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Epic Games has released a new update for Fortnite on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android, and it’s a pretty big one. Update 6.30 adds a new weapon, the Dynamite stick, as well as a new LTM named Wild West. In addition, the patch adds a new Ghost Pistol weapon for Save the World.

Wild West, as the name suggests, restricts the weapon and item selection to those that might be used by cowboys and cowgirls. That means you can use the Hunting Rifle, Pump Shotgun, Double Barrel Shotgun, Six Shooter, and Minigun only. Dynamite, the new throwable, is usable in the mode, except Epic says it has temporarily disabled the item while it investigates “an increase in client crashes.”

Assuming Dynamite returns to action soon, it appears to be a formidable new tool. It deals 70 damage to players and 800 to structures, and is only available in uncommon rarity. It can be found in stacks of three from floor loot, chests, Vending Machines, Supply Llamas, and Supply Drops.

Update 6.30’s final new significant addition is the Ghost Pistol, a Save the World-exclusive weapon that can shoot through structures. Take a look at all the details and more in the patch notes below, via Epic.

Fortnite Update 6.30 Patch Notes

Battle Royale

Limited Time Mode: Wild West

Summary

Fight for the Victory Royale using a limited set of weapons and items such as Hunting Rifles, Shotguns and Dynamite.

Mode Details

• Available Weapons
  • Hunting Rifle
  • Pump Shotgun
  • Double Barrel Shotgun
  • Six Shooter
  • Minigun
• Available Items
  • Campfire
  • Bandages
  • Medical Kits
  • Dynamite
  • Slurp Juice
• Supply Drops can contain
  • Epic Six Shooters
  • Legendary Double Barrel Shotguns and Miniguns
  • Slurp Juice

Weapons And Items

• New Weapon: Dynamite
  • Uncommon rarity, found in stacks of 3.
  • Available from floor loot, chests, Vending Machines, Supply Llamas, and Supply Drops.
  • 70 damage to players and 800 damage to structures.
  • Explosion is in the shape of a flat cylinder
    • 1600 units in diameter and 384 units in height.
  • Initiating a throw will start a 5-second fuse that can’t be canceled.
  • Throw range is shorter than standard Grenades.

Events

New Tournament: Scavenger Pop-Up Cup Duos

• Scavenger game mode adjustments:
  • Material cap reduced from 500 to 300.
  • Drop count of Clingers and Grenades increased from 3 to 5.
• Safe zone changes
  • Reduced the radius of Circle 3 from 20000 to 15000
  • Reduced the radius of Circle 4 from 10000 to 7500
  • Circle 4 is now the first circle partially outside of the previous safe zone (was circle 5)
  • Increased chances of supply drops in later circles
  • Circle 9 now travels twice as far but takes twice as long to close

Save The World

Heroes

• 8 Bit Demo returns to the Weekly Store.
  • Explosives expert who groups enemies with Decoy before finishing them with a hail of missiles.
  • Available Wednesday, November 21 at 7 PM EST until Wednesday, November 28 at 7 PM EST.

Weapons And Items

• Ghost Pistol added to the Weekly Store.
  • A slow firing pistol that shoots ghostly projectiles that pass through walls and enemies.
  • Available Wednesday, November 21 at 7 PM EST until Wednesday, November 28 at 7 PM EST.

Kingdom Hearts 3 has completed development, and Square Enix has released a new trailer to mark the occasion. While most of the prior trailers have focused primarily on a single cameo like Pooh Bear or Rapunzel, this one celebrates the full scope of the Disney mash-up. You may see it in cinemas if you go to see a movie in the near future.

The “Together” trailer featured above includes characters and settings from Frozen, Tangled, Toy Story, Monsters Inc., Big Hero Six, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Hercules. Those join some familiar locales from the history of the series, as this final entry looks to wrap up its sprawling story of light battling against the forces of darkness.

The tweet that announced production had wrapped also mentioned that now would be a good time to catch up with Kingdom Hearts 1.5, 2.5, and 2.8. Each of those are included in the Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far bundle, which costs $40. That includes both of the remastered previous mainline games, along with side-stories like Chain of Memories, Birth By Sleep, and Dream Drop Distance.

Kingdom Hearts 3 releases January 25, 2019, and will be the first new numbered entry since Kingdom Hearts 2 in 2005. Fans have been waiting a long time to see this story resolve, and Square Enix and Disney have put the requisite work in to make it a treat for fans–including pulling familiar voices from its various Disney movies.

The next Fortnite update is right around the corner. Developer Epic Games has announced that Fortnite’s v6.30 update is slated to arrive on Tuesday, November 20. It’ll be available at 8 AM ET, which is 5 AM PT and 1 PM in the UK. In Australia, that works out to 11 PM.

“Something Wild this way comes…,” Epic wrote on Twitter in its announcement of the update and the timing. It’s not exactly clear what that’s meant to tease, but we’ll know soon.

The in-game news menu (see below) in Fortnite shows that a new item, Dynamite, is coming to Fortnite soon. “Light the fuse and wait for the boom,” reads its official description. It could be that this new update introduces Dynamite, and we’ll know for sure very soon.

In other Fortnite news, Scrubs actor Donald Faison recently responded to Fortnite using his “Poison” dance in the game, saying, “They jacked that sh**.”

One of the dance emotes in Fortnite is modeled after actor Donald Faison’s smooth moves from the TV show Scrubs where he dances to the song “Poison.” During an event this weekend, Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence said someone, presumably from Epic, reached out to him to ask if they could use Faison’s “choreography” in the video game, according to Vulture. Apparently, Lawrence gave them the green light.

Faison revealed during the panel that he created the Poison dance very quickly after showing up late to set the day they filmed the scene for the episode “My Half Acre.” The audience and some of Faison’s castmates called on Faison to do the dance on stage, but Faison said, “If you want to see it, you can play Fortnite, because they jacked that sh**!”

Whether or not Faison takes any action against Epic for Fortnite’s use of his Poison dance remains to be seen. We’ve contacted Epic to see if they have any comment.

Rapper 2 Milly recently accused Epic of stealing his dance for a Fortnite emote. He told GameSpot sister site CBS News that Epic crossed the line when it decided to sell the dance emote for real money. “They actually sell that particular move. It’s for purchase,” 2 Milly said. “That’s when I really was like … oh nah, this can’t go on too long.”

Chance the Rapper also said he takes issue with Fortnite’s use of the dances in the battle royale game. “Black creatives created and popularized these dances but never monetized them. Imagine the money people are spending on these emotes being shared with the artists that made them,” he said back in July.

In other Fortnite news, the game’s next big update comes out on Tuesday, November 20. Keep checking back with GameSpot for the latest.

The final two episodes of Telltale’s The Walking Dead: The Final Season are on the way, but you’re going to have to wait longer to play them. Skybound, which is finishing the episodes after Telltale collapsed, confirmed that Episodes 3 and 4 have been delayed.

This is due in part to the fact that no work could be done on them in the time after Telltale closed and Skybound sorted out the logistics and legalities of starting production again.

“It’s been a ton of work logistically and legally to get us to a place where we’re able to roll up our sleeves and get to the actual work. After Telltale shut its doors, the game was, unfortunately, unable to be worked on and hence the release dates of Episodes 3 and 4 have been delayed,” Skybound said in a statement.

It was also confirmed that, as reported, a number of former Telltale developers will be working on Episodes 3 and 4 to see the season finished up. Work began today, November 19.

Skybound, which is Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman’s media company, said it will announce the release dates for Episodes 3 and 4 “soon.” The company also said previous Walking Dead seasons may vanish from storefronts “for a few days” due to the transition from Telltale to Skybound, though everything should be back to normal “ASAP.” What’s more, those who already bought The Final Season won’t have to pay again, thankfully.

In other recent news, Telltale is now officially closing down; the studio has enlisted the help of an outside company to oversee the liquidation of Telltale’s remaining assets.

For more on the Telltale Games situation, check out GameSpot’s timeline of the key events.

Cliff Bleszinski, who co-created the Gears of War franchise at Epic Games before splitting off to create the ill-fated LawBreakers studio Boss Key, says he’ll probably never make another video game.

In a statement posted to his Facebook page, Bleszinski said, “I really, honestly, feel over it. (making games).” Bleszinski said he’s bowing out due to a number of reasons, including because the world has become so “polarized” as it relates to how people converse.

“We’re in a polarized world in which we yell at each other through the glaze of glowing rectangles, when we could be kind to one another in person,” he explained. “We’re in a world where it’s cooler to watch other people play 1-3 games than to actually play one yourself. We’re in a world where you’re measured by the number of likes, subscribes, and impressions you get.

“We’re in a world where expectations for a product are so off the charts, as are marketing budgets, that game budgets are so crazy that the average consumer can’t wrap their head around the cost of making said product.”

Bleszinski’s new studio, Boss Key, went belly-up after LawBreakers and follow-up battle royale game Radical Heights failed to find an audience. Bleszinski says he’s not bitter, pointing out that he still has a good relationship with people in the video game industry, including Epic Games executive Mark Rein.

Bleszinski’s comments about never making another game started earlier this week when someone criticized him on Twitter for not doing right by his former employees at Boss Key. Bleszinski stated that he paid his employees their salaries, including benefits like 401(k) and health care, for “months” after Boss Key went under. Not only this, but Bleszinski said he didn’t take a salary for two years after starting Boss Key.

“This kinda sh** is another reason I am NEVER making another game,” he said about the drama.

God of War PS4 director Cory Barlog responded to Bleszinski’s tweet with a statement of support, saying, “You did right by your people Cliff. That is something to be respected and held up as a standard for how we should all aspire to treat those we create with. How we conduct ourselves in the tough times matters equally as how we treat those we rely on in the good.”

Former Boss Key developer Zach Lowery took issue with Bleszinski’s claim that Boss Key paid salaries and benefits for “months” after the company closed. Lowery said he was only paid severance for three weeks, and after this, Bleszinski admitted his “months” statement might have been hyperbolic in nature. Bleszinski went on to publicly remind Lowery of the time that Bleszinski took Lowery and his family on a private jet to New Orleans. Lowery said he will never forget that trip, adding that Bleszinski was “super generous.”

The back-and-forth between Bleszisnki and Lowery might sound like a heated exchange, but Bleszinski claims it’s just playful ribbing between the two. Overall, Bleszinski says he’s still friends with about 90 percent of former Boss Key developers.

Going back to his Facebook post, Bleszinski said “games were good to me,” but pointed out again that he doesn’t see himself ever coming back to make another game.

Bleszinski, who saw a massive payday when Chinese internet giant Tencent bought shares in Epic, said he was fortunate to have the opportunity to “retire” from working in games, which can be a gruelling experience. Bleszinski was also an early investor in Oculus, and made a “very sizable chunk of money” when Facebook bought the virtual reality company.

“You haven’t seen the thousand yard stares that I’ve gotten from other developer friends who HAVEN’T been able to retire when we have a pint and they’re done with work,” he said. “The non-stop dysfunction. No one knows what they’re doing, and those who hit it big are just as talented as they are lucky, and have good timing. Most have families, and the instability of the business terrifies them. Hell, it scared me, not having kids–imagine fearing for your job and being encouraged to work 12+ hour days, six days a week, just to provide for your family.”

For now, Bleszinski said he is going to focus on spending time with his family and friends, as well as his dogs.

The Gears of War franchise is now run by Microsoft, which bought the series from Epic back in 2014 for an undisclosed sum. As for Epic, it’s doing quite well right now thanks to the massive success of Fortnite. In fact, it was Bleszinski who revealed Fortnite to the world seven years ago.