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    By Legolas_Katarn, in Articles,


    Reid McCarter on the characterization of RDR2's Arthur Morgan as a man that wants to do good in a world that makes it seem impossible, part four of Zoyander Street's series of articles on games criticism with this one focused on hampering the search for real criticism and Youtube culture, Telltale Games liquidation underway and games being removed from Steam, New Frame Plus asks if Red Dead Redemption 2's detailed animations can hurt the game, Sony is skipping E3, Ludocriticism begins a look at the evolution of Arkane Studios' games over time starting with Arx Fatalis, Clint Hocking collects the best critical writing on Far Cry 2 that he has seen over the past 10 years, upcoming expansion for Civilization VI, Jeremy Signor on how Deltarune focuses on your values being at odds with others while Undertale focuses on questioning your own choices, diplomacy gameplay for Total War Three Kingdoms, and more.
     
    Gaming News (Announcements, previews, release dates, interviews and writing on upcoming games, DLC and game updates, company and developer news, country news, tech, mods)
     
    Sony Is Skipping E3 2019

     
    Total War: THREE KINGDOMS – Diplomacy Gameplay Reveal (Part 1)
     
    Eastward 15-minute gameplay preview
     
    IndieWatch: Top 5 Hidden Gem Indie Games (Day of the Devs 2018)
     
    Look Who’s Coming Back for the Command & Conquer Remasters
     
    Darkly cute adventure Little Misfortune launches early next year
     
    New Gameplay For Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s World Of Light And Rathalos Fight
     
    Conqueror’s Blade trailer shows off its massive, chaotic sieges
     
    Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Golden Joystick Awards 2018 trailer
     
    Phoenix Point Backer Build 3 Gameplay - Part 1 - Strategy Layer (Geoscape) Overview
     
    Super Robot Wars T Announced For PS4, Switch; Adds Cowboy Bebop, Magic Knight Rayearth
     
    Left Alive - "The Survivors" Character Story Trailer
     
    Tokyo Chronos second trailer
     
    Battlefield 5 free Panzerstorm map, Practice Range, first Tides of War chapter dates confirmed
     
    Valve is changing Artifact after ‘pay for everything’ backlash

     
    Gathering Storm Expansion Brings Climate Change To Civilization VI February 14
    Civilization 6: Gathering Storm isn't interested in debating climate change, says Firaxis
     
    Rainbow Six Siege Wind Bastion: hands on with two of the strongest operators ever
    Ubisoft walks back Rainbow Six Siege art changes following fan backlash
     
    The new Total War Definitive Editions are free upgrades if you own the base game already
     
    Final Fantasy 14’s newest expansion announced, adds fan-favorite Blue Mage class
     
    Telltale Games is closing, liquidation underway and games being removed from Steam

     
    Rapper 2 Milly wants to take legal action over Fortnite’s use of his dance

    Scrubs actor who invented the Fortnite dance: “they jacked that s**t”
     
    Bandai Namco Studios Vancouver has shut down

     
    Husband and wife ordered to pay $12m to Nintendo for running ROM sites

     
    The US Army wants to attract more soldiers by fielding a Fortnite team

     
    Steam finally sells games in Australian dollars starting next week

    Steam China may be launching soon
     
    Turkish Ministry of Commerce investigating PlayStation over price increases

     
    Esports News
     
    SonicFox Is Still The Best Injustice 2 Player In The World

    SonicFox donating $10K of his Injustice 2 Pro Series grand prize to opponent’s family
     
    Rainbow Six Siege Pro League just banned Lion for the first part of Season 9

    Rainbow Six Siege to add esports operator skins to profit-sharing pilot program
     
    League of Legends European Championship announces new identity and team lineup

     
    Crowdfunding News (not sharing everything I find, just ones that look interesting, have known talent behind them, and a chance to succeed)
     
    OMNO - an atmospheric exploration and puzzle adventure
     
    Content I found interesting this week (interviews, recommendations, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, documentaries, criticism, etc)
     
    One thing gaming could learn from Stan Lee
     
    The Designer’s Designer

     
    The Controversy Over Bethesda's 'Game Engine' Is Misguided

     
    How Aardman made a WWI game look like an oil painting

     
    Hampering the search for real criticism: the algoritualism of Youtube culture
     
    How One Dev Is Using Games as Therapy to Reach Across Generations

     
    The Singular Life Of Twitch's Most Foul-Mouthed Streamer

     
    How Red Dead Redemption 2’s character customisation sets up an emotional gut-punch

    Why Red Dead Redemption 2's Sean MacGuire is the best Irish character in a video game yet
    “A Good Man,” by Reid McCarter
     
    Hell is Other People

     
    The Tin Man of Far Cry 2: Part 7
     
    "Streamer" Modes Are Usually Gimmicky BS, But in 'Dead Cells,' It's Magic

     
    Firaxis employees’ years of service are commemorated with a growing pyramid

     
    First Steps: Arx Fatalis & Arkane | Arkane Studios Ludography (1/6)
     
    The Quiet Man: Deconstructing a Disaster
     
    Orwell: Being Big Brother | Draz
     
    Is Red Dead Redemption 2's Animation Too Slow? - New Frame Plus
     
    Are There Benefits to the Absence of Animation?
     
    The World Design of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night | Boss Keys
     
    What Makes Video Game Stories Special?
     
    Good Game Design - Music and Sound
     
    The making of Total War: Warhammer’s Necrofex Colossus
     
    Psychonauts 2 · Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp
     
    Halo 2 Devs Revisit Unreleased E3 2003 Demo Gameplay
     

    By RuneX, in Frontpage,


    Hello everyone. I hope you all had a great weekend. I want to extend my deepest thanks and gratitude to everyone who came out in support of the AJSA 5th Anniversary Week festivities last week. We held a seven day series of events to observe the community birthday across a variety of games and genres. I want to recognize all our amazing members and organizers who made all of this possible. Everyone who came out last week and participated were all part of something unique. Thank you all once again and I look forward seeing through the end of 2018 with you. We are working on a montage video that will include all the silly, crazy, and explosive moments from the AJSA 5th Anniversary Week on Xbox. We're excited to share with you our adventures! Stay tuned for updates.
    November Break Notice [Nov. 19th to Nov. 29th]
    I'd like to make sure everyone is aware that from Monday November 19th to Thursday November 29th the AJSA Xbox One Division will be on our 'November Break'. This means that there will be no Weekly Events or Game Nights scheduled on the Xbox One during this time. This will a time to relax, spend with your family or loved ones and tackle your video game backlog.
    As always, even if we are not doing any formal events it does not mean there won't be any gaming going on. Keep an eye out for invites and/or group notices from the AJSA Xbox Club that will allow you to squad up with fellow members during the break. You can also take the initiative to set up your own group notices in the Club to find others to play with.
    AJSA 5th Year Anniversary Week Recap [Xbox One]
    From November 12th to November 18th we held events for:
    Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Fallout 76 Fortnite: Battle Royale Gears of War 3 [backward compat] Halo: Master Chief Collection Overwatch Sea of Thieves Xbox One Anniversary Raffle
    As a reminder to participants, the Xbox Anniversary Raffle winners will be announced on November 26th.
    Top 10 Games of 2018 - Xbox Voting
    Starting on November 26th we will begin the voting process here on Xbox to determine the best games released on Xbox in 2018 voted on by members of the AJSA Xbox One Division. Similar to last year we will be reaching out to members for their votes and testimonials to form a list of a games we enjoyed the most this past year. Please keep watch for formal notices and notifications on our forums/Discord/Club to get involved.
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    Connect With the AJSA Xbox One Community
    Xbox Section of the Forum
    http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/forum/32-xbox-one/
    Join the AJSA Club on Xbox One
    http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/topic/37127-ajsa-xbox-one-club-how-do-i-join/
    Xbox One Gamertag List
    http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/topic/38719-xbox-one-gamertag-list/
    More AJSA Community Content
    AJSA Twitter
    https://twitter.com/AJSAgaming
    AJSA Stream Team
    https://www.twitch.tv/team/ajsa
    AJSA Gaming Youtube
    https://www.youtube.com/user/AJSAGaming
    AJSA Community Content Area
    http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/forum/42-community-content/

    By RuneX, in Frontpage,


    Join the Angry Army this Saturday on November 17th for our third and final round of events for ‘Special Operations: Quinquennial’! Our celebration of the AJSA 5th Year Anniversary concludes with a stacked lineup of events that helped define and form the very core of the community itself. We’re coming together to recognize some of the most decorated and prestigious titles we have to offer this weekend. The games represented here hold great significance to the history of the community. The stories, adventures, successes, failures, and everything in-between is what molded what we are today. We are very excited to share with you these games this weekend and hope you can join as we conclude this Special Operation. The titles featured this Saturday are Planetside 2 on PC, GTA Online on Playstation 4, and Overwatch on Xbox One. The backround of each game and event details are detailed below. Thank you and enjoy!
    Backrounds
    On PC the adventures and battles that the Angry Army took part in Planetside 2 are very well documented. Before the Expeditionary Force and before the console Divisions were established, the Planetside 2 outfit on PC was the original flagship of the community and set up a strong foundation for a very young AJSA. When the gaming community was founded in November of 2013, Planetside 2 (alongside Battlefield 4) led the charge as one of the first community events in the AJSA within the first two weeks of the founding. For several years across countless amount Operations the AJSA Planetside 2 outfit was there from the very beginning and their deeds have been archived in a Hall of Fame. Regular Planetside 2 Ops were discontinued in 2015 but the outfit lives on, coming back for special events, anniversaries or other noteworthy occasions. It is only fitting for the 5th Anniversary the Planetside 2 outfit rallies once more.
    On Playstation 4 the hijinks and exploits of the ‘Angry Grand Theft Army’ on GTA Online are considered legendary. Their escapades in Los Santos brought many people together on Playstation 4 during early days of Game Nights and kept members close during a time where the PS4 Division was forming their own identity. GTA Online blew away any doubt of the success of Game Nights in the beginning. A strong and active title for Game Nights, GTA Online served the Playstation 4 community as an outlet for reliable, mischievous fun. This era of Game Nights is fondly remembered by many and while the PS4 crew has hung up their boots, their tales live on. This Saturday the crew rides together one last time.
    On Xbox One the origins of Overwatch date back to May 2016 when we initiated official support for the game on Xbox and held our first event for Overwatch during launch week. Our Overwatch group since then has emerged to be our flagship title within the Xbox community, surpassing Battlefield 4 as our longest running weekly event series with two and a half years worth of events under its belt. The AJSA on Xbox has seen Overwatch grow over the years both as a title and as a group itself. A staple of Saturday nights, Overwatch is the place to be on Xbox during the weekend with wild custom game modes and other crazy activities. We’re proud to serve alongside fellow community titans like GTA Online and Planetside 2 during this final stage of Special Operations: Quinquennial.
    Event Information - November 17th, 2018 [Hosts | Times | How To Participate]
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    Playstation 4 - GTA Online - Game Nights
    Hosts: WithAStick, Jetsman444, Recon_avwf, & Blood-Fury666
    Date: Saturday November 17th, 2018
    Start Times:
    Universal Time Coordinated
    11:00 PM UTC
    North America Times
    6:00 PM ET
    5:00 PM CT
    4:00 PM MT
    3:00 PM PT
    United Kingdom/Ireland Times
    11:00 PM GMT
    How To Participate:
    Reply below with the Abbreviation code 'GNERA' and include your PSN ID (You’ll be added to our Attendance List). Look for and remember your Game Nights Start Time for your region/country above. Remember who the Host/Hosts are. On the day and start time of Game Nights keep an eye out for an invite from the Host/Hosts (either an In-Game invite and/or a Party Chat Invite) ---
    Xbox One - Overwatch - Weekly Events
    Host: WookieJedi [GT: AJSAWOOKIEJEDI]
    Date: Saturday November 17th, 2018
    Start Times:
    Universal Time Coordinated
    12:00 AM UTC
    North America Times
    7:00 PM ET
    6:00 PM CT
    5:00 PM MT
    4:00 PM PT
    United Kingdom/Ireland Times
    12:00 AM GMT
    How To Participate:
    For new members/first time event participants, we highly encourage you to add to the host as your friend on Xbox Live (Gamertag listed above). All event parties are launched from the AJSA Xbox Club so if you’re a member of the Club, you can join without a direct party invite. Communication during events are done primarily in the Xbox Live Party system.
    In case of emergency, we will use the AJSA Discord Channel. We accept and make adjustments for people who are shy in large groups and/or for people who have no mics. If you would like to give advance notice to the host that you would like to play, you are free to do so. Otherwise keep note of the event start times and join the host's Xbox Live party to simply begin playing/get placed in a squad.
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    PC - Planetside 2 - Expeditionary Force
    Hosts: Conan & Dark Templar
    Date: Saturday November 17th, 2018
    Universal Time Coordinated
    9:00 PM UTC
    North America Times
    4:00 PM ET
    3:00 PM CT
    2:00 PM MT
    1:00 PM PT
    United Kingdom/Ireland Times
    9:00 PM GMT
    How To Participate:
    The PC event for Planetside 2 will be held in the AJSA Gaming Community Discord. Hop in the ‘EF Room’ voice chat in the ‘Play Games Together’ channel to start playing when the event starts. Here is an invite to our Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/0iHbkwYao3Pl1zdj
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    Additional Information
    Code of Conduct: http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/topic/38795-ajsa-code-of-conduct/
    PC: http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/forum/176-pc-gaming/
    PS4: http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/forum/31-playstation-4-vita/
    Xbox One: http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/forum/32-xbox-one/
    AJSA Discord Invite Link: https://discordapp.com/invite/0iHbkwYao3Pl1zdj
    AJSA Gaming Events Calendar: http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/calendar/

    By Legolas_Katarn, in Articles,


    Obsidian and inXile join Microsoft, Final Fantasy 15 DLC cancelled and director leaves Square, Prima Games shuts down after three decades, AI and Games on how AI is designed in war games and discusses how their use and depictions can be framed in a way that can enrich cultural understanding of real world conflicts, Mark Brown on how Nintendo abandons its disabled fans, Rob Dwiar on the realism of post-apocalyptic landscapes, Jordyn Lukomski on Social Commentaries in Forgotten Anne, Aron Garst talks with developers from around the world about how they deal with crunch, Julie Muncy on Swery's The Missing being an argument for why painful and violent stories about queer existence matter, Psych of Play discusses a study about amnesiacs who can’t form new memories but still dreamed of Tetris Effect hours and days after playing it, and more.
     
     
    Gaming News (Announcements, previews, release dates, interviews and writing on upcoming games, DLC and game updates, company and developer news, country news, tech, mods)
     
    IndieWatch: Top 10 Anticipated Indies of Day of the Devs 2018
     
    Pokémon: Let’s Go! unites the original trainer trio for the first time
     
    The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince launches February 12, 2019 in North America and Europe
     
    Kingdom Two Crowns launches December 11
     
    Nintendo to remove racist Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Game & Watch imagery

     
    Fallout 76 beta can’t be uninstalled unless bought

     
    Watch a gorgeous trailer for Cloudpunk, a game about a courier in the clouds
     
    The trailer for steampunk survival game Volcanoids shows off brassy mobile bases
     
    How Blizzard Hopes To Renew Interest In The RTS With Warcraft III: Reforged
     
    Diablo Immortal Is Just One of Several Mobile Games in Development at Blizzard

    Blizzard acknowledges the mobile reality
     
    Phoenix Point’s geoscape is as dark and full of terrors as its battles

     
    EVE Online Spinoff Shooter Will Be More 'Tactical,' Less 'Run-And-Gun'
     
    Battle Princess Madelyn, which was co-designed by a 7-year-old, will be out soon

     
    Desert Child launches December 11
     
    Void Bastards Announcement Trailer
     
    Crackdown 3 dated for mid-February 2019
     
    Just Cause 4 Cinematic Trailer - X018
     
    Jump Force Trailer Shows Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Golden Frieza - X018
     
    Falcom Has Several Console Games In The Works Including A New Ys To Release By September 2019

     
    Final Fantasy 15 DLC Canceled, Director Hajime Tabata Leaves; Square Enix Posts $33 Million Loss

     
    Spider-Man PS4 New DLC Release Date Revealed
     
    Vermintide 2 returning to Ubersreik in next DLC
     
    First details for Rainbow Six Siege's next two operators revealed
     
    Dead Cells testing custom games and major feature overhauls in alpha branch

     
    Crusader Kings 2: Holy Fury can randomly generate a world of talking animals
     
    Sea of Thieves announces a new, fast paced PvP mode

     
    A Special Announcement from Obsidian Entertainment
    InXile joining the Microsoft family
     
    Xbox boss admits Microsoft has 'a ton of work' to do on the Windows Store

     
    Activision Blizzard Explains Why It’s Giving Away ‘Destiny 2’

     
    Valve rewards man $20,000 for discovering unlimited free game codes bug

     
    YouTube backtracks ban on YouTuber who assaulted Red Dead suffragette
     
    Prima Games shuts down after three decades of strategy guides

     
    The man behind a spree of gaming network cyberattacks has pleaded guilty

     
    The Good Times Are Over for Japan’s Loot-Box-Style Gaming Bonanza

     
    Esports News
     
    Watch 16 Dota 2 teams battle it out in the Kuala Lumpur Major

     
    Flashy Player Intros And Wild Comebacks At Red Bull's Street Fighter V Invitational

     
    Blizzard accused of blackface on South Korean Overwatch stream

     
    Valve Condemns Dota 2 Pros Making Racist Remarks But Calls On Teams To Regulate Themselves
     
    Content I found interesting this week (interviews, recommendations, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, documentaries, criticism, etc)
     
    Riot Lawsuit
     
    Warframe Fans Ask Developers To Avoid Crunch


    We Asked Eight Studios From Across The World How They Deal with Crunch

     
    Chatting immersive sims, Underworld Ascendant, and communicating options with Warren Spector and Otherside Entertainment

     
    In search of real criticism

     
    The Case Of The Disappearing Nancy Drew Video Games

     
    How a book binds the Return of the Obra Dinn

     
    How realistic are the post-apocalyptic landscapes of video games?

     
    Nintendo’s New Games Are Miserable for People With Disabilities

     
    How to design for coziness...and kindness

     
    Postmortem: You Are Jeff Bezos

    The Uplifting Agitprop of You Are Jeff Bezos
     
    THE THERAPY AND ANXIETY I RECOGNIZED IN CELESTE

     
    Social Commentaries in Forgotten Anne

     
    'Red Dead Redemption 2' Is a Game of Big Mistakes and Little Victories

     
    This queer horror game forces you to literally tear yourself apart

     
    How a Chinese-only life sim climbed the Steam charts by channeling the stress of childhood

     
    Battlefield 1 players stop shooting each other to commemorate Armistice Day
     
    Games as Lit. 101 - Literary Analysis: The World Ends With You (Part 2 - Mechanics as Metaphor)
     
    Spyro Reignited: The Story of Rockstar Composer Stewart Copeland
     
    Disposable Heroes: Designing AI Characters for War Games | Design Dive
     
    Spider-Man's Animation: The Zip To Point - New Frame Plus
     
    Sega Genesis / Mega Drive 30th Anniversary History Guides From Japan - It's All In Books - GTV
     
    Critical Path Interviews
     
    Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to the game industry
     
    Ranking all 200+ Mega Man robots from most to least useful | Unraveled, Ep. 3
     
    Things I Missed From Previous Weeks
     
    Ten Great Adventure-Game Puzzles

    By RuneX, in Frontpage,


    Welcome to the biggest party of the year! Happy 5th Birthday, AJSA. During the week of November 12th the entire community will unite together to celebrate the founding of the AJSA. On both PC and console, there will be numerous activities planned for members to engage in and play with each other (join this weekend for our final round of events for AJSA Special Operation: Quinquennial). It is important that we not only come together to play but also use this as an opportunity to reflect on the past year and look ahead, building a strong foundation off of these activities to take the community into 2019.
    We want to give our thanks and appreciation to all those who make this community the best it can be. To all the members and organizers who come in day to day, week to week, month to month, year to year....THANK YOU....you make all of this possible. Thank you for being part of this community. Thank you for playing.
    The AJSA Xbox One Division is ready to help participate and contribute towards the Anniversary celebration. Keeping with tradition within our Division, we have a full week of gaming festivities planned to observe and honor the founding of the AJSA Gaming Community. This means that we will have a scheduled event every single day out of the Anniversary week.
    In addition to our Anniversary week events we are also holding our annual Xbox 'Anniversary Raffle' and there will be challenges (called Contracts) for participants to complete when playing. Please continue reading to learn more about our raffle, contracts, and upcoming events this week. Thank you and enjoy.
    AJSA Xbox One Club
    Be sure to enlist in the AJSA Xbox Club during the Anniversary week! On your console dashboard, look for the 'Community' tab and click on 'Clubs on Xbox' on the top right of the screen. Then search up "Official AJSA Xbox One Community". Request an invite to join and a formal invitation will be sent to you. You can also message any of the Club admins for an invite. The Clubs will make it easier to find fellow members at a moments notice and squad up with them on a game. You'll also be able to keep track of event notices and parties, both within the Anniversary week and beyond.
    Raffle & Contracts
    Each Xbox event will have a ‘Contract’, a challenge that participants can voluntarily complete when attending the event. Contracts will seek to incorporate as much squad play and communication as possible. Some events may have more than one Contract.
    As noted we will also be holding 'Anniversary Raffle' on Xbox One. Each member who attends an event will be entered into this raffle.
    - Anniversary Raffle -
    Every AJSA member who participates in the events scheduled for the Anniversary week on the Xbox One will be entered into a raffle. The more events you participate in, the more times your name gets entered into the raffle, and you increase your chances to win.
    At the end of all Anniversary activities, three random winners will be drawn. Rewards are as followed:
    1st Place - Free digital game up to $60 choosen by the winner. 2nd Place - $25 Xbox Live Gift Card 3rd Place - $15 Xbox Live Gift Card On November 26th, after the random winners are drawn, they will be contacted privately by me [Rune] and then the winners will be announced publicly. For those who have participated in the AJSA 'Special Operation: Quinquennial' events on Xbox One, you will also be entered into the rafflle.
    - Contracts -
    Each event on Xbox One will have an associated challenge, called a "Contract", which event participants can voluntarily complete. Every contract you complete will also enter your name into the raffle. These Contracts can range from getting a certain amount of points in a game to working together with your AJSA squad to overcome an obstacle.
    Since a fair amount of Contracts will revolve around you and your squad completing certain objective, if your squad collectively completes a Contract, everyone in the squad will be marked as have completed the Contract, and all names will be entered again in the raffle. Want those extra raffle spots? Work together!
    Some events will have more than one Contract. With events that list two or more Contracts, only one Contract completion will be counted towards the raffle. This means members can earn up to two spots in the raffle per event (by attending an event and completing a Contract). To top things off....we are introducing 'Bonus Objectives', challenges that the hosts will keep secret until the time of the event. If you and your team complete the challenge, you will earn a bonus spot in the raffle. Please note not every event will have a bonus objective.
    Summary
    Every AJSA participant will be entered into the raffle. The more events you attend, the more times your name gets entered into the raffle. Every event will have one or more Contracts. These Contracts are challenges that members can voluntarily complete. If there is an event with two or more Contracts, only one completed Contract will be counted. Members can earn only up to two spots in the raffle per event (by attending an event and completing a Contract). However if you complete a Bonus Objective, your name will entered again. Majority of the Contracts will be squad based, meaning to complete a Contract it will have to be done in a collective fashion. Work with your squad to complete Contracts, not only earning an extra spot in the raffle for yourself but earning an extra spot for the rest of your team. The host, along with members of the Xbox One staff, will be keep track of all event attendance and will keep note of members completing Contracts. Raffle winners will be approached by the Xbox One Commander and then the winners will be announced publicly on November 26th. All the events will be recorded. Footage from each event will be compiled into an Anniversary Event Video for the AJSA Gaming YouTube Channel. Please submit footage to Rune if you wish to share clips from your recording/streams of the Anniversary events so you can be part of, and receive credit in, the Xbox One Anniversary montage video in late November/early December. AJSA 5th Year Anniversary Week - Xbox Event Schedule [Nov. 12th to Nov. 18th]
    How Can I Join An Xbox One Activity? - For new members/first time event participants, I highly encourage you to add all the hosts as your friend on Xbox Live (Gamertags are listed for every host below). You can also join the AJSA Xbox Club and add hosts/members there. All event and game night parties are launched from the Club. Additionally, please review our Code of Conduct. To learn more about the AJSA Xbox One Division, check out our Community Information thread.
    All Xbox Live 'Weekly Event' & 'Game Night' parties are open and participants can join freely without restriction. Communication is done primarily in the Xbox Live Party system. In case of emergency, we may use the AJSA Discord. We accept and make adjustments for people who are shy in large groups and/or for people who have no mics.
    If by chance you do not have the host as a friend, please message the host for an invite to the game/party during the activity and then exchange friend requests upon entry to the party. Most, if not all, parties will be visible to all Xbox Club members. Look under "Looking for Group" at the start/during an event to view the event party and join up.
    If you would like to give advance notice to the host that you would like to play, you are free to do so. Otherwise keep note of the activity start times and join the host's Xbox Live party to begin. If you have any questions, please contact me directly at "RuneX" on the forums or on Xbox Live.
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    Fortnite: Battle Royale - Anniversary Event - Mon. Nov. 12th, 2018 @7:30pm EST (12:30am GMT)

    We will be kicking off the AJSA 5th Year Anniversary Week on Xbox One with Fortnite: Battle Royale on Monday November 12th at 7:30pm EST! Fortnite: Battle Royale is free to play mode part of the regular 'Fornite' game that members can download from the Xbox store. Squad up with your friends from the community and take dozens of other squads to claim victory in this fun and intense battle royale shooter. Members of all skill levels are welcome to play!
    Anniversary Event Summary:
    Fortnite: Battle Royale is free to play title [Install Size: 14GB]
    Contracts
    As an AJSA squad, place in the top 5 in one match. As an AJSA squad, place in the top 10 in two matches. As an AJSA squad, earn more than 15 total elminations in one match. Time: November 12th, 2018 @7:30pm EST (12:30am GMT)
    Host: WookieJedi [GT: AJSAWookieJedi]
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    Gears of War 3 - Anniversary Event - Tues. Nov. 13th, 2018 @7:30pm EST (12:30am GMT)
    Moving onto the second day of the AJSA 5th Year Anniversary Week on Xbox One we are heading back to an Xbox 360 classic with Gears of War 3. Available through backward compatability, we will be playing the epic finale of the original trilogy of the Gears series. Gears of War 3 will mark the first time a Gears of War game has been featured during our Anniversary Week festivities. This will be a great/fun opportunity for members to relive old memories or experience this game for the first time. We'll be playing in modes such as Horde, Beast, and regular multiplayer, both online and custom.
    Anniversary Event Summary:
    Gears of War 3 is a backward compatible game. It is also free to play through Xbox Game Pass [Install Size: 8GB]
    Contracts
    As an AJSA squad, complete 'Beast Mode. As an AJSA squad, complete all 50 waves of 'Horde Mode'. As an AJSA squad, compete in five online matches. Time: November 13th, 2018 @7:30pm EST (12:30am GMT)
    Host: Rune [GT: AScapeRunePlaya]
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    Sea of Thieves - Anniversary Event - Weds. Nov. 14th, 2018 @7:30pm EST (12:30am GMT)

    Ahoy, yer scurvy dogs! Set your sails, the pirates of the Angry Army are returning to Sea of Thieves this Wednesday night as part of the AJSA 5th Year Anniversary! Unleash your inner 'Angry' pirate, plot with your crew, and set course for hidden riches in this treacherous new world.
    Anniversary Event Summary:
    Sea of Thieves is free to play through the Xbox Game Pass [Install Size: 28.6GB]
    Contracts
    As an AJSA pirate crew, complete a Devil's Roar quest. As an AJSA pirate crew, take down a Skeleton ship. Time: November 14th, 2018 @7:30pm EST (12:30am GMT)
    Hosts: Sickbeard [GT: Sickshock6] & Rune [GT: AScapeRunePlaya]
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    Halo: MCC - Anniversary Event - Thurs. Nov. 15th, 2018 @7:30pm EST (12:30am GMT)

    Halo: Master Chief Collection has come a long way since its launch in 2014. The Halo series itself holds a special place within the history of the Xbox One community within the AJSA. Our earliest record of organized Xbox activities comes from Halo 4 on the Xbox 360 before the Xbox One Division was even established. During the Anniversary Week we will take this opportunity to reflect on the past and celebrate the present with Halo: Master Chief Collection.
    Anniversary Event Summary:
    Halo: MCC is free to play through the Xbox Game Pass [Install Size: 73.4GB]
    Contract
    Score five goals in a Grifball match Capture 3 flags in 'Capture the Flag' Time: November 15th, 2018 @7:00pm EST (12:00am GMT)
    Host: Rune [GT: AScapeRunePlaya]
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    COD: Black Ops 4  - Anniversary Event - Fri. Nov. 16th, 2018 @7:30pm EST (12:30am GMT)

    The future is....ANGRY! Kick off the Anniversary weekend with the latest and greatest in the Call of Duty: Black Ops series with Black Ops 4. This will mark the first time since 2014 that a Call of Duty game will be featured during our Anniversary Week festivities. We'll be playing a healthy mix of multiplayer, Blackout, and Zombies. Strap yourself in, this is going to be a wild ride.
    Anniversary Event Summary:
    Contract
    As an AJSA squad, reach Wave 25 on the 'Voyage of Despair' in Zombies. As an AJSA squad, place top 10 in two 'Blackout' Duo or Squad Matches. Time: November 16th, 2018 @7:30pm EST (12:30am GMT)
    Hosts: AwakeningRager [GT: AwakeningRager1] Rune [GT: AScapeRunePlaya]
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    Overwatch - Anniversary Event - Sat. Nov. 17th, 2018 @7:00pm EST (12:00pm GMT)

    Overwatch will keep the #AJSAGamingWeekend going strong on Xbox One during the Anniversary Week! Squad up with the 'Angry' Agents of Overwatch on Saturday for an awesome night of crazy fun and gaming. Overwatch has grown from humble beginnings to one of our most popular community titles on Xbox. This event will also serve as our event for the community AJSA Special Operation.
    Anniversary Event Summary:
    Contracts
    Win the 'Anniversary Brawl' free for all custom match Earn 20 eliminations or more in an online match As an AJSA squad, win five games online Time: November 17th, 2018 @7:00pm EST (12:00pm GMT)
    Host: WookieJedi [GT: AJSAWookieJedi]
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    Fallout 76 - Anniversary Event - Sun. Nov. 18th, 2018 @7:30pm EST (12:30am GMT)

    West Virgina....take me home....country roads! End the Anniversary Week in the Appalachia as the Angry Army invades the American north-east in Fallout 76. Roam the Wasteland together as we travel, build, and survive. Build bases, raid vaults, and take over settlements in this wild conclusion to the Anniversary Week.
    Anniversary Event Summary:
    Contract
    As an AJSA group, build a base of operations. As an AJSA group, Raid a Vault or military installation As an AJSA group, find and eliminate the Mothman monster Time: November 18th, 2018 @7:30pm EST (12:30am GMT)
    Host: Rune [GT: AScapeRunePlaya]
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    By RuneX, in Frontpage,


    Dragons, Mechs, and Ninjas...this will be exciting! Join the Angry Army this Saturday on November 10th for our second round of events for ‘Special Operations: Quinquennial’! Our celebration of the AJSA 5th Year Anniversary continues with a slate of free to play titles that will provide members a unique opportunity to revisit more titles that helped shape the community what it is today. The titles featured this Saturday are MechWarrior Online on PC, Warframe on Playstation 4, and Neverwinter on Xbox One. The backround of each game and event details are detailed below. Thank you and enjoy!
    Backrounds
    On PC the origins of MechWarrior Online stem from the original ‘Expeditionary Force’. The Expeditionary Force was then, and remains now, the primary organizing operation in the PC Division. In their initial structure  the Expeditionary Force would select a new game every month to feature on PC, waging month long campaigns in said game across a variety of events and activities. One of their goals was to find titles that the community as a whole could support after the Expeditionary Force had moved onto another battle. MechWarrior Online emerged and proved to be one of the most successful Expeditionary Force titles in their history. The first EF events for MWO occured in February 2016 and in April 2016 the game received official support with their own in-game operations and organized events for PC. The AJSA MWO unit was one of the most active clans in the community with events running well into 2018.
    On Playstation 4 Warframe Game Nights date back to January 2015. Warframe has served the Playstation 4 community in the AJSA very well over the years, serving as an engaging and companionable hub for many members to gather to play and have fun with their friends on Saturday nights. The PS4 Division has always strived to be unconventional, offering something different that the other Divisions don’t offer. They like to make their own indistinguishable mark on games they visit, twisting ideas to make them as unique as they can. Warframe would be no different. What started as a joke last year became legendary and is considered one of the most fun Warframe Game Nights ever on Playstation 4. ‘Fashion Frame’, where PS4 members held their own fashion costume contest, returns for the AJSA 5th Anniversary with a part two to see what wacky and fun designs people can showcase this time around.
    On Xbox One Neverwinter represents a distinct period of time in the history of the Xbox One Division where MMOs were an important fabric of our day to day activities. Neverwinter holds the honor of being the first official MMO game to be supported on Xbox One with events starting in May 2015 and an in-game Guild was established, one of our oldest AJSA Guilds on Xbox One still in operation today. In February 2016 Neverwinter entered into an ‘MMO renaissance’ on Xbox, teaming up with our Elder Scrolls Online Guild at the time to organize and hold ‘MMO Fridays’, an initiative to bring together our MMO members every Friday night to play together. This effort was part of a greater campaign in the Xbox One Division to expand and redefine the Xbox Division as a whole. While MMO games may no longer be as prevalent within the Xbox Division today, we’ll never forget that these titles such as Neverwinter and Elder Scrolls Online played a key role in our past to grow and sustain the community during a time of much change.
    Event Information - November 10th, 2018 [Hosts | Times | How To Participate]
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    Playstation 4 - Warframe: Fashion Frame II - Game Nights
    Hosts: WithAStick, Dekaku, DoctorPainMD, & ASObluerose
    Date: Saturday November 10th, 2018
    Start Times:
    Universal Time Coordinated
    11:00 PM UTC
    North America Times
    6:00 PM ET
    5:00 PM CT
    4:00 PM MT
    3:00 PM PT
    United Kingdom/Ireland Times
    11:00 PM GMT
    How To Participate:
    Reply below with the Abbreviation code 'GNFF2' and include your PSN ID (You’ll be added to our Attendance List). Look for and remember your Game Nights Start Time for your region/country above. Remember who the Host/Hosts are. On the day and start time of Game Nights keep an eye out for an invite from the Host/Hosts (either an In-Game invite and/or a Party Chat Invite) ---
    Xbox One - Neverwinter - Weekly Events
    Hosts: WookieJedi [GT: AJSAWOOKIEJEDI] & Rune [GT: AScapeRunePlaya]
    Date: Saturday November 10th, 2018
    Start Times:
    Universal Time Coordinated
    12:30 AM UTC
    North America Times
    7:30 PM ET
    6:30 PM CT
    5:30 PM MT
    4:30 PM PT
    United Kingdom/Ireland Times
    12:30 AM GMT
    How To Participate:
    For new members/first time event participants, we highly encourage you to add to the host as your friend on Xbox Live (Gamertag listed above). All event parties are launched from the AJSA Xbox Club so if you’re a member of the Club, you can join without a direct party invite. Communication during events are done primarily in the Xbox Live Party system.
    In case of emergency, we will use the AJSA Discord Channel. We accept and make adjustments for people who are shy in large groups and/or for people who have no mics. If you would like to give advance notice to the host that you would like to play, you are free to do so. Otherwise keep note of the event start times and join the host's Xbox Live party to simply begin playing/get placed in a squad.
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    PC - MechWarrior Online - Expeditionary Force
    Host: BlackOpsElf
    Date: Saturday November 10th, 2018
    Universal Time Coordinated
    9:00 PM UTC
    North America Times
    4:00 PM ET
    3:00 PM CT
    2:00 PM MT
    1:00 PM PT
    United Kingdom/Ireland Times
    9:00 PM GMT
    How To Participate:
    The PC event for MechWarrior Online will be held in the AJSA Gaming Community Discord. Hop in the ‘EF Room’ voice chat in the ‘Play Games Together’ channel to start playing when the event starts. Here is an invite to our Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/0iHbkwYao3Pl1zdj
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    Additional Information
    Code of Conduct: http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/topic/38795-ajsa-code-of-conduct/
    PC: http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/forum/176-pc-gaming/
    PS4: http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/forum/31-playstation-4-vita/
    Xbox One: http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/forum/32-xbox-one/
    AJSA Discord Invite Link: https://discordapp.com/invite/0iHbkwYao3Pl1zdj
    AJSA Gaming Events Calendar: http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/calendar/