MTG Arena update has now fixed a bunch of bugs... and introduced twice as many new ones
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Earlier this month MTG Arena devs delayed a major update in order to make sure its polished up and ready to go. Unfortunately, that seems to have ended up in failure because while the freshly launched update has indeed fixed a bunch of bugs, it has also managed to somehow introduce twice as many new ones.
On the positive side of things, the number indicating how many cards you have in your deck is now properly highlighted and will no longer be a ghostly white on a white background. Disconnecting while creating a deck will now save your progress, while favorite decks will still remain in your favorites list even after you've edited them. The update has also fixed a bunch of issues with double-faced land cards, smoothed out the gameplay when it comes to resolving large amounts of triggered abilities, as well as prevented players from lagging out the game by repeatedly hovering over a card.
Vermintide is celebrating its 5-year anniversary with a massive rat-slaying event
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[Update]: Vermintide 2 is free to try out until November 1st.
The original Vermintide is currently celebrating its 5-year anniversary, and in order honor this momentous achievement, developer Fatshark has now done what they do best - ordered the players to go kill an absurdly large amount of rats! And when I say absurdly large, I really do mean that as the challenge requires Vermintide 2 players to slay 555,555,555 enemies by November 1st!
As an additional little bonus, should the community reach 300,000,005 kills before the deadline, a triple experience event will go live for all players. However, should the full goal be reached as well, you can also expect to see a second triple experience event! So if you still have some characters that need to be either geared or leveled up, you might want to start slicing up some ratmen!
Apex Legends' Halloween event is coming today with a spruced up 'Shadow Royale' mode
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[Update #2]: Apex Legends' massive Season 7 update is bringing in a new map, legend, vehicle and even guilds.
[Update]: Apex Legends will be making its way to Steam this November alongside a couple of exclusive cosmetics.
Last year Apex Legends had a pretty cool idea for a Halloween event. After landing in a nighttime version of Kings Canyon, players would engage in a massive free-for-all brawl, with the losers rising from their graves as melee-only shadows that only exist to hunt down the living players. Eventually the living players would need to set aside their differences, face off against the shadows, and try to flee the map before things get too nasty.
Unfortunately, due to the solo nature of the event, there were quite a few problems. While the living players would spend most of the game camping in order to avoid dying, shadows would leave the game in large numbers as they simply didn't see a point in continuing. And so, what started off as a great idea, ended up being a bit of a mess.
Total War: Troy is adding Artemis, Orion and a highly customizable new Photo Mode later today
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While Total War: Warhammer 2's Orion and his Wood Elves will have to wait until November for their big update, the Total War: Troy equivalent is looking to be in a much better position. To be more specific, Total War: Troy's update later today will be adding not only Orion as an Epic Agent, but also Artemis as a brand new goddess with her own unique effects and benefits.
What this means in gameplay terms is that you will have one new god to worship through the Divine Will system, as well as a new temple building chain that will be available to all factions. After completing a prayer to Artemis you will be able to recruit a powerful new light archer unit, the warriors of Artemis, while getting to the highest tier of worship of Artemis will grant you access to Orion who serves as an incredibly powerful agent on the campaign map.
Fortnite's Update 14.40 has reduced the PC install size by an impressive ~60GB
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Whatever madness caused the recent trend in rapidly increasing install sizes now thankfully appears to be subsiding. Not only has Call of Duty finally allowed PC players to cut off at least a little bit of Modern Warfare's 200+ GB file size, but Fortnite has now brought in even greater savings.
As a part of the freshly launched Update 14.40, Fortnite has implemented a variety of optimizations in order to not only reduce the install size on PC, but also improve the loading times. And the savings really are massive as Fortnite's file size has now been reduced by approximately 60GB!
Amnesia: Rebirth, sequel to the indie horror classic, has now arrived for PC and PS4
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If you're in the mood for adding a lot more stress and mental anguish into your life, albeit in a fun way, you'll be happy to hear that Amnesia: Rebirth has now finally been unleashed. Much like the original classic, Amnesia: Rebirth is all about exploring a highly atmospheric environment in search of answers, avoiding an assortment of spooky specters, and doing your very best to avoid freaking yourself out despite nothing scary happening just yet.
Since you can't exactly describe a horror game through words alone, allow me to also share with you the recently posted gameplay trailer. It should give you a pretty good idea of just what Amnesia: Rebirth is trying to accomplish. Have a peek:
Digimon Survive has joined the long list of games delayed until 2021
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This entire year has been a bit of a mess, so it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise to hear that yet another game has now been delayed. This time around we're talking about the strategy-focused RPG Digimon Survive. Instead of launching in late 2020 as previously announced, it has now been pushed back until 2021, with no exact release date announced just yet.
"The Digimon Survive team would like to extend our thanks to fans from around the world for their support during development, especially in these difficult times," reads the brief developer update. "We had originally planned to launch Digimon Survive in 2020 but current world events have shifted our development timing and we have made the difficult decision to push Digimon Survive's launch to 2021."