Well, it’s tough to say given that deluge of potential applications, but Nintendo has recently opened its second retail store in Tel Aviv, so the filing of the trademark in Israel suggests it could be related to that.
Whether it’s a service, an initiative related with the Tel Aviv store or something entirely different, the mysterious ‘Nintendo Switch Do’ is sure to get tongues wagging. Could it be connected to the long-rumoured Switch ‘Pro’? Well, yes, but for all we know it could just as easily be a capacitive stylus. We’ll be keeping an eye out for more information.
What do you think Nintendo Switch Do could be? A new service for Switch Lite? A Nintendo Switch Online feature? Let us know your ideas below.
‘Sky: Children of the Light’ finally reaches worldwide audiences
By Roger Fingas Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 08:20 pm PT (11:20 pm ET)
A showcase title for the Apple TV, thatgamecompany’s “Sky: Children of the Light” — also available for iPhones and iPads — is now finally in wide release, including the U.S.
Players become one of the game’s namesake children, exploring seven realms as they work to solve puzzles and return fallen stars to their constellations. Later expansions will include new realms and seasonal events.
The title is highly focused on its social aspects, the idea being that people will run into each other in the world and team up for exploration, saving spirits, and finding treasure. Players can customize their characters, gift each other candles, and even create music.
The game is free to play, but does offer a range of in-app purchases ranging from $0.99 to $49.99, such as bundles and season passes.
“Sky” first premiered during Apple’s September 2017 press event, when it was used to demonstrate the power of the Apple TV 4K. It arrived in the Philippines in December that year as “Sky: Light Awaits,” but then saw its rollout slow to a crawl. In June 2019, thatgamecompany announced July 11 as a global launch date —a last-minute delay pushed the timing to July 18. The app is out in the U.S. despite it being the 17th as of this writing.
iPhone and iPad owners must be running iOS 9 or later. Apple TV users must have a device with tvOS.
