Risk of Rain 2 will be getting its very first expansion in early 2022 - Survivors of the Void
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Ever since its initial Early Access launch, Risk of Rain 2 has seen a steady stream of content updates. All of this eventually culminated with the massive Anniversary update back in April that brought with Bandit as a new survivor, sprinkled in new skills and items, as well as new monsters and even a boss.
Things have slowed down considerably since then, though thankfully it's not because of any sort of bad reason. Instead, it's because the Risk of Rain 2 team is currently working on the very first expansion - Survivors of the Void!
Guild Wars 2 devs have announced sweeping changes to the upcoming End of Dragons specializations
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[Update #2]: ArenaNet have now detailed how the End of Dragons expansion Legendaries will work.
[Update]: The fourth beta event has now arrived, and unsurprisingly, the Siege Turtle is pretty darn cool!
Throughout the past three beta events ArenaNet has given players a chance to test out all nine of the upcoming elite specializations from the End of Dragons expansion. While some, like the gunblade-wielding Bladesworn, ended up being an instant hit with the community, specializations like the Untamed and Harbinger garnered a far colder response due to their numerous issues.
Thankfully, this doesn't look like it'll be a problem for very long as ArenaNet has just announced an assortment of balance and design changes aimed at addressing player feedback. Literally every single specialization has undergone numerous improvements and will most certainly play far smoother than their first incarnation.
Total War: Warhammer 3's newest gameplay preview shows off a battle between Nurgle and Slaanesh
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[Update #2]: Continuing with the Slaanesh theme, Creative Assembly has now released a second Slaanesh vs Nurgle battle that goes quite a bit differently!
[Update]: It's finally time for excess! Creative Assembly has now released a close-up look at the Daemons of Slaanesh.
Over the past week Creative Assembly has gone into detail about the daemons of Nurgle, showcasing everything from their campaign mechanics to their army roster. Now, however, it is finally time to see what Nurgle's corpulent crew look like in combat!
Without further ado, allow me to share with you the recently posted preview highlighting a battle between Nurgle's Ku'gath Plaguefather and the daemons of Slaanesh who are (suspiciously) not being led by N'Kari. Have a gander, it's a pretty fun (and disgusting) one:
Bugsnax will be getting a free expansion in early 2022 - The Isle of BIGsnax
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[Update]: The Isle of Bigsnax expansion has now arrived, and while it's not exactly lengthy, it's still a pretty fun ride.
According to a recent announcement, the adorable (and occasionally adorably horrifying) Bugsnax will be heading over to Steam in early 2022. It will not be doing so empty-handed, however, but rather alongside a free expansion - The Isle of BIGsnax.
As the name would imply, The Isle of BIGsnax will have you wonder across the newly risen island of Snaktooth in search of ancient, massive species of Bugsnax, as well as the secrets of their existence. Along the way you'll be able to complete around 30 quests and 100 challenges, toy around with 200 decorations to help make yourself feel at home, and most importantly of all, give your Bugsnax friends fancy little hats to wear!
Satisfactory's chunky Update 5 has arrived with major vehicle and build system improvements
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[Update]: Satisfactory Update 6 has reworked the Spire Coast, added ammo types and even an explosive boom box.
After spending a fair bit of time in testing, Satisfactory's rather chunky Update 5 has now finally arrived. First and foremost, Update 5 brings with it massive improvements to the build system so you'll now be able to construct things closer together, build in batches by using the new "zoop!" mode, and even switch between the various build modes with ease.
Continuing on with the theme of making things more convenient, vehicle pathing has also underwent major changes and so vehicles will now be both more reliable and more likely to avoid obstacles without going completely off course. Trains on the other hand have received two nifty new additions - a signaling system that lets you block or reserve paths, as well as an improved timetable system so you can now even further dictate how each train should behave.
PC version of Monster Hunter Rise will launch with seemingly all of the Switch's post-launch content
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[Update]: My review of Monster Hunter Rise (PC) has now been released, and I'm very happy to say that it's a great port for a compelling yet somewhat unambitious Monster Hunter game.
While the PC version of Monster Hunter: World ended up being amazing, it was still quite obvious that the team was rather inexperienced when it came to PC development. Nowhere was this more apparent than with the post-launch updates, and this includes the Iceborne expansion, given that they usually took many months to make the transition from consoles to PC.
With all of that in mind, I'm extremely happy to say that the same will not be happening with the upcoming Monster Hunter Rise! Once it arrives onto PC this January 12, 2022 Monster Hunter Rise will bring with it all of the post-launch content from the Switch version up to Patch 3.6.1, while the two versions will achieve complete synchronization by the end of February 2022.
Epic Games has just acquired Harmonix, the creators of Guitar Hero and Rock Band
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In an announcement that I must admit comes as quite a surprise, Epic Games has now acquired Harmonix - the studio behind musical games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Given their expertise, I'm sure it'll come as a massive surprise to hear that Harmonix will be tasked with developing music-focused gameplay experiences for Fortnite and the whole Metaverse Epic is currently in the process of building.
“Music is already bringing millions of people together in Fortnite, from our emotes to global concerts and events,” explained Alain Tascan, Vice President of Game Development at Epic Games. “Together with the Harmonix team we will transform how players experience music, going from passive listeners to active participants.”