Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch Adds Even More Evil Endings
Baldur Gate 3’s next patch will add more evil endings to the game. Even players who did not take the murderous Dark Urge origin can expect new options for their most diabolical characters. You can see some previews of these endings, including a new musical track, in Larian’s community update post, but spoilers abound, so be warned.
Additionally, the patch will fix several reported bugs. These include Jaheira’s unwillingness to follow the group, Wyll’s unromantic greetings, and some disappearing narrator lines. It will also start to add official modding tools to the game. This mod support will be coming to consoles, but the exact timeline is as yet unknown.
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As for future plans for BG3, the community update states that cross-play and a photo mode are on the way, but as these additions are pretty complicated, it will be a longer wait. The community update reaffirms that the studio will be not be adding major characters, new areas, or expansions to Baldur’s Gate 3 nor will it create Baldur’s Gate 4.
Baldur’s Gate 3 continues to be an award-show darling, taking home four BAFTAs including Best Game. Following the commercial success of BG3, Hasbro and Wizard of the Coast are investing $1 billion into their AAA ecosystem.
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Is Mufasa: The Lion King “Soulless”? Director Strikes Back Against Criticism
Director Barry Jenkins, known for helming Oscar-winner Moonlight, was prepared like Scar to defend Mufasa: The Lion King, which just received its first teaser trailer. The filmmaker responded to a social media post that said the prequel/sequel is just another cog in Disney CEO Bob “Iger’s soulless machine.”
Spotted by The Hollywood Reporter, Jenkins took exception to the comment on X (formerly known as Twitter), which also said the director was “too good and talented” for Mufasa. “There is nothing soulless about The Lion King,” Jenkins replied. “For decades children have sat in theaters all over the world experiencing collective grief for the first time, engaging Shakespeare for the first time, across aisles in myriad languages. A most potent vessel for communal empathy.”
There is nothing soulless about The Lion King. For decades children have sat in theaters all over the world experiencing collective grief for the first time, engaging Shakespeare for the first time, across aisles in myriad languages. A most potent vessel for communal empathy.
— Barry Jenkins (@BarryJenkins) April 29, 2024
It may come as a surprise that Jenkins is helming Mufasa, as it’s his first time directing again on the silver screen since 2018’s If Beale Street Could Talk. Before that, he helmed 2016’s Moonlight, which won Best Picture at the Academy Awards. However, Jenkins announced his involvement with The Lion King prequel back in 2020. Mufasa serves as a prequel and sequel to the photorealistic The Lion King remake from 2019.
Disney debuted the trailer for Mufasa: The Lion King earlier this week. Aaron Pierre is voicing Mufasa, while Kelvin Harrison Jr. will do the same for Taka–the name of Scar before he got… well, his scar. The movie will also see the return of Seth Rogen as Pumbaa, Billey Eichner as Timon, and John Kani as Rafiki. Donald Glover and Beyonce are supposed to be back, too, as Simba and Nala, respectively.
This Star Wars Hot Sauce Sounds Fiery Enough To Melt Darth Vader’s Helmet
With Star Wars Day arriving this weekend (May 4), we’ve seen no shortage of early discounts and deals for Star Wars video games, merchandise, and other collectibles. However, Star Wars is also getting a unique collaboration, as Truff is teaming up with Lucasfilm to bring fans a Darth Vader-inspired hot sauce. Speciality food and condiment collaborations with major franchises have a tendency to sell out, so if you’re interested in Truff’s (pricey) Star Wars-themed hot sauce, you may want to order soon.
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The Dark Side Hot Sauce features a flavor profile built around ghost peppers and black winter truffles. Those two unique ingredients should combine to give you a strong kick of heat mixed with an intense earthy note. It’s also gluten-free and vegan, so it’s safe for those with these dietary restrictions. However, unless you really love the bottle–and it indeed looks awesome–you should probably stay away from Dark Side Hot Sauce if you aren’t a fan of very spicy sauces.
Truff notes that this is one of their hottest sauces to date. On the Scoville Scale, the Dark Side clocks in at a staggering 800,000 to 1 million SHU. That puts it in line with a standard Ghost Pepper, so again, you might want to reconsider tossing it on your food if you’re used to spice from jalapeno peppers or habanero peppers, as this is well beyond your run-of-the-mill heat.
While the hot sauce itself is a great gift, it’s the Star Wars packaging that really seals the deal. The hot sauce bottle features a black and red design with Darth Vader’s helmet serving as its cap. You’ll also get a custom box that makes this a cool gift for friends and family.
If the Truff hot sauce sounds a bit too intense, you’ll find plenty of other products on sale for Star Wars Day. GameStop is hosting a big sale on collectibles and games, and you should also check out the collection of new Star Wars Lego sets.
Marvel Rivals Devs Explain The Challenges Of Creating Third-Person Comic-Book Action
Marvel Rivals is inspired by Overwatch, but one area where the game stands out is in its decision to utilize a third-person perspective as opposed to the first-person viewpoint of Blizzard’s hero shooter. Why third-person? According to NetEase Games, using a “third-person shooter” foundation as its combat core allows for players to fully embody the superheroes and villains they’re playing as, especially when combat isn’t limited to guns.
Executing ranged and melee attacks using quick targeting necessitated the use of a third-person viewpoint and was decided early on in the development of Marvel Rivals. At the same time, NetEase ran into a few challenges when adopting this system, as Marvel characters come in a wide range of shapes and sizes.
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“We’ve been playing around with camera rules, tweaking positions, adjusting FOV (field of view), and fine-tuning hero performances to make sure they all shine,” NetEase wrote in a developer diary on the Marvel Rivals Discord. “Another challenge is encouraging players to switch from FPS to TPS. If you’re used to FPS games, leaping into our TPS realm might feel a bit like going into a whole new world!”
NetEase says players familiar with FPS games will need to adjust to these differences, but it’s aiming to make the transition as smooth as possible. The Marvel Rivals closed alpha is scheduled to launch this month, and its roster will include Black Panther, Spider-Man, Magneto, Scarlet Witch, and several other characters for this early taste of the game. NetEase also recently released a new trailer showing off Loki’s trickster skills in combat.
Marvel Rivals will be a free-to-play game when it launches on PC, but a final release date has yet to be announced.
Land Vehicles Are Finally Coming To Starfield, But We Don’t Know When They’ll Arrive
Starfield‘s recently announced May Update–an enormous update full of quality-of-life improvements–is set to go live on May 15, but it’s far from the only thing Starfield fans have to look forward to. In a YouTube video highlighting the new update, Bethesda also revealed that another long-awaited feature is finally in the works: a vehicle that will allow players to drive across the surface of the game’s 1,000+ planets.
“The team is working on our first land vehicle, so you can drive around on planets,” lead creative producer Tim Lamb revealed near the end of the video. “Obviously, we’re [also] working on more quests and the massive Shattered Space expansion.”
Starfield launched in September 2023 with no vehicles (or alien mounts) available for players to make use of when traversing the game’s many planets. At the time, game director Todd Howard indicated that Boost Packs–jetpack-like devices that can be found throughout the game–should be enough to get players where they want to go.
“Once you do vehicles, it does change the gameplay, so by focusing once you land in your ship, you’re on foot, it lets us really–for the players–make it an experience where we know how fast they’re seeing things,” Howard told Forbes shortly after the game’s launch.
For players, however, it seems Boost Packs just aren’t cutting it, and the game’s official subreddit is filled with requests for a rover or mount to make planet traversal less onerous.
Although Bethesda’s May Update video did confirm that vehicles are in development–and even showed a short clip of a developer driving one around–Lamb gave no further details regarding the vehicles themselves, or when they might appear in the game. Vehicles will not be included in the May Update, so it’s possible they may arrive alongside the Shattered Space expansion when it launches this fall.
Dragon Ball Fans Can Get Limited Edition Merch If They Eat Enough Sushi
Kura Sushi has announced its newest limited edition Bikkura Pon collaboration with Dragon Ball Super. The sushi “eater-tainment” company has collaborated with Spy x Family and Demon Slayer in the past, and will bring Dragon Ball fans new merch and themed rolls at its locations nationwide starting today through June 30.
“In our ongoing quest to offer memorable and engaging dining experiences, we have partnered with Dragon Ball Super, a series as beloved for its dynamic storytelling as we are for our innovative dining,” said Sally Kurosaki, Kura’s head of promotions and licensing. “This collaboration was highly requested by our guests and we’re ecstatic to bring a new level of excitement combining the thrill of Dragon Ball Super with the joy of Japanese cuisine.”
The collection includes acrylic stand keychains, foam sticker 3-piece sets, and pins featuring Dragon Ball Super characters. The Dragon Ball Super x Kura Sushi Bottle Set with straw and lanyard will be available for purchase for $16 starting June 1 at the restaurants.
But what if you don’t want to buy the new merch because you want to spend all of your money on sushi? Luckily, you can also win the items, provided you’re hungry enough.
So here’s how this works: the prize system offers a surprise with every visit. For every 15 sushi plates eaten, diners will earn a prize from the collection at random. After a guest finishes a plate, they insert it into a disposal slot, and once the 15-plate milestone is reached, the Bikkura Pon system automatically dispenses a random prize.
All prizes are available for individual purchase except for the rare glow-in-the-dark acrylic stand keychain, which features Goku going Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan and is available only through the dining prize system.
Even more of an incentive, Kura Sushi Rewards Members can participate in a special in-store giveaway from June 5-9 and receive an exclusive Dragon Ball Super x Kura Sushi shirt for every $70 spent, but quantities are limited and not guaranteed, though.
Destiny 2 Luna’s Howl Guide – How To Get It, Curated Roll, And God Roll
The last of Destiny 2: Into the Light‘s Brave arsenal is finally unlocked, bringing two last fan-favorite weapons back into players’ hands. Of all of them, Luna’s Howl might be the most prestigious, so it makes sense that it was left for last. The revised hand cannon could be almost as ravenous a predator of the Crucible as the original version, which was sunset way back with the Beyond Light expansion.
Like the other Brave arsenal weapons, you’ll need to knock down a quest in order to unlock the ability to farm Luna’s Howl reliably in Onslaught. It doesn’t take much work, though, especially if you’ve got an hour or two to spend clearing waves of enemies. Luna’s Howl has some pretty phenomenal potential rolls, though, making it a great gun to farm to take into Iron Banner and the Crucible. Here’s everything you need to know about Luna’s Howl, including which god rolls to chase.
How To Unlock Luna’s Howl
As with the other weapons in the Brave arsenal released in Into the Light, you can get Luna’s Howl by completing quests in the Hall of Champions and taking part in the new Onslaught activity. As with the other weapons, you’ll first need to complete the Feats of Strength quest with Lord Shaxx in order to unlock the full potential of the Hall of Champions. That also means knocking out the first weapon-specific quest you can pick up from Shaxx’s right-hand bot, Arcite 99-40, called Stranger Danger.
With Feats of Strength done, you’re now able to pick up additional weapon quests from Arcite that cover all the available Brave arsenal weapons. This week unlocks the last of them, making the Luna’s Howl quest available to grab immediately.
Complete Arcite’s Howl at the Moon quest will unlock Luna’s Howl. Like the other weapon quests, it has two different means of completing it:
- Defeat enemies with precision damage using a hand cannon anywhere in the system, with bonus progress for rapid final blows in Onslaught, or:
- Defeat 50 Guardians using a hand cannon.
Any hand cannon will do for these steps, although the fastest way to unlock Luna’s Howl is probably doing a few rounds of Onslaught–we knocked out the precision kill requirement in about 15 waves.
Once you’ve completed the quest, you can visit the holographic statue of Lord Shaxx that’s holding the gun to “attune” it. When you attune a weapon, you’ll receive it as a random reward from Onslaught activities and Trophies of Bravery chests much more often than normal. Use attunement to farm Onslaught and chase the rolls you want the most.
You’ll also get Bungie’s curated version of Luna’s Howl, which includes the perks Eye of the Storm and a reworked version of Magnificent Howl, the signature perk of the original version of this gun. That’s a pretty solid version of Luna’s Howl you can take right into the Crucible, if you’re so inclined.
Luna’s Howl Curated Perks
- Barrel: Smallbore
- +7 Stability, +7 Range
- Magazine: Ricochet Rounds
- +5 Range +10 Stability
- First Column: Eye of the Storm
- This weapon becomes more accurate and boosts handling as your health gets lower
- Second Column: Magnificent Howl
- The number of precision final blows before reloading affects the total rounds granted with increased range and damage. Precision final blows with Magnificent Howl active extend the effect for additional rounds.
- Origin Perk: Indomitability
- Kills with this weapon provide grenade energy if you’re using a Light subclass, or melee energy if you’re using a Dark subclass
Luna’s Howl God Rolls
With its re-release in the Brave arsenal, Luna’s Howl has seen some major changes to its available perks. It also fires faster than the original, which was a 180 RPM hand cannon–this one is a 140 RPM. Though Bungie has adjusted its signature perk, Magnificent Howl, to be a little less overpowered in the Crucible, it’s still an impressive PvP weapon. With Magnificent Howl active, the increase in damage and range you’ll receive can kill opponents in two quick headshots, making this thing exceedingly lethal against other players if you’re accurate and plan accordingly.
As for PvE, Luna’s Howl wasn’t originally conceived as a gun to take down rank-and-file aliens. That said, the new perk pool has some pretty good options, like Incandescent and Heal Clip, that make it a very viable choice.
Luna’s Howl PvP God Roll
- Barrel: Hammer-Forged Rifling
- Magazine: Ricochet Rounds
- Rounds ricochet off hard surfaces
- +5 Range, +10 Stability
- First Perk: Heal Clip / Slideshot
- Heal Clip: Reloading after a final blow grants Cure to you and nearby allies
- Slideshot: Sliding partially reloads this weapon’s magazine and temporarily boosts range and stability
- Second Perk: Magnificent Howl / Desperate Measures
- Magnificent Howl: The number of precision final blows before reloading affects the total rounds granted with increased range and damage. Precision final blows with Magnificent Howl active extend the effect for additional rounds.
- Desperate Measures: Weapon final blows grant bonus damage. Melee and grenade final blows grant a larger bonus that can stack.
- Masterwork: Range
When it comes to the barrel, magazine, and Masterwork for Luna’s Howl, you want to squeeze out as much range as you can get, minimizing damage fall-off and allowing you to win fights from as far away as possible. For its perks, you have some choices based on how you play and what will serve you best. Magnificent Howl and Heal Clip both reward you for scoring kills and reloading afterward, with Heal Clip’s blast of Cure potentially making it easier for you to survive your next fight, hopefully with Magnificent Howl rounds now in your magazine. Alternatively, Slideshot gives you a way of boosting your shots so you’re more likely to actually win the first fight. Encore, too, is a solid choice, boosting your accuracy on any kill to hopefully help you land more precision blows.
As for Magnificent Howl itself, it’s a powerful perk you won’t find anywhere else, but it also requires skillful shooting and surviving long enough to reload the gun to take advantage of it. If that’s a lot of pressure, Desperate Measures at least can give you some bonus damage in more situations and without the need to be quite so accurate.
Luna’s Howl PvE God Roll
- Barrel: Smallbore / Corkscrew Rifling
- Smallbore: +7 Range, +7 Stability
- Corkscrew Rifling: +5 Range, +5 Stability, +5 Handling
- Magazine: Appended Mag
- Increases magazine size.
- First Perk: Heal Clip
- Reloading after a final blow grants Cure to you and nearby allies.
- Second Perk: Incandescent
- Defeating a target spreads Scorch to those nearby. More powerful combatants and opposing Guardians cause scorch in a larger radius.
- Masterwork: Range / Reload Speed
Magnificent Howl is a solid perk even in PvE, thanks to the ability to knock out lots of small enemies quickly and reload for a bunch of more powerful rounds, but that’s a boost to your primary weapon you probably don’t seriously need. More interesting and probably more useful is the Solar synergy you get from Heal Clip and Incandescent. Knocking out enemies with Incandescent spreads scorch, which can be great for burning down tons of enemies quickly, and Heal Clip gives you and your pals a burst of healing every time you reload. Use Appended Mag to make sure you’re finishing those final blows to scorch as many enemies as possible or Flared Magwell to speed up your reloads alongside repeated healing.
For your other Brave arsenal needs, check out our guides to getting god rolls for The Mountaintop and The Recluse.