Riot Games' competitive shooter Valorant is launching in early June
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In an announcement that I must admit comes as quite a shock, Riot Games has now revealed that their competitive 5v5 shooter Valorant will be launching this June 2nd! Some regions like India and the Middle East won't have their own servers at launch, though the team is working on remedying that as soon as possible. Until then, these regions will be combined with their neighbors, the SEA and EU servers in this case.
When it comes to its gameplay style, Valorant is often described as a hybrid between Counter-Strike and Overwatch, though I must admit I highly disagree with that. Outside of unique heroes and abilities, Valorant simply doesn't share much with Overwatch. However, the Counter-Strike comparison is quite apt as Valorant features a very similar gameplay feel, damage to health ratio, as well as map design and objectives. So if you're a fan of CSGO and you're looking for something fresh, Valorant might just be worth a closer look.
Black Desert Online's battle royale spin-off Shadow Arena has now launched on Steam
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After a few rounds of beta testing, Black Desert Online's battle royale cousin Shadow Arena has now been unleashed onto Steam Early Access. As you might imagine given the premise, Shadow Arena allows 40 players to roam across its map in search of monsters and loot, all the while beating each other senseless with a variety of unique characters. Each one has their own special skillset and playstyle, as well as the usual strengths and weaknesses, so learning how to utilize or exploit all of them is going to be where most of the challenge lies.
As for what exactly the combat looks like in action, that you'll find out through one of the character trailers down below. This one is mostly focused on Yeonhwa and her various combo attacks, so it should give you a pretty good impression of what Shadow Arena has to offer. Have a gander:
Amazon's free-to-play shooter Crucible has now landed onto PC via Steam
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While the team-based shooter craze has slowly given way to the battle royale craze, there is definitely still room in the market for a more focused and organized shooter experience. And that is exactly the type of niche Amazon tried to fill with their newly launched Crucible - a free-to-play shooter with a wide and colorful cast of characters, each armed with their own unique abilities and playstyle.
Since trying to describe shooters through words alone is a bit of a pointless endeavor, allow me to share with you the recently posted overview trailer. It'll give you a pretty good idea of just what Crucible is trying to accomplish. Have a gander:
DayZ will be entirely free to try out on Steam from today until May 25th
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If you're still curious about DayZ, or if you simply want to see how things have evolved since the early days of the mod, you might be glad to hear that it's going to be free to try out for the next couple of days. To be more specific, from 10am PST on May 21st until 10am PST on May 25th DayZ will be entirely free to check out on Steam.
As for what exactly you're getting yourself into, that you'll find out through last year's "This is DayZ" trailer. It's a little bit outdated at this point, but it should still clue you in quite nicely. Have a look:
After four years in Steam Early Access, Golf With Your Friends has now finally been released
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After spending a genuinely surprising amount of time in Early Access, a whopping four years, Golf With Your Friends has now finally been released in full for PC and consoles. As you might imagine from the name alone, Golf With Your Friends brings with it multiplayer mini golf madness for up to 12 players, 12 highly themed and expansive courses to mess around with, as well as plenty of mutators and customization options to bring even more chaos into the whole thing.
You can get a pretty good impression of what all of this looks like in gameplay terms through the recently posted launch trailer. Have a gander, it's a fairly short one:
Overwatch Anniversary 2020 update has brought in a ton of new and old event skins
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If there's any sort of cosmetic item you missed during the previous Overwatch events, the newly launched Anniversary 2020 update offers the perfect chance to correct that mistake. To put it simply, it has not only brought with it every single skin, voice line and animation from all of the previous events, but it has also added some rather awesome new legendary skins and dance emotes!
You can get a little sneak peek at what these new skins look like, as well as how stylish Echo's dance moves are, through the recently posted trailer. Have a gander:
Total War: Warhammer 2 devs have detailed today's Greenskins rework and free update
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[Update]: The Warden & The Paunch DLC has now arrived, and unsurprisingly, it's yet another pretty good one.
Later today, Total War: Warhammer 2's The Warden & The Paunch DLC will bring with it a morbidly obese Goblin and the eternally grumpy High Elf version of Batman. However, as exciting as that might sound, it is the accompanying free update that is likely going to have the biggest impact.
This would be because the update contains the long-requested rework of the Greenskins faction. Instead of having them be the punching bags of the entire world, it will finally make the Greenskins a nearly endless tide of ravenous anger and poor hygiene, just as they should be in the lore. More importantly, it will also reduce the power of the dreaded Order alliance by making it so the Dwarfs actually have a strong competitor vying for supremacy over the mountains.