Month: October 2019

After adding a new map in July, developer DICE is back again with one more addition for Battlefield V. The first-person shooter will receive another brand-new map later this week, and it should be familiar to Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 players.

Operation Underground is the latest map coming to Battlefield V, dropping on October 3 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Battlefield V’s official Twitter account shared a video of the new map, which will see you duking it out against other players in a tight, underground subway tunnel before emerging above ground in a war-torn German city. Operation Underground can be played in Conquest, Breakthrough, Squad Conquest, and Team Deathmatch. Further, Rush will be a supported game mode for a limited time.

Battlefield 3 and 4 featured a map called Operation Métro, and Operation Underground is said to be a spiritual successor to it. Métro’s original designer led the creation of Operation Underground and will allegedly keep Métro’s intense close-quarters combat while removing bottlenecks and adding new gameplay mechanics. You can check out some screens of Operation Underground below.

Battlefield V’s competitive 5v5 mode has been cancelled. Senior producer Ryan McArthur provided insight on the decision, saying that “the added focus on improving the quality of the experience and adding more of the content you want” resulted in DICE chopping the mode. Battlefield V is currently on sale at the PlayStation Store, alongside a host of other titles like Bloodborne and Red Dead Redemption 2.

A new month is officially underway, which means there’s a new batch of Field Research tasks to complete in Pokemon Go. As usual, you can receive these tasks by spinning the Photo Disc at Poke Stops, and each one you complete will net you rewards such as items, XP, or encounters with certain Pokemon.

You can complete as many Field Research tasks as you want each day, but the first one you clear will reward you with a stamp. If you can accumulate seven stamps, you’ll achieve a Research Breakthrough. Not only does this reward you with a ton of XP and Stardust, it also results in an encounter with a rare Pokemon.

In the past, the Pokemon you encounter through Research Breakthroughs would typically be a Legendary. Just as in September, however, each time you achieve a Research Breakthrough this month, you’ll encounter an Eevee wearing a floral crown. This special Eevee first appeared in Go last year to celebrate the release of Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee, giving you another chance to add one to your collection if you missed it the first time around.

Flower crown Eevee will be available through Research Breakthroughs until November 1, when Niantic rolls out a new set of Field Research tasks. Until then, you can see the list of Field Research tasks currently available in Pokemon Go below.

October may have only just begun, but a lot is happening in Pokemon Go right now. Altered Forme Giratina is still available in Raids and will be featured in many of this month’s Legendary Raid Hours. Niantic has also revealed three mysterious new Team Rocket characters who’ll be appearing in the game soon. Meanwhile, October’s Community Day is set for Saturday, October 12.

Pokemon Go October Field Research Tasks

• Battle a team leader 2 times — Natu encounter
• Battle another trainer twice — Electrike encounter
• Battle in a gym 5 times — Machop encounter
• Battle in a gym — Mankey or Makuhita encounter
• Battle in a raid — Spoink encounter
• Catch 10 Pokemon — Magikarp encounter
• Catch 15 Pokemon — Sandshrew encounter
• Catch 3 Dark-type Pokemon — Poochyena encounter
• Catch 3 different species of Psychic-type Pokemon — Drowzee encounter
• Catch 3 Water, Electric or Fire type Pokemon — Doduo encounter
• Catch 4 Ice or Grass-type Pokemon — Seel encounter
• Catch 5 Fairy-Type Pokemon — Marill encounter
• Catch 5 Normal-type Pokemon — Zigzagoon encounter
• Catch 5 Pokemon with weather boost — Poliwag or Vulpix encounter
• Catch a Dragon-type Pokemon — Dratini encounter
• Earn 3 candies walking with your buddy — Ponyta encounter
• Evolve a Pokemon — Cubone encounter
• Hatch 3 eggs — Magmar encounter
• Hatch an egg — Exeggcute or Hoppip encounter
• Make 3 Great throws in a row — Onix encounter
• Make 3 Great Throws — Buneary, Gastly, Anorith, or Lileep encounter
• Make 5 Great Curveball Throws in a row — Spinda #3 encounter
• Make 5 Nice Throws — Voltorb encounter
• Power up Pokemon 5 times — Squirtle, Charmander, or Bulbasaur encounter
• Send 10 Gifts to friends — Sneasel encounter
• Take 5 snapshots of Eevee — Gulpin encounter
• Trade a Pokemon — Bronzor encounter
• Transfer 3 Pokemon — Sableye encounter
• Use 10 Nanab Berries while catching Pokemon — Scyther encounter
• Use 5 berries to help catch Pokemon — Snorunt encounter
• Use 5 Razzberries to help catch Pokemon — Swinub encounter
• Use a super-effective charged attack in 7 gym battles — Electabuzz encounter
• Win 3 Gym battles — Jynx encounter
• Win 5 raids — Aerodactyl encounter
• Win a Gym battle — Squirtle, Charmander, or Bulbasaur encounter
• Win a level 3 or higher raid — Omanyte or Kabuto encounter

This week’s Xbox One game sales feature the Devil May Cry series and titles from Microsoft’s Xbox Games Studios. However, those aren’t the only games you’ll see discounted this week, as players can expect deals on Cuphead and Dirt 4 as well.

This week seems like a good time to jump into Capcom’s demon hunter series, as Devil May Cry 5, Devil May Cry HD Collection, Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition, and DMC Devil May Cry: Definitive Edition are all discounted. Every game in the series has received positive reviews from GameSpot–except for Devil May Cry 2, which most fans would agree is skippable. Our Devil May Cry 5 review caps things off for the series with a 9/10.

The Xbox Game Studios’ titles in this sale include Crackdown 3, Forza Horizon 4, and Sea of Thieves: Anniversary Edition. My personal Xbox One favourites are also discounted: Ori & The Blind Forest, Sunset Overdrive, and Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice.

You can see a selection of the best deals in the list below, but if you’d like to check out the entire sale, you can do so at the Xbox Store.

Xbox currently has a pretty awesome deal for new Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. For just $1, you get your first month of Game Pass Ultimate and 6 months of Spotify Premium. Unfortunately, you must also be a new Spotify subscriber to be eligible for the free months.

Game	Price (USD)	Price (CAD)	Price (GBP)
Devil May Cry 5	$36	$48	£27
Devil May Cry 1-3 HD Collection	$21	$28	£17.50
Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition	$7.50	$7.50	£6
DMC Devil May Cry: Definitive Edition	$9.90	$13.20	£7.90
Forza Horizon 4	$36	$48	£27
Sea of Thieves: Anniversary Edition	$25	$30	£20
Crackdown 3	$24	$32	£16
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice	$15	$20	£12.50
Rare Replay	$15	$20	£12.50
Sunset Overdrive	$8	$10	£6
ReCore: Definitive Edition	$10	$11	£7.50
Cuphead	$18	$23.40	£15.05
Quantum Break	$10	$7.75	£7.20
Ori & The Blind Forest: Definitive Edition	$10	$10	£8
Dirt 4	$12	$12	£11
Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection	$10	$13	£7.50

Since the inception of Destiny, Activision has had an exclusivity arrangement with Sony that saw content released on PlayStation platforms first. With Bungie striking out on its own, that deal has finally ended, meaning the last pieces of Destiny 2‘s PS4-exclusive content (released as part of the Forsaken expansion last year) are now available for the very first time on PC and Xbox One. If you’re a player on either of those platforms, here’s what you can look forward to finally getting your hands on.

Exotic Weapon: Wavesplitter

Perhaps most notable of all is the formerly exclusive Exotic weapon Wavesplitter. This is a trace rifle, of which there are very few in Destiny 2. We noted in August that it was possible for PC and Xbox One players to finally acquire it through some cross-save trickery. Because it was included in Xur’s Fated engram, you could in theory jump on a PS4 and effectively buy the gun directly. If you did that, it should now finally be usable on PC or Xbox One. If not, you’ll be able to find it through Exotic engrams or as a very rare world drop. Alternatively, you can buy a Fated engram once Xur arrives this Friday for a shot at getting one.

New Armor

Next up is a new set of armor for each of the three classes. Titans get the Mimetic Savior set, Hunters get Red Moon Phantom, and Warlocks get Thorium Holt. There’s no direct means of obtaining these, as you’ll need to simply get lucky with Legendary engrams or faction rank-up reward packages. In the early going with Shadowkeep, I’ve already happened upon two of the armor pieces for Titans, though your miles will certainly vary. Whatever the case, you can expect these to drop as Armor 2.0 versions.

Titan’s Mimetic Savior Set

Warlock’s Thorium Holt Set

Hunter’s Red Moon Phantom Set

New Ship

Additionally, there’s a new ship called The Great Beyond, which you can get by completing Spider’s wanted escapee bounties.

New Strike

In terms of playable content, there’s also a new Strike called Broodhold that’s set on the Tangled Shore and has you taking on the Hive. If you’re eager to see what you’ve been missing, you can launch directly into the Strike from the Director; you’ll see an icon for it to the left of the map when checking out the Tangled Shore.

Beyond this old content that Xbox One and PC users finally have access to, there’s also a new Exotic that Destiny 2 Shadowkeep and New Light players can look forward to getting. Eriana’s Vow is part of the new battle pass reward track, and if you’ve bought Shadowkeep (thus granting you access to the Season of the Undying’s premium rewards tier), you can acquire this Exotic gun and a set of armor right away. For free players, you’ll need to advance further into the battle pass before snagging the weapon.

We avoid being hunted and use stealth to take down in intel target in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint. Captured on PC.