Overwatch 2's Season 10 will introduce Venture, unlock all Heroes, and make Mythic skins more accessible
- By Ash
- in News
[Update]: Overwatch 2 will be testing whether 6v6 is worth coming back to in Season 14.
Throughout Season 9 Blizzard managed to greatly improve Overwatch 2, and so I'm happy to say that with the upcoming Season 10 it looks like they'll be continuing in the exact same direction. Expect to see a brand new hero, a whole bunch of quality-of-life improvements, numerous balance changes, and even a little sneak peek at the new Clash game mode.
Once it arrives on April 16th, the definite highlight of Season 10 will be the brand new DPS hero Venture which is a close range specialist with a surprising amount of mobility, and quite a unique toolkit as well! So before I spoil anything by accident, allow me to share with you Venture's gameplay trailer. Have a peek, it's a rather fun one:
Vermintide 2's A Parting of the Waves update is adding a brand new map and shield-bearing enemy
- By Ash
- in News
[Update]: A Parting of the Waves has now arrived, and I'm happy to say the new map is quite awesome!
I have to give credit where credit is due. The Vermintide 2 team is remarkably dedicated to their craft! And so, over six years after the launch of the original game, Vermintide 2 will be getting yet another free content update on April 11th.
The freshly announced A Parting of the Waves update will bring with it a mist-shrouded new map to explore, and with it the conclusion of the recent Karak Azgaraz storyline. Despite the connection to Vermintide 1, the new map won't be a remaster, but rather an entirely new creation!
Helldivers 2 is getting a bunch of very explosive new weaponry on April 11th
- By Ash
- in News
[Update]: A brand new hotfix has just been released. As expected, it's a whole lot of fixes for the recent crashes!
It's not even been a week since the last batch of content arrived, and already Helldivers 2 is getting ready for a brand new update. However, unlike the previous update that beefed up the Automatons, the Democratic Detonation Warbond will instead bring with it an assortment of explosive new weaponry for the players to toy around with this April 11th.
You can look forward to seeing an explosive crossbow, a grenade launcher sidearm, two variants of explosively charged rifles, as well as a really mean-looking and armor-piercing grenade! There's also going to be a brand new booster that makes extraction easier, three new armor sets, as well as the usual batch of cosmetics like capes and emotes.
Darktide's April update is adding a new enemy, puzzles and fresh way to collect cosmetics
- By Ash
- in News
[Update]: Darktide's Path of Redemption update has added a free Battle Pass, numerous cosmetics, Tox Bomber enemy and more.
After a couple of announcements announcing a future announcement that will announce more details, Fatshark has now finally spilled the beans on what's coming next for Darktide. And I'm happy to say, the freshly revealed Path of Redemption update is looking pretty darn good!
First and foremost, once the update arrives in late April it'll bring with it a brand new enemy - the Dreg Tox Bomber. As the name might imply, the Tox Bomber will be an area denial specialist chucking Blight Grenades filled with toxic fumes in order to both damage the players and force them out of cover. A significantly stinkier alternative to the current bombers, I suppose.
Broken Roads, a philosophy driven post-apocalyptic cRPG, is launching this April 10th
- By Ash
- in Indie Games
Set many generations after nuclear war devastated Australia's cities, Broken Roads is a story about survival in an extremely harsh environment, as well as the painful process of rebuilding civilization. Unlike games like Fallout or Wasteland where the wilderness is full of deranged mutants and rabid beasts, most of Broken Roads' conflicts are a result of people being people, which gives it a grounded and rather unique feel.
If that sounds like the type of cRPG you might be interested in, you'll be pleased to hear that you won't have to wait all that long to give Broken Roads a try. And I do mean that quite literally as Broken Roads is set to launch next week, on April 10th!
Helldivers 2 update has added massive new Automatons, planetary hazards and a plethora of balance changes
- By Ash
- in News
[Update]: Helldivers 2 is getting a bunch of very explosive new weaponry on April 11th.
Barely any time has gone by since the last major Helldivers 2 update, and already the Arrowhead team has returned with more stuff to mess around with. First and foremost, the Automatons now have two massive new units to contend with: flying, armored gunships, as well as AT-AT inspired walking fortresses that spew out bots and bullets in equal measure.
And if that's just not enough danger for you, Patch 1.000.200 has also added two new planetary hazards: blizzards and sandstorms. I've unfortunately not a had a chance to try them out just yet, but I can only imagine they're going to severely limit visibility and make it so the brave (or foolish) Helldivers can sneak in a couple of objectives while the enemies are nearly blind.
Horizon Forbidden West has landed onto PC without any of its predecessor's technical issues
- By Ash
- in News
When Horizon Zero Dawn first landed onto PC, it did so alongside quite a few problems. The performance was spotty, crashes were frequent, bugs were everywhere, and most annoyingly of all, mouse sensitivity seemed to change completely at random.
It took quite a while for Horizon Zero Dawn to get properly polished up, so I must admit I was slightly weary about the fate of its sequel. Thankfully, my fears ended up being completely unfounded as the freshly released Horizon Forbidden West looks and runs great straight out of the digital box!