Romero Games' turn-based strategy Empire of Sin is launching this December 1st
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[Update]: December 1, 2020 has now arrived, and with it Empire of Sin has been unleashed!
Empire of Sin, Romero Games' seedy turn-based strategy game set in 1920s Chicago, was originally supposed to arrive in spring of 2020. As is tradition with pretty much every game this year, its release date ended up being pushed back in order to ensure the team has enough time to get everything polished up and ready to go.
A fair bit of time has gone by since then, and I'm pleased to say that we can now finally see the light at the end of this tunnel. In other words, Empire of Sin will be arriving onto PC and consoles on December 1st!
Untitled Goose Game has added a two-player multiplayer mode for even more honking havoc
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If you feel like the poor people in Untitled Goose Game just haven't suffered enough, you'll be delighted to hear that there is now a two-player co-op mode available! After all, if one goose alone is an unrelenting menace, two working together can only be described as a walking apocalypse!
In terms of the actual gameplay, the secondary goose is basically the same as the original, just with a couple of small cosmetic differences to help set them apart. So regardless of which feathered fiend you decide to pilot, your experience should be exactly the same.
Path of Exile's recent update has brought in high-stakes heists and treasure-filled vaults
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[Update]: In order to avoid Cyberpunk 2077, Path of Exile's next big update has been pushed back until January.
After the crafting and end-game focused Harvest league, the freshly launched Heist update has now once again pushed Path of Exile into a more combat-heavy direction. However, unlike some of the previous leagues that just involved smashing monsters over the head, the new Heist league is all about planning and then executing daring raids on vaults filled with treasure.
To start it all off, you'll first need to discover the location of a valuable artifact and the defenses that guard it. Once you have all of the boring details, you'll then need to assemble a team of skilled specialists and thieves in order to help you bypass the traps, avoid the patrols, and hopefully get away with all of the delicious loot before the alarms start blaring!
Baldur's Gate 3 has been briefly delayed and will now be launching in early October
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[Update #2]: Baldur's Gate 3 will be leaving Early Access in August 2023.
[Update]: Baldur's Gate 3 has now launched into Early Access with around 25 hours of content.
As is tradition with pretty much every game releasing in 2020, Baldur's Gate 3 has now been delayed. However, while some have been pushed back a full year, Baldur's Gate is only going to take a week longer to get here! In other words, you can expect the Early Access version of Baldur's Gate 3 to assemble its party and embark on an adventure this October 6th!
"Our guiding principle for early access is that it's fine for there to be smaller bugs or a few things that are lacking polish, but it needs to offer a fun gameplay experience with as few crashes as possible," reads the developer update. "We're nearly there but we have a few unexpected delays, and we still have some stability issues we're sifting through."
Left 4 Dead 2's The Last Stand update has brought in an absolute ton of new content
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[Update]: Dying Light's crossover event has added Left 4 Dead's Bill and the majestic Gnome Chompski.
In collaboration with Valve, a bunch of Left 4 Dead 2 community members have gathered together to release an absolutely massive new update - The Last Stand. I'm not overstating its size either, because The Last Stand has added a little bit of something to pretty much every aspect of Left 4 Dead 2!
You can expect to see a brand new campaign, 26 new survival maps to test yourself against, 4 new scavenge maps to remind you the game mode even exists, 2 new melee weapons, and in a rather surprising move, the official implementation of Counter-Strike: Source weapons! The Left 4 Dead 1 infected have also received their original skins, a bunch of previously unused voice lines have been added in, numerous animations have been spruced up, and naturally, there's a whole bunch of balance changes and bug fixes to round things out.
Mafia: Definitive Edition, a full remake of the classic game, has now arrived
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[Update]: Hangar 13 have announced that a brand new Mafia game is currently in development.
In a bit of a strange move, two thirds of the Mafia: Trilogy collection released back in May 2020. To make matters even more confusing, the two games barely had any improvements between them, making the whole collection feel a bit pointless.
Thankfully, the full remake of the original Mafia game has now finally arrived, thus not only completing the trilogy, but also giving it that crucial centerpiece it so clearly lacked. I say this because the newly launched Mafia: Definitive Edition has reworked the visuals and audio from the ground up, expanded the dialogue and added even more storylines, and naturally, fixed up a whole bunch of annoyances from the original.
Overwatch update has brought in some excellent buffs for McCree, Orisa and Roadhog
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[Update]: Overwatch's Halloween Terror 2020 event has arrived alongside an assortment of awesome cosmetics, as well as the Soldier 76 weapon rework!
If you're a fan of McCree, I have both good and bad news. The good is that he's now finally received some buffs in order to compensate for the constant nerfs to his damage output, while the bad news is that the proposed combat roll buff that would have him soar through the air like an acrobat did not go through. Unfortunate, but I suppose it didn't really fit McCree's character.
Besides the tweaks to McCree, this newest update has brought in some excellent buffs for Orisa and Roadhog, a relatively small buff to Baptiste, as well as an equally small nerf to Ashe. Here's the full list of changes: