Hearthstone's Madness at the Darkmoon Faire expansion has landed alongside a few problems
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Unlike the previous few expansions that just added more of the same, Hearthstone's Madness at the Darkmoon Faire has decided to really shake things up. Besides the usual batch of new cards and mechanics, Madness at the Darkmoon Faire has brought in the brand new Duels game mode that is a remarkably fun cross between Dungeon Run and Constructed Play, as well as massively overhauled progression and achievement systems.
As for the cards themselves, the most exciting addition is the new Corrupt keyword. Corrupt essentially supercharges the card in question whenever you play a card with a higher mana cost, which as you might imagine, makes for some rather interesting decision-making throughout the match as you constantly have to weight current and future benefits. What exactly these Corrupt cards even do, however, that you can check out through the card list.
Total War: Warhammer 2's The Twisted & The Twilight DLC is bringing in goodies for Wood Elves and Skaven
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After being teased time and time again, Total War: Warhammer 2's Wood Elf focused DLC has now finally been revealed. The Twisted & The Twilight will bring with it two new Legendary Lords, Throt the Unclean for Skaven and Naestra & Arahan for Wood Elves, a bunch of new units and heroes to toy around with, unique mechanics for each faction, and an absolute ton of changes to the Wood Elves as a whole.
The latter part will be arriving alongside a free update, most of which will be focused around getting the Wood Elf campaign onto the level of the other Total War: Warhammer 2 races. As such, you can expect to see a variety of new settlements for the Wood Elves to occupy, a significantly less restrictive Amber mechanic, a more involved tech tree, plenty of quality of life changes and improvements, and most importantly of all, the ability to teleport around through the use of World Roots!
Apex Legends has fixed the horribly grindy Weekly Challenges and given everyone 10 free Levels
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Despite Apex Legends' Season 7 update being one of the biggest the game has ever seen, all of the positive changes and additions were quickly overshadowed by the Battle Pass and just how much it sucked. And I'm not exaggerating there either, because not only did the initial version of the Battle Pass require nearly three times the effort to complete daily challenges, but the challenges themselves were far more tedious than before.
After seeing the nearly endless waves of complaints, Respawn thankfully decided to fix everything up and make the Battle Pass more like the previous ones. As such, they quickly reverted the daily challenges to their Season 6 equivalent while keeping the star rewards the same, which on its own was already a massive boon.
Overwatch has unleashed the Symmetra Challenge and a bunch of awesome quality of life changes
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Only a few days have gone by since the Experimental Mode closed down, and already Blizzard has brought in the awesome set of quality of life improvements. Ana's biotic grenade will now pass through full-health allies, Hanzo's storm arrows can be manually canceled, while Mei and Symmetra can destroy their wall and teleporter even while dead. The only omission is the Pharah change that allowed her to use her fuel to propel herself downwards, though that will most likely still arrive once Blizzard sorts out all of the bugs.
What might come as a bit of a surprise is that instead of continuing the recent Tracer comic, Blizzard has released a short story about two rather unlikely characters - Symmetra and Zenyatta! So if you're like me and you were waiting for years to get a little bit more lore about the Omnic monk, you might want to head on over to the Blizzard website and give the new story a look.
The Pathless, an exploration-focused adventure from the ABZÛ devs, has now landed onto PC and PS4/5
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If you happen to be a fan of flying on birds of prey, this week has been surprisingly accommodating! The Falconeer landed onto PC and consoles this Tuesday alongside a giant war-falcon, while the freshly released The Pathless has a much smaller, though still quite useful (and adorable) eagle companion!
When it comes to the actual gameplay, The Pathless is all about exploring a massive open world, solving an assortment of puzzles and navigational challenges, and then facing off against a bunch of bosses that appear to be permanently lit on fire, hence why they're a bit moody. Along the way you'll be accompanied by the aforementioned eagle who will not only serve as a morale-boosting companion, but also give you the ability to fly around and do crazy acrobatics.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has made the umbrella-wielding Bloodless a playable character
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Even though Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night released a while ago, I'm happy to say it's still getting major updates. This most recent one has transformed Bloodless, the umbrella-wielding vampire boss from the main campaign, into a fully playable (and free) character!
Instead of powering up by collecting abilities and weapons from fallen enemies, Bloodless can unlock new skills and improve her attributes by seeking out crystal globes scattered throughout the world. So even though Bloodless won't follow the usual gameplay formula, there will still be plenty of reasons to explore every single nook and cranny!
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has been unleashed alongside a pretty good singleplayer campaign
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The holiday season is nearly upon us, and as is tradition, a brand new Call of Duty game has arrived. The freshly released Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War serves as a direct sequel to 2010's Black Ops, and offers an assortment of multiplayer modes (both new and old), more customization than ever before, and most importantly of all, a brand new outlet for all your zombie-slaying needs!
What might come as the biggest surprise, especially if you've been away from the series for a while, is that Cold War's singleplayer campaign has received a lot of critical praise so far. Not only is it quite immersive and well paced almost all the way through, but it also features a bunch of branching choices with seemingly serious consequences. A good chunk of effort has gone into the campaign, and I'm pleased to say that it really does show.