Plus Double Rewards on Open Wheel Races, Black Friday Sales and Much More
Cut your enemies off and blow them to bits with the light-trail of your neon-lit Shotaro, in Deadline. This futuristically barbaric battle royale is paying out triple the usual GTA$ and RP through December 9th, so suit up and see if you have what it takes to survive and thrive.
Whether a team affair or a free-for-all deathmatch for the crown, all King of the Hill modes are also paying out 3X GTA$ and RP to all competitors, win or lose.
Double Rewards in Open Wheel Races Open Wheel racecars are basically missiles on wheels, vehicles trimmed of all their fat and safety precautions and let loose on tracks to do battle against each other and the forces of physics at eye-watering speeds. Slip on a helmet and jumpsuit, slide into the cockpit, and see if you can maintain control as you approach terminal velocity. All Rockstar Created Open Wheel Races are paying out double now through December 9th, so there’s plenty of reason to ride the razor’s edge.
Get the White and Red Nagasaki Tee Anyone who plays GTA Online before December 9th will receive the White and Red Nagasaki Tee for free.
On the Podium This Week: Benefactor BR8 Drop in to the lobby of The Diamond Casino & Resort and give the Lucky Wheel its daily spin to walk away with GTA$, RP, clothing, mystery prizes and more. This week’s top prize is the Benefactor BR8 open wheel racecar wrapped in The Quick Fix livery, brought to you by top sponsors Xero Gas.
Black Friday Sale (November 27 – November 30)
Consumerism is the great American pastime, and Los Santos’ top vehicle suppliers are here for it. Don’t bother lining up and camping out in a tent this Black Friday, as all the best deals are on the Internet now anyway, including up to 70% off Warstock and Elitás favorites.
Declasse Scramjet – 60% off
Imponte Ruiner 2000 – 60% off
Ocelot Stromberg – 60% off
Principe Deveste Eight – 60% off
Nagasaki Shotaro – 70% off
Terrorbyte – 70% off
Terrorbyte Upgrades & Modifications – 70% off
Pegassi Oppressor – 50% off
Pegassi Oppressor Mk II – 50% off
RM-10 Bombushka – 70% off
B-11 Strikeforce – 70% off
Buckingham Luxor – 70% off
Buckingham Luxor Deluxe – 70% off
Buckingham Swift (including Swift with Flying Bravo) – 70% off
Buckingham Swift Deluxe – 70% off
Discounts If you keep getting tossed out of the club, the real solution is to buy your own. All Nightclub properties and Upgrades are on sale this week, as are all Garages and Special Cargo Warehouses. Diversify your portfolio with multiple streams of income, both above and below board. Read on for the complete list of real estate discounts, plus vehicle sales, below.
Additional Vehicles:
Ocelot R88 – 30% off
Annis RE-7B – 40% off
Dinka Vindicator – 30% off
Western Rampant Rocket – 30% off
Shitzu Hakuchou Drag – 30% off
Additional Real Estate:
Large Special Cargo Warehouses – 30% off
Nightclubs – 40% off
Nightclub Upgrades & Modifications – 30% off
All Garages – 40% off
PRIME GAMING BENEFITS
GTA Online players who successfully connect their Rockstar Games Social Club account with Prime Gaming will receive GTA$200K for playing any time this week. In addition, Prime Gaming members will receive the Vespucci Canals Nightclub location for free, plus an exclusive 60% off the Declasse DR1 and 80% off the Imponte Nightshade.
To ensure access to future benefits, make sure to visit Prime Gaming and sign up.
Sydney, November 27th 2020 – Put on your warmest coat and bundle up to traverse the cold North today, thanks to Nordlicht a truly unique adventure game on Nintendo Switch™. Nordlicht is out on the Nintendo eShop as off now and takes players on a journey alongside the curious girl Aurora. Together with her trusty guinea pig Peter Parsley and her father Rupert she explores the cold North diving deeper and deeper into a mysterious story filled with riddles.
About Nordlicht:
Nordlicht is an adventure game in which you accompany an unusual family on a fascinating journey to the cold North. You control the curious Aurora, Peter Parsley (her guinea pig and best friend, who refuses to leave her side), and her clever dad, Rupert. Along their way, they discover the mysterious constellations of the polar night sky, and will have to face the dangers created by mother nature and their own fears. Sometimes, you’ll use and combine items you find in the traditional point-and-click manner. Other times, you’ll have to put your dexterity and reaction time to the test as you brave icebergs, giant waves, and thunderstorms in your little sailboat. The intuitive controls, atmospheric music, and lovingly hand-drawn graphics make Nordlicht an unforgettable experience—fun for all ages.
The Koch Media Group is a global developer, publisher and distributor of video games, VR games, gaming
The group’s publishing activities, marketing and distribution extend throughout Europe, America, Australia and Asia. Koch Media has more than 25 years of experience in the digital media business and has risen to become a leading global publishing partner. The Koch Media Group runs a multi-label strategy with fully owned publishing units such as Deep Silver, Milestone, Vertigo Games and Ravenscourt which publish games for consoles, PC and VR platforms across all physical and digital channels.
Additionally, as global publishing partner Koch Media has formed long-term multi-national publishing collaborations with numerous game publishers including Bethesda, Capcom, Codemasters, Konami, Koei Tecmo, Sega, Square Enix, Warner Bros and many others. With its parent company in Höfen, Austria, and the Publishing HQ in Munich, Germany, Koch Media owns local publishing companies in Germany, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Australia, the United States as well as Japan and Hong Kong.
The Koch Media Group owns eight game development studios: Deep Silver Volition (Champaign, IL / USA), Deep Silver Dambuster Studios (Nottingham / UK), Deep Silver Fishlabs (Hamburg / Germany), Warhorse Studios (Prague / Czech Republic), Milestone (Milan / Italy), Voxler (Paris / France), Vertigo Games (Rotterdam /The Netherlands) and Flying Wild Hog Studios (Warsaw /Poland). Additionally, the Koch Media Group collaborates with numerous independent development studios around the world.
Part of the Koch Media Group is also Koch Films, a European independent film distributor with business primarily in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy as a cinema, TV, online and Home Entertainment distributor. The Koch Media Group also owns Gaya Entertainment, a leading video game merchandise company in Munich, Germany, and the Quality Assurance Facility in Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Gaming Minds Studios fortifies sea-faring trade sim with huge 500MB update for Steam autumn sale, includes 50+ gameplay improvements and community-requested features
Sydney, AU – 27th November, 2020 – Publisher Kalypso Media and developer Gaming Minds Studios have shared that seafaring trade simulator Port Royale 4 has just received its largest update yet. Available now to all Windows PC players (with consoles soon to come) the free update weighs in at just under 500 MB and adds a staggering number of improvements, fixes, and new features – such as player-created nations, deadlier and more intense naval combat, and a variety of game-altering events like prohibition, and plagues of locusts – that dramatically improve the game and deepen the player’s quest for bounty and trade supremacy on the open seas.
An exhaustive new video outlining the huge changes arriving with the new update features below, while fans of lengthy reams of text can check out the full changelog over at the Kalypso Blog.
With the new update, independence has arrived in Port Royale 4 and upon achieving certain conditions, players can now succeed from their parent nation (France, Spain, England or the Netherlands). Once independence has been declared, players can opt for a new name for their sovereignty, update their flag to something more their speed, and even take part in a heated war with their former ruler.
The update also introduces unto the Caribbean ‘economic shocks’ – optional in-game events that can have both positive or negative outcomes and significantly impact how a player builds their trade empire. These can range from a plague of locusts, reducing the production of a player’s grain and corn, to a sudden spike in alcohol demand due to a church’s order for a dry county.
Players will also now have to take extra care when engaging foes on the open seas and navigate deadly new hazards such as cliffs, sandbanks, carpets of algae and whirlpools – all of which can severely impact trade journeys and worse still, send a player, and all of his or her hard-earned booty, straight to Davy Jones.
Information
In Port Royale 4, set sail and join the colonial powers of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands in their fight for supremacy of the Caribbean in the 17th century. Take control of a colony as a young and ambitious governor and learn what it takes to manage and grow a small settlement into a bustling trader city.
Develop production chains connecting multiple islands and create complex trade routes across the Caribbean, covering the ever-growing needs of multiple cities. Make use of the detailed sea map to avoid stormy weather regions, cliffs or shallow waters. Fulfil tasks for your nation’s viceroy, earning more fame to unlock town buildings, ships and more. Conquer the cities of rival nations or hunt down their fleets with a letter of marque while also keeping a keen eye out for pirates and other privateers.
Introducing: naval battles! For the first time in series’ history, combat encounters are turn-based, with up to 8 ships battling at once. Turn the tide with tactical captain manoeuvres to ensure a glorious victory each and every fight.
Title:Port Royale 4 Platforms:Windows PC, PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch™ Developer:Gaming Minds Studios Genre:Trade simulation Release:Out now (PC, PS4, Xbox One) 2021 (Nintendo Switch™) Hashtag:#PortRoyale4
Features
Choose from four colonial powerhouses: England, France, Spain and the Netherlands, each providing different benefits and unique gameplay styles
Four single player campaigns following each nation on a path to glory
Appoint a leader from four different character classes: The Explorer, Merchant, Buccaneer and Pirate
Establish and manage trade with 60 Caribbean cities in a huge game world
Navigate cliffs, shallow waters and stormy weather regions to optimize your trade routes
Choose from 50 buildings to produce goods such as rum and luxuries
Construct town buildings with neighbourhood effects to optimize productivity and manage the happiness of your citizens
Sail 18 historically authentic ships from the late 16th and 17th centuries
Engage in tactical, turn-based naval battles with powerful captains
Unlock licenses, building permits, new buildings and ships by growing reputation within your chosen nation
Kalypso Media Group GmbH is a fully independent publisher, developer and marketer of interactive entertainment software with 150 employees in 9 locations in Germany, England, Japan, and the United States, including Kasedo Games, Kalypso Media’s digital-first label, and three development studios – Realmforge Studios (Dungeons series), Gaming Minds Studios (Railway Empire, Port Royale) and Claymore Game Studios (upcoming Commandos game).
Specializing in developing strategy games for a global audience on all modern platforms, Kalypso Media’s IP portfolio includes the full rights to the Tropico series, Commandos, Port Royale, Dungeons, Sudden Strike, Railway Empire, and others. Kalypso Media’s recent releases are Commandos 2 – HD Remaster and Praetorians – HD Remaster, Railway Empire – Nintendo Switch™ Edition, Dungeons 3 – Complete Collection, Railway Empire – Complete Collection, Port Royale 4 and Tropico 6 – Nintendo Switch™ Edition. Upcoming releases include Commandos 2 – HD Remaster for Nintendo Switch™ (04/12/20) and Club Manager 2022 (2021). Kasedo Games’ recent releases include Filament and console versions of Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus. Upcoming releases include Distant Kingdoms.
More information about the Kalypso Media Group is available at www.kalypsomedia.com.
Following the success of GreedFall, which sold more than a million copies in less than a year, and considering the enthusiasm of all those who travelled the rich lands of Teer Fradee, NACON and Focus Home Interactive are happy to announce a new partnership aiming to expand the game with new content, as well as a release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X.
The two companies have thus reached an agreement, in which Focus Home Interactive will be in charge of the publishing of the upcoming additional content and expansion, as well as the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X versions of GreedFall. The GreedFall brand is now integrated as part of the NACON portfolio.
Released September 10, 2019, GreedFall is an RPG experience in which you explore uncharted lands seeping with magic, filled with secrets and fantastic creatures. With diplomacy, deception and force, influence a living world… and forge your destiny.
THE GAME
Explore uncharted new lands as you set foot on a remote island seeping with magic, and filled with riches, lost secrets, and fantastic creatures.
Forge this new world’s destiny, as you befriend or betray companions and entire factions. With diplomacy, deception and force, become part of a living, evolving world – influence its course and shape your story.
KEY FEATURES
Engage in a core roleplaying experience – achieve quests and complete objectives in a multitude of different ways – through combat, diplomacy, deception, or stealth.
Complete freedom in character progression – play as a male or female, customize your appearance, and freely choose your abilities, spells and skills.
Delve into a mysterious world of magic – begin a grand journey and uncover ancient secrets protected by supernatural beings, manifestations of the island’s earthly magic.
About Spiders
Spiders is an independent video game development studio based in Paris, France. Founded in 2008 the studio specializes in the creation of Action-RPG games on PC and consoles. To date, Spiders has developed and released games like Of Orcs and Men, and original creations including Faery: Legends of Avalon, Mars War Logs, Bound by Flame and The Technomancer. Spiders continues to work on original licences, and is currently developing GreedFall, a new core RPG for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.
Focus Home Interactive is a French publisher based in Paris, France. Known for the quality, diversity and originality of its catalogue, Focus has published and distributed original titles (A Plague Tale: Innocence, Vampyr, Farming Simulator, Call of Cthulhu, Insurgency: Sandstorm, MudRunner, GreedFall, The Surge 2, SnowRunner, Necromunda: Underhive Wars…) that have become benchmark titles worldwide, available both in store and for download across the world. Focus publishes games on all major platforms, consoles and PC. The publisher’s catalogue will get even richer in the coming months and years with eagerly awaited games such as Hood: Outlaws & Legends, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground as well as future updates of Curse of the Dead Gods, and Hardspace: Shipbreaker.
Fancy throwing on a horse mask and laying waste to a horde of maniacal robots with an arsenal of cool weapons? Android Hunter A may just tick those boxes.
Los Angeles, 26 November 2020 – Digiplox are proud to announce their 2.5D side-scrolling action-platformer, Android Hunter A — which arrives on Steam today. Embark on a futuristic adventure to save the cyberpunk-inspired world from a despotic, robotic uprising. Equipped with a wide variety of weapons it’s up to you to dispatch the robots than have gone rogue.
Android Hunter A’s action will scratch the itch for those that have been longing for a new 2.5D adventure. Eight core stages, all with diverse environments and boss fights, stand before players as their final foe. To make it that far, players will have to manoeuvre skillfully through each stage; dashing, ducking and leaping over an onslaught of enemy fire.
For those that want to save the earth in style, there are hundreds of customisation options to unlock. Do you want to destroy the final boss with a horse mask on? Or maybe you’ll do better with a bunch of balloons on your back. All the customisation options are earned in-game. Those wanting to look bad-ass will have to work for it, because there are no microtransactions in Android Hunter A. Some players may wish to take in the game’s futuristic locales along a scenic route to the final boss room; but most like to speedrun. To accommodate competitive players, Android Hunter A has a built-in local, and global, leaderboard. Players can race their friends or race people around the world, competing for the top spots — and, of course, eternal glory.
About DigiPlox Making its way into the gaming industry, DigiPlox was first established in 2009 as a partnered organization working together with indie development groups on notable projects for both mobile and desktop platforms. Now, an independent organization, DigiPlox is striving to make its mark in the industry with its own working titles and ambitions.
The Steam Autumn Sale has kicked off just ahead of the big Black Friday sales in the United States. It will run until December 1, 2020 at 10 AM PST.
Like previous Autumn Sales, this year’s is a smaller affair compared to two major Steam sales and focuses more on collecting nominations for the Steam Awards than collecting trading cards.
A traditionally more laid back affair than other game awards, the Steam Award is featuring ten categories this year. Steam users can nominate any title released in the past year for one of the following categories:
Game of the Year Award
VR Game of the Year Award
Labor of Love Award
Better with Friends Award
Outstanding Visual Style Award
Most Innovative Gameplay Award
Best Game You Suck At Award
Best Soundtrack Award
Outstanding Story-Rich Game Award
Sit Back and Relax Award
Finalists will be announced at the start of the Steam Winter Sale. Winners will be announced on January 3rd, likely the last day of the Steam Winter Sale.
Paramount Pictures (A Quiet Place Part 2) released a brand new trailer for Margot Robbie’s new film Dreamland. The new trailer illustrates the bleak state of rural Texas during the Great Depression with impressive shots of dust storms ravaging the land. We are first introduced to Eugene Evans (Finn Cole), a young man desperate for bigger things than his impoverished Texas town. His chance finally comes when he finds fugitive bank robber Allison Wells. He now has to decide between claiming a police bounty on her and her offer of $20,000 for her safe passage to New Mexico. The choice becomes more complicated as Evans finds himself falling in love with the dangerous Wells.
Dreamland stars Margot Robbie, Finn Cole, Travis Fimmel, Kerry Condon, Darby Camp, and Lola Kirke. The movie is scheduled to hit Australian cinemas on December 17th.
10th Anniversary Celebrations Climax With Interactive Timeline
Sydney, Australia, 26th November 2020 | Deep Silver and 4A Games are pleased to announce that Metro Exodus, the epic story-driven first person shooter inspired by the novels of Dmitry Glukhovsky, will be coming to Xbox Series X / S and PlayStation 5, with major enhancements including faster frame rate, increased resolution, reduced loading times and stunning ray tracing features made possible by the new hardware.
Next gen consoles will enable 4A Games to deliver visual enhancements and performance, which has previously only been possible on state of the art PC hardware and RTX enabled cards. In addition, the advanced versions of Metro Exodus will be made available as a free upgrade to existing and future current gen game owners. A release date will be announced in the near future.
Continuing the celebration of the Metro 10th Anniversary, Deep Silver and 4A Games have captured the decade-long journey with the unique Metro Timeline – an interactive retrospective that charts every major event in the studio and series’ history.
The timeline reveals the interweaving history of Dmitry Glukhovsky, 4A Games and the world of the Metro video games in one place, offering fans and newcomers alike a unique way of exploring this iconic series.
As part of a major Studio Update, 4A Games has also confirmed the next Metro title is in development for Gen 9 consoles and PC. This will include a complete overhaul of the engine and renderer to take advantage of the new power, storage and hardware supported ray tracing afforded by the new consoles.
Furthermore, the recently announced partnership with Saber Interactive will allow 4A Games to explore a multiplayer experience in the new Metro universe. “As a small studio we have never been able to do justice to these ambitions, and our ideas have never made it beyond the prototype phase,” said 4A Games. “But with Saber’s experience in online gaming, we are now actively exploring multiplayer concepts that will offer a new way to experience the world of Metro.”
For more information on 4A Games follow us on Twitter and Instagram @4AGames or on Facebook at Facebook.com/4AGames. For more information on Metro follow us on Twitter and Instagram @MetroVideoGame, on Facebook at Facebook.com/MetroVideoGame, or visit MetroTheGame.com.
Deep Silver develops and distributes interactive games for all platforms. The Deep Silver label means to captivate all gamers who have a passion for thrilling gameplay in exciting game worlds by creating products of the highest possible quality, always focusing on what the customer desires.
Deep Silver has published more than 200 games since 2003, including its own brands like the open world extravaganza Saints Row, the zombie action franchise Dead Island, and the gritty, post-apocalyptic Metro series. Upcoming highlights from Deep Silver include the next entries into the Saints Row, TimeSplitters and Dead Island franchises. Deep Silver also owns the development studios Deep Silver Dambuster Studios in Nottingham, UK; Deep Silver Fishlabs in Hamburg, Germany, and Deep Silver Volition based in Champaign, IL, USA. For more information please visit www.deepsilver.com
Koch Media is a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products (software, games and films). The company’s own publishing activities, marketing and distribution extend throughout Europe and the USA. The Koch Media group has more than 20 years of experience in the digital media business, and has risen to become the number one distributor in Europe. It has also formed strategic alliances with numerous games and software publishers: Bethesda, Capcom, Kaspersky Labs, NC SOFT, Sega, Square Enix and Tecmo-Koei, etc. in various European countries. With Headquarters in Höfen, Austria Koch Media owns branches in Germany, England, France, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, the Nordic regions, Benelux, Australia, Czech Republic and the United States.
All product titles, publisher names, trademarks, artwork and associated imagery are trademarks, registered trademarks and/or copyright material of the respective owners. All rights reserved.
ABOUT 4A GAMES
4A Games is a multicultural, multinational video game development studio with offices in both Malta and Ukraine – known for its atmospheric first-person shooters Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light, and Metro Redux.
Established in Kiev, Ukraine in 2005, the studio was founded by a passionate team of game industry veterans with the goal of creating AAA-quality games for current gaming PCs and then “next-gen” game consoles. In 2014, the studio moved its headquarters – along with more than 50 team members and their families — from Ukraine to the island of Malta.
Currently at the heart of the company are over 150 talented designers, programmers, artists, effects specialists, and writers from all over the world with a diverse and unique set of backgrounds – bringing countless years of experience in software development and computer games in particular. To learn more, please visit http://www.4a-games.com.mt/
The PlayStation Plus monthly games lineup for December is here! This month, multiplayer franchise Worms rips up the turn-based rulebook in Worms Rumble for PS4 and PS5. Players can also join Team17’s invertebrate invasion in open-world adventure title Just Cause 4 and a enjoy a unique spin on the 3v3 shooter in the form of Rocket Arena.
Let’s take a closer look at each title.
Worms Rumble (PS4 and PS5)
This is Worms like you’ve never played it before, with intense, real-time, arena-based 32 player cross-platform combat*! Use a variety of fan-favourite weapons like the Bazooka and Shotgun plus all-new additions to the armoury to bring the pain to your invertebrate opponents as you climb the ranks. Customise your worm, then take part in seasonal events, daily challenges and community collaborations for additional XP and rewards, and experimental game modes in The Lab. Get ready for Deathmatch and Battle Royale where you’re only ever a Holy Hand Grenade away from death! Watch the trailer here.
Just Cause 4
Jump into an action-packed open-world sandbox experience and cause chaos with a wide selection of weaponry, vehicles and gear as Rico Rodriguez skydives into the exotic climes of South America. Explore the remote South American country of Solís, 1024 square kilometres of exotic playground, from rainforest, to desert, to snowy mountain peaks, brooding with conflict, secrets and untold danger. Fight Black Hand, a tech-driven private military organisation, under terrifying environmental conditions, including treacherous tornadoes and tropical lightning storms, and use never-before-seen in-game physics to turn the extreme weather to your advantage. Strap into your wingsuit, equip your fully customisable grappling hook, and get ready to bring the thunder! Watch the trailer here.
Rocket Arena
Rockets rule everything in this explosive online* 3v3 shooter where you’re never out of the action. Try out a roster of fantastic heroes with distinctive rockets and abilities to rule the arena. Learn how to time your dodges, lead your targets and unearth new strategies based on your squad and try out in-game items such as the Rocket Magnet, Trip Mine and Speed Boost to change the course of combat. Earn experience to unlock Rocket Parts, Totem Parts and spectacular outfits to customise your hero’s look. Mix, match and level up powerful artefacts to give your heroes impressive new stat boosts and effects. Dive into Knockout for classic 3v3 competitive action, or practice your favourite combos against RocketBots first. Compete to score goals in Rocketball, control zones in Mega Rocket, and go for the gold in Treasure Hunt. Watch the trailer here.
All games will be available to play on Tuesday, December 1 until Monday, January 4.
FREE Online Multiplayer Weekend
Also, next month, non-PlayStation Plus members who own PS4 or PS5 games with active online multiplayer modes or features will be able to try them out for a limited time. Sony Interactive Entertainment is hosting a free online multiplayer weekend that will run from midnight Saturday, December 19 until 11:59pm on Sunday, December 20.
And remember, you’ve still got time to download November’s PS Plus games, with Bugsnax(PS5) being available until Monday, January 4, and Middle-earth: Shadow of War and Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition; both available until Monday, November 30.
To learn more about the PlayStation Plus lineup for December, head to the PlayStation Blog.
Season of Giving: NBA® 2K21 MyTEAM Season 3 Launches Today
Fans can experience new players, challenges, rewards and 12 Days of Giving leading up to the NBA Season Restart in Season 3
2K has announced that NBA 2K is releasing the next season of MyTEAM for NBA® 2K21 on PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC, continuing the debut season structure in the franchise’s history. In the season of giving, MyTEAM Season 3 is giving you tons of new players, challenges, rewards and more.
Living up to its name, MyTEAM Season 3 brings an array of new content for players, including:
A new level 40 prize: Galaxy Opal Dwyane Wade. There will be 45 total levels this season, with extra prizes through levels 41-45;
New Triple Threat and 5v5 ‘Spotlight Challenges’ with current and former NBA stars;
New ‘Shaq Signature Challenge’ puts players in the 2000 Los Angeles Lakers vs Portland Trail Blazers Western Conference Finals, with a grand prize HOF Badge inspired by Shaq and Diamond Shoe;
New ‘Season of Giving’ packs featuring Pink Diamond Headliners in each pack. Collect all the headliners to earn Galaxy Opal Wilt Chamberlain;
New Galaxy Opal Baron Davis reward after completing select events and challenges;
MyTEAM Black Friday deals, 12 Days of Giving leading into the NBA Season Restart on December 22, deals and more.
Check out the full Courtside Report written by the NBA 2K dev team for all the new details on the latest season here with full details below. Remember that all progress players make on the current-gen version of NBA 2K21 will transfer to the next-gen version within the same console family via dual-access. More information is available at the dual-access FAQ: https://nba.2k.com/faq/.
Visual Concepts is a 2K studio. 2K is a wholly owned publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).
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COURTSIDE REPORT – MyTEAM Season 3
The Season of Giving has come to MyTEAM for Season 3! It is a festive time of year and the next six weeks in MyTEAM will be focusing on the many ways you can earn and receive new Reward Cards, including the first Galaxy Opal players! November has already been an exciting month for MyTEAM, with the launch of Next Gen and thirteen 2020 rookies added to the nearly 1,000 player cards available now in the mode. There is a LOT to go over, so let’s get into it!
Cutting straight to the chase, Galaxy Opal Dwyane Wade is your Level 40 reward in Season 3! You’ll be giving plenty of assists with ‘Flash’ as this card will be PG eligible when he enters lineups later this season, and will be the first straight-up Galaxy Opal reward card we’ll see on MyTEAM courts (outside of evolution Elgin Baylor, we can’t wait for the NBA Season to get started Domination fans!). Two of Wade’s championship rings were won with LeBron James, so who better than ‘The King’ to start Season 3 as your Level 1 Free Agent Reward. Simply hit up the Season Agendas Menu to pick up this card and start earning that XP!
Shaquille O’Neal Signature Challenge
Wade won his other championship with none other than Shaquille O’Neal, who not only helped us launch Season 3 with that epic voiceover in the trailer, but is also providing his handpicked Signature Challenge for the season. It’s time for you to fill those size 23 kicks in Game 7 of the 2000 Western Conference Finals against the Portland Trail Blazers. Featuring one of the most iconic plays of his career, Shaq rose above the Blazers to slam home a high alley-oop from the one and only Kobe Bryant. Enter the locker code BRYANT-TO-SHAQ to pick up a free version of Shaq for this challenge, but you can use any version of Shaq to complete his Signature Challenge, or his Spotlight Challenge set.
Yes, Spotlight Challenges based around a player are BACK! Take on Triple Threat and 5v5 challenges based around 5 different NBA Superstars’ careers. Each will have a locker code card to get you started, but like Shaq’s, you can use any version of these players to complete these Spotlight Challenges. You WILL want to enter these locker codes though, because those cards alongside the Spotlight Challenge rewards, are just part of the puzzle for another Galaxy Opal.
More Galaxy Opal Rewards
Baron Davis will be the second Galaxy Opal reward player of Season 3! You will be able to add ‘B-Diddy’ to your collection by redeeming locker codes, beating all of the Spotlight Challenges, earning reward players from mode-based Agenda Groups, and collecting player cards from Limited Time Events. Plenty of ways to get and earn new reward players this season, all culminating with a Galaxy Opal! To get you started on your way, there will be a locker code which includes a Diamond Ja Morant on Thanksgiving. If you miss out on the reigning Rookie of the Year, don’t stress! There will be multiple chances to add him to your collection throughout the season.
On top of Wade & Davis, TWO more Galaxy Opals will also debut during Season 3. First, Wilt Chamberlain will be the Season Collection Complete reward. The Season 3 releases will be spread across every day of the week, and each will feature a Pink Diamond card needed to pick up ‘The Big Dipper’ for your collection. Season 3 will also feature the final release of IDOLS Series I, which as promised in the first Courtside Report for MyTEAM, the IDOLS Series I Collection Complete card WILL be a Galaxy Opal.
If you already have Domination Reward Elgin Baylor evolved, there could be a full Galaxy Opal starting 5 ready to strike fear into any Unlimited opponent by the end of the Season!
MyTEAM Limited and Unlimited Updates
Staying with Unlimited, tweaks were made to the top tiers in the mode, lessening the win requirements to remain in a tier before being demoted. Limited will continue to use new lineup conditions to put all lineup builders to the test each weekend with Championship Rings & other great prizes available after each W.
Let’s get back to the Rewards with this Season’s Pink Diamonds! If you can pick up the 6 championship Rings in Limited this season, high-flying Aaron Gordon will be yours. Rise up through the tiers of Unlimited and go 12-0 when it counts the most to bring home Andre Iguodala. The legendary Connie Hawkins is available in season’s Ascension (along with new rewards & packs), earn your 600th win in Triple Threat to pick up Michael Finley, and Elton Brand has been added to The Exchange (which also includes a Sapphire Derrick Rose!).
12 Days of Giving
The NBA will begin the 2020-21 season during Season 3, so we will countdown to tip-off with the 12 Days of Giving. Be sure to login every day for a chance at rare players, and guaranteed Ornament Balls! Yes, the Team Ornament Balls are back and are EXCLUSIVE to all releases during Season 3: Season of Giving. So if you want to stay on the path to the Fire Ball & the new Holographic Ball, ‘tis the season!
MyTEAM Festival
Finally, to tip-off everything Season 3, we are holding the MyTEAM Festival starting Friday, November 25 through Sunday, November 27. First – all (yes, ALL!) previous packs will be available at some point during this weekend, as well as a few special limited releases that you will NOT want to miss. In addition to new locker codes all weekend in both the Community Hub and on Twitter @NBA2K_MyTEAM, Spotlight Challenges for Season 1 and Season 2 will return for the weekend giving you a second chance at Diamond Bill Russell & Rafer Alston.
We’re also running Token Blitz all weekend long, increasing your Tokens with every win in MyTEAM. On top of the new additions to the Reward Market, two new packs will be available for the weekend in the Token Market. Including a MyTEAM Festival Starter Pack available for just a few Tokens.
It is Season 3: Season of Giving in MyTEAM. 5 Spotlight Challenge sets, 4 Galaxy Opals, nearly 3 dozen new reward players, 2 sets of Ornament Balls, and a new NBA season. Enjoy the MyTEAM Festival, and have a safe and healthy Holiday season!
