Procedurally generated and AI animated roguelite Source of Madness is launching this May
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[Update]: Source of Madness has now been unleashed, and it's a fun though flawed experience.
While randomized locations and enemy placements are a common sight in roguelite games, Source of Madness has decided to push things to the absolute extreme. Not only are the locations procedurally generated and rendered in a bizarre AI-assisted art style, but the monsters themselves are also randomly created and animated using a neural network!
The end result is a complete and utter nightmare of a world, which as you might imagine, works really well with Source of Madness' Lovecraftian themes. Since words alone can't really do the concept justice, allow me to share with you the recently posted trailer. Have a peek, it's quite the sight to behold:
Guild Wars 2's return to Living World Season 1 episodes will be starting on April 19th, 2022
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[Update]: After nearly a decade, Guild Wars 2's Living World Season 1: Flame and Frost has now returned!
The original Living World Season 1 updates were never designed to be replayed, and so once each of the episodes was over all of their content and storylines would simply disappear. Needless to say, this ended up being quite a problem over the years as some of the main characters and plotlines ended up having their introductions removed from the game entirely, thus leaving new players in a very awkward position.
A whole decade has gone by since then, but I'm happy to say that ArenaNet has now finally decided to bring back all of Living World Season 1, and permanently at that! You can expect the very first episode "Flame and Frost" to make its glorious return this April 19th, 2022.
Overwatch 2 will be reworking classic maps to make them function with only one tank per team
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[Update #2]: Overwatch 2 devs have detailed the Doomfist and Orisa reworks ahead of the April 26th Closed Beta.
[Update]: Blizzard has unveiled Sojourn's origin story in preparation for the upcoming Overwatch 2 beta.
Since finding enough tanks to start a match has been a consistent problem in Overwatch for the past few years, Blizzard has opted to make Overwatch 2 a 5v5 affair. Naturally, since each team will only have one tank, all of the current tanks have undergone reworks in order to beef up their survivability, utility and even damage output.
According to the freshly released developer update, it also looks like the classic Overwatch maps will be going through a similar process! While the exact details are still few and far between, you can expect to see a bunch of new cover added to the various maps, as well as potentially even lighting changes to make certain areas easier or more difficult to see.
Forgive Me Father is a 'boomer' shooter inspired by Doom and Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth
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If you're a fan of 'boomer' shooters and the idea of smashing through hordes upon hordes of mutated fishmen and other Lovecraftian monstrosities sounds like a jolly good time, you might want to check out the freshly released Forgive Me Father. Expect to see a variety of high-powered weapons, moody levels with plenty of secrets to uncover, as well as a madness system that changes up both the visuals and the gameplay.
Rather than yammer on, allow me to share with you the launch trailer. It should give you a pretty good idea of just what Forgive Me Father is all about. Have a peek:
Age of Empires IV's Season 1 update has brought in Modding Tools and a Ranked Mode
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[Update]: Age of Empires 4's free 25th anniversary update will be adding Ottomans and Malians on October 25th.
After spending a fair bit of time in testing, Age of Empires IV's massive Season 1 update has now arrived. The most exciting addition is the new Content Editor which allows you to create or tweak your own maps, toy around with unit stats and abilities, assemble your very own rules for randomly generated maps that can be used for skirmishes and multiplayer, as well as build entirely new game modes!
Best of all, the Age of Empires IV team has gone to great lengths to ensure the freshly released Content Editor is as simple to use as possible. So if you just want to dive in and start messing around with the maps, you can find everything you need to know over at the official guide.
After two years in Early Access, Rogue Legacy 2 is set to be unleashed on April 28th, 2022
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[Update]: Rogue Legacy 2 has now been unleashed, and so far it's looking quite good!
It has taken nearly two years and a whole bunch of updates to get here, but the roguelite action-adventure Rogue Legacy 2 is now almost ready to be unleashed! You can expect to see it arrive on April 28th, 2022 alongside a chunky update.
While the exact details are still shrouded in mystery, version 1.0 will bring with it an action-packed ending sequence that culminates with a big ol' boss fight, as well as a bunch of new and reworked stories to explore. You can also expect to see improved localization, a few bits and pieces of additional content outside of the end-game, and naturally, quite a few quality-of-life changes and optimizations.
Chrono Cross' big HD remaster has now arrived alongside a cacophony of complaints
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While not quite as popular as the original Chrono Trigger, the 1999 RPG Chrono Cross has managed to gather a fairly sizable cult following over the yeasr. So in an effort to bring Chrono Cross into the modern era and to a new audience, Square Enix has just released a brand new HD remaster.
The new and improved version brings with it HD character models, higher quality music, the ability to change the resolution, as well as a variety of combat-focused options like an auto-battle mode and turning enemy encounters on or off. What all of this looks like in terms of visuals, that you can check out through the recently posted launch trailer. Have a peek: