Total War: Warhammer 3 devs have detailed Nurgle's pestilent campaign mechanics
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[Update #2]: The time has come, Creative Assembly has finally unleashed a gameplay preview showing off a battle between Nurgle and Slaanesh. Needless to say, the Nurglings look awesome!
[Update]: The newest developer update has now revealed the entirety of Nurgle's army roster. Unsurprisingly, they're quite a jovial bunch!
After a fair bit of buildup, Creative Assembly has recently begun teasing Total War: Warhammer 3's final two launch factions. Unsurprisingly, the dynamic duo will be none other than the Dark Prince Slaanesh and the Lord of Decay Nurgle.
While Slaanesh is still shrouded in mystery, I'm happy to say that thanks to the newest developer update we now have a pretty good idea of how Nurgle's campaign will function! Needless to say, it'll involve a lot of plagues, a lot of demons, and I can only assume a lot of manic cackling as well.
Volition's big Saints Row reboot has been pushed back all the way to August 23, 2022
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[Update]: Volition's big Saints Row reboot has now arrived, though not without a fair bit of criticism.
If you were hoping to get your hands on the big Saints Row reboot early next year, I'm afraid you're going to have to wait for a while longer. According to the newest developer update, Saints Row has been pushed back from its February 25, 2022 release date all the way to August 23, 2022.
"Our priority is to create the best Saints Row game yet and, if we released on the original date, it wouldn’t be up to the standards we’ve set ourselves, and that you’re expecting and deserve," the update explains. "The team just need more time to do our vision justice; we’re doing some fine tuning and there won’t be much change in the game outside of overall quality and polish."
Dead Cells November 22nd update is bringing in six indie game crossovers
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[Update]: The big crossover update has now arrived, and unsurprisingly it's looking like a pretty fun one so far.
After a whole bunch of teasers over at Twitter, Dead Cells' studio Motion Twin has now finally revealed that the next big update will feature six indie game crossovers! The games in question will be Blasphemous, Skul: The Hero Slayer, Guacamelee, Hyper Light Drifter, Curse of the Dead Gods, as well as Hollow Knight.
While the exact list of changes has not been announced just yet, you can expect to see themed cosmetics, abilities and items based on each game. For example, Blasphemous will bring with it the "reviving" bile flask, Guacamelee will let you transform into a chicken, while Hollow Knight's inclusion will allow you to bounce on the heads of your enemies.
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice has just received a free graphics and accessibility focused update on PC
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In an announcement that I must admit has caught me completely by surprise, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice studio Ninja Theory has just revealed and released a brand new (and free) update for PC! The freshly added Enhanced update brings with it all of the improvements made to the Xbox Series X|S version, including ray traced reflections and shadows, upgraded materials, better particles and LOD (level of detail), as well as support for both Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR.
As an additional little bonus, the Enhanced update has also added some new accessibility options. These include full controller remapping, subtitle customization, color blindness presets for Deuteranopia, Protanopia and Tritanopia, and more.
Second part of Minecraft's big Caves & Cliffs update is arriving this November 30th
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[Update]: Minecraft's Trails & Tales update has added two new friendly mobs and a whole bunch of cosmetic items.
Originally Minecraft's Caves & Cliffs update was supposed to be a singular patch similar to the Nether rework one, but due to the complexity of the endeavor and the ever-increasing scope Mojang opted to separate it into two parts. The first part arrived back in June, bringing with it goats and axolotls, new biomes and biome variations to explore, as well as a whole bunch of new blocks to toy around with.
A fair bit of time has gone by since then, and I'm happy to say that Caves & Cliffs: Part 2 is now nearly upon us! You can expect to see it arrive simultaneously on November 30th for PC, consoles, mobile platforms and both the Bedrock and Java Editions.
Battlefield 2042 has now been unleashed, though sadly not without plenty of problems
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[Update #2]: After over a year of requests, Battlefield 2042's Update 3.2 will finally bring back Classes.
[Update]: Battlefield 2042 devs have detailed their many plans to improve the often-criticized map design.
If you were itching to get your hands on the futuristic Battlefield 2042, I have both good and bad news to deliver. The good news is that Battlefield 2042 has now fully launched onto both PC and consoles, while the bad news is that things are looking really rough so far, even compared to the usually rocky Battlefield launch.
As of right now Battlefield 2042 has a remarkably low user score of 24% on Steam. The main complaints seem to be centered on the plethora of bugs, wide-open maps with little cover, rough gameplay balance, as well as serious technical issues that can result in crashes or simply soft-lock your game.
Total War: Warhammer 3's newest preview shows off the final two factions - Nurgle and Slaanesh daemons
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[Update]: Creative Assembly has now detailed Nurgle's pestilent campaign mechanics!
After a rather long period of silence, Total War: Warhammer 3 devs have now started releasing so many teasers and previews that it's getting hard to keep up. We've barely just gone over everything the Ogre Kingdoms have to offer, and already Creative Assembly is moving onto the final two factions - the daemons of Nurgle and Slaanesh!
So if you're interested in what sorts of units the Lord of Decay and the Dark Prince will be fielding, as well as what sort of mess our omnipresent advisor has gotten himself into this time, you'll find your answers in the recently posted trailer. Have a gander, it's a rather stylish one: