Friday the 13th: The Game's very final update has now removed Dedicated Servers
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Due to a whole bunch of legal nonsense that's not worth even getting into, Friday the 13th: The Game ended up having to stop all of its content updates. And with the continued rise of competitors like Dead By Daylight, this quickly resulted in Friday the 13th losing most of its playerbase.
With all of that in mind, it should sadly come as no surprise to hear that Friday the 13th's very final update has now arrived. It brings with it a couple of balance changes and bug fixes, and most importantly of all, the discontinuation of dedicated servers in favor of purely peer to peer multiplayer.
Oldschool horror-action games BloodRayne 1 and 2 are getting an HD remaster this November 20th
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After the unbelievably awful 2005 movie, the BloodRayne series slowly faded away into obscurity. Quite a few years have gone by since then, which is why I'm both shocked and pleased to announce that BloodRayne 1 and 2 are soon getting HD remasters!
BloodRayne 1 and 2's Terminal Cut edition will be launching this November 20th for PC, and will bring support for 4K resolutions along with improved rendering with up to 4x anti-aliasing. You can also expect to see support for modern gamepads, upscaled cinematic videos, improvements to the lighting engine, uncompressed original textures, as well as a variety of graphical tweaks to reflections, water, fog and shadows.
Apex Legends is bringing in massive and positive changes to the controversial Battle Pass
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[Update #2]: Apex Legends' festive Holo-Day Bash event is launching this December 1st alongside the Winter Express mode.
[Update]: Apex Legends has fixed the horribly grindy Weekly Challenges and given everyone 10 free Levels.
Despite the massive Season 7 update that brought in a new map, legend and a ton of changes to all aspects of gameplay, most of the conversation within the Apex Legends community is currently focused on the Battle Pass and how much it sucks. And rightly so given that the Battle Pass has taken the "triple everything" approach with its new redesign and has thus become unbelievably grindy.
If you're wondering just how grindy we're talking about, then the best example is the daily quest that requires you to survive for 75 minutes, which doesn't include queue times, loading times, or any time spent dead. So if you're an average player and not simply hiding in a corner the whole game, this daily quest alone can take you upwards of two hours, which is just ridiculous!
Assassin's Creed Valhalla has now arrived, and unsurprisingly, it's pretty good
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[Update #2]: After two years of exclusivity, Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Valhalla has now landed onto Steam.
[Update]: Ubisoft has announced they're working on the next big Assassin's Creed game - Assassin's Creed Mirage.
If you're in the mood for a gigantic open world game that can absolutely devour your free time, you might be happy (or perhaps horrified) to hear that Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Valhalla has now been unleashed. In Valhalla you will spend most of your time smashing enemies around with numerous weapons, exploring the world in search of various collectibles, building up your settlement and getting to know your fellow vikings, and most importantly of all, engaging in the occasional bout of insult-fighting to help pass the time.
As for what exactly all of this nonsense looks like in actual moment-to-moment gameplay, that you can find out through one of the developer-guided previews. Have a gander, but do be warned, it's a fairly long video:
World of Warcraft hotfix has sorted out some of the major balance issues with the pre-patch
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[Update]: My Shadowlands review is now live, and I'm happy to say things are looking pretty good for WoW!
In order to pave the way for the upcoming expansion, World of Warcraft has recently introduced the Shadowlands pre-patch. It brought with it a whole assortment of cosmetic customization, a massively revamped leveling system along with a level squish from 120 to 50, as well as ton of balance changes and class tweaks.
Naturally, whenever there is a large influx of new changes, chances are there are going to be some really broken things slipping through the cracks. While the Shadowlands pre-patch was not spared this fate, I do have some good news to offer as Blizzard has just released a sizable hotfix in order to sort out most of the major problems.
Rainbow Six Siege' Neon Dawn update preview shows off the laser-wielding Operator Aruni
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[Update]: Rainbow Six Siege's co-op focused spin-off Extraction has now been unleashed.
I hope you're a fan of lasers, because once the next Operator Aruni makes her way into the game, Rainbow Six Siege will certainly be a lot more colorful! Aruni's laser grid gadget will be mountable over doors, walls, hatches and windows, and as you might expect, will fry or seriously wound anyone or anything foolish enough to simply smash into it face-first.
Naturally, such a power does come with a bit of a downside. One the laser grid has zapped a drone, projectile or even a player, it will need to momentarily power down in order to recharge. So even though it presents a formidable barrier, you will be able to bypass it by sacrificing some of your resources, though it certainly won't be a quiet entry!
The psychological horror game The Medium has been delayed until January 2021
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[Update]: The Medium has now been unleashed onto PC and Xbox!
It's quite astonishing to see how much of an influence Cyberpunk 2077 has. CDPR recently pushed its release date back to December 10th, which then quickly resulted in a cascade of other delays as nobody wanted to release under Cyberpunk 2077's enormous shadow.
First it was Path of Exile's next big update, then the Early Access release of Everspace 2, and now even the psychological horror game The Medium is stepping back. So instead of launching on December 10th as previously announced, The Medium will be now landing onto PC and Xbox on January 28, 2021.