Apex Legends' Season 12 - Defiance is launching on February 8th with the new Legend Mad Maggie
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[Update #2]: Season 12 - Defiance has now arrived, and so far the new Control game mode is looking remarkably fun!
[Update]: Apex Legends' Season 12 preview shows off the new Control game mode and Olympus map changes.
After being teased for quite a while, Apex Legends Season 12 has now finally been revealed! Season 12 - Defiance will be launching on February 8th alongside the new Legend Mad Maggie, a reworked Olympus map, an assortment of new cosmetics, as well as a brand new PvP season.
Additionally, in celebration of Apex Legends' third anniversary, Season 12 will also bring with it three giveaways. From February 8-15 you'll be able to snag Octane and three thematic packs, from February 15-22 it'll be Wattson and three thematic packs, and from February 22 - March 1 you'll get to grab Valkyrie, three thematic packs and a legendary pack. Best of all, you won't even have to do any sort of challenges to unlock all of the freebies. All it takes is just logging in once each week!
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous' first expansion Inevitable Excess is coming on February 15th
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[Update]: Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous' Inevitable Excess expansion has now arrived, though sadly alongside some harsh criticism.
If you've gone through the herculean task of finishing everything there was to do in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous and you're now itching for even more content to devour, rejoice as the very first expansion is nearly upon us! That last part is not an exaggeration either, as the story-focused Inevitable Excess will be launching on February 15th!
Given the ending of Wrath of the Righteous, it should come as little surprise to hear that Inevitable Excess will be ramping up the power level to ridiculous degrees. As such, not only will you be getting access to "unparalleled mythic powers," but you'll also have to fight for the very fate of the space-time continuum!
Social deduction and survival game Dread Hunger has now launched from Early Access
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Dread Hunger is one of those survival games where the challenge isn't in staying alive amidst the freezing cold, but rather in trying to actually do anything productive while the entire world descends into utter madness around you. After all, it's not every day you get to see a group of grown men furiously argue aboard a sinking ship about who deserves the last bowl of soup, completely unaware you poisoned the entire batch a while ago!
If that kind of nonsense sounds like something you'd love to sink your teeth into, you'll be happy to hear that after about a year in Early Access Dread Hunger has now been officially released! Here's a brief trailer showing off the whole premise:
Death Stranding Director's Cut is heading to PC on March 30th and will set you back $10 to upgrade
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[Update]: The greatly improved Death Stranding Director's Cut has now landed onto PC.
After a whole bunch of teasers and half-reveals, 505 Games have now finally confirmed that Death Stranding Director's Cut will be heading over to PC on March 30, 2022. The full game will set you back $40, while upgrading from the original (on both Steam and Epic) will cost $10, just as it did on PlayStation.
When it comes to the actual improvements, the Director's Cut will add a variety of new equipment to play around with, everything from the colossal cargo catapult to the buddy bot, as well as smoother controls and better melee combat. You can also expect to see new missions and storylines, UI improvements, as well as some quality of life tweaks and fixes.
Steam's Lunar New Year 2022 sale has now arrived with the usually impressive array of discounts
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[Update]: Steam's chunky JRPG sale has just arrived and will stick around until March 21st, 2022.
If you've somehow managed to go through the massive onslaught of sales over the past month with some pocket money still left intact, you might be happy (or potentially worried) to hear that Steam's big Lunar New Year sale has now arrived. While the sale sadly doesn't bring with it any tiger-themed gimmicks, there's at least a huge list of games at equally huge discounts!
The whole thing will last until February 3rd, so if you have any favorites you were eying up, you might want to get on that before it's too late. If you don't know what to grab, however, allow me to give you some ideas. All of these are games I've greatly enjoyed over the years, so if you're into the genre they should treat you well. Here they are, in no particular order:
MTG Arena has banned Alrund's Epiphany and rebalanced a variety of Dungeon-themed cards
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[Update #2]: All of MTG Arena's cyber-ninja infused Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty cards have now been revealed.
[Update]: MTG Arena's cyberpunk themed Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty will be landing on February 10, 2022.
Given the dominance of blue-flavored control and mono-colored aggro decks in Standard, I'm very happy to say that Wizards of the Coast did not wait for the upcoming Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty expansion before making some much-needed adjustments. To be more specific, Alrund's Epiphany, Divide by Zero and Faceless Haven have now been banned from Standard, while the previously suspended Memory Lapse has now been fully banned in the Historic format!
Additionally, in order to shake up the Alchemy meta, Wizards of the Coast has also unleashed an assortment of balance changes. Highly powerful cards like the Fearsome Whelp, Inquisitor Captain and Hullbreaker Horror have been toned down, while many dungeon-themed cards have been significantly buffed as the whole archetype was pretty much nonexistent in ranked play.
For Honor has just added the Outlanders as the fifth faction alongside the stylish Pirate hero
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In an effort to experiment with some unusual hero designs and ideas, Ubisoft has now introduced a fifth faction into For Honor - the Outlanders. Unlike the previous factions, however, the freshly introduced Outlanders are not a cohesive group with a unifying culture, but rather a diverse batch of adventurers, mercenaries and opportunists.
With that in mind, it probably shouldn't come as too much of a surprise to hear that the very first member of the Outlanders faction is a notorious Pirate! Here's a brief rundown of what she's like in action: