Payday 3's free technical beta has now launched and will be running until August 7th
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[Update]: Payday 3 has now arrived alongside a surprising amount of server problems.
If you're itching to give Starbreeze's upcoming co-op shooter Payday 3 a try, you'll be happy to hear that the Technical Beta has now arrived in order test out all of the online elements before the big launch on September 21st. The beta content is limited to only one heist and four playable characters, though given that most of the weapons and cosmetics have been included, the beta should still have more than enough variety to keep you entertained for a little while.
In order to participate in the Technical Beta you simply need to head on over to Steam, request access, and put on your luckiest socks as the current number of players with beta access is quite limited. The good news is that the beta will be expanding as time goes on, so don't worry if you don't get in on the first day or two - there's still a decent chance you'll be able to try out Payday 3 before the whole thing closes on August 7th.
Nearly a decade after launch, Broforce is getting its final update on August 8th
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[Update]: Broforce Forever has now arrived, and unsurprisingly, it's quite a blast!
In order to send off Broforce with a bang, Free Lives studio have decided to release one final free update - nearly a decade after the original launch! The appropriately titled Broforce Forever brings with it an improved an expanded campaign, six new bro's inspired by pop culture icons, four new challenge levels, and just to help smooth things over, some bug fixes as well!
What all of this manly madness looks like in action, that you can check out through the explosion-fueled trailer below. Have a peek:
Souls-like looter-shooter Remnant II has now been unleashed, and it's actually quite good!
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The original Remnant: From the Ashes was a highly ambitious game that combined Dark Souls inspired combat with looter-shooter mechanics and even a bit of Diablo-like level design. Yet despite stretching itself far and wide, Remnant: From the Ashes actually managed to pull it off quite well. It wasn't perfect by any stretch, but as I've noted throughout my review, the gameplay was a ton of fun.
As such, it should come as little surprise to hear that the freshly released sequel Remnant II is essentially a bigger and more polished version of the original. After all, why mess with a formula that works! In terms of major improvements, Remnant II brings with it a bigger variety of abilities and builds, a much more elaborate melee combat system, more impressive randomized maps, and most importantly of all, an adorable canine companion for one of the classes!
2D platform fighter Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is getting a bigger and more ambitious sequel
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Despite starting off strong and generating a fair bit of buzz, the 2D platform fighter Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl sadly didn't manage to stick around for very long. It took a single month to go from a peak of 9,120 players to 472, and things only get worse from there.
However, rather than let the whole idea die, the developers have now rallied and are working on a much more ambitious sequel. Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 will come with additional characters and more complex movesets, crossplay and an updated lobby system, an improved training mode and a variety of minigames, as well as a roguelike inspired singleplayer mode.
Total War: Warhammer 3's Update 4.0 will expand battle difficulty settings, add new landmarks and improve the tutorial
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[Update]: Total War: Warhammer 3's Shadows of Change DLC is coming this August 31st with a much higher price tag.
While the details about the upcoming DLC featuring Tzeentch, Cathay and Kislev are still nonexistent, Creative Assembly has now revealed some of the changes and tweaks that will be accompanying it. Most notably, you can expect to see a variety of new landmarks to conquer, an improved tutorial for Immortal Empires, as well as additional difficulty options to mess around with.
First things first, the new tutorial will come in the form of simple missions that will guide you towards things like your first battle or first additional settlement, as well as offer advice about city building and similar concepts. While the initial system will be mostly devoid of flavor and purely focused on functionality, future updates will add more narrative and specific tutorials for each faction's unique mechanics.
Dota 2 devs have started up a new blog detailing development challenges and interesting bug fixes
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[Update #2]: Dota 2 is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a bunch of thematic (and free) cosmetic items.
[Update]: Dota 2's Patch 7.34 has now arrived with an avalanche of balance changes and gameplay tweaks.
In a bit of an unexpected announcement given how secretive Valve tends to be, the Dota 2 team has now introduced a new development blog feature that will detail some of their challenges, interesting bugs and "occasional happy accidents" encountered while working on a game as ridiculously complex as Dota 2. The first of these development blogs is about Techies and their endless hordes of mobile Sticky Bombs!
This bug appeared with The New Frontiers update back in spring and it allowed Techies players to create an army of infinitely lasting and fully controllable Sticky Bombs. This not only allowed them to be used like an additional mine field, but also as a way to hunt down unsuspecting players without Techies ever putting themselves at risk. In other words, it was a brief nightmare!
Exoprimal is Capcom's surprisingly competitive co-op game about mechs fighting hordes of dinosaurs
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Capcom's freshly released action-shooter Exoprimal is quite a curious game. It's not only thoroughly unique because it's all about high-powered mechs fighting against hordes of horribly mutated dinosaurs, but also because it attempts to merge both competitive PvP and cooperative PvE gameplay within a single match.
The way it works is that you first compete against the opposing team by attempting to complete your objectives faster than them, and then towards the end the gloves finally come off and you're able to square off against your opponents directly in order to secure yourself the win. Most entertainingly of all, you will occasionally even get the ability to transform yourself into a giant dinosaur so you can really mess up your opponents and their plans.