After seven years of updates and support, the Dying Light team is finally moving on
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All good things must eventually come to an end, and so after seven years of post-launch support, updates and DLCs, Techland is now finally moving on from the original Dying Light. Naturally, they've not done so without sneaking in one final addition - the Definitive Edition.
As the name might imply, the freshly unleashed Definitive Edition brings with it all of the updates, DLCs and The Following expansion bundled into one convenient (and currently deeply discounted) package. If you already own the Platinum Edition you will be automatically upgraded for free, while everyone else will have to either upgrade to the new version of buy individual DLCs if they so wish.
Overwatch 2's PvP mode is going free-to-play and launching on October 4th, 2022
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[Update]: Overwatch 2 devs have now unveiled the very first roadmap alongside Junker Queen's cinematic short.
After nearly two years of rumors and speculation, Blizzard has now finally confirmed that Overwatch 2's PvP mode will be free-to-play! As for the release date, the competitive side of Overwatch 2 will be launching on October 4th, 2022 for both PC and consoles!
The good news doesn't end there, however, as the second closed beta will be arriving on June 28th! It'll bring with it Junker Queen as a brand new tank, as well as an additional Overwatch 2 map explore. While not confirmed, it's also possible the beta will feature the 'fox girl' teased all the way back during the launch of the Kanezaka map.
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight developer preview shows off the greatly improved new talent trees
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[Update]: The hopefully down-to-earth Dragonflight expansion will be launching in 2022.
After fumbling around with the very concept of an afterlife, World of Warcraft will be taking things in a more grounded and familiar direction with the next expansion Dragonflight. You can expect to see a brand new draconic class/race combination, the Dracthyr Evoker, a new generation of flying mounts inspired by Guild Wars 2, improved professions, a customizable UI, as well as the long-awaited return to proper talent trees!
That said, the new talent tree system will work a little bit differently than before. For starters, there will be two distinct trees to explore: the class tree that offers general abilities and utility spells, and the specialization tree which lets you finely tune your playstyle. At level 70 you will have 31 class points and 30 specialization points to play around with, so in theory there should be a much larger diversity of builds than ever before.
Vampire Survivors June update has added a new stage, three characters and a couple of items
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[Update]: Vampire Survivors' "The Posh One" update has added a wacky new weapon and improved the Hurry mode!
After the remarkably bizarre Update 0.6.66, Vampire Survivors' newest Update 0.7.2 has now brought us back to a mostly normal state of affairs. There's now a brand new level to explore by the name of Cappella Magna, three new characters to acquire (two of which are secret), as well as a variety of new items and Arcanas to help spice things up.
First things first, if you're curious what some of these new additions look like in action, allow me to share with you the freshly posted teaser trailer. Have a gander, it's just as weird as the rest of them:
MTG Arena has banned the surprisingly effective Expressive Iteration card from the Explorer format
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As a part of the May update, MTG Arena banned Tibalt's Trickery and Winota, Joiner of Forces from the Pioneer-like Explorer format in order to ensure the metagame doesn't become too skewed towards combo decks. While the bans certainly did help in that regard, they also indirectly caused another problem - the rise of powerful Blue/Red/X decks.
So in ongoing effort to get the formats as stable and balanced as possible, Wizards of the Coast has now also banned Expressive Iteration from both Pioneer and Explorer. While bans don't usually target simple card advantage spells, Expressive Iteration has proven itself to be a remarkably powerful card across a variety of eternal formats, so it makes a lot of sense to get rid of it if the goal is to weaken Izzet (Blue & Red) style decks.
Dota 2's Patch 7.31d has brought in many small but potentially significant changes
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After being briefly teased last week, Dota 2's Patch 7.31d has now finally been unleashed. It brings with it a whole bunch of small gameplay tweaks that could amount to something potentially significant, a brand new analysis tool for the paid Dota Plus feature, as well as a massive improvement to the fashion meta-game.
Thanks to Patch 7.31d you can now use Immortal item spell effects regardless of which item your hero is actually wearing! What this means is that you can mix and match effects and items to create a variety of unique looks for your hero, which while completely irrelevant for the gameplay itself, is a neat little addition and one that will be a lot of fun to explore.
Spark the Electric Jester 3 is an impressive-looking Sonic Adventure inspired action-platformer
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If you've found yourself disappointed with the recently unveiled Sonic Frontiers gameplay, you might want to give the upcoming Spark the Electric Jester 3 a look. To put it quite simply, it's a fast paced action-platformer heavily inspired by some of the more popular 3D Sonic games like Sonic Adventure. Expect to see plenty of rails hoisted over gigantic drops, levels that reward you for going through them as quickly as possible, a variety of shiny gems to collect, and as is tradition, a fair few loop-de-loops to help spice everything up!
Since words alone tend to fare pretty poorly at describing these types of platformers, allow me to instead share with you the recently posted trailer for the Pacific Abyss level. Have a gander, it's a rather solid one: