The anniversary celebration in Borderlands 3 is continuing this week, and the new theme is the Rare Spawn Hunt. From October 8-15, you’ll have a much easier time finding rare spawns, and you’ll get a better chance of scoring unqiue Legendary weapons and loot from taking them down.

You may have seen rare spawns around the universe in Borderlands, but they appear sporadically. During the event week, they’ll be guaranteed to appear in their designated locations, and their chance of dropping Legendary loot is increased. That gives you a much better chance to score some rare drops, and in the announcement Gearbox also provided the names and loot drops for each. You can find that listing below.

There will be a quick “micropatch” to usher in the Rare Spawn Hunt, and Gearbox recommends verifying that you’re online in the main menu and then giving it a few moments before starting up your game. The event will last from October 8 at 9 AM PT to October 15 at 8:59 AM PT.

The remaining three weeks in the anniversary celebration are called Show Me The Eridium, Mayhem on Twitch, and Spooky Surprise. The last week would appear to be the introduction of the free Bloody Harvest DLC, but there may be other Halloween themed events coming as well.

Rare Spawn Hunt Loot Drops

• Rakkman – Night Flyer, Legendary Pistol
• El Dragon Jr – Unleash the Dragon, Legendary Artifact
• Road Dog – Redline, Legendary Shotgun
• IndoTyrant – Random Customization
• Force Troopers – Random Legendary class mods
• Demoskaggon – Random Legendary Shield
• The Unstoppable – Band of Sytorak, Legendary Shield
• Thunk & Sloth – It’s Piss, Legendary Grenade Mod
• Maxitrillion – The Horizon, Legendary Shotgun
• Borman Nates – Psycho Stabber, Legendary Pistol
• Princess Tarantella II – Hive, Legendary Rocket Launcher
• Mother of Dragons – Random Legendary Artifacts
• Red Jabber – Random Legendary Grenade Mod
• Urist McEnforcer – Masterwork Crossbow, Legendary Sniper Rifle

Ghost Recon: Breakpoint is this week’s big new release, but the Ubisoft shooter is unable to usurp FIFA 20 at the top of the UK physical sales chart for the week ending October 5. EA’s sports behemoth finishes at No.1 once again, meaning Breakpoint is forced to settle for a No.2 debut.

Much of the chart remains unchanged, with Borderlands 3 and Gears 5 remaining at No.3 and No.4, respectively, while The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening slips from No.2 last week to No.5 this. Aside from Ghost Recon, the only new release is Ghostbusters The Video Game: Remastered, which launches at No.6.

Breakpoint has experienced a somewhat negative critical reception since its launch, including a 4/10 in GameSpot’s verdict. “There’s some surprising fun to be had stealthily infiltrating enemy compounds and playing with friends, but Breakpoint is still a generic and distinctly sub-par game,” wrote our critic, Richard Wakeling. “It’s essentially every Ubisoft open-world game rolled into one, failing to excel in any one area or establish its own identity. Breakpoint is a messy, confused game and a ghost of the series’ former self.” Read more in our full Ghost Recon: Breakpoint review-in-progress.

Take a look at the full top 10 sales chart for this week below, courtesy of UKIE and GfK Chart-Track. Note this table does not include digital sales data, and so should not be considered representative of all UK game sales.

1. FIFA 20
2. Ghost Recon: Breakpoint
3. Borderlands 3
4. Gears 5
5. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
6. Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered
7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
8. Sea of Thieves
9. Minecraft: Xbox Edition
10. Forza Horizon 3

FL4K’s ammo-returning Leave No Trace skill now has a cooldown.

The lawsuit between Borderlands developer Gearbox Software’s CEO Randy Pitchford and former company lawyer Wade Callender has come to an end. Both sides have “resolved all claims between them.”

A joint statement filed in 162nd Judicial District of Dallas, Texas confirms that Randy Pitchford has been “exonerated” from the claims against him. The two sides reportedly apologized, while “all misunderstandings between the parties have been corrected.”

The document asks the Court to dismiss the case “with prejudice,” which means it cannot be revisited at a later date.

“Upon review of all the evidence in the case, it was of the opinion of counsel that the evidence exonerated Randy Pitchford from the allegations against him; all misunderstandings between the parties have been corrected, and apologies were exchanged,” reads a line from the statement. “Because the parties are mutually bound by confidentiality, no additional statements will be forthcoming.”

This seemingly brings about an end to a bitter, drawn out legal battle between Pitchford and Callender. Gearbox sued Callender for fraud, and Callender fired back with his own lawsuit containing numerous and significant claims. Callender alleged that Pitchford awarded himself a secret bonus of $18 million that Callender claims should have gone into a pool spread between developers. Callender also claimed that Pitchford accidentally left a USB drive at a Medieval Times restaurant that he says contained secret company documents and videos of “underage” pornography and that Pitchford held parties at his home where “adult men reportedly exposed themselves to minors.” Gearbox has consistently denied this and other claims.

While this lawsuit may have come to an end, Pitchford has been a focal point of other controversies as well. Another former employee, David Eddings, explained why he won’t be resuming his role as Claptrap for Borderlands 3. That led to a testy exchange with Pitchford until Eddings ultimately alleged that Pitchford had physically assaulted him at GDC 2017, and subsequently stalked him on social media.

Gearbox’s latest release, Borderlands 3, launched in September and sold 5 million copies in 5 days to set a new franchise sales record.

Borderlands is officially ten years old this month, so Gearbox is throwing a party to celebrate. Instead of cake, though, you’ll get a month of special loot events in Borderlands 3. It’s sort of like busting open a birthday pinata, if the pinata were full of guns.

Every week for five weeks, Borderlands 3 will offer a special theme. The first week, which is already underway, is called “Boss Week.” During Boss Week, several bosses will have increased odds of dropping a unique legendary. You can check out the bosses and their loot rewards below. Boss Week will last until October 8. It will be followed by Rare Spawn Hunt, Show Me The Eridium, Mayhem on Twitch, and Spooky Surprise events.

Details of the other four events are forthcoming, though the Spooky Surprise in late October would line up with what we heard about the Bloody Harvest free DLC. But, Gearbox may have other Halloween haunts planned as well.

Meanwhile, Gearbox is also issuing a patch and hot fix that addresses some balance and performance issues. For more on Borderlands, check out some of the best anointed weapons and how to grab some great loot with Shift Codes.

Boss Week (October 1-8) Rewards

• Mouthpiece has an increased chance to drop Gatling Gun
• KillaVolt has an increased chance to drop Brainstormer
• Gigamind has an increased chance to drop Nagata
• Katagawa Ball has an increased chance to drop Rectifier
• Katagawa has an increased chance to drop Legendary class mods (all Vault Hunters)
• Rampager has an increased chance to drop Kill-o’-the-Wisp
• Warden has an increased chance to drop Echo
• GenIVIV has an increased chance to drop Ten Gallon
• Aurelia has an increased chance to drop Creeping Death
• Graveward has an increased chance to drop Earworm
• Pain and Terror have an increased chance to drop Legendary class mods (all Vault Hunters)
• Troy has an increased chance to drop Nova Berner
• Tyreen has an increased chance to drop Bitch

Borderlands 3 is continuing to update frequently, both with performance improvements and character balance. Today Gearbox is planning a one-two punch of both, pairing a patch and a hot fix across all platforms by 3 PM PT.

The patch focuses largely on performance and stability, while the hot fix makes some adjustments to FL4K and Moze and rebalances some enemy encounters. Both are coming at roughly the same time, though, so you’ll feel the effects of everything at once. FL4K got mostly buffs with adjustments to their Rakk Attack and Barbaric Yawp abilities, and a slight nerf to their Leave No Trace ability. Moze gets a nerf to her Means of Destruction ability to avoid infinite grenades builds.

“Our goal is to make sure all three Action Skills for each Vault Hunter are viable, but we have noticed some skills have been outperforming others,” Gearbox says in the patch notes. “To encourage more build diversity, we made some adjustments to FL4K and Moze this week.”

Other changes adjust the balance of three key boss fights: Gigamind, Katagawa Ball, and Billy the Anointed. In each case, they’ve been made a little weaker and easier to handle. You can see the full patch notes below.

For more on Borderlands 3, check out our favorite Legendary guns. Or claim some of your own by cashing in Shift Codes.

Borderlands 3 Patch / Hot Fix Notes (Oct 3)

Stability

• Addressed a reported issue where an infinite loop could occur when hitting the Guardian Rank experience ceiling

General Fixes and Improvements

• The Hollow Point Guardian Rank skill no longer damages allies
• Hollow Point Guardian Rank skill has been re-enabled
• Addressed a reported issue where some players were unable to unlock the Ultimate Vault Hunter achievement on Xbox
• Addressed a reported issue where mouse functionality may have been lost when hot joining a friend’s session on PC
• Addressed a reported issue where some players’ inventory would not be saved in their bank

Vault Hunter Adjustments

FL4K

Rakk Attack! is great for constant damage output, especially when paired with Anointed gear. The base skill still seems to be lacking, so Rakk Attack! now has a guaranteed status effect on any enemy that it damages. Leave No Trace was returning much more ammo than intended, and we have added a re-trigger delay to keep its ammo return within expectation. Barbaric Yawp has an increased bonus, as we didn’t feel that the amount of investment had an equal payoff. In addition, we felt that FL4K’s pets were demanding too much attention, which was interfering with players trying to stand still for any length of time, so we disabled the ability for them to move you around.

• Rakk Attack! status effect chance as been increased to 100%.
• Leave No Trace now has a re-trigger delay of 2 seconds
• Barbaric Yawp stat bonus increased by 100%
• Pets no longer push around player characters
• “Touch Pet” prompt is now a lower priority and should no longer interfere with looting or vending machines

Moze

Infinite Grenades is not an intentional build for Moze—even if it is hilarious. To lower the power (and spam) of this build, a re-trigger delay has been added to the grenade portion of Means of Destruction.

• Means of Destruction now has a re-trigger delay of 2 seconds

Miscellaneous Changes

• Adjusted the balance of Gigamind, Katagawa Ball, and Billy the Anointed

These three boss fights had concerns with their health and shields that made their combat loops more difficult than we intended. Gigamind had a little too much health, so that was reduced slightly. Katagawa Ball will no longer regenerate its shields; we found that while players contended with the adds during the fight, it would unfairly regenerate its shield, negating the players’ progress. Finally, Billy had 25% of his health removed; we agree that this fight often dragged on needlessly. We will be monitoring each of these bosses and may make further adjustments in the future.

• Bloated Rakks no longer spawn so many Rakklesnakes

This change should make the Cistern of Slaughter in particular much more fun.

• Adjusted the cooldown values when they are displayed for Zane’s skills
• Amara’s Glamour will now turn enemies on each other, as described in the Action Skill
• Modified the loot spawn for Sera of Supremacy
• Spiderant Emperors occasionally wouldn’t drill back out of the ground, which created a potential progression blocker in the Proving Ground of Survival; we have adjusted this and the issue has been addressed
• Resolved an issue that could have prevented enemies from spawning while in Devil’s Razor
• Lavender Crawly’s physics were adjusted to prevent them exiting the world like a popped balloon
• Further safe guarded Apollo from being launched out of world as well
• The Rampager will no longer enter an idle at state at inappropriate times
• Saurian Slingers attacks were addressed
• Guardians now use all their attacks in Playthrough 2
• Guardian Wraiths now reliably use all their ranged attacks
• NPCs in the Slaughter maps were reported to sometimes attempt to automatically revive players in the arena. Going forward they will no longer attempt to revive players
• Minimized the glow effect when opening Eridian ammo chests, can more easily see the ammo inside when opened

When it comes to sales, nothing really surpasses the mania surrounding Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which together make up the biggest shopping weekend of the year. Whether you’ve got your eye on a new console, game, or piece of tech, there’s no better time to snag the products on your wishlist at a discount. But if you’re planning to do your shopping on Cyber Monday, it’s still important to have a plan and know what to expect. While you may not see the other shoppers grabbing things off shelves and tossing them in their carts, know that the best deals will still sell out quickly online. Here’s everything you need to know to prepare for Cyber Monday 2019.

What is Cyber Monday?

Cyber Monday is basically an extension of Black Friday, except you’re sitting at a desk pretending to work while browsing deals instead of physically shoving your way through crowded stores (although many Black Friday deals are, thankfully, available online as well). The online shopping holiday is relatively new, dating back only to 2005, and it was created to encourage people to shop online and to compete with brick-and-mortar stores’ sales on Black Friday.

The online-only deals may not be as good as the doorbuster sales on Black Friday, but since those brick-and-mortar deals tend to have low stock and long lines, you really can’t beat the ease and convenience of shopping on Cyber Monday (and online shopping in general).

When is Cyber Monday 2019?

Cyber Monday is always the Monday after Thanksgiving, and this year, that falls on December 2. Because of Black Friday, many sales will run that entire weekend and even into the following week, but certain deals will become available only on that Monday.

Best Cyber Monday 2019 deals to expect

Cyber Monday deals will likely be on par with what we see during Black Friday 2019, and you can check out our full Black Friday 2019 preview for a guide to what we expect for holiday deals. For now, here’s an overview of the kind of deals you’ll likely see:

Games

Nearly any game from recent years will be marked down, but releases from early 2019, like Resident Evil 2 and Devil May Cry 5, should see some nice discounts in the $15-$30 range. More recent releases, like Zelda: Link’s Awakening and Borderlands 3, may drop as low as $40.

Consoles

Don’t expect to see any crazy deals on the Switch Lite or newer Switch model with better battery life, though we may get some good console bundles during Cyber Monday. We do expect the original Switch model will get discounted to $250 or even less–and that’s not a bad option if you’ve yet to invest in a Nintendo Switch, if you don’t want to commit to handheld-only play.

The PS4 and Xbox One are nearing the end of their lifespans, and as a result, discounts on those systems are common these days. If you’re looking to pick one up during Cyber Monday, you can expect to see the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X as low as $300; meaning, the base consoles may go for less than $200. Keep an eye out for some great console bundles, too, which will throw in a game along with the system.

Other deals

Aside from games and consoles, Cyber Monday will also be a great time to snag a discounted membership for PlayStation Plus, Nintendo Switch Online, or Xbox Game Pass. You’ll also find discounts on VR systems, controllers, headsets, memory cards, computers, Blu-rays, and much, much more.

How to get the best Cyber Monday deals

The same way you get the best Black Friday deals: by paying attention to retailers in the weeks leading up to the event and having a plan. Some retailers will promote their upcoming deals for Cyber Monday, but you can also find leaked Cyber Monday ads online to get a heads-up on what products will be on sale. Of course, you’ll want to stay tuned to GameSpot, as we’ll be covering all the leaked and officially confirmed deals in the weeks leading up to Cyber Monday as well as during the event itself. And remember: If you spot a good deal, hop on it fast, as the hottest products will sell out in the blink of an eye. For the most up-to-date information, be sure to follow GameSpot Deals on Twitter–we’ll keep you posted on the best deals in gaming and entertainment as we spot them.

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