Hearthstone's next expansion is improving the rewards, adding a new mode and plenty of new cards
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[Update]: Hearthstone's Madness at the Darkmoon Faire expansion has landed alongside a few problems.
While Hearthstone's recent Scholomance Academy expansion simply offered more of the usual, the upcoming Madness at the Darkmoon Faire expansion will really shake things up, and not just because the Old Gods are involved! Not only will the Darkmoon Faire bring in a boatload of new cards, but it will also greatly revamp the progression and reward systems, as well as add a brand new game mode.
The new Duels game mode will combine the deck-building and power progression elements of a Dungeon Run with fierce player vs player action. In Duels you'll choose a hero, a hero power, a signature treasure and then build a 15-card starter deck from your own collection, after which you'll face off against a series of opponents. Between each match you'll be able to greatly enhance your deck by adding minions, spells or treasures, which should make the whole thing highly replayable and hopefully highly enjoyable as well.
Raji: An Ancient Epic is a freshly launched action-adventure heavily inspired by Hindu mythology
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If you're tired of the endless stream of adventure games set within fairly similar Western fantasy worlds, you might want to give the freshly released Raji: An Ancient Epic a look. It is an action-adventure set in ancient India and heavily flavored by Hindu mythology, something that is very rarely seen in games these days.
When it comes to the actual gameplay, however, Raji is far more recognizable. In other words, expect to spend a lot of your time navigating a combination of puzzles and platforming challenges, smacking around a whole bunch of colorful and demonic adversaries, and most importantly, dedicating yourself to various gods in order to obtain new abilities and weapons.
Apex Legends will be making its way to Steam this November alongside a couple of exclusive cosmetics
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[Update #2]: Apex Legends has now landed onto Steam alongside the massive Season 7 update, though not without major problems.
[Update]: Apex Legends' massive Season 7 update is bringing in a new map, legend, vehicle and even guilds.
In a process that started earlier this year, EA has been releasing the vast majority of their Origin-exclusive games onto Steam. With that in mind, it should come as too much of a surprise to hear that the highly popular Apex Legends will be the next one to step forth!
The Steam version of Apex Legends will be going live this November 4th and will allow you to carry over all of your unlocks and progression between the two versions. As an additional little bonus, Steam players will also receive free Portal and Half-Life inspired gun charms just by logging in.
Overwatch is now experimenting with tweaking health values in increments of 25
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[Update]: The experimental update has now gone live, though the Baptiste 'HD Screen' buff has been pushed back until the next patch due to animation problems.
For as long as Overwatch has existed, Blizzard has tried to keep things nice, tidy and easily recognizable for even new players. Because of this Blizzard has never changed health in increments lower than 50, as anything below that is a bit tricky to figure out at a glance, especially in the middle of a massive teamfight.
However, with the Overwatch team now heavily focused on balance above all else, that rule has finally been broken. As such, the newest experimental update has not only brought some nice changes to Baptiste and Mei, but also tweaked a bunch of heroes by raising or lowering their health by 25! Here's what they're currently testing:
Ubisoft has released a free demo for the upcoming Immortals Fenyx Rising onto Google Stadia
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[Update]: Google is shutting down Stadia and issuing refunds for all purchases.
Immortals Fenyx Rising, previously known as Gods and Monsters, is Ubisoft's upcoming mythological action-adventure. As you might imagine given the genre, Fenyx Rising will have you explore a large open world, mess around with a variety of unique weapons and skills, as well as clobber an assortment of mythological terrors like the Cyclops and Medusa.
You can get a pretty good impression of what all of this looks like in action through the recently posted developer playthrough. Have a gander, it's a fairly lengthy one:
MTG Arena update has now fixed a bunch of bugs... and introduced twice as many new ones
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Earlier this month MTG Arena devs delayed a major update in order to make sure its polished up and ready to go. Unfortunately, that seems to have ended up in failure because while the freshly launched update has indeed fixed a bunch of bugs, it has also managed to somehow introduce twice as many new ones.
On the positive side of things, the number indicating how many cards you have in your deck is now properly highlighted and will no longer be a ghostly white on a white background. Disconnecting while creating a deck will now save your progress, while favorite decks will still remain in your favorites list even after you've edited them. The update has also fixed a bunch of issues with double-faced land cards, smoothed out the gameplay when it comes to resolving large amounts of triggered abilities, as well as prevented players from lagging out the game by repeatedly hovering over a card.
Vermintide is celebrating its 5-year anniversary with a massive rat-slaying event
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[Update]: Vermintide 2 is free to try out until November 1st.
The original Vermintide is currently celebrating its 5-year anniversary, and in order honor this momentous achievement, developer Fatshark has now done what they do best - ordered the players to go kill an absurdly large amount of rats! And when I say absurdly large, I really do mean that as the challenge requires Vermintide 2 players to slay 555,555,555 enemies by November 1st!
As an additional little bonus, should the community reach 300,000,005 kills before the deadline, a triple experience event will go live for all players. However, should the full goal be reached as well, you can also expect to see a second triple experience event! So if you still have some characters that need to be either geared or leveled up, you might want to start slicing up some ratmen!