All of MTG Arena's upcoming Innistrad: Midnight Hunt expansion cards have now been revealed
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[Update]: Innistrad: Midnight Hunt has now landed alongside the yearly Standard set rotation.
MTG Arena's Innistrad: Midnight Hunt will be arriving this September 16th alongside a whole assortment of new cards. As you might expect given the setting there will be plenty of zombies, werewolves and spirits to mess around with, as well as some new twists on old mechanics.
Speaking of which, there will be three major ones to pay attention to in Midnight Hunt: the day/night cycle, coven and flashback. Here's a brief rundown of what each one does:
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous update has corrected many of the most annoying bugs
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[Update #2]: Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous' first expansion Inevitable Excess is coming on February 15th.
[Update]: October's Wrath of the Righteous update has improved the Crusade mode and fixed tons of bugs.
As I mentioned in my review, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is an amazing game that is sadly mired by a whole assortment of bugs. Some of them, like the moonwalking leopards, are benign and mostly good for a couple of laughs, while others are an absolute nuisance and can ruin your campaign if you don't work around them.
With that in mind, I'm very happy to say that the freshly released update has now corrected some of the worst problems. First and foremost, the red defense banner in the Crusader mode will now no longer be permanently red, essentially stopping it from draining all of your army's morale as long as you're not losing fortress after fortress.
Total War: Warhammer 2 update has now finally improved cavalry charges across the board
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[Update]: After a successful beta, the cavalry changes have are now live!
As a part of its final major update Total War: Warhammer 2 added whole bunch of new content, quality of life improvements, and naturally, much-needed balance changes. While the vast majority of that ended up serving as an amazing sendoff to an amazing game, sadly one small tweak to how charge attacks worked ended up making every single cavalry unit nearly worthless.
To put it fairly simply, even the heaviest cavalry charging into much weaker infantry that's charging them back would suffer horrific losses in the ensuing melee. This is due to the fact that every single entity within a unit deals their full attack damage upon connecting with the enemy, which given the large difference in numbers between cavalry and infantry will usually result in the cavalry losing a massive amount of health right after the initial charge.
Arkane has detailed the PC system requirements for their time-bending shooter Deathloop
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[Update]: Deathloop has now arrived and, outside of some early performance problems, it seems to be getting a pretty positive reception.
After being delayed over and over again, Arkane's time-bending shooter Deathloop now finally seems like it's ready to be unleashed. So unless something goes horribly awry in the next few days, you can expect to see it arrive this September 14th for PC and PlayStation 5.
If you're curious what sort of PC you'll need in order to even run it, as well as what sort of hardware will get you the best looking visuals, you'll also be happy to hear that Bethesda and Arkane have now detailed the PC specs and advanced settings. You'll find the minimum, recommended and ultra 4K requirements below:
Left 4 Dead inspired Back 4 Blood will be launching onto PC and consoles this October 12th
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[Update]: Back 4 Blood has now landed onto PC and consoles, and so far it's looking pretty solid.
After a rather revealing Open Beta, the Left 4 Dead inspired Back 4 Blood is now slowly getting ready for its full release. You can expect to see the zombie hordes arrive on October 12, 2021 for PC, PlayStation and Xbox.
If you haven't played the beta and you're now wondering just what Back 4 Blood is all about, as well as how closely it follows the Left 4 Dead formula, you can find your answers in one of the recent trailers. Have a peek:
The charming and occasionally horrifying Bugsnax is heading over to Steam in 2022
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[Update]: The Isle of Bigsnax expansion has now arrived, and with it Bugsnax has officially made its way to Steam as well!
Bugsnax is one of those games that defies all expectations, and I mean that in a good way. While Bugsnax starts off lighthearted and looking downright adorable, things eventually devolve into pure madness, and it only ends up getting weirder from there. Combine that with some surprisingly compelling characters and you've got yourself an indie action-adventure that's well worth experiencing.
With that in mind, it's also worth mentioning that you'll soon have another choice when it comes to which platforms you can play Bugsnax on. The exact release date hasn't been posted just yet, but Bugsnax will be finally making its way to Steam in 2022, most likely very early on.
Total War: Troy has now been released onto Steam alongside the new Mythos expansion
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[Update]: Total War Troy's next DLC expansion is adding two new factions led by Rhesus and Memnon.
It may have taken quite a while, but Total War: Troy's Epic Games Store exclusivity has come to an end and so Troy has now made its way over to Steam as well. More importantly, it has done so alongside the release of a long awaited new expansion - Mythos!
As the name would suggest, the Mythos expansion brings with it a whole assortment of mythological monsters and themed units to play around with, thus fixing one of the biggest complaints many have had with Troy since the very beginning. Besides the monstrous menagerie, Mythos has also updated the world map with a variety of references to classic literature and legends, as well as added army-wide abilities granted by the gods themselves.