Cyber Shadow is an upcoming Ninja Gaiden inspired retro action-platformer
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[Update]: Cyber Shadow has now been released, and unsurprisingly, it's quite a challenging game!
If you're in the mood for some good ol' fashioned slicing and dicing through hordes of pixely enemies, you might want to keep an eye on the upcoming Cyber Shadow. To put it simply, Cyber Shadow is a Ninja Gaiden inspired retro action-platformer with plenty of challenging bosses and levels filled with all sorts of secrets and upgrades to collect.
You can get a pretty good idea of what all of this looks like in gameplay terms, as well as what kind of soundtrack you'll be jamming out to, through the recently posted trailer. Have a gander:
Overwatch is giving away a bunch of free loot boxes to celebrate the holiday season
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[Update]: Overwatch is heavily nerfing Sigma, Wrecking Ball and Ashe, while also buffing Hanzo.
The annual Winter Wonderland event has made its way to Overwatch a little while ago, bringing with it a whole assortment of goodies. There's a bunch of new cosmetics to unlock through either events or loot boxes, a variety of festive skins from previous events that you can grab at discounted prices, a very snowy reskin of King's Row, and even a brand new twist on the deathmatch mode.
If the cosmetics in particular are what tickles your fancy, you'll be extremely happy to hear that Blizzard has now sent out a bunch of free loot boxes to all players as a small gift for the holidays! In order to unlock your five free loot boxes you merely need to log into Overwatch before January 5, 2021. There's no catch or anything like that - simply log in and you'll be able to get a bunch of the new event items!
Cyberpunk 2077 has fixed the notorious Save File Corruption bug on PC
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[Update]: Cyberpunk 2077's Update 1.1 has brought in a brand new batch of bug fixes and improvements.
As you've likely heard by this point, Cyberpunk 2077 launched with quite a few issues in tow. The older consoles seem to be bearing the brunt of these problems, though even PC has its fair share of bugbears, everything from memory-related crashes to the always-fun save corruptions.
While many of the problems still remain, I am pleased to say that your save files are now finally safe thanks to the newest Hotfix 1.06. You can find the small list of changes over at the official website, but the important thing to note is that save files can now be larger than 8MB in size.
MTG Arena's new Historic Shakeup event offers a bit of a different competitive experience
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Regardless of what game we're talking about, if there is anything on the line, sooner or later a meta will form. People will figure out what the best strategies are, how best to counter what the opponents are trying to accomplish, as well as how to do all of that in the shortest time possible. MTG Arena is no different in this regard.
However, fighting against the same decks over and over again does tend to get tedious after a while. As such, you might be interested to hear that the newly launched Historic Shakeup event has banned many of the popular cards, thus creating an entirely new and unexplored meta to mess around with!
World of Warcraft has toned down some of the ridiculously difficult Mythic+ Dungeon enemies
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[Update #2]: Shadowlands has once again nerfed some of its toughest dungeon and raid bosses!
[Update]: Blizzard has removed the weekly time-gating for the roguelike dungeon Torghast.
If you've been running through World of Warcraft's Mythic+ dungeons over the past few weeks, you've likely noticed that the difficulty between them can vary massively. Dungeons like Mists of Tirna Scithe are absurdly easy and can be completed with plenty of time to spare, while something like De Other Side can be an absolute nightmare with even a slightly uncoordinated group.
This discrepancy has only become more apparent with last week's Bolstering & Tyrannical affixes, with some dungeons like The Necrotic Wake becoming nearly impossible to complete without stacking some of the best classes and specializations. So in order to address this problem, as well as make the dungeons a lot more pleasant across the board, Blizzard has now released a whole bunch of tweaks.
The excellent turn-based dungeon crawler Darkest Dungeon is free to grab for Christmas
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[Update]: Darkest Dungeon 2 is heading into Early Access on October 26, 2021
While not exactly the most Christmassy game given that it's all about suffering, madness and death, Darkest Dungeon is still a pretty darn good game to spend the holiday season with. As such, I am more than happy to say that the Epic Games Store is currently giving it away for free!
Naturally, the giveaway won't last long, so make sure to pick up your Christmas present sooner rather than later. Once you have it unlocked on your account you'll be able to play it whenever you want and for however long you want, so a little bit of haste right now is well worth it.
Stardew Valley's freshly launched Update 1.5 is the biggest the game has ever seen
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[Update]: Stardew Valley's ConcernedApe is working on a charming new life sim - Haunted Chocolatier!
Last year Stardew Valley's Update 1.4 brought with it an impressive amount of new content, but all of that pales in comparison to what has just arrived with Update 1.5. The freshly released patch not only brings with it a plethora of new content and quality of life improvements, but also some features that have been continuously requested ever since Stardew Valley first launched, things like splitscreen multiplayer!
You can also expect to see a sizable new location to explore, tons of new dialogue, new characters to interact with (including one that's fully fleshed out just like the original villagers), and even a new farm designed with veterans in mind. Speaking of which, there's also a new "Advanced Game Options" button on the character creation menu that lets you customize your playthrough and really shake things up.