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Fallout 76’s First ‘Very Challenging’ Raid Arrives Next Month
Fallout 76 is continuing to beef up its live-service gaming options with the introduction of its first four-player raid next month.
Called "Vault 94", the first raid can also be played solo, in pairs, or groups of three - but the difficulty will be much harder.
During a panel at QuakeCon 2019 panel, Fallout 76 development director Chris Mayer said, "It's a pretty expansive Vault. We do think it will be very challenging. I, myself, have been challenged in the playtest - many times - trying to get to the end of it".
Mayer also went into further detail on what actually happens once you enter Vault 94.
"When you go in, you get to choose one of three different difficulty levels", he said. "The first one is called Novice, and when you go in, it's still very difficult - don't get me wrong - but it's probably a good way to get used to the Vault and the puzzles and how to handle it.
Need For Speed Heat Leaked By Austrian Retailer
An Austrian retailer has prematurely fired the starting gun on the next installment in EA's racing series, revealing the new game name to be Need For Speed Heat.
Gameware's website briefly showed the full title, as well as placeholder box art based on a past promotion for an update to Need for Speed No Limits. The listing doesn't show any further information, nor a a release date, but does offer a 2019 release window, suggesting the game could release this year.
Super Mario Maker 2 Sold Over 2.4 Million Units in 3 Days
Nintendo Switch, as of June 30, 2019, has sold 36.87 million units worldwide, with Super Mario Maker 2 additionally selling 2.42 million units in just three days.
Revealed during Nintendo's financial briefing for April-June of this year (FY3/Q1 2020), the Nintendo Switch sold 2.13 million units this past quarter, which is a 13.2% increase on a year-on-year basis.
Software sales also saw a rise with 22.62 million units being sold in the same period, which is a 25.9% increase from the same time frame last year.
PlayStation 4 Has Sold 100 Million Units Worldwide
PlayStation 4 has officially sold and shipped 100 million units worldwide to retailers as of the three-month quarter that ended on June 30, 2019.
In Sony's Q1 FY2019 consolidated financial results, it announced that 3.2 million PlayStation 4 units had been sold, which would bring the grand total of 96.8 million units back in April to 100 million as of the end of last month.
The 3.2 million units sold is up from the 2.6 million units of last quarter (Q4 FY2018) and identical to the 3.2 million earned in the same quarter last year.
Cyberpunk Red’s Jumpstart Kit Is the Best Way to Get Into the Game
With tabletop games making a huge resurgence in the past couple of years, it’s great to see not just more TRPG representation in pop culture, but also that tabletop developers are working to make their games more accessible to a wider audience than ever before. With the renewed interest in its world thanks to Cyberpunk 2077, it’s especially good to see the team at R. Talsorian Games (the creators of the tabletop side of the franchise) follow suit with the Cyberpunk Red Jumpstart Kit, the “starter set” for the latest edition of the classic TRPG.
Thor: Love and Thunder – Who Should King Valkyrie’s Queen Be?
Spoilers follow for Avengers: Endgame.
The announcement of Thor: Love and Thunder at the Marvel Studios panel at San Diego Comic Con 2019 earned thunderous applause from the audience, and while it was big news that Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster will be returning to wield the hammer as Thor, we’d be remiss not to dive into the other piece of tantalizing information revealed: According to actress Tessa Thompson, with her character Valkyrie now the ruling King of Asgard, the fourth Thor movie will feature her quest for a queen.
Thor: Love and Thunder – Who Should King Valkyrie’s Queen Be?
Spoilers follow for Avengers: Endgame.
The announcement of Thor: Love and Thunder at the Marvel Studios panel at San Diego Comic Con 2019 earned thunderous applause from the audience, and while it was big news that Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster will be returning to wield the hammer as Thor, we’d be remiss not to dive into the other piece of tantalizing information revealed: According to actress Tessa Thompson, with her character Valkyrie now the ruling King of Asgard, the fourth Thor movie will feature her quest for a queen.
Best Cheap G-Sync Monitors 2019: Budget Gaming Screens for Nvidia GPUs
G-Sync gaming monitors are notorious for two things: giving you an extremely smooth gaming experience and being very expensive. Unfortunately, those are the breaks, as G-Sync monitors fall under a greater amount of scrutiny and quality assurance from Nvidia, not to mention the costly proprietary G-Sync module.
Well, I should say those were the breaks, as more recently, the cost of G-Sync displays has come down precipitously. What's more, Nvidia has enabled G-Sync to work on FreeSync at the beginning of the year, vastly expanding the compatibility of Nvidia's VRR technology with a much larger group of affordable FreeSync gaming monitors.
11 Best Ports for Nintendo Switch, Ranked
Consumer choice, specifically as it relates to how we play games, has become increasingly prevalent in a technological landscape loaded with options. The concept has undoubtedly played a role in the success of Nintendo Switch, which lets players choose between traditional and on-the-go gaming.
That choice has given new life to old games, paving the way for a Switch catalogue filled with high-quality ports. Sure, you may have played Skyrim twice on Xbox and once on PC, but with the Switch version, you can play it anywhere. It's a novelty you may have expected to wear off, but the market for these ports has proven durable, and the games listed below show why.
As publishers continue to bring their games to Switch — Doom 1-3 and Pillars of Eternity were announced last week — we wanted to pause and rank the 11 best examples of these ports done right.