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.
After nearly a decade, Guild Wars 2's Living World Season 1: Flame and Frost has now returned
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[Update]: Sky Pirates, the second part of Guild Wars 2's return to the long-lost Living World Season 1, has now arrived.
After nearly a decade of being unavailable, the Guild Wars 2 team has finally figured out a way to bring back Living World Season 1. So if you weren't around for the original run, or if you're simply in the mood for a bit of nostalgia, you'll be happy to hear that the very first episode Flame and Frost has now arrived.
Best of all, these re-released episodes aren't going be simple copies of the old ones. Instead you can expect to see them restructured as linear stories you can enjoy at your own pace, the open-world content integrated into the base game, and the accompanying achievements updated so you can finally get some of those fancy cosmetics.
After a decade of action, Bluehole's Tera MMORPG is shutting down for good in June 2022
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With the playerbase rapidly dwindling year after year, it was only a matter of time. As such I'm sad to inform you that after a decade of action, at least in the West, Bluehole's combat-focused MMORPG Tera is closing down its doors for good.
New Tera account registrations will be deactivated on May 31st, 2022, while the servers themselves will be going down on June 30th, 2022 at 10am CEST. There will also be no refunds for purchased or remaining currency, though if you have Tera Club membership that will run beyond June 30th, you can contact support for at least a partial refund.
Darkest Dungeon inspired turn-based strategy The Iron Oath has now landed onto Steam
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[Update]: My review for The Iron Oath is now out, and in short it's a promising turn-based strategy, though still quite rough around the edges.
The Iron Oath is a freshly released turn-based strategy that's all about running a mercenary company. As you might expect from description that alone, in The Iron Oath you'll need to gear up and mentor a wide assortment of mercenaries, pick and choose contracts that will give you the greatest benefits without angering any of the big factions around you, and naturally, do whatever you can to not end up without the gold to pay your crew!
Things take a bit of a Darkest Dungeon twist once you get to the actual moment-to-moment gameplay. As you explore sprawling dungeons in search of precious loot you'll have to contend with rapidly dwindling resources, demoralized party members, and injuries that just keep piling on and on. So as tempting as the various contracts might be, you'll have to carefully weigh your options and see whether they're actually worth the very real risk to your mercenaries.
World of Warcraft's Dragonflight expansion is adding a draconic class/race combo - the Dracthyr Evoker
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[Update #2]: World of Warcraft is finally adding cross-faction dungeons and PvP with Update 8.2.5 this June 1st, 2022!
[Update]: Wrath of the Lich King Classic has also been announced, and it will be launching in 2022 without the controversial Dungeon Finder!
Given the many, many leaks and rumors over the past few months, it might not come as too much of a surprise to hear that World of Warcraft's next and freshly announced expansion will be called Dragonflight. No exact release date has been announced just yet, but even if we assume Dragonflight will be unleashed in record time, we'll still most likely have to wait until early 2023.
As far as the new content is concerned, the star attraction is definitely the new draconic class/race combination - the Dracthyr Evoker. The two new additions will be exclusively tied together, so the Dracthyr won't be able to play as any other class, and no other race will be able to roll an Evoker. In terms of playstyle, however, the Evoker will give you a choice between a healer and a ranged damage-dealer, both of which will wear mail armor.