Valve has announced the best-selling and most played Steam games of 2020
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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:
Cyber Shadow is an upcoming Ninja Gaiden inspired retro action-platformer
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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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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.