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The Division 2 ’s first
big free DLC will add
new missions, Exotics,
and big skill changes
THEDLCWILLBEFREETOALLPLAYERS,BUTYEAR 1 PASS
OWNERS WILL GET ACCESS A WEEK EARLY.ThenextchapterinTheDivision 2 isEpisode1 - DCOutskirts:Expeditions, andasUbisoftand
Massiveannouncedtoday,thisfreeDLCwillarriveonJuly 23 forYear1 PassownersandJuly 30
forallplayers.Asidefrommyriadfixesandbalancechanges,Episode1 willintroducetwonew
mainmissions,theExpeditionsgamemode,newgearincludingtwoExotics,andtwomore
ClassifiedAssignments.TheOperationDarkHoursraidis alsogettinga lowered“Discovery”
difficulty(withreducedrewards),andevenamongstthemanybalancechanges,skilloverhauls
standout.
ThenewmissionsaresetinCampWhiteOakandtheManningNationalZoo,andstar
PresidentAndrewEllisandOutcastleaderEmelineShaw,respectively.Expeditions,meanwhile,
willtakeplayerstoKenlyCollege.Unlikemissions,Expeditionswillbesplitintothree“wings,”
withnewwingsreleasedona weeklybasis.“Completingallthreewingsgrantsaccesstoan
exclusivetreasureroomfullofrewards,”Massivesaidina statement.ThenewClassified
Assignments,meanwhile,areset in Washington’s Central Aquarium and NSA Site B13, and are
exclusive to the Year 1 Pass.NETFLIXANNOUNCESANIMATED
CUPHEADT VSERIES,THE
CUPHEADSHOW!
CUPHEADANDHIS
BROTHERMUGMANRETURN.
Cupheadis comingtoNetflix!Thestreamingservice
announcedtoday(9 July)thata T Vseries,basedon
thepopular(yetdevilishlydifficult)videogame,is
beingdevelopedinconjunctionwithKingFeatures
andCupheaddeveloperStudioMDHR.TitledThe
CupheadShow!, thecomedyserieswillexpandon
theworldfirstshowninthe independently
produced video game.DISCOVER
GAME NEWSAnewLordoftheRingsMMOisabout
togetahelpinghandfromAmazonONE DOES NOT SIMPLY PLAY INTO MORDOR...
LastSeptemberAthlonGamesannouncedit wasworkingona freeTheLordof theRingsMMO.
You’dbeforgivenfornothavingthedateandnewsetchedintoyourmemory,butthewhole
thingjustgota lotmoreinterestingwiththenewsthatAmazon– anditsverydeeppockets– is
joiningtheproject.
AmazonGameStudios–whichhassofarlaunchedTheGrandTourGameanda numberof
AmazonAppStoretitles– will“jointlydevelopthegameforPCandconsoles”withAthlon
Games.WeknowfromAthlon’soriginalannouncementthatthegamewillbesetwaybeforeall
theshenaniganswithFrodoBagginsandGollum.
“Youwon’tseehumancharactersfromTheLordof theRingsinourgame,”DaveMiller,
presidentofAthlonGames,toldGamesbeatwhenthegamewasoriginallyannounced.“I
wouldn’tsayit’sFirstAgebecausethatis moregodsandmonsters.”
“We’recommittedtobringingcustomersgamesofthehighestquality,bothwithourown
originalIPaswellasbelovedculturalpillarslikeThe Lord of the Rings,” said Amazon Game
Studios’ Christoph Hartmann in a statement.FALLOUT 76 ’SUPCOMINGPATCH
WILLMAKELIFEINTHEWASTELAND
SLIGHTLYEASIERFORNEWAND
LOW-LEVELCHARACTERS
THEPATCHAIMSTOCREATE“ASMOOTHER
PATHFORNEWCHARACTERS”.
Bethesdarecentlyreleaseda blogpostwitha
previewofthenextbigupcomingpatchforFallout
76. Oneofthebiggesttakeawaysofthehighlights
givenforPatch11, whichis duetobeaddedin
mid-July,is thatit’ssettohelpnewandlow-level
charactershavea smootherintroductiontothe
wastelandafteremergingfromtheVaultforthe
firsttime.
“LotsofnewDwellershavebeenleavingVault
76 forthefirsttimeoverthepastfewweeksand,in
Patch11, we’relookingtomakea fewadjustments
tohelpnewandlow-levelcharactershavemore
gradualintroductionstosomeofthegame’s
mechanics and challenges,” the post states.