Month: November 2020

Borderlands 3 pays homage to the battle royale craze with its new Arms Race mode. Here’s gameplay of a full match set on a new map filled with new foes to fight and special guns to find.

The next big update coming to Borderlands 3 is the Designer’s Cut, which launches on November 10. As the start of the game’s second year of content, it introduces a whole suite of changes, upgrades, and a new mode for players to dive into and experiment with. Previously, we’ve shown off one facet of the Designer’s Cut update in the form of the new skill trees and abilities for each of the vault hunters. However, the other significant addition coming is Arms Race, which adds in a new way to play the looter-shooter.

We had the chance to get some early hands-on time with Arms Race, and experienced how much it changes the flow of Borderlands 3 and how it leans even further into the core gunplay of the game. To start the quest to play Arms Race, you’ll need to access the player hub, Sanctuary 3. While exploring the main hall, players will get a message from returning Borderlands 2 vault hunters Axton and Salvador, who now host a new competition where players get dropped into a battle zone filled with new enemies, bosses, and some fresh loot.

The new map is on Pandora, set in a place called the Stormblind Complex. Formerly a Dahl weapons factory, it’s been turned into a large battle zone filled with treasure caches for Arms Race. You’re dropped into a random section of the map, and much like in a battle royale game, you have to arm yourself with whatever gear you can find. In addition to coming into Arms Race without weapons or shields, your vault hunter will also have their action-skills and perks disabled–meaning that your survival all depends on quick reflexes and the loot you can find.

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Electronic Arts has outlined the various ways in which its marquee titles take advantage of the power of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/Series S consoles, which arrive very soon. These games primarily will primarily rely on backwards compatibility, at least at first, rather than getting native next-gen versions.

Perhaps the most interesting case is Star Wars: Squadrons, which has two dedicated settings to choose from: one focused on visual fidelity and the other on performance. However, this feature is apparently only available on Xbox platforms, while PS5 users are only getting “improved lighting.” Read on to get the scoop on how EA’s major games make the most of the next-gen consoles.

Madden NFL 21 And FIFA 21

The next-gen editions of Madden NFL 21 land FIFA 21 launch on December 4, so they won’t be available at launch, but it will arrive not long after. (The current-gen versions should be playable through backwards compatibility.) EA boasts that the next-gen versions of the games will “deliver their most immersive and authentic experiences yet” on the new consoles. More details about the specific ways in which the games leverage the power of the consoles will be announced later in November.

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Two of Activision’s most popular franchises are coming together for the first time. The publisher has announced a new crossover event of sorts that sees Crash Bandicoot-themed gear come to Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2.

On November 6, new Bandicoot-themed gear is coming to the skateboarding game. Everyone who already purchased the skateboarding game will get 13 new Crash items for the Create-A-Skater mode. This includes nine shirts, three hats, and one skateboard deck. You can see a few of these in the images below.

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November 6 also marks the launch of the Birdman Pack, which will benefit Tony Hawk’s The Skatepark Project charity–this was formerly known as the Tony Hawk Foundation. The DLC bundle comes with new boards from Birdhouse and Powell-Peralta, along with a new TSP deck made specifically for this campaign. The items, of which there are 10 in all, can be used in the Create-A-Skater mode.

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