Co-op focused shooter World War Z has now added a rather elaborate Horde mode and explosive enemy
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While the World War Z title might not inspire a lot of confidence given that it sounds like a tie-in for a movie that just released way too late, in reality it's actually a pretty good Left 4 Dead style shooter. With that in mind, I'm glad to say that things are now getting even better as the developers have just added a fairly comprehensive Horde mode.
Instead of the usual affair that involves camping a corner and blasting apart enemies until you get overrun, World War Z's Horde mode is a bit more proactive. The map is littered with loot to scavenge, defenses and upgrades to purchase, and most importantly of all, bonus tasks that ask of you to roam around during some of the heaviest zombie waves. So while it will still likely get old after a while, it's at least an interesting take on the Horde mode formula and a nice little side-attraction to complement the main game mode.
Little Inferno, the indie game about burning literally everything, is free until 5pm on December 23rd
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As you're probably well aware at this point, the Epic Games Store is giving away a free game every single day until January 1st. Yesterday you had a chance to grab SUPERHOT, while today's game is a pyromaniac's dream - Little Inferno.
To grab yourself a copy all you need to do is head on over to Little Inferno's store page, log into your account or create a new one, and you'll be able to light the world on fire in no time. As always, you don't need to worry about installing the game in order to keep it. Simply adding it to your account is enough, after which you can play it whenever you want.
The city management game Frostpunk is getting a prequel expansion - The Last Autumn
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The world of Frostpunk is an ice-covered nightmare where the last remnants of humanity are struggling against all odds to not only survive in the wasteland, but to also to figure out a permanent solution before the endless winter devours all. It's certainly a bleak future, but it does make for a rather compelling story!
Speaking of which, if you've ever wondered what events led to the grim situation in Frostpunk, you might be interested to hear that the newly revealed The Last Autumn expansion will be just about that! Here's the brief teaser trailer:
Dragon Quest Builders 2 has recently made its way to PC via Steam
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After being available on the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch for a little while now, the rather cheerful Dragon Quest Builders 2 has now made its way to PC via Steam. As the name itself would suggest, Dragon Quest Builders 2 is all about creating the perfect town one brick at a time, as well as exploring the open world in search of battles, secrets and crafting materials.
Since a picture is worth a thousand words, and a video has quite a few pictures, allow me to share with you one of the original trailers. It'll give you a pretty darn good idea of just what Dragon Quest Builders 2 is all about, as well as if it's even your type of game or not. Have a look, it's quite a good one:
Risk of Rain 2 update has added the new survivor Acrid, as well as new bosses and stage variants
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When Risk of Rain 2 entered Early Access, the developers quickly released a roadmap promising a variety of new features. While the contents of each step of the roadmap have been reshuffled slightly over time, Hopoo Games have stuck to their word and released some rather exciting updates every couple of months.
The newly launched "Hidden Realms" update is no exception here as it brings with it a poisonous new survivor called Acrid, as well as two new stage variants to offer a bit of diversity. You can also expect to see two hidden realms (Void Fields and the Secret Hidden Realm), three additional skill variants, a brand new monster called the Void Reaver, and most importantly, two new bosses to contend with.
Raw Data developer's VR game "The Walking Dead Onslaught" has been delayed until 2020
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The Walking Dead Onslaught is an upcoming VR focused game where you'll get to play as various characters from the series in order to annihilate hordes upon hordes of the undead. In order to make this as satisfying as possible, Onslaught will have a "progressive dismemberment system", which essentially means you'll be able to slice pieces off zombies, chop off their limbs, impale them on objects, and otherwise hideously damage the already shambling corpses.
However, it would appear that trying to implement and polish all of that has been a bit more challenging than expected, and as such The Walking Dead Onslaught will not be making its expected 2019 release date. Instead, it has been pushed back to some point in 2020, with more news about the actual release date coming in the near future.
Deep Rock Galactic's Update 27 has added a new event, enemy and player loadouts
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Deep Rock Galactic is set to release in full in the second quarter of 2020, and in order to get everything ready for launch, the developers are now focusing their efforts on polishing existing features, quality-of-life changes, as well as some much-needed additions. Unsurprisingly, the newly released Update 27 brings with it exactly that.
There is now a brand new machine event with variable (and incredibly deadly) attachments to contend with, a significantly beefed up version of the Glyphid Praetorian called the Gylphid Oppressor, a bunch of minor but still quite welcome animations improvements, as well as a long-requested community feature - loadouts. Perhaps most importantly of all, Update 27 has given the Dwarves the ability to freely show off their glorious beards even while wearing armor!