Classic Castlevania inspired Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 has arrived with a mech-piloting Corgi
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The original Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon was released as a Kickstarter reward to help tide players over before Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night's full release. However, while it may have had incredibly humble origins, Curse of the Moon ended up being a remarkably fun Castlevania game!
As such, I am very happy to say that it's sequel - Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 - has now arrived alongside some rather positive reviews. The sequel brings with it all of the characters from the original, a greatly expanded map with a lot more content to sink your teeth into, a variety of new characters including a corgi in a mech suit, and most importantly of all, two-player co-op!
Quake Champions' Season 7 update has brought in a new map and a variety of cosmetic rewards
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While the updates for Quake Champions have slowed down considerably, you might be glad to hear that there are still developers working it. In fact, they have just released a brand new update to mess around with!
As far as major additions are concerned, the Ithagnal-themed Tower of Koth map for DM, TDM, CA, Duel, Intagib, Unhly Trinity and arcade game modes is the definite highlight. That said, the update has also marked the arrival of Season 7, and along with it, a brand new Battle Pass containing skins for the Blaster Pistol, Shotgun and Hyperblaster, as well as six new shaders.
Monster Crown is looking to offer a bit of a darker take on the Pokemon formula
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[Update]: Monster Crown has now landed into Steam Early Access with about one third of the final content.
When it comes to Pokemon themed games, despite all of them revolving around gigantic monsters kicking the snot out of each other, they're all pretty much overwhelmingly positive. However, the upcoming Monster Crown is looking to take things in a bit of a different... and darker direction.
Once its fully finished, expect to see around 200 base monsters that you can breed and fuse into more impressive and dangerous forms, a fairly large world to explore, as well as a choice between being the one that will help those in need or simply doom them all in a reckless pursuit of ever-greater power.
Vermintide 2's Big Balance Beta has beefed up the very worst weapons and talents
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[Update #2]: The beta update has now been released in full, though sadly without the Huntsman rework.
[Update]: The Big Balance Beta has now also brought in a rework to the Huntsman career.
Ever since the Winds of Magic expansion and the accompanying stagger changes, the balance of weapons and talents in Vermintide 2 has bit a bit of a mess. For pretty much every single character and playstyle there were clear-cut choices that were superior in nearly every way, while some of the worst weapons were so terrible that even diehard fans didn't bother using them in higher difficulties.
All of this will soon come to an end, however, as Fatshark has teamed up with a group of talented modders in order to do a comprehensive Big Balance Beta update. While it doesn't change every single weapon and talent, the beta has significantly improved the almost-invisible weapons like Kerillian two-handed sword or one-handed sword, as well as nerfed the overpowered ones like dual daggers or sword and dagger combo.
Amazon's New World MMO has been delayed once again, this time until spring 2021
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After their team-based shooter Crucible failed to meet expectations, Amazon did something a little bit unexpected - they pulled it from storefronts and put it back into closed beta. The reasoning, as you might imagine, is to ensure that once Crucible sees the light of day again, it will do so as a fully finished and polished game.
With that in mind, it also shouldn't come as too much of a surprise to hear that Amazon is doing the same thing with their upcoming MMO New World. Instead of having New World launch this August in a half-finished state, they have decided to push its release date back all the way to spring 2021.
Ubisoft will be unveiling Far Cry 6 this Sunday through their online conference Forward
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[Update #2]: Far Cry 6 has now arrived onto PC and consoles with a few new twists on the age-old Ubisoft formula.
[Update]: Far Cry 6 has been announced alongside a rather fetching cinematic trailer
Due to some sort of error, the listing for Far Cry 6 and the artwork above suddenly appeared on the PlayStation store. It was just as quickly taken down again, but as you might imagine, this isn't one of those things that just slip by unnoticed.
So rather than pretend nothing at all has happened, Ubisoft has now straight up confirmed the existence of Far Cry 6. More importantly, they have announced that the full reveal will be coming this Sunday as a part of their Forward online conference.
Total War: Warhammer 2's big bugfixing patch has been pushed back to next week
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[Update #2]: Total War: Warhammer 2's big bugfixing update has finally been unleashed.
[Update]: The newest beta update has finally corrected most of the annoying bugs!
While the latest The Warden & The Paunch DLC brought with it a whole assortment of new units and mechanics to toy around with, it unfortunately also added some really annoying bugs. Creative Assembly quickly responded by releasing a beta update, but as is often the case with any sort of complex game, their fixes brought in a bunch of new issues.
All of this and more was supposed to be fixed through a beta update earlier this week, though as you're likely well aware at this point, the update sadly never came. And according to the newest announcement, I'm afraid it won't be coming at all this week.