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On top of the second Horizon Zero Dawn event that’s now underway on PS4, a new limited-time quest is set to begin very soon in Monster Hunter World. Capcom is kicking off the Wiggle Me This Event Quest on both PS4 and Xbox One later today, March 1, and it gives players a chance to create a rather…distinctive headpiece.

The Wiggle Me This event runs until March 8. It’s a six-star quest set in the Coral Highlands, and it requires a Hunter rank of 11 or higher to accept. Rather than having to slay a specific monster, the object of this mission is to deliver 10 Wigglers, the slender, worm-like creatures you can find protruding from the ground in the Highlands.

Capcom hasn’t detailed what materials you’ll be rewarded with for completing the quest, but the publisher did show off the helmet that they’re used to forge, and it fittingly resembles a Wiggler, complete with an elongated neck and button eyes. You can take a look at the Wiggler helmet below.

Players who picked up Monster Hunter World on PS4 can now take part in the second Horizon-inspired Event Quest, The Proving. That mission follows Lesson of the Wild, which ended on February 8 and rewarded players with materials to create a set of Watcher Palico armor. The Proving will be available until March 15; the reward for completing it is materials to create Horizon protagonist Aloy’s armor and bow. You can see exactly how to unlock the Aloy armor and bow in our guide.

Capcom has posted the full schedule of Monster Hunter World’s Event Quests on the game’s official website. In addition to those, players will soon be able to take part in a Street Fighter V crossover event and create Ryu and Sakura costumes. The former was briefly available early for PS4 players who have Street Fighter V save data on their consoles.

Xbox Live is facing some big issues right now. The service is facing “Social and Gaming” issues currently, which means that in-game matchmaking, cloud storage, finding friends, Game DVR, leaderboards, avatar editing, and more services are not working normally.

Additionally, while the Xbox Live Status page says Xbox Live Core Services like signing in is working normally, your mileage may vary. At GameSpot Australia, we have been unable to sign into the network for 10 minutes now. Looking at Twitter shows that many other people around the world are having issues logging into Xbox Live right now. The issues appear to be affecting Xbox One and Xbox 360.

A number of games are affected by this newest Xbox Live outage, including Rainbow Six Siege, Street Fighter IV, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition, and Super Street Fighter IV.

We’ll report back with more details on the Xbox Live issues as they come to light. If you’re running into problems right now, let us know what you’re facing in the comments below.

Sea of Thieves will offer another Scale Test on PC and Xbox One this weekend, so you’ll have at least one more chance to feel the virtual salty sea air before its impending launch. The test will begin on Friday, March 2 at 2 a.m. PST and end on Sunday, March 4 at 2 a.m. PST.

Keep in mind, though, that developer Rare intends this test to be a real stress test for the game. Not only will the studio be attempting to put Sea of Thieves through its paces, it will actually be throwing wrenches (or scabbards) into the works intentionally. According to the announcement, “[W]e will also purposefully be stressing our services by throttling performance at certain times, testing the game in different data centres around the world, and simulating deliberate outages.” So if you run into trouble, it’s not you, it’s them.

The test will be available for those who pre-ordered or signed up for the Insider Program. As in the previous beta last month, this test will be limited to the Voyages of the Gold Hoarders trading company. That beta was a make-good for the server issues from the January beta.

Sea of Thieves is set to release in just a few short weeks, on March 20. It will be one of the first big tests of Microsoft’s ambitious Game Pass expansion, which gives subscribers access to a suite of games including all first-party titles on day-and-date of release. While you’re waiting to explore the briny deep, check out 10 reasons we’re excited and why we think it has such potential.

A new Defiance game is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. You may recall the original Defiance for last-generation consoles and PC was a tie-in to the Syfy show of the same name, with characters and world events being shared across both properties.

The new version, Defiance 2050, does not appear to have a similar setup, as Defiance the TV show was canceled after three seasons. A teaser page for Defiance 2050 invites players to “continue the fight,” and you can sign up for a closed beta right here.

Little in the way of specifics are known about Defiance 2050, though developer Trion Worlds says it will have “dynamic open-world environments,” “massive co-operative battles,” “stunning updated visuals,” and a “huge weapon selection.” You can check out the first teaser trailer above.

The original Defiance launched as a paid game but later adopted a free-to-play model; Defiance 2050 will be free-to-play from the start.

Trion Worlds teased that Defiance could come to PS4 and Xbox One back in 2014, but at the time, the publisher said it was worried that the combined install base of the consoles was too small to support a free-to-play title. Obviously, both consoles have sold millions of units since then, giving Defiance 2050 more of an opportunity to succeed than before.

Despite Defiance the TV show’s cancellation, the original game continued to live on. It remains to be seen what kind of support the original Defiance game will see going forward now that a new instalment is on the way. Defiance 2050 is due out this summer, but as mentioned, there will be a closed beta taking place before that.

Fear does not exist in this dojo, but neither do manners. Cobra Kai is shaping up to be the most interesting and exciting series YouTube Red has ever done, if only for how committed it is to showing the jerk Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) has grown up to be.

Of course, anyone who saw the original Karate Kid film knows Johnny was the worst when he was a teenager, but by the end of the film, he seemed to turn over a new leaf. The newest trailer for Cobra Kai makes it clear that’s a thing of the past, though. In the short look at the series, Johnny is instilling the same lessons his sensei John Kreese (Martin Kove) did in the original.

“Fear does not exist in this dojo, does it?” he asks. “Pain does not exist in this dojo, does it?” That’s just the beginning of Johnny’s awful attitude, as it pertains to his students and his training, though.

When a student asks, “Hey Sensei, is there any particular way you want me to wash these windows?” Johnny replies, “Nah, I don’t give a s***.” This is in stark contrast to The Karate Kid, in which Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) used everyday tasks like waxing a car, painting a house, and sanding wood to teach Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) how to defend against attacks.

Cobra Kai will see Zabka reunite with Macchio once more, again on different sides of the fight as Daniel mentors Johnny’s son. Rounding out the cast are Courtney Henggeler (Mom), Xolo Maridueña (Parenthood), Tanner Buchanan (Designated Survivor), and Ed Asner in a guest-starring role. Cobra Kai will make its way to YouTube Red later in the year.