Beyond a Steel Sky, sequel to the classic Beneath a Steel Sky, has been delayed into 2020
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[Update]: Beyond a Steel Sky has now been unleashed alongside some fairly positive reviews.
For those of you that might be a bit younger, or simply managed to miss it entirely, Beneath the Steel Sky is a thoroughly enjoyable (and completely free) point and click adventure from 1994. While its puzzles are a tad archaic given its age, it is the atmosphere and storytelling that have cemented Beneath the Steel Sky's place as a true classic to this very day.
With that in mind, you might be interested to hear that there is a brand new sequel on the way - Beyond a Steel Sky. However, you'll have to wait a little while for it to arrive as the developers have just announced that they are delaying Beyond a Steel Sky into 2020. The reason, as always, is to ensure that things are as polished as they can possibly be.
Dead Cells' The Bad Seed DLC is bringing in two new levels and a boss
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[Update #2]: The Bad Seed DLC has now arrived, and so far it has received some pretty good reviews across the board.
[Update]: The Bad Seed's latest preview has shown off the new enemies, items and boss, as well as finally revealed the release date.
If you've managed to complete every challenge Dead Cells' has placed in front of you and you're still eager for more, you might be glad to hear that the developers have now announced the very first DLC. The Bad Seed DLC will bring with it two new levels to play through (the Arboretum and the Swamp), as well as a brand new boss called 'Mama Tick' that will share quite a few features with its Starship Troopers counterpart.
While the recently posted teaser trailer doesn't offer much in terms of details, it will give you a little bit of a sneak peek at one of the new zones. Have a gander:
Development on The Elder Scrolls: Legends has now been put on hold
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Despite having some pretty neat ideas and The Elder Scrolls tag behind it, it would appear that The Elder Scrolls: Legends has not managed to maintain a large enough playerbase to continue development. As such, I'm afraid that any future content releases have now been put on hold.
"Until then, you can still download and play Legends on all existing platforms and compete online as well as in the single-player modes," reads the official update. "We will also continue to support the game with monthly reward cards and regular in-game events. New expansions and other future content, however, are no longer under active development. We will continue to provide ongoing maintenance support."
Darksiders Genesis, a hack and slash spin-off, has now made its way to PC
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After Darksiders 3 ended up being a success, it was fairly obvious that Darksiders 4 will be following at some point in the future in order to tell the story of the final horseman - Strife. However, what might come as quite a surprise is that not only has Strife's game arrived far sooner than anyone could've expected, but that it's also a top-down, hack and slash spin-off with an option for co-op!
While that description can usually be read as "Diablo clone", it doesn't exactly apply here as the newly released Darksiders Genesis is pretty much a Darksiders game, just with a slightly different playstyle. You'll still be exploring the world in search of secrets, solving a variety of puzzles in order to open up new areas, collecting ability upgrades to help you smash through enemies, and naturally, beating up an assortment of demons and angels.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection has now made its way to PC and Steam
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[Update #2]: Halo 2: Anniversary is coming to PC this May 12th!
[Update]: Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary has now been added to the collection on PC.
If you're like me and you never really got to sink many hours into Halo 1 and 2 due to Games For Windows Live being a massive nuisance, I'm delighted to say that the dark days are now finally behind us. In other words, the significantly more compatible Halo: The Master Chief Collection has now made its way to PC and Steam!
The Master Chief Collection will eventually bring with it pretty much all of the mainline Halo games - Halo: Reach, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST and Halo 4. However, as of right now, only Halo: Reach and Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary are currently available.
GTFO, the hardcore co-op focused shooter, is coming to Steam Early Access on December 9th
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[Update #2]: After a rather eventful Early Access stay, GTFO has now been fully released.
[Update]: GTFO has now arrived onto Steam Early Access, and as expected, it's both promising and unfinished.
Despite Left 4 Dead continuing to be a massive success, as well as games like Vermintide 2 carving themselves a nice piece of that pie, there is a surprisingly lack of challenging, co-op focused shooters. Sure, there are shooters that allow you to play with other people, but very few of them actually dare to present a real sense of danger or require much in terms of teamwork in order to succeed.
With that in mind, you might be interested to hear that GTFO will be coming to Steam Early Access this December 9th in order to potentially rectify that situation. According to its description, GTFO is a hardcore, co-op focused FPS that's all about gunning down overwhelming numbers of monstrosities through specialized weaponry and good ol' fashioned teamwork. How exactly all of that will work out in practice, only time will tell, but it's definitely the sort of concept that gets my ears all perked up.
Overwatch's Winter Wonderland event and Update 1.43 are coming next week
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[Update:] Overwatch's massive shield rebalance and accompanying Winter Wonderland event have now arrived in full!
Right now Overwatch is in a bit of a slump as the current double shield meta doesn't allow much room for experimentation. There is a glimmer of hope on the horizon as the upcoming update is looking to finally address the overall balance between the tanks, though unfortunately the update has been stuck on the PTR for quite a while now.
Thankfully, this won't be the case for much longer as Blizzard has now announced that Update 1.43 will be coming to both PC and consoles next week. They haven't revealed the exact date just yet, but given that most updates arrive on a Tuesday, I think it's safe to say that Update 1.43 will be here on December 10th.