Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time is set to arrive this August for PC and consoles
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[Update]: Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time has just landed onto PC and consoles!
It has been a fair few years since the series concluded, but Samurai Jack will soon be back for yet another battle against Aku! You can expect to see the Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time action-adventure this August 21st on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Switch.
As you might imagine, Battle Through Time will have you explore and ransack a variety of locations spanning across both time and space, team up with some of the fan-favorite characters from the show, and naturally, toy around with over a dozen different weapons and accompanying skills. Perhaps most importantly, at least as far as authenticity is concerned, the original voice-actors will be reprising their roles!
Overwatch devs have shared a behind-the-scenes look at their tools, engine and potential challenges
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[Update #2]: The latest patch has brought in experimental Assault (2CP) changes and Genji nerfs.
[Update]: Overwatch devs are looking to rework Moira and slightly nerf Genji.
In an bit of an usual developer update, the Overwatch team has now released a rather lengthy behind-the-scenes look at what exactly goes into creating a game like Overwatch. More specifically, what it's like to work with the Overwatch engine, as well as what they needed to do with all of their tools in order to make things flow as smoothly as possible.
There's no easy way to summarize this, so if you're curious, you can find the full blog post over at the Overwatch website. But for now, here's a couple of quotes to potentially pique your interest:
Star Wars - The Old Republic MMORPG has now made its way to Steam
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[Update]: The original Titanfall has now finally (and rather suddenly) landed onto Steam.
After years of exclusivity, EA has recently started moving a whole bunch of their games over to Steam. As such, it should come as very little surprise to hear that the still-popular Star Wars - The Old Republic MMORPG has now made its way to Steam as well.
As is tradition with pretty much every Steam game, SWTOR brings with it trading cards, special emoticons, profile backgrounds, and in a future update, a variety of achievements. Also, if you already own a SWTOR account, worry not as your progress will fully carry over to the Steam version and vice versa.
Vermintide 2's upcoming balance update will rework the beleaguered Huntsman class
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[Update]: The beta update has now been released in full, though sadly without the Huntsman rework.
Out of all the ranged classes in the Vermintide 2, the Huntsman is currently the only one without a clear identity. On paper he's supposed to be the heavy-hitter, the one that can clean out an entire patrol full of Chaos Warriors without breaking a sweat. In reality, however, the whole career is a bit of an unfocused mess with talents dragging it in entirely different directions.
In order to correct this, as well as make the Huntsman a lot more fun to play, Fatshark has now reworked some of its core talents and mechanics as a part of the upcoming Big Balance update. First and foremost, the Huntsman now has a brand new passive ability that makes it so every 50 meters traveled gives him a stack of Sure Shot that makes the next ranged hit count as a headshot.
Risk of Rain 2 will be launching from Steam Early Access this August 11th
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[Update]: Risk of Rain 2 has now left Early Access alongside the massive new Update 1.0!
After an extremely successful Early Access launch and quite a few rock-solid updates, Risk of Rain 2 is now getting ready for its full release. You can expect to see it leave Early Access on August 11th alongside a rather hefty new update, while the console versions will be coming at a later date.
The exact details behind the 1.0 update are still unknown, though the original roadmap does offer a couple of hints. So as long as everything goes according to plan, version 1.0 will bring with it a new Survivor, the final stage and boss, as well as a plethora of new items, equipment and quality-of-life improvements.
Valorant update has buffed Viper, nerfed Raze and rebalanced Brimstone
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[Update #2]: Latest Valorant update has nerfed Sage and Killjoy, as well as once again buffed Viper!
[Update]: The newest patch has added Agent Killjoy, deathmatch, and Raze nerfs!
While she is thematically one of the more interesting characters in Valorant, Viper was unfortunately far too weak to see any sort of serious play up to this point. Even after her recent buffs, she still remained at the very bottom in terms of both pickrate and winrate.
In order to correct this, as well as make her a lot more terrifying to play against, Riot has now unleashed yet another round of buffs. Her ultimate has received a variety of improvements that make it far more deadly to enter, the decay you suffer while huffing her poisons has been boosted up, and most importantly of all, using both her Posion Cloud and Toxic Screen abilities now no longer drains extra fuel!
Rocket League is going free-to-play, while the Steam version will become unavailable to newcomers
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[Update]: Rocket League has gone free-to-play alongside a major new update.
If you were planning to grab Rocket League at some point in the near future, you might want to reconsider. I say this because Psyonix has just announced that Rocket League will be going fully free-to-play later this summer!
Naturally, everyone who already owns it will retain their items and will be able to continue playing on their preferred platform. As an additional bonus, anyone who plays Rocket League online before the upcoming free-to-play launch will be granted all of the Rocket League branded DLC, as well as a variety of assorted cosmetics to help distinguish them from complete newcomers.