No Man's Sky's Desolation update has brought in a bit of a survival-horror atmosphere
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[Update]: No Man's Sky's Origins update has made planets significantly more unique and interesting to explore!
In a bit of a surprising (albeit not unwelcome) change in direction, No Man's Sky's Desolation update has now brought in a smidgen of survival-horror to the usually relaxed exploration. Most of this comes through the newly added derelict and procedurally generated ships, many of which are filled with both alien riches and dangers to uncover.
While each ship is randomly generated, there are plenty of hand-written text logs for you to find throughout your journey, all in an effort to piece together just what exactly happened to the ship you're on. But if you don't really care about the story, worry not as you'll still have plenty to do given that the ships appear to be practically infested with innumerable alien nasties.
Beyond a Steel Sky, a sequel to the classic Beneath a Steel Sky, has now landed onto Steam
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If you're a fan of point & click adventure games, especially the oldschool ones, then you might be interested to hear that Beyond a Steel Sky has now finally been released. As the name would suggest, Beyond a Steel Sky is a modern sequel to the legendary (and still entirely free) Beneath the Steel Sky that hails all the way back from 1994.
As for what exactly it's about, it's probably best to describe Beyond a Steel Sky as a cyberpunk adventure that will have you explore the usual assortment of themes like corruption, total surveillance, artificial intelligence, and the cost of freedom. Besides these rather heavy themes, you can also expect to see a fair bit of witty and humorous dialogue, as well as plenty of puzzles to wrack your brain against.
Superhot's standalone expansion Mind Control Delete has now been unleashed
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If you're in the mood for some time-bendy shooty action, you might be glad to hear that Superhot's standalone expansion Mind Control Delete has now arrived. It brings with it a campaign that's significantly longer than the original game's, increasingly more challenging encounters, more bizarre mysteries to unravel, and naturally, even more skills and techniques to toy around with as you dance across the battlefield.
Perhaps most importantly of all, Superhot: Mind Control Delete is entirely free to everyone that purchased the original Superhot before July 16th! You don't even need to do anything special in order to claim your copy. As long as you actually bought Superhot and didn't receive it through some sort of giveaway, the Mind Control Delete expansion should already be added to your account!
Overwatch devs are working on two experimental updates, the first of which is coming next week
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[Update #2]: The latest patch has brought in experimental Assault (2CP) changes and Genji nerfs.
[Update]: Overwatch devs have now also shared a behind-the-scenes look at their tools, engine and potential challenges.
While they aren't always successful, the experimental updates have proven themselves to be quite useful for improving Overwatch as a whole. They allow Blizzard to quickly test balance changes and see the community's reaction to them, as well as mess around with some of the fundamentals like the number of tank players per team without actually disrupting the usual gameplay.
As such, I am very happy to say that Blizzard is currently planning to unleash two new experiments in the near future. The first one will be balance-focused and will bring with it some much-needed nerfs to Genji, as well as yet another batch of potential changes for Moira, all in an effort to make her a more fair and interesting character to play.
PC remake of Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town has now landed onto Steam
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Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town, formerly a part of the Harvest Moon series, was a rather excellent Game Boy Advance game from 2003. While there were plenty of similar games released around the time, Friends of Mineral Town is the one that has quite handily stood the test of time and inspired the vast majority of the modern 'country life simulators', including one of my favorites - Stardew Valley.
With that in mind, I'm very pleased to say that the full remake of Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town has now landed onto PC! It brings with it improved visuals, a nice chunk of extra content to spice things up, and perhaps most importantly, a plethora of quality-of-life changes including the ability for your farm animals to actually feed themselves without you having to manually push them around every day!
Destiny 2's Beyond Light expansion has been pushed back until November
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[Update]: Destiny 2's The Witch Queen expansion has arrived alongside a new story campaign and weapon crafting.
If you were looking forward to Destiny 2's upcoming Beyond Light expansion, I'm afraid I bring some bad news. Due to the ongoing pandemic, Beyond Light's release date has been pushed back from September 22nd to November 10th.
"As the first chapter in a new trilogy of expansions, Beyond Light is the beginning of a new era of Destiny 2," reads the developer update. "We have a powerful story to tell and incredible new features that we're really excited for players to experience. As always, our goal is to make the coolest, most entertaining expansion we can possibly make for our fans. To that end, we are doing what’s best for the game and moving the launch date."
Danganronpa creator's FMV mystery game Death Come True has now made its way to PC
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Kazutaka Kodaka, the creative mind behind the bizarre yet enthralling Danganronpa series, has now released his brand new game onto PC - Death Come True. As you might imagine given his previous work, Death Come True is a bit of a strange game. Instead of your usual run-of-the-mill horror adventure, Death Come True is entirely made out of FMV (full motion video) sequences and plays like an interactive movie more than anything else.
If you're curious what this looks like in action, as well as how good the actual acting even is, you can find what you seek through one of the recent trailers. Have a little peek, and don't forget to turn on the subtitles!