Destiny 2 Stasis Trailer Showcases Ice Supers In Beyond Light

Destiny 2 and the Beyond Light expansion are coming to Xbox Game Pass, which is exciting news, but that’s not all Bungie had to share from the upcoming DLC as part of the Xbox event. A new Beyond Light trailer, dubbed Stasis, showed off more of what to expect from the expansion, including some cool-looking ice abilities and Supers.

These abilities took some dramatically different forms. In one scene, a player throws down what looks like a grenade, creating an ice wall that launches them into the air, giving them a better vantage point from which to attack foes. After that, we see the player send out a slow-moving projectile that freezes a pack of enemies, leading to a devastating shoulder charge from a nearby Titan that shatters them. Earlier in the video, ice walls are created along the side of a structure, letting the players traverse them like platforms.

Throughout the video, we also see what looks like new Supers, as a Warlock summons a staff that seems to emit a damaging wave of energy as they move. A Titan can also be seen utilizing a shockwave, while Hunters get some kind of projectile attack. It’s all a bit too brief to get a great feel for how it’s used but it’s still exciting to see. Similarly, we get a look at what appears to be a new Exotic weapon.

One of the headlining features in Beyond Light is the ability to wield the Darkness in the form of Stasis. These will join the existing elemental trio of Arc, Void, and Solar, making it a major addition to the game–those three have been the only options dating back to the launch of the first Destiny. This ties into the arrival of the long-awaited pyramid ships, which have been popping up in games as part of the ongoing Season of Arrivals. Players will travel to Europa, the moon of Jupiter, as part of Beyond Light, which will temporarily remove certain content and locations (including Mercury and Mars) from the game but cycle in classic content, such as the Vault of Glass Raid.

Following a recent delay, Beyond Light releases on November 10. It’ll be available on PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Stadia, although, as noted above, Xbox Game Pass members will get it for free. Destiny 2 and its expansion content hit Game Pass in September. For more, check out our Destiny 2: Beyond light pre-order guide.

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Comic-Con At Home: Amazon’s Supernatural Series Truth Seekers Gets Hilarious First Trailer

Fans of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World’s End, and the TV series Spaced will be happy to see that Nick Frost and Simon Pegg are writing and acting together again on a new Amazon series called Truth Seekers.

A new teaser for the series was revealed at the Comic-Con@Home panel for the show, which featured Frost, Pegg, James Serafinowicz, and Nat Saunders discussing the series and what we can expect. Additionally, we got a trailer for the show, which you can check out below.

Debuting this fall, the eight-episode series will follow paranormal investigators who check out ghostly hot-spots across the UK. Sharing their findings with their online community, the investigators find that their experiences with ghost and paranormal activity become frequent and sometimes deadly. This all leads to a gigantic conspiracy that could bring an end to the world.

During the panel, Pegg, Frost, Saunders, and Serafinowicz discussed the upcoming show. Frost discussed that he and Pegg used to go ghost hunting, and the duo thought a show about this, as a joke, would be fun. Frost’s character is a broadband installer by day and a ghost hunter at night. Pegg also appears in the series–in all but one episode. He plays Frost’s character’s boss at SMILE–the broadband provider. While the panel does give a little more insight into the characters of the upcoming show, it’s primarily a group of friends telling jokes and making light of the virtual panel situation. You should watch it.

Pegg, Frost, Saunders, and Serafinowicz will be writing the series. Jim Field Smith will serve as director.

For more Comic-Con 2020 coverage, stay tuned to GameSpot.

Xbox Event: New Forza, Fable, And Other Games Not Guaranteed For Xbox One

Update: Xbox’s Aaron Greenberg has attempted to clarify the situation, although we still don’t have confirmation on whether games like Fable, Forza, and Everwild will launch on Xbox One. In regards to the title slates not listing the current-gen system, he stated, “Future [first-party] titles are developed for Xbox Series X first. Not saying those games won’t ship on Xbox One, only that we are leading with Series X & each studio will decide what’s best for their game/community when they launch.”

Original story: Several of Microsoft’s first-party titles, including Forza Motorsport, Fable, Avowed, Everwild, As Dusk Falls and State of Decay 3 were listed as coming to Xbox Series X and Windows PC during today’s Xbox event. The title cards didn’t mention Xbox One at all, suggesting they could be skipping Microsoft’s current console in favor of a next-gen exclusive release.

At first glance this is a sign that Microsoft could already be flaking on the promise it made that you won’t need to buy the new Series X in order to play all first-party titles for two years. This could also mean that these major releases, all of which are being published by Microsoft’s Xbox Game Studios, are more than two years away. We’ve reached out to Microsoft to see if this was an error in the title cards or if these games are indeed quite far from release. Forza Motorsport developers did say they were early in the development process so we shouldn’t expect a release date in the near future.

“Our future Xbox Game Studios titles are being developed natively for Xbox Series X,” Microsoft told The Verge in a statement. “We will continue to invest in tools for devs to scale across consoles. Which consoles each Studio/game can support will be based on what’s best for their game and their community at launch.”

The answer Microsoft provided isn’t completely clear. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has said that it’s completely up to Microsoft’s first-party studios whether they target both consoles or not. If these studios are targeting both consoles that could mean more than half of Microsoft’s next-gen exclusives showcased during the event aren’t coming out until two years after the launch of its new hardware.

The title cards for these games also didn’t mention Xbox Smart Delivery, a system that lets you play one copy of a game on either modern Xbox console. Microsoft has been more straight forward with how Halo Infinite, arguably the studio’s biggest upcoming exclusive, is supporting the Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC. We don’t have a specific release date for the shooter just yet, but we do know it’s coming this holiday season.

Be sure to catch up on today’s biggest announcements so far in the Xbox Games Showcase.

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Ubisoft Faces Lawsuit From French Union Amid Allegations Of Harassment And Abuse

Solidaires Informatique, a French union, is putting together a lawsuit against Ubisoft after the company faced a number of accusations of sexual harassment and abuse. The union put out a call to victims and other organizations to help them build the collective action case.

“The Ubisoft group must be able to answer for its actions before a court of law,” reads a post on the unions site. “We invite the victims of the Ubisoft group’s actions, associations, and any organization willing to help, to contact us to build this collective action.”

The union promises to guarantee “total confidentiality and legal support.”

Ubisoft was at the center of many allegations and has since removed several employees who were directly accused of the actions as well as several high-level executives. A recent report from Bloomberg detailed a “frat-house” culture inside the studios known for Assassin’s Creed, Watch Dogs, and other popular franchises.

In a recent earnings call, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot dodged questions about whether or not he knew about the misconduct before many of the allegations came to light.

“Each time we have been made aware of misconduct, we made actually tough decisions and made sure that those decisions had a clear and positive impact, so that’s very important,” Guillemot said. “It has now become clear that certain individuals betrayed the trust I placed in them and didn’t live up to Ubisoft’s shared values. So I have never compromised on my core values and ethics, and never will. I will continue to run and transform Ubisoft to face today’s and tomorrow’s challenges.”

Executives who have stepped down amid the allegations include Assassin’s Creed Valhalla director Ashraf Ismail, Serge Hascoet, Yannis Mallat, Cecile Cornet, and several other executives. Maxime Beland, who returned to the company as a member of the executive editorial team to guide project decisions, also left amid assault allegations.

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New Xbox One Free-Play Weekend Features Civ 6, Yakuza Kiwami

Microsoft debuted a slew of new games coming to Xbox Series X this holiday season and beyond, including first-party titles like Halo Infinite, a new Fable, and Forza Motorsport. It’s an exciting period for Xbox fans as the next-generation console launch looms, but in the meantime, there are plenty of deals to be had on Xbox One, including a brand-new Free Play Days weekend for Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass Ultimate members with some great games to check out.

This weekend’s free-to-play games on Xbox One include Yakuza Kiwami, Civilization VI, and For Honor standard edition. They’re available now through Sunday, July 26, so you’ve got a few days to dive in and check out everything they have to offer. As usual, the free-play titles are accompanied by some nice discounts so you can buy them for cheaper and keep playing.

Xbox One Free Play Days: 7/23-7/26

Yakuza Kiwami is a remake of the original Yakuza that released on PS2. The action-adventure game follows yakuza member Kazuma Kiryu, who has gone to prison for a crime he didn’t commit and gets released 10 years later to find the yakuza at war. With Yakuza: Like a Dragon among the launch lineup for Xbox Series X, here’s a great chance to dive in and see what the Yakuza series is all about.

Civilization VI is the latest in the popular 4X turn-based strategy series where you play as one of the historic civilizations (Greece, Rome, Egypt, etc.) and develop your empire, building up armies, harvesting resources, engaging in diplomacy with other world leaders, and going to war. The Xbox One version includes four scenario packs for the Vikings, Poland, Australia, and Macedonia.

Finally, you can check out For Honor, a 2017 action-fighting game published by Ubisoft. In For Honor, you can play as characters from different medieval factions, including knights, Vikings, and samurai. There are multiple classes available within each faction, and different heroes have their own unique weapons, abilities, and fighting styles.

If you’re not subscribed to Xbox Live Gold or Game Pass Ultimate yet, you can grab your first month of Game Pass Ultimate for $1. Plus, check out more of this week’s best Xbox One digital deals below.

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Solar Opposites Season 2: Justin Roiland Addresses Rick And Morty Crossover Question At Comic-Con

Comic-Con 2020 has officially kicked off as Comic-Con@Home, and the show’s first day began with a digital panel for Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan’s Hulu show Solar Opposites. During the panel, Roiland, McMahan, and the show’s other cast and creators debuted a new clip from Season 2. In keeping with Comic-Con tradition when it comes to animated shows, the clip is unfinished, with voice acting in place with without final animation. Watch it at the beginning of the panel below.

In the Season 2 clip, Korvo (Roiland) and Terry (Thomas Middleditch) contend with the discovery that Yumyulack (Sean Giambrone) and Jesse (Mary Mack) will be home from school for three months thanks to summer vacation. On the brink of all killing one another, they decide to do what many actual parents have done during the summer months throughout history: They send the kids to summer camp.

As always, it’s fun to see shows we love in unfinished form. And given that Solar Opposites Season 1 debuted fairly recently on Hulu, it’s exciting to see an early Season 2 clip already.

Perhaps more importantly, during the panel, Roiland addressed the question of a Rick and Morty/Solar Opposites crossover. Given how similar the two shows are, it seems like a good fit. But Roiland doesn’t seem optimistic that it will happen–or even interested, to be honest. “You gotta ask these giant, lumbering mega-corporations that have merged together like water droplets just growing into a giant ocean-sized whatever,” he said. “Maybe if they just finally merge together into one giant thing, it’ll happen.”

The cast and creators discussed the show more throughout the digital Comic-Con panel, teasing Season 2 without revealing too much. “There’s interesting class stuff, like, you know, in the season premiere of next year, when they discover that there’s another group of people that are there, that they’ve never had to worry about class, as aliens, and they deal with that, and we have a great episode where Terry is like, obsessed with dinner parties, and Korvo is terrible at dinner parties and says all the wrong things and doesn’t understand why Brooklyn is cool–that’s all I’m giving away,” said producer Josh Bycel.

Roiland also discussed the fact that at one point, he was going to voice both Korvo and Terry. He wanted Middleditch from the start, but the Silicon Valley actor initially turned down the pilot. But Roiland felt that his voice for Terry would be too similar to his voice for Morty on Rick and Morty, as well as his voice for his video game character Trover. He was thrilled when Middleditch said yes after the series was picked up for a full season.

Solar Opposites tells the story of a family of aliens who crash landed on Earth after the destruction of their home planet. Their eventual plan is to terraform our planet and recreate it in Shlorp’s image, but in the meantime, they settle into life on Earth by becoming absorbed in pop culture and doing experiments on unsuspecting humans. It’s like Third Rock from the Sun, but if the aliens had absolutely no regard for human life and zero interest in blending in. And, of course, Rick and Morty fans will find plenty to love.

Solar Opposites Season 2 is set to debut in 2021. For more Comic-Con 2020 coverage, stay tuned to GameSpot.

New Timed Exclusives For Xbox Series X Announced

Today’s Xbox Games Showcase will show off first-party games like Halo Infinite and other AAA titles coming to Xbox Series X, but in the pre-show, Microsoft took a moment to acknowledge all the indie games launching on Xbox, including Series X, in the near future. In a montage, Microsoft revealed 15 games that are all coming first to console on Xbox as part of the ongoing Id@Xbox program. All of them have been optimized for Xbox Series X.

The upcoming games include 12 Minutes from Annapurna Interactive, a top-down interactive thriller about a man trapped in a time loop; The Ascent from Curve Digital, a solo and co-op action RPG set in a cyberpunk world; and Sable from Raw Fury, an open-world exploration game with a stunning comic book-esque art style

Check out the full list of upcoming timed exclusives coming to Xbox Series X below, along with the release windows confirmed so far. Plus, catch up on today’s biggest announcements so far in the Xbox Games Showcase.

  • 12 Minutes (2020)
  • Last Stop (2021)
  • Exo One (2020)
  • The Big Con (2021)
  • The Falconeer (2020)
  • Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer’s Legacy (2021)
  • Tunic (release date TBD)
  • Song of Iron (2021)
  • Shredders (2021)
  • Mad Streets (2020)
  • Sable (release date TBD)
  • Dead Static Drive (2021)
  • The Artful Escape (2020)
  • Lake (2021)
  • The Ascent (2021)

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Dragon Quest 11 Is Coming To Xbox

Square Enix’s critically acclaimed Dragon Quest XI is coming to Xbox, the publisher revealed ahead of today’s Xbox presentation. The game will be available on Xbox One, Windows 10 PC, and Xbox Game Pass on December 4.

The latest entry in the beloved JRPG series, Dragon Quest XI casts players in the role of the Luminary, the reincarnation of a legendary hero who is fated to save the kingdom of Erdrea from the forces of darkness. The Xbox version is based on Switch’s Dragon Quest XI S: Definitive Edition, which featured re-recorded music, the option to play the adventure in 2D, and other enhancements.

In addition to Xbox, Square Enix has confirmed it is bringing Dragon Quest XI S to PS4 and Steam as well. The original version of the game was previously released for both platforms, but this marks the first time the Definitive Edition will be available on them.

Dragon Quest XI originally released on PS4 back in 2017, with the aforementioned Switch version following in 2019. We awarded the game a 9/10 in our original Dragon Quest XI review. Critic Heidi Kemps wrote, “Dragon Quest XI is one of the best modern examples of this; its beautiful presentation, both visual- and story-wise, combines with a tried-and-true gameplay formula for a journey that’s full of heart and soul. Once you find yourself sucked into the world of Dragon Quest XI, it’s going to be hard to put down until you reach the grand finale.”

Microsoft’s Xbox Showcase kicks off at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET and promises to feature lots of Xbox Series X games, including an extended look at Halo Infinite. You can watch the stream on YouTube, Twitch, and right here on GameSpot.

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Echo Generation Is A New Turn-Based RPG About Saving Your Hometown

Indie studio Cococucumber revealed its next game during Microsoft’s Xbox Games Showcase. Dubbed Echo Generation, this turn-based adventure gives off Stranger Things vibes.

Set in a small town plagued by supernatural events, Echo Generation stars a group of kids who try to get to the bottom of what’s happening. Throughout your journey, you’ll go on a variety of quests and take on some terrifying-looking monsters in turn-based battles, which will award you experience points to increase your level.

Like Cococucumber’s last game, Riverbond, Echo Generation uses voxel graphics, but it looks a tad less blocky this time around. Based on the reveal trailer, it appears you’ll be able to roam freely around the secluded town, with much of the action taking place after dark. Echo Generation is Cococucumber’s fourth game.

Echo Generation will release in 2021 on Xbox One and Xbox Series X.

Xbox Games Showcase: How to Watch and What We Might See

Updated 7/23 with Xbox Games Showcase livestream

The time is almost here. We’re finally going to get a look at some first-party Xbox Series X games at the Xbox Games Showcase. General Manager of Xbox Marketing at Microsoft, Aaron Greenberg, confirmed there will be updates on previously revealed games, world premieres, and our first-ever look at Halo Infinite campaign gameplay. If you plan on watching this event, here’s everything you need to know to ensure you don’t miss it.

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How to Watch the Xbox Games Showcase (July 2020)

The Xbox Games Showcase takes place on Thursday, July 23, and starts at 9 am PT/ 12 pm ET/ 5 pm CEST. If you’re tuning in from Australia, the showcase is on July 24 at 2 am AEST. The show will be one hour-long and as usual, we’ll be broadcasting the livestream here and on our channels across a variety of platforms. Here’s the full list of places you can watch the Xbox Games Showcase:

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What to Expect at the Xbox Series X Games Showcase

We already know Microsoft has plans to reveal gameplay from Halo Infinite’s campaign during the stream, but we don’t know what other Xbox Series X games could make it into the lineup. Since the focus of the showcase is first-party games, we could potentially see projects related to studios acquired by Microsoft like Ninja Theory, Obsidian Entertainment, inXile Entertainment, Undead Labs, Compulsion Games, Playground Games, and Double Fine Productions.

It’s possible we’ll get some updates on Double Fine’s Psychonauts 2 or Ninja Theory’s Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 and Project Mara. Microsoft might also mention Grounded – Obsidian Entertainment’s upcoming survival game set to launch this month on July 28. There are also the rumors about Playground Games potentially working on Fable 4, and a new Perfect Dark game from Microsoft studio – The Initiative, both of which could also make it into the show.

There are plenty of exciting possibilities. Until then, let us know in the comments what you’d like to see and what you think we’ll actually see.

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