The infamous Hunter known as Paul “The Big Show” Wight is stopping by the Bungie studio this weekend. He’s going to join the Bungie Fireteam on stream to play some Destiny. That means that some of you will have a chance to win an Emblem. This will be a Bungie Bounty, but Bungie are going to mix up the activities. They will be playing a few Strikes, some Vex Offensive, and then finish up with some Crucible so Big Show can pound some Warlocks into dust.
The usual rules for a Bungie Bounty apply: For Crucible, you will need to match into the same game as Bungie and be on the winning team. For everything PVE, you only need to match with Bungie’s and fight the good fight to earn the new Bungie Bounty emblem.
Last time the Bungie Bounty stream was held on Xbox so this event will be held using PlayStation 4.
It does seem to have taken a rather long time for Wonder Woman to have her own stand alone story in the current DC Animated Universe unlike Superman with ‘Reign of the Supermen’ and especially Batman with ‘Batman Vs Robin’ and the recent ‘Batman Hush’. But now it was time for Wonder Woman to take the spotlight in a story that tries to make up for both arriving so late but also to show how amazing a hero Diana of Themyscira can be.
At first I thought this may be a stand alone story not connected to the current shared DC Animated Universe, just going by the announcement trailer but instead, this is very much set in the shared Universe but spends the opening 20 minutes giving us the origin story of Diana Princess of the Amazons to get the story started. The origin is set around the time of ‘Justice League War’, the first animated movie of the DC Shared Universe which brings together all the founding members of the Justice League to battle the forces of Darkseid. We first see the heroic pilot Steve Trevor in his fighter jet being attacked by Parademons, forcing him to crash into the waters around Themyscira. Diana sees the crash and proceeds to save him from the waters, bringing him to the island making him the first male to come to the Island of Themyscira. Witnessing the fight with the Parademons convinces Diana that is time for the Amazons to finally do what they were supposed to do, protect the world of man but her mother and Queen of the Amazons refuses to accept this and denies Diana’s request to leave the island.
But of course, she does, which puts her in direct conflict with her mother the Queen but leads to her banishment from the island in that if she were to disobey her Queen, once she left the island that the location of Themyscira would be wiped from her memory meaning that she could never return. The only real issue I have with this opening is how quickly we get to the position of Diana facing off against her mother the Queen. We have a stone-faced Diana almost who is resolute in her belief the time has come to go help the world away from Themyscira simply because of this one incident with Steve Trevor. In fact, the only sign of emotion comes from her mother, who after a brief sword fight in which she actually defeats Diana and gives her the ultimatum, is tearful as she turns away realising that Diana is leaving.
The only time you begin to see a softer side to Diana is once she is placed in the home of Julia Kapatelis who is an expert in ancient Greek history and researched the legend of Themyscira, in order to learn about the modern world in order for her to learn the best way in which to protect it. Julia becomes a mentor to Diana which only serves to alienate her own daughter Vanessa even more, a young woman desperate to win her mothers approval but is now faced with a stranger who has more in common with her own mother than she does. We soon see the more diplomatic side to Diana which she is known for, as she tries to connect with Vanessa whom Diana can already tell is unhappy and unsure with her life. To see Diana reaching out to Vanessa during her time being “mentored” is great to see because you never really see this side to Diana whilst she was on Themyscira.
Without spoiling the story too much, most of what makes up the story is the fights that Diana gets into as Wonder Woman and the story will thrown in some iconic Wonder Woman villains to showcase how powerful she is as a fighter. But the early fights against Giganta and Cheeta for example whilst very action packed are also very short, serving as simple appetisers for the big final act battle, which is actually rather incredible and one of the best battle sequences in the DC Shared animated Universe so far for me. The pace at which the story introduces Villainy Inc, a team assembled by a shadowy figure to battle Wonder Woman never actually feels like a real threat to her whilst the very obvious use of the tragic character of Vanessa was sadly just that, obvious. But this for me is the strongest story arc in the game as it had the time to be developed at the start of the film, grown during the 2 act of the story and comes together rather satisfyingly at the end. This for me really saved the film from being just an average adventure for Wonder Woman and brings out the best version of the character yet seen in this shared universe.
The story does manage to set up the world around Diana very well with Steve Trevor, voiced by Jeffrey Donavon bringing this charming but heroic character to life and introducing some fan favourites from the Wonder Woman comics into the universe with Ferdinand and Etta Candy. It broadens her world to show her own support network away from the Justice League for the first time. It also serves to retcon events from other character films such as referring to Diana no longer being in a romance with Superman, something that fans would have seen in ‘Reign of the Supermen’ in order to bring in the ‘Death of Superman’ story to have Lois Lane in her rightful place of love interest, and in Bloodlines Diana confirms this to Steve Trevor after he delicately asks about it whilst flirting with her. These little details are nice if you have been watching all the films and whilst it never really goes as far as to explain why the heroes in their own stories fail to explain why they don’t call in the rest of the Justice League, it keeps the Universe connected throughout.
I quite enjoyed ‘Wonder Woman: Bloodlines’ as it is really nice to finally have a film that focuses on Diana and her origins though still not a fan of how long it took and would have benefited being released a lot earlier. The pacing can feel a little off but it all nicely comes together at the end of the film with a nice little tease for future stand-alone stories for Wonder Woman. There are times though when the dialogue exchanges between characters can feel very wooden and whilst Rosario Dawn is superb once again as Diana/Wonder Woman, there are moments when the opportunity to show her character’s more diplomatic side, the story instead has the need to have her punching something in face. But we see more sides to her than shown in previous films where I felt Diana did come across more one sided as a just a powerful warrior. Now we finally have a fully fleshed out Wonder Woman character.
Overall this is a fun film for fans of Wonder Woman and those who are following the DC Animated Shared Universe and it has me hoping to see similar treatment for Green Lantern at some point. The next release is the animated adaptation of Superman: Red Son and from the preview that comes with both the DVD and Blu-Ray versions of the home release, it is looking very hopeful indeed.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios today announced a free Halloween themed in-game event coming to Mortal Kombat 11 from 25th October through 1st November. The chilling seasonal event will bring a haunted vibe to Mortal Kombat 11, the No. 1 selling console game in the U.S. year-to-date*, with a variety of frightening content in celebration of the upcoming holiday, including four new boss fights with different Halloween themed modifiers in the form of flying witches and bats, falling pumpkins, rising gravestones and sprinting black cats that will be integrated into these matches. Players will also be able to earn new Brutalities, Halloween-specific consumables, player module pieces and other in-game rewards.
Additionally, players can purchase the new Masquerade Skin Pack for £4.99 (RRP) beginning today (17th October), featuring themed character skins for Jade (‘Wicked Witch Jade’), Kabal (‘Psyko Killer Kabal’) and Liu Kang (‘Calavera Liu Kang’).
Players can also check out the brand-new Team Raid multiplayer mode, available tomorrow (18th October) as a free update for all Mortal Kombat 11 owners. Team Raid will bring a new multiplayer Tower to the Towers of Time mode, where two or three players must work together as a team to complete group challenges and defeat one powerful boss, all at the same time, to earn in-game rewards.
Live from EGX 2019, publisher Zodiac Interactive and developer Jolly Roger Game Studio (Tiger Knight: Empire War) have revealed today a first look at gameplay from RAN: Lost Islands. Announced on Monday, October 14, RAN: Lost Islands is an online medieval battle royale that thrusts 100 players into do or die combat and survival coming to PC later this year.
EGX attendees will be the first to experience the PC version of this feudal battle royale located at the entrance of the Rezzed area of EGX.
In RAN: Lost Islands, mastery of quick action and strategy rules the day as an arsenal of period weapons from different factions, and an exhilarating mix of traditional combat controls and combo techniques add high replay value and depth. This land, air and sea based battle royale brings melee combat to the forefront with an arsenal of up close and personal weaponry combined with massive cannons, ranged weaponry and terrifying underwater combat. Magnificent ancient treasure and legendary artefacts are the reward for those with the combat wisdom and fast reflexes it takes to defeat all combatants. But beware, as you must face not only other players but powerful enemies such as wild scavengers and massive sea creatures.
Today’s trailer from publisher En Masse Entertainment shows a closer look at three heroes of Thra from the Netflix series in the game, showing off the attention to detail and care the team has taken in recreating their appearances and giving a first look at each of them in action.
Gelfling and Podling characters revealed:
Rian of the Stonewood Clan, whose ambition led him to unintentionally uncover the Skeksis’ dark secret and launch his journey to unite the seven Gelfling clans
Brea of the Vapra Clan, the fiercely independent daughter to the All-Maudra Mayrin with a love for knowledge and determination to do what is right that sets her on a path to discover long-lost secrets of Thra
Podling, Hup, a fiercely loyal friend with aspirations of being the first Podling paladin armed with deadly spoons
Developed by BonusXP and published in North America and Europe by En Masse Entertainment, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics will launch this winter for Nintendo Switch, the PlayStation 4, Xbox One family of devices including the Xbox One X, and PC/Mac.
To celebrate the launch of the new chapter of hugely popular and critically acclaimed video game franchise Destiny, entitled Destiny 2: Shadowkeep and released on October 1, French footwear brand Palladium has partnered with US video game developer Bungie to create a duo of Pampa Baggy boots reimagined for the deep space world of Destiny.
With exploration close to Palladium’s heart, partnering with world-renowned independent developer Bungie takes the French heritage brand out of Earth’s exosphere. As the official outfitter for Destiny fans’ ultimate space exploration, Palladium has developed a new out-of-this-world footwear for adventures on this world as the Destiny saga takes explorers to the wild frontiers of future space.
Consisting of two Pampa Baggy styles—PAMPA BAGGY LUNAR CREW and PAMPA BAGGY TAIKONAUT—each pair features Destiny’s distinctive Tricorn symbol alongside lunar crew decals taken from abandoned research labs and colony ships of Destiny’s Golden Age. The boots also feature the logo of Destiny’s First Light lunar installation location in Chinese, with 曙光 (Shǔguāng), “Dawn” and “First Light” characters.
The Pampa Baggy Taikonaut boots are inspired by the in-game Taikonaut Exotic helmet as worn by the first Chinese aeronauts to colonize the Moon in Destiny’s universe. The boots are available in a “vaporous gray” colourway with “forged iron” and “matte gold” additions. The Pampa Baggy Moon boots offer a brighter palette similar to the colour of moon rock, aptly named “vapor,” and are emblazoned with Chinese decals from the abandoned research centres displaced across Destiny’s Moon.
Whether scouring the solar system to uncover relics of the Golden Age, discovering treasures and defeating formidable enemies, or forging new bonds of intergalactic friendship, the desire to travel the vast frontiers mapped out in the Destiny games reflect Palladium’s spirit to explore.
Each pair of Destiny Pampa Baggys is presented in packaging decorated with the celestial map and radials, which are part of Destiny’s distinctly “mythic science fiction” aesthetic.
From October 15th, Destiny and fashion enthusiasts have the chance to pre-order styles from the new collection.
The Palladium x Destiny collection is now available to pre-order on the Palladium e-store in limited quantities in the US and will be available to pre-order from October 18th in Europe. www.palladiumboots.com Prices start at £105 / €119.95 / $140.
Overwatch: Legendary Edition on the Nintendo Switch is here, just in time for some scary good fun! Halloween Terror 2019 is also now live on Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox One and PS4. In addition to new rewards you’ll be able to earn, cosmetic unlocks from previous events will also be available, including the Legendary Demon Hunter Sombra skin. Login from October 15 through November 4 to BOO-st your cosmetic collection!
With OVERWATCH on Nintendo Switch:
Nintendo Switch players will be able to join in on Junkenstein’s Revenge and experience the fully featured game – for the first time!
Overwatch: Legendary Edition includes 15 bonus skins – including fan-favorites like Police Officer D.Va, Blackwatch Reyes Reaper, and Valkyrie Mercy – as well as a three-month Nintendo Switch Online individual membership.
All 31 heroes and 28 maps will be available to play in a variety of casual and competitive game modes!
By tilting their JoyCon controllers, players will be able to experience Overwatch in an all-new way with gyroscopic motion controls – for example, guiding Junkrat’s RIP-Tire to achieve maximum mayhem.
Overwatch: Legendary Edition on Nintendo Switch will continue to be updated with new content, including more limited-time seasonal modes, gameplay updates, and more
Weekly Challenges are back for Halloween Terror, allowing you to unlock limited-time rewards by winning nine games. Rewards include the Legendary Demon Hunter Sombra skin, as the final earnable skin in the 3rd Weekly Challenge.
Halloween Terror 2019 event will have 5 new Legendary Skins for Pharoah Ana, Warlock Ashe, Demon Orisa, Will-o’-Wisp, Scorpion Widowmaker whilst it has 3 new Epic Skins for Inferno Junkrat, Vampire Baptiste, Gorgon Lucio as well as new Emotes, Player Icons, Sprays and character Voicelines.
CD PROJEKT RED, creators of The Witcher series of games, announce The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Complete Edition is now available for Nintendo Switch!
Featuring over 150 hours gameplay, the Complete Edition comes with the base game and every piece of additional content ever released. This includes two massive story expansions — Hearts of Stone & Blood and Wine — and 16 free DLCs. The release marks the first time gamers can play the title both at home or on the go.
The Complete Edition is available for purchase in both retail, as well as digitally on the Nintendo eShop. In addition to the box and game card, which houses all of the content, the retail edition comes with a set of physical goodies: stickers, map, and The Witcher Universe: Compendium booklet.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a story-driven, open world adventure set in a dark fantasy universe. You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. At your disposal is every tool of the trade: razor-sharp swords, lethal mixtures, stealthy crossbows, and powerful combat magic. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is available for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and starting today — Nintendo Switch. For more information regarding the game, visit thewitcher.com.
THQ Nordic is excited to announce that it is bringing three of its biggest titles to EGX: Monkey King: Hero is Back and Darksiders Genesis will be playable at the consumer show, running October 17-20, 2019, at the ExCeL London.
A new, never-before-seen chapter in the Chinese legend of Journey to the West is about to unfold! Based on the 2015 Chinese box office record-shattering CG animated film Monkey King: Hero is Back, this adaptation pits the Great Sage himself, Sun Wukong, newly freed after 500 years of imprisonment, with Liuer, a young boy who looks up to the Monkey King in a journey that brings them close together. Featuring new episodes not portrayed in the original film, this game combines epic, larger than life Chinese mythology with flashy and funny kung fu action for a delightful, pulse-pounding action adventure!
Darksiders Genesis
Darksiders Genesis is an action/adventure that tears its way through hordes of demons, angels, and everything in-between on its way to Hell and back with guns blazing and swords swinging. Genesis gives players their first look at the world of Darksiders before the events of the original game, as well as introduces the horseman Strife.
Rolling all the way from Green Hill Zone to Monkey Island, Sonic the Hedgehog joins the cast of Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD! For the first time ever, Sonic joins the cast of Super Monkey Ballwhen the latest game in the series launches on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on October 29, 2019!
Sonic isn’t the only hidden secret available in Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD; skilled simian sphere-rollers will unlock a selection of costumes for every monkey in the base cast – just in time for Halloween!
Get a first look at Sonic the Hedgehog and AiAi and friends’ new costumes in Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD in the official announcement trailer and get ready to roll fast when the game launches on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on October 29, 2019!
Zombieland: Double Tap – Road Trip — the new video game inspired by the story, characters, humour and horror of Sony Pictures’ original hit film Zombieland and its sequel, Zombieland: Double Tap, arriving in theatres on Oct. 18, 2019 — has officially launched on gaming consoles and Windows PC.
Set after the events of the first movie, Zombieland: Double Tap – Road Trip is a ridiculously fun top-down twin-stick shooter featuring local co-op multiplayer for up to four players and a righteous Horde Mode that will keep you hunting zombies for hours on end. Play as your favourite heroes from the original — Tallahassee, Columbus, Wichita and Little Rock — as well as new unlockable characters from the anticipated sequel.
Use your special abilities, an arsenal of weapons and the essential Zombieland rules for survival to stay alive against huge numbers of uniquely grotesque and dangerous undead monstrosities. Zombieland: Double Tap – Road Trip includes a story-based campaign mode and wave-based horde mode.
Developed by High Voltage Software, the game is out today digitally and at major retailers for £34.99 / €39.99 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, as well as on PC via Steam.
Square Enix announced today that Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition will release digitally and at retailers in select countries on November 5, 2019 for the Xbox One family of devices, including Xbox One X, PlayStation 4 and Windows PC/Steam, with the Stadia version launching with the platform later in November. Featuring the base game and all seven post-launch DLC, the bundle gives players the chance to experience the final chapter of Lara Croft’s origin story with every challenge tomb, downloadable weapon, outfit and skill.
Those who already own the game and Season Pass can download the Definitive Edition DLC outfit for free from their respective platform’s store.
In Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Lara must travel through a magnificent world, filled with the largest tombs in franchise history, hidden secrets, and cunning new enemies. As she races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, Lara will be forged into the Tomb Raider® she is destined to be.
Today, Epic Games launched Fortnite Chapter 2, available as a free download on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Mac, iOS, and Android.
Chapter 2 brings some huge changes to Fortnite. You can check out some highlights below, and we encourage you to drop in and check it out for yourself, because there’s so much more.
Drop in to a New World – Choose your landing spot and explore an all-new island featuring 13 locations.
New Water Gameplay – Swimming, Fishing, Motorboats, and more!
Support Your Squad – Heal your squad with the Bandage Bazooka, carry your fallen teammates to safety, and celebrate with new group emotes like high fives!
Hideouts and Explosives – Hide in Haystacks and Dumpsters to get the drop on your opponent or go in blazing by blowing up gas tanks and explosive barrels.
Upgraded Combat – Get back to basics and battle enemies with a streamlined weapon arsenal. Upgrade weapons using resources at the Upgrade Bench.
More Fun, Less Grind – Level through the all-new Chapter 2 – Season 1 Battle Pass with a brand new XP system and Medals you earn in match.
The chances of ever playing a proper new Castlevania game are slim, but at least there are games like Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night to scratch the itch. There’s certainly potential given that former Castlevania series producer Koji Igarashi is part of the development team.
