Vermintide 2's fourth anniversary update has just brought in a ton of quality-of-life tweaks
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[Update #2]: In celebration of the series' seventh anniversary, Fatshark is both giving away Vermintide 2 and unleashing a brand new map for us to explore!
[Update]: Vermintide 2's June 14th, 2022 update will add Be'lakor's presence to the rogue-like Chaos Wastes.
As a part of its fourth anniversary celebration, Vermintide 2 has now released a gigantic update! The rather plainly named Patch 4.6 brings with it a whole host of quality-of-life improvements based on popular mods, a bunch of bug fixes and balance changes, as well as reworks to Kerillian's Shade and Sister of the Thorn careers to round everything out.
Instead of the previous incarnation that was all about going into stealth and stabbing enemies directly in their face, the newly reworked Shade is more of an assassin that's all about evasion and striking from behind. On the other hand, the Sister of the Thorn has lost some of its impressive damage output in exchange for powerful debuffs and greater control over the flow of combat. Needless to say, any tweaks that makes the careers more distinct and interesting is a positive one!
Overwatch 2's PvP Closed Beta has now been pinned for April 26th, 2022
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[Update #2]: Overwatch's Anniversary Remix event will be landing on April 5th, 2022 with stylish recolors of popular skins to help get everyone excited for the beta.
[Update]: Overwatch 2 devs have detailed the upcoming Apex Legends inspired ping system.
It seems like Overwatch 2 has finally found its footing, because after nearly two years of silence Blizzard has now finally started actively communicating. Best of all, they even have two pieces of exciting news to share!
First of all, the previously announced Overwatch 2 PvP Closed Beta has now been pinned for April 26th, 2022. So if you would like to join in and see just what all of the fuss is about, make sure to sign up over at the Overwatch website.
Total War: Warhammer 3 devs have detailed their plans for the upcoming major Update 1.1 and beyond
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[Update #2]: Total War: Warhammer 3's long awaited Immortal Empires campaign is most likely coming in September!
[Update]: Patch 1.1 has now arrived, and it's quite the massive one!
While Total War: Warhammer 3 is a solid game and one that will only get better and better with time, it's currently suffering from some notable gameplay and technical issues. So in an effort to fix most of these problems, as well as to let the players know what's happening, Creative Assembly has now detailed their plans for Update 1.1 and beyond.
First and foremost, Update 1.1 will tweak some of the most annoying aspects of The Realm of Chaos campaign. Negative traits gained by exploring the Chaos realms will be getting reduced across the board, while winning the final survival battle will remove them entirely. And if you hate seeing portals pop up all over your lands, the "Protection" building chain will be getting buffed in order to prevent rifts from spawning in their province.
MTG Arena's 30 card Alchemy: Kamigawa mini-set has now been unleashed
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[Update #2]: MTG Arena's April 7th Alchemy update will buff Elves, Warriors and Equipment.
[Update]: MTG Arena will be adding a bunch of Commander Legends cards with July 2022's Alchemy Horizons set.
In an effort to shake up the Alchemy metagame and push it even further away from Standard, the MTG Arena team has now released the second Alchemy-exclusive mini-set. As the name might suggest, Alchemy: Kamigawa brings with it 30 new digital-only cards with mechanics focused around bolstering some of the new deck archetypes and ideas introduced with the highly popular Kamigawa set.
What these cards look like, as well as what they have to offer, that you can find out over at the MTG website. As always, the cards are all neatly sorted by color, so it should be pretty easy to get a solid idea of what Wizards of the Coast was trying to do with them.
Tunic Review - An adorable action-adventure with a lot of heart and soul
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Like any great adventure, Tunic begins with a light bit of grave robbing in order to arm yourself, immediately followed by a spree of vandalism as you run into the nearest temple to smash all of their priceless pottery. Needless to say, Tunic is an action-adventure heavily inspired by the classic Zelda games, something it's so proud of it wears it as a shirt!
So if you're curious just how deep that comparison runs, as well as what sets Tunic apart from the rest of the genre, allow me to give you my thoughts after spending the past week getting thoroughly lost in its world.
Tunic Beginner's Guide and Tips - Seven simple and spoiler-free bits of advice
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Tunic is a highly enjoyable and Zelda inspired action-adventure with a heavy focus on exploration. While the difficulty curve might not be all that extreme, Tunic can still be quite tricky to get into, especially if you miss some of the cryptic clues and end up becoming underpowered or simply stuck.
So if you want your first experience with Tunic to be as smooth as possible, allow me to give you some spoiler-free tips and advice to get you started. Without further ado, here's the brief list:
Valkyrie Elysium is an upcoming action-RPG steeped in Norse mythology
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Quite a few years have gone by since the last mainline Valkyrie Profile game, but I'm happy to say that the series is now in the process of making a (hopefully) triumphant return with Valkyrie Elysium. Developed by Soleil Games and published by Square Enix, the freshly announced Valkyrie Elysium will be an action-RPG heavily steeped in Norse mythology.
While the details are basically nonexistent right now, you can expect to see a fast-paced combat system based around various abilities, combos and finishing moves. As is tradition, you will then have to utilize all of these tools and tricks in order to beat back overwhelming numbers of enemies, as well as bosses that are a fair bit bigger and stronger than you are.