Apex Legends Season 2 is adding a new character, weapon, ranked mode and two upgrades
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[Update #2]: Respawn has now released a video preview showing off all of the major Season 2 features!
[Update]: Respawn has now also detailed the weapon changes and additions coming in with Season 2.
After a couple of months of limited updates, things are now finally starting to speed up for Apex Legends. The Legendary Hunt event has recently landed alongside a variety of bug fixes, balance changes and cosmetic skins, while the upcoming Season 2 is set to offer a whole bunch of new content.
First and foremost, Season 2 will bring with it a new defense-focused Legend called Wattson. She'll be able to place electric fences that damage and slow enemies while stretching surprisingly far, whereas her ultimate will destroy any projectiles (bombs and grenades) within its range and slowly recharge allied shields. Best of all, Wattson's passive will make it so even a single ultimate accelerant will fully recharge her ultimate!
The disaster-riddled Fallout 76 canvas bags will finally start shipping next week
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Out of all the problems Bethesda ran into with Fallout 76, the whole canvas bag scandal is perhaps the biggest and stupidest. Instead of shipping a small canvas bag as a part of the super-expensive Power Armor Collector's Edition, they sent out the cheaper nylon bags, which as you might imagine was instantly met with criticism.
If we weren't stuck in the darker timeline this story would've ended with Bethesda apologizing and sending people their bags, but instead they initially brushed the problem off. After receiving even more negative press, they finally 'capitulated' by giving players the equivalent of $5 of in-game currency, which then fueled the flames even further. Eventually they saw reason and agreed to send the players their canvas bags, after which everyone was about as happy as you could possibly be in this sort of situation.
Ghost Recon Breakpoint has been announced alongside a rather exciting 'gameplay' trailer
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[Update]: Ubisoft has now released an extremely detailed list of PC system requirements and recommendations for Ghost Recon Breakpoint!
After the immense success of Ghost Recon Wildlands, it was only a matter of time before Ubisoft attempted to push the formula even further. As such, it should come as little surprise to hear that Ghost Recon Breakpoint has now been officially announced alongside a rather stellar new trailer!
Before you get too excited, it is worth mentioning that despite it being called a "gameplay trailer", the video feature an extremely small amount of actual gameplay, and even that is over-edited to the point where you can't even tell what's really happening. That said, it's still a pretty exciting cinematic trailer, so do make sure to give it a look:
Darksiders 3's second major DLC "Keepers of the Void" is set to arrive this July
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It may have launched with quite a few problems, but Darksiders 3 has slowly but surely managed to transform itself into a rather enjoyable experience. One of the earlier patches brought in the classic combat mode, then The Crucible DLC gave everyone a fresh reason to beat up hundreds of demons, after which the developers took things a step further by adding a New Game Plus mode with its own unique encounters and enemy, as well as a brand new difficulty setting.
However, if you've already beaten everything Darksiders 3 has to offer and you're looking for something a bit more sizable, you might be glad to hear that the Keepers of the Void DLC will be coming this July for both PC and consoles. While the details are still few and far between, Keepers of the Void will be a hefty piece of DLC with its own story, enemies, locations, and powerful items to acquire.
Yooka-Laylee devs are working on a seemingly Donkey Kong inspired 2D platformer
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[Update #2]: Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair now has a free demo available on PC.
[Update]: Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair has now been pinned for an October 8th release date!
While Yooka-Laylee unfortunately didn't manage to reach the same levels of excellence as Banjo-Kazooie, it was still a pretty fun game and one that only got better with each subsequent update. With that in mind, I am very glad to say that the team behind it is now once again making a Yooka-Laylee platformer, though with a bit of a twist!
Instead of Yooka-Laylee 2, Playtonic has now announced a seemingly Donkey Kong inspired 2D platformer called Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair! Here's a brief trailer showcasing just what it's all about:
Overwatch is running a double EXP event from now until June 10th
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Overwatch's third Anniversary update arrived a little while ago, bringing with it a whole bunch of content to play around with. Throughout the Anniversary event you can acquire a variety of new cosmetics, all of the previous event cosmetics, experience all of the previous event game modes, as well as try out the newly introduced and highly enjoyable Workshop modding tools and game modes!
In order to get everyone into the festive mood, Blizzard has also now launched a double experience weekened for both PC and consoles. The event will last until June 10th and the bonuses will apply to every single game mode, so no matter what playstyle you might enjoy, you'll be able to secure yourself a whole bunch of new loot!
Destiny 2 is going free-to-play, moving to Steam, and getting cross-platform saves
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[Update]: Destiny 2's PC transfer service and cross-platform saves will be going live on August 20 and 21 respectively.
Earlier this year Bungie parted ways with Activision-Blizzard and announced exciting plans for the future, though back then they didn't specify what exactly those plans might entail. Now that the full announcement has been made, I can definitely see why they didn't want to reveal their hand ahead of time!
First and foremost, Destiny 2 will be adopting a free-to-play model with optional expansion packs. In other words, you'll be able to experience all of the year one missions, activities, strikes, pvp modes and rewards without paying even a single cent. However, if you would like to continue on further, you will need to buy each of the new expansions piece by piece. A pretty good system, all things considered.