The only weapons in this mode are Shotgun variants.
- Jetpacks & Heavy Shotguns can be found in chests & Supply Drops.
- Other Shotgun variants are spawned as floor loot.
The Storm moves in more quickly than normal at mid to late game.
- Typical match length is about 15 minutes.
Stats are enabled for this mode.

Weapons + Items

Infinity Blade
- This Mythic melee weapon can be found on Polar Peak.
- Primary Fire delivers a powerful sword slash. It deals big damage to enemies and destroys structures in one blow (75 damage to players).
- Alternate Fire allows the player to leap great distances, destroying objects in its path. Upon landing, it delivers damage and a knock-up to nearby players (25 damage).
- The wielder of the sword is also granted additional abilities:
  - An increased pool of max Health and Shields (200 Health/200 Shields).
  - Regeneration of effective Health over time up to max Health and Shields (1 HP per second).
  - An instant burst of effective Health upon elimination of an enemy (50 HP).
  - Increased movement speed (130%).
- The first player to pull the Infinity Blade from its pedestal will be instantly healed to full Health and Shields.
- If a player picks up the Infinity Blade, all other inventory items aside from building materials will be dropped.\
- When the wielder of the Infinity Blade picks up an item (aside from building materials), the Infinity Blade will be dropped.
- The Infinity Blade will be dropped when the wielder is knocked out or eliminated.
- Only one Infinity Blade will appear per match.

Gameplay

X-4 Stormwing
- When a plane is shot down, the driver and all passengers of that plane will now take 25 damage from the explosion.

Bug Fixes

Speculative fix for players moving after being eliminated.
Fixed players being ejected from vehicles if they lost the icy feet effect.

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The Caligula Effect: Overdose launches March 14, 2019 in Japan

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It happens quite rarely, but we’ve learned of a Japanese game’s Western release date before its Japanese release date. In fact, The Caligula Effect: Overdose will even be released in North America before it’ll be released in Japan – only by two days though. FuRyu’s RPG will launch in Japan on March 14, 2019. The North American launch is set for March 12, and it’ll be released in Europe on March 15.

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Famitsu review scores (12/11/18)

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

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Team17 bringing Sheltered to Switch next week

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Listings on the European and Australian eShops reveal that Team17 will soon be publishing a new game on Switch. Coming from developer Unicube, Sheltered will be available starting next week.

Sheltered describes itself as “a deep and emotional survival management game.” We have a few more details and a trailer below.

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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp – Gyroidite Scavenger Hunt #6 now live

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The sixth and latest Gyroidite Scavenger Hunt is now live in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp for players looking to earn some new rewards.

Players will have the capability of searching out and finding many Toy Day Gyroidite until December 21st. As expected, these can then be used for crafting exclusive Toy Day items. Perfectly Nintendo has provided a list of the items below:

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Top 10 best-selling GameCube games in the US

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Thanks to NPD’s Mat Piscatella, we have more classic data concerning the United States. Piscatella offered up his latest list, this time revealing the top 10 best-selling GameCube games of all time.

The lineup is as follows:

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YIIK: A Postmodern Switch footage

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Ackk Studios announced this past weekend that YIIK: A Postmodern is finally launching in January. Check out over a half hour of footage below.

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Fire Emblem Heroes update out now (version 3.0.0)

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Following today’s Feh Channel presentation, the next big Fire Emblem Heroes update went live. Nintendo and Intelligent Systems are now distribution version 3.0.0.

Below are the official patch notes:

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HoPiKo launches January 10 on Switch

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Publisher Merge Games and developer Laser Dog have provided a release date for the Switch version of HoPiKo. It’ll be out digitally on January 10, the two companies announced.

Here’s some information and a trailer for the “intense speed run platformer”:

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Fire Emblem Heroes – Book III official announcement

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Nintendo has put out an official announcement recapping all of the news regarding Book III in Fire Emblem Heroes. Read it in full below.