Borderlands 3 Mayhem Mode Is Expanded With New Rewards and Challenges

Borderlands 3 has announced two new free updates, one which expands the end-game called Mayhem Mode 2.0 and a limited-time event that takes you on a raid on an infamous cartel leader.

The first free update is called Mayhem Mode 2.0 and it expands Borderlands 3’s endgame system with new challenges and rewards. Mayhem is a mode that unlocks after beating the main campaign for Borderlands 3 that lets players select random difficulty modifiers in exchange for better loot.

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Mayhem 2.0 adds 25 new modifiers that range from potentially helpful, to more challenging like Drone Ranger which gives enemies a healing drone. Modifiers are rated from Easy, Medium, Hard, or Very Hard and there are 10 difficulty levels. Modifiers are chosen at random, but always from your chosen rating pool. Stats for weapon drops improve the higher the level, and starting at level 6 specific bosses can drop one of eight brand new Legendary weapons. There’s also a new Mayhem Mode options tab in your ECHO device menu.

The second free update is a new LTE called Revenge of the Cartels. Maurice gets into trouble from cartel kingpin Joey Ultraviolet and you’ll need to infiltrate his mansion Villa Ultraviolet to help your indebted crewmate.

New Cartel enemies have spawned around the galaxy, defeat enough of them and you’ll earn the coordinates to Joey’s villa. When you get to the villa you’ll have to face one of three distinct factions of the Eridium Cartel, with each gang having their own unique Underbosses and Legendary loot pool. You’ll have to visit the villa multiple times to face each faction and their unique loot pool.

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Gearbox says you’ll never face the same gang faction twice in a row. Additionally, there are 18 new limited-time challenges for Revenge of the Cartels that players can complete for cosmetic rewards.

Check out our Borderlands 3 review and wiki for more on Gearbox’s latest looter-shooter. We also reviewed the DLC Moxxi’s Heist of The Handsom Jackpot.

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Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN.

New On Shudder In May 2020: More Horror Movies, TV Shows, And Originals Than You Can Handle

If you’re looking for some scares, then you’ll probably want to watch a horror movie, and AMC’s Shudder has nothing but scary flicks on its streaming service. Coming in the month of May are plenty of new movies, TV shows, and original content to keep you up at night. Check out everything arriving in May below, along with a few recommendations.

On May 25, Turbo Kid arrives. This bizarre 2015 film takes place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland in the far future of 1997. A comic book fan takes on a superhero persona in order to save his friend and take down a crazed overloard. It certainly does sound like the plot of an ’80s, and if you watch the trailer–which you can see below–it has a lot of ’80s-style special effects, like saws going into people’s chests. It looks like a total blast.

If you’re looking for something a bit more classic, both Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II arrive on May 11. If you’re unfamiliar, the films follow a mysterious puzzle box. If someone opens it, cenobites are summoned and torture people in horrific ways. What are cenobites? Well, they’re demons from hell that are dressed like they are going to the most violent S&M convention of all time.

Finally, every Friday in May at 9 PM ET / 6 PM PT, a new episode of The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs airs. Each week, the titular host presents two creature features from the vaults. Occasionally, Briggs pops up and offers some insight into the films or other pieces of wisdom. There will be 10 episodes in this season, which kicks off on April 24.

Below, you’ll find everything coming to Shudder in May, and for more streaming news, check out everything coming to Disney+, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu for the month of May.

And speaking of things you should be watching, consider listening to GameSpot’s weekly TV series and movies-focused podcast, You Should Be Watching. With new episodes premiering every Wednesday, you can watch a video version of the podcast over on GameSpot Universe or listen to audio versions on Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts.

New to Shudder in May 2020:

May 1

  • The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs
  • Angst
  • Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
  • Satan’s Slave
  • The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh

May 4

  • Crave
  • The Dybbuk
  • Tenebrae

May 7

May 8

  • The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs

May 11

  • Devil’s Mile
  • Parasomnia
  • Hellraiser
  • Hellbound: Hellraiser II

May 14

May 15

  • The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs

May 18

  • Goodnight Mommy
  • I Know What You Did Last Summer
  • The Dirties

May 21

  • Blood Machines

May 22

  • The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs

May 25

May 28

  • Confessional

May 29

  • The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs

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Strange Fallout 76 Bug Causes New Wastelanders NPCs To Permanently Loot Your Weapons

Be careful when dying in Fallout 76, as a new bug has been discovered where the newly added Wastelanders NPCs can loot your weapons from your corpse and permanently keep them.

The bug has been reported on Fallout 76’s subreddit. Players post that upon dying near an NPC, that non-playable character seizes their weapon and all ammunition associated with it and subsequently uses it in battle. These weapons can’t be reclaimed at the moment, and Bethesda is currently investigating the issue.

“We are actively investigating everything outlined in this thread, as well as other reports we’ve received here, on our own forums, or through support tickets,” Bethesda said. “In our next hotfix, we are planning to include a fix for the issue where NPCs can occasionally take a player’s weapon when they die. The remaining issues mentioned in [the] thread are all still active investigations, and we want to resolve them as soon as possible.

“If they can be addressed in time for our next hotfix, we will definitely include them. We don’t have an exact timing to share on that hotfix just yet, but we will let you know as soon as we do.”

While NPCs will sometimes take your weapon when you die in an upcoming hotfix update, Bethesda makes it clear that this new bug is not what the studio has in mind. You can check out the bug in action in the video below.

In other Fallout 76 news, Bethesda shared some lengthy patch notes alongside the launch of the game’s Wastelanders expansion. The update, which is now live on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, adds a host of content in addition to the new NPCs that fill out Fallout 76’s barren dystopia. The game is also now on Steam.

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Xbox Series X: What Do Game Devs Think Of Microsoft’s Next-Gen Console

The Xbox Series X is set to usher in the next-generation of console gaming in just a few months–along with Sony’s PlayStation 5. Microsoft has already shared plenty of details about its upcoming console, detailing the Xbox Series X’s full specs, storage solutions, and more. To gain a better understanding of what this all means for game developers and architects, Windows Central spoke to Microsoft and various third-party game devs and asked them all about the Xbox Series X.

“As a game developer, one of the most exciting improvements that far exceeds expectations is the massive I/O improvements on Xbox Series X,” explains Mike Rayner, Studio Technical Director at The Coalition. “In the current generation, as the fidelity and size of our worlds increased, we have seen download times and install sizes grow and increasing runtime I/O demands, which have made it challenging to maintain load-times expectations and meet world streaming demands without detail loss. The Xbox Series X has been holistically designed to directly address this challenge.

“With the Xbox Series X, out of the gate, we reduced our load-times by more than 4x without any code changes. With the new DirectStorage APIs and new hardware decompression, we can further improve I/O performance and reduce CPU overhead, both of which are essential to achieve fast loading.” Microsoft has been toting the Xbox Series X’s faster loading speeds, and it sounds like the console’s new SSD and DirectStorage APIs are clearly having an effect on The Coalition’s Gears 5 port.

Meanwhile, Kevin Floyer-Lea, Chief Technology Innovation Officer at Rebellion, is excited about the Xbox Series X hitting 4K 60 FPS as standard. “First and foremost, the Xbox Series X is a genuine and significant boost in performance from the Xbox One,” they said. “We saw how important both frame-rate and resolution were with the previous generation, so it’s so exciting to be able to deliver 4K gaming at 60 frames per second on a console.”

Floyer-Lea also explained how the Xbox Series X’s hardware-accelerated ray tracing helps the studio improve the gameplay in titles like Sniper Elite and Zombie Army. ” Not only does it allow us to take players to environments that are that more realistic and dynamic, but ray tracing hardware can do more than just rendering! For example, we can do incredible things with the acoustics to enhance realism. Modeling realistic sound occlusion for AI’s hearing in real-time, for example, is an incredibly useful feature for creating stealth games.”

As we edge closer to the Xbox Series X’s Holiday 2020 release window, Microsoft looks to be setting the stage for another reveal as it recently filed a new trademark application for the next-gen console, including what appears to be the console’s logo. Xbox boss Phil Spencer also allayed fears that the Xbox Series X might be delayed, saying it remains on track for launch despite concerns about COVID-19. The factories in China are now ramping back up, he pointed out, and it’s more likely that games would be delayed rather than hardware. Spencer also confirmed that Microsoft plans to release the Xbox Series X even if some of its games are delayed.

E3 2020 was officially canceled by the ESA last month due to COVID-19, but Spencer assured fans that there would still be Xbox Series X news as the company announced it will be hosting a digital event instead. The console’s pricing, new game reveals, and more are expected at the event.

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Amazon in May Includes Rocketman, Upload Season 1, and More

Amazon Prime Video in May is dropping the series premiere of Greg Daniels’ (The Office) new sci-fi comedy, Upload, on May 1. Robbie Amell stars as Nathan Brown, “who winds up in the hospital following a self-driving car accident, needing to quickly decide his fate. After a rushed deliberation with his shallow girlfriend Ingrid (Allegra Edwards), he chooses to be uploaded to her family’s luxurious virtual afterlife, the Horizen company’s Lakeview,” according to a synopsis from Amazon.

Be sure to check out the official trailer for Upload in the video below:

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On the movie front, the streamer is releasing the Elton John biopic Rocketman on May 22, which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song, titled “I’m Gonna Love Me Again.” In our review of Rocketman, we call it “a compelling, exhilarating and heartbreaking journey that delivers everything it promises and then some.”

If you’re not a Prime member, you can sign up for a 30-day free Amazon Prime trial and reap all the benefits, including streaming Amazon Video. That means you have the opportunity to check out every new video this month without having to pay for it.

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May 1

  • 10 Fingers of Steel (1973)
  • A Cadaver Christmas (2011)
  • Assassination Tango (2003)
  • Best of Shaolin Kung Fu (1977)
  • Who Saw Her Die? (1980)
  • Crooked Hearts (1991)
  • Escape From Alcatraz (1979)
  • Eurocrime! The Italian Cop And Gangster Films That Ruled The ’70s (2014)
  • Fearless Young Boxer (1979)
  • Five Fingers of Steel (1982)
  • Friday The 13th Part III (1982)
  • Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter (1982)
  • Gloria (2014)
  • Green Dragon Inn (1977)
  • House Of D (2005)
  • Torso (1973)
  • I Hate Tom Petty (2013)
  • Indie Film Artists: The DMV Truth (2016)
  • Inferno (1980)
  • Night Train Murders (1975)
  • Seven Deaths In The Cat’s Eye (1973)
  • The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)
  • Lakeboat (2000)
  • Daughters of Darkness (1971)
  • Pathology (2008)
  • Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)
  • Shaolin Kung Fu Mystagouge (1977)
  • Some Kind Of Hero (1982)
  • Sprung (1997)
  • The Final Countdown (1980)
  • The Whistle Blower (1987)
  • Walking Tall (1973)
  • Upload: Season 1 – Amazon Original series
  • A House Divided: Season 1 (Urban Movie Channel)
  • African Hunters: Season 1 (Smithsonian Channel Plus)
  • Bonanza: Season 1 (Best Western Ever)
  • Born to Explore: Season 1 (PBS Living)
  • Boss: Season 1 (STARZ)
  • Engine Masters: Season 1 (MotorTrend)
  • Good Karma Hospital: Season 1 (Acorn TV)
  • In The Cut: Season 1 (Brown Sugar)
  • Inspector Lewis: Season 1 (PBS Masterpiece)
  • Pinkalicious: Season 1 (PBS Kids)
  • Rosehaven: Season 1 (Sundance Now)
  • Seaside Hotel: Season 1 (PBS Masterpiece)
  • The Lucy Show: Season 1 (Best TV Ever)

May 3

  • The Durrells: Season 4

May 7

  • The Hustle (2019)

May 8

  • The Goldfinch – Amazon Original movie (2020)
  • Shubh Mangal Zyada Savdhan (2017)
  • Jimmy O. Yang: Good Deal – Amazon Original special

May 10

  • Jack And Jill (2011)

May 11

  • Alias: Seasons 1-5

May 15

  • Seberg – Amazon Original movie (2020)
  • The Last Narc: Season 1 – Amazon Original series

May 17

  • Poldark: Season 5

May 19

  • Like Crazy (2011)
  • Trial By Fire (2019)

May 22

  • Rocketman (2019)
  • Homecoming: Season 2 – Amazon Original series

May 23

  • Come To Daddy (2020)

May 25

  • The Tracker (2019)

May 29

  • The Vast Of Night – Amazon Original movie (2020)

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Hulk Hogan Biopic Star Chris Hemsworth Reveals Fascination With Pro Wresting

Chris Hemsworth is still waiting on some forward momentum around the Hulk Hogan biopic he’s been attached to star in since last year, but reveals in a new interview that he remains “fascinated” and “intrigued” by the world of pro wrestling that the movie aims to expose.

When ScreenRant asked about the Hulk Hogan project, Hemsworth admitted, “Look, I haven’t read a script yet. I know it’s being written now and worked on. I know very little about that. It’s sort of in the process now.”

Joker’s Todd Phillips is attached to direct the Hulk Hogan biopic, which is being scripted by Joker’s Scott Silver along with John Pollono. The movie — which is expected to be made at Netflix and counts Bradley Cooper among its producers — will explore Hogan’s rise to fame in the 1980s and reportedly won’t cover his more recent scandals and lawsuits.

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IGN named Hulk Hogan No. 3 on our list of the Top 50 wrestlers of all time.

In the recent interview, promoting his new Netflix action-thriller Extraction, Hemsworth revealed what drew him to the Hulk Hogan project.

“I’m just fascinated by that world, and I think they’re pretty keen to show a side of the world that people haven’t seen before,” Hemsworth said. “I’m as intrigued as you are.”

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For more on Chris Hemsworth, watch this vicious knife fight from Extraction and find out the latest on his next MCU film, Thor: Love and Thunder.

Extraction debuts exclusively on Netflix on April 24.

Fortnite Golden Pipe Wrenches: Where To Search Pipe Wrench Locations (Week 10 Midas Mission)

Week 10’s challenges have arrived in Fortnite. This week introduces the second set of Midas’ Mission challenges, and of course, one of them revolves around gold. Specifically, you’ll need to search five different golden pipe wrenches. If you’re not sure where those are located, we’ve put together this guide showing you where to go.

Where Are The Golden Pipe Wrench Locations?

As the challenge states, there are five golden pipe wrenches to search. These are scattered all around the island, but they’re fittingly all located by areas with some kind of pipework. This somewhat narrows down the areas you need to search, but the wrenches will likely still be tough to find, so we’ve outlined their locations below:

Fortnite golden pipe wrench locations
Fortnite golden pipe wrench locations
  • On top of Lockie’s Lighthouse in C1
  • In front of the pipe statue in B6
  • At the Pipeman landmark in D8
  • Outside of Steamy Stacks in H2
  • Western side of Dirty Docks in H4

How To Complete The Challenge

Once you know where the golden wrenches are, all you need to do is make your way to each one and search them. Fortunately, unlike the Week 10 challenge to visit Greasy Graves, Hayman, and The Agency, you don’t need to search all five in a single round, so you can chip away at this challenge over the course of several challenges.

Season 3 of Fortnite Chapter 2 begins on June 4, which means you have a few more weeks to complete any Season 2 challenges you may have missed. Developer Epic Games promises there’s still a lot more content in store for this season, such as the special Travis Scott Astronomical concert starting, which comes alongside its own set of challenges. If you need help completing these or any earlier missions, you can find more maps and guides in our Fortnite Season 2 challenges roundup.

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Call Of Duty Modern Warfare Free Trial Starts This Weekend

Another Call of Duty: Modern Warfare free play weekend is set to go live on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One between April 24-27.

The free Modern Warfare trail will allow players to play the game’s multiplayer mode on five different maps. This includes Season 2’s Khandor Hideout, Season 3’s Hovec Sawmill, and three others.

PlayStation 4 players can play Modern Warfare online without an active PS Plus account. It’s unclear if Xbox One players must have an Xbox Live Gold account to play during the free trial weekend.

Additionally, it’s unclear if any experience gained during the free trial will carry over to the full game should players decide to purchase it. Modern Warfare is currently on sale for 25 percent off on the Microsoft Store (with an active Xbox Live Gold account), PC, and the PlayStation Store (down to $45 instead of $60).

In other Call of Duty news, developer Infinity Ward has added new content to Modern Warfare and its standalone battle royale title, Warzone. This includes a new Operator based on a real-life US Army veteran who escaped Vietnam in 1979, additional weapon bundles, and playlist adjustments. The studio is also looking into ways to combat Modern Warfare cheaters by pairing them with each other.

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Steam Weekend Sale Features Wonderful Games At Great Prices: Ashen, Kentucky Route Zero, More

Steam’s weekend sales have been particularly good for indie games recently. Last weekend, Devolver Digital hosted a great publisher sale, and this weekend Annapurna Interactive is offering a bunch of games from its library at steep discounts. The sale includes Annapurna’s indie darlings like What Remains of Edith Finch as well as games from other indie developers such as Gone Home and Hyper Light Drifter. The weekend sale runs until April 27, so make sure to pick up everything you have your eye on before it ends.

What Remains of Edith Finch, an adventure game in the vein of Gone Home, is on sale for $8 (was $20). The titular Finch returns to her childhood home to uncover the family curse that has plagued her family for three generations. Poignant writing and wonderfully-varied environments earned the game a 9/10 in GameSpot’s What Remains of Edith Finch review. Speaking of Gone Home, it’s also on sale for 50% off at $7.49 (was $15), and its follow-up, Tacoma, is $10 (was $20).

A pair of wildly different puzzle games, Donut County and Gorogoa, are 50% off as well. Donut County is like Katamari Damacy, but instead of gradually making a ball larger, you work to make a hole big enough to swallow cars and buildings. Gorogoa, meanwhile, is a panel puzzle game with an emotional story that is told through its stirring hand-drawn images.

Fans of Dark Souls will want to check out Ashen, a co-op action-RPG with a charming world and tough, methodical combat that’s on sale for $24 (was $40). In GameSpot’s 9/10 Ashen review, critic Jordan Ramée praised the combat systems, clever non-verbal cooperative mechanics, and exciting boss fights. Hyper Light Drifter, another tough action game, is discounted to $10 (was $20).

Sam Barlow’s pair of FMV mysteries, Her Story and Telling Lies, are both discounted to great prices; Telling Lies is $12 (was $20), while Her Story is down to $5 (was $10). And if you haven’t checked out the stunning adventure game Kentucky Route Zero, it’s a great time to do so for $18.74 (was $25). The fifth and final episode released earlier this year, completing an epic journey that earned a 9/10 in GameSpot’s Kentucky Route Zero review.

You can browse the full Annapurna Interactive publisher sale at Steam and check out our picks below.


Best deals at Steam

  • Ashen — $24 ($40)
  • Donut County — $6.49 ($13)
  • Florence — $4.49 ($6)
  • Flower — $2.44 ($7)
  • Gone Home — $7.49 ($15)
  • Gorogoa — $7.49 ($15)
  • Her Story — $5 ($10)
  • Hyper Light Drifter — $10 ($20)
  • Kentucky Route Zero — $18.74 ($25)
  • Sayonara Wild Hearts — $9.74 ($13)
  • Tacoma — $10 ($20)
  • Telling Lies — $12 ($20)
  • What Remains of Edith Finch — $8 ($20)

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