Chainsaw-leg wielding 'boomer shooter' Turbo Overkill has now landed into Steam Early Access
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[Update #2]: Turbo Overkill's Version 1.0 has now arrived, and as I've detailed throughout my review, it's a ton of fun!
[Update]: If you're in a retro FPS mood, it's well worth mentioning that the Blood inspired Cultic has now landed onto Steam alongside some highly positive reviews.
As the name itself might imply, Turbo Overkill is a completely over-the-top 'boomer shooter' where your weapons can rip enemies apart and where you can move through the levels so quickly you might have trouble actually aiming at stuff. Best of all, as I've detailed in my review, the fact that you have a chainsaw-leg isn't even the best bit!
What all of this nonsense looks like in action, however, that you can find out through the recently posted Early Access trailer. It should clue you in quite quickly on just what Turbo Overkill is trying to do. Have a look:
Stellaris' Overlord expansion will be reworking vassalization and improving diplomacy this May 12th
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[Update]: Stellaris' freshly launched Overlord expansion has now reworked vassalization and spiced up the mid-game.
In an effort to spice up the rather unimpressive vassalage mechanic and make diplomacy more interesting across the board, Stellaris will be launching the Overlord expansion this May 12th. As the name might imply, Overlord will focus mostly on offering you new ways of projecting your power and asserting your will over the universe, be this for the betterment of all or purely yourself.
You can expect to see an overhaul of how diplomacy works along with new forms of hostile 'negotiations' through the use of espionage operations, new origins and megastructures to help spice things up, and most importantly, a massive rework of vassalization as a whole. The goal here is to make subjugation a deeper and more engaging system with benefits for both parties, including the player should they end up on the wrong side of a galactic tyrant!
Gearbox is working on a brand new Tales from the Borderlands adventure game
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While it was released around the time Telltale Games began their nosedive in quality, Tales from the Borderlands thankfully ended up being a highly enjoyable adventure game. Best of all, not only was it a faithful adaptation of the bizarre Borderlands universe, but it even expanded it with a whole bunch of memorable new characters and events!
As such, I'm happy to say that Tales from the Borderlands is coming back! While the details are still few and far between, Gearbox and 2K Games have just revealed that an all-new Tales from the Borderlands adventure game will be launching in 2022.
Nearly three years later, Postal 4: No Regerts has now been unleashed from Early Access
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If childish humor and completely nonsensical storylines is what you seek, you might be interested to hear that Postal 4: No Regerts has now been unleashed from Steam Early Access alongside a chunky update. Besides the usual additions and bug fixes, the most exciting part of the launch update is that you can now choose between three different voice actors for the main character!
So depending on your preference, you can roll with Rick Hunter (the original), Corey Cruise (the only good part of Postal 3), or stick with the default Jon St. John (Duke Nukem). You can get a little bit of a sneak peek at what each of them sound like, as well as what Postal 4 is all about, through the freshly posted trailer:
Remastered version of the bizarre 1998 puzzle-adventure Glover has now landed onto PC
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In an era where every developer was trying to create their own adorable mascot that would rival the likes of Crash Bandicoot, Mario or Spyro, Interactive Studios decided their best was a bizarre four-fingered glove named Glover. Needless to say, their gamble didn't pay off as Glover was and still is deeply unsettling to look at.
However, in a funny twist of fate that seems to have worked out in Glover's favor! While many of the games from that era are now completely forgotten, Glover ended up being such a weird little experience that it continued rattling around in people's minds for many years. As such, over two decades later it has now received a remaster, albeit a rather humble one.
Wrath of the Lich King Classic will be launching in 2022 without the controversial Dungeon Finder
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[Update #2]: World of Warcraft Classic is giving players a fancy new dragon mount for simply playing Death Knights.
[Update]: It looks like World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic will be launching on September 26th, 2022.
While its announcement got slightly overshadowed by the much more bombastic Dragonflight expansion, I'm happy to report that Wrath of the Lich King Classic is on the way! Best of all, we won't have to wait all that long in order to dive into one of the finest WoW expansions as Wrath of the Lich King Classic will be launching at some point in 2022.
Much like its predecessor, Wrath of the Lich King Classic will bring with it all of the content from the original game, along with a couple of changes to make the whole experience just a bit better. So not only will you have time to level your Death Knights to 70 before the expansion goes live, but you'll also be able to create a Death Knight without having to own a level 55 character on the same server!
Due to popular request, MTG Arena will be adding a new Pioneer-like format - Explorer
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[Update #2]: MTG Arena's May 12th update has once again banned Tibalt's Trickery and Winota, Joiner of Forces, though this time in the Explorer format.
[Update]: Streets of New Capenna has now arrived alongside the Explorer format!
Ever since MTG Arena added the digital-only Alchemy format with its own unique and rebalanced cards, there has been a sizable push from the Magic: The Gathering community to get a true-to-tabletop eternal format onto the platform. It took a little bit of time, but I'm happy to say that all those requests have finally borne fruit!
With the upcoming Streets of New Capenna set, MTG Arena will begin its long journey towards the Pioneer format which features all of the cards from Return to Ravnica and onwards, with a couple of bans here and there. Naturally, since MTG Arena doesn't have all of the Pioneer cards just yet, this new halfway format will be called Explorer... or Pionear if you so wish! Once sufficient parity has been achieved, Explorer will be retired as a format and properly replaced with Pioneer.