Knights of Light, a Mount & Blade inspired RPG set in 7th-century Iran, has now landed onto Early Access
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If you're looking for a bit of a change in scenery, you might want to check out the newly released Knights of Light. To put it quite simply, Knights of Light is a Mount & Blade inspired action-RPG set in 7th-century Iran and primarily focused on the events that led to the fall of the Sassanian empire.
In terms of gameplay, Knights of Light is split into two major parts: solo action and army management. The first one should be fairly self-explanatory. Just like in any other RPG, you'll be able to freely roam across the world, complete a variety of missions, and naturally, clash swords with anyone that dares stand in your way. When it comes to army management, you'll be expected to give orders to your troops on the field, as well as carefully manage your resources and build-up your regions.
Shadow Arena, Black Desert Online studio's new Battle Royale game, has now entered beta
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[Update]: Shadow Arena has now been released into Steam Early Access.
While it's starting to slow down a bit, the Battle Royale craze is still well and truly alive. As such, it might not come as too much of a surprise to hear that Black Desert Online studio Pearl Abyss has now thrown their hat in the proverbial ring with Shadow Arena.
In Shadow Arena, 40 players are flung onto the battlefield and have to scramble across the map in search of monsters and loot, all the while avoiding or ambushing their fellow players that are attempting to do the same. Right now Shadow Arena features nine unique characters, each of which has their own fighting styles and abilities. However, despite their differences, they're all supposed to be on somewhat equal footing when it comes to duels.
Exploration-focused RPG Outward is getting its very first expansion - The Soroboreans
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[Update #2]: The Soroboreans expansion has now arrived alongside highly positive reviews.
[Update]: The Soroboreans expansion has been pinned for a June release date on PC, and July on PS4 and Xbox One.
While Outward is certainly a niche RPG, it's one that I found to be quite compelling as it provides a real sense of adventure and exploration. As such, I am very happy to say that Outward will soon be getting its very first expansion - The Soroboreans!
The details are few and far between, but so far the developers have confirmed three major features. First of all, you will be able to drastically adjust your weapons and trinkets through the use of the new enchanting system. Given how magic works in Outward, I fully expect enchantments to be immensely powerful, as well as immensely hard to acquire!
Overwatch PTR update has brought in replay sharing and much-needed Mei nerfs
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[Update #2]: Overwatch Archives 2020 update has now suddenly arrived, bringing with it PvE challenges and some truly amazing new skins.
[Update]: The Season 21 update has brought in Hero Bans, a brand new map rotation, and even more balance changes.
Ever since Overwatch added replays, the most requested feature has been the ability to easily share those replays with friends and content creators. Well, it may have taken Blizzard quite a while, but I'm happy to say that the newest PTR update has now finally brought in just this feature!
The way the system works is about as simple as it gets. Each replay has a corresponding six-digit code, so share that with your friends through whatever means you prefer, and they'll be able to immediately check out your replay. The one big limitation is that the replay code will only work for the current patch, which given the rapid update schedule these past few months, means that each replay will have a shelf-life of around a few weeks.
Code Vein's Frozen Empress DLC has now arrived, though sadly alongside mostly negative reviews
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Despite some development trouble, Bandai Namco's Souls-like Code Vein ended up being a pretty darn good game. Yet, for whatever reason, Code Vein's DLCs have so far been nothing short of a disappointment.
Hellfire Knight, the first DLC, released in late January and was both incredibly uninspired and incredibly short. That wouldn't be too big of a deal if the price point was appropriate, especially since the last boss was actually quite fun, but alas Hellfire Knight was and still is €10. So while I would love to say that the newly released Frozen Empress has fared much better, it's sadly pretty much the same story.
The Wonderful 101: Remastered is coming in late May for PC, PS4 and Switch
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A little while ago, PlatinumGames announced that they need a little bit of extra funding in order to self-publish The Wonderful 101: Remastered. To achieve this goal, they set up a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign asking for an oddly specific but still quite reasonable $49,312.
They may have slightly underestimated just how many people would be interested in The Wonderful 101: Remastered, however, as the community managed to blow past all of the stretch goals and raise an impressive $1,446,295 in a mere few days! Because of this, the remaster will not only be releasing on the Nintendo Switch, but also on the PlayStation 4 and PC!
Hearthstone's Battlegrounds mode has added a bunch of new Dragon heroes and cards
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If you're tired of every Hearthstone Battlegrounds match revolving around an endless parade of Murlocs, Demons and Mechs, you'll be glad to hear a brand new update has just arrived. It brings with it dragons as a fiery new tribe, 18 new minions of which 12 are dragons, an assortment of new Dragon heroes to toy around with, as well as a variety of balance changes and tweaks.
You can get a bit of an idea of what to expect, as well as what some of the new dragons have to offer, through the recently posted teaser trailer. Have a peek, it's a fairly short one: