Madness infused turn-based JRPG Monark has now made its way over to PC
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After being exclusively available on Japanese consoles for a couple of months, the turn-based JRPG Monark has now arrived to the West for both PC and consoles. In terms of story, Monark brings with it a world trapped under a veil of madness, in which you and an assortment of characters teetering on the brink of insanity will need to face off against untold demons in order to hopefully break free before you inevitably slip away.
On the gameplay side of things, Monark is far more conventional. As such, expect to spend most of your time interacting with the various characters in the relatively safe real world, and going on expeditions into the mist beyond in order to figure out just what in the world is even happening. What this looks like in action, however, that you can find out through the recently posted launch trailer:
FromSoftware's long-awaited Elden Ring has now arrived, though not without some technical problems
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[Update #2]: Elden Ring's very first expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree, has just been revealed.
[Update]: It looks like the recent rumors were true after all! I say this because FromSoftware has just announced a massive new mech game - Armored Core VI!
If you're amped up from the endless stream of teasers and previews, I'm happy to say that the long wait is now finally over! FromSoftware's much-anticipated action-RPG Elden Ring has now arrived onto both PC and consoles.
Elden Ring brings with it a wide open world to explore, a whole assortment of unique weapons and armor to toy around with, and for the first time in Souls history, a storyline co-written by George R.R. Martin and heavily focused on the characters themselves. What all of this looks like in actual gameplay though, that you can find out through the freshly posted launch trailer:
Valve is launching a free Portal-themed tech demo for the Steam Deck - Aperture Desk Job
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[Update]: Aperture Desk Job has now been unleashed, and unsurprisingly it's a short but fun experience.
After going through a brief delay, Valve's much-anticipated Steam Deck handheld PC will start shipping on February 28th. So in order to highlight some of its features, as well as to help everyone get acquainted with the controls, Valve will be releasing the free Aperture Desk Job 'game' on March 1, 2022.
While it will be set within the Aperture Science facility from the Portal series, it's important to mention that Aperture Desk Job will not be Portal 3 or anything of the sorts. Instead, it's going to be a simple yet amusing tech demo showcasing what the Steam Deck is capable of.
Overwatch's latest update has added a Reaper themed event alongside a short story
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While the vast majority of the Overwatch team is currently working on Overwatch 2, I'm happy to say that the original is still getting at least a bit of attention from Blizzard. As such, the freshly released Reaper's Code of Violence update has brought with it a new Reaper-themed challenge, as well as a short story offering some long-awaited lore for one of the main baddies.
The Reaper's Code of Violence challenge will remain active until March 8th, during which you'll have the opportunity to grab a bunch of nifty cosmetics by simply playing the game or watching partnered streams. These include things like sprays and player icons, as well as a rather fancy Reaper Legendary skin. Here's a brief and rather entertaining trailer showing off what they look like:
Dota 2's Update 7.31 has added the Primal Beast, reworked Techies and rebalanced all jungle creeps
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[Update #2]: Dota 2's next hero, the ghastly gunslinger Muerta, will be launching in early 2023.
[Update]: Dota 2's Update 7.31b has now landed with fixes for some of the newfound balance problems. The Spring Cleaning 2022 update has then followed with a whole bunch of quality-of-life improvements!
It took nearly a year to get here, but Dota 2's much-anticipated Update 7.31 has now finally arrived! The highlights include the addition of the Primal Beast as a new hero, a massive rework of Techies, as well as a chunky rebalance of literally every single jungle creep.
As befitting the name, the Primal Beast is a huge and highly durable initator that wants to charge directly into the enemy team in order to cause havoc. A fairly simple and easy to learn concept, but I'd be lying if I said that going around screaming and smashing things isn't fun. Speaking of which, you can find the full details behind his abilities over at the Primal Beast hero page.
MTG Arena's upcoming Alchemy update is greatly buffing zombies and other niche strategies
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[Update #2]: MTG Arena will be adding a bunch of Commander Legends cards with July 2022's Alchemy Horizons set.
[Update]: MTG Arena's 30 card Alchemy: Kamigawa mini-set has now been unleashed.
The Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty set has only just launched, and already the MTG Arena team is looking to shake up the Alchemy metagame. However, instead of tweaking some of the newer cards, the upcoming update is looking to buff some of the underperforming archetypes from previous sets!
As such, once the update arrives later today (February 24th) you can expect to see a variety of chunky buffs to zombies, foretell-focused cards like Cosmos Charger and Vega, the Watcher, as well as some of the underplayed Alchemy cards like Sinister Reflection or Tireless Angler. When it comes to Historic in specific, Fires of Invention is following Teferi's example and undergoing a slight nerf in exchange for being unbanned!
Capcom has just unveiled Street Fighter 6 and the greatly enhanced Capcom Fighting Collection
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[Update #2]: Street Fighter 6 will be launching onto PC and consoles on June 2, 2023 alongside 18 characters.
[Update]: Not even a month has gone by, and Capcom has already revealed another game! This time around it's not a fighting game, however, but rather Exoprimal - a team-based action game about mechs fighting dinosaurs!
As a part of a recent teaser Capcom launched a very simple countdown website. My original guess was that this would directly lead into the reveal of a brand new game, perhaps even the long-rumored Resident Evil 4 remaster, but as it turns out I was wrong on both counts!
Instead of revealing just one game, Capcom has taken the opportunity to showcase two! The first of these is the much-anticipated Street Fighter 6, while the second is the Capcom Fighting Collection that comes with a rather interesting mix of games.