After Battlefront 2 Backlash, Need For Speed: Payback Alters Progression System
EA is altering the Need For Speed: Payback progression system in the wake of heavy community backlash against similar issues in Star Wars: Battlefront II.
Ben "F8RGE" Walke, the Global Manager of Community Engagement detailed the changes to Payback on Reddit, and changes have already gone live.
The amount of REP and Bank have been increased from events, Bait crates, and competing against Roaming Racers, as well as finishing races outside of first place. Air Suspension will also appear more frequently in Shipments.
Walke confirms that these changes are just the first phase of changes to the system. Future updates will change the way tune-up shops work, particularly with regard to the quality and level of parts they have in stock.
Free Uncharted Items On Offer to Celebrate 10th Anniversary
It's been 10 years since the first Uncharted game, and Sony is giving out a bunch of free stuff to celebrate the anniversary.
A free PS4 theme and profile avatar will be free to download over the next two days, with other Uncharted avatars and themes also be made free.
An Uncharted 10th anniversary character skin bundle for Uncharted 4's multiplayer mode will be available for free from now until December 19. The pack includes classic skins for Nate, Sully, and Elena. Uncharted 4 Points and Relics will be half-price during this time period as well.
Uncharted 10th anniversary PS4 theme.
World of Final Fantasy Sequel Announced
A new World of Final Fantasy game is launching in Japan sometime this year.
Revealed in the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu (via Gematsu), the sequel is titled World of Final Fantasy: Meli-Melo and it'll be released exclusively for iOS and Android devices. Meli-Melo is a more casual-themed game than the original World of Final Fantasy.
Players will traverse the world of Valgallan and befriend Mirages in an area called "Garden Dome." You'll be able to stack a maximum of either six small characters, four medium characters, or two large characters on top of each other.
Rainbow Six Siege Year 3 Content Announced
Ubisoft is bringing new operators, new maps, a map rework and a special event to Rainbow Six Siege in Year 3.
Year 3 will be a series of four Seasons, and will include 8 new operators, two new maps set in Morocco and Italy, and one map remade with new level design and art style.
Year 3 of the popular first person shooter's post-launch content will begin with two new operators and the Outbreak event, grouped under the name 'Operation Chimera'. Outbreak and Operation Chimera will be fully revealed at the Rainbow Six Invitational in Montreal in 2018 - because of the name and logo, some have speculated that Outbreak will Siege's take on a "Zombies"-style mode.
Minecraft Super Duper Graphics Pack Delayed
The Super Duper Graphics Pack and Switch cross-play for Minecraft have been delayed until 2018.
The Super Duper Graphics pack was announced in June - it's an optional piece of DLC that adds better lighting, textures and more to the base Minecraft game.
Sadly, during MineCon Earth, Mojang announced that "there’s a lot of work to be done still" on the Pack, and its release has been pushed back from this year to an unspecified date in 2018.
The company also revealed that cross-platform multiplayer for the Switch version of the game has also been delayed until 2018.
Both of these updates were originally announced at this year's E3 and the Better Together update which allows for cross-play has already been released on Xbox One, Android, iOS and Windows 10.
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Valkyria Chronicles 4 Announced for Switch, PS4, Xbox One in 2018
Sega has announced that Valkyria Chronicles 4 will be coming to the Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One here in the west sometime in 2018.
This latest installment in the popular alternate World War 2 fantasy series will take place during the same timeframe as the original Valkyria Chronicles but feature a new cast of characters.
Valkyria Chronicles 4 will also bring back the BLiTZ battle system, which blends strategy, RPG, and real-time third-person shooter elements.
A new Grenadier class and battleship support options have been added, as well as 'Last Stand' actions and larger scale battles.
Additionally, the familiar hand-drawn art style and the return of Hitoshi Sakimoto as composer sees the series return to its roots after becoming more of a more hack-and-slash style game for this year's poorly received spin-off Valkyria Revolution.
Pokémon Go Event Challenges Players to Catch 3 Billion Pokémon for Limited-Time Rewards
Pokémon Go studio Niantic has today announced a new event for dedicated Pokémon Go players, which the developer has dubbed its “first-ever Global Catch Challenge.”
Players will be challenged to catch a combined three billion Pokémon in just seven days, and there will be a variety of awards unlocked should the community reach key milestones during the challenge.
The rewards on offer for the Global Catch Challenge.
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Worldwide Release Date
Nintendo's latest mobile game Animal Crossing Pocket Camp finally has a worldwide release date.
Announced via the Animal Crossing Twitter account, Pocket Camp will come to mobile devices around the world on the November 22.
Last month's Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct dropped the news that we would see the game come late this month, but until now we didn't have an official release date.
We reviewed Pocket Camp and it looks to be a true-to-series mobile adaption of the original Animal Crossing games with some welcome changes to the franchise's formula.
Justice League Has DCEU’s Lowest-Grossing Opening
DC's latest superhero film Justice League has seen the lowest-grossing opening for all the universe's movies.
According to Box Office Mojo's statistics Justice League has opened $14 million short of industry projections, grossing an estimated $96 million in North America.
This puts the new team-up movie below Wonder Woman, which earned $103 million for its domestic debut, and gives Justice League last place for all current DCEU movie opening weekends.
Worldwide Justice League picked up an additional $185.5 million ($51.7 million of which came from China alone), bringing its worldwide opening weekend up to $281.5 million.