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As it gears up for next week’s Season of Opulence, Bungie has announced a few more details about what will change when the new season hits next week.

First, the developer outlined how the reward structure for the new activity, The Menagerie, will work. Before you can play the activity, you’ll have to complete weekly bounties, open up chests on the new Nessus Barge area, or complete another activity (such as a strike or crucible match) after using a new consumable. All these paths will reward you with runes, which you slot into a new chalice given to you by Calus at the start of the season. Depending on what runes you have slotted on your chalice and where you’ve slotted them, you’ll receive a different reward.

The rolls you get from these items will be static, but the weapon or piece of gear you get will be static, letting you earn exactly what you want (though you’ll still be grinding out for the perfect roll on that weapon). “So, for example, if you wanted to earn a random roll of a ‘Beloved’ sniper rifle with handling as the Masterwork trait, you would use a Rune of Jubilation, any red rune, and any purple rune,” Bungie states. Which combinations lead to which weapons and traits will be a mystery, however, and it’ll be up to the community to figure them out.

You can also upgrade your Chalice using new Imperials (an item gained from completing weekly bounties and using consumables before certain activities. Upgrading the chalice allows you to tweak the specialization of an item, earn more runes from activities, and to earn you more powerful gear from the Menagerie itself.

Bungie also outlined some under-the-hood changes. Along with a new trio of pinnacle weapons for playing Crucible, strikes, and Gambit, non-exotic fusion rifles are getting a power buff in cooperative activities so they’re more viable. Swords are also getting more ammo to play with, as well as some damage and targeting buffs. The special weapon combo Sturm and Drang is also getting a buff to make it more powerful in a meta that prefers one primary and one special weapon. To celebrate these changes, new versions of classic swords, as well as Drang, will show up in the Season of Opulence.

[Source: Bungie]

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In the wake of Telltale’s closure, its games have are being delisted from major online retailers. Not even its most popular and best-selling game, Minecraft: Story Mode, will escape this fate.

Mojang yesterday posted an official announcement that on June 25, both seasons of the game will disappear from online retailers. The company wasn’t able to find a way to keep the games for sale, it seems, and is advising players to download the games while they have the chance. “We’d recommend checking you have all the episodes downloaded!” This likely means that, if even if you’ve purchased either season, you will no longer be able to download it on the 25th.

While we weren’t too hot on the games by the end of their run, it’s still unfortunate fans will no longer be able enjoy them after June ends.

For more on Telltale’s closure, check out our extensive feature on how it happened.

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As the weather heats up in anticipation of E3 (just kidding, the weather just does that), we have a number of competitive events going on this weekend.

This weekend’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive major is the DreamHack Masters event in Dallas, which holds a $100,000 for first place. (Stream / Schedule)

DreamHack also includes events for a number of other games, including:

• Fighting games includding Super Smash Bros. Melee and Ultimate, Mortal Kombat 11, and more (Streams and Schedule)
• Halo 5: Guardians with a dash of Halo 3 (Stream / Schedule)
• Rocket League (Stream / Schedule)

For more Smash action, there’s Smash’N’Splash 5, which has more of the game’s top players in attendance. (Stream / Schedule)

Dota 2 is also have major this weekend in Birmingham, England, and it’s the first big event where you can see the game’s recent 7.22b patch in action. (Stream / Schedule)

Gears of War‘s competitive scene has Gears 5 to look forward to, but there’s still more Gears of War 4 action to be had. This weekend, there’s a two-on-two event to watch. (Stream / Schedule)

The League of Legends Championship Series is back this weekend, with a total of ten matches going on this weekend. (Stream / Schedule)

The Hearthstone Grandmasters season continues! Watch more matches from some of the game’s best players all weekend long. (Stream / Schedule)

The Overwatch Contenders league is having its Atlantic Showdown, so if you’re looking for something to watch while waiting for the return of the OWL, this is your best bet. (Stream / Schedule)

There’s also some PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds going on this weekend over in Europe, and you can tune in right here, in America. What a world! (Streams and Schedule)

Games Done Quick is having a Mega Man event for the next few days, as four teams will race to beat the entire (original) series in a relay race as quickly as possible. (Stream)

If you’re up late or early, you can watch some Daigo Umehara-centric action starting at midnight (Central) tonight featuring some top Street Fighter V competitors in Japan. (Stream / Schedule)

That’s it for this weekend! Let us know if we missed an event, or if there’s a scene you’d like us to cover, in the comments.

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