Free games

• Epic Games

  • Rayman Legends

    • 2013
    • Action platformer in classic Rayman fashion that has up to four players simultaneously making their way through levels, collecting Lums, and defeating enemies

• Sony

  • Titanfall 2

    • 2016
    • First person shooter that prioritizes fluid movement and adaptable tactics, and then you drop a gigantic robot in the arena and wreck shop
    • The sequel also introduced a single-player campaign with a buddy-cop / Half-Life feel

  • Monster Energy Supercross

    • 2018
    • Arcade motocross racing game that lets you customize your rider and bike for single-player or against racers all over the world

• Microsoft

  • Insane Robots

    • 2018
    • Roguelike turn-based card battle game that has you leading a robot rebellion through randomly generated survival arenas

  • Jurassic World Evolution

    • 2018
    • Business simulation game based on 2015’s Jurassic World, where you build a dinosaur park on the Las Cinco Muertes Archipelago

  • Toy Story 3

    • 2010
    • A platformer loosely based on the film of the same name that also includes a free-roam Toy Box mode set within the fictional Woody’s Roundup television series

  • Castlevania: Lord of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD

    • 2013
    • Side-scrolling action-adventure game that reveals the story of the Belmonts as they battle across generations against the forces of darkness

Google’s Stadia launch is making waves with its underwhelming performance in the wild

• Apparently despite Google’s insistence that games will run in 4K resolutions at 60 fps, Bungie has stated that the Stadia’s version of Destiny 2 renders at 1080P and then upscales to improve the quality
  • This appears to be a common strategy, with Red Dead Redemption 2 also rendering at 1440p and upscaling after the fact
• Google’s released a statement basically saying that they support 4K and 60fps, and they give developers “the freedom of how to achieve the best image quality and frame rate”
  • They went on to say that they expect developers will be continually improving gameplay and graphics as time goes on
• Still, after Google’s vice president announced that all games at launch would support 4K, this is a bitter pill to swallow for many who spent almost $200 on the platform and signed up for the $10/month service in addition to the cost of the games themselves
• In an effort to ease the pain of new users Google’s given a couple of free games to early adopters- Farming Simulator 19: Platinum Edition and Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, and refunds for both for people who recently purchased them at full price

Valve revealed more details about Half-Life: Alyx, and it looks gorgeous

• The graphics are just beautiful, and gameplay seems to be the familiar mix of shooting and problem solving that Half-Life fans are used to
  • They’ve also brought gravity gun-like mechanics with the gravity gloves, which seem to allow for full-scale gameplay in smaller rooms by letting you catch and bring stuff towards you that you can’t otherwise reach
• The game can apparently be played either sitting, standing, or with roomscale movement, and players can use finger-tracking or trigger-based controllers to either teleport around or walk smoothly with an analog stick
• It’ll officially support the Valve Index, HTC Vive, Windows Mixed Reality, and Oculus Rift headsets. The Oculus Quest will also work when connected to a PC
• That PC is going to need some beefy specs though, with Alyx’s minimum requirements including mid-high range processors and graphics cards, as well as 12GB of RAM
• It will apparently be a “full-length” game, hitting Steam in March 2020, and preorders are available for $60USD. Owners of the Index will get it for free

Facebook has acquired Beat Games, the developers of Beat Saber, and I’m not sure how to feel about it

• On one hand, Beat Saber is an amazing game and the team behind it deserves all the money and recognition
• On the other, Facebook is my least favourite company and I can’t help but think there’s going to be a combination of nickel-and-diming and privacy invasion coming soon
  • They’ve already announced Facebook support incoming with “social features, new modes, music, and more”
• Apparently the dev team will join Oculus Studios to continue work on all currently supported platforms, and current plans for 360 degree levels and more music remain unchanged

And last we have a blast from the past for you- contaminated romaine lettuce has hit once more, causing 67 cases of E. coli across the US

• You might remember this from way back in episode 191, 193, and 226
• This time the outbreak has been linked to romaine grown in Salinas, California, and the CDC is advising consumers and retailers not to eat, sell, or serve any romaine grown in the region
• If you’re not sure where your romaine came from it’s best to just toss it to be safe

Deathwing crashes Heroes of the Storm

His strengths

• Deathwing is permanently Unstoppable. He is immune to all crowd control effects
• He does area damage
• All his abilities are not only strong, but cannot be interrupted
• He has a high health pool, and a ton of armour
• He has global mobility
• And Crowd Control abilites

His weaknesses

• He is unaffected by allied abilities, that’s no buffs or heals
• Poke damage can’t be healed easily, so its quite dangerous
• With a massive health pool, percentage-damage attacks do quite a lot
• His abilities have a obvious wind-up, all his attacks are telegraphed
• Once he uses Dragonflight, his options are limited

His abilities

Passive

• Aspect of Death

  • Deathwing has 4 armour plates which grant 10 armor each. Each quarter portion of his health lost, loses a plate. And health gained does not restore armor plates. Only Dragonflight will heal are restore armor plates.
  • Deathwing is unstoppable and deals 100% additional damage to heroes.
  • And his contempt for even his allies prevent them from using friendly effects on him.

Mount

• Dragonflight

  • 45 Second cooldown
  • After 3 seconds, fly into the sky, becoming immune to all effects and gaining 2.5% Health per second.
  • Taking or dealing damage puts this ability on a 5 second cooldown.

1 Key

• Form Switch

  • Switches Deathwing between Destroyer and World Breaker forms, each granting access to two unique Basic Abilities.

Q

• Molten Flame

  • After 1.5 seconds, Deathwing breathes stream of flame. Drains 30 Energy per second.

• Destroyer – During Dragonflight

  • Slam down to the ground, dealing damage to enemies in the area and gaining access to Destroyer form
  • Can be in air however long you want.
  • Can land on any point with vision.
  • Other abilities have a 3 seconds cooldown after landing.

W

• Incinerate – Destroyer Form

  • After 0.75 seconds, Deathwing flaps his wings, dealing damage to nearby enemies.

• Lava Burst – World Breaker Form

  • After a 1 second delay, deal damage to all enemies in the area and create a pool of magma that deals damage and slows enemies. Lasts 6 seconds.

• World Breaker – During Dragonflight

  •  Slam down to the ground, dealing damage to enemies in the area and gaining access to World Breaker form

E

• Onslaught – Destroyer Form

  • After 0.5 seconds, Deathwing lunges in a direction dealing damage to enemies and slowing them by 35% for 2 seconds. Deathwing bites enemies at the end of the lunge, dealing additional damage.

• Earth Shatter – World Breaker Form

  • Create a fissure of earth that deals damage to enemies hit and stuns them for 0.75 seconds.
  • Attack comes out in a cone, only effecting the edges

R

• Cataclysm

  • After 2 seconds, Deathwing flies in the targeted direction, dealing damage on impact and leaving scortched ground that deals damage over time. Lasts 6 seconds.
  • Deathwing starts with his epic ability, but it starts on a 270 second cooldown at the beginning of a match.

Amiibo releases while we’re gone!

• Good news for Canadians, Best Buy pre-orders have been really good for amiibo lately
  • In my experience at least
• Shovel Knight
  • 3 Pack!
    • Plauge Knight
    • Specter Knight
    • King Knight!
  • Golden Shovel Knight
• Smash Bros
  • Ricter
  • Dark Samus

Be safe holiday shopping with BBB 

• Holiday shopping is fun, but be safe
  • It’s black Friday sales the weekend of this episodes release
  • and Christmas shopping is up while we are taking our December break
• When sales are on, so are the scammers
  • If a sale looks too good to be true, it probably is
  • The Better Business Bureau is here to help!
• BBB.org/scamtracker
  • You can search by keyword
  • Scam Type
  • Country
  • And even Date Reported
• Make sure you talk to your less techsavvy family and friends
  • Don’t click links in unexpected emails
  • Don’t use links provided
    • Navigate to the site yourself
    • Use caution when using a link that is required for a promotion

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