Total War Troy's Rhesus & Memnon faction DLC is launching later today alongside a chunky free update
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[Update]: Total War: Pharaoh will be Creative Assembly's next mainline, historical grand strategy game.
Creative Assembly said they would keep supporting Total War: Troy well after its launch, and judging by how things panned out they certainly weren't joking about that. So even though the much-anticipated Total War: Warhammer 3 is currently the main focus, Total War: Troy is still getting a brand new faction DLC later today - Rhesus & Memnon!
As the name would imply, the DLC will bring with it the Thracian tribes led by Rhesus, as well as the kingdom of Aethiopia alongside its ruler Memnon. Each of the two factions will offer a large array of new units to play around with, unique campaign and battle mechanics, and naturally, new rituals and decrees to spice things up between battles.
Start practicing your swiping as Among Us is getting its very own VR version
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[Update]: Among Us VR has now been unleashed onto Steam VR, Meta Quest and Rift/Rift S.
If worrying about getting stabbed in the back while you endlessly fail the card swiping minigame just isn't terrifying enough, you'll be pleased to hear that the team has now found a way to make it even more stressful! According to the newest developer update Among Us is getting its very own VR version, so you might want to start practicing your swiping!
The exact details are currently still few and far between, but what I can tell you is that Among Us VR will focus on all of the "core mechanics of teamwork and betrayal" from the original. However, despite the two versions being fairly similar, Among Us VR players will only be able to stab cooperate with other VR players.
The once immensely popular MOBA Heroes of Newerth is closing down its doors
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[Update]: After 12 years of frantic battles, Heroes of Newerth has now shut down.
Before Dota 2 and League of Legends were even released, Heroes of Newerth enjoyed immense popularity among the MOBA crowd thanks to its highly polished gameplay and remarkably creative hero designs. Unfortunately due to a couple of major missteps, one of which was switching from free-to-play to a standard paid model, Heroes of Newerth rather quickly lost a good chunk of its playerbase and never really managed to recover.
As such, I'm saddened to announce that this decline has now met its inevitable end. According to the newest developer update, Heroes of Newerth will be closing down its doors on June 20, 2022, while new account creation will be halted on December 31, 2021.
Commandos inspired and stealth-based strategy Shadow Tactics is free to grab for the next two days
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In celebration of the recently released standalone expansion Aiko's Choice, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun devs have now decided to give away the original for free! So if you're in the mood for a Commandos inspired mixture of stealth and strategy, simply head on over to GOG to grab yourself a copy.
The giveaway will only last for another two days, however, so do make sure to add Shadow Tactics to your account before it's too late. The process is fairly simple, and once you've done it you'll be able to install and play Shadow Tactics whenever you want, so I'd definitely recommend doing it before you forget.
A decade after the original, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has now been announced
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Back in September all of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine's DLC content was released as a free update. Back then I considered it nothing more than one last hurrah from an awesome game, but as it turns out it may have been a teaser of something quite exciting - a brand new sequel!
You heard that right! Focus Entertainment and Saber Interactive have now come out to announce Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 - a third-person action game that will see Captain Titus of the Ultramarines face off against hordes upon hordes of Tyranids!
Blasphemous' final free expansion has now arrived - Wounds of Eventide
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[Update]: The Stone of Madness is a highly stylized stealth/tactics game from the Blasphemous team.
If you're a fan of Blasphemous' blend of Souls-like action and Metroidvania-style exploration, I have some bittersweet news to deliver. The Game Kitchen has just unleashed a chunky free update that offers a whole assortment of new content to explore, though sadly this will also be the very final update for Blasphemous as the team is now going to fully focus on the sequel.
In terms of gameplay details, the Wounds of Eventide update brings with it new levels, bosses, items and secrets to explore around for. Most importantly of all, there is also a brand new "fate" for Cvstodia to uncover - a series of events that will lead directly into the 2023 sequel.
Even though the sequel is nearly here, Dying Light has just received a new content update
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[Update #2]: After seven years of updates and support, the Dying Light team is finally moving on.
[Update]: As a part of yet another update, Dying Light 1 has upgraded everyone to the Enhanced Edition for free, including The Following expansion!
Someone at Techland must genuinely love the original Dying Light. Even though the sequel is literally two months away, the team has just unleashed another decently sized update for the original! Much like the last time around, the update is mostly here to flesh out the Hellraid DLC with new bits and pieces.
You can expect to see new map sections to explore, a new magic wand weapon, a brand new enemy to use said weapon on, as well as two new quests to undertake. As for what exactly the new story will be about, that you can find out through the brief snippet that came with the update: