With Phantasy Star Online 2 gearing up for its Xbox One open beta on March 17, Sega announced a new Founder's Pack that includes a bunch of Sonic the Hedgehog-inspired goodies.Phantasy Star Online 2's Founder's Pack, the Sonic Collaboration Edition, launches the same day as the online-RPG's Xbox One open beta goes live. It comes with a male and female Sonic suit--replete with blue spikes and bright red shoes--several hairstyles, masks, emotes, and more. The Founder's Pack will retail for $60 and also comes packaged with a few in-game boosters and consumables.To celebrate the upcoming #PSO2NA Open Beta Test, we are proud to announce our Founder's Pack! The Phantasy Star Online 2: Sonic Collaboration Edition launches March 17th. Visit https://t.co/RKTPUzSowq for more information! pic.twitter.com/g989T9iftM — Phantasy Star Online 2 (NA) (@play_pso2) March 11, 2020You can preview what's included in the Founder's Pack in the video below, and we've included the full list of stuff in the Founder's Pack below that. PSO2 is planned as a free-to-play release so this bundle isn't a necessary purchase for anyone curious about PSO2 or its upcoming Xbox One open beta.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Like plenty of Call of Duty multiplayer modes before it, the Warzone battle royale seems to have a few hidden secrets or possible Easter eggs scattered across its massive map. Players have discovered bunkers you can open, telephones you can answer, laptops you can log into, and teddy bears.According to Reddit user BirchTreeMilk, the CoD Discord channel has been compiling a list of locations for where you can find computers, keypads, and phones that you can interact with on the Warzone map. So far, most of the items found are scattered around the edges of the map. On Twitter, Drift0r has a video of what one of the keypads looks like--it's connected to a mysterious vault and asks players to input a code when they approach. The tweet is embedded below.Warzone has hidden bunkers that you can only access via inputting a code. I smell an Easter Egg hunt coming soon! pic.twitter.com/JfGDKxCLmL — Drift0r (@Drift0r) March 11, 2020Some players have cited seeing teddy bears on the map as well, though there haven't been nearly as many reports and you can't interact with them like the keypads, telephones, and laptops. So it's not clear on whether they're also an Easter egg or just a random, reused asset for decorating the map. It seems like an odd decorative choice given the setting, but the idea isn't impossible.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

While the Disney+ original series The Falcon and The Winter Soldier recently had production halted due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) concerns while shooting in Prague, the series is still scheduled to release this August. During an investors shareholder meeting on March 11, attendees were treated to new footage from the upcoming show.What was shown reads a lot more like extended footage from what we saw during this year's Super Bowl. ComicBook attended the event and had descriptions of what they saw. The opening scene consisted of Zemo (Daniel Brühl) in prison, and he's visited by Bucky (Sebastian Stan). "Zemo tries to activate Bucky's Winter Soldier programming, which of course no longer works," ComicBook writes. "Bucky reveals that he has come to see Zemo because someone has restarted the Super Soldier program."Meanwhile, there is a new Captain America in the world. In the second scene, an announcer introduces the character to the world. This is actually John Walker AKA US Agent AKA another person who operates under the Captain America mantle.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Introducing gimmicks to horror movies may not be a revolutionary concept--in fact, it's practically a trope all its own--but that doesn't stop the A Quiet Place series from shining in its own, terrifying way. Set in a world beset by noise-hating, practically unkillable alien monsters, the first Quiet Place movie took an up close and personal look at one family's fight for survival with a baby on the way, which is maybe the absolute worst case scenario for a world where making any noise gets you brutally killed. That, of course, begs the question--how do you up the ante for the sequel while still maintaining the gimmick as it's been established? How does A Quiet Place Part 2 invent new scares when the series already explored the concept so effectively in the original?GameSpot spoke with long-time John Krazinski collaborator and A Quiet Place producer Brad Fuller to get the behind-the-scenes perspective on keeping the second movie just as horrifying as the first. "If it felt to an audience that we were going back to all the same beats in the first movie, I think that we would have failed in making this," he explained. "I think that people respond to when they see this movie is they love the family and they love this family surviving, and it's incumbent upon us to put that family in new and different situations where we see how they handle them."To engineer these moments, Fuller elaborated that they often looked for ways to up the stakes and the tension without necessarily leaning too hard on their alien creatures. "We have to continue figuring situations out. [There are major moments that are] scary and it has nothing to do with the alien, necessarily," he said. "Stuff like that, where you know the alien's around, but it causes a different effect, I think, is satisfying to an audience."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Pokemon Go is giving players a ton of chances to catch Legendary Pokemon this month. Not only is Thundurus now available in the game, but developer Niantic is bringing back a few other Legendaries for special Raid weekends throughout March, and now it appears a new Mythical Pokemon is on the way.The official Pokemon Go Twitter account recently shared an image of fossilized footprints, teasing that "something Mythical is coming." You can take a look at the image below.👣 Something Mythical is coming, Trainers... pic.twitter.com/CyfjHwgv7v — Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) March 11, 2020While Niantic has not yet confirmed the identity of the new Mythical Pokemon, the tweet and image are presumably referring to Genesect, one of the Mythical monsters introduced in the series' fifth-gen installments, Pokemon Black and White. Genesect is a Bug/Steel Pokemon from ancient times that was revived and modified by Team Plasma, Black and White's villainous group, and its footprints match up with those in the picture.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Following several other event cancellations, Activision Blizzard has called off the Overwatch League's March and April matches due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).The Overwatch League's official Twitter account shared a statement explaining the rationale for canceling matches for the next two months. According to the statement, the OWL will reinstate games "when it's safe and logistically feasible" to do so, with the intention of staying as close to the original schedule as possible.No adjustments have been made to any other OWL events on the schedule yet. Should things change, however, the organization said it will provide updates wherever necessary.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Bloodshot is one of those weird early '90s comic book properties with a dedicated niche fanbase, but little mainstream name recognition. Nevertheless, when director Dave Wilson first took a look at the script, he thought Valiant Comics would balk at the changes he had in mind. Luckily for him, he was wrong."I thought I was going to be told, 'We don't want to change it. We like what we've got,'" Wilson told GameSpot during a recent interview. "And they very much embraced my concept for it."That concept came from Wilson's love of a very specific subgenre of sci-fi. "I love comic books, but science fiction is my love, and there's a subset of science fiction I like to call science fact, which is very sort of [Jurassic Park author] Michael Crichton, and my favorite author, this guy called Daniel Suarez," Wilson explained.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Those who purchased Doom Eternal's Collector's Edition may be disappointed to find out that the game's official soundtrack isn't ready to ship yet. However, publisher Bethesda Softworks has announced that the soundtrack will come as soon as it's ready and that the CE will still include all other confirmed items.The official game soundtrack for DOOM Eternal is not yet complete, so it won't be available on the game's launch of 03.20.20. We’ll let everyone, including those who purchased the CE, know when it’s ready. For more details, please read our full statement: https://t.co/LY9bEFUUnM — Bethesda (@bethesda) March 11, 2020Bethesda clarified in a follow-up tweet that Doom Eternal will still launch on March 20 for PC, PlayStation 4, Stadia, and Xbox One, replete with a full in-game soundtrack. It's the separate, official soundtrack that features as a digital download in the Collector's Edition that won't release on March 20. Unfortunately, Bethesda didn't offer anything more specific than "after [Doom Eternal's] release date" for when we can expect the soundtrack to be delivered to customers. You can check out our Doom Eternal pre-order guide to see the other add-ons and bonuses that are included.For those that already pre-ordered the Collector's Edition, you can still expect a lossless digital code for Doom (2016)'s soundtrack.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Call of Duty: Warzone wastes little time in getting you into its particular take on battle royale gameplay. As the franchise's second crack at the popular genre following Black Ops 4's Blackout mode, Warzone is a much more refined and squad-focused take. It still features all the familiar mechanics and moments of intense action you'd expect from a game with 150 players vying for the top spot. However, Warzone introduces some surprising and somewhat unnerving twists to the formula that even some veteran players will need to keep in mind.In this quick guide, we've broken down some essential survival tips. From making smart choices with your minimal resources, being more of a team player, to learning how to fight dirty in the gulag; there's a lot to take in during your first rounds in the Verdansk map, and we're here to help.Survival Is Essential (Don't Give Up)As obvious of a tip this may seem, Warzone takes a slightly different approach to the loop of running, gunning, and quitting to join another game after getting gunned down. Between the Gulag system and the ample Buy stations scattered around the map, there are lots of chances for your squad to get back to fighting strength, and possibly make a tremendous comeback. While other squad-focused battle royale games inspire feelings of dread and aimlessness after your teammates have been wiped, you still have a decent shot at reviving them if you have the cash and can manage to evade danger--provided they haven't quit the game. Compared to other BR games, it's pretty easy to get teammates back in Warzone--but you can't do that if you're dead. So stay focused and calm, even when the odds are against you.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

As do many collector's editions for major games, The Last of Us Part 2's most expensive bundle, the Ellie Edition, sold out soon after being announced. The Ellie Edition, which costs $230 and bundles the game with a ton of physical and digital goodies, received a restock in February but ran out of stock again that day. That seemed like the last chance for The Last of Us fans to get their hands on the Ellie Edition--but if you missed out, you're in luck, as developer Naughty Dog just announced another Ellie Edition restock will happen this Friday.We just got word that The Last of Us Part II Ellie Edition will be available for pre-order in limited quantities via @PlayStation Direct this Friday! Keep your eyes on https://t.co/QcB27712FP starting at 10am PT / 1pm ET on March 13. (U.S.-only) pic.twitter.com/gjuKUuuQFR — Naughty Dog (@Naughty_Dog) March 11, 2020The Ellie Edition will be available in limited quantities this Friday, March 13, at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET via PlayStation Direct, the official PlayStation store for consoles, accessories, and some physical games. Unfortunately, the restock will be available only to US shoppers.The Last of Us Part 2 - Ellie Edition | $230Despite its hefty price tag, the Ellie Edition has been a coveted bundle for The Last of Us fans. It comes with everything in the Collector's Edition (which sells for $170), plus a full-sized, fully functional recreation of Ellie's backpack, an embroidered patch, and a 7-inch vinyl record. Here's an overview of everything the Ellie Edition comes with:Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The long-awaited battle royale Call of Duty: Warzone launched yesterday as both a mode for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and a standalone, free-to-play game. If you've been gunning for that number one spot, then you might be interested to know you can get some free bonuses for watching certain Twitch streams of Warzone. Activision and Twitch have partnered on drop-eligible streams to give away three free items to those who watch eligible Warzone streams for three hours--each hour, you get a new item. These items are an Airborne Commander shiny emblem at one hour, a one-hour Double XP token at two hours, and a Cataclysmic MP7 blueprint at three hours.All you need to do to be eligible for these rewards is link your Twitch and Call of Duty accounts and then watch a drop-enabled stream. You can tell which streams are eligible by looking right under the Twitch stream's title, category, and tags. There you'll see a message that says, "Drops enabled! Watch for a chance to earn loot." The easiest way to find drop-eligible streams is by going to the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare directory and looking from there.Activision says you're able to watch multiple streamers at once, and your total watch time will be tallied up--so if you don't want to spend three hours watching one stream, watch three streams at the same time for one hour. Twitch streamers can become eligible for this promotion by linking their accounts and streaming to the Modern Warfare directory.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Director Neil Druckmann has announced that Argentinian composer Gustavo Santaolalla, the man responsible for the music of The Last of Us, will lend his musical talents to The Last of Us HBO show.Well this is exciting! Beyond lending his incredible musical talent to The Last of Us Part II, Gustavo Santaolalla is joining us to bring over The Last of Us to HBO! — Neil Druckmann (@Neil_Druckmann) March 11, 2020As noted, Santaolalla composed the music for Naughty Dog's 2013 critically acclaimed action-adventure game The Last of Us, which won two awards and was nominated for several others just for its score alone. In addition to The Last of Us, Santaolalla also composed the music for films and TV shows such as Brokeback Mountain, Into the Wild, Making a Murderer, Narcos: Mexico, and more.Santaolalla will also return for The Last of Us Part 2, which launches on PlayStation 4 on May 29. You can check out our The Last of Us Part 2 pre-order guide to learn more about the extra bonuses.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Call of Duty: Warzone players have discovered a secret helpful tip about the battle royale game. Twitter user Jack "CouRage" Dunlop posted a gameplay clip on Twitter that shows when each member of a Warzone squad uses the UAV killstreak at the same time, the location of every enemy on the map and the direction they are looking is revealed.A major component of Warzone--and all battle royale games--is moving around the map undetected, so this is a really big help if your team is able to pull it off. Of course it's not easy to do, as each member of the squad needs to either unlock or obtain the UAV killstreak.FUN FACT:Using 3 UAVS at once in Warzone reveals EVERY SINGLE ENEMIES LOCATION ACROSS THE ENTIRE MAP AND WHERE THEY ARE LOOKING for the duration of the UAVs...INSANE. pic.twitter.com/2wZ5InWpHt — Jack “CouRage” Dunlop (@CouRageJD) March 11, 2020Even if you're able to coordinate the triple UAV, there is no guarantee it will help your team win, though it should definitely give you at least a temporary advantage over your enemies.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Call of Duty: Warzone, the free-to-play Call of Duty battle royale game set in the Modern Warfare universe, is off to a very good start. Activision has confirmed that more than 6 million people played Warzone over its first 24 hours."Thank you -- we're just getting started," the tweet says, referring to developer Infinity Ward and Raven Software's plan to update and support the game with more content and events over time.What a day! 24 hours in and over 6 million of you have dropped into #Warzone.Thank you – we’re just getting started.#FreeCallofDuty pic.twitter.com/GpDKJw5QD4 — Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) March 11, 2020For comparison, Titanfall developer Respawn's battle royale game, Apex Legends, hit 2.5 million players over its first 24 hours. That's not a terrific comparison, however, as Call of Duty is an established franchise while Apex Legends was a new IP that no one knew about.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Activision Blizzard, one of the biggest publishers in gaming, has announced a major leadership change. The company has hired veteran Google executive Daniel Alegre to become its new president and chief operating officer, effective April 7, 2020.He will replace Coddy Johnson, the former Bush-Cheney field director who became Activision Blizzard's president in 2017 after more than seven years with the company before that. Johnson will transition to a new "special advisor" role where he will report to Activision Blizzard CEO Kotick.In his position as president and COO of Activision Blizzard, Alegre will oversee all of the company's major business units: Activision Publishing, Blizzard Entertainment, and King Digital. He will report directly to Kotick.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com