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- Heavy Metal Machines: New Metal Pass Season is Here with Sugoi Machines
- Zeke and Julia Return in Their 16-bit Glory in Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol
- Destiny 2: Season of the Splicer is Now Live
- May Xbox Update Includes Quick Resume Improvements, Passthrough Audio, and More
- Dungeon Defenders II Spring Cleaning Update Brings Big Changes to Etheria
| Heavy Metal Machines: New Metal Pass Season is Here with Sugoi Machines Posted: 11 May 2021 01:30 PM PDT Hey Xbox players! Hoplon Studio here, from Brazil, to announce that the new season of the Heavy Metal Machines' Metal Pass is already available! A time of high adventure has come to the free-to-play multiplayer vehicular combat game, with the arrival of Sugoi Machines. The new season brings more than 100 rewards to players. The Metal Pass is Heavy Metal Machines' progression system, where players level up their accounts and receive rewards. There are 60 levels, and you can play them all for free or get the Metal Pass Premium to make the rewards double for a special price! Sugoi Machines brings four new models (skins), six new visual effects, five new sprays, five new emotes, and two new portraits themed in a Japanese super hero setting, and enjoy the battles with style! Nani!!!  Also, you can get Fame (the game currency) as a reward on some levels of the Metal Pass and cash (hard currency) with the Metal Pass Premium. We are extremely proud of the artistic result achieved in this season of HMM. The theme and new skins have amazing visual effects. We’re sure you’ll like it! See you in the Arenas!   Heavy Metal MachinesHoplon Infotainment Xbox One X Enhanced Heavy Metal Machines is a one of a kind Free-to-Play Multiplayer Vehicular Combat game where players engage in 4v4 intense battles, controlling lethal vehicles in post-apocalyptic arenas. A WHOLE NEW EXPERIENCE HMM's combination of unique vehicles, fast-paced combat, and post-apocalyptic sports arenas will take you to a whole new gameplay experience. A ROSTER OF UNIQUE VEHICLES Ranging from a car crushing Monster Truck and a heavy armored Tank to a blade thrower Motorcycle and a magnetic Tow Truck, each of the many vehicles has a different set of weapons and gameplay styles that bring a wide range of strategic possibilities to each match. BECOME A METAL GLADIATOR You can play HMM casually, or if you want to spice things up, join the Ranked Mode to be godlike, or create your Team and bring it to the Colosseum, an in-game Tournament, to battle for prizes and prestige. NEWCOMERS ARE WELCOME If you are new to HMM, no worries! Training modes are available to sharpen your skills. COMPETITION If you feel competitive, you can participate in Community Tournaments, or even the Metal League, Heavy Metal Machines' Official Tournament, that features cash-prizes to fuel the game's Esports scene. PLAY TOGETHER Meet new players in the game or bring your friends for way more fun! MAY THE BEST GLADIATOR WIN HMM is free-to-play and not pay-to-win. Rest assured that there is no way to buy in-game items that give vehicles gameplay advantages. Creating the Atmospheric In Rays of the Light Xbox Game Pass Helps European Gamers Stay Connected Adventure Game The Wardrobe Arrives on Xbox One  |
| Zeke and Julia Return in Their 16-bit Glory in Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol Posted: 11 May 2021 12:00 PM PDT Summary
The cult classic Zombies Ate My Neighbors and its sequel make their long-awaited return in Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol! Play these classics from the golden age of 16-bit gaming with new enhancements and never before seen museum features. Zombies Ate My Neighbors Hey, where’s that scary music coming from? Yikes! It’s Zombies Ate My Neighbors, where you appear in every demented horror flick ever to make you hurl ju-jubes.  What are Zeke and Julie, our two wholesome teenage stars doing in a 16-bit game like this?! Trying to save the nice neighbors, cheerleaders, and babies from a fate worse than polyester! Who could put this slice of suburbia in such goose-pimply hysteria? Zombies, relentless chainsaw maniacs, mummies, evil dolls that just won’t die, lizard men, blobs, vampires, giant ants, martians, and more.  Will these crazy kids survive the night? Find your way through 55 horror-filled levels like a grocery store gone bad, a shopping mall awry, a mysterious island and your own back yard. Don’t miss “Weird Kids on the Block,” “Mars Needs Cheerleaders,” and “Dances w ith Werewolves.” You can fend off the freaks with a virtual candy counter of weapons like uzi squirt guns, exploding soda pop, bazookas, weed wackers and ancient artifacts. Also grab power ups-o-rama like secret potions and bobo clown decoys. Does this game ever end?!  Ghoul Patrol Zeke and Julie, our intrepid teenagers, visit the Ghosts and Ghouls exhibit at the city library, where they find an old treasure chest containing an ancient spirit book. Naturally, they cannot resist reading it. Suddenly, a horrific snaggle-toothed spirit emerges. Now, this snarling phantom and his dastardly minions are infesting Metropolis and slithering their way into the history books, where they plan to rewrite history with their spooky ways. Only you have the power to go back in time to de-spook an encyclopedia of zombified historic dudes.  Terminate, with prejudice, using crossbows, ping-pong ball machine guns, Martian “Heatseeker” guns, and more. Vaporize garbage can ghosts and ninja spirits, rescue bug-eyed librarians and wigged-out pirates, dodge flying books and adolescent-eating plants!  Only our two heroes have the power to get the mighty beastly spirit back into his book and stop the madness. Ghoul Patrol to the rescue! Pre-order today!  Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul PatrolDisney, Lucasfilm Games $14.99 The cult classic Zombies Ate My Neighbors and its sequel make their long awaited return in Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol! Play these classics from the golden age of 16-bit gaming with new enhancements and never before seen museum features. Zombies Ate My Neighbors Hey, where's that scary music coming from? Yikes! It's Zombies Ate My Neighbors, where you appear in every demented horror flick ever to make you hurl ju-jubes. What are Zeke and Julie, our two wholesome teenage stars doing in a 16-bit game like this?! Trying to save the nice neighbors, cheerleaders and babies from a fate worse than polyester! Who could put this SLICE of suburbia in such goose-pimply hysteria? Zombies, relentless Chainsaw Maniacs, Mummies, Evil Dolls that just won't die, Lizard Men, Blobs, Vampires, Giant Ants, Martians and more. Will these crazy kids survive the night? Find your way through 55 horror-filled levels like a grocery store gone bad, a shopping mall awry, a mysterious island and your own back yard. Don't miss "Weird Kids on the Block", "Mars Needs Cheerleaders" and "Dances With Werewolves". You can fend off the freaks with a virtual candy counter of weapons like uzi squirt guns, exploding soda pop, bazookas, weed wackers and ancient artifacts. Also grab power ups-o-rama like secret potions and bobo clown decoys. Does this game ever end?! Ghoul Patrol Zeke and Julie, our intrepid teenagers, visit the Ghosts and Ghouls exhibit at the city library, where they find an old treasure chest containing an ancient spirit book. Naturally, they cannot resist reading it. Suddenly, a horrific snaggle-toothed spirit emerges. Now, this snarling phantom and his dastardly minions are infesting Metropolis and slithering their way into the history books, where they plan to rewrite history with their spooky ways. Only you have the power to go back in time to de-spook an encyclopedia of zombified historic dudes. Terminate, with prejudice, using crossbows, ping-pong ball machine guns, Martian "Heatseeker" guns, and more. Vaporize garbage can ghosts and ninja spirits, rescue bug-eyed librarians and wigged-out pirates, dodge flying books and adolescent-eating plants! Only our two heroes have the power to get the mighty beastly spirit back into his book and stop the madness. Ghoul Patrol to the rescue! NEW FEATURES • Save Feature: Quickly save your progress in either game and continue your adventure wherever and whenever you want • Museum Features: Watch a video interview with one of the original Zombies' developers or explore numerous galleries containing game art, previously unreleased concept images and marketing assets • Soundtrack: Listen to the entire soundtracks for both games in the included music players • 2 Player Mode: Play the game with two player local co-op • Achievements: Track your game progress with a set of achievements covering both games  |
| Destiny 2: Season of the Splicer is Now Live Posted: 11 May 2021 11:00 AM PDT The Vex have attacked and, for the first time in humanity's history, the Sun did not rise. Trapped in this endless night by an unknown Vex simulation, the Vanguard have focused their gaze on an unlikely ally – one who can hopefully guide Guardians in their response to the Vex incursion. That ally is Mithrax, Kell of the House of Light. In addition to being a Kell who leads a small group of Eliksni refugees, Mithrax is also one of the last Sacred Splicers. A rare group who have mastered the ability to commune with machines, see the Light within the code, and even manipulate it. In exchange for his help, he only asks for one thing: Access to the City for him and his followers who wish to be closer to their god, The Traveler. Ikora dispatches Guardians to meet with Mithrax on Europa, broker the alliance, and embark on a journey into the unknown. Welcome to Season of the Splicer.  Crash the Network We're excited for players to harness Splicer technology and adventure through the new synthetic landscape created for this Season. It's unlike anything we've done before and we think the Season's tone and aesthetic will really resonate with old and new players alike. To crack the mystery that kicks off the Season, players will have to find answers in the heart of the Vex Network. Although built in a coded and mysterious language, Mithrax will teach players to traverse the Network and use their power to crash it from the inside. These expeditions into the Network take place in two new Seasonal activities: Override and Expunge. Override: This is the new six-player matchmade offensive that challenges players to infiltrate the Vex Network, steal their code, and use it against them. Starting on Europa, multiple destinations will unlock throughout the Season. Expunge: This is a new pinnacle activity for one to three players. Each week, players will embark on missions to expose vulnerabilities within the Vex Network. This mission is altered every week as the Seasonal story unfolds.  Upgrade Your Tech Upon meeting with Mithrax, Guardians will receive a Splicer Gauntlet that will allow them to absorb Ether, secure Splicer upgrades, and unlock chests. There's also a new space in the H.E.L.M. that players can visit to plan their attack, take on challenges, and claim rewards. There are also over 30 new and reprised weapons to collect, new Exotic armor pieces for each class, and 100+ Seasonal ranks to unlock. Season Pass holders will also instantly unlock an Exotic Stasis Sidearm that charges up liquid cooling coils with every shot. Once powered up, the next charged shot freezes the target in Stasis.  Assault the Vault Get those calendars updated because on May 22, Vault of Glass returns. The first raid ever released in the Destiny franchise is making its Destiny 2 debut. Faithful to the original, it's been revamped and is ready to challenge veterans and new players alike. Upgraded to make the most of the new sandbox technology, the fan-favorite raid makes its return… absolutely free for all players. As with every Destiny 2 raid, the joy of triumphing over the most challenging encounters in the game is only part of the reward. The rest are rewards players can wear (in-game and in real life). In addition to the Vex Mythoclast Exotic Fusion Rifle, there are stunning weapons and armor to collect, and new Bungie Rewards to unlock like the Vault of Glass raid jacket and ring. Tune in to the World First race, get your fireteam ready, and fight your way through the Vault. Atheon, Time’s Conflux, awaits.  Leave a Lasting Impression Customizing our Guardians has always been core to Destiny 2. Coming up with distinct looks for each subclass or playing off an Exotic we're using, it's a cool way to show off your character's individuality and leave a lasting impression with the people you meet in game. And even though the fashion scene has been alive and well, Season of the Splicer will introduce players to a new Guardian Appearance system that takes customization to the next level. Coupled with changes to the shaders and the introduction of Armor Synthesis, the tools to craft a Guardian's style have never been more powerful. Guardian Appearance Previously, players would interact with their Guardian's look from the main character screen – clicking into each individual armor piece to inspect it and alter its appearance with shaders and Universal Ornaments. Those days are gone. Now there's a new screen devoted to customizing your Guardian's look. Access your entire set of armor from one screen with information about your current shaders and ornaments available at a glance. Think of it like a dressing room for your Guardian. This powerful and flexible new system means it's never been easier to manage all the armor and shaders in your collection. And your collection is about to get a lot more impressive… Armor Synthesis Ever see a piece of armor and wish you could use it like a Universal Ornament – applying its look to the armor you’re wearing? Well, now you can. With the help of Ada-1, Guardians can forge new Universal Ornaments from most of the armor in Destiny 2 using Synthweave, a new currency available from playing a variety of activities. There's also bonus Synthweave everyone can grab for free by playing through the Armor Synthesis introductory questline.  Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades Before Season of the Splicer, shaders were individual items in your inventory that players would have to manage. Run out of a shader? There was a different Collections area where players could purchase whichever shader they wanted for Glimmer and/or Legendary Shards. This purchased shader would then be added to your inventory to be used. Starting this Season, this process has been massively streamlined. Now, shaders are now permanent unlocks that can be applied to any item for 500 Glimmer from a single screen. Players simply click the shader they want from their Guardian Appearance menu and voila, style points +1. To celebrate this change and help everyone dress for success, we're adding a bundle to Eververse for Glimmer (not Silver) that contains a bunch of shaders from the early days which players may have missed.  Season of the Splicer Starts Today Running from May 11 to August 24, there's more going on that I didn't get a chance to speak about, including the Solstice of Heroes free event. And remember that if you picked up Season of the Chosen, the Battlegrounds activity is still available in the H.E.L.M. for the rest of the year. Check out the full calendar, message your fireteam, and plan your Season. Destiny 2 is free to play, and all its expansions are available on Xbox Games Pass. I hope you join us as we virtually flip synthwave tables throughout the Vex Network all Season long.  Destiny 2: Beyond LightBungie $39.99 $26.79 Xbox Game Pass Includes access to the No Time to Explain Exotic Pulse Rifle and catalyst EMBARK ON A NEW JOURNEY The frozen frontier of Europa holds many lost secrets from the past, including the chilling dark power of Stasis. You must work with the mysterious Exo Stranger to harness its power before your enemy, Eramis the Kell of Darkness, bestows it on her Fallen forces. WIELD THE DARKNESS Use the new elemental power of Stasis to dominate the battlefield. Each Guardian class uses Stasis in a different way: Warlock – Shadebinder: Summon a powerful Stasis staff and freeze enemies in ice. Hunter – Revenant: Channel Stasis shards to form a pair of Kama blades. Titan – Behemoth: Strike foes down with a mighty Stasis gauntlet. GROW YOUR ARSENAL Beneath the ice and ruins lie countless relics, an arsenal of weapons, and more. Claim this cutting-edge tech from the clutches of time and dare to tame the wasteland. 105 GB hard drive storage space required as of November 10, 2020. Subject to change. Requires broadband internet. After November 10, 2020 see www.destinythegame.com/size-requirements for current requirements prior to purchase. Significant elements and functionality require Xbox Live Gold subscription, sold separately. Bungie, Inc. makes no guarantee regarding the availability of online play or features and may modify or discontinue online services with reasonable notice at any time. Using the software constitutes acceptance of the Destiny Software License Agreement available at www.bungie.net/sla. © 2020 Bungie, Inc. All rights reserved. Destiny, the Destiny Logo, Bungie and the Bungie Logo are trademarks of Bungie, Inc. Published and distributed by Bungie, Inc. Xbox Game Pass Helps European Gamers Stay Connected Join the War Effort in Second Extinction Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass: Red Dead Online, Final Fantasy X/X-2, FIFA 21, and More  |
| May Xbox Update Includes Quick Resume Improvements, Passthrough Audio, and More Posted: 11 May 2021 08:30 AM PDT Summary
Team Xbox is excited to continue bringing new ways to make Xbox better, including refining the experience and delivering brand new features, based on your feedback. This month's release includes new Quick Resume improvements, passthrough audio for media apps, and more. New Quick Resume improvements Quick Resume is a feature powered by the technical capabilities of the innovative Xbox Velocity Architecture in Xbox Series X|S. It lets you seamlessly switch between multiple games and resume gameplay instantly right from where you last left off. With this update, Quick Resume is getting even better, with improved reliability and faster load times.  We've also made it easier to identify and access games that support and are saved to Quick Resume. You'll be able to see if your current game supports Quick Resume with a new tag. Gamers on Xbox Series X|S can also take advantage of a new group that lists all the games currently saved in Quick Resume. You can use the group to see which games are ready launch from Quick Resume and launch from there. Like other groups, you can add it to Home for quicker access or customize your experience by removing a game from the Quick Resume state.  Passthrough audio for media apps Try passthrough to make audio on your favorite Xbox media streaming apps like Disney+, the Apple TV app, Plex, Vudu, and more sound even better. Passthrough lets audio decoding from media apps on your compatible HDMI devices bypass the console for the highest quality listening experience with your external sound system. To start using it, see the new Allow Passthrough button on the Xbox audio settings screen. You’ll see an indicator in the guide when you use a compatible media app with passthrough audio enabled.  Watch game trailers with Xbox Game Pass Discover your next favorite game on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One with faster and easy access to spotlight trailers for games in the Xbox Game Pass library. Now game titles featured in the spotlight on the Game Pass hub will play trailers when you focus on them. This means fewer clicks for you when previewing the latest and greatest additions to Game Pass. To play the trailers with audio, click on the tiles. New dynamic background – Motes For the launch of Xbox Series X|S, the team added dynamic backgrounds, a new feature letting you customize your Home screen with motion and color. This month, we're offering the new pattern– "Motes". You can find the new Motes dynamic background in Settings > General > Personalization > My background > Dynamic background  Ask a parent: Multiplayer by title Last fall, we launched the Xbox Family Settings app for free on iOS and Android and continue to release feature updates to provide families with simple tools to help manage their kids' gaming. Starting this month, you can approve multiplayer games – where you can play and communicate with other gamers – by specific title, directly from your console or in the Xbox Family Settings app. If your child wants to play a specific game in multiplayer mode but they're blocked by family settings, they can send a request to unblock multiplayer for that game only. You'll get a notification through the Xbox Family Settings app with the option to learn more about the game and then decide whether to approve your kid's request. Any family organizer in your Family Group can remove the game from the approved list at any time from your phone or console.  Xbox app for Android and iOS keeps getting better Last month we added leaderboards to the Xbox app on Android and iOS. This month, we're continuing to evolve the experience by releasing a few more updates. First, stay connected with a new push notification that lets you know when your favorite friends go online. We're also updating achievements game pages to add game stats, including ‘time played’. Lastly, reliability is incredibly important to us, and we’re happy to say we’ve made some changes that improve the performance on loading your chats tab and sending messages in the app. Smart Glass app for PC We'll be sunsetting the Xbox One SmartGlass app for PC starting this June. This means the SmartGlass app will be removed from the Microsoft Store and there will be no further updates for those who have the app already downloaded to their devices. You can continue to use the Xbox app for Windows 10 PCs to discover and download new games with Xbox Game Pass, see what your friends are playing, and chat with them across PC, mobile, and Xbox consoles. Help shape the future of Xbox Stay tuned to the Xbox Wire for future updates and all the latest and greatest Xbox related news. For support related to Xbox updates, visit support.xbox.com. If you'd like to help create the future of Xbox and get access to early features, download the Xbox Insider Hub on your Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, or Windows 10 PC today. Let us know what you think – we're always listening! Related:Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass: Red Dead Online, Final Fantasy X/X-2, FIFA 21, and More Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass: Fable Anniversary, MLB The Show 21, and More Xbox Update is Here with Xbox App Leaderboards, New Game Pass Features, and More  |
| Dungeon Defenders II Spring Cleaning Update Brings Big Changes to Etheria Posted: 11 May 2021 08:00 AM PDT Hey Everyone, Recently we rebooted work on our free-to-play game, Dungeon Defenders II (DD2). We're now committed to giving it a quality-of-life boost, with regular updates and additions based on feedback from our community. While Dungeon Defenders: Awakened continues to be the studio's primary focus, we felt the franchise's popular sequel could benefit from some much-deserved attention. To kick off DD2's new era, we released the Spring Cleaning Update in April, which was packed full of all sorts of requested fixes, important quality-of-life additions, and balance changes. We'll talk more about that in a bit, but first we want to spread the news on an exciting game update that was just released… Dungeon Defenders II will now run at 60 FPS on Xbox Series X|S! You read that correctly. Defenders can now customize heroes, build towers, engage in combat, and so many other actions at 60 FPS. Thanks to Microsoft's backwards compatibility, the FPS Boost feature will bring smoother and more immersive experiences to Etheria, allowing Defenders to focus more on the battle at hand. Following a recent update from Xbox, another awesome change to DD2 was to the online multiplayer system. Now all Defenders can team up to defend Etheria together online for free! An Xbox Live Gold subscription is no longer needed to join online multiplayer sessions. Last, but certainly not least, we recently brought what we're calling the Spring Cleaning Update to DD2 at the beginning of April. This update includes new Daily Login Rewards from our dear Ol' Peepers (featured in the pic below), new shards, a new pet, new bundles, and some much-needed meta changes!  Since the launch of DD2, Defenders have been asking for cost-saving options on purchases including multiple (or even all) heroes at once. Well, we were listening, and we have finally made that dream a reality! For a limited time, you can unlock all heroes (along with any additional hero we release in the future) for $30 USD. That's 75% cheaper than if you bought all the heroes individually, and the savings only increase with every additional hero released! If you already own all the heroes, why not grab a fresh new look for your favorite defender? New skins will be a regular part of content updates moving forward.  We've had a blast revisiting DD2, and it's clear the community has too. After receiving such a positive response, we've decided that DD2 will receive regular content updates moving forward. Etheria needs its defenders, and we want to make sure it's a place worth defending, with lots of new skins, maps, and challenges to keep you coming back! We love to share teasers and reveals with our community on social media in the lead up to our big content announcements. So, make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitch. There you'll catch all of the upcoming news on Dungeon Defenders II, and our latest game release, Dungeon Defenders: Awakened (which will also see some big changes in the next few months). See you in Etheria! Related:Inside Xbox Series X|S Optimized: Warframe Online Multiplayer for Free-to-Play Games Unlocked Starting Today New Babylonian God joins Smite in King of Uruk Update  |
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