Risk of Rain 2's very first content update is coming this June 25th
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Risk of Rain 2 released on Steam a little while ago, and much to my delight, ended up being a massive improvement over the original. Such an improvement, in fact, that Risk of Rain 2 ended up selling more than a million copies in a single month!
In order to celebrate this momentous achievement, as well as give players something to look forward to, the developers released a roadmap filled with new content. Very little was said about it since then, but you might be glad to hear that the very first of these major content updates will be coming this June 25th!
World of Warcraft's latest comic delves into the story behind Mechagon and the Mechagnomes
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World of Warcraft's Patch 8.2, Rise of Azshara, is set to arrive this June 25th. It'll bring with it a reworked Heart of Azeroth, a variety of new profession items to toy around with, a brand new raid, and perhaps most importantly of all, two fairly large new zones to explore: Nazjatar and Mechagon.
Given that Mechagon has only recently been introduced, you might be wondering what exactly is happening over there, as well as what the Mechagnomes (next most likely Allied Race) are going to be like. Well, wonder no more as Blizzard has now released a short comic detailing exactly that!
Slime Rancher update has added a bunch of new content and even more adorable slimes
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Slime Rancher is a charming, first-person exploration-adventure that will have you wonder across the world in order to capture and take care of a whole host of adorable little slimes. It is a simple yet compelling formula, which combined with the frequent free updates, has rightly earned Slime Rancher an overwhelmingly positive rating on Steam!
As such, it shouldn't come as too much of a shock to hear that Slime Rancher has now once again received a rather hefty free update - Viktor's Experimental Update. Once you've constructed the Lab Ranch expansion and completed a couple of additional objectives, you'll be able to travel to Viktor's Workshop and explore a simulated world in a bit of an action-packed adventure. Collect as many glitched slimes as you can, avoid the constantly spreading corruption, and make your way to the exit before the entire simulation falls breaks at the seams.
Summer Games Done Quick 2019, a charity focused speedrunning event, has now begun
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Summer Games Done Quick (as well as Awesome Games Done Quick) is community organized speedrunning event where the goal is to demolish and blaze through the games you know and love, all in the name of charity. Much like the previous few years, the proceeds from Summer Games Done Quick 2019 will be going to Doctors Without Borders.
The event has only just begun and there are quite a few great games lined up, so if you're even remotely curious, make sure to head on over to the SGDQ Twitch page. On other hand, if you're only looking to watch a few specific games, you'll find the full schedule on the official website.
Fallout inspired RPG UnderRail is getting a massive expansion this July 22nd
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UnderRail is an oldschool, isometric turn-based CRPG that's heavily inspired by the Fallout series. As I've mentioned in my review, UnderRail is a bit clunky and often brutally difficult, but once you manage to get past that initial hurdle, it quickly becomes a genuinely captivating experience!
With that in mind, I am very happy to say that UnderRail's very first expansion will be arriving in the near future. While originally scheduled for early 2017, UnderRail's now greatly lengthened Exploration expansion will be coming this July 22nd.
After a year in Early Access, the oldschool FPS Amid Evil has now released in full
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If you've got an itch that can only be scratched by hyper-aggressive oldschool FPS games, you might want to check out the newly released Amid Evil. It's being published by the same team that created the truly excellent Dusk, so it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that Amid Evil is just as action-packed and unrelenting as its predecessor, or that it has just as kick-ass of a soundtrack!
However, while Dusk mostly used traditional FPS weapons with a couple of twists here and there, Amid Evil's arsenal is more reminiscent of Hexen's than Doom's. What I mean by this is that you'll be using all sorts of magic-spewing devices to bring down the pain upon your enemies, including one that seems to shoot out miniature suns!
World of Warcraft devs have released the patch notes for the upcoming Rise of Azshara update
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[Update]: Blizzard has now released a short comic detailing what Mechagon and the Mechagnomes are all about!
World of Warcraft's long awaited Rise of Azshara update has been pinned for June 25th, just in time to offer some friendly competition to Final Fantasy XIV's Shadowbringers expansion. In terms of content, the biggest thing coming in with the Rise of Azshara update are definitely the two new zones riddled with quests and mounts: Nazjatar and Mechagon.
You can also expect to see a rather significant overhaul of the Heart of Azeroth system in order to make it a bit more engaging to mess around with, Heritage Armor for Tauren and Gnomes, a whole bunch of new profession items to create, and naturally, an assortment of balance changes. There will also be a brand new raid set in Azshara’s Eternal Palace, though that one will only open on July 9th.