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With new consoles on the horizon from Sony and Microsoft, what should Nintendo’s plan be heading into 2020 and beyond? And, is next year the right time for Nintendo to release a Switch Pro? The NVC crew tackles these questions and more on this week’s episode of Nintendo Voice Chat. Plus, hear about the recent 24-hour Pokémon Sword and Shield livestream and Doom Eternal’s delay. Finally, the panel has to choose between a futuristic Zelda or a medieval Metroid on Question Block.

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This is an advance review out of the New York Film Festival. Marriage Story opens in limited theatrical release Nov. 6 and debuts on Netflix on Dec. 6.

Director Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story opens with a brilliant dual opening scene in which Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson’s respective characters narrate a list of things they love about the other. It’s a closed-door view of two perspectives on a marriage that has since fallen apart, the tragedy being that they refuse to read what they wrote about each other in a divorce counseling session, which perfectly sets the tone for this grueling view of love that doesn’t always last.

But there’s a note Nicole (Johansson) makes about Charlie (Driver) in her writing that also illustrates a larger problem with how Baumbach goes about this intimate, potentially semi-autobiographical exploration (his ex-wife, director and actress Jennifer Jason Leigh, filed for divorce in 2010) of a relationship. She tells us right from the start that her husband often gets lost in his own world. You see, Charlie is a somewhat renowned theater director Off-Broadway, while Nicole is his chameleon-like leading lady, and also had a memorable part in a fictional ‘90s teen comedy. “She’s my favorite actress,” he tells us in his opening. Marriage Story is a film desperate to be ordinary in its portrait of a difficult divorce, and it succeeds very often. But Charlie and Nicole are immediately established as extraordinary people, the former more or less a vessel through which Baumbach sees himself. He’s lost in his own world, and it makes Marriage Story as a whole a little less ordinary than intended.

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Ark: Survival Evolved has received a new update on most platforms that prepares the action-adventure survival game for some additional content.

Ark’s new patch will take up 13 GB on PlayStation 4, while Xbox One owners only need to make space for 4.7 GB. The patch notes are identical across PC, PS4, and Xbox One and include new content for Genesis Chronicles, which is slated to go live this December.

Full Ark: Survival Evolved Patch Notes

• Cryopods are now able to be crafted at obelisk.
• Added HLN-A Explorer Notes 1-5 for Genesis Chronicles.
• Added Corrupted Avatar Armor helmet for Genesis Chronicles.

Developer Studio Wildcard has not specified when, or if, this new update will land on Nintendo Switch.

Ark has received several DLC updates since launch. The Ark: Extinction expansion pack, which includes raid boss-like Titans and more, launched alongside the Switch port in November 2018. The game’s latest DLC, Genesis Chronicles, features the HLN-A cosmetic pet, “two new huge expansion packs,” and more.

Studio Wildcard’s next project, Atlas, released on PC in December 2018. The developer says it supports 40,000 concurrent players and is 1,200 times the size of an Ark server. The game will arrive on console through the Xbox One Game Preview program, but no widespread console release has been confirmed as of yet.

Activision recently released PC system specs for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and one number was surprisingly high. The company has since clarified that you won’t actually need 175GB set aside to install the game on day one–but you may need that much if you intend to play all of the post-launch content.

“175GB is the storage space we recommend players keep available in order to download the post-launch content we’ll be bringing to Modern Warfare,” the company stated. “At launch, the initial download will be smaller.”

The clarification doesn’t detail just how much smaller the game’s base install will be, or how long it will take the game to balloon to 175GB. But that does clear up that you won’t have to wait for such a massive install all at one time.

This also doesn’t necessarily mean the same space requirements will exist for the console versions. While console and PC versions are often similar, space requirements can differ slightly and day-one installs can require more space due to the ways the different types of hardware copy files.

A PS4 Pro bundle just became available for pre-order, letting you get the console with the game at no extra cost. For more details on your various buying options and their associated bonus goodies, check out our Modern Warfare pre-order guide.

As with most of Destiny 2‘s raids, the new Garden of Salvation raid introduced with the Shadowkeep expansion is full of secrets. The biggest one is the series of puzzles you need to solve in order to earn Divinity, the raid Exotic trace rifle. But there are also other secrets to find, including two hidden chests that are tied to a Triumph needed to unlock the new raid’s Seal and Title.

The two chests are located during the jumping portions of the raid, between the first and second encounters, and the third and fourth encounters. They’re easy to miss if you don’t know where to look for them, but not especially hard to grab once you know where they’re secreted away. Unfortunately, they don’t drop Powerful raid loot–but they do often include raid-specific mods for your armor that can make surviving in the Black Garden a little easier. Here’s where to find the chests as you work through the raid.

Hidden Chest No. 1: The Undergrowth

You’ll find your first hidden chest as you work through the Undergrowth area of the Black Garden, right after you finish the first encounter of the raid, chasing the Consecrated Mind. As you head forward from the reward chest from the end of that encounter, you’ll drop down into an underground area full of huge tree roots and glowing plants. This is the Undergrowth, and crossing it is the first big jumping puzzle of the raid.

When you first enter the Undergrowth, you should see two pathways spreading out ahead of you: one hugging the wall on the left side of the area, and one hugging the wall on the right. Follow the path to the left, walking onto the big tree root that leads toward some stone platforms. Ahead, you should see a big bronze Vex machine similar to what you’ve encountered in places such as Nessus. On the right side of it, look for a square elevator moving up and down. You’re aiming for that spot.

The elevator hangs when it hits the top, drops down, and then immediately starts up again when it hits its lowest point. You want to land on it when it’s low, so careful timing is important. Once you’re aboard, wait for the elevator to drop to the bottom and then look to the right of it for a hole in the wall right beside it. That’s your destination. Carefully hop over, being careful not to get knocked off by the rising elevator. You’ll find the first chest just inside.

Hidden Chest No. 2: The Climb To The Sanctified Mind

You’ll have two more encounters before you go after the second and final hidden chest in the raid. Once you’ve killed the Consecrated Mind, you’ll head into the area where the chest is hidden. If you hit the final boss fight with the Sanctified Mind, you’ve gone too far, but the place where the chest is hidden is pretty obvious, so you shouldn’t pass it without realizing.

Keep moving forward through the second jumping puzzle until you reach a big field that includes Vex statues, trees, flowers, and some flowing white waterfalls of Vex milk. The path forward takes you up the big tree on the right side of the area, past some enemies. You’ll continue up the hill, where you’ll see two openings. The one of the left is what you’re looking for, and leads you inside the tree you just scaled.

When you get inside the three, spin around 180 degrees and face the opening you just entered through. Up above it is a platform and you should be able to make out the glow of the chest. If you head back outside, you can follow a jumping path around the outside of the tree to the right that will take you to its top, where you can then jump down to the platform. But the easier way up is just to jump on the thin tree stump on the right side of the tree’s interior. You should be able to get onto it without much difficulty and then just jump straight up to the platform. As a Hunter, I made this jump without issue using Triple Jump, without doing anything in particular to spec for mobility or using jump-enhancing ST0MP-EE5 Exotic boots. It should be easy for any class to get there.

Once you’ve grabbed the second chest, you’re all set to continue on to the Sanctified Mind to finish the raid–unless, that is, you’re trying to get the Divinity Exotic trace rifle. If that’s the case, you’ll need to solve a bunch of puzzles throughout the raid, so check out our Divinity guide for all the steps.

You’ll need to open the hidden chests 10 times in the raid to unlock the associated Triumph, so get raiding.

Pokemon Masters arrived on iOS and Android back in August, and while the game quickly raked in a lot of money, it has also been plagued by numerous issues. Developer DeNA rolled out an update earlier this week that addressed some of these and included free Gems as a makegood for the delay, and now producer Yu Sasaki has opened up about the state of the game and what the development team will be working to improve moving forward.

In a candid message shared on the official Pokemon Masters website, Sasaki acknowledges the issues that have been affecting the game and players’ dissatisfaction with how DeNA has gone about resolving them. Sasaki promises the development team will address bugs more quickly and transparently:

“First, as you know, there have been bugs and other issues that have impaired your enjoyment of this game. Some of the feedback we received was regarding which bugs we prioritized fixing first and how quickly we were able to fix them. We fully understand and appreciate these concerns as it’s not our intention to provide a poor user experience. Rather, our focus was on fixing any bug that affected game mechanics or progression first. Moving forward, we will carefully prioritize critical issues and their potential solutions. We will also redouble our efforts to address issues in a timely fashion as our team continues to streamline its operational process.”

Sasaki also acknowledges player complaints that there isn’t enough content in the game. “Our original plan was to have players progressing through the main story while at the same time tackling co-op challenges and EX Challenges throughout September and October,” Sasaki said. “That said, we understand players have quickly progressed through all available content and feel dissatisfied with the current offerings. As fans ourselves, we also feel a great sense of urgency to provide more quality content for players to enjoy. We’re working hard to address this as soon as possible.”

Sasaki says the development team is currently focusing on improving four specific aspects of the game: the lack of content, the lack of “appealing rewards,” the game’s difficulty, and its “poor usability.” Sasaki says the team can address the second area “relatively quickly” and tells fans to “look forward to updates in the near future.” Regarding the other three areas, Sasaki says “these issues will take time to fully address, but we will be sure to keep players updated about our progress.”

Sasaki closes the message by saying, “We’re disappointed we did not meet the expectations of our community, and for this, we sincerely apologize. It’s our intention that this does not happen again. Hearing these opinions from fellow Trainers has deepened our sense of commitment to deliver a game we can all be proud of.”

As previously mentioned, DeNA is offering 1,000 Gems for free to all players from now until November 7. For more on the game, be sure check out our roundup of everything you need to know about Pokemon Masters. We’ve also broken down what Scout Points are and how to get them, as well as how to evolve and Mega Evolve Pokemon in the game.

Another week means more new content is heading to Grand Theft Auto V Online. This week includes a new sports car, the addition of a game mode, more top prizes at the casino, and more. Here’s a breakdown of what’s to come in GTA Online.

Just in time for Halloween, Rockstar Games announced that you will receive a free item in Red Dead 2 Online when you play GTA Online. There are no strings attached. Just boot up GTA Online and the Slaughter Mask will be yours.

If you have a need for speed, Rockstar has you covered with the Ocelot Jugular. It’s a model Sports car that “cut[s] down the road with the precision of a surgeon” and can be acquired from Legendary Motorsport.

Rockstar is adding a King of the Hill mode to GTA Online. This brand-new mode of play will see upwards of 16 players split across 2-4 teams vying for the top spot. You will receive double cash and reputation points until October 16 when you participate. King of the Hill will span seven different maps throughout San Andreas and can be launched in the following ways:

• Via the Featured Series button in the loading screen
• By heading to the Featured Series Icon on your map
• Via the Online menu under Jobs > Rockstar Created
• By pulling up your iFruit and browsing the “Quick Job” list

You can also earn double cash and reputation points from all Client Jobs until October 16. Special Cargo Sell Missions are paying out two times the cash as well. Those attempting Client Jobs or Special Cargo Sell Missions for the first time this week will receive 40% off the Benefactor Terrorbyte and all Special Cargo Warehouses as a courtesy

The Diamond Casino & Resort’s Lucky Wheel has a new top prize: the Principe Deveste Eight. The casino also has new items on sale, including limited-edition clothing, artworks, and more.

GTA Online is having a huge sale on a variety of premium vehicles. The sale includes the Progen Emerus, Enus Paragon R, and more. There are other items on sale as well, such as body armor, Special Cargo Warehouses, and more. Check below for all the discounts featured this week in GTA Online.

• Benefactor Terrorbyte — 40% off
• Special Cargo Warehouses — 40% off
• Progen Emerus (Super) — 25% off
• Ocelot Pariah (Sports) — 35% off
• Enus Paragon R (Sports) — 35% off
• Grotti Turismo R (Super) — 35% off
• Karin Sultan RS (Super) — 35% off
• Dewbauchee Specter (Sports) — 35% off
• Vapid GB200 (Sports) — 35% off
• Annis Elegy Retro Custom (Sports) — 35% off
• Vehicle Armor — 40% off
• Bulletproof Tires — 40% off
• All Ammo — 40% off
• Body Armor — 40% off

Daemon X Machina has gotten a free update adding competitive multiplayer, and laid out a roadmap for more updates to come. The future plans include new missions and equipment for your Arsenal mech dropping through the end of the year.

The first update, available now, adds Versus mode. You can play against other pilots in 1v1 or 2v2 matches, and earn points toward a global ranking system. The game released in September with a campaign and co-op play, but no competitive multiplayer mode.

The roadmap lays out much more to come. In early November it will get “specially-themed” items for both your Arsenal and your Outer (aka your avatar). That’s said to be a collaboration of some kind, so it may be themed after a fellow Nintendo franchise. In late November, it will add new co-op missions, including new behemoth Immortal bosses and new weapons and Arsenal parts. Finally, in December it will get co-op missions with new objectives and more weapons and parts.

The roadmap teases “more to be confirmed,” which suggests we may still see more post-launch additions as well.

GameSpot’s Daemon X Machina review praised the cast of likable characters and deep level of customization, but found some of the PvE combat lacking. “The missed potential of the story and minor issues with mech-vs-mech combat and multiplayer loadouts make Daemon X Machina fall just short of its potential, but the foundation is strong. As a total package, it’s on the verge of greatness; it just needed a little more time in the shop tinkering.”

Here’s a working list of every game and (timed) exclusive coming to Google Stadia.