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  • Kong: Skull Island Box Office Tracking Suggests A Hit

    Kong: Skull Island Box Office Tracking Suggests A Hit

    Kong: Skull Island opens this weekend, and box office predictions are in. The movie looks set for a solid opening, despite heavy competition from the X-Men hit Logan.

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    According to Deadline, Skull Island is expected to gross $45 million-$50 million in the US over its first three days. This is an improvement over early tracking a month ago, which placed it closer to $40 million. The movie has received strong reviews, which will help its box office chances–check out GameSpot’s review here.

    Logan opened last weekend to record breaking numbers. It had the biggest ever March debut for an R-rated movie, making $85.3 million. It will present a strong challenge to Skull Island, and Deadline states that some analysts believe it could even retain the number one slot.

    Beauty and the Beast opens on March 17, and it has been reported that it could set a new all-time record for a March release. This only gives Skull Island a week of potential box office dominance, before Disney’s lavish musical takes the top slot.

    Skull Island is directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, and stars Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, and John C. Reilly. A new international poster was tweeted this week by Jackson–check it out below:

    Hi China! Very excited to introduce my new movie#0324金刚骷髅岛# Kong:Skull Island opens in China March 24th! #kongisking @kongskullisland pic.twitter.com/WtaVlstThY

    — Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) March 9, 2017

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  • Top 20 Best-Selling PS4 Games On PSN For February 2017 Revealed

    Sony has revealed which games sold the best on PlayStation Network in February.

    Ubisoft’s swordfighting game For Honor took the top spot on the PlayStation 4 chart, beating out Sony’s new PS4 exclusive, Horizon Zero Dawn. One important thing to note is that For Honor was released on February 14, while Horizon Zero Dawn came out on the very last day of the month.

    Rounding out the top five on the PS4 chart were Nioh, Battlefield 1, and Grand Theft Auto V.

    Switching to PlayStation 3, the top five best-selling games of the month were Need for Speed Most Wanted, Grand Theft Auto V, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, Fight Night Champion, and FIFA 17.

    Job Simulator was the top-selling PlayStation VR game, while Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom took the top spot for PlayStation Vita. Meanwhile, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was the best-selling PlayStation Classic title for February.

    In terms of DLC, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Sabotage expansion was the top-performer on PS4, the only category that Sony announced results for.

    The full list of the top 20 best-selling PS4 games on PSN in February can be seen below. Go to the PlayStation Blog for a full rundown for all categories. These results are for North America–you can visit the European PlayStation Blog to see a rundown of the best-sellers in that region.

    Top 20 Best-Selling PS4 Games On PSN, February 2017:

    • For Honor
    • Horizon Zero Dawn
    • Nioh
    • Battlefield 1
    • Grand Theft Auto V
    • Rainbow Six Siege
    • Ark: Survivor’s Pack
    • Rocket League
    • Madden NFL 17
    • EA Sports UFC 2
    • Need for Speed FIFA 17
    • Minecraft
    • Resident Evil 7
    • Battlefield 4
    • Star Wars Battlefront
    • NBA 2K17
    • Mortal Kombat XL
    • Titanfall 2
    • Bloodborne

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  • Zelda Williams Will Livestream Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Today

    Zelda Williams Will Livestream Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Today

    Actress Zelda Williams will livestream herself playing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild later today to benefit charity. The event begins at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET and will be broadcast through the LVLUP Dojo Twitch channel. In a tweet, Williams said she has some “surprises” in store (via Polygon).

    In another tweet, Williams said she plans to play for “most of the afternoon/evening.” Williams said she picked up Breath of the Wild earlier this week and beat the four shrines already, so the stream “won’t be all startup stuff.”

    Williams said she is enjoying what she’s played of Breath of the Wild so far, specifically calling out the game’s “vastness” and exploration elements.

    Her stream today will benefit the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, a group founded in 1987 that awards grants for scientific research for mental illness.

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    Williams is the daughter of actor Robin Williams, who took his own life in 2014. She is named after the princess from Nintendo’s longrunning video game series.

    Robin and Zelda Williams were featured in Zelda video game advertisements for Nintendo in the past.

    GameSpot’s Breath of the Wild review scored the Nintendo Switch and Wii U game a 10/10. The game has become Nintendo’s best-selling non-bundled launch title for any Nintendo platform ever.

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  • New Game Of Thrones Season 7 Actor Confirmed, Is Definitely Not Who You Expect

    More information about the highly anticipated seventh season of Game of Thrones has been revealed. It’s now been confirmed that professional baseball player Noah Syndergaard of the New York Mets will have cameo role in an episode of the forthcoming season.

    The pitcher told The New York Daily Post is a big fan of the HBO show, and flew to Spain last November to film his part. That’s the offseason for Major League Baseball, so the timing worked out. Syndergaard confirmed the news in a silly tweet that seems to suggest he will play a Wildling.

    As you may have heard, I plan on suiting up with Team Wildling this year for the Westeros Baseball Classic. They have a great Manager pic.twitter.com/T8NmEZ3cF9

    — Noah Syndergaard (@Noahsyndergaard) March 3, 2017

    Syndergaard won’t be the first famous, non-actor to have a cameo in Game of Thrones. Members of the metal band Mastodon also played Wildlings in a Season 5 episode.

    The band wrote the song “White Walker” for the Game of Thrones mixtape Catch the Throne Vol. 2. Mastodon was specially invited to appear in the show by executive producer Dan Weiss, who is a big fan of the group.

    In other news, the first poster for Game of Thrones Season 7 has arrived. Posted by Entertainment Weekly, it teases a battle between fire and ice. The poster does not mention a release date.

    Game of Thrones Season 7 is expected to premiere on HBO this summer, potentially in July.

    In other news about Season 7, Bran actor Isaac Hempstead Wright hashinted at his character’s fate. Additionally, actor Jim Broadbent recently teased the character he will play.

    Only one more season is planned after Season 7. This may not be end the of Game of Thrones altogether, however, as the show’s creators have talked about possible spinoffs.

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  • Loads Of Persona 5 DLC Revealed, Here's When It Launches

    With Persona 5‘s western launch now under a month away, its North American publisher Atlus has revealed details of the game’s DLC.

    The add-ons mostly consist of costume packs, additional background music, and returning characters and summons from other Atlus titles such as Catherine. All the DLC currently listed on Atlus’s site releases within a month of Persona 5’s release, though it remains to be seen whether more will follow. See all the packs here.

    So far, the bundles range from free (Persona 5 swimsuit set) to $7 (multiple packs, including costume sets from Persona 2, Persona 3, Persona 4: Dancing All Night, and Catherine). It’s currently unclear what international pricing will be, since Persona 5 is published by a different company, Deep Silver, in Europe and Australia.

    In other Persona 5 news, new trailers for the game keep on coming. One focusing on new Velvet Room Wardens Caroline and Justine recently emerged, following one on a particular returning character and a sizzle reel of the game’s cinematic scenes.

    A bunch of smaller teasers have emerged recently; take a look at them all along with the rest of our Persona 5 coverage here.

    Following a delay announced in November, Persona 5 launches on April 4 for PS4 and PS3–unfortunately, the game will not be coming to Nintendo Switch.

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  • Ghost Recon: Wildlands Review Roundup [Update]

    Ghost Recon: Wildlands launches on March 7, and as such reviews have started to go live. However, since much of the game is enhanced by online co-op, many publications have elected to delay their final reviews until public servers are live and reviewers have had a little more time to explore Wildlands’ Bolivian setting.

    GameSpot is one such publication. You can read critic Miguel Concepcion’s thoughts here, or read on for a roundup of critics’ opinions below. We will continue to update this roundup as more final reviews surface.

    • Game: Ghost Recon: Wildlands
    • Developer: Ubisoft
    • Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
    • Release: March 7
    • Price: US $60 / £45 / AU $100

    GameSpot — No score (Review in progress)

    “There’s comfort in falling into a tactical routine with your buddies as you reach the perimeter of every enemy outpost. This infiltration cycle begins when you use your tiny drone to survey the stronghold and mark all visible enemies. The ability to track marked enemies through multiple walls feels like cheating, though it hasn’t diminished the appeal of the many other Tom Clancy games that use this feature. The openness of Wildlands makes this feature all the more essential and helps your team decide on the best strategy. It remains to be seen whether Wildlands retains the same gadget appeal of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier later on in the game, though perhaps a drone is all the advanced tech you need in Bolivia.” — Miguel Concepcion [Full review in progress]

    IGN — 7.9/10

    “This huge, wide-open shooter constantly shows its flaws in its mission variety and vehicle physics, but its strong, sandbox-style gameplay and seamless co-op kept me coming back for more madness. If you must repeat experiences over and over, you could far worse than helicopter chases, assassination missions, or drug busts gone wildly wrong.” — Brian Albert [Full review]

    GamesRadar+ — 4.5/5

    “None of those recurring glitches or other, one-time bugs I experienced were game-breaking, and most of the time they resulted in a fit of laughter rather than any actual frustration, but they’re definitely present. Still, it’s hard to look at those shortcomings as anything other than the small unwanted side effects of building a game as massive, detailed, and rich as Wildlands is. In fact, Wildlands is so far removed from what most have come to expect from a Ghost Recon title that it could have benefitted from shedding its sub-franchise namesake and simply standing on its own. It’s certainly got the legs for it.” — Mike Wehner [Full review]

    Destructoid — No score (Review in progress)

    “If Wildlands proves to be a solid co-op experience, it might be an easier sell as a multiplayer game and not an immersive epic. But as a single player experience, which is the way I’ve been playing the game, it has the misfortune of sharing a release window with two other expansive sandbox titles. Hopefully I’ll be able to definitively answer this question the closer I get to finishing this game–Wildlands might be a long one. Should you absolutely need an answer right now, based on what I’ve seen from all three games: Zelda > Horizon > Wildlands. Take that how you will, especially since I’ve spent the most time with Zelda and the least with Wildlands.

    “Since I haven’t seen even half of what Ghost Recon has to offer, there’s no point in writing a full review at this juncture. It’s a fun game, but I’m only just starting to comprehend the sheer breadth of these wild lands. The cartel mechanic makes for a slick opening, but if the campaign is as long as I suspect, there’s a chance I’ll be sick of it by the time the credits roll. If Wildlands can keep things interesting (and the co-op works as advertised), then I’ll probably have a great time in the wilds of Bolivia.” — Mike Cosimano [Full review in progress]

    PC Gamer — No score (Review in progress)

    “There’s the lingering worry that, deeper into the game, this approach will start to drag. I rarely play on higher difficulty settings, but here I feel it might be necessary. Without a reason to engage in the unlock system, and a need to get new and better gear, the structure risks turning into a repetitive grind. Or maybe, in the right circumstances, it won’t. I suspect the idea is to make co-op play as easy and as frictionless as possible, and that could well be the case.” — Phil Savage [Full review in progress]

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  • Uncharted 4 Nominated For Eight BAFTA Awards, See The Full List Here

    The nominations for the 2017 game BAFTAs have been revealed, and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End leads the way after being shortlisted for eight awards. Naughty Dog’s PlayStation 4 exclusive is in the hat for Best Narrative, Artistic Achievement, Best Game, and more. Its stars, Nolan North (Nathan Drake), Troy Baker (Sam Drake), and Emily Rose (Elena Fisher) are all up for Best Performer.

    Playdead’s Limbo follow-up, Inside, is close behind Uncharted 4 with seven nominations, while Firewatch, Overcooked, Overwatch, The Witness, The Last Guardian, and more are also recognised in multiple categories by the British Academy.

    The big award of the night is of course Best Game, which recognises the very best the industry had to offer in the past year. The 2017 nominees are: Firewatch, Inside, Overwatch, Stardew Valley, Titanfall 2, and Uncharted 4. Last year’s winner was Bethesda’s Fallout 4, while Bungie took home the award in 2015 for Destiny.

    Another big category is Best British Game, which this year could be won by Batman: Arkham VR, Forza Horizon 3, No Man’s Sky, Overcooked, theme park sim Planet Coaster, or first-person mystery title Virginia.

    This year’s ceremony, which will be hosted by Thomas Was Alone and Volume star Danny Wallace, takes place in London on April 6. It will be livestreamed on Twitch, and if you can’t tune in, GameSpot will keep you up-to-date with all the winners. In the meantime, take a look at the full nominations list below.

    2017 Game BAFTA Nominees

    Artistic Achievement

    Abzu — Giant Squid / 505 Games

    Dishonored 2 — Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks

    Inside — Playdead

    The Last Guardian — Sony Japan Studio, genDesign / Sony

    Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End — Naughty Dog / Sony

    Unravel — Coldwood Interactive / EA

    Audio Achievement

    Battlefield 1 — DICE / EA

    Doom — Id Software / Bethesda Softworks

    Inside – Martin Stig Andersen (Playdead)

    The Last Guardian — Sony Japan Studio, genDesign / Sony

    Rez Infinite — Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Takako Ishida, Noboru Mutoh (Enhance Games, Monstars Inc., Resonair / Enhance Games)

    Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End — Naughty Dog / Sony

    Best Game

    Firewatch — Campo Santo / Camp Santo, Panic

    Inside — Playdead

    Overwatch — Blizzard Entertainment

    Stardew Valley — Eric Barone (ConcernedApe / Chucklefish)

    Titanfall 2 — Respawn Entertainment / EA

    Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End — Naughty Dog / Sony

    British Game

    Batman: Arkham VR — Rocksteady / Warner Bros.

    Forza Horizon 3 — Playground Games / Microsoft Studios

    No Man’s Sky — Hello Games / Hello Games, Sony

    Overcooked — Ghost Town Games / Team17

    Planet Coaster — Frontier Developments

    Virginia — Variable State / 505 Games

    Debut Game

    Firewatch — Campo Santo / Campo Santo, Panic

    Overcooked — Ghost Town Games / Team17

    Oxenfree — Night School Studio

    That Dragon, Cancer — Numinous Games

    The Witness — Thekla

    Virginia — Variable State / 505 Games

    Evolving Game

    Destiny: Rise of Iron — Bungie / Activision

    Elite Dangerous: Horizons — Frontier Developments

    Eve Online — CCP Games

    Final Fantasy XIV: Online — Square Enix

    Hitman — IO Interactive / Square Enix

    Rocket League — Dave Hagewood, Jeremy Dunham, Corey David (Psyonix)

    Family

    Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Mike Taylor, Jamie Eden, James Norton (TT Games / Warner Bros.)

    Overcooked — Ghost Town Games / Team17

    The Playroom VR — Sony Japan Studio, Team ASOBI! / Sony

    Pokemon Go — Niantic

    Ratchet & Clank — Insomniac Games / Sony

    Toca Hair Salon 3 — Toca Boca

    Game Design

    Battlefield 1 — DICE / EA

    Dishonored 2 — Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks

    Inside — Playdead

    Overwatch — Blizzard Entertainment

    Titanfall 2 — Respawn Entertainment / EA

    The Witness — Thekla

    Game Innovation

    Batman: Arkham VR — Rocksteady / Warner Bros.

    Firewatch — Campo Santo / Camp Santo, Panic

    Pokemon Go — Niantic

    That Dragon, Cancer — Numinous Games

    Unseen Diplomacy — Triangular Pixels

    The Witness — Thekla

    Mobile

    The Banner Saga 2 — Stoic / Versus Evil

    Dawn of Titans — Natural Motion / Zynga

    Deus Ex Go — Square Enix Montreal / Square Enix

    Pokemon Go — Niantic

    Pokemon Sun and Moon — Game Freak / The Pokemon Company

    Reigns — Nerial / Devolver Digital

    Multiplayer

    Battlefield 1 — DICE / EA

    Forza Horizon 3 — Playground Games / Microsoft Studios

    Overcooked — Ghost Town Games / Team17

    Overwatch — Blizzard Entertainment

    Titanfall 2 — Respawn Entertainment / EA

    Tom Clancy’s The Division — Ubisoft Massive / Ubisoft

    Music

    Abzu — Austin Wintory (Giant Squid / 505 Games)

    Doom — Mick Gordon, Chris Hite, Chad Mossholder (Id Software / Bethesda Softworks)

    Inside — Martin Stig Andersen, SØS Gunver Ryberg (Playdead)

    The Last Guardian — Takeshi Furukawa (Sony Japan Studio, genDesign / Sony)

    Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End — Henry Jackman, Jonathan Mayer, Scott Hanau (Naughty Dog / Sony)

    Virginia — Lyndon Holland (Variable State / 505 Games)

    Narrative

    Dishonored 2 — Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks

    Firewatch — Campo Santo / Camp Santo, Panic

    Inside — Arnt Jensen (Playdead)

    Mafia III — Hangar 13 / 2K

    Oxenfree — Night School Studio

    Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End — Neil Druckmann, Josh Scherr (Naughty Dog / Sony)

    Original Property

    Firewatch — Campo Santo / Camp Santo, Panic

    Inside — Playdead

    The Last Guardian — Sony Japan Studio, genDesign / Sony

    Overwatch — Blizzard Entertainment

    Unravel — Coldwood Interactive / EA

    The Witness — Thekla

    Performer

    Alex Hernandez as Lincoln Clay (Mafia III)

    Cissy Jones as Delilah (Firewatch)

    Emily Rose as Elena Fisher (Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End)

    Navid Negahban as Hajj Agha (1979 Revolution: Black Friday)

    Nolan North as Nathan Drake (Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End)

    Troy Baker as Sam Drake (Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End)

    BAFTA Ones To Watch Award

    Among the Stones — Lukasz Gomula, Alberto Taiuti, James Wood, Roberton Macken, Kevin McKenna, Rory Sweeney (Bluedoor Games)

    Pentagrab — Andrew Fullarton, Thomas Slade, Nick Kondylis, Cari Watterton, Dale Smith (Ludico)

    Rebound — Kieran Gallagher, Isaac Pringle, Mark Tempini, Andrew Graham, Alexander MacDiarmid, Vlady Veselinov, Craig Russell, Alex Donaldson (Hexterion)

    Esports Audience Award (voted for by the public)

    Clash Royale — Supercell

    Counter Strike: Global Offensive — Hidden Path Entertainment / Valve

    Dota 2 — Valve

    League of Legends — Riot Games

    Overwatch — Blizzard Entertainment

    Street Fighter V — Capcom, Dimps / Capcom

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  • PS4 4.5 Update Out Tomorrow, Here's What It Does

    The next major software update for the PlayStation 4, which contains a new Boost Mode feature and a lot more, is coming very soon. Sony announced today that the console’s 4.5 update, which has been available to testers for a while now, will be released for everyone tomorrow, March 9.

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  • Patch Notes For Halo 5, Halo Wars 2 Cover Bug Fixes, New Features, And More

    Patch Notes For Halo 5, Halo Wars 2 Cover Bug Fixes, New Features, And More

    Developer 343 Industries this week pushed out new patches for first-person shooter Halo 5: Guardians and the RTS Halo Wars 2, introducing new features and tweaking balance, among other things.

    The Halo 5 update includes fixes, tweaks, and improvements to many aspects of the game, though the focus is on the map- and mode-making Forge tools for Xbox One and PC.

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    Specifically, the rendering performance for some Forge objects has been “greatly improved” and should no longer have as many frame rate issues. The update also fixes a problem where some user-made maps were corrupted or impossible to load. A new feature comes to Forge with this update in the form of “score to win” now being available as a value source.

    Additionally, this Halo 5 update includes the previously announced motion sensor/radar changes that are being evaluated in the special “Proving Grounds” playlist. You can learn more about what’s changing here–these changes could be rolled into future Halo games including Halo 6.

    Switching to Halo Wars 2, that game’s patch is out now on Xbox One and should arrive later this week on PC. The 9.9 GB update fixes a number of bugs, including one where units became unresponsive in the Blitz mode. It also clears out a problem where some units could get stuck in bases. Additionally, this patch sets the default difficulty for AI to “normal” from “easy,” (you can change this) and lays the groundwork for ranked multiplayer, which is still not available.

    343 added that it is aware of a number of other Halo Wars 2 issues, including instances when the game freezes or drops frame rate significantly, but that problem and others will be fixed in future patches.

    You can see the complete patch notes for Halo 5 and Halo Wars 2’s latest updates below, with descriptions written by 343.

    Halo 5 Update:

    MULTIPLAYER

    • Fixed issue where damage done at the end of a match was not properly being reported in the damage dealt and accuracy stats
    • Fixed issue where grenade damage was not properly being reported in the damage dealt stat
    • Movement speed and jump height now have 0% option in custom game settings
    • Added custom game option to control clean up times for weapons and vehicles
    • Improved score to win increments in custom game options
    • Fixed a problem where the last player to damage a Beam Mech before it goes kamikaze would get credit for the kill (Warzone ONLY)
    • Disabled Grunt Mech kamikaze in Warzone (it’s still active in Warzone Firefight) to fix the issue where kill credit would get assigned to the wrong team when the Grunt Mech decided to kamikaze
    • Added new Motion Sensor functionality for community testing in the upcoming “Proving Grounds” playlist
    • Miscellaneous performance improvements and bug fixes

    SANDBOX

    • Fixed issue with Grenade launcher projectiles passing through geometry
    • Lowered Sniper Rifle hip aim assist
    • Reduced Plasma Caster fall-off damage range
    • Improved golf club damage and feel

    FORGE

    • Greatly improved rendering performance on Forge objects with material swap that was causing framerate issues across many maps
    • Fixed issue where user maps were becoming corrupt/unloadable
    • Fixed issues where action description text was incorrect and/or confusing
    • Fixed an issue where “reset map state” did not work as intended
    • Fixed issue where game was forcing users into FOTUS Armor causing a large hitch
    • Fixed issue where invisible Phaeton could become visible
    • Comparing team values now works as intended
    • Added “maintain offset” option to teleporter properties
    • Can now select “score to win” as a value source
    • Fixed issue where you could despawn held weapons for players, causing a bad state
    • Can no longer accidentally target Monitor with scripts
    • When comparing a player value to a team value, it will now only compare against the team the player belongs to
    • Round end condition now works as intended
    • Classic Cargo Container no longer has visual issues
    • Added mini game decal
    • Target transforms now support excluding objects and players
    • Reset action now supports resetting either the position or rotation of an object
    • Added local or world space support for movement scripts
    • Round timer event can now trigger continuously
    • Improved spawn behavior using spawn order
    • Added “select nearest scripted command” to map options
    • Added action to allow users to force variable checks “force dirty”
    • Miscellaneous object collision fixes
    • Fixed miscellaneous vehicle welding issues
    • Fixed issue when modifying the physics type of joints
    • Fixed issue where script brains still had collision in play
    • Boundaries now render on objects that don’t have a primary color option
    • Value source for number of players on a team now works properly
    • Continuous boundary check is now more accurate
    • Miscellaneous performance improvements and bug fixes

    HALO 5: FORGE

    In addition to all of the above, Halo 5: Forge on Windows 10 will also include:

    • Fixed mouse acceleration issues with Spartan/vehicle/turret movement

    Halo Wars 2 Update

    CRASHES/ERRORS/PERFORMANCE

    • Fixed an issue where players could get stuck on the loading screen
    • Fixed an issue that caused some PC players to see a black screen on startup
    • Several “desync” fixes, one of which covered most of the tracked occurrences
    • Fixed a variety of PC crashes that were hardware-dependent
    • Fixed a Network Error on opening Blitz Packs
    • Fixed some AI issues in Skirmish that could cause performance hits
    • Fixed some performance hitches in Cooperative Campaign
    • Made performance improvements on various hardware
    • Overall multiplayer performance improvements
    • Fixed some crashes that could occur when loading a saved game
    • Fixed an issue that would cause a Campaign mission to get stuck after loading a save
    • Fixed a bug with joining a party and getting a network error
    • Added a driver check on PC to alert users to the presence of old drivers
    • Fixed an issue that caused players to disconnect from multiplayer games at the beginning of the match

    GAMEPLAY

    • Fixed issue with ‘Detect’ on some starting units not working properly
    • Fixed an issue with getting the Palmer’s Pure Gold Achievement
    • Fixed some bugs with Kodiaks in Campaign
    • Fixed a bug with garrisoned Snipers not getting additional stats
    • Fixed issue with squads getting stuck trying to garrison if another squad beats them to it
    • Gold medal can now be more easily attained in ‘Hold the Line’
    • Fixed a Cyclops and Reaver pathing bug where they would sometimes stop moving
    • Fixed an issue with units getting stuck in bases after being made
    • Fixed various skull functionality not working on some units or abilities
    • Fixed some cross-skull interactions between Annihilation and Pestilence
    • Fixed some Locust pathing issues in Blitz (even though they’re driven by Grunts)
    • Fixed an issue with units becoming unresponsive in Blitz
    • Fixed an issue in Blitz with units getting a x4 speed boost in a specific situation
    • Fixed a conflict created by swapping d-pad functionality in Blitz
    • Fixed an issue with the Blisterback not recovering from damage in Blitz
    • Fixed behavior of Marines sometimes failing to get new targets after throwing a grenade
    • Friendly cloaked units now appear on the minimap
    • Made some adjustments to Scarab creation
    • Tweaks to Grunt Mob, Bloodfuel Grunts, and Bloodfuel Locust
    • Holo Decoy can no longer be used on Pelicans or Spirits
    • Fixed card level of units affected by Holo Decoy not showing over clones
    • Glassing beam always creates vision now in Blitz
    • Adjusted AI to make better use of Healing and Cloaking fields
    • Skirmish AI now uses Extraction and Teleport
    • AIs have been practicing their Domination game

    METAGAME

    • Fixed a bug where parties were always assigned to Team 1
    • Fixed a rare issue with users not actually getting to play the leader they selected in Blitz
    • “Halt” cinematic should no longer be unlocked early in theater
    • Fixed some daily/weekly challenge issues where they were not tracked in some playlists
    • PC players can no longer tab target to whisper to themselves
    • Phoenix Log page adjustments
    • Pause menu adjustments
    • Set default difficulty of AI to normal from easy

    COSMETIC

    • Cleaned up some language localizations
    • Fixed a bug with UI textures failing to load
    • Fixed some minimap graphical issues
    • Fixed a PC issue with starting army text overlapping some UI
    • Fixed some issues with individual card pack opening animations
    • Fixed an issue with a terminal for a red barrier not having a display string
    • Fixed a Domination icon issue, where it would rotate briefly when being recaptured
    • Fixed an issue with Health bars getting stuck on the screen
    • Fixed some issues with particles randomly shooting across the maps for various objects
    • Adjusted transparency on locked skulls in the side panel
    • Radial menu has been cleaned up a bit
    • Added extra visual indicator to aid players when they are selecting cards
    • Made some enhancements to the leader selection carousel

    AUDIO

    • Fixed an issue with the announcer constantly reporting Zone B is contested when it’s not
    • Fixed an issue with the Condor being able to be heard through fog of war
    • Fixed incorrect audio playing on some units when damaged
    • Fixed some issues with units calling out the wrong attackers
    • Fixed an issue with using right trigger or mouse wheel would cause audio spam
    • Added audio to Plasma Mines deploy
    • Added a variety of sound effects, and adjusted timing on some existing ones

    LAST, BUT NOT LEAST

    • Under-the-hood preparation for future ranked multiplayer

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  • Project Scorpio: Here's What Ken Lobb Thinks About The Console

    Project Scorpio: Here's What Ken Lobb Thinks About The Console

    Gaming veteran Ken Lobb, who is a creative director at Microsoft, is the latest to weigh in on the company’s upcoming super-powerful Project Scorpio console.

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    He was interviewed in the latest issue of Game Informer, which is out now. Asked for his take on the new platform, Lobb praised the device, specifically its backwards compatibility component.

    “What’s new is we’ve figured out how to write software in such a way that it can be better, but still be forward and backward compatible,” Lobb explained. “The Xbox One S is a good version of this. It’s better than the One. It’s, you know, less than 10 percent better, but it’s better, and that kind of thing was sort of impossible when you go back to the Super NES. We couldn’t have shipped a 10 percent faster Super NES. Most of the games would have broken. They would have run at a different clock rate, and things would have melted down.”

    He added: “The way we do software development today makes it possible. How can a PC game run on a laptop and on a Titan X? How is that possible? Well, because developers over the last 15 years-plus have figured out how to make their games scale with hardware. So it’s not rocket science to think, ‘Well, gee, if I have an Xbox, can’t I have a more powerful Xbox? And isn’t that better than just one that’s a different color or a little smaller?’ I think that this idea is fantastic.”

    Before joining Microsoft, Lobb worked at Nintendo of America. One of his credits includes the landmark shooter GoldenEye 007. One of its guns, the “Klobb,” is named after Lobb.

    The full interview Lobb gave to Game Informer is a great read that covers his life and career. You can find out how to get your hands on the newest issue of the magazine here.

    Project Scorpio is set to come out this year. Last week, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said Microsoft may announce more details about it before E3 and then during the show itself.

    One of the biggest unanswered questions is about price. Spencer says the system will carry a “premium” price tag, more than the $300 Xbox One S, but that’s all we know for now.

    “I’m not trying to scare anybody on the price,” he said. “We’re going to come out on a price that we think is fair for the product that we build and the customers will tell us as they always do. I call it premium because I don’t want people to get confused that somehow Scorpio is the thing that is going to take over the Xbox line.”

    Spencer added that he fully expects that Xbox One S, with its lower relative price point, will sell far better than Project Scorpio.

    “The majority of the consoles that we’re going to sell are the Xbox One S and I’m very proud of that,” he said.

    Keep checking back with GameSpot for more details on Project Scorpio.

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