Vermintide 2: Winds of Magic Review - As challenging and misguided as the Beastmen themselves
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The Winds of Magic expansion has now arrived, bringing with it the largest amount of new content Vermintide 2 has ever seen. It added the Beastmen as a brand new enemy faction, Weaves as pre-set and highly challenging new mini-levels, an absolutely brutal Cataclysm difficulty setting, five new weapons to explore, as well as one new Beastmen themed map.
There really is a lot of content on offer, though the big question now is whether all of that content is actually good enough to stand under scrutiny. So if you're wondering just where Winds of Magic succeeds, as well as where it falls flat on its face, allow me to share my thoughts after spending a week getting repeatedly stabbed by the Beastmen!
Ion Fury, formerly known as Ion Maiden, has now released from Steam Early Access
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[Update]: Ion Fury's successor Phantom Fury will be taking the over-the-top action on a road trip across the USA.
If you're in the mood for oldschool FPS action, you might be glad to hear that Ion Fury has now officially released from Early Access. It brings with it a variety of over-the-top weaponry, hordes of enemies to turn into a shower of giblets, hand-crafted levels with multiple pathways and plenty of secrets, and perhaps most importantly for its longevity, full mod support!
For those of you wondering why the name sounds a bit familiar yet still odd, it would be because Ion Fury was just recently known as Ion Maiden. However, due to the name being somewhat similar to Iron Maiden, 3D Realms was unfortunately forced to changed it or risk a prolonged and undoubtedly expensive lawsuit.
THQ Nordic has now acquired Gunfire Games, the studio behind the Darksiders series
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It's quite funny how history likes to repeat itself. When THQ was falling apart, the developers behind the Darksiders series left the company and joined forced with Crytek in the newly formed Crytek USA studio. However, due to Crytek's own financial problems, the leadership from Crytek USA ended up leaving the company once more and founding their very own studio - Gunfire Games.
Since then Nordic Games have resurrected the THQ name and re-branded themselves as THQ Nordic. As you might expect, one of the first things they decided to do afterwards was to continue with the Darksiders series, and so they acquired the IP and hired Gunfire Games to work on Darksiders 2: Deathinitive Edition and Darksiders 3. And now THQ Nordic has announced that we have officially gone full circle, by which I mean that THQ Nordic has now fully acquired the Darksiders studio Gunfire Games!
Final Fantasy XIV's fancy GARO PvP sets will be going away with patch 5.1
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If you're a fan of collecting fancy armor sets and mounts in Final Fantasy XIV, but you've been holding off on grabbing the PvP ones, you might want to get on top of that. According to the latest announcement, the rather cool-looking GARO armor sets, mounts and titles will no longer be available once Patch 5.1 arrives.
When exactly Patch 5.1 will actually launch, nobody currently knows, but I'd say October is a pretty good guess. Now that might sound like you have a lot of time, but there is quite a few items to collect if you're planning to get multiple sets, so I would highly recommend starting sooner rather than later.
Nightdive Studios are currently working on System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition
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[Update]: System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition will feature VR support!
These past few years have been pretty good for System Shock fans. The original System Shock has received a solid Enhanced Edition, System Shock 3 is being developed as we speak, and perhaps most surprisingly of all, there's even a fully fledged remaster of the original currently in the works.
Continuing on with the good news, I'm also happy to say that System Shock 2 is now getting its very own Enhanced Edition. Much like System Shock 1, the System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition will be developed by Nightdive Studios who have a fair bit of experience with remastering ancient games.
Due to incredibly high demand, Blizzard has added two new World of Warcraft: Classic servers
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[Update #2]: I'm happy to say that World of Warcraft: Classic has now been officially released and that the servers are practically overflowing with players!
[Update]: Blizzard has announced they will be adding a whole bunch of new WoW Classic servers on August 26th, right before launch!
Blizzard recently opened up World of Warcraft: Classic's character creation and gave players the ability to reserve up to three names per account. As you might imagine given the hype behind WoW Classic, the moment the servers opened up was also the moment some of them ended up getting filled to the brim with eager players.
In order to avoid hour-long queues and give players another chance to reserve their favorite names, Blizzard has now launched two additional servers: the Stalagg PvP server (EST) for North America and the English-speaking Gehennas PvP server for Europe.
Vermintide 2's Winds of Magic expansion has now arrived in full for PC players
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After spending a little bit of time in closed beta, Vermintide 2's Winds of Magic expansion has now finally released for PC players. As for the console versions, they are currently under development, though no official release date has been announced just yet.
In terms of content, the Winds of Magic expansion brings with it Beastmen as a brand new enemy faction, Weaves as highly challenging pre-set content, one new weapon for each of the heroes, and a brand new map to toy around with. Most importantly, for those of you seeking a true challenge anyway, the Winds of Magic expansion has also brought in the absolutely brutal Cataclysm difficulty where everyone needs to play together or face almost immediate destruction.