Total War: Warhammer 2 devs are urgently working on fixing the recent campaign issues
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[Update #2]: The King's Shilling update has now gone live, fixing these bugs, as well as many others.
[Update]: The latest beta update has now fixed this bug, as well as a variety of other major problems.
Total War: Warhammer 2's The Shadow and The Blade DLC has arrived a little while ago, bringing with it a good chunk of new content to play around with, as well as some long-awaited quality of life changes and improvements. Sadly, it also brought with it a couple of really annoying issues.
First and foremost, AI-controlled Vampire Counts, Vampire Coast and Lizardmen factions are completely unable to field more than one army. As such, the overall balance on the campaign map is currently extremely out of whack as minor factions are dominating large stretches of land, while the already powerful factions like the Dwarfs or Empire are nearly unstoppable as there is simply nobody to challenge them.
Hand-drawn Metroidvania Sundered is free to grab until January 16th
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The holiday season may be over, but if you're in the mood for just one more gift, you might be interested to hear that the hand-drawn Metroidvania Sundered is now entirely free to grab. Simply head on over to its Epic Store page, log into your account or create a new one, and you'll be out exploring the world (and likely dying) in no time.
The catch, as is tradition at this point, is that the giveaway will only last a short amount of time. So if you're looking to grab Sundered, make sure to do so before January 16th as that's when it'll be replaced by the equally interesting Horace.
Monster Hunter: World's Iceborne expansion has now arrived onto PC, though not without problems
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[Update]: According to the newly revealed roadmap, the PC version of Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne will achieve parity with consoles in April, 2020!
Much like the original Monster Hunter: World, the PC version of the Iceborne expansion was delayed a couple of months in order to give the developers enough time to polish things up. However, now that Monster Hunter World - Iceborne has finally released onto PC, it would appear that it's also facing a similar set of problems as its predecessor.
Most notably, the performance is all over the place with certain PCs having nearly unplayable framerate drops and others having a completely smooth experience. Similarly, there are reports of the Iceborne expansion deleting save files or refusing to launch entirely, but once again it's not something that affects everyone in the same way. So much like the original Monster Hunter: World, it seems a couple of patches will be necessary before things really get on track.
Overwatch's beta update is looking to tone down Hanzo, Mei and Baptiste
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[Update #2]: Blizzard has now announced significantly faster balance changes and weekly hero bans in order to keep Overwatch fresh and interesting for years to come.
[Update]: In a rare departure from their usually slow balance cycle, Blizzard has now released another PTR update aimed at toning down the rampant power creep!
While Overwatch's switch to Role Queue with enforced 2/2/2 compositions was a great idea, it unfortunately brought with it quite a few balance problems. Blizzard tried to address this with the somewhat recent rebalance of shield health, but since that patch didn't target all of the problematic heroes, the resulting meta ended up being rather similar to the one before.
Thankfully, the newly released beta update is already looking like it will shake things up quite significantly! Baptiste and his immortality field are getting a much-deserved nerf, while the ever-present DPS heroes like Hanzo and Mei are being toned down so the rest of the cast has a chance to actually compete.
You can find the full list of changes over at the Overwatch website, but for now allow me to share with you the most interesting part - the hero balance changes:
Shadow Tactics, a Commandos inspired stealth and tactics game, is free for the next few hours
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If you're a fan of the old Commandos series, or just strategy games in general, you're in for a treat today! As a part of their daily giveaway, the Epic Games Store is currently offering a free copy of the truly excellent Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.
Simply head on over to Shadow Tactics' store page, create or log into your account, and then simply claim yourself a copy by going through the 'purchasing' process. That said, I'm unfortunately a bit late with this announcement and so Shadow Tactics will only be free for another couple of hours, so you might want to hurry up and grab it before it goes away.
Indie action-RPG Hyper Light Drifter is free to grab for another couple of hours
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[Update]: The next freebie is my GOTY for 2016 - Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.
The Epic Games Store giveaway event is now slowly coming to a close, and thankfully the quality of the games continues to be pretty darn high. Just these past few days they've given out Totally Accurate Battle Simulator and FTL: Faster The Light, while today's offer is another excellent indie game - Hyper Light Drifter.
If the name's unfamiliar, or if you simply need a bit of a refresher on just how atmospheric Hyper Light Drifter can truly be, allow me to share with you one of the original trailers. Have a gander, it's a rather pretty one:
Overwatch devs are giving away 5 seasonal loot boxes as a little gift for the holidays
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With Christmas behind us and most people still recovering from their food comas, it is the perfect time to snuggle up in a cozy blanket and play some video games with your loved ones. However, if your preferred method of spreading the holiday cheer is with copious amounts of explosives, you might be interested to hear that Blizzard has now continued their tradition of giving every Overwatch player five new cosmetic loot boxes to unwrap.
Claiming them is about as simple as it gets. Just log into Overwatch and they'll be automatically added to your account. You don't even need to open them right away as they will remain exactly where they are until you're ready, even once the Winter Wonderland event has faded away.