August 22, 2018

Epic Continues Fortnite Tournament Series With Open Event At PAX West Next Weekend


Posted on August 22, 2018 by Rae Michelle Richards

Thought officially sanctioned tournaments for Fortnite Battle Royale were just invite events for well known streamers and top level players? Epic Games will be holding an open registration tournament for Battle Royale at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, Washington from Friday the 31st of August until Monday September 3rd.

Attendees with a Penny Arcade Expo badge will be able to register for the first three days open qualifier rounds in-person. Each day will feature three open rounds with a final round open to only the best of those. Players who place in the top 33 of each day’s final qualifier will move onto the final round which will take place on Monday the 3rd of September.

If you want to watch all of the action Epic Games will be streaming the tournament from 6PM PST until 11PM PST on all days. Whether you’re going to be watching on Twitch or Youtube they’ve got you covered. They’re offering up $1.5 Million in prizes and will have activities available across Solo, Squads and Duos team compositions.

[Head Image Source: Me! taking silly pictures of the Durr Burger]
[News Source: Dexerto]


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Ubisoft’s For Honor Is Free To Keep On Steam This Weekend


Posted on August 22, 2018 by Rae Michelle Richards

Did you miss out on Ubisoft’s multiplayer only fighting game For Honor when it released back in 2017? Forget to claim (or not want to claim) the game for free when it was given out on U-Play during E3? Now is your second chance to knab a gratis copy of For Honor: Starter Edition on Steam this weekend. All you have to do is navigate on over to the game’s Steam Page and click play to permanently add it to your library.

For Honor pits three different factions of warriors (Samurai, Knights and Vikings) against each other in a series of multiplayer focused battles. Combat in For Honor is a bit different than other action titles, each of the factions have 3 unique stances (Left, Right and Raised) which can be used to parry or overpower an enemies attacks – think of it like Rock, Paper, Scissors. In addition to the six existing multiplayer modes which support 3 different configurations – 1 vs. 1, 2 vs. 2 or 3 vs. 3 – For Honor (all editions) provides a co-op capable single player campaign that will teach you the ropes before jumping into the multiplayer modes.

There are a few differences between For Honor: Standard Edition and For Honor: Starter Edition, which is being given out for free – the number of heroes unlocked from the start. Standard and Deluxe players are able to use all 18 heroes right away but Starter Players are limited to 3 “Vanguard Heroes” and 3 additional heroes tied to the individual faction that you chose. The remaining 12 heroes not unlocked will have to be earned using an in-game currency called “steel”, apparently can be slow to accumulate, or purchased with individual micro-transactions.

Currently available concurrent player count numbers (from SteamSpy) put the average on Valve’s platform at a healthy 5,800+ in the last 30 days. This doesn’t include players using U-Play to take advantage of the E3 For Honor giveaway, however. It should also be noted that For Honor is also included in this month’s Xbox Games With Gold and is available on that platfrom until the end of August.

[Sources: 1, 2, 3]


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The Walking Dead Season 1 Shambles Onto Nintendo Switch Next Tuesday


Posted on August 22, 2018 by Rae Michelle Richards

Telltale’s The Walking Dead has been going for 6 years now, you’d think that it’d been ported to every platform imaginable but there’s still at least one that hasn’t caught the undead plague – the Nintendo Switch. Potential survivors will be able to play Telltale’s inaugural season when the whole thing drops onto the E-Shop next Tueday – August 28th. Purchases of The Walking Dead: Season One on Switch will also include the previously DLC only add-on 400 days and upgraded visual performance.  

Season One isn’t the only chapter in this long running series to get the Switch treatment. The Walking Dead: Season 2 and The Walking Dead: A New Frontier will both be ported to Switch by the end of 2018 with further details being released in the future. Earlier this month The Walking Dead: The Final Chapter episode 1 was released on all major consoles including the Switch! 

Source: Telltale PR 


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