The three major console manufacturers behind Switch, Xbox One, and PS4--Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony--have penned a joint letter voicing their opposition for tariffs that would impact Chinese goods including game consoles. The three say the proposed tariffs on video game consoles would cause harm to consumers, developers, retailers, and manufacturers, risk job losses in the industry, and stifle innovation."While we appreciate the Administration's efforts to protect U.S. intellectual property and preserve U.S. high-tech leadership, the disproportionate harm caused by these tariffs to U.S. consumers and businesses will undermine—not advance—these goals," the letter states.The letter goes on to note that in 2018, more than 96% of video game consoles imported in the US were manufactured in China, and that moving 100% of manufacturing to the US or another country would cause "significant supply chain disruption" and increase costs "even beyond the cost of the proposed tariffs.""Each video game console comprises dozens of complex components sourced from multiple countries," it says. "A change in even a single supplier must be vetted carefully to mitigate risks of product quality, unreliability and consumer safety issues. Tariffs would significantly disrupt our companies' businesses and add significant costs that would depress sales of video game consoles and the games and services that drive the profitability of this market segment."The industry leaders also note that consoles are sold under very tight margins, sometimes at a loss. Increasing the cost of production would either need to add to the sales price ("console purchasers are extremely price sensitive") or cut into the companies themselves. A 25% price increase in consoles to match the tariff cost would "likely put a new video game console out of reach for many American families who we expect to be in the market for a console this holiday season."It goes on to note the potential harm to third-party accessory makers, developers, and especially retailers. In particular it voices concern over these tariffs going into effect before the 2019 holiday season."Given that retail margins on video game consoles are generally very tight, we see no possible reasonable scenario for retailers other than passing tariff costs down to consumers," it states. "Any imposition of tariffs leading into the winter holidays—the strongest sales season for consoles—would have a significant negative impact on U.S.-based retailers and their employees, in particular because promotional offers on consoles are important to driving sales volume. Tariffs would make it especially difficult for both console makers and retailers to support the types of promotional offers typical of the holiday season."The proposed tariffs would add a 25% tax on all imports from China. That tax is paid for by the importers--in this case, the console manufacturers themselves. But as pointed out in the letter, these increased costs would likely be offset with price increases on retailers and consumers. Nintendo has reportedly been preparing itself for the tariffs by moving manufacturing out of China ahead of the launch of rumored new Switch models. The United States Trade Representative held hearings on June 17, and now could put them into effect at any time.Info from Gamespot.com

Sort of like the movie itself, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse has hopped from screen to screen, delighting fans worldwide. After a strong showing during awards season and grossing $375.5 million, the Oscar-winning animated film has hopped to another screen--the home screen. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has finally landed on Netflix.Miles Morales, a socially-awkward teenager, is the lead in Into The Spider-Verse. What starts as a narrative about love and acceptance slowly opens into grander scope as Miles is bit by a radioactive spider, granting him spider-like abilities and impressive physical prowess. The movie then transitions into an endearing story about hope and faith and confidence as an older Peter Parker involuntarily mentors the hapless teen.Into The Spider-Verse walked away with a few trophies in hand earlier this year, winning both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature, and many others. It was no surprise that producer Amy Pascal confirmed a sequel with the film's smashing success, saying her team is "definitely hard at work on the sequel." No further details were provided, including a release window, but we do know the sequel will likely contain more dimension-hopping Spideys.In our Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse review, we said, "It manages to blow right past the dangers of sinking into after school special territory by believing wholeheartedly in its own message and delivering it with appropriately genuine stakes. The end result is an instant animated classic, and, with any luck, the first of many of its kind."Netflix has a stacked month ahead. The releases for July look to fulfill a wide range of binging desires, with Cloverfield (July 1), Stranger Things 3 Season 3 (July 4), The Princess and the Frog (July 16), Inglourious Basterds (July 22), and more, all showing up for America's birthday month. Info from Gamespot.com

Game of Thrones might have completed its run on HBO, but many fans will still want to own the final season on Blu-ray and DVD. Details have now been revealed of Season 8's upcoming physical release, as well as an amazing set which collects the entire series.All of these sets are due to arrive in December. The biggest release is Game of Thrones: The Complete Collection. As well as including all eight seasons of the show, this collection includes the exclusive Game of Thrones: Reunion Special, a two-part reunion show with cast members from the final season. Hosted by Conan O'Brien, this special was filmed in front of a live audience and features stars such as Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, and Sophie Turner, plus former cast members like Sean Bean, Jason Momoa, and Mark Addy.The Complete Collection also features a wealth of bonus content. These include all-new deleted and extended scenes, animated histories, behind-the-scene featurettes, audio commentaries, and the documentary Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, which chronicles the making of Season 8. The whole set comes in an amazing wooden case, with illustrated panel designs by artist Robert Ball that tell the story of the whole show. Check out a preview of the box set in the video below:The entire series will also be collected in a standard DVD/Blu-ray set. As for Season 8, this will available separately in a Steelbook Blu-ray & 4K Ultra HD edition, and a standard DVD/Blu-ray set. These releases feature the same bonus content as The Complete Collection, and all editions will be available on December 3.Full details of the exclusive content are listed below:Game of Thrones: The Complete Collection and Game of Thrones: The Complete Series on Blu-ray Bonus Features Include:Game of Thrones: Reunion Special: A reunion show shot live in Belfast with the cast, both past and present, hosted by Conan O'Brien and available exclusively on these complete series collections. The reunion special is assembled in segments focused on Houses Lannister, Stark, & Targaryen and concludes with the key players all onstage for their final reflections on the years they shared in Westeros and Essos.Bonus content and retail exclusive videos from previously released individual season box sets, totaling more than 15 hours of extra materials for fans to explore when they've finished watching the series.Complete Series and Season 8 formats exclusively feature:Game of Thrones: The Last Watch: A documentary featured on DVD in two parts by filmmaker Jeanie Finlay chronicling the making of the final season.When Winter Falls: Exclusive 30-minute featurette with showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, along with major stars and behind-the-scenes players, breaking down all that went into the colossal filming of the Battle of Winterfell in Season 8, Episode 3.Duty is the Death of Love: A compelling look at how the team behind Game of Thrones and its major stars, including Kit Harington, Peter Dinklage and Emilia Clarke, brought the show to its conclusion in the series finale, "The Iron Throne."Audio Commentaries: 10 Audio Commentaries with cast and crew, including the show's creators, Benioff and Weiss, on the final season.Deleted and Extended Scenes: 5 never-before-seen deleted or extended scenes from season 8.Histories and Lore: New animated pieces giving the history and background of notable season 8 locations and storylines.For more on Game of Thrones Season 8, check out 36 Easter Eggs And References You Might Have Missed in the season finale, and our look at The Main Characters' First And Last Shots In The Entire Series.Info from Gamespot.com

DC has announced a brand new "pop-up imprint" under its adult-reader Black Label line called Hill House Comics, spearheaded by horror author and comics veteran Joe Hill (Locke & Key, NOS4A2).The pop-up imprint will kick off with the first of five announced stories: Basket Full Of Heads, created by Hill and artist Leomacs. It tells the story of a woman named June Branch on a mission to save her kidnapped boyfriend, wielding an "impossible 8th-century Viking ax" that can "pass through a neck in a single swipe, leaving the severed head conscious and capable of speech."Basket Full Of Heads will be joined by four other monthly limited series and one ongoing back-up story featured in each Hill House Comics issue.The Low, Low Woods is created by Carmen Maria Machado and artist Dani. The synopsis reads, "a mysterious plague is afflicting the small mining town of Shudder to Think, Pennsylvania. It strikes seemingly at random, eating away at the memories of those suffering from it. From tales of rabbits with human eyes to deer women who come to the windows of hungry girls at night, this town is one of those places where strange things are always happening. But no one ever seems to question why." The Low Low Woods is "a gruesome coming-of-age body-horror mystery series about two teenage women trying to uncover the truth about the mysterious memory-devouring illness affecting them and the people of the small mining town they call home—and the more they discover, the more disturbing the truth becomes."The Dollhouse Family by Mike Carey and Peter Gross tells the story of a young girl named Alice who is given a mysterious dollhouse by a late aunt that Alice can actually enter "to visit a new group of friends, straight out of a heartwarming children’s novel: the Dollhouse family. As the years pass, Alice finds herself visiting their world more frequently, slowly losing track of where reality ends and make-believe begins. What starts as play concludes in an eruption of madness and violence."Daphne Bryne by Laura Marks and Kelley Jones will focus on a 14-year-old girl named Daphne in 19th-century New York City who must rescue her grief-stricken mother from a predatory group of occultists promising to contact her late father. But, "while fighting to disentangle her mother from these charlatans, Daphne begins to sense a strange, insidious presence in her own body…an entity with unspeakable appetites. And as she learns to wield this brutal, terrifying power, she wages a revenge-fueled crusade against the secret underworld that destroyed her life."Finally, Pulge by Hill and an unannounced artist will uncover a nautical mystery focused on a ship from 1983 which "disappeared, wiped out in a storm on the edge of the Arctic circle—the world’s most advanced research vessel in the hunt for oil, lost in the aftermath of a tsunami."But, "almost 40 years later, the Derleth begins to transmit its distress signal once again, calling into Alaska’s remote Attu Station from the most forlorn place on earth, a desolate ring island in the icy faraway. A US salvage team made up of experts, scientists, and mercenaries helicopter in just ahead of a storm—and the Russian competition—to find the abandoned wreck hung up on the island shores of the atoll. As a wintry blizzard clamps down, anomalies begin to surface: first the samples of an oil with unlikely properties, and then the sonar readings of a sunken prehistoric civilization just offshore. Still, nothing could prepare the salvage team for the reappearance of the Derleth’s crew from the island cave, no older than they were four decades ago, every one of them struck blind by an inexplicable infection…and yet capable of seeing in new ways, possessed of extraordinary powers and stripped of all but their last vestiges of humanity…"Every issue will be accompanied by a chapter of Sea Dogs, by Hill and an unannounced artist which will tell the story of nautical werewolves set during the American revolution.Hill House Comics kicks off with Basket Full Of Heads, hitting shelves on October 30. Info from Gamespot.com

Upgrading your Chalice of Opulence in Destiny 2's Season of Opulence is something of a tall order. Luckily, Emperor Calus's emissary on Nessus, Werner 99-40, offers weekly bounties that can help speed you along on that path--but to complete them, you need to go on a treasure hunt. The Golden Experience bounty is one of the easier ones to clear, requiring you to earn a bunch of experience points in other activities to unlock its Treasure Map.Where To Find The TreasureOnce you have the Golden Experience map, your search will send you to Earth's EDZ. This one isn't too tough to locate, but you might be thrown off by the name of the location in question: Maevic Square. This is the area where you hit the first encounter when running the Lake of Shadows Strike.From the Trostland landing zone, head north to the eastern side of the area, the same way you'd go for Lake of Shadows. The road should take you through a couple of ruined, blasted-out buildings. As you come through on the other side, you'll enter Maevic Square, an overgrown town center where Fallen and Taken enemies like to hang out.Look over to the line of storefronts and buildings on the right side of the square. There's an elevated platform here you can leap up onto, and you should see the chest glowing there as you arrive. As usual, the chest will dispense a few Imperials, a Powerful gear drop, and some Runes for your Chalice of Opulence.Info from Gamespot.com

Annapurna Interactive has announced What Remains of Edith Finch is coming to the Japanese Nintendo Switch eShop on July 4. As the announcement lists that the English version will be supported, it can be assumed the port will be released worldwide. However, that hasn't been officially confirmed. Regardless, the Switch can access multiple regions, so even if the port remains exclusive to Japan, you'll still be able to buy it.According to Japanese Nintendo, What Remains of Edith Finch will release on Switch in Japan for ¥2,200, which is just over $20 USD / £16. The game requires a 2.2 GB download.What Remains of Edith Finch is one of the best games of 2017, receiving universal critical praise. You play as the titular Edith Finch, who returns to her family home after her mother's death. Over the course of the game, you visit the rooms of each member of Edith's family--all of whom are deceased--to learn about the lives and ultimate demise of each person. You also begin to unravel the truth behind the curse supposedly haunting the Finch family, which dictates that only one member of each generation will live a normal life. All the others are doomed to die in a strange or unusual way.In GameSpot's What Remains of Edith Finch review, Justin Clark gave the game a 9/10, writing, "Developer Giant Sparrow managed to strike the delicate balance between joy and sorrow in 2012's The Unfinished Swan, but What Remains of Edith Finch transcends even the latent sadness of that game, finding the beauty--even sometimes the fun--in what's always fundamentally a tragedy. It's not often that a game's plot slips past the bitterness of grief to finally get to the acceptance, but that's the triumph in What Remains of Edith Finch. Ultimately, if the game has any resemblance of a moral, it's that the bravest, most beautiful thing every one of us does is choose to keep going, despite knowing what's coming."If you just cannot wait until next week and want to buy What Remains of Edith Finch right now, the game is 55% off during the Steam 2019 Summer Sale--which continues through July 9. You can see the game's discounted price in the US, UK, and AU below.What Remains Of Edith Finch Steam 2019 Summer Sale PricesUS -- $9UK -- £6.74AU -- A$13Info from Gamespot.com

A new challenge for Fortnite: Battle Royale players is now available as the 14 Days of Summer event rolls on. Like the first challenge, this involves another summer-themed objective: Epic Games asks you to bounce a giant beach ball in different matches. Here's where to go to find the locations of the giant beach balls and what to do once you reach one.Keep in mind, you have the full duration of the 14 Days of Summer event (available on PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, iOS, and Android) to complete these challenges. Despite the name, it will be available in Fortnite for about three weeks, wrapping up on July 16. Where To Find Giant Beach Balls - All LocationsWe've discovered three different giant beach ball locations on the map. You'll be able to see the ball from a far distance, so if you head to the general area you shouldn't have much trouble tracking one down. You can see the locations and a map below, or check out the video guide above for a walkthrough on how to complete the challenge.On the border of D3/E3, south of The BlockWestern part of F6, southwest of Dusty DivotOn the border of H7/I7, northwest of Paradise PalmsHow To Complete The Giant Beach Ball ChallengeAs with beach parties dancing challenge, this is simple in theory--all you have to do is make contact with a giant beach ball. But also like the preceding challenge, you're given zero indication of where to find these giant beach balls or even how many there are. When you do happen upon one, there won't be any uncertainty--they are quite large, as advertised--and all you have to do to receive credit is run into the ball. That should trigger the pop-up notification letting you know you've progressed the challenge.Particularly if you're attempting this right away, you're likely to run into a lot of other people doing the same thing. They could be hostile, or you might find other players camping the area in search of some easy kills. Fortunately, you can complete each step of this challenge without actually landing. As you're descending with your glider, you can move into the ball and register progress before your feet touch the ground. That should make it a little easier to complete the challenge before you're killed.You'll need to bounce a total of five beach balls to finish the challenge. As the challenge text notes, you have to do this across different matches, so you'll need to play at least five rounds to get this done. However, you can keep returning to the same beach ball location over and over from match to match.Giant Beach Ball Challenge RewardFinishing the giant beach ball challenge will earn you an Uncommon rarity loading screen called Soak It Up that shows various Fortnite characters lounging on the beach. This is also one step toward earning the Smoothie back bling, which you'll get for doing all 14 challenges from the 14 Days of Summer event, which kicked off with the release of Fortnite's 9.30 content update patch. You can get a look at the smoothie in the hands of the character on the right side of the loading screen above.14 Days of Summer ChallengesDance at different beach partiesBounce a giant beach ballInfo from Gamespot.com

The Pokemon Company capped off its Pokemon 2019 Press Conference last month with the reveal of Pokemon Masters, a brand-new smartphone game developed in collaboration with DeNA (the studio behind Super Mario Run, Mario Kart Tour, and most of Nintendo's other mobile titles). Few details about the game were shared at the time, but we'll soon get another look at it thanks to a special livestream presentation happening this week.The stream is scheduled to air tomorrow, June 27, and will run for roughly eight minutes, offering the first new details about Pokemon Masters since it was announced. If you're eager to learn more about the anticipated title, here's when and where you can tune into the stream, as well as what you can expect to see.What Time Does The Pokemon Masters Livestream Start?The Pokemon Masters stream airs this Thursday, June 27. In the US, the stream will begin at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET. That equates to 2 PM BST for fans in the UK. Those in Australia, meanwhile, will need to stay up late in order to tune in, as the stream won't begin until 11 PM AEST.6 AM PT9 AM ET2 PM BST11 PM AESTWhere To WatchThe Pokemon Company will broadcast the Pokemon Masters stream on its official YouTube channel. You'll also be able to watch it right here on GameSpot using the video embed below, so you can bookmark this page and tune in when the time comes to watch the stream unfold.What To ExpectWe've only gotten a brief look at Pokemon Masters thus far, so Thursday's stream will presumably offer much more insight into the gameplay loop and what you'll be able to expect from the overall experience. We already know Pokemon Masters will feature a wide assortment of the series' most notable trainers, and that you'll be able to battle alongside them in three-on-three contests. However, it's unclear how the battle system will work or how you'll be able to build your own Pokemon team. Will battles play out similarly to mainline titles, or offer more simplified mechanics? And will you be able to catch new Pokemon? These questions will likely be cleared up.We'll also likely get a look at more of the trainers you'll be able to encounter in the game. We've already seen a handful of them. In the brief footage the Pokemon Company showed off during last month's press conference, we saw former Pokemon Champion Blue, as well as Brock, Misty, Cynthia, and Steven Stone, while the key art that longtime Pokemon artist Ken Sugimori drew also features Red, Lance, and a few newer characters, including Diantha (the champion from Pokemon X and Y) and the female heroine of Pokemon Black 2 and White 2. That's likely only scratching the surface of the game's roster, and it's a safe bet we'll see more fan-favorite characters during tomorrow's stream.Info from Gamespot.com

Target is offering deep discounts on games this week to encourage use of its in-store pickup feature. The 30% off is a sweet deal if you can make it out to a store, but if you're not near a Target or just don't feel like making the trip, Amazon is price-matching many of the same deals. And since it's Amazon, you don't need to go anywhere. The result is some great deals on games for PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.To take advantage of the Target deals, you'll need to order online and select "Order Pickup" at checkout. The feature lets you swing by a Target store and grab your purchase at the customer service area. If you don't mind waiting a few days, though, you can get many of the same deals through Amazon.There is one wrinkle, though. Amazon's sale price doesn't reflect the discount price, but many of the games have coupons and other promotions that take off the difference and match Target's sale prices. Some promotional prices are automatically applied at checkout, while others require you to click on a coupon to apply it. While you're at Amazon, you can also get a Fat Black Chocobo for Final Fantasy 14 with any purchase over $20.The sale includes Devil May Cry 5 for $35, Kingdom Hearts 3 for $24.50, and Metro Exodus for $35, among many others. Which store you use depends on whether you want to get the games now or later, because the prices will be the same.Check out the full list of eligible games at Target and Amazon should be matching them. If you find any deals that aren't matched, you may be able to score the deal by contacting Amazon customer service. The Target promotion ends after June 29, which presumably means Amazon will stop then too. But more discounts are coming soon, since Amazon has announced the dates for its annual Prime Day promotion.Devil May Cry 5 -- $35 (PS4) / $42 (Xbox One)Get it on PS4Get it on Xbox OneThe Division 2 -- $40Get it on PS4Get it on Xbox OneForza Horizon 4 -- $34Get it on Xbox OneGod of War -- $24Get it on PS4Just Dance 2019 -- $21Get it on SwitchKingdom Hearts 3 -- $24.50Get it on PS4Get it on Xbox OneMarvel's Spider-Man -- $28Get it on PS4Metro Exodus -- $35 (PS4) / $39 (Xbox One)Get it on PS4Get it on Xbox OneMortal Kombat 11 -- $35Get it on SwitchGet it on PS4Get it on Xbox OneNBA 2K19 -- $14 Get it on SwitchGet it on PS4Get it on Xbox OneResident Evil 2 -- $28Get it on PS4Spyro Reignited Trilogy -- $24 (PS4) / $25 (Xbox One)Get it on PS4Get it on Xbox OneTeam Sonic Racing -- $28 (Switch, Xbox One) / $30 (PS4)Get it on SwitchGet it on PS4Get it on Xbox OneXCOM 2 Collection -- $20Get it on Xbox OneInfo from Gamespot.com

During Bethesda's E3 2019 press conference, we learned about a new expansion coming to Fallout 76. The Wastelanders DLC doesn't land until this fall, but the online action-RPG has received a new update for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One that addresses a variety of issues, including graphics, loot, performance, and more.Patch 10.5 went live Tuesday, June 25, and is a little under 3GB on console and 1GB on PC. The fixes are geared toward all game modes, with a handful specifically targeting Nuclear Winter, a battle royale beta mode which has seen an extension.Bethesda has outlined several fixes in the graphics department, like changing the blocky appearance of some shadows, dealing with visual corruptions on the Storm wall, and making adjustments to the Power Armor's headlamp eye color. Additionally, lighting inside Vault 51 is brighter, which should make navigation more manageable.Loot has seen some alterations as well, such as adjustments to the rate of supply crates, changes to where automatic combat rifles can be found, and the ability to mark certain items as favorites in the Atomic Shop. Magazines have also been flipped over, making it easier to identify the magazine type.Fallout 76 patches have continuously addressed performance issues, and patch 10.5 is no different. The update improves C.A.M.P. load times when connecting to a world and after fast travel, fixes crashes that occur during certain activities like fast traveling, and reduces server disconnections after finding a Nuclear Winter match.Check out the full patch notes below.Nuclear Winter Design ChangesItems and LootUnderarmor: Players can now favorite one Underarmor in the Atomic Shop for use in Nuclear Winter, in addition to one Headwear item and one Outfit.Automatic Combat Rifles: Can now be found in Small Supply Crates rather than pre-existing containers in the world.Submachine Guns: Can now be found in Medium Supply Crates rather than Small Supply Crates.Supply Crates: Adjusted Supply Crate density in a few areas where more Crates were spawning than intended.PerksDead Man Sprinting: This Perk previously was not applying its effects correctly and has been redesigned. Dead Man Sprinting now causes Action Points to drain 25% slower while under 30% HP.Overseer ProgressionTerminals: New entries have been added to ZAX Terminals that can be unlocked by reaching Overseer Rank 100.User InterfaceTutorials: A “More Info” button has been added to the Nuclear Winter Perk Card menu, which can be used to re-open the Perk Card tutorial.Adventure and Survival Bug FixesArt and GraphicsPower Armor: Sections of the Power Armor Chassis are no longer visible through the Black Rider Power Armor paint, and the paint’s headlamp eye color has been adjusted.Power Armor: Pieces of rebar no longer obstruct the player’s view when wielding a heavy weapon in first-person perspective while wearing Power Armor with the Inferno Mk1, Mk2, or Mk3 paint.Shadows: Addressed an issue that could cause character shadows to appear blocky.Weapons: The First Responder's Pump-Action Shotgun Paint will now correctly apply to Silencer mods.C.A.M.P., Crafting, and WorkshopsExploit: Addressed an exploit that could allow items in Player Vending Machines to be duplicated.Signs: Fixed an issue preventing the Red Rocket Mega Sign from taking damage from subsequent player attacks after the first.PerksGun Fu: V.A.T.S. no longer automatically closes after killing an enemy while the Gun Fu Perk Card is equipped.Performance and StabilityPerformance: Improved C.A.M.P. load times when connecting to a world and after Fast Traveling.Stability: On PC, attempting to Fast Travel from one active Event to another no longer sometimes causes the game client to crash.Stability: Addressed a rare crash that could occur when Fast Traveling or loading into a world.Stability: Fixed rare crash that could occur when clicking on a Wanted teammate's Map marker.Quests and EventsOperation Tidy: Players can once again speak to Scout Leader Pompy to start the Operation Tidy Daily Quest.User InterfaceCharacter Creation: Being removed from a world due to inactivity while creating a new character no longer causes portions of the UI to disappear upon joining a new world.Nuclear Winter Bug FixesArt and GraphicsExploit: Addressed an exploit that could be used to disable grasses and shrubs during Nuclear Winter matches.Graphics: Grasses beyond the sear line no longer appear to fade out when a player spawns nearby.Graphics: Fixed a graphical corruption that could appear on the Storm wall during Storm constrictions.Lighting: Vault 51’s interior is now a bit brighter, which should make it easier to see who is practicing their boxing skills on you before a match begins.C.A.M.P.SBlueprints: Players can now place Blueprints in Nuclear Winter that normally require the Home Defense or Science Perks in other game modes. However, all objects a Blueprint contains that require those Perks, such as Turrets or Traps, will be removed on placement during a Nuclear Winter match.Blueprints: Perk requirements, such as Home Defense or Science, no longer appear when attempting to place a Blueprint in Nuclear Winter.Build Menu: Water, Food, and Resources tabs no longer appear in the Build menu during Nuclear Winter matches.ChallengesCombat: Nuclear Winter “Complete Matches” challenge descriptions have been updated to “Stay in matches until the end” to help clarify the objective.Daily: Nuclear Winter Daily Challenges can no longer be completed more than once per day and Daily Challenges have been re-enabled.CreaturesMirelurks: No longer get stuck in the trees after spawning at New River Gorge Resort.HazardsRad Barrels: Now more consistently apply Rads to nearby Candidates.PerksFrog Legs: The Frog Legs Perk Card description has been updated to “Jump significantly higher” to better match its effect description in the Pip-Boy.Ground Pounder: Now correctly increases Automatic Rifle reload speeds.Wrecking Ball: Now correctly increases damage dealt to C.A.M.P. and Workshop objects by 120%.ItemsHeadwear: The Stalker Bandana, Stalker Goggles, Wasteland Trapper Mask, and Wasteland Trapper Hat, can now correctly be marked as Favorites in the Atomic Shop for use in Nuclear Winter in addition to Outfits like the Elder’s Battlecoat.Holotapes: Vault 51 Holotapes can no longer be placed in containers.Item Spawns: Removed a location where it was possible for a Bowie Knife to spawn, as this weapon is not intended to be available in Nuclear Winter.Magazines: Flipped over a few Magazines that previously appeared face-down.Magazines: The duration of the AP reduction effect applied by “Scouts Life #8” has been increased from 30 minutes to 1 hour, which is consistent with other Nuclear Winter Magazine effects.Power Armor: Looking away from a downed teammate while attempting to revive them no longer causes the reviving player to exit their Power Armor.Power Armor: Holding to revive a teammate while wearing Power Armor no longer causes the controls to become unresponsive.Performance and StabilityDisconnects: Implemented an improvement to reduce cases where players may be disconnected from a server immediately after finding a Nuclear Winter match.Disconnects: Repeatedly adding and removing players from a team no longer cause those players to be disconnected.Performance: Objects placed with C.A.M.P.s no longer cause hitching when they are destroyed by the Storm.Stability: Fixed a crash that could occur when returning to the Main Menu from Nuclear Winter’s spectator mode.Stability: Addressed an issue that could cause a server to crash at the end of a Nuclear Winter match.Stability: Fixed a pair of crashes that could occur while in Nuclear Winter’s spectator mode.User InterfaceCompass: Fixed an issue that could cause the Compass to display false teammate markers.Compass: Machinegun Turret markers in the Compass no longer appear hostile toward player who placed them.Exploit: Addressed an exploit that could allow a player to obtain a weapon inside of Vault 51.Exploit: Addressed an exploit that could allow a player to remain inside of Vault 51 rather than loading into a match with the other Candidates.Favorites: Players can no longer mark Nuclear Launch Codes as Favorites.HUD: On Xbox, fixed a rare issue that could cause non-functional UI elements to appear and persist during a match under specific circumstances.Localization: Notification text that appears after launching a Nuke is now correctly translated in the Russian version of the game client.Localization: The word “Overseer” that appears on duplicate Perk Cards no longer has missing characters in the Japanese version of the game client.Localization: Text is no longer truncated on the Nuclear Winter “More Info” page in non-English versions of the game client.Map: The boundaries of the Storm now correctly display on the Map when the Storm constricts.Match Results: Fixed an issue that could prevent the player’s match placement from appearing on the match results screen.Match Results: Progression rewards the player has already earned no longer appear in the “Upcoming Rewards” section of the match results screen.Match Results: Launching a Nuke via the Pip-Boy or Favorites menu after winning a match no longer prevents the match results screen from displaying.Notifications: “Follow leader to new world” and “Searching for world” notifications no longer persist for players who decline to join their team leader in an Adventure Mode world after quitting Nuclear Winter.Perk Menu: Fixed an issue that could cause the Perk Menu to become unresponsive when managing Perk Card selections.Photomode: Nuclear Winter Photomode Frames now correctly display the Atomic Shop logo when viewed in Photomode.Quick C.A.M.P. Kits: When attempting to place a Quick C.A.M.P. Kit, the Build menu now correctly opens to and highlights the selected Kit.Quick C.A.M.P. Kits: Fixed an issue in which the Quick-Boy UI could visually persist while attempting to place a Quick C.A.M.P. Kit.Spectator Mode: At the end of a match, a banner now appears for Spectators indicating who won.Spectator Mode: The game camera no longer zooms for Spectators when the player they are watching looks down a weapon’s sights.Spectator Mode: The Red Skull icon that marks a player’s death location will no longer appear for the player who was killed. Instead, it will only appear for their teammates.Stats: When the final enemy on a team is killed while all of their teammates are in the downed state, the kill credit for the downed enemies will be awarded to the player who originally downed them as long as that player is still alive.Terminals: Removed a blank second page from a Terminal entry in Vault 51.Tutorials: Added several missing tutorials to Nuclear Winter.Info from Gamespot.com

Now that June is practically behind us, Pokemon Go developer Niantic has shared the first details for the game's next Community Day. Next month's event will take place on Sunday, July 21, and this time around, the featured Pokemon will be another starter from Ruby and Sapphire: Mudkip.Throughout July's Community Day, Mudkip will appear in the wild much more frequently than it normally does, making this a good opportunity to stock up on Mudkip Candy. You'll also have your first opportunity to catch a Shiny Mudkip during the event, and any Mudkip you evolve all the way into its final form, Swampert, up to an hour after the Community Day ends will know an event-exclusive move it couldn't otherwise learn in the game, although Niantic hasn't announced what that is yet.On top of increased Mudkip spawns, Niantic is offering a couple of bonuses during July's Community Day as well. As usual, any Lure Module you use during the event will remain active for three hours rather than their usual 30 minutes. Additionally, you'll earn triple the usual amount of XP for capturing Pokemon. You can read more details about the event on the official Pokemon website.Like previous events, July's Community Day will run for three hours. However, this time around, the event will take place a little later in the day, from 4-7 PM local time, when the weather is a little cooler. As Niantic explained, "As part of our continuing effort to make events accessible to as many people as possible, we hope this new time creates an even better Community Day experience overall." The developer says it'll revert back to the traditional Community Day hours when summer ends.July's Community Day is still a few weeks away, but there's a lot happening in Pokemon Go in the meantime. The Legendary Kyogre is leaving Raid Battles on June 27, when Groudon is set to return. Both Legendaries will also be available through July's new Field Research tasks, as will Shiny Spinda. Speed Forme Deoxys has also begun appearing in EX Raids, and Niantic is bringing Raikou back for a special Raid Day on June 29.Info from Gamespot.com

Target is taking direct aim at Amazon Prime Day by launching its own storewide Deal Days sale, which competes directly with Amazon's mega annual sale on July 15 and 16. As if the dates didn't make clear enough Target's intent here, no membership is required to take advantage of the sale, alluding to Amazon requiring a Prime subscription to take advantage of its sale. Target REDcard holders will also get an additional 5% off of everything, and there will be free, two-day shipping on all orders $35 and up (and all orders period for REDcard holders). We'll keep you posted on all the best gaming and tech offers as the dates grow closer, both for Target Deal Days and Amazon Prime Day.In the meantime, Target is now offering a sale with 30% off games for PS4, Xbox One, and Switch if you order online and then pick-up in the store. Soon after Target announced Deal Days, Amazon revealed that it is matching prices on many of the games included in Target's pick-up sale, but without the need to go pick them up in a physical store. Spicy! While both situations are surely unrelated, an arms race on deals can only mean good things for your wallet.With E3 2019 in the rearview mirror and the fall release blitz still in the distance, deals season for gaming is in full swing. While you wait for Prime Day and Target Deal Days, you can check out Steam's summer games sale, which just launched with some of the biggest discounts on PC games all year. Plus, don't miss Fanatical's Red Hot summer sale, which generally matches or even surpasses some of Steam's prices thanks to a 10% off promo code. Many Fanatical games are available as Steam keys. You can also check out our tips for getting the most out of Prime Day, since it's just a few weeks away.Info from Gamespot.com

While Call of Duty fans await the upcoming Modern Warfare reboot (slated for October 25), Black Ops 4 has received yet another patch that delivers new content and features across all its modes.Developer Treyarch posted a lengthy outline on Reddit of all the additions arriving in this new update. Chief among them are new maps like Hacienda Twilight, changes to weapons like the Daemon 3XB and the Switchblade X9 submachine guns, the introduction of Contracts, and more.The outdoor map Hacienda Twilight is now in the multiplayer rotation. The outside is brighter than the inside thanks to the glaring moon hanging overhead, with fires, structural changes, and other surprises waiting in the twilight.Pistols and SMGs have been tuned to be more competitive against assault rifles, with their ballistic profiles falling more in line with traditional hitscan models. Basically, SMGs and pistols should now hit faster and with higher accuracy without accounting for bullet travel time in multiplayer. Further, damage range on both the Daemon 3XB and the Switchblade X9 SMGs have been decreased, while the Daemon 3XB gets a third extra magazine.Contracts are now available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, with PC soon to follow in patch 1.18. There are 196 contracts to complete each week throughout all modes--Blackout, multiplayer, world league, and zombies--and doing so nets players experience, Merits, Nebulium Plasma, and reserves. For example, getting five kills with the Hellstorm Missiles grants 2500 experience points and two supply crates.Black Ops 4 added a new Specialist called Spectre back in April 2019, a katana-wielding assassin who can see enemy outlines through their smoke grenades. The Operation Spectre Rising update also brought three new maps: Artifact, Masquerade, and WMD, all available on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 June 25 Update Patch NotesSummaryContracts now available featuring 28 daily rotating challenges across all modes.Hacienda Twilight added to rotation in Multiplayer.Weapon tuning for the Daemon 3XB, Switchblade X9, and MOG 12.Ballistic profiles changed to hitscan model for SMGs and pistols.More maps added to Prop Hunt and Capture the Flag rotations.Humiliation finishing moves added to Heist in MP and redeploy modes in Blackout.Medals added to Blackout with new Merit rewards.Sentry now available in Stashes and Supply Drops in Blackout.New “Numbers” Death Effect reward added for completing an Outfit Mission in BlackoutMKII Weapons now properly track attachment and camo progression.Scorestreak improvements and fixes for the Drone Squad, Hellstorm, DART, and Gunship.Improved matchmaking in Domination.Featured Playlist updates on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.Blackjack’s Stash now available only in limited-time modes (PS4).Hard Mode “Unsinkable” Gauntlet added to Zombies with 2X Nebulium Plasma rewards (PS4).PlayStation 4ZombiesHard Mode Gauntlets Hard Mode “Unsinkable” Gauntlet now available with doubled Nebulium Plasma rewards and Hard Mode-exclusive Medals and Calling Cards to earn.BlackoutBlackjack’s Stash Blackjack’s Stash now available to find and open in limited-time modes.Players can unlock only one of Blackjack’s Stashes per match, containing Black Market weapons currently in the player’s collection.PlayStation 4 and Xbox OneGlobal Contracts Contracts are now available in Multiplayer, Blackout, Zombies, and World League.Up to 6 Contracts to complete per mode in addition to each mode’s Daily Contract, for a total of 28 Contracts to complete each day.Up to three Contracts can be active at once, including two player-selected Contracts and one Daily Contract for each game mode.Daily Contracts will refresh every 24 hours. Players must complete their Daily Contract in each mode before the refresh, when a new Daily Contract will take its place.Players can jump from mode to mode to complete Contracts in any order they like.Possible rewards from completing Contracts can include: Reserve Case(s)Bonus XP in Multiplayer, Zombies, and World LeagueBonus Nebulium Plasma in ZombiesBonus Merits in Blackout Multiplayer Maps Hacienda Twilight Alternate-lighting Hacienda map variant now in rotation. Weapons Ballistic Profiles Ballistic profiles on SMGs and pistols changed to hitscan to create consistency with other weapon classes in Multiplayer.MOG 12 Dragon Breath Operator Mod damage reduced to increase pellets required for a one-shot kill at long range.Daemon 3XB Now requires at least six bullets to finish off a target with full health (up from five).Added a third extra magazine.Switchblade X9 Reduced 6-shot kill range from 19 meters to 13 meters.Reduced 7-shot kill range from 25 meters to 19 meters.Reduced 8-shot kill range from 31 meters to 25 meters.Ballistic Knife Addressed an issue preventing players from using Dual Wield and Extra Blades at the same time. Game Modes Prop Hunt Added Morocco and Summit to map rotation.Addressed an issue in Prop Hunt where players could sometimes spawn inside of other players.Closed an exploit in Prop Hunt where props could hide under the map.Capture the Flag Added Frequency and Jungle to map rotation.Domination Players will no longer join Domination matches that are almost over.Heist Added Humiliation finishing moves to Heist.Create-a-Class Addressed an issue where MKII Weapons were not progressing attachments and camos properly.Scorestreaks Drone Squad now takes longer to target players equipped with Cold Blooded.Addressed an issue where players using in the Gunship could have their camera stuck in a non-functional state.Addressed an issue where the Hellstorm would sometimes self-destruct upon deployment.Addressed an issue where a player using the DART could end up seeing a teammate’s Hellstorm deployment view.Miscellaneous Addressed an issue where players could bounce far away from one other when sliding into one another.Addressed an issue where Zero’s Ice Pick would not hack the Sentry or RCXD.Featured Playlists (June 25 – July 2) PS4/Xbox One Capture the FlagEndurance MoshpitBarebones Objective MoshpitProp HuntMercenary Deathmatch MoshpitBlackoutMedals Medals now available in Blackout for in-game actions including reviving and assisting teammates, eliminating a Duo or Quad, taking down zombies, scoring a multikill, and more.Players earn Merits when Medals are achieved.Equipment Sentry now available in Stashes and Supply Drops in all Blackout modes.Sentry deals lower damage compared to its MP counterpart, acting as a nuisance/alert system in Blackout.Humiliations Humiliation finishing moves now available to use against downed enemies in redeploy modes.Death Effects New “Numbers” Death Effect now rewarded for completing Outfit Missions in Blackout.Featured Playlists PS4/Xbox One (June 25 – July 2) Alcatraz QuadsHot PursuitSoloDuosQuadsPCMultiplayerFeatured Playlists (June 25-27) Capture the FlagBarebones Deathmatch MoshpitEndurance MoshpitBlackoutFeatured Playlists (June 25-27) Alcatraz QuadsHot PursuitDuosInfo from Gamespot.com

The Steam 2019 Summer Sale is in full swing, featuring huge discounts on thousands of PC games across a variety of genres, including some of this year's biggest releases like Devil May Cry 5 and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Indie publisher Devolver Digital, which has a reputation for doing some silly things (as evidenced by its strange annual E3 press conferences), is also offering deals on a variety of titles during the sale, including one that's an absolute steal.From now until the Steam Summer Sale ends, you can snag Devolver Bootleg for 1% off. That amounts to a whopping five cents off its standard price of $4.99 USD. Devolver Bootleg is a compilation that consists of "eight original rip-offs of Devolver Digital games." The full game list (and the titles they rip-off) includes:Enter the Gun Dungeon (Enter the Gungeon)Hotline Milwaukee (Hotline Miami)Ape Out Jr. (Ape Out)Shootyboots (Downwell)Super Absolver Mini: Turbo Fighting Championship (Absolver)Catsylvania (Gato Roboto)PikuBiku Ball Stars (Pikuniku)Luftrousers 3 (Luftrausers)The Devolver Bootleg collection launched earlier this month and was similarly available for 1% for early adopters, so if you missed out on this generous deal the first time around, you have another chance to take advantage of it. You can pick up Devolver Bootleg on Steam here. Of course, a number of other Devolver games are also on sale for more conventional discounts, including Katana Zero for $11.24, Enter the Gungeon for $7.49, The Messenger for $14, and Gris for $11.38.The Steam Summer Sale runs until July 9, and as previously mentioned, it offers deals on tons of PC games. You can browse the full offerings on the Steam Store. This year, Valve has a Grand Prix-themed minigame that will let you pick a team and then earn various rewards and even free games on your wishlist. You can track each team's rankings on the Grand Prix page.Info from Gamespot.com

Is a horror movie spin-off series still a spin-off when it has more films than the original franchise, and the latest entry features the stars of the main series? Or have the Annabelle movies surpassed the actual Conjuring movies as the brightest star in the Conjuring-verse with the latest entry, Annabelle Comes Home?Annabelle Comes Home follows Ed and Lorraine Warren, as well as their daughter Judy, and Judy's babysitter and friend as they contend with the evil unleashed in their own home by the now-iconic Annabelle doll. The first Annabelle movie was a prequel, while Annabelle: Creation, which showed the doll's origin, was a prequel to that. Both movies took place before the events of the Conjuring 1 and 2 occurred.Where does the new Annabelle movie fit within the larger Conjuring universe? The Conjuring timeline has become pretty convoluted between the Annabelle movies and the main Conjuring films, and that's before you even begin to take into account the other spin-offs, like The Nun, The Curse of La Llorona, and the still-in-production Conjuring 2 spin-off The Crooked Man.Luckily, we had a chance to chat with Annabelle Comes Home writer and director Gary Dauberman about the latest Conjuring movie, and we asked him exactly how it all fits together.The In-BetweenWarning: Minor Annabelle Comes Home spoilers to follow.The opening scene of Annabelle Comes Home takes place shortly after the prologue of the first Conjuring movie, when Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine (Vera Farmiga) Warren take possession of the Annabelle doll for the first time. However, a one-year time jump shortly after Annabelle Comes Home's opening muddies things up a bit.Thankfully, Dauberman was able to clear it up for us. "The first Conjuring happens in between them bringing the doll home and this movie," the writer and director said. So while ACH's cold open occurs before the first Conjuring movie, the rest of the movie takes place after.That makes the Warrens' portrayal at the start and the end of Annabelle Comes Home particularly interesting. At the beginning of the movie, Ed and Lorraine have yet to experience the horrors at the Perron house in Harrisville, Rhode Island. When the Warren parents reappear later in the film, they've been through quite a lot, although their demeanors don't seem to have yet been changed by their horrific experiences as paranormal investigators. Yes, Ed and Lorrain Warren are still the most wholesome couple in horror. Annabelle Comes Home was Dauberman's first turn in the director's seat, but far from his first time writing for the screen--his pen was responsible for several previous Conjuring spin-offs, including Annabelle, Annabelle: Creation, and The Nun (not to mention It and It Chapter Two, the Swamp Thing TV show, and more). Although this was his first time writing Ed and Lorraine, Dauberman said he wanted to show the Warrens' everyday dynamic in this movie, rather than the mortal terror in which we typically find the couple."We show them in the beginning of the movie finishing up an investigation, and while they have their own scare and stuff, I really was excited to show them just as a husband and wife and a mom and dad, and just what that sort of downtime conversation they would have in a car driving back from an investigation," Dauberman said. "I mean, they're talking about, 'Hey, it'd be nice to get together and take a family vacation.' Just normal, everyday stuff, because they're not normal, everyday people, I thought would be an interesting juxtaposition."A Whole New WorldAnnabelle Comes Home doesn't only spend time with the Warrens. The bulk of the movie follows their daughter Judy (McKenna Grace), her babysitter Mary Ellen (Madison Iseman), and her friend Daniela (Katie Sarife) as they contend with the horrors unleashed in the Warrens' house. Besides the doll herself, those horrors don't include any of the familiar entities we've come to know over the course of these movies--unless you count the many evil knick-knacks hanging around the Warrens' infamous artifact room. But ACH does add several new spooks and spirits to the mix, from one called "the Ferryman" to a bonafide Hellhound.Dauberman said it was important to include some new scares and not continue to rely on existing ones already introduced in the Conjuring movies, like the demon Valak and its many forms."It was important only because it felt like that was the promise of the premise," he said. "While I would have loved to have the Nun in it, it just felt like a unique opportunity to start exploring other artifacts within the artifact room. I wanted to have a lot of fun there and see what inspired me as I mentally walked around the artifact room."And, of course, introducing a host of new Conjuring apparitions paves the way for potential future Conjuring spin-offs--although Dauberman said that's beside the point."We're always listening to the conversations that we're having with the audience. If they really want to see something, we hope to deliver on that.""They were specifically designed for this story, and if people respond to them, great," he said. "[Series producer] James [Wan] and I have had a lot of conversations about what those movies could be, but it's not like we went into this going like, 'Oh, this could be the launch pad for a whole other set of spin-offs.' We always keep our focus on the movie we're making, as opposed to, 'Hey, let's set something up here, because we have these slots to fill and these years," or whatever. There's none of that. It's always a creative discussion as opposed to a business one."That said, James and I, when we're sitting around the edit suite and all that stuff, we've had a lot of fun thinking about what those stories could be--but that was not the initial reason why they're in there."Besides, there are still more Conjuring movies to get through first--including the Crooked Man spin-off, and, more importantly, the long-awaited Conjuring 3. This all begs the question: Is there a bigger plan for the Conjuring universe, the way the Marvel Cinematic Universe all seemed to follow one grand design (at its best, at least)? Dauberman said as far as he knows, the Conjuring movies and their various spin-offs are, at their heart, more reactive. "From what I understand, there's not a larger grand plan. It's always a conversation between us, as the filmmakers and the storytellers," Dauberman said. "Of course, we have the Warren case files to...use as a resource for how best to tell these stories. And then, you know, we're always listening to the conversations that we're having with the audience as well. If they really want to see something, we hope to deliver on that. And we're hopefully not going to give them something that no one's asking for.""We don't have a room with a bunch of charts and, 'Here's where we're going to be,' and all that stuff," he added.Regardless, the world of the Conjuring has become one of the most fun cinematic universes to watch, and the latest entry, Annabelle Comes Home, is no exception. Annabelle Comes Home is in theaters now.Info from Gamespot.com