WoW Classic devs have opened up free character transfers from overpopulated servers
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[Update]: WoW Classic devs have now also addressed some of concerns about the layering system.
When WoW Classic's character creation and name reservation first launched, only a couple of servers were available in each region. This was especially painful in Europe as both of our English PvP servers ended up with constant six hour queue times due to the overflowing number of players.
In order to address this problem Blizzard soon released dozens of new servers, but due to a combination of inertion and human psychology, that did little to convince people from overpopulated servers to ditch their reserved names and start somewhere new. As such, when WoW Classic finally launched, a large amount of players continued to endure lengthy queue times in order to get into the most popular servers, all the while the rest of the medium-high servers enjoyed basically no queues at all.
2.5D platformer Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is coming this October 8th
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[Update]: Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair now has a free demo available on PC.
After taking a crack at a 3D collectathon, Yooka-Laylee developers are now taking things even further back by working on a 2.5D action-platformer. The upcoming Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is seemingly heavily influenced by Donkey Kong games and will feature both 2.5D levels and a 3D overworld riddled with "secrets and surprises."
Much like Yooka-Laylee itself, the Impossible Lair will have a wide variety of Tonics that can be used to change up the gameplay or simply mess around with the visuals. There are going to be more than sixty of these Tonics to unlock, so whatever your tastes might be, chances are you'll find a couple that are right up your alley.
Overwatch's Role Queue matchmaking has recently arrived to both Competitive and Quick Play
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[Update]: Blizzard is bringing back Open Queue as an alternative competitive mode.
In order to catch any potentially disastrous problems, Blizzard released Overwatch's long-awaited Role Queue into beta testing as a part of a mini competitive season. Despite some issues towards the end of the beta test, the Role Queue system appears to have been a huge success as Blizzard has now implemented it in full!
So whether you're a fan of Competitive of Quick Play, you'll be glad to hear that the days of 4DPS teams have now come to an end. Moving forward, all Competitive and Quick Play games will feature two supports, two tanks and two DPS heroes. Best of all, each role will have its own matchmaking rating, so regardless of what skill level you end up playing at, you're pretty much guaranteed to have people that are just as competent.
Capcom will be announcing a brand new Resident Evil game this September 9th - Project REsistance
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[Update]: Project Resistance has been announced as an asymmetrical 4v1 multiplayer game.
Outside of their fighting game division, Capcom has been absolutely spectacular these past few years. Devil May Cry 5 ended up greatly exceeding expectations, Monster Hunter: World was a genuinely impressive step forward and the Iceborne expansion is looking even better, while both Resident Evil 7 and Resident Evil 2 Remake did much to redeem the series in the eyes of fans, especially after the disappointment that was Resident Evil 6.
As such, I am extremely happy to announce that Capcom will be revealing a brand new Resident Evil game on September 9th! What exactly this game might be, nobody knows just yet, but it's current code name is "Project REsistance."
Humble Bundle is giving away DiRT Rally for free for the next ~two days
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If you're in the mood for a bit of racing, and you're looking for a good excuse to stay out of the summer heat, you might be interested to hear that DiRT Rally is currently free to grab. Simply head on over to the Humble Bundle website, subscribe to their newsletter, and you'll be slamming your car into every nearby tree in no time.
Speaking of which, this whole promotion is a limited time offer. As such, you have about two days in order to grab yourself a copy, after which you'll be able to play whenever you want. You don't even need to install DiRT Rally, just make sure you activate the key and you'll be golden.
Total War: Warhammer 2's next DLC will greatly bolster the Empire and Lizardmen factions
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[Update #2]: The Hunter & The Beast, as well as its accompanying free update, have now arrived in force!
[Update]: Gor-Rok, the free Lizardmen Legendary Lord, is looking to be immensely powerful!
Total War: Warhammer 2 has brought with it a variety of improvements, both in terms of gameplay and the strategic depth of the various factions. While this is definitely a positive thing, it has unfortunately resulted in the original Total War: Warhammer races feeling a bit bland in comparison.
In order to address this little problem, as well as to spice up the campaign map, Creative Assembly has now announced a brand new DLC - The Hunter & The Beast. The expansion will bring with it two highly thematic Legendary Lords (Markus Wulfhart for the Empire and Nakai the Wanderer for the Lizardmen), a variety of new units to toy around with, new regiments of renown, new and interesting campaign mechanics, and naturally, a whole bunch of changes to both factions.
Borderlands 3's PC system requirements and graphics settings have been revealed
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Borderlands 3 is set to arrive this September 13th, bringing with it a wide variety of improvements over its predecessor. You can expect to see a whole bunch of new weapons and weapon types to play around with, numerous and highly distinct locations to explore, a horde of half-crazed characters to interact with and potentially shoot in the face, and naturally, enough explosions to make even Mr. Torque proud!
If you're wondering whether your PC will be able to actually run all of that, especially when it comes to the co-op matches, you might be glad to hear that Gearbox has now revealed the PC system requirements. Have a gander: