World of Warcraft's next expansion will most likely introduce a 'level squish'
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A few months ago Blizzard revealed that they are internally discussing the idea of a 'level squish' - to reduce the current 120 levels to something a bit more manageable and lot less intimidating to new players. While nothing has been officially announced just yet, it would appear that Blizzard has indeed opted to do introduce a level squish and that it will be arriving alongside the next expansion.
This information comes to us from the most recent survey that featured this rather interesting question: "Are you aware the maximum level of 120 will be reduced in the future (i.e., "level squish")? I'd say that's about as close to an official confirmation as we're going to get for a while!
Dota Underlords, Valve's Dota Auto Chess spin-off, has now entered Closed Beta
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[Update]: Dota Underlords has entered Open Beta and can now be played on both PC and mobile for free.
In a stark departure from their usually glacial speed, after a small leak Valve has recently come out to officially announce their Dota Auto Chess variant - Dota Underlords. Even more surprisingly, they have now straight up released the entire game for owners of Dota 2's The International 2019 Battle Pass!
However, if you don't play Dota 2 and you don't feel like purchasing anything just yet, there is no need to worry as the Open Beta will be coming in the near future. No official release date has been announced as of right now, but according to the announcement it's likely to arrive at some point next week.
The action-packed roguelike Enter the Gungeon is free until June 20th
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If you're a fan of action-focused roguelikes with plenty of ridiculous combos to experiment with, you might be glad to hear that Enter the Gungeon is now entirely free to grab. Simply head on over to the Epic Games Store, log into your account, and you'll be able to claim your copy in no time.
The one catch, as always, is that the promotion will only last for two weeks. As such, make sure to grab your copy before Enter the Gungeon goes away on June 20th. You don't even need to install it, just add it to your account and you're good to go.
Shenmue 3 is now an Epic Games Store exclusive and the Kickstarter backers are not pleased
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Back in 2015, long before the Epic Games Store was even a thing, Shenmue 3 was Kickstarted with the promise that backers would either receive a PlayStation 4 copy or a PC key. While a Steam key was not mentioned during the campaign itself, a follow-up email (including one that arrived relatively recently) explicitly stated that the PC version will be coming via Steam. As it turns out, that is now no longer true as Shenmue 3 has officially become an Epic Games Store exclusive on PC.
"Development for Shenmue III has been moving forward using Unreal Engine and the support we have received from Epic has been excellent," reads the official update. "But most importantly, in looking for the most enjoyable experience on PC, it was decided together with Deep Silver after much discussion that the Epic Games Store would be the best distribution platform option."
Apex Legends update has corrected some of the more annoying bugs, including the randomized Armor position
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[Update]: Respawn has now released an updated list of bugs and gameplay problems they're currently working on fixing.
Apex Legends' most recent major update has brought in a variety of challenges, new cosmetics to collect, the rather exciting Elite Queue, as well as a variety of balance changes and quality of life improvements. However, as is tradition, the update has also brought with it quite a few new problems.
Respawn is thankfully well aware of these issues and have already posted an official list of bugs they're currently working on squashing. Better yet, rather than simply talk about it, they have now also released the first of the bug-fixing updates in order to sort out some of the more problematic ones!
Overwatch has now added replay support for the Overwatch League pro matches
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[Update]: The replay system has now arrived to the live servers alongside a whole bunch of other changes and bug fixes.
A little while ago Overwatch has introduced the very first version of the replay system. However, while the replays themselves work perfectly fine and are actually quite educational, the whole system was a little bit limited given that you could only watch your own replays.
Thankfully, this is no longer the case! After the most recent update, the replay system has now been extended to the current season of the Overwatch League. So if you ever wanted to see what exactly your favorite pro does at every moment of a match, or even how the battles as a whole play out from a different angle, you now have a chance to do just that!
Spyro Reignited Trilogy will be coming to PC and Switch this September 3rd
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While this announcement shouldn't come as too much of a surprise given the recent leak, I am still happy to say that the Spyro Reignited Trilogy has been officially announced for PC! You can expect to see it arrive this September 3rd alongside the freshly revealed Nintendo Switch version.
Whether there will be any sort of PC-exclusive features or options, nobody currently knows. However, given that the Spyro Reignited Trilogy has only just released on consoles, I doubt we're going to see any sort of massive improvements. On the positive side, the games themselves already seem to be highly polished and without too many issues, so a straight port should still be pretty darn good.