A wide variety of classic 'Gold Box' Dungeons & Dragons PC RPGs have now landed onto Steam
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Created in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Gold Box series of PC games represents a whole bunch of classic Dungeons & Dragons based RPGs. So if you're in the mood for some heavy nostalgia, or simply curious about the early days of D&D RPGs, you'll be happy to hear that the Gold Box games have now landed onto Steam.
However, instead of everything being a part of a single collection, the Gold Box games have been separated by series and are now a part of eight separate 'collections'. Since trying to track them all down is a bit of a nightmare, allow me to give you a hand by listing all of the bundles and what they contain:
Diablo 4's March 2022 preview offers a detailed look at the environment and dungeon design
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[Update #2]: Diablo 4 will be launching on June 6th, 2023 with five classes: Barbarian, Druid, Necromancer, Rogue and Sorceress.
[Update]: Diablo 4's August 2022 update has detailed the post-launch plans, seasons and in-game shop.
While Diablo 4's release date is still nowhere to be seen, Blizzard has at least been pretty diligent with keeping the community in the loop with detailed developer updates discussing various aspects of Diablo 4's design. Last time they talked about gameplay focused things like itemization, character progression and visual effects for abilities, while this time around it's all about the visuals and the design behind the environments and dungeons.
The most interesting bit of new information is that Diablo 4 will have over 150 randomized dungeons to explore. So in order to ensure these dungeons don't become repetitive and boring, the team has created tile-sets and decoration in such a way that they can be used in multiple locations, as well as mixed and matched to create entirely new environments without the need for new assets.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is adding Aurora from Child of Light as a brand new character
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[Update]: More good news! Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is bringing in a crossover level inspired by Journey.
In an announcement that I don't think I could've predicted even in a thousand years, the Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night team has now revealed that they are adding a brand new character. The really surprising part is that instead of going with a reworked boss or an NPC from the game itself, the new character will be Aurora from Ubisoft's Child of Light!
Aurora will come armed with the Sword of Matildis and the Light Ray skill, and will also be accompanied by her loyal companion Igniculus. He will act independently of the player and will focus on both slowing down enemies and healing Aurora whenever necessary. Furthermore, as you journey throughout the game you will be able to unlock additional powers by defeating bosses and absorbing Shards, much like some of the other characters.
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands Review - A charming and explosion fueled homage to RPGs
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Inspired by Borderlands 2's highly popular Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep DLC, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is a charming and explosion fueled homage to the RPG genre. With some top notch action and an excellent cast doing their best to portray completely ridiculous characters as straight as possible, it's also a highly enjoyable game in its own right.
So if you're curious about just what all of this looks like in action, as well as how Wonderlands compares to its predecessor Borderlands 3, allow me to share my thoughts after a very explosion-filled adventure!
Stylish and large scale turn-based tactics game Cantata is coming to Steam on May 12th, 2022
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[Update]: Cantata has now launched into Early Access alongside mostly positive player reviews.
If you're in the mood for a large-scale strategy game that you can really sink a lot of time into, the upcoming Cantata might be what you're looking for. It's essentially a mixture of a classic turn-based tactics game and something like Factorio, with the end goal being not only to outmaneuver and overwhelm your opponent, but also to ensure your entire production line and supply chain don't break apart in the process.
What this kind of gameplay looks like in action, that you can get a small sneak peek at through the recently posted trailer. Have a gander, it's quite an interesting one:
Today's Apex Legends update is bringing back Control and adding a new Arena map
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[Update]: Apex Legends' Season 13 is adding Bangalore's brother and sprucing up the Storm Point map.
As a part of a little experiment, Apex Legends Season 12 - Defiance added Control as a highly enjoyable yet limited-time game mode. Well, I'm pleased to say that the experiment seems to have gone over well as the action packed 9v9 mode will be returning with today's (March 29, 2022) Warriors update, though once again as a limited-time event.
More importantly, Control won't be coming back empty handed, but rather alongside a new map to explore. The Caustic Treatment area from Kings Canyon will be getting chopped up and fitted with all sorts of new toys like ziplines, skydive launches and hover tanks in order to make it an interesting playground for Control.
Challenging action-platformer Rain World is getting its very first expansion - Downpour
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[Update #2]: Rain World's Downpour expansion has now arrived, and so far it's looking quite good!
[Update]: The Downpour expansion will be landing on January 19th, 2023 - six years after the original launch!
In an announcement that I must admit comes as quite a shock given that Rain World launched five years ago, the Videocult team has just revealed a brand new expansion! Rain World: Downpour will bring with it ten expansive new regions to explore with "thousands of new maps", five additional characters with their own unique abilities and skillsets, as well as a tricky Challenge Mode that will push you to the limit in a variety of pre-constructed scenarios and arenas.
The good news doesn't end there, however, as Downpour will also bring with it a bunch of quality-of-life improvements and additions to the base version of Rain World. You can expect to see a new map system, a highly useful collectibles tracker, alternate routing options, tutorialized hints, and the list goes on.