Fornite Season 8 Update Adds Apex Legends-Style Ping Feature

Newsletter Top Stories Fornite Season 8 Update Adds Apex Legends-Style Ping Feature [Kotaku]( February 28, 2019 [Fornite Season 8 Update Adds Apex Legends-Style Ping Feature]( [Battle royale game Apex Legends has only been out for a few weeks and Fortnite is already copying one of its best ideas, with today’s Season 8 update adding a ping system alongside other new stuff like pirate ships and a giant volcano.]( [When Should You Start Introducing Your Kids To Video Games?]( [As a gamer parent, I long for the day when I can play side-by-side with my beloved progeny. Overtly or not, I think most of us hope that our kids will turn out to be mini Pokémon trainers or enthusiastic Destiny squadmates. But what’s the best way to introduce children...]( [Tetsuya Nomura Talks Kingdom Hearts III DLCÂ]( [Kingdom Hearts III has enough game to keep folks busy for a while. But in a recent Dengeki Online interview, creator Tetsuya Nomura was asked about what comes next. Warning: This article has spoilers.]( [THE INTERNET REACTS]( [The Internet Reacts To Pokémon Sword And Shield's Starters]( [Today Nintendo finally released some information about the upcoming Pokémon games for Switch. They’re called Pokémon Sword and Shield, and the starters are absolutely adorable.]( [RETRO]( [Why Almost Every Pac-Man Player Grabbed The Left Side Of The Machine]( [A fascinating essay by writer Cat DeSpira points out an easily observed, yet seldom-discussed facet of the history of the world-famous game Pac-Man: A near-universal part of the experience of playing the game in arcades was to grip the side of the machine with one’s non-joystick hand.]( [SPONSORED]( [Save 25% On Your First Month Of Bespoke Post: Individually Curated Boxes For Guys]( [Bespoke Post is a subscription club for men delivering goods from small-batch brands in categories like barware, apparel, travel gear, and more. Simply take the lifestyle quiz and Bespoke Post emails you on the 1st of each month with a full view of the box contents. Get 25% off your first month,...]( [Players Who Hate Overwatch's Brigitte Are Harassing Her Voice Actress]( [For the past few months, the Overwatch community has been belaboring the same point: Many think the HP-heavy “GOATS” meta is tedious and sloggy. They’ve directed much of their resentment toward Brigitte, a hero considered to be a pillar of GOATS. Now some people are even going after her voice...]( [IMPRESSIONS]( [Baptiste Is Fun To Play, But He Probably Won't Shake Up Overwatch Just Yet]( [Shortly after Overwatch’s newest hero, Baptiste, was announced, I started seeing Blizzard devs position the Haitian combat medic as a counter to GOATS, the game’s unpopular defense-oriented meta. “Alright,” I said to myself. “This seems promising.” But then I played him, and now I have mixed feelings.]( [YOU MAY ALSO LIKE]( [IO9]( [We've Been to Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge and Life Will Never Be the SameÂ]( [For Star Wars fans, two things have always been true. It’s a world we all dream of visiting but will never actually be able to. Star Wars is a movie, of course. Fiction. The sets and places only exist in far off studios for a few months at a time,...]( [LIFEHACKER]( [When You Have a Negative Thought About Yourself, Cancel ItÂ]( [There are certain negative thoughts we have about ourselves that we replay over and over. If you’re trying to break the habit of thinking terrible stuff about yourself, here’s a helpful hint: cancel that thought.]( [THE TAKEOUT]( [Sonic employees quit en masse, tape note to door]( [If you had a shite job as a teenager (and let’s face it, who didn’t have a shite job as a teenager?), this is probably a scenario you fascinated about many a time: Your whole staff walking out en masse, leaving only a “fuck you” note taped to the door.]( [DEADSPIN]( [Anthony Davis Tried Hard Not To Smile At LeBron James's Dagger]( [On Wednesday night, Anthony Davis showed the Lakers what they missed out on by, uh, offering their entire team to a chaotic New Orleans front office that had no desire to let its superstar move to California: in just 21 minutes of *cough* injury-mandated *cough* court time, Davis went 10-for-14...]( You made it to the end. Thanks for reading our newsletter! [Visit Kotaku]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [Terms of Use]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( © 2019 Gizmodo Media 114 5th Avenue, Floor 2 New York, NY, 10011