Terraria's final and ridiculously ambitious Journey's End expansion is releasing today
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[Update #2]: Two years after its 'final' expansion, Terraria's is getting the chunky quality-of-life focused Labor of Love update in late September 2022.
[Update]: In a bit of an unexpected announcement, Terraria and Don't Starve have just launched a big cross-over event!
All good things must come to an end, and so today Terraria will receive its final update. However, Terraria won't be going out with a whimper as the upcoming Journey's End expansion is absolutely ridiculous in scope.
Expect to see around 800 new items to find or craft, a whole host of new enemies and bosses to throw yourself against, a greatly improved world generation system, and even an enhanced weather system. There will also a couple of new mini-biomes, a new difficulty mode that will pose a true challenge to even veterans, and perhaps most importantly of all, the ability to both play golf and create your own courses!
Bethesda has unveiled their roadmap and plans for Fallout 76 in 2020
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[Update]: Fallout 76 devs have revealed their plans for major updates all throughout 2022.
Now that the dust has settled from the recent and rather chunky Wastelanders expansion, Bethesda is once again starting to look towards the future of Fallout 76. In order to keep everyone in the loop, as well as detail some of the upcoming features and the reasoning behind them, Bethesda has now released the 2020 roadmap.
The biggest new addition will be the Seasons system, Bethesda's take on the classic Season Pass. The inaugural Summer Season will be free for all players and will feature 100 ranks to climb though, all of which will unlock some sort of reward. These rewards can be anything from scrip and caps, to unique outfits or weapons skins, with the more exciting items being locked away behind higher ranks.
Doom Eternal update has added empowered demons and Denuvo anti-cheat
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[Update #2]: Update 2 has now improved Empowered Demons and added a new Battlemode map.
[Update]: The highly controversial Denuvo Anti-Cheat has now been removed from the PC version.
Even though it has arrived a bit too late for most of its playerbase, Doom Eternal's latest update has just brought in a rather nifty new feature - Empowered Demons. Whenever a player is killed in the singleplayer campaign, the demon that brought them low will be greatly strengthened and transported to another player's game in order to see if it can continue its killstreak.
Should you manage to take out the Empowered Demon yourself, you will not only be granted a ton of health and ammo, but also a good chunk of progress towards in-game events. However, if you prefer to have a completely even playingfield with no significant randomness, there is also a simple on/off option to toggle Empowered Demons.
Crusader Kings 3 will ascend to its throne on September 1, 2020
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[Update]: Crusader Kings 3 has arrived with even more scheming and treachery than before!
After a decade of backstabbing, thievery, heresy and copious amounts of infidelity, it would appear that Crusader Kings 2's stay on the throne is soon coming to an end. According to the latest announcement from Paradox, the new and improved Crusader Kings 3 has now been pinned for a September 1, 2020 release date.
In terms of content, Crusader Kings 3 is looking to be a straight up sequel, with most of the mechanics and themes from Crusader Kings 2 making a return. So expect to see character-focused gameplay with each one having their own unique personality, plenty of noble houses to infiltrate over the five century timespan, various events inspired by history, and most importantly of all, the usual assortment of schemes and skulduggery.
Monty Python inspired Rock of Ages 3 has been delayed until late July
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[Update]: Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break has now rolled onto PC and consoles.
Rock of Ages 3, much like its predecessors, is a bit of a strange hybrid between a tower defense strategy and an arcadey 'smash everything with a giant rock' game, all held together with some distinctly Monty Python inspired humor. A truly bizarre combination, but also a pretty fun one to mess around with!
If that kind of nonsense sounds like it could be right up your alley, I'm afraid I have a little bit of a bad news. Due to the ongoing pandemic and the developers working from home, Rock of Ages 3 has now been pushed back from its original June 2nd release date.
Overwatch Anniversary 2020 event is arriving on May 19th with a ton of new and returning cosmetics
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[Update]: Overwatch Anniversary 2020 update has arrived, and as expected, it's a pretty good one!
If you're a fan of fancy cosmetics, you might want to mark May 19th on your calendar as that's when Overwatch's Anniversary event will be making its glorious return. It'll bring with it not only an assortment of new skins and emotes, but also every single cosmetic from every single one of the previous events!
The full list of new cosmetics hasn't been revealed just yet, but Blizzard has recently done a little whoopsie and accidentally released a portion of the patch notes a few days too early. As such, I can tell you that Anniversary 2020 will bring with it Masquerade Reaper, Dragoon Mercy and Little Red Ashe legendary skins, as well as Carbon Fiber Sigma, Fleur de Lis Widowmaker and Masked Man McCree as free event rewards.
Grand Theft Auto V is entirely free to grab this week on the Epic Games Store
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[Update #2]: Epic is now giving away Borderlands: The Handsome Collection which contains Borderlands 2, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, and all of the DLC released for both games!
[Update]: The next giveaway has now arrived, and I'm very happy to say it's Civilization VI!
The Epic Games Store has given out some pretty darn good games over the past year, but this week's offer is almost certainly the best one so far. As the title would suggest, the free game in question is none other than the excellent Grand Theft Auto V!
If you would like to grab yourself a copy, simply head on over to the Epic Games Store, log into your account or create a new one, and you'll be good to go. Just bear in mind that the Epic Games Store is currently being absolutely hammered with traffic, so don't be too surprised if you end up having to spend 10 minutes just to open up the page itself.