Gaming
Jelly Deals and Humble Bundle Team Up for a Destiny 2 PC Giveaway
I love video game giveaways; they award gamers a chance to own a popular and trending game without spending a cent. Usually, these giveaways are for games that are already available or have just released, but sometimes giveaways include upcoming games, which is exactly what Jelly Deals and Humble Bundle have done with their Destiny 2 giveaway.
Starting today, gamers can enter the Jelly Deals/Humble Bundle giveaway to win one of four copies of Destiny 2 for the PC. The giveaway will run until Monday, October 23rd, and participants can enter by signing up for Jelly Deals and Humble Bundle newsletters, following @humble and @jelly_deals on Twitter, and/or checking out the Humble Bundle Store every several hours. The more participants check out the store, the more entries they receive. The winners will obtain a game code via email that can be entered into the Battle.net launcher (gamers will need a free Battle.net account to play the game on PC).
Back in August, I participated in the Destiny 2 beta and enjoyed the content on display (you can read my first impressions/review article here). I found the missions enjoyable and the gameplay a fun mix of 90s FPS speed/mobility and modern FPS mechanics. I even enjoyed the PvP portions of the beta. Of course, I had my complaints, but nothing ruined my experience, and even the single-use shaders debacle isn’t enough to stop me from recommending the game. Although, your level of enjoyment will vary depending on what kind of gamer you are; players who need to customize everything about their character will find the shaders issue a bigger problem than gamers who just like delving into dungeons for a chance at that sweet, sweet loot and legendary weapon of +10 killing. From what I have heard, Destiny 2 is a solid game and superior to the original Destiny, and given how well optimized the Destiny 2 beta was, I do not doubt the PC version will be the definitive Destiny 2 experience.
I have already entered the Jelly Deals and Humble Bundle Destiny 2 giveaway, and any gamer looking forward to the PC version of the game should too.
Since the excellent Baldur’s Gate 3 has been out in the wild for a while, interesting data can be gleaned, such as how players choose to play an innovative new RPG from home. Stats from developer Larian Studios and posted on the PlayStation Blog show that most people want to play as a stealthy archer like in Skyrim when given nearly limitless options.
According to a fascinating graph, Rogue/Ranger is the most popular multiclass build, with over 175,000 players using it to snipe unsuspecting enemies from range. The next two builds reveal similarly. 150,000 played Barbarian/Fighter because they loved pummeling things, and 109,00 played Barbarian/Paladin, which lets players talk to their victims before beatings.
More sense emerges as you descend. If the Paladin/Warlock/Sorcerer/Bard has high Charisma, any combination can be interesting. Charisma helps these classes cast spells and abilities and interact with NPCs outside of combat.
Playing a single class through Baldur’s Gate 3 feels great, which is what most players do. A pure Fighter or Wizard becomes so powerful by game’s end that we don’t blame you for not mixing things up!
Play as a Tiefling Oathbreaker Paladin, Dark Urge Origin (which you must resist), or Bard for real moral dilemmas. You could also play pseudo-Aragorn again.
Techland is continuing to release Dying Light 2 content as part of its long-term support. This is surprising since the meaty Good Night, Good Luck update was released a few months ago. It’s nice to know what’s coming, but no timeline was given.
IGN-exclusive roadmap trailers reveal more co-op missions, board quests, a tower raid, and replayable GRE anomalies. Executions and finishers may be added to the April Gut Feeling update, which overhauled melee mechanics. Graphical options, weapon repair, gear, and mod dismantling are always welcome.
Knives, polearms, and more enemy variants are coming, including a Nightmare difficulty. Changes to NG+ include firearms. Players can finally dress to their hearts’ content with new cosmetic options.
Has Techland’s Dying Light 2 support lured you back? Would you rather focus on something new?
Epic Games expanded the Fortnite V-Buck “pricing alignment” after laying off almost 900 employees, citing “inflation and currency fluctuations”. Fortnite’s premium currency will rise in international markets, including the largest.
Epic Games will raise the price of V-Bucks and real money content packs in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Eurozone countries, Hungary, Japan, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, and the US (including all US Dollar storefronts) on October 27.
Raising the price of this fictitious currency was successful when the company trialed it in the UK, Canada, and Mexico, so it was decided to announce it worldwide now. These USD increases range from $1 (1000 V-Bucks, previous $7.99) to $10 (13,500 V-Bucks, previous $79.99).
How do you view Epic’s timing and pricing increase?
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