Overwatch's Year of the Tiger event has been pinned for a January 25th launch
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[Update]: The Year of the Tiger event has now arrived, though sadly with even less content than usual.
In order to help tide everyone over until the upcoming experimental update arrives, Blizzard will be releasing the annual Lunar New Year update this January 25th. The Year of the Tiger will bring with it an assortment of new and old cosmetics to collect, the return of capture-the-flag, as well as weekly challenges that reward additional skins, sprays and icons.
No new character skin has been revealed just yet, but if you're curious about what sort of voice lines you'll hear over and over and over again throughout the next few weeks, you can get a bit of a preview over at Twitter. As for the end date, the Year of the Tiger event will run until February 15th.
Never Mourn is an upcoming action-roguelike where you get to play as a powerful necromancer
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In an interesting little divergence from the usual action-RPG tropes, Never Mourn is an upcoming, fast-paced roguelike where you get to play as a necromancer. So not only do you need to worry about the usual stuff like dodging enemy attacks and striking when an opportunity presents itself, but also ponder which enemies you'd like to add to your side and when it would be convenient to do so!
Since this is a rather unique concept, allow me to me to share with you the freshly posted teaser trailer. It should give you a pretty good impression of just what Never Mourn is trying to accomplish:
Dark fantasy RPG King Arthur: Knight's Tale is leaving Steam Early Access on March 29th
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[Update]: After many updates and over a year in Early Access, King Arthur: Knight's Tale has now been unleashed!
After spending about a year in Early Access, the dark fantasy turn-based RPG King Arthur: Knight's Tale is now nearly ready for launch. You can expect to see the PC version arrive on March 29, 2022, while the PlayStation and Xbox ports will be coming at a later date.
While the exact details are still few and far between, the launch version will bring with it the grand finale of the story campaign, as well as a variety of improvements to the endgame. There will also be numerous quality-of-life improvements and performance tweaks, changes to the recently added PvP mode, and all that kind of good stuff.
Dota 2's long-awaited Patch 7.31 will likely be launching in late February or early March
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[Update #2]: Dota 2's Update 7.31 has added the Primal Beast hero, reworked Techies and rebalanced all jungle creeps.
[Update]: It's official, Patch 7.31 will be launching on February 23, 2022!
With the meta now being firmly entrenched, at least on the ranked ladder, we're mostly stuck watching the same heroes and strategies get played over and over again. So while it might not be a bad one by any stretch, Dota 2's current patch is starting to feel a bit old in the tooth.
If you share that sentiment, you'll be quite happy to hear that a big meta shakeup is just around the corner! According to the most recent announcement, Dota 2's Patch 7.31 will be launching "soon after" the Dota Pro Circuit regional finals end.
Rainbow Six Siege's co-op focused spin-off Extraction has now been unleashed
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If you're a fan of Rainbow Six Siege's gameplay but don't feel quite so enthusiastic about the merciless PvP environment, you might be interested to hear that the co-op focused Rainbow Six Extraction has now arrived. Extraction brings with it a series of co-op focused missions where you and your fellow players will get to utilize a variety of operators, gadgets and weapons to defeat ever-evolving alien parasites. A bit of an unexpected twist for the Rainbow Six series, but certainly an interesting idea!
Since the focus in Extraction is firmly placed on the action, allow me to share with you one of the most recent gameplay previews. It should give you a pretty good idea of what the aliens are all about, how you can blast them to pieces, as well as whether Extraction is even your type of game. Have a peek:
The upcoming Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem now has a lengthy, shotgun-powered gameplay preview
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[Update]: Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem has now arrived, and so far it's looking like a shorter and slightly improved version of Serious Sam 4.
Developed by a group of Serious Sam modders under the newly formed Timelock Studio, the upcoming Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is a standalone expansion for Serious Sam 4. As you might expect, this means that Siberian Mayhem will bring with it hordes upon hordes of enemies to gun down, a variety of over-the-top weapons to do it with, as well as a bunch of massive maps to meander around in.
What all of this looks like in actual gameplay, however, that you can find out through the freshly posted and rather lengthy developer preview. Have a gander:
MTG Arena's Innistrad: Midnight Hunt & Crimson Vow double feature draft is coming on January 28th
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[Update #2]: MTG Arena's cyberpunk themed Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty will be landing on February 10, 2022.
[Update]: MTG Arena's January update has now brought with it the Double Feature draft, as well as a whole bunch of bans and Alchemy-based balance changes.
If you're looking for something to help pass the time before Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty arrives in February, you might be interested to hear that the Innistrad Double Feature draft is set to launch on January 28th. As the name would imply, the Innistrad Double Feature draft will combine the werewolf-heavy Midnight Hunt set with the more vampire focused Crimson Vow for a bit of a unique draft experience.
Packs will contains one rare from each set (so two rares total), as well as an assortment of random cards from both sets. Considering how there is a great degree of synergy between some of the limited mechanics, especially with things like Blood tokens and Flashback cards, this should be a fairly high powered format and hopefully a much more balanced draft environment than either individual set.