Game Workers Unite, an organization seeking better working conditions for games industry employees, is calling for Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick to be fired. #FireBobbyKotick is the social media hashtag that emerged after Tuesday’s ATVI investor call and the announcement that 800 Blizzard employees had been fired. “Upending 800 workers’ lives while raking in millions in bonuses for you and your C-suite buddies isn’t leadership, it’s theft,” reads the manifesto.
Far Cry: New Dawn is the first direct sequel to a Far Cry title. How does New Dawn serve the franchise? Can it stand on its own or would it have been better to leave the story in a pile of nuclear ash where Far Cry 5 left off? Let’s find out.
Crowfall players have a new series of campaigns called The Trials of the Gods. The Trials feature unique campaign worlds dedicated to each of the Gods. Over the next few months, players will encounter “unique maps, rules, and rewards themed to [each] God’s unique persona, powers and domain”. The first Trial is underway. Called Trials of Malekai, the campaign will run for two weeks and “pits players against each other in battle to win the favor of Malekai the Faceless God of Deception”.
Fortnite players will be able to earn a free Season 8 Battle Pass just by playing the game. All that is required to earn the Battle Pass is for players to complete 13 free Overtime Challenges by February 27th. Once the Battle Pass is live on a player’s account, two Outfits are instantly added and more can be earned throughout the season’s duration.
Ubisoft has a great deal for those who choose to preorder The Division 2: A free game! Players can choose from Ghost Recon Wildlands, Watch Dogs 2 or Far Cry Primal. Games can be downloaded now, but will not be playable until March 15th when The Division 2 is released. Free games will need to be claimed by March 31st or the deal disappears forever!
UFC 234 main event competitors Israel Adesanya and Anderson Silva are both facing potential 180-day suspensions following their bout this past Saturday.
Robert Whittaker was discharged from a Melbourne hospital on Tuesday following emergency hernia surgery, the fighter’s manager, Titus Day, told ESPN.com.
This past weekend, a huge 3V3 Tekken 7 Team tournament took place in Tokyo, Japan, known as Strong Style Japan. This event saw 41 teams battle it out in a 3V3, double-elimination format, with the winners getting an all-expenses paid trip to Strong Style 2019 in San Jose, California on July 13th and 14th, as well as better seeding in the brackets.
Aleksander Emelianenko will headline Russian Cagefighting Championship’s sixth event on May 4 in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Emelianenko’s opponent is still unknown, but it will definitely be a fighter from outside Russia.
As rooflemonger notes in his video, there are several Trophies for performing both Fatalities for each specific character. These include already-confirmed fighters like Skarlet, Baraka, D’Vorah. Raiden, Kabal, Kano, Sonya, Scorpion, and Sub-Zero, but also reveals initials for unannounced characters that are potentially returning in the newest title as follows:
ERR – Erron Black
FRO – Frost
JAD – Jade
CAS – Cassie Cage
KOL – Kotal Kahn
JAC – Jacqui Briggs (or Jackson Briggs/Jax?)
LIU – Liu Kang
KUN – Kung Lao
TER – The Terminator? Newcomer?
KOT – Possible Newcomer
CET – Possible Newcomer
Other Trophies potentially confirm the return of Mercies, a mechanic introduced in Mortal Kombat 3 that allowed a victorious player to revive their fallen foe with a small sliver of life to continue the battle. This was primarily done as a necessary requirement to perform an Animality once the resurrected opponent was defeated a second time, though we have nothing that indicates their specific return. Perhaps this will be used to allow a second chance to finish opponents off with a Brutality? These Trophies also confirm the return of The Krypt, with various goals to complete within it such as running five miles or spearing 100 hanging bodies. There is also one for spilling 100,000 pints of blood, in addition to completing battle tutorials, a set number of Towers, collecting 200 pieces of Gear, and playing ten “A.I. Sets.” Whether this means facing the Computer, or perhaps creating A.I. fighters and sending them out to battle for Gear, à la Injustice 2, is currently unknown.
Perhaps most interesting is that NetherRealm Studio’s Ed Boon reacted to the possible leaks on Twitter, asking Sonya on Sunday what she thought of leaks, with a GIF of her performing her Fatal Blow on Scorpion, as well as announcing that the “latest leak,” is that we won’t be throwing Blanche anymore. The old woman was a popular intractable in the Outworld Marketplace stage in Mortal Kombat XL — whom could be thrown at opponents, and could even perform Stage Brutalities when certain conditions were met — by tweeting out artwork of her in the style of official MK11 character renders.
Back in 2017 we saw an Injustice 2 base roster leak that turned out to be 100% correct, and as rooflemonger points out, the Steam Database tends to be mostly infallible, so this list of characters is looking very likely. We’ve also got another female character reveal on the horizon on this Thursday’s Kombat Kast, so we can see if this leak begins to come together. You can hear rooflemonger’s thoughts on the situation in the video below.
What are your thoughts on this potential roster list? Are you excited for these returns, or were you hoping to see someone else? Tell us what you think in the comments.
