Uncrowned Guard

Fortnite: The Last Laugh is a bundle focused on Batman’s archnemesis, The Joker, and will be releasing November 17th on all platforms.  This will include the next generation consoles and is currently listed at $30.  Players can pre-order the bundle today!

The Bundle Includes:

• 1,000 V-Bucks
• Back Bloom Back Bling
• Bad Joke Harvesting Tool
• Ivy Axe Harvesting Tool
• Kingmaker Harvesting Tool
• Laugh Riot Back Bling
• Midas Crest Back Bling
• Midas Rex Outfit
• Pick a Card Contrail
• Poison Ivy Outfit
• The Joker Outfit
• The Joker's Revenge Harvesting Too

Do not forget, that ordering the physical box via Amazon or similar store will get you a box with a product code inside.

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Call of Duty Warzone enters season 6 and continues the fight against the plague of cheaters ruining the experience for many others trying to enjoy the game.  The start of the sixth season began with the banning of around 20,000 players who were using cheats within the game.  While we appreciate the ban hammer being lay down upon these players, the fact cheats are so abundant that they are openly streaming cheats on Twitch is still concerning.

It does appear that a popular subscription based cheating site EngineOwning was the target of the ban as they are currently listing their cheats as "detected".  Activison (Call of Duty's publisher) has taken legal action against cheating services before and we wonder if that will be the case with EngineOwning as no official statements have been released about the service. 

Players seem to be mixed about the bans as they do not appear to be helping in the fight against cheaters as a whole and the plea for more enforcement remains.  It has been reported that over 200,000 players have been banned for the service over cheats this since the game's release, but it still seems always seems too little and too late.

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Microsoft has officially announced that Xbox Game Pass will be gaining EA Play as an additional perk to the subscription service for no additional cost.  The service which costs only $4.99 monthly (per platform) provides significant value due to its extensive library of games and inclusion of expensive yearly releases such as the Madden and FIFA series of games.  The partnership will allow Game Pass users to obtain free EA Play on Xbox Consoles starting November 10th and will also allow access to EA Play on PC sometime in December.  Yes, if you have Game Pass Ultimate, then that is $9.98 worth of EA Play included into your $14.99 monthly subscription.

And it does not just end there, as Microsoft as confirmed that “some” EA games included in EA Play will be part of the xCloud gaming service once it is released.  This will allow players the ability to play these games on their mobile and low spec devices via internet streaming (although all the current app store battles make it a guessing game on what platforms it will launch with).  Once you factor in the original value of Game Pass games, the Xbox Live membership, the xCloud membership, and EA Play, the $14.99 a month price tag is quite an amazing deal for Xbox and PC users.

For those unfamiliar with EA Play, it is the “basic” version of their subscriptions and allows users access to nearly the full EA game library once the games have been on the market for a few mouths.  If you want full access to their new releases, the day they are released, then you will need EA Play Pro for $14.99.  We currently do not know if Game Pass users will get a discount for Pro or if it will be factored in at all.

This is all great news for Xbox fans and will certainly help the sales on the new Xbox, but we do wish Game Pass itself would be dropping more launch day exclusives and as EA has no plans on pushing out a new Battlefield or other major title this holiday season (beyond the sport game releases), it is curious to how much this will swing the tide of the console wars.

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