Steam has introduced a new tool to help you choose which one of your games to play next
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Back when I didn't have a lot of money to work with, whenever I got a brand new game I'd usually play it religiously for months on end. These days, with massive sales, various bundles and an overwhelming amount of quality games, I've started having a bit of a different problem. I just have no idea where to even begin with my ever-growing backlog of great games!
If you share my predicament, you might be glad to hear that Steam has now introduced a rather nifty new tool. To put it simply, it uses the same technology as Steam's recommend system to help you choose which game to play next, all based on what you've recently played and what type of games you tend to stick with.
The medieval RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance is free to grab until February 20th
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If you have a good chunk of free time and a desire to sink your teeth into a nice RPG, you'll be glad to hear that Kingdom Come: Deliverance is now entirely free to grab! All you have to do is head on over to the Epic Games Store, log into your account or create a new one, and you'll soon be able to figure out just how useless you are in an actual sword fight!
As you're likely well aware by this point, there is also a time element to this giveaway. So if you're planning to grab Kingdom Come: Deliverance, make sure to do so before February 20th as that's when it'll be replaced by a brand new game.
Square Enix has released the rather lengthy intro cinematic for the Final Fantasy VII remake
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According to a relatively recent announcement, the Final Fantasy VII remake will be heading over to PlayStation 4 on March 3rd. As for the PC or Xbox One versions, nothing has been officially said just yet, but it would appear that Final Fantasy VII is merely a timed exclusive. So unless something goes wrong, it's very likely that Final Fantasy VII will be making its way to other platforms at some point in 2021.
When it comes to the actual game, it should be no shock to hear that Square Enix has gone above and beyond when reworking and improving the visuals. If you're wondering just how much effort they've put in, you should check out the newly posted intro cinematic as it really showcases how far we've gone since 1997. Have a peek:
Doom and Quake inspired shooter DUSK has now added modding support
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DUSK is a truly awesome retro shooter, and one of the main reasons why the genre is having such a resurgence these days. But if that alone simply isn't enough, DUSK has just become even better through the addition of official modding support!
The whole system is still in alpha so it's not fully fleshed out just yet, but there are already quite a few mods available to toy around with. As you might expect, most are currently just texture or audio replacements, though there are a surprising number of community-made levels as well. You can check them out over at the DUSK modding website.
State of Decay 2 is coming to Steam alongside the hefty Juggernaut Edition update
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After being exclusive to the Windows Store for quite a while, State of Decay 2 will be making its way to Steam on March 13th. More importantly, it'll be doing so alongside the fairly hefty Juggernaut Edition update that brings in a variety of new content and improvements.
Expect to see a new open-world map to explore, improved visuals and lighting, enhanced audio and double the amount of music tracks, as well as new melee weapons to toy around with. There's also going to be a variety of bug fixes and quality of life changes, improvements to the post-tutorial experience, and even an enhanced control scheme.
Overwatch update has now gone live with changes to Ana, Brigitte, Widowmaker, Wrecking Ball and more
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It has only been a week since the last PTR update, and already the changes have made their way to the live version of Overwatch. So when Blizzard said they wanted to do faster patches and more aggressive balance changes, they really weren't joking around!
What makes this update even more significant, however, is the triumphant return of console-specific changes! These haven't been done since Torbjorn and Symmetra turrets got nerfed many eons ago, so it's quite nice to see them make a reappearance given how different the console and PC landscape truly is. Anyway, here are all of the balance changes:
Street Fighter V devs will finally be improving the netcode with next week's update
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If there is one problem that has followed Street Fighter V since its launch, it would be the netcode. I won't even pretend to understand the technical reasoning behind it, but basically, the netcode would sometimes mess up and end up causing artificial lag for one of the players. Needless to say, this is far from ideal given how precise fighting games tend to be, especially in the higher echelons of competition.
In a surprising twist, a community member called Altimor released a patch last month that pretty much corrected the above mentioned problem. Since it was a completely fan-made patch there were still some bugs and occasional problems, but for the most part the patch did exactly what it set out to do. And more importantly, it managed to highlight the exact issue to Capcom who are now working on an official fix!