Month: May 2019

Epic Games has updated Fortnite: Battle Royale once again, and as usual there’s plenty to sink your teeth into in terms of new content. Update 8.51’s big new item is the shadow bomb, which you can read more about in the patch notes at the bottom of this article, via Epic. The update is available now on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile.

The shadow bomb shrouds the user in, as you might expect, a shadow, and makes them invisible to enemies. It also increases movement speed and provides the ability to double-jump and jump off walls. However, you’re unable to attack, build, or loot while under a shadow bomb’s effects, which last for six seconds. You can hold up to six shadow bombs, which are available in uncommon rarities in floor loot, chests, supply drops, and supply llamas.

Update 8.51 also brings a fix for the audio issues some people were experiencing with jetpacks, while Epic Games says it’s investigating a problem “where players are unable to access the Battle Royale map from Creative and Playground modes.”

It was announced just recently that Epic Games is purchasing the developer of Rocket League, Psyonix, which is one of multiple aggressive moves the company has made following the success of Fortnite. The studio has been challenging Steam with its own Epic Games Store by offering free games.

Fortnite: Battle Royale Update 8.51 Patch Notes

Shadow Bomb

Become one with the shadows! Engulf yourself in darkness with this new item, becoming invisible to enemies, increasing your speed, and allowing the ability to perform double jumps.

Weapons And Items

• Shadow Bomb
  • Shrouds yourself in shadow, briefly becoming invisible to enemies.
    • 6-second duration
    • User becomes more visible to others near the end of the effect.
    • Increases your movement speed, provides the ability to double jump, and wall jump.
      • Players are unable to attack, build, or loot while under the effects of the Shadow Bomb.
  • Rarity: Uncommon
  • Can hold a maximum of 6
  • Can be found from Floor Loot, Chests, Supply Drops, and Supply Llamas.

Gameplay

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Sound effects for Jetpacks were occasionally playing much louder than they should be.

UI

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• The Victory Royale UI animation was displaying for all players in Limited Time Modes with respawning enabled.

All Survival Modes are offering triple GTA$ and RP, along with double GTA$ and RP in Premium Deluxe Repo Work, among heavy biker and vehicle discounts.

Paradox Interactive has unveiled the first of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2’’s clans: the Brujah.

As revealed over at PC Gamer, the Brujah were once a clan of warrior scholars, but in the modern age of The Masquerade timeline they’re now anarchic punks and troublemakers who reject the vampire establishment. They run undead fight clubs and have no ties to the vampire political factions in Bloodlines 2.

The Brujah are one of five vampire clans that you can join in Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. You start the game as a Thinblood with a small variety of powers – including the ability to turn into a cloud of mist and summon bats – but you can expand your skill set by joining a clan.

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, the spiritual successor to Castlevania by Koji Igarashi, will be released will be released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on June 18 and on the Nintendo Switch on June 25.

Igarashi’s newest title began as a Kickstarter project in 2015 that raised over $5 million and was originally scheduled for release in 2017. Last year, it was delayed into 2019 to “raise the quality level” and the PlayStation Vita version was cancelled.

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