Souls-like Metroidvania Death's Gambit has just received its first expansion - Ashes of Vados
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Now that the gameplay quirks have been sorted out thanks to last year's Afterlife update, the Death's Gambit team has finally decided it is time to unleash the very first expansion - Ashes of Vados. The PC version of Ashes of Vados is already live, while the PlayStation and Switch will be getting their turn at some point in Spring.
As for the actual content, Ashes of Vados brings with it a continuation of the main storyline which will culminate in a challenging boss fight against Ash. Should you succeed, you'll be able to unlock a drastically different and significantly harder version of the encounter called "The Eldritch Hand!" to really help spice things up.
MTG Arena's Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty has now arrived alongside cyber-ninjas and biker rats
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[Update #2]: MTG Arena's April 2022 Streets of New Capenna set is all about demons, gangsters and demon gangsters.
[Update]: MTG Arena's February Alchemy update is greatly buffing zombies and other niche strategies.
After two sets filled with dreary darkness and dark dreariness, MTG Arena's freshly released Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty expansion has taken things in the completely opposite direction. The Japan inspired Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty brings with it an assortment of colorful and futuristic characters like biker mice, cyber-ninjas and mechanized goblin samurai, as well as more traditional things like spirits, sagas, and the fan-favorite shrines!
You can get a pretty good idea of the sort of atmosphere and style Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty is going for through the recently posted cinematic trailer. Have a gander, it's quite the pretty one:
Death-defying martial arts roguelike Sifu has now landed onto PC and PlayStation
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[Update #2]: Sifu's August update will be adding even more ways to customize your experience!
[Update]: Sifu is adding a much harder and much easier difficulty mode on May 3rd, 2022.
Sifu is a freshly released martial arts roguelike from Sloclap, the team behind the very punchy Absolver. As you might imagine from that brief description alone, Sifu is all about fighting against the odds, utilizing an assortment of moves and combos to methodically take down all of your opponents, and in true roguelike fashion, slowly getting yourself to the point where you can practically dance through the levels unharmed.
Even if you do get taken down, however, it's not that big of a deal since death is a mere inconvenience in Sifu. Every time you die you will rise again, though older and slightly more fragile than before. So while you do have plenty of chances to exact revenge before you're too old to actually continue, it's still a good idea to preserve your health and face the various bosses as young and healthy as possible.
The latest in the America’s Army series of games is soon shutting down its doors
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The original America's Army released all the way back in 2002 as a recruitment tool for, unsurprisingly, the U.S. Army. What did come as quite a surprise is that the game itself was actually really good, so much so that even I ended up taking a break from my then-beloved Team Fortress 2 in order to focus on it for a few months!
After the success of the original, the developers then continued to expand the series with new spin-offs and sequels, the last of which launched in 2015. A fifth mainline game was also supposedly in development, but judging by the recent announcement it looks like the future of that one might not be so bright.
Charming and challenging skateboarding-platformer OlliOlli World has now been unleashed
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OlliOlli World, much like the rest of the series, is a challenging skateboarding platformer that will have you grind across, fly over and slam directly into all sorts of colorful locations. Where OlliOlli World differs greatly from its predecessors, however, is in the visuals and the atmosphere!
The world of Radlandia is an incredibly vibrant and bizarre place filled with banana-men, oversized frog-monsters, sentient piles of trash, and even walking trees that happen to have a penchant for skateboarding. Since words alone can't really do OlliOlli World's setting justice, allow me to share with you one of the gameplay overview trailers. Have a peek:
After a long wait, Shadow Warrior 3 will finally be launching on March 1st, 2022
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[Update #2]: Shadow Warrior 3 has now arrived for PC and consoles with a short but explosive campaign.
[Update]: Shadow Warrior 3's pre-launch preview shows off wacky enemies, bad jokes and loads of colorful explosions!
Shadow Warrior 3 was originally supposed to launch in late 2021, but much like a good chunk of games that had similar plans, it ended up being delayed back in October due to the pandemic messing everything up. Quite a bit of time has gone by since then, but I'm happy to say we won't have to wait much longer as Shadow Warrior 3 has now been pinned for a March 1, 2022 release date!
As for what exactly you can expect to see in terms of gameplay once Shadow Warrior 3 finally arrives, that you can find out through one of the lengthier previews down below. It's a little bit outdated at this point, but it should still give you an excellent idea of just what Shadow Warrior 3 is trying to accomplish. Have a look:
Apex Legends Season 12 - Defiance has added Mad Maggie, a new game mode, and reworked Olympus
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[Update #2]: Apex Legends' Season 13 is adding Bangalore's brother and sprucing up the Storm Point map.
[Update]: Apex Legends' Warriors update is adding a new Arena map and bringing back the Control mode on March 29th, 2022.
After a whole bunch of teasers and previews, Apex Legends' Season 12 update "Defiance" has now finally arrived. Season 12 brings with it Mad Maggie as an aggressive new Legend to toy around with, a slight rework of the Olympus map, a highly engaging limited-time game mode by the name of Control, as well as a bunch of new cosmetics to collect.
What all of this looks like in actual gameplay, however, that you can find out through two of the recent trailers. The first one is all about Mad Maggie herself, while the second is the always-handy season overview. Have a gander: