All of the upcoming Strixhaven expansion cards for MTG Arena have now been revealed
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[Update #2]: The spell-focused Strixhaven expansion has now arrived, and as expected, the draft format is delightful!
[Update]: MTG Arena is reducing the best-of-one sideboard size from 15 to 7 cards with the launch of Strixhaven.
MTG Arena will be getting the heavily spell-infused Strixhaven expansion on April 15, 2021. As you might expect by now, Strixhaven will bring with it a whole host of new cards to play around with, most of which will be themed after the five magical colleges: Lorehold (Red/White), Prismari (Blue/Red), Quandrix (Green/Blue), Silverquill (Black/White), and Witherbloom (Black/Green).
If you're curious what exactly these cards have to offer, as well as sort of theme each of the five colleges will focus on, you'll be happy to hear that Wizards of the Coast has now finally revealed every single card! You can check them out over at the Strixhaven image gallery.
If all goes well, Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord will be launching in late 2021
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[Update]: After two years in Early Access, Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord will be unleashed on October 25th, 2022.
After spending a considerable amount of time in development, Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord finally released onto Steam Early Access on March 30, 2020. Since then the TaleWorlds team has launched a whole bunch of content updates and bugfixes, slowly but surely tweaking just about everything from combat to performance.
That long journey might soon be coming to an end, however, as TaleWorlds have now announced that they are planning to release Mount & Blade 2 in Q4 2021. That said, this is only a tentative release date and if it's deemed that Mount & Blade 2 needs a little bit of extra time, they will absolutely push the release date back for as long as necessary.
Bulletstorm studio's looter shooter Outriders has now been unleashed alongside a free demo
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While it's a little bit late to the party, Outriders is a co-op focused looter shooter from the team behind Bulletstorm and Painkiller. In Outriders you will have a choice between four distinct character classes that you can then further customize by gathering a massive array of items and upgrades found throughout the world, all in an effort to to fight ever-increasing hordes of baddies for even more delicious loot. In other words, Outriders is indeed a looter shooter!
Since all of that heavily hinges on the actual moment-to-moment gameplay, and that happens to be something that's hard to describe through words alone, allow to me share with you the recently posted gameplay overview trailer. It should clue you in quite quickly on just what Outriders has to offer:
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has been delayed from its Spring 2021 release date
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[Update #2]: Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has now arrived, and so far things are looking quite good.
[Update]: After many delays, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has now been pinned for a April 5th, 2022 release date.
The upcoming Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is looking to become the biggest Lego game ever by combining the storylines from all nine mainline Star Wars films into a single gigantic adventure. However, while its sheer scope is downright impressive, it has also brought with it some problems.
As has been the case with many other major games throughout the past year, the Traveller's Tales team has found themselves unable to fully finish The Skywalker Saga before its previously set spring 2021 release date. Faced with either releasing an unfinished game or pushing the launch day back, the team has decided to go with the obvious option and has now delayed The Skywalker Saga indefinitely.
Hearthstone has added Classic Mode featuring only the original 240 cards from 2014
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[Update #2]: Hearthstone's Voyage to the Sunken City expansion is bringing in some truly gigantic creatures.
[Update]: Hearthstone is launching a balance update next week (April 12 in the earliest) to nerf Paladins, Mages and Rogues.
As a part of the recent Forged in the Barrens expansion Hearthstone has added 135 new cards to mess around with, many of which come with interesting new effects and fun twists on old ones. However, if you're in the mood for a bit of a nostalgia trip, Forged in the Barrens has also brought in something far more exciting - the Classic Mode!
Much like the name would imply, the Classic Mode allows you to craft and play exclusively with Hearthstone's 240 original cards. All of the changes that happened since then, including things like reworks and bans, have been reverted and as such the Classic Mode will represent Hearthstone exactly as it was in June 2014!
Oldschool business simulator OpenTTD has now made its way to Steam
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OpenTTD is an open-source business simulator that's heavily based on the 1995 Transport Tycoon Deluxe. As you might imagine from that brief description alone, OpenTTD is all about trying to become ridiculously wealthy by transporting passengers and cargo through a network of railways, roads and rivers, ideally without getting your vehicles stuck sideways on either of them!
While there is a bit of a learning curve, OpenTTD is a highly enjoyable and surprisingly relaxing game once you get into it. So if you're curious about the whole thing, you might be happy to hear that it has just recently made its way to Steam, and much like everywhere else, it's entirely free to check out!
Thanks to another delay, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 will not be launching in 2021
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[Update]: Bloodlines 2 will be re-revealed in September 2023, though you can now refund your pre-order if you wish
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has been delayed so many times at this point that it's becoming quite tricky to keep track of it all. So if you're as confused as I am at this point, you might be not be aware that Boodlines 2 has recently been pushed back yet again, this time to 2022 at least!
"We have made the hard decision that Hardsuit Labs will no longer be leading the development of Bloodlines 2 - which also means that we will not be releasing in 2021 as previously planned," explains the brief update. "Since we cannot at this time communicate a new release date, we've also decided to stop accepting pre-orders for the time being."