Apex Legends' Season 11 has arrived with Ash, new Storm Point map, and C.A.R. SMG
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[Update #2]: The Dark Depths update is bringing in a lush new Arena map and a bunch of free cosmetics on January 11, 2022.
[Update]: Apex Legends' newest animated short offers a closer look at Bangalore's bloody backstory.
After a whole bunch of teasers and previews, Apex Legends' Season 11 "Escape" has now finally arrived. Season 11 brings with it Titanfall 2's antagonist Ash as a brand new Legend, the highly versatile C.A.R. SMG that accepts both heavy and light ammo, a spider-infested tropical map by the name of Storm Point, as well as a whole bunch of cosmetics to collect.
What all of this looks like in actual gameplay, that you can find out through two of the recently posted trailers. The first one is all about Ash, while the second one offers a closer look at the Storm Point map. Have a peek:
Blizzard is setting up the World of Warcraft Community Council to help gather concrete feedback
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[Update #2]: It took a while, but the Community Council forums have now gone live.
[Update]: Shadowlands' quality-of-life focused Update 9.1.5 has now arrived onto the live servers.
Over the past two expansions World of Warcraft has had quite a few misses when it comes to its gameplay mechanics and endgame systems, and that's putting it gently. So in order to hopefully avoid these kinds of problems in the future, Blizzard is now setting up the World of Warcraft Community Council as a way of getting concrete feedback.
The WoW Community Council will essentially consist of a rotating roster of players that will be able to directly talk to the development team about every aspect of gameplay, from endgame raiding to something as casual as collecting transmog gear. Most importantly of all, these conversations will be entirely public and available for everyone to see, which should in theory give the WoW team an easy way to explain their decisions and the goal behind them.
MTG Arena's Innistrad: Crimson Vow expansion is set to launch on November 11th
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[Update #2]: The vampire-infested Innistrad: Crimson Vow has now been unleashed!
[Update]: All of MTG Arena's Innistrad: Crimson Vow expansion cards have now been revealed.
Only a short while has gone by since the Innistrad: Midnight Hunt expansion, and already MTG Arena is getting ready for a brand new influx of cards. The vampire wedding themed Innistrad: Crimson Vow will be launching onto MTG Arena and MTGO on November 11th, bringing with it a whole assortment of vampires, werewolves, zombies, and other nightmarish horrors.
When it comes to the mechanics, it should come as little surprise to hear that they are once again themed around sacrifice, resurrection and transformation. There are six main ones that are worth keeping an eye out for, so allow me to share with you a brief description of what each of them is about:
Doom Eternal's Update 6.66 has added Horde Mode, new Master levels and Battlemode 2.0
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If you're looking for an excuse to dive back into Doom Eternal, you might want to check out the freshly launched Update 6.66 as it's quite the meaty one. Not only has it added a Horde Mode with a wide assortment of challenges to overcome, but it has also overhauled Battlemode, added two new Master levels, brought in new cosmetics, added a new multiplayer arena, and the list goes on for a while.
The way the Horde mode works is fairly simple. You'll start each run with all perks, runes and mods already upgraded, though you'll only have a Combat Shotgun at your disposal. As you slaughter your way through hordes of enemies you'll receive other weapons and acquire a whole bunch of points that can be used to either brag on the leaderboards or to unlock some fancy new cosmetics. And once you've proven your mastery over the demonic hordes, you can increase the difficulty and go for even greater conquests.
Capcom is planning to add some kind of free DLC for Resident Evil Village
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Originally Capcom had absolutely no intentions of releasing any sort of DLC for Resident Evil Village. However, due to the game's massive success, as well as repeated requests from its players, they finally announced a few months back that they are starting development on new content.
The good news doesn't end there, however, as the latest Capcom Integrated Report has revealed that at least some of these upcoming additions will be free. While no actual information has been released, the Resident Evil Village free DLC was mentioned in the same breath as Monster Hunter Rise, which given the series' history with updates means that there's a pretty good chance the free DLC will be more than simply cosmetic.
World of Warcraft Classic's fresh servers are coming this November 16 with the Season of Mastery
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[Update #2]: The fresh Season of Mastery servers have now arrived, and so far I'm happy to say everything seems to be working as expected.
[Update]: Blizzard has detailed the changes coming with World of Warcraft Classic's Season of Mastery servers.
In an effort to revitalize World of Warcraft Classic, Blizzard will soon be launching a couple of completely fresh servers. These won't be any old servers, however, as they will bring with them a variety of tweaks to make the whole experience a bit more exciting for even the hardened veterans.
First and foremost, the amount of experience required to reach level 60 will be getting reduced to Burning Crusade Classic levels, which should ensure more players actually reach the endgame. Then, in order to make raids a bit more challenging this time around, Blizzard will also be disabling all world buffs while in raids, increasing boss health, as well as adding additional mechanics to some of them.
All of Cyberpunk 2077's updates and free DLCs have been pushed back to 2022
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[Update]: Cyberpunk 2077's biggest bug-fixing Patch 1.5 has now finally arrived alongside an assortment of improvements and quality-of-life tweaks.
If you were hoping that most of Cyberpunk 2077's major issues would be fixed by the time the holiday season rolls around, I'm afraid I have some bad news to deliver. According to the freshly updated roadmap, all of Cyberpunk 2077's patches, improvements and free DLC have been pushed back to 2022.
What exactly the free DLC will be about, CDPR hasn't said just yet, but judging by the previous one I think it's best to dial down your expectations. If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say the next one will likely bring with it a couple of new cosmetics to toy around with, as well as maybe a sidequest or two to flesh out the world.