Overwatch will soon be adding cross-play between PC and consoles
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[Update]: Overwatch has now added cross-platform multiplayer alongside a new Ashe themed event!
Considering that Blizzard is currently focusing all of their attention on Overwatch 2, to the point that the original hasn't received a major content update in quite a while, I'm both shocked and extremely happy to announce that Blizzard is soon adding cross-play to Overwatch! So regardless of what platform you play on (PC, Xbox, PlayStation or Switch), you will soon be able to team up with your friends and potentially make new ones across a variety of game modes and platforms.
Once the update arrives cross-play will be fully enabled for all game modes except Competitive Play where the matchmaking will be separated into three parts: PC-only, console with cross-play and console without cross-play. The reason for PC's exclusion, as you might imagine given the control differences, is to ensure a fair and enjoyable competitive environment for everyone involved.
MTG Arena has brought back the highly popular Jumpstart and Cube formats
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[Update #2]: MTG Arena is pausing development on the long-requested Pioneer Masters set.
[Update]: After a dominating performance, MTG Arena is now banning Time Warp!
While playing in the normal game modes is usually a good time, MTG Arena truly begins to shine whenever any of the over-the-top seasonal modes become involved. As such, I am very happy to say that MTG Arena has just brought in not only one, but two of the most popular ones - Historic Cube and Jumpstart!
Historic Cube is essentially a custom draft format that consists of some of the most powerful cards and synergies available in MTG Arena. So if you're up for playing around with extremely powerful cards without having to spend an obscene amount of wildcards to do so, the Historic Cube is a great place to be! The only downside is that unlike regular drafts you don't get to keep any of the cards, so unless you do really well in your matches your gold reserves might not look quite so happy at the end of it all.
The challenging survival and city management game Frostpunk is free to grab this week
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If you need a bit of a distraction from the quickly rising temperatures outside, you'll be glad to hear that the icy cold survival and city management game Frostpunk is now entirely free to grab. Simply head on over to the Epic Games Store, snatch yourself a copy, and you'll be ready to go after a brief download.
Much like before, the only catch is that the giveaway is time-limited. So make sure to add Frostpunk to your account before it goes away on June 10th, after which you'll be able to play it whenever you want and for however long you want.
Klei's deck-building roguelite Griftlands has now successfully launched from Early Access
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It has taken two years and quite a few updates, but Klei Entertinament's deck-building roguelite Griftlands has now finally been unleashed from Early Access. The full version of Griftlands brings with it three unique characters with their own campaigns and mechanics, the ability to both converse and battle against other characters with unique decks for each approach, and as you might expect given its roguelite status, plenty of random nonsense that can either help you out in the campaign or simply into an early grave.
As for what exactly all of that aforementioned nonsense looks like in actual gameplay, that you can find out through the most recent trailer. Have a gander, it's quite a fun one:
Skulls for the Skull Throne 2021 has arrived with a ton of new content and sales for Warhammer games
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[Update]: Creative Assembly has revealed the full scope of the upcoming Beastmen vs Lizardmen DLC, and it's quite an impressive menagerie!
If you consider yourself a fan of Warhammer games, regardless of the shape they might take, you'll be happy to hear that Steam's somewhat-annual Skulls for the Skull Throne event has now returned! The Skulls event brings with it massive discounts on a wide array of Warhammer games, an assortment of new content for many of them, as well as a couple of exciting new announcements to spice things up even further!
Great games like Mechanicus or Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2 are currently a quarter of the usual price, Vermintide 2's new DLC has added the Sister of the Thorn as a spell-weaving career for Kerillian, while Total War: Warhammer 2 has unveiled The Silence & The Fury - an upcoming DLC pitting the Lizardmen led by Oxyotl against the Beastmen led by the Brass Bull himself, Taurox. Needless to say, there's a lot of fun stuff to check out!
Post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu RPG Biomutant has now arrived alongside a fairly mixed reception
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[Update]: Biomutant's Patch 1.5 has improved the loot, increased the level cap, and fixed a bunch of crashes.
After being teased for nearly five years at this point, the stylish and post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu RPG Biomutant has now finally arrived. It brings with it a colorful world to explore, an assortment of mutations that you can acquire in order to drastically change your appearance and abilities, and as is tradition, plenty of combat, crafting and conversations to keep you occupied along the way.
You can get a pretty good idea of what all of this looks like in action through two of the recent trailers. The first is the fairly standard launch trailer, while the second one is a developer-guided overview of Biomutant's world and themes. Have a gander:
Total War: Warhammer 2's penultimate DLC will pit the Beastmen against Lizardmen
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[Update #2]: Creative Assembly has revealed the full scope of the upcoming Beastmen vs Lizardmen DLC, and it's quite an impressive menagerie!
[Update]: Creative Assembly have begun teasing a new and mysterious free DLC that will accompany The Silence & The Fury.
It may have taken what feels like an eternity, but the long-neglected Beastmen will soon be getting the improvements they desperately need. So mark July 14th on your calendars as that's when the Beastmen led by Taurox will square off against the Lizardmen led by Oxyolt in Total War: Warhammer 2's penultimate DLC The Silence & The Fury!
The exact details are currently still few and far between, but you can expect to see two new factions with their own unique campaign mechanics and gameplay flavor, a variety of new units and heroes to toy around with, and if the recent Wood Elf DLC is any judge, a massive rework of the Beastmen faction as a whole.
As for what exactly the two Legendary Lords will look like in-game, that you can find out through the freshly posted teaser trailer. Have a peek: