Digital streaming network Rooster Teeth is releasing an ambitious new sci-fi animated series, titled gen:LOCK, featuring the vocal talents of Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther), Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones), Dakota Fanning (The Alienist), and David Tennant (Doctor Who), and IGN has the exclusive first look at the trailer.
Here’s how Rooster Teeth describes the series: “Fifty years in the future, an oppressive authoritarian force threatens to conquer the world. A daring team is recruited to pilot a new form of weaponized neuroscience that powers devastating mecha, but they must be willing to sacrifice everything to save the world.” In addition to voicing main character Julian Chase, Jordan’s production company, Outlier Productions, is co-producing the project alongside Rooster Teeth. For a deeper look at Rooster Teeth’s second anime-style series, check out the official Season 1 trailer below:
Free games are always good, and PlayStation Plus members can try an extra one for a limited time soon. This weekend the PS4 shooter Firewall Zero Hour is free for anyone with an active PS Plus subscription, though you’ll also need a PSVR headset to play.
Firewall Zero Hour launched in August 2018 to a positive reception. The tactical shooter is multiplayer-based, pitting squads of four against each other. It ordinarily costs US $40 / £25 / AU $40, so to be able to play it for free is quite the deal. The offer is valid from January 18-20.
January’s free PS Plus games are also live now. PS4 owners can pick up Steep, an extreme sports game from Ubisoft that lets you ski, snowboard, and glide in a wing suit to go from a mountain’s snowy peaks to its powdery base. The other PS4 game for January is Portal Knights, which takes the building component of Minecraft and constructs around it an RPG that encourages crafting and exploration.
PS Plus members should note that, starting in March 2019, Sony will no longer give away free PS3 and PS Vita games for PS Plus members. If you subscribe to PS Plus primarily for those free titles, you’ll want to turn off your subscription’s auto-renewal option or cancel it then.
Pioneer, the sci-fi project teased within Watch Dogs 2, has seemingly been canceled. A trailer for the space exploration game was found in a Watch Dogs 2 mission that had you infiltrate Ubisoft’s real-life San Francisco office. However, ex-Ubisoft game director Alex Hutchison has now cast doubt on the project’s status.
“RIP Pioneer,” he stated on Twitter, including a link to the game’s trailer. When followers asked if this meant the project was dead, he simply responded with crying emojis. Ubisoft has declined to comment, but then the game was never officially announced in the first place. It was seemingly due to be revealed at E3 2017, before needing to be “retooled,” according to Kotaku’s sources in November 2016.
There’s no sign, meanwhile, of a third Watch Dogs game, which has been heavily rumored to be set in London. The next major Ubisoft title to launch will be February’s Far Cry: New Dawn.
If you’ve been keeping up with the weekly Fortnite challenges, you may notice that Week 7’s set has one particular challenge that you’ll have done recently. The challenge in question involves visiting seven Expedition Outposts, which is something you had to do for Week 4 back in early January. For those who’ve completed Week 4’s challenge, this should be a cinch, but if you need a helping hand, we’re here for you.
Expedition Outposts can be spotted on the map as little red dots. In the game world they exist as small red bunkers with a globe icon surrounded by arrows on them. For the most part, they’re surrounded by X-4 Stormwing planes, which are pretty easy to spot from high up, so look out for those if you need markers. To make things easier, we’ve got a list of bunker locations below, as well as a map to show your their exact locations.
Week 4’s bunker challenge tasked players with eliminating enemies in the bunker areas. However, for Week 7’s variant, all you’ve got to do is find them and hang out in the area for a second. When you do so, you’ll see your progress towards completing the challenge advance. The easiest way to get it done is to hop out of the Battle Bus and land on a bunker, leave the game, and repeat until you’re done.
Expedition Outpost Locations
Southeast of Lazy Links (F3)
Northeast of Pleasant Park (D3)
Southwest of Pleasant Park (C4)
West of Dusty Divot (F5)
West of Lonely Lodge (I5)
West of Paradise Palms
South of Shifty Shafts (D8)
Once you’re done with this challenge and you’ve pocketed the Battle Stars, it’s on the others. We’ve got a full list of Fortnite Season 7, Week 7 challenges, which shouldn’t be too difficult to complete. Don’t forget that Fortnite’s 7.20 update brought back glider redeploy, so you can make good use of that to get challenges done, provided you manage to get a hold of the new item that enables it. Since one of the challenges also requires you to score damage, keep an eye out for the new gun: the Scoped Revolver. That’ll be handy in dishing out big damage from a safe distance.
The new patch also heralded the arrival of a mysterious icy orb, which is floating above Polar Peak. While it’s unclear what exactly it is, does, or will do, it’s likely tied into a big event coming to the game soon. It could be part of Season 8, which means you should try and finish up remaining challenges from Season 7 before it’s too late. You can use our comprehensive Fortnite Season 7 challenge guide for help with the trickier challenges from previous weeks.
We’re now in week seven of Fortnite‘s seventh season. There’s a new collection of challenges now available, so if you’re planning on unlocking everything the Battle Pass has to offer you’ll need to grind them out. Complete the challenges, earn the Battle Stars, level up the Battle Pass, and unlock the cosmetics–you know how it goes.
As always, challenges are separated into two categories. The first is a free set available to anyone that has the game. The second set, however, is exclusive to those that have spent V-Bucks to unlock the premium version.
In the free category, players will need to visit seven Expedition Outposts that are scattered across the island, use a Rift or Rift-To-Go in three different matches, and then score three pistol kills. If you’ve got the paid Battle Pass, you can get yourself a few more Battle Stars. To do so, you’ll need to complete a multi-stage challenge that begins with you landing at Salty Springs. Once you’ve done that, the next stage will reveal itself–there are a total of five stages. You’ll also need to search seven treasure chests at either Loot Lake or Frosty Flights and destroy one X-4 Stormwing while it’s in flight. The final challenge is another multi-parter which begins by asking you to do 200 points of damage in a single match.
Take a look below for a full breakdown of all the Fortnite Season 7, Week 7 challenges.
Week 7 Challenges
Free
Visit all Expedition Outposts (7) — 5 Battle Stars
Use a Rift or Rift-To-Go in different matches (3) — 5 Battle Star
Pistol Eliminations (3) — 10 Battle Stars
Battle Pass
Stage 1: Land at Salty Springs (1) — 1 Battle Star
Search Chests at Loot Lake or Frosty Flights (7) — 5 Battle Star
Stage 1: Damage opponents in a single match (200) — 3 Battle Stars
Things are getting weird in Fortnite once again. Kevin the Cube might be a distant memory at this point, but for those that miss having a giant, mysterious entity floating in the air, there’s something new to get excited about.
On January 16, as part of the 7.20 update, an icy orb appeared above Polar Peak. If it ends up being anything like dearly departed Kevin, it will lead to a world event. Interestingly, group of eggs also showed up beneath the castle, and a bunker has been found near Happy Hamlet–it was previously blocked by an iceberg.
The orb’s frosty nature fits with the winter theme for the season. At the start of Season 7 an icy chill swept through the island, giving certain areas a snowy makeover. It could be that the orb either expands the impact of this cold spell, or completely undoes it, changing the state of the island as setup for Season 8. The eggs and bunker are likely to play a part in what happens on the island next, but as of yet what that is remains unclear.
Fortnite’s 7.20 update also brought back glider redeploy and introduced a new gun: the Scoped Revolver. You’ve still got a few more weeks to complete remaining challenges from Season 7, and you can use the tips in our complete Season 7 challenges guide to get it all done before the new season kicks off.
