The Heroic mode for Destiny‘s newest raid, Wrath of the Machine, went live yesterday, October 18. Now, Bungie has revealed the top three finish times, beginning with Clan Die Busfahrer, which cleared the ultra-challenging raid in 2:45:55. Behind that team was Clan The Legend Himself, which took down the raid in 2:47:44. The third team to beat the raid on Heroic mode was Clan Redeem, with a time of 2:49:52.
Heroic mode is of course more difficult than the regular version of Wrath of the Machine, so longer times were to be expected. The raid debuted on September 23, with Clan Redeem being the first team to beat it. Wrath of the Machine was one of the new features included with Destiny’s Rise of Iron expansion.
In other news about Destiny, a new patch released this week made a number of economy changes, while it also fixed bugs and more. Read the full patch notes to learn more. The update is available now on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
If you’re thinking about picking up Destiny, the new Destiny: The Collection bundle comes with the base game and all expansions, including The Dark Below, House of Wolves, The Taken King, and Rise of Iron.
During a press conference this week, New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick spoke out against the Microsoft Surface tablets that he uses on the sideline during NFL games. In short, he said he’s not going to use them anymore, in part because he finds them to be “too undependable” and faulty.
Belichick, known for not saying much during his media obligations, actually spent almost five-and-a-half minutes explaining why he is “done with the tablets.”
“They’re just too undependable for me. I’m going to stick with pictures, which several of our other coaches do as well, because there just isn’t enough consistency in the performance of the tablets,” he said, according to NESN reporter Zack Cox. “I just can’t take it anymore. I just have given it my best shot. I’ve tried to work through the process. But it just doesn’t work for me, and that’s because there’s no consistency to it.”
During the Patriots-Bills game earlier this month, Belichick slammed a Microsoft Surface tablet. It’s not clear what prompted this, but it was a very rough game overall for the Pats, losing 16-0 in Week 4.
In a statement to GameSpot sister site CNET, Microsoft said it respects Belichick’s decision, and also claimed others in the professional football league are happy with their tablets.
“We respect Coach Belichick’s decision, but stand behind the reliability of Surface,” a spokesperson said. “We continue to receive positive feedback on having Surface devices on the sidelines from coaches, players and team personnel across the league.”
Electronic Arts will release an “Ultimate Edition” for Star Wars Battlefront, according to a recently discovered retail listing.
The unannounced version of the game will come with Battlefront’s Deluxe Edition content (including the DL-44 blaster and other items), as well as the season pass that contains four expansion packs. These include the already released Outer Rim, Bespin, and Death Star, as well as Rogue One tie-in Rogue One: Scarif. That expansion doesn’t yet have a release date, though launching close to the movie, which comes out in December, would seem to make sense.
Amazon (via VideoGamer) lists the Battlefront Ultimate Edition as coming out on November 18. Rogue One hits theaters on December 16. Amazon has listings for PS4 and Xbox One, but not PC, though that doesn’t necessarily mean it won’t come to PC.
Battlefront’s latest expansion, Death Star, started its rollout in September for season pass-owners, before launching for everyone in early October. It added five new maps and the Battle Station mode that basically lets you recreate the scene from A New Hopewhere Luke Skywalker blows up the Death Star. There are also more weapons and Star Cards, while Chewbacca and Bossk have been added as hero characters.
Additionally, Battlefront’s level cap has been raised to 90. A patch released alongside Death Star in September also made a number of hero/villain changes and fixed a lot of bugs. You can see the full patch notes here.
Champion Formula 1 racer Lewis Hamilton will be in Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Hamilton, who drives for team Mercedes, announced his appearance in the game on Twitter, but didn’t say exactly what role he has in the game.
Based on the image attached to his Twitter post, it looks like he could be either a pilot, which makes sense given his profession, or an engineer of some sort. Take a look at the picture below.
“I grew up with Super Mario, where the graphics were outdated at the time,” Hamilton said in an interview, as reported by Motorsport. “It’s crazy to see how far it [computer games have come] – the realisation is unbelievable.
“I loved it,” he said, discussing his involvement in the game. “It was a great experience, I am incredibly honoured to be part of this game. I’ve been a fan for years,” he added.
ZeniMax Media Online Studios has released a new patch for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of The Elder Scrolls Online. The update, called One Tamriel, “allows you to play anywhere, with anyone, at anytime” by scaling characters to the appropriate level for content you’re playing.
“That means you can take your max-level character and help a friend that’s new to ESOwithout having to create a new character; you can play with anyone regardless of their level or alliance. And best of all, this update is completely free to all ESO players,” the studio explained on its website.
One Tamriel also includes the ability to form bigger groups and guild: “By dropping Alliance and level-grouping barriers, you will now be able to adventure with many new friends starting today. And, of course, you will be able to go wherever you want as the game no longer restricts your location based on level, so enjoy your newfound exploration.”
Bethesda has never shared the player numbers The Elder Scrolls Online has, but Firor previously said it had around 235,000 people in the game at the same time when it came out on consoles. A further 200,000 were waiting in queues.
Throughout October, The Witches Festival event will be taking place in The Elder Scrolls Online. As part of the event, Tamriel will be populated with demonologists, conjurors, lamias, warlocks, and thaumaturgists, who will take part in incantations, invocations, and conjurations to celebrate the season.
Things are heating up in this week’s episode of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. Coulson complained that everyone except him has seen the Ghost Rider. This week, it’s his turn as the two cross paths. Daisy continues her fight against the Watchdogs, but needs some help from a friend. If that wasn’t enough, there’s also more about the mysterious evil book everyone is looking for.
Warning: Spoilers for Season 4, Episode 4 of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, “Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire,” will be discussed below.
Daisy and Simmons Team Up
One aspect of the show that’s been different this season is the separation of the core cast. This begins to change when Daisy has no choice but to seek out Simmons’ help. Daisy has been on her own mission and being pursued by SHIELD. After a run-in with some members of the Watchdogs, the anti-Inhuman terrorist group, Daisy obtained a classified SHIELD list of Inhumans they managed to get their hands on. She also got a bullet in her back. After forcing Simmons to help so she wouldn’t have to lie to the Director, they discover that James, one of the Inhumans that got sucked into Hive’s dark control, is on the Watchdogs’ target list.
Ghost Rider vs. Coulson
Coulson figures out that Eli Morrow has a connection to the Momentum facility and the ghosts running around. After talking to him in prison and getting no help, he and Mack see Robbie Reyes drive by outside. Reyes recognizes Mack from their previous encounter and this leads to a high-octane car chase with Coulson’s car, Lola. The chase ends with Robbie being captured and put in a containment unit. Coulson decides to trust him since Daisy does and lets him out. Robbie agrees to help them and talks to his uncle to try to get more information on the ghosts created at the facility.
Uncle Eli, the Ghosts, and the Darkhold
Eli won’t talk to Coulson, and while he’s reluctant to discuss things with his nephew, he does finally share his backstory with Robbie. The man Eli beat up and put in a coma, Joseph, is the husband of the main ghost, Lucy Bauer. Eli was brought into the project at Momentum and believed Joseph killed the entire team. They were working on a quantum particle generator and were trying to create matter. Eli’s not sure where Lucy would go, but says she’d go after “the book.” He doesn’t mention the Darkhold by name but says it has all the knowledge anyone would need. The entire team read it (which could be why they’re all ghosts), and it’s evil. Coulson later convinces Daisy and Robbie to help SHIELD find the book.
Hellfire and the Watchdogs
When Simmons and Daisy track down James, he’s still trying to adjust to a life away from Hive‘s influence after last season. It turns out he has quite a bit of resentment due to being turned into an Inhuman despite his prior obsession with Terrigenesis. He’s been helping the Watchdogs and betrays Simmons and Daisy to the group. James hates all Inhumans, including himself, and wants them all dead. A fight ensues, and when it looks bad for the injured Daisy and out-of-ammo Simmons, Ghost Rider arrives to take on Hellfire. It’s a pretty epic fight, but James is no match for Ghost Rider.
Aida Is Revealed to the Team…Sort of
Agent May is recovering from being cured of the ghost infection. Radcliffe lets Aida, the life model decoy, attend to her as a test. If May doesn’t suspect anything, they could be ready to take the LMD to another level. Aida later meets others on the team, including Coulson. No one suspects anything until Simmons arrives. She pulls Fitz aside and immediately points out that Aida is an android. Fitz explains the Director can’t be allowed to know about her/it yet. With Simmons’ mandatory lie detector tests, she’ll have to keep this, and helping Daisy, from being discovered.
Our Thoughts
There wasn’t any shortage of action or suspense in this episode. We’re seeing the show veer away from the comics with Robbie’s Uncle Eli. Since he’s still alive and not the evil spirit that possesses Robbie, we need to find out who exactly is the “devil” Robbie made a deal with. Could it be the elder god, Chthon, due to the Darkhold connection?
The others have met Aida. It’s only a matter of time until they all discover she’s actually an LMD. Will she be used in the field? Perhaps she could be used against the ghosts since they wouldn’t be able to infect her. It seems more likely the ghost story would get wrapped up before Aida is ready field action.
Coulson will have to figure out how to keep the fact that Daisy and Robbie are working with them from the Director. With the various run-ins the two have had with the rest of the team, it makes sense to put them all back together. If nothing else, it’ll guarantee more spectacular fight scenes in the next episode.
If there is one update to our Video Game Database that you have been asking for a lot, it is certainly adding the Nintendo DS. Well, the day has finally come, you can start tracking your DS collections right now! Continue reading to find out how many games there are for the DS and more.
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If there is one update to our Video Game Database that you have been asking for a lot, it is certainly adding the Nintendo DS. Well, the day has finally come, you can start tracking your DS collections right now! Continue reading to find out how many games there are for the DS and more.
