Gearbox's team-based shooter Battleborn has now closed its doors for good
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To say that Battleborn has had a rough time would be quite an understatement. Despite having a pretty fun concept and some neat hero designs, Gearbox and 2K Games foolishly decided to compete directly with Overwatch, and so Battleborn ended up launching right alongside what is probably the most popular game of 2016.
What followed next wasn't exactly pretty either. Battleborn got shredded critically due to the direct comparison to Overwatch, and what playerbase it did manage to acquire quickly started leaving for greener pastures. Gearbox eventually made it free-to-play in an effort to bring about some sort of revival, but unfortunately the damage had already been done. And so, after about a year of updates, Gearbox finally announced that Battleborn will be slowly winding down and eventually even closing its doors for good.
Creative Assembly has begun teasing a major Total War: Warhammer announcement
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[Update]: Total War: Warhammer 3 has been revealed alongside Daemons of Chaos, Kislev and Cathay!
It has only been a little while since The Twisted & The Twilight DLC arrived, and already Creative Assembly has begun teasing a brand new addition to the Total War: Warhammer series. However, unlike the past few teasers that were relatively straightforward, the devs are keeping things a bit more mysterious this time around.
The two teasers released so far show a Celestial Wizard looking at various constellations in the sky, all the while delivering some potentially cryptic dialogue. Before I give you my theory, here are the two videos so you can hopefully get a bit of an idea of what's going on:
The psychological horror game The Medium has now been unleashed onto PC and Xbox
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The Medium was originally supposed to release back in December, but due to Cyberpunk 2077 throwing a wrench into everyone's plans, Bloober Team chose to postpone their psychological horror game until January. A fair bit of time has gone by since then, but I'm happy to say that the long wait is now finally over as The Medium has just been unleashed onto both PC and Xbox!
Since The Medium is one of those games that relies heavily on atmosphere and immersion, allow me to cut to the chase and share with you the recently posted trailer. It should give you a pretty good idea of just what you'd be getting yourself into. Have a gander:
World of Warcraft is looking to buff most of the underperforming classes next week
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[Update]: Blizzard has announced another round of dungeon nerfs, most of which are here to make tanking less about running away and more about... well, tanking!
As is often the case with World of Warcraft, there are currently classes and specializations that are so much stronger than the competition that it's becoming a bit of a serious problem. So in order to sort this out, as well as hopefully bring in a bit more diversity into Mythic+ and high-end raiding groups, Blizzard has now announced a bunch of tweaks.
If you're hoping this involves major class reworks I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you as the changes are purely messing around with the numbers. That said, it should still provide some much-needed help for underperforming specs. But enough babbling from me, here's what you can look forward to:
Total War: Troy's newest faction DLC has added Ajax and Diomedes for the Greeks
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In order to counterbalance the impact of Amazons, Total War: Troy's newest piece of DLC has now added two brand new Greek factions to mess around with. Salamis is led by the mighty Ajax, while the young king Diomedes is in charge of Argos.
Much like the Amazons that came before them, each of the two new lords sport their own unique abilities and faction mechanics. There are also 18 new units to utilize, Paragon regiments that essentially function as Regiments of Renown from other Total War games, and even a brand new event to help you conquer Troy.
Evil Genius 2 and its megalomaniacal schemes will be arriving this March 30, 2021
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After being remarkably coy with the release date for quite a few months now, Rebellion has finally revealed when we'll be able to get our hands on Evil Genius 2! Best of all, it won't even be a long wait as you can expect to see Evil Genius 2 on Steam this March 30, 2021.
As the name would imply, Evil Genius 2 will have you try to take over the world through a variety of dastardly means. You'll need to construct the perfect evil lair, hire and train an army of henchmen, deal with the constant incursions from the forces of justice, and as is tradition, create the ultimate and completely impractical doomsday weapon to show the world who's boss!
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum stealth-focused adventure game has been delayed until 2022
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When The Lord of the Rings: Gollum was first announced back in 2019, its release date was loosely set for 2021. Given that we're now in 2021 and we still know basically nothing about Gollum, it should come as very little surprise to hear that its release date has now been pushed back to 2022.
No exact release date has been given just yet, but what I can tell you is that Gollum will be launching onto PC, Xbox One and Series X, PlayStation 4 and 5, as well as the Nintendo Switch. Similarly, there is still no actual gameplay to show, but you can at least get a bit of an idea of the sort of atmosphere the team is going for through the original teaser trailer. Have a gander: