The challenging survival and city management game Frostpunk is getting a sequel
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From what I've gathered, Frostpunk is one of those games that people find really difficult to return to. This is mostly because each challenge Frostpunk presents you with is so daunting that by the time you solve it you've become an expert in your field, which as you might imagine kind of takes the edge off any subsequent playthroughs.
With all of that in mind, I am delighted to say that 11 bit studios have just announced a solution to that little problem - a fancy new sequel! Frostpunk 2 will take place 30 years after the apocalyptic blizzard and will have you tackle the problems of an increasingly divided society, all the while trying to keep everyone from freezing to death through the newly introduced oil extraction industry.
Life is Strange: Remastered Collection has been pushed back until early 2022
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[Update]: Life is Strange Remastered Collection has now landed onto both PC and consoles.
If you were hoping to dive into the Life is Strange: Remastered Collection before picking up the upcoming Life is Strange: True Colors, I'm afraid you're going to have to wait for quite a while longer. According to a short announcement over at Twitter, the Remastered Collection has now been pushed back to early 2022.
"Due to the ongoing challenges of the worldwide pandemic, we want to alleviate any additional pressure on the Life is Strange team by giving more time between the release of Life is Strange: True Colors and the Life is Strange: Remastered Collection," reads the developer update. "We hope you understand. Thank you for your patience and overwhelming support!"
Guild Wars 2's preview event will let you check out three of the new End of Dragons specializations
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[Update #2]: End of Dragon's second beta preview event will show off the Elementalist based Catalyst, Warrior based Bladesworn, and Revenant based Vindicator on September 21, 2021.
[Update]: The beta event has now gone live alongside the Mesmer based Virtuoso, Guardian based Willbender and Necromancer based Harbinger.
After a whole bunch of teasers and rumors, ArenaNet finally went ahead and officially unveiled Guild Wars 2's third major expansion back in July. Once it arrives in early 2022, End of Dragons will bring with it the distant land of Cantha, a combat-focused turtle mount for two players, new Strikes and endgame challenges, and naturally, new elite specializations for all classes!
If you don't feel like waiting all that time in order to start playing around with the new toys, you're in luck as Guild Wars 2 will soon be launching a brief preview event! From August 17 to August 21, everyone with a Guild Wars 2 account will be able to test out three of the new elite specializations.
Left 4 Dead inspired Back 4 Blood is heading into Open Beta on August 12
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[Update #2]: Back 4 Blood has now landed onto PC and consoles, and so far it's looking pretty solid.
[Update]: After a rather revealing beta, Back 4 Blood will be launching onto PC and consoles this October 12th.
If you're in the mood for some co-op focused action, you'll be happy to hear that Turtle Rock's Back 4 Blood is soon heading into Open Beta. It'll be available to play for free from August 12 until August 16, which should give you more than enough time to figure out what it's about and whether it's your type of game.
The Open Beta will feature two game modes: Campaign which comes in Classic, Survivor and Hard flavors, and the PvP focused Swarm Mode where you get to play as both the Cleaners and the mutated Ridden. If that sounds remarkably similar to what Left 4 Dead had to offer, it's probably not a coincidence given that Back 4 Blood seems like an evolution of the series, even if it doesn't share the name.
MTG Arena is giving away free Premier Drafts entries and delaying Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
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[Update]: After a few delays, MTG Arena's Historic Horizons expansion has now been unleashed!
If you were hoping to get your hands on some of the 372 new-to-Arena cards this August 12th, I'm afraid I have some bad news to deliver. According to the latest developer update, Jumpstart: Historic Horizons has been delayed until August 26th, which also means that the free two-color "New Player Experience" decks have been pushed back as well.
While that certainly does suck, you'll be happy to hear that the time should go by extremely quickly as Wizards of the Coast is planning to run a variety of events until Historic Horizons' launch, as well as give away some freebies as a little consolation prize. And yes, the plural there was intentional! Your first entry into the upcoming Amonkhet Remastered (August 10-15), Kaladesh Remastered (August 15-20) and Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (August 20–26) Premier Drafts will be entirely free of charge, and you will indeed get to keep all of the card, gem and pack rewards!
Highly atmospheric stealth-adventure A Plague Tale: Innocence is free to grab until August 12
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If you're in the mood for something a little bit out of the ordinary, you'll be happy to hear that the highly atmospheric stealth-adventure A Plague Tale: Innocence is currently free to grab. Simply head on over to the Epic Games Store, go through the 'purchasing' process, and you'll be good to go after a bit of a download.
As always, you'll want to grab yourself a copy sooner rather than later since it won't remain free for long. To be more specific, you have until August 12, 2021 to add A Plague Tale: Innocence to your account for free, after which you'll be able to play it whenever you want and for however long you want.
Overwatch's August update has beefed up Genji, Soldier 76, Roadhog and Moira
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[Update]: Overwatch is changing McCree's name due to the recent sexual harassment accusations.
While the Overwatch team has been releasing frequent balance changes over the past year or so, there are still numerous heroes that struggle to be relevant in higher tier matches. So in order to sort this out, as well as hopefully make the meta a little bit more diverse, Blizzard has now released a brand new balance update.
Moira, Roadhog and Doomfist have received straight up buffs to their abilities, while Soldier 76, Genji and Wrecking Ball have gone through a bit of a rebalance. Here are the details: