THQ Nordic and HandyGames seem to be teasing Titan Quest 2
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[Update]: 15 years after its original launch, Titan Quest has just received a new expansion - Eternal Embers. Here's to hoping Titan Quest 2 will follow shortly as well!
After being mostly forgotten for an entire decade, Titan Quest underwent a bit of a revival over the past few years. The Anniversary Edition set the foundations back in 2016, after which the Ragnarok and Atlantis expansions beefed up the oldschool ARPG with a ton of new content to mess around with.
The good news doesn't end there as HandyGames, a studio under THQ Nordic's banner, has recently shared a teaser for their brand new game. While they didn't announce any details about this new project, the artwork fits the Titan Quest world and themes extremely well, leading many (including me) to believe that this might just be Titan Quest 2!
World of Warcraft has removed the weekly time-gating for the roguelike dungeon Torghast
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If you're like me and you decided to tackle the Shadowlands leveling process at a fairly relaxed pace, you've most likely noticed that you're not doing the same Torghast weekly quests as other people. This would be because Blizzard made it so you can only get one quest a week, regardless of when you started. So the longer you waited to get to level 60, the further behind you would be compared to those that rushed things.
Thankfully, this fairly massive issue has now been corrected. The entirety of the Torghast questline is now fully unlocked for all characters, regardless of when they hit level 60. Naturally, you'll still need to go through the full questline one step at a time to catch up, but that's definitely a much better alternative than being stuck a month in the past.
The highly enjoyable Metro: Last Light Redux is free to grab for another ~12 hours
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If you're looking to start the new year with a fresh new playthrough, today is your lucky day as GOG is currently running a rather exciting giveaway. The game in question, as you can probably deduce from the title, is the pretty darn solid Metro: Last Light Redux that combines first-person shooting with some highly atmospheric environments and plenty of overgrown ruins to explore.
As always, there is a little bit of a catch. This giveaway will only be live for another ~12 hours, so you might want to grab yourself a copy sooner rather than later. The good news is that once you have the game in your account you'll be able to play whenever you want without any sort of restrictions.
Valve has announced the best-selling and most played Steam games of 2020
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[Update #2]: The list of the most successful and popular Steam games of 2022 has now arrived, and it's full of surprises!
[Update]: Valve has now revealed the most played and best selling Steam games of 2021, and I'm happy to say there's quite a few indies in there!
If you're not exactly sure which games to grab from the various winter sales, you might be interested to hear that Valve has now released a whole bunch of data for 2020. This covers things like best-selling games, most played games, best-selling VR games, best new releases, and curiously, best games to play with a controller!
There is far too information for me to cover in brief, so if you're interested in all of the details you'll find the full list over at Steam. For now, however, I would like to bring your attention to the most played games of 2020 as the list is rather interesting. Here they are, in no particular order:
Life is Feudal: MMO will be closing down its doors in January due to legal pressure
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In a rather sudden announcement, developer Bitbox has stated that their survival-focused Life is Feudal: MMO will be closing down its doors on January 18, 2021. Where things get really strange is that instead of Life is Feudal being shut down due to a lack of funding or even a massive exodus of players, Bitbox are essentially being forced to stop operating its servers due to legal pressure.
"A couple of days ago we received an official letter from a certain company that basically says that they will stop paying us our share from LiF: MMO," reads the developer update. "There is nothing much we can do in a legal way since we do not have the required funds to pay for the costly legislation in the US. Especially in a situation where our own hard-earned money will be most probably used against us."
Hitman 3 will be sneaking its way onto PC and consoles this January 20th
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While the future of the Hitman series looked remarkably grim at one point, IO Interactive has not only managed to persevere, but also take the time to improve upon the classic formula. Things are likely to get even better in the near future as the culmination of the entire World of Assassination trilogy, Hitman 3, will be making its way to PC and consoles on January 20, 2021!
Hitman 3 will bring with it six sizable new locations to explore, including places like Dubai, Berlin and Chongqing. Owners of the previous two games will also be to import those maps into Hitman 3, while Hitman 2 players in specific will also be able to carry over all of their unlocks and progression.
Dungeon Fighter Online is getting an Arc System Works developed fighting game spin-off - DNF Duel
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If there is one thing Arc System Works are masters at, it would be taking other people's IPs and transforming them into pretty darn good fighting games. In these past two years they've done exactly that for Dragon Ball and Granblue Fantasy, while now they're setting their sights on the immensely popular Dungeon Fighter Online.
The details are unfortunately still few and far between, though what I can tell you is that the new fighting game will be called DNF Duel and that it will be made in Arc System Works' classic style. As for what this looks like in actual gameplay, that you can get a little sneak peek at through the trailer below. Have a gander: