Fortnite Patch Introduces Lunar New Year Items

Fortnite is back up and running, and patch v.2.5.0 is live. The update brings new Lunar New Year legendary skins and weapons, a new grenade, and 4K support on Xbox One X.

The full list of patch notes were posted today and as well as a bunch of bug fixes, there's a new impulse grenade limited to supply drops and treasure chests, and a slew of new Dragon weapons to mark the Lunar New Year.

Lunar New Year heroes with four new kits have also been added, in the form of Berserker, Thunderstrike, Riot Control, and Flash:

  • Berserker - A fearless Soldier who rushes into combat at close range with War Cry and Shockwave.
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Blade Runner 2049: Creating the Most Complicated Sex Scene Of All Time

“K, being a Blade Runner, the only time he has been touched, it's with violence,” explains Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve, gesturing with an energy not matched by his soft Quebecois drawl. “He's never had real affection, he cannot be in contact with real human beings because they don't like Replicants. And other Replicants don't like Blade Runners because they are killing their own kind.

“So he's alone - the only being he can have a relationship with is Joi, and he can't have contact with her, physical contact, so it's a very limited relationship. In fact, it's a strange, profound relationship, but it's not complete.”

Around halfway through the movie, Villeneuve and his screenwriters, Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, find a way for K (Ryan Gosling) to complete it.

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Blade Runner 2049: Creating the Most Complicated Sex Scene Of All Time

“K, being a Blade Runner, the only time he has been touched, it's with violence,” explains Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve, gesturing with an energy not matched by his soft Quebecois drawl. “He's never had real affection, he cannot be in contact with real human beings because they don't like Replicants. And other Replicants don't like Blade Runners because they are killing their own kind.

“So he's alone - the only being he can have a relationship with is Joi, and he can't have contact with her, physical contact, so it's a very limited relationship. In fact, it's a strange, profound relationship, but it's not complete.”

Around halfway through the movie, Villeneuve and his screenwriters, Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, find a way for K (Ryan Gosling) to complete it.

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Nintendo: EA Satisfied With FIFA Switch Sales

Nintendo France has said that EA is "satisfied" with the sales performance of FIFA 1 on Switch, teasing further announcements to come.

Talking to French outlet Les Numeriques, Philippe Lavoué - general manager of Nintendo France - said that FIFA 18 on the Switch was a "test match" for EA, which is satisfied with the result.

The game has sold 73,000 physical units in France, and Lavoué expects the game to sell twice that amount with the upcoming World Cup in Russia.

Ubisoft and Konami are other third party publishers who are reportedly happy with the performance of their titles on the console.

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