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Speaking with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Creative Director Jonathan Dumont, we inquired on how much of an impact dialogue choices will have for Alexios or Kassandra throughout the main storyline. While Odyssey won’t throw any skill-checks or hidden sequences into its dialogue system so that players don’t end up missing out on content, Dumont did confirm that some large-scale choices will have an impact on which ending players will get:...

Vitale broke the news in an essay for ESPN, saying the cancer was detected early, much like the melanoma he beat in late August. He said doctors told him they don’t believe the two diagnoses are related. DeCOURCY: Dick Vitale has millions of reasons to continue sometimes-painful battle against pediatric cancer “For the second time in just a few months, I’ve been diagnosed with a form of cancer,” Vitale wrote....

However, the big question is whether anyone took home the jackpot, which would have been an incredible gift for Thanksgiving. The jackpot was worth $160 million, with a cash-value option worth $115.6 million. The winning numbers were 19, 25, 43, 46, 48 with a Powerball number of 14. The Power Play was 2x. Did Anyone Win the Powerball Jackpot? Unfortunately, no one took home the main jackpot on November 10....

Prophecy is a new dungeon for Destiny 2 and it will be free for all players. This means gamers who didn’t purchase Shadowkeep or the Season Pass will be able to access this new content. Destiny 2 director Luke Smith discussed the new dungeon similar to a raid launch, in that the content will have a power level requirement above current levels. On top of that, Bungie is holding off on releasing the Prophecy dungeon until 5pm PT so that fireteams of 3 can try to accumulate as much power as possible....

According to Slayerage, the Calus kill, oddly enough, is said to be even easier with two players than it is with three: The “sneaky sneaky spot” Slayerage mentions is what makes the encounter manageable with two players. Within the so-called “shadow realm” phase of the encounter, at least one player must remain inside to defeat the psions that spawn. These scions can kill players with ease, either doing a lot of quick damage since the players cannot move well or through a near-unavoidable knock-up....

According to the Bungie Help Twitter, the team is currently evaluating a fix for the Nightfall bug. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like there is a firm date for a proper solution. Instead, Bungie has promised to have more information on the status of the fix some time next week. Unfortunately, this won’t help Destiny 2 players who were hoping to get their hands on the DFA Hand Cannon exclusive to this week’s strike....

The event at hand is the launch of Destiny 2’s Vault of Glass raid. Or, to be more accurate, the rerelease of the Vault of Glass raid from the original Destiny. Bungie’s bringing back the first raid ever released for the franchise as an updated experience for Destiny 2’s Season of the Splicer. It’s easy to understand why the Vault of Glass launch is so popular, too, considering it’s not just a nostalgic return to a classic raid, but also a new, challenging experience for hardcore players....

Prior to this addition, transferring gear over to alternate characters required players to travel to the Tower, place the items into the vault, log into the other character, travel to the vault once more, and pick up everything. This was incredibly time-consuming, so apps like Destiny Item Manager became extremely popular in the Destiny 2 community. For a long time, it was believed that apps like DIM simply couldn’t make items disappear because of how the game’s API works, but recent evidence proved otherwise....

It’s all part of changes that developer Bungie is making to endgame and seasonal content in Destiny 2, which includes the Faction Rally. In the developer’s original plans for the Curse of Osiris expansion, Destiny 2 would have kept players who do not own Curse of Osiris from participating in Faction Rally due to the addition of new ornaments and weapons in the factions inventories. Moving forward, Bungie will allow every player to participate in events like Faction Rallies, albeit without access to the new content from the expansion....

The Witch Queen will see guardians do battle with the Hive god of cunning and lies, Savathun, who has somehow stolen the light and bestowed it to her brood inside her throne world. Hive Guardians will be imbued with similar abilities players have wielded since Destiny was released in 2014, along with Hive ghosts that must be destroyed to ensure they are defeated. Players will face these new challenges with new weapons, including the new melee-focused glaive weapon which will need to be crafted....

The Bungie 30th Anniversary even is an in-game celebration of the studio’s history inside the world of Destiny 2, hosted by the exotic vendor Xur and the mysterious starhorse. All players are able to jump into the Dares of Eternity, the new six-player matchmade PvE activity where players can unlock gear inspired by Bungie’s previous games. Players who purchase the anniversary pack also unlock the Grasp of Avarice dungeon, additional loot, and claim the returning Gjallarhorn....

Trials of Osiris in Destiny is a 3v3 mode where pre-made groups battle through a series of PvP elimination matches, earning greater rewards with greater success. About all that’s confirmed for Destiny 2 is that there will be a returning Trials mode and that it will change from 3v3 to the new Crucible standard of 4v4. The addition of another player on each team is a dramatic change alone, but Bungie’s plans don’t stop there....

Earth is a planet that Destiny fans will be particularly familiar with. It’s where the Last City is build and where the Traveler hovers, providing its light to Guardians. It’s also where the AI Rasputin has protected Earth for thousands of years. Earth in Destiny 2 will not be the Earth of the original game. First off, the Last City has fallen to the Cabal’s Red Legion and its leader Ghaul....

To be specific, this is a new problem that’s spun off of the hotfix that Bungie had previously issued. That issue was similar in that it was denying players their weekly loot for 3, 5, and 7 wins while playing Trials of Osiris. The hotfix was intended to correct that and allow players the chance to win their weekly loot. A new problem prevented the weekly challenge from being reassigned to players who were bugged, perpetuating the issue....

While there’s no event occupying The Tower this week, the big news is that Update 1.1.4, also known as Gotta Go Fast around the community, has finally released. This introduces some fairly large changes to the base game that include new Nightfall rewards, rebalances all weapon types, increases player movement speed, and makes adjustments to most Guardian classes. This update also makes sweeping changes to the Crucible as well, adding new weekly playlists, quitter penalties, match rules, and essentially moves the Iron Banner event back into what players experienced in Destiny 1....

Why would this even be a question? Well, in the reveal trailer for Destiny 2, the Last City is besieged by the Cabal’s Red Legion, and the Tower—along with the Vaults that players know and love from Destiny 1—are obliterated. But that appears to have just been part of the narrative tale that Bungie is spinning for Destiny 2. The game’s story, after all, is about the Guardians losing everything (including their powers and even the Traveler) and having to rebuild....

Bungie hasn’t been shy about dropping the banhammer in the past, but some rules are harder to enforce than others. Since the early day’s of the Crucible, Destiny players have been complaining about the unfair advantage that lag can cause during a match. Lots of the time there is nothing a play can do to control his or her lag, but once competitive gamers realized the lag could give them an advantage, some cheaters decided to start manipulating network speed and connection to exploit the game’s weakness....

One fan and environmental art student from the UK, Danny Greenan, has shown off his skills by creating some Destiny fan art that looks like it could be ripped straight from the game. Greenan posted some of his work to his ArtStation account and titled the art gallery (which can be viewed in its entirety here) “Destiny spaceship interior.” At first glance, his art might look like a leak of an unseen location in the upcoming fall 2016 expansion or Destiny sequel slated for 2017, but it is in fact just a student’s work....

In a new thread on Reddit, a player has discovered new gear with a light level beyond the assumed new light level cap of 385. Interestingly enough, the player was able to infuse their Dragon’s Breath exotic rocket launcher to 386 and eventually found a 387 Astrocyte Verse exotic helm while travelling through the Plaguelands. With the help of these high powered exotics and gear, the player was able to increase their overall light level to 386, something which shouldn’t be possible at this time....

To that end, we’ve put together a helpful guide to walk players through the new mechanics of Wrath of the Machine Heroic Mode’s final boss fight with Aksis and peppered it with hints that will help every Destiny player succeed. Recommended Light Level The good news is that Wrath of the Machine Heroic Mode is nowhere near as challenging as King’s Fall Heroic Mode was at launch. Thanks to the new smart loot system and the economy changes of the latest Destiny update, any player can hit the recommended 380 light level for the raid and even exceed it....