The indie management/strategy game Kingdom: Classic is free to grab this week
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If you're looking for something short and interesting to occupy your time, I'm pleased to say that I bring good news. The indie management/strategy game Kingdom: Classic is currently entirely free to grab over at the Humble Store, and it will remain like that for another six days.
As for the actual gameplay, Kingdom: Classic is all about establishing and keeping your little kingdom safe. You'll need to hire a bunch of soldiers and workers, construct layered defenses and invest your hard-earned gold into infrastructure, and then once night comes, hunker down and survive the relentless hordes that will crash against your walls.
Valorant's Update 1.11 has returned, this time around without the gamebreaking bugs
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[Update]: Valorant update has fixed some of the common complaints about the Icebox map.
When Update 1.11 arrived a little while ago, it brought with it a brand new Agent by the name of Skye, numerous balance changes, the introduction of the Icebox map to competitive play, and a whole bunch of quality of life improvements. Unfortunately for everyone involved, the update also broke the entirety of Valorant.
On the funnier side of things you had bugs like Omen's smoke displaying Sage's texture files for some bizarre reason, while on the less fun side of things you had bugs that caused performance problems and malfunctioning abilities, both of which made regular gameplay a bit of a nightmare. With all of that in mind, it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise to hear that Riot Games quickly pulled the patch back.
Little Hope, Man of Medan's spiritual successor, has now arrived for PC and consoles
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Much like Supermassive's previous games Until Dawn and Man of Medan, Little Hope is a highly interactive story where you singlehandedly guide the fate of all the various characters. Depending on your actions you can escape the endless horrors with the full squad intact, watch as the group slowly dwindles into nothingness over the course of the campaign, or perhaps something in between.
As for the story itself, Little Hope brings with it a fairly simple premise. Four college students and their professor are stranded in the abandoned town of Little Hope where they're constantly haunted by visions of the past. From there you'll need to figure out what in the world is happening, how you can solve the problem, and hopefully, how you can make it out in one piece!
Everspace 2's Early Access launch has been pushed back to January in order to avoid Cyberpunk 2077
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[Update]: Everspace 2 has now docked in Steam Early Access alongside some fairly positive reviews.
It would appear that Cyberpunk 2077's most recent delay has impacted far more than the ambitious RPG. In order to avoid competing with Cyberpunk 2077, Path of Exile's new expansion has been pushed back until January, and now Everspace 2's Early Access launch is following suit as well.
"Let’s get the cyber elephant out of the room right away: The Cyberpunk 2077 release has just been pushed back to December 10, which is a major blow to our planned EVERSPACE 2 Early Access release in mid-December," reads the developer update. "Not only will every media outlet and content creator cover the arguably most-anticipated AAA game in history throughout the entire holiday season (and not much else), we also know that there’s quite a bit of audience overlap within our community (and our team), so after a quick consultation with our marketing friends we’ve decided to push back the EVERSPACE 2 Early Access release to January."
After seven years, Dota 2's Diretide event has now made a triumphant return
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[Update]: Dota 2 has added a new hero called Hoodwink and new abilities for literally everyone!
As it turns out, even Valve's patience has a limit! After watching players shout "つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give DIRETIDE" for about seven years at this point, Valve has now finally brought back the popular Halloween event.
Much like before, Diretide is all about fighting against your fellow players in 5v5 matches, with the sole purpose being to collect as much candy as humanly possible. A truly noble goal, I'm sure you'll agree! The catch is that Roshan is also a fan of candy, so you're going to need to appease him or get rid of your candy if you want to stay alive... or you can just use the distraction and really push the enemy while they're off balance!
Due to the pandemic, Far Cry 6's release date been pushed back
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[Update]: Far Cry 6 has now arrived onto PC and consoles with a few new twists on the age-old Ubisoft formula.
If you were hoping to get your hands on Far Cry 6 this February, I'm afraid I bring some bad news. Due to the pandemic messing everything up, Ubisoft has now officially delayed Far Cry 6. Not only that, but no new release date has been announced just yet, so it's quite possible Far Cry 6 will only appear in late 2021.
"While we know you are all anxious to get your hands on Far Cry 6, we want to let you know that we've been given more time to allow us to make this the game you aspire to play while focusing on the well-being of our teams in this unprecedented global context," explains the brief update. "Our teams around the world are working in the studios and from their homes to pour their passion and creativity into making an unforgettable game - one we hope you will love."
The highly creative and utterly bizarre What the Golf? has now landed onto Steam
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While golf is most definitely in the name, What the Golf? is more of an exercise in how many wildly different gameplay styles one can fit into a game before it all blows up. As it turns out, an absolute ton as What the Golf? is an immensely creative game despite having such a restrictive theme.
If you're wondering why I'm still not mentioning the actual gameplay, that would be because much like Frog Fractions, What the Golf? is really one of those games you want to go in completely blind. If you know what the 'trick' is, then the game loses a bit of its power over you. So if you're in the mood for a charming and somewhat experimental game, What the Golf? is well worth experiencing.