Overwatch's Winter Wonderland event has arrived with festive cosmetics and, sadly, no new content
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[Update #2]: Overwatch's Year of the Tiger event has been pinned for a January 25th launch.
[Update]: Inspired by the recent experimental update, Overwatch has added bouncing arrows for Hanzo and a mid-air roll for Cassidy.
If you're itching to dive back into Overwatch to try something fresh and interesting, I bring both good and bad news. The good news is that the Winter Wonderland 2021 event has now arrived, bringing with it a whole assortment of awesome new cosmetics and repeats from the previous years.
Since it's a bit difficult to describe the new skins through words alone, allow me to share with you a brief rundown of what these festive cosmetics look like, as well as what sort of rewards you can expect to see from the three accompanying challenges. Have a peek, this year's batch really is quite lovely:
Elden Ring's previews offer a closer look at the story, combat and mounted exploration
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[Update #2]: FromSoftware has now shared a detailed preview showing off the combat, story and environments.
[Update]: FromSoftware have now finally shared the minimum and recommended PC system specs for Elden Ring.
After what feels like an eternity of silence, FromSoftware is now finally starting to open up and share some actual details about Elden Ring! So if you're curious what the much-anticipated action-RPG will bring with it on February 25, 2022, allow me to share with you two of the recent previews.
The first one is the classic cinematic intro setting up the world and the important characters, while the second one is a lengthy, gameplay-focused showcase of everything Elden Ring has to offer. Have a gander, it's quite a ride:
Epic Games Store has launched their holiday sale alongside a Shenmue 3 giveaway
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[Update]: As an additional little bonus, Epic is giving away the modern Tomb Raider trilogy until January 6th,
The holiday season is now well and truly upon us, and as is tradition, pretty much every storefront is now launching or has already launched their very own sale. The Epic Games Store is no exception here as they have just unleashed a whole avalanche of discounts, as well as the first of many giveaways.
Today's giveaway is for the somewhat controversial yet still quite entertaining Shenmue 3. If you would like to give it a try, simply head on over to the Shenmue 3 page within the next day or so and you'll be able to grab yourself a permanent copy. That said, as soon as the Shenmue 3 giveaway is done a brand new one will start, so even if you're late it's still well worth hopping over and seeing what's up.
Back 4 Blood's upcoming update will correct many of the long-standing complaints
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[Update]: Back 4 Blood's Tunnels of Terror expansion is coming this April 12, 2022 with new characters and enemies.
While Back 4 Blood is a good game at its very core, it unfortunately has a whole bunch of bugs and issues that can make playing it feel downright frustrating. Nowhere is this more noticeable than with the Special Ridden as not only are they remarkably tanky on Veteran and Nightmare difficulties, but they also spawn in such numbers that often the best strategy is to blaze through the levels as quickly as possible to minimize encounters, which just isn't all that fun.
So in order to sort these problems out, as well as fix a whole slue of other balance issues, Turtle Rock Studios will be releasing a rather chunky update later today. First and foremost, the update will not only add a cooldown to Special Ridden to prevent them from doubling or even tripling up, but it will also tweak all three of the difficulty settings to make the jump between them a lot less jarring!
After four years of waiting, Warframe's main storyline has now moved forward with The New War
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Four years after the main storyline ended on a massive cliffhanger, Warframe's The New War update has now finally pushed things forward! While there are still many mysteries to uncover, the lengthy The New War story quest should give you a pretty good idea of what's happening with the Sentients and Lotus, as well as how their presence might affect the rest of the system.
You can get a bit of a sneak peek at the new storyline, as well as check out what all of this looks like in action, through two of the recently posted trailers. Have a gander, starting with the rather lovely cinematic trailer:
Guild Wars 2's Wintersday has now arrived alongside a bunch of festive events and cosmetics
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In keeping with tradition, Guild Wars 2 has just launched its annual Wintersday festivities. So from now until January 3rd you can hop on over to Divinity’s Reach in order to participate in an assortment of events, to help some orphans, or to simply stuff yourself with absurd amounts of cake.
What this means in actual gameplay terms is that you can assault the Secret Lair of the Snowmen as a part of a Strike mission, fight against the crazed toymaker Tixx in The Wondrous Workshop mini-dungeon, or simply mess around with smaller events like races, musical games, snowball fights, and the deviously tricky jumping puzzle. Doing all of this will reward you with numerous items, copious amounts of Karma, as well as some nifty festive cosmetics.
Fatesworn, Kingdoms of Amalur's very first modern expansion, has now landed
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[Update]: As a small holiday present, Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning has added a new Arena Mode.
Even though the original game launched nearly a decade ago, the remastered Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning has just received its very first modern expansion! Fatesworn brings with it an increased level cap, a massive new landscape to explore, randomized dungeons, a whole assortment of new enemies and bosses to fight, and naturally, a mountain of new loot to hoard like a dragon!
If you're interested in what all of this might look like in action, allow me to share with you two of the recent trailers. The first one is focused primarily on the story, while the second one is all about showing off the new locations and enemies. Have a peek: