The stylish and atmospheric exploration game Journey is coming to Steam this June
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While originally a PlayStation 3 exclusive, the rather beautiful exploration game Journey finally made its way over to PC in 2019, though exclusively for the Epic Games Store. If you're not a fan of the platform, however, you might be glad to hear that Journey will also be heading over to Steam on June 11, 2020.
You can get a little bit of an idea of what Journey is all about, as well as how lovely its world truly is, through the PC trailer down below. Have a peek:
Fallout 76's NPC-filled expansion Wastelanders is set to arrive on April 14th
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[Update #2]: Bethesda has now released a detailed roadmap for Fallout 76 in 2020.
[Update]: Fallout 76 has now finally arrived onto Steam alongside the massive (and entirely free) Wastelanders expansion.
While Fallout 76 may have its fair share of issues, for me the biggest one is just how lifeless the world feels. After all, Fallout has always placed great emphasis on storytelling and character interactions, so having those removed entirely just left Fallout 76 with a strange void - one that it never really managed to fill.
With that in mind, I'm very glad to say that the upcoming (and entirely free) expansion Wastelanders will be looking to correct that problem! The aptly named expansion will not only be adding a variety of new NPCs to chat and barter with, but also two new human factions you can potentially join, as well as brand new storyline revolving around the sudden return of humanity.
Blizzard has detailed some of the class changes coming with World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
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[Update]: World of Warcraft's Shadowlands expansion has been pinned for a Q4, 2020 release date.
In order to prevent hotbars from becoming too bloated with unnecessary spells, World of Warcraft has slowly but surely been pruning class abilities over the past few expansions. Unfortunately, Blizzard took things way too far in Battle for Azeroth, with most classes now having fairly homogeneous abilities and very little of the flavor they once had. I mean, was there really any point to removing fun but essentially useless spells?
Thankfully, this whole pruning business won't be a problem for long. According to the latest developer update, Blizzard is looking to heavily focus on player choice and customization in the Shadowlands expansion, as well as bringing back a unique identity for each and every single class.
Jill Valentine is joining the Survivors in Resident Evil Resistance this April 17
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[Update]: Jill Valentine has now made her way to Resident Evil Resistance as a free and rather powerful new survivor.
Resident Evil 3 launched a short while ago, and it didn't do so alone. It arrived alongside Resident Evil Resistance - a 4v1 asymmetrical multiplayer game where a team of survivors has to escape a variety of devious traps and monsters placed by the evil mastermind.
If that kind of multiplayer action is right up your alley, you'll be glad to hear that Capcom has now released the official roadmap for Resistance outlining just what you can expect to get in the future. You might not be as glad to see it, however, given that the roadmap is currently about as barebones and mysterious as it gets. Still, Capcom did reveal who the next Survivor character will be, as well as when they'll make an appearance.
Amazon's upcoming MMORPG New World has been pushed back until late August
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[Update]: New World has been delayed once again, this time around until spring 2021.
In an announcement that is likely to become increasingly more common, Amazon has just revealed that their MMORPG New World has now been delayed due to the ongoing pandemic. The new release date has been set for August 25, 2020 while the start of the Closed Beta has been pushed back to July.
"We want to make sure that we have the time needed to make New World the very best it can be for our players," reads the brief developer update. "As a result, we’ve chosen to delay the game’s release in order to reach our quality bar as we work remotely for the foreseeable future."
Overwatch is removing the unpopular Paris and Horizon Lunar Colony maps from Competitive Play
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[Update #2]: Overwatch 2 will be dropping the Assault game mode as a whole!
[Update]: Overwatch's next experimental update will be looking to reduce the power of Crowd Control effects across the board.
While having a small, pre-set amount of maps available per each competitive season was a nice idea in theory, in reality it just made Overwatch a bit stale. After all, there's only so many times you can rotate between Horizon Lunar Colony and Hanamura before you start going a little bit loopy. As such, I am quite pleased to announce that Blizzard will be retiring the concept of Map Pools this April 14th!
The good news doesn't end there, however, as Blizzard has also announced that they will be removing two of the most unpopular maps from Competitive Play: Paris and Horizon Lunar Colony. You'll still be able to play them in the Arcade modes or through Quick Play, but until they get some much-needed reworks, both maps will thankfully be unavailable in ranked.
Apex Legends update has added permanent Duos, Kings Canyon map, and a Bloodhound themed arena
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After hearing the same requests over and over and over again, Respawn has now finally given the Apex Legends community exactly what they wanted - the option to play Duos regardless of what event is going on, as well as a fast-moving map rotation so you never get stuck with the same map for long. So if you're like me and you're pining to once again drop in the chaotic nightmare-land that is Kings Canyon's Skulltown, this is the update for you!
Before you do that, however, you might want to give the World's Edge map a try as well given that Respawn has also added a new region to it - a Bloodhound themed arena. As you might imagine from the brief description alone, the arena will have you face off against a variety of hostile critters, as well as your fellow players, in order to acquire a hoard of epic loot. Needless to say, expect the arena to be an absolute bloodbath for the next few weeks.