Valhalla Seasons and Post Launch, Fallout 76 Free

Ubisoft unveils Valhalla post-launch plans

Ubisoft has revealed their post-launch plans for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, which includes at least four seasons and two expansions.

The Gold, Ultimate and Collector Editions include the season pass which includes all post-launch content and Ubisoft is keen to point out that this is the cheapest way to get your viking on.

The seasonal content is free for all customers, and the first season starts in December with the next following in March next year.

Expansions

• Wrath of the Druids (Spring 2021): “Journey to Ireland and unravel the mysteries of an ancient and mysterious druidic cult, tracking and discovering their members. Diving into Gaelic myths and folklores, they’ll need to fight their way through haunted forests and dazzling landscapes while gaining influence among Gaelic kings.”
• The Siege of Paris (Summer 2021): ”Relive the most ambitious battle in Viking History with key historical figures of war-torn Frankia. During this key moment in history, players will infiltrate the fortified city of Paris and the River Seine under a prolonged siege, uncover enemy secrets, and form strategic alliances to safeguard their clan’s future.”

Freebies: Season 1 will introduce a new area to the player settlement, housing the yule festival, which is basically pagan Christmas. New ranks, skills, abilities gear and cosmetics will also be added, alongside the River Raids game mode.

Which Starcraft hero was meant to star in the spin-off Starcraft: Ghost?

a) Nova
b) Izsha
c) Selendis
d) Tychus Findlay

The answer will be revealed at the bottom of today's issue. Join up with our community on Twitter and Facebook to discuss what the answer could be.

The black sheep of the vampire family

Castlevania Legends isn’t the proudest moment for the venerable series, and the story has been struck from the record since it conflicts so much with the rest of the series.

Producer Koji Igarashi called it “something of an embarrassment”, and blamed the failure on the developers lacking guidance from the original Castlevania team.

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Celebrate the end of the world with Fallout

Bethesda celebrates ‘Bombs Drop Day’ with a free week starting on October 20th and lasting until October the 26th and a handful of in-game events.

According to Fallout lore, October 23rd was the day the nukes rained, ending the world and turning it into the bleak, irradiated wasteland we know and love. You earn double S.C.O.R.E and double XP during the free week, and there's a 25% rebate on legendary weapons and armor.

Fallout First: There's also a Fallout 1st Preview promotion that lets you sample the delights of subscribing to the game: “Log in between October 20 and October 26, find the free Fallout 1st Limited Preview “item” in the Atomic Shop, and you’ll have access to some of the features offered”.

Discounts: The base game is 60% off, while the other editions and bundles are discounted between 40% and 50%, and in-game Atom Packs are 20% to 35% off. If that's not enough Fallout for you, Fallout 4 and its the Game of the Year edition are both 70% off, with Season Pass discounted by another 60%.

More feudal samurai fun on the way?

Sucker Punch is advertising for a narrative designer for a new game that sounds suspiciously like it might be a Ghost of Tsushima sequel.

Applicants should have a “desire to write stories set in feudal Japan” and should ideally have “knowledge of feudal Japanese history.”. Yup, that definitely sounds like it's related to Ghost of Tsushima.

Ghost of co-op: Of course, they could also be planning to add more content since Ghost of Tsushima has done surprisingly well. Sucker Punch just released a free update adding co-op multiplayer, and it's not exactly uncommon for developers to launch a bit of DLC for successful games.

Next-gen upgrade: They have already announced another update featuring a four-player raid where groups will enter “an entirely new realm to challenge a brutal, terrifying enemy.” Ghost of Tsushima will also be playable on PlayStation 5, increasing the frame rate to 60FPS.

• 2K Games apologizes for patching ads into NBA 2K21 saying that the decision affected players “in a way we didn’t intend”
• Bungie drops story trailer for Destiny 2 – Beyond Light featuring over 2 minutes of action ahead of November 10th launch
• The Master Chief Collection optimised for 120FPS on Xbox Series X in free update launching on November 17th
• Fight or Fright event in Apex Legends on October 22nd will spook players with new game mode until November 3rd
• Blizzard veterans found Frost Giant Studios which will focus on making real-time strategy games

To celebrate the start of a new generation of console gaming we are giving away a new PlayStation 5 to one lucky DailyBits reader. You can find out more about this giveaway on our dedicated page.

Here's the Giveaway Code for Week 43: 3434

Which Starcraft hero was meant to star in the spin-off Starcraft: Ghost?

ANSWER: Nova!

Like WarCraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans before it, StarCraft: Ghost tried and failed to expand Blizzard’s fictional universes into new genres. The stealth action game starred the ghost Nova, but StarCraft: Ghost didn’t live up to Blizzard’s high standards: The game was shelved in 2006, and finally confirmed cancelled in 2014 – 12 years after it was announced.

That didn’t stop its story from becoming part of the StarCraft canon. Nova appeared in Wings of Liberty and Heart of the Swarm, as well as free-to-play MOBA Heroes of the Storm. She also appeared in StarCraft novels such as StarCraft Ghost: Nova and StarCraft Ghost: Spectres.

Today's issue of DailyBits was written by Gavin Herman, Erlend Grefsrud, Simon Priest, and Jamie Davey.

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