MAIN CHARACTER TALKING TO A HOLOGRAM (PHOTO CREDIT: RESPAWN ENTERTAINMENT)

Star Wars fans are in a rejoice after the long time wait is over and fans have got more information on the next big star wars game Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. The Upcoming game from the well-received game studio of Respawn Entertainment the studio that brought the highly praised games of  Titanfall and Apex Legends. This news coming from respawns pannel at Star Wars Celebration where they gave a huge insight at the game and its different aspects along with a release date.

The Game was first officially announced at E3 2018, but since then the game has been in the dark and no one knew what was in store all that had been known was that the game takes place in between Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and before Episode IV: A New Hope.

The panel was on the brisk side of details but it still was very informative and included the games first trailer and release date along with talks about gameplay, the story and the newcomer to the star war universe and the games main protagonist. The Story is following a padawan named Cal Kestis a survivor of when then the emperor of the galactic republic issued order 66 which branded the Jedi as traitors and were hunted down and killed it will be following his journey to pick up the pieces to his past and finish his Jedi training.

If you were a fan of God of War 3 you’ll be in for a treat with this new game as the game features Stig Asmussen, as game director the same man who directed God of War 3, he also said that respawn is aiming to provide the same intense lightsaber duel you saw as fan of the Star war movies directly into the game. The game is confirmed for a November 15th, 2019 as it’s release date on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The PC version will be distributed through EA’s Origin store.  

 

Sea of Thieves turns 1

 

SEA OF THIEVE NEW ANIVERSARY EDITION COVER ART (PHOTO CREDIT: RARE)

 Sea of Thieves is now a year old and to celebrate Rare has announced its big new event for many players of the game found the game enjoyable and a fun experience but the big complaint about it is it just doesn’t have that much in content Developer Rare has taken note of that and has repeatedly updated the Pirate game since its launch back in March of 2018 and is now about to drop the biggest update they have ever made with is new anniversary update.

The anniversary Update is comprising a new narrative-driven questline called Tall Tales: Shores of Gold and a competitive PVP mode named The Arena along with new fishing and cooking mechanics.

The arena consist of five teams of four players and is set in a new smaller map the game plays at the start of the match each team gets the same treasure maps that can be cashed in for silver at a number of ships around the map but it comes with a  risk cause everyone is competing for the same treasure. Also included in the arena is a new damage model for the ships you can now break peoples anchors and steering mast making them unusable but they can be repaired via wood the same way you would repair the broken hull.

On the other half of this event is Tall Tales which is a new questline which is great for the people who wanted that sense of direction in the open sandbox of Sea of thieves it is set in the games massive shared world where there is a new island is added along with new items enchanted with new abilities and there’s also a new faction that will buy fish and meat off the player. Sea of Thieves Aniversary Update will be released for free on April 30th, 2019.

 

Overwatch Storm Rising New Event

THE NEW MORIA SKIN FROM THE EVENT (PHOTO CREDIT: BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT)

Blizzard has confirmed the next event will be the third installment of the archives event this one being named Storm rising and will be starring fan-favorite characters in their younger days in a four-player co-op PvE mission.

This time around the roster of fan favorites will be Tracer Genji Winston and lastly, Mercy in a story based mission to hunt down the talon operative of the Ominic known as Maximilien. He appears to be hiding out in Cuba while a storm is beating down on the island it up to the four players to track him down before he can use the cover of bad weather to escape yet again.

But we all know overwatch events mean one thing and one thing only new cosmetic for sale this time around there are 160 new cosmetics to buy. with new legendary for Baptiste,  McCree, and others. Overwatch: Storm Rising launches April 16th and will be available to play till May 6th.  

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Thomas Riley

Thomas Riley

Student - Spring 2019