Dota 2 Update 7.29 has brought in a new hero called Dawnbreaker and major map changes
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[Update]: Dota 2's next hero will be Marci - the adorable, mute fighter from the Dota: Dragon's Blood animated series.
It has only been a little while since the last major Dota 2 update, and already a brand new one has gone live. However, this time around the focus is not on getting new players up to speed, but rather on giving veterans some fun new toys to play around with.
First and foremost, Update 7.29 has brought with it Dawnbreaker - a highly durable melee hero with a great deal of damage potential. Her first ability is a short-ranged series of hammer blows that ends with a stun, which pairs nicely with her passive that provides her with bonus damage and aoe healing after every three strikes.
Turbo Overkill is an upcoming retro cyberpunk FPS where your leg doubles as a chainsaw
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[Update]: Turbo Overkill's Version 1.0 has now arrived, and as I've detailed throughout my review, it's a ton of fun!
If you've been enjoying the recent 'boomer shooter' renaissance, you'll be delighted to hear a brand new challenger has just entered the arena. The appropriately titled Turbo Overkill is an upcoming retro cyberpunk shooter with a focus on fast movement, cleaving through hordes of enemies with oversized weaponry, and as is tradition, ridiculously over-the-top violence. Oh, and your leg also doubles as a chainsaw, because why not!
Since words alone are woefully inadequate when it comes to describing these types of games, allow me to share with you the recent gameplay trailer. It should clue you in quite quickly on just what Turbo Overkill is all about. Have a look:
Apex Legends' War Games Event is bringing in five limited game modes this April 13th
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[Update #2]: The War Games update is now live and running!
[Update]: Apex Legends' Season 9 will bring in yet another major Lifeline rework.
In an effort to shake things up a bit, Apex Legends will soon be releasing a brand new War Games event. Once it arrives this April 13th it'll bring with it five limited-time game modes, a whole assortment of new cosmetics to collect, and as is tradition, some nifty balance changes and bug fixes to round everything out.
While the latter has not been announced just yet, Respawn has at least revealed what the five new game modes will be all about. Here's a brief description of each one, as well as a gameplay trailer showing them all off in action:
Path of Exile 2's lengthy new gameplay preview shows off some impressive improvements
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[Update]: Path of Exile's January 2022 Siege of the Atlas expansion has reworked the endgame yet again.
Once it arrives at some point in 2022, Path of Exile 2 will bring with it a whole host of improvements over the original. There will be an entirely new story campaign spread across seven acts, a massive rework of the skill tree, over a dozen new Ascendancy classes, support gems will socket into active skills rather than gear, and naturally, there will also be a variety of visual and audio enhancements across the board.
While the full list of changes hasn't been announced just yet, I'm very happy to say Grinding Gear Games have now released a lengthy new gameplay preview for Path of Exile 2, and so far it's looking pretty darn impressive! Have a look for yourself:
Tyrant's Blessing is a newly announced tactical RPG heavily inspired by Into the Breach
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While a little bit on the short side of things, Into the Breach was still a brilliant and highly enjoyable strategy game. Mercury Game Studio seem to have thought the same thing as their newly announced Tyrant's Blessing is a turn-based tactical RPG that borrows quite a few elements from Into the Breach.
Enemies always display their next move in advance, all of your heroes are highly specialized and powerful in different ways, the battles take place on small maps where every decision matters, and naturally, each unique biome offers its very own obstacles and hazards. However, unlike Into the Breach where the bugs have the common courtesy to stay dead, any living unit that falls in battle will soon be raised as a part of the titular Tyrant's army and will once again start marching against you.
World of Warcraft has made the Ve'nari reputation account-wide and thus removed weeks of grinding
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[Update #2]: Blizzard has finally increased Anima rewards from World Quests!
[Update]: The major Update 9.1 - Chains of Domination has now made its way to the PTR.
In part due to the inability to mount, and partly due to the very limited array of daily quests, the Maw is by far the most hated and controversial zone in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. Unfortunately, it's also the only zone that's tied to player power thanks to conduit upgrades and sockets you can purchase with Stygia once you have enough reputation with Ve'nari.
Going through all of that once is quite a and arduous long journey, as I've experienced while working on my review, but doing it for every single character you play on is absolutely nightmarish. The issue is that not only do you need to gather enough Stygia to be able to afford the items themselves, but each of your characters also needs to individually farm the Ve'nari reputation which is a seriously time-consuming ordeal.
Arkane's time-bending shooter Deathloop has been delayed until September 14th
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[Update #2]: Deathloop has now arrived and, outside of some early performance problems, it seems to be getting a pretty positive reception.
[Update]: Arkane has detailed the PC system requirements and advanced settings for Deathloop.
If you were itching to get your hands on Arkane's time-bending shooter Deathloop this May 21, I'm afraid I bring some bad news. Due to the pandemic messing things up and slowing development, Deathloop has now been pushed back until September 14, 2021.
"We're committed to quality and preserving our team's ambitions for Deathloop while ensuring the health and safety of everyone at Arkane," reads the brief update. "We'll be using this extra time to accomplish our goal: Create a fun, stylish and mind-bending player experience."