Monthly Archives: October 2019

Game developer Bethesda has doubled down on the horrendous Fallout 76 by launching Fallout First, a $100 annual service that provides private servers and some less sought after features.

The main feature being offered here is private servers, which allow players to get in on private games with a few of their friends. The service also offers a survival tent that allows players to set a fast travel point, as well as a scrapbox where you can store unlimited amounts of materials. Bethesda will also give you 1,650 Atoms per month, a ranger armor skin, and additional icons and emotes.

While the private servers have been something that players have been craving, it appears that the other features are being put in to try to justify the very high price. Players who don’t want to pump in $100 for a year of the service can opt for a $12.99 per month subscription, but players and industry journalists seem to be in lockstep in thinking that the price is absurd.

Additionally, it

Various game journalists and internet media influencers have gotten their hands on the Xbox Elite Series 2 controller, and thus far it seems like they’re quite impressed with the tech.

We wouldn’t call the Elite Series 2 the best Xbox Controller (we’re a bit biased as we love our products that improve upon the console manufacturer's official offerings), but it does appear to be a quality product. Microsoft has improved on the first Elite, bringing more options for players to customize their experience. The build quality is top-notch for a major game company, and the device ships with a case, multiple pads, a charging dock, and is USB-C compatible.

Reviewers seem to feel that the build quality of the controller is high, with the device feeling nice in the player’s hands. The customizable options on the controller also have been well-received as the different stick sizes and tension can be adjusted. We’re going to be offering day-one mods on the Elite Series 2, giving you even

Microsoft has the upcoming release of their new Elite Series 2 Controller, and we can’t wait to get to work to begin improving on the gaming giant’s design.

The Series 2 controller launches on November 4th, and will be shipping with the new adjustable thumb stick tension, hair triggers, and has re-engineered components that aim to improve upon the already great Elite controller. The controller will come with multiple thumb sticks, including standard, classic, tall, and wide dome as well as 2 sets of D-pads. A USB-C cable will also be included, which will provide fast charging through the included dock. Of course, a carrying case is also available.

We’re going to be offering a send-in service for this new Elite controller, so if you get your hands on one early, feel free to send it in. We’re going to be able to make a series of different mods to make things even better, including fine-tuning things to give you the advantage when you’re playing online or in an eSports competition.

The Xbox brand has put out a very cool YouTube video where they showcase every single Xbox One Controller ever made, and it made us think about how great these controllers have been over the past six years.

The video can be found here:

The video prominently features Xbox designers Monique Chatterjee and Carl Ledbetter, as they go through the series of different controller styles that led up to the eventual final Xbox One controller, and then show us the different color schemes that have been offered over the years.

The different categories of a controller shown off in the video include:
• Family Controllers
• Bundle Series
• Color Series
• Design Lab
• Forces Series
• Shadow Series
• Tech Series
• Sport Series
• Phantom Series
• Game Inspired Series
• Elite

Blizzard’s hotly-anticipated Overwatch port to the Nintendo Switch is being launched with some serious issues, leaving players frustrated by the game’s performance.

The game seems to have a lot of issues that weren’t there for the PS4, Xbox One, or PC. These include character models that are nowhere to be found when the game boots. This leaves teammates unaware of their location as well as enemies, who’re showing up as balls of light within the game.

Lag also appears to be a major issue in the game, causing players to miss shots and end up dead before the can respond. This issue seems to be widespread across the platform as well, with multiple media outlets and players complaining about the issue.

It appears that the game is more or less broken right now, and Blizzard is going to have to do some serious work in the form of patching to get things up to snuff.

In other Blizzard news, it appears that Nintendo isn’t working much to promote Overwatch on their system

After a few days lingering around a black hole, Epic Games’ hit battle royale shooter Fortnite has launched its Chapter 2 game, bringing with it a bunch of new features.

The game held an event last weekend where a rocket broke the dome overseeing the island where players duke it out, with the world being crashed down on and eventually sucked into a black hole. Players were stuck with that screen for the next few days, wondering just what would happen.

It turns out that Chapter 2 is what happened, giving players a new map as well as some intriguing features.

Among these features is an area on the map named Slurpy Swamp, which generates shields for players who’re standing in it. The game also lets players upgrade weapons, letting you build workbenches to upgrade the lethality of your gun. Hiding from foes is also enhanced, letting you stake out in dumpsters and haystacks.

If hiding isn’t your thing, you can fish

Last week Sony announced details on their upcoming PS5 console, including giving details on the DualShock 5 controller.

Sony revealed that the console will launch during the holiday 2020 period, bringing with it a slew of new features, and of course, a new PlayStation 5 controller that’ll be packed with new features.

The console will support digital games, but will also bring a 4K UHD Blu-Ray drive, which will support 100 GB discs. This will allow for games to be loaded to the hard drive for those who don’t want to use their data limits on the internet. There will also be an SSD included, and load times are said to be nearly instantaneous. Sony is also promising ray tracing technology, which is built into the hardware, rather than using a software trick to pull off the feat. This is something seen in higher-end PCs and will work with a CPU based on the AMD Ryzen line.

The new PS5 controller is also getting a bit of an overhaul. The setup is said to look similar to the

After a year on the market as a console game, Rockstar’s popular Red Dead Redemption 2 is finally coming to PCs on November 5th, 2019.

PC gamers boast about the power of their rigs, but those beasts have been unable to get their hands on Red Dead Redemption 2, which had been available exclusively on Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The game takes place before the events of 2010’s Red Dead Redemption and sees players taking on the role of Arthur Morgan, a key member of the Van der Linde crime gang.

Red Dead Redemption 2 was met by critical acclaim from reviewers and players alike. The game is absolutely gorgeous, and those with powerful enough PCs will be able to run the game at high frame rates and in full 4K resolution. The game also features a compelling story and details that’ll make your head spin. Rockstar went as far as to make the horses have testicles, and the balls of the horses grow and shrink depending on the temperature of the weather in the game.

There’s also

Sony has been holding out on crossplay between consoles for the entire generation, but it appears that the feature is finally coming to games designed for the console.

The company had been working on a beta test for the feature with certain games (ie. Fortnite) testing the service out. Crossplay will let a player on Xbox One or a Nintendo Switch or PC play with gamers on PS4, cutting out the necessity of making everyone have the same console to play on.

Players have been clamoring for crossplay for a long time, but it has been out of reach because the console manufacturers have been unable to come to an agreement on how it should work. In the previous generation, Sony was reportedly pushing for the feature, but Microsoft (dominant during the PS3 and Xbox 360 generation) turned them down. During this generation, Sony has been reluctant to add the feature, and they’ve largely been dominant, selling more than 100 million PS4 consoles.

Moving forward, players who want to