Total War: Troy has now been released onto Steam alongside the new Mythos expansion
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It may have taken quite a while, but Total War: Troy's Epic Games Store exclusivity has come to an end and so Troy has now made its way over to Steam as well. More importantly, it has done so alongside the release of a long awaited new expansion - Mythos!
As the name would suggest, the Mythos expansion brings with it a whole assortment of mythological monsters and themed units to play around with, thus fixing one of the biggest complaints many have had with Troy since the very beginning. Besides the monstrous menagerie, Mythos has also updated the world map with a variety of references to classic literature and legends, as well as added army-wide abilities granted by the gods themselves.
MTG Arena is getting the Werewolf-filled Innistrad: Midnight Hunt expansion on September 16th
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[Update #2]: Innistrad: Midnight Hunt has now landed alongside the yearly Standard set rotation.
[Update]: All of Innistrad: Midnight Hunt's expansion cards have now been revealed.
It has only been a little while since Jumpstart: Historic Horizons brought in a ton of cards to MTG Arena, and already a brand new set is inching closer. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt will be arriving onto MTG Arena on September 16th alongside a whole assortment of zombies, werewolves and spirits, while the physical version will be launching a week later, on September 24th.
As you would expect from an Innistrad set, the mechanics this time around are all about transformations and graveyard interaction. So not only are we getting werewolves that transform between two forms based on the time of day, but we're also getting flashback-style mechanics for both creatures and instants/sorceries.
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous has now landed onto PC with a massive campaign in tow
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If you're in the mood for some good ol' fashioned adventuring, and you're not afraid of reading vast quantities of dialog, you might be interested to hear that Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous has now arrived onto PC. Much like its predecessor, Wrath of the Righteous brings with it an absurd amount of character customization options, a gigantic world to explore, a whole assortment of choices to make, and perhaps most importantly, some rather interesting companions to chat up in between all of the looting.
You can read my full thoughts on Wrath of the Righteous in a review I did a few days ago, but long story short, it really is an excellent homage to classic CRPGs. The only real issue I have with it is the overabundance of bugs, something that has plagued the original as well. So if you can forgive some technical issues, or just wait a couple of weeks for the devs to patch them up, I'd say Wrath of the Righteous is well worth checking out.
Metal Slug Tactics is transforming the usual run'n'gun action into turn-based strategy
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In an interesting departure from its run'n'gun action roots, the next Metal Slug game will be a turn-based tactics one! The aptly named Metal Slug Tactics will feature the same sort of charming visuals as the rest of the series, though this time around they will be in service of turn-based combat, RPG-like progression for each of the unique brothers-in-arms, as well as some roguelike elements which are there just to spice things up a bit.
You can get a pretty good idea of what all of this looks like in action through the recently posted gameplay trailer. It's not a very long one, though it is at least a rather pretty one! Have a gander:
Overwatch has added a brand new deathmatch map onto the test servers - Malevento
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In an announcement that has sadly become far too rare, Blizzard has just unveiled brand new content for Overwatch! The content in question is a new deathmatch map called Malevento, and as you can see in the brief teaser over at Twitter, it's once again going to be a rather beautiful one!
The good news doesn't end there, however, as Malevento is currently playable on the PTR. If you would like to join in on the fun, as well as help the Overwatch team with some much needed feedback, simply change your PC client's region to PTR and you'll be ready to go after a brief download.
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Review - Bigger, better, bolder... and buggier
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Even though Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous continues on with many of the ideas and gameplay elements from Pathfinder: Kingmaker, the two games aren't really connected on a story level. There's a few little references sprinkled throughout the world, and one major character does make a reappearance alongside a seemingly immortal pet cat, but for the most part you can have a great time with Wrath of the Righteous without even touching Kingmaker once.
That is exactly what I would recommend as well given that Wrath of the Righteous functions essentially as a bigger, better and bolder version of Kingmaker. There's a lot more variety in character builds and options, the combat encounters are expanded and the maps are more interesting, the story is better paced and doesn't take nearly thirty hours to get started, and there's a whole assortment of quality of life features to tie everything up in a nice little bow.
So if you're curious about what exactly Wrath of the Righteous does well, as well as where it stumbles and falls flat on its face, allow me to share my thoughts after rolling so many dice over the past week that I think I'll be seeing skill checks in my dreams for months to come!
World of Warcraft's next update will fully unlock Covenants and bring back Legion Mythic+ dungeons
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If you've been paying attention to World of Warcraft's little corner of the Internet over the past few months you've most likely noticed that the playerbase is getting increasingly more upset with Blizzard. While there are many reasons for this, most of them can be summed up with Blizzard stubbornly refusing to fix problems that have been pointed out to them since the early days of Shadowlands' beta.
Nowhere is this more apparent than with the Covenant system - an idea that sounds great in theory, yet is a bit of a nightmare in practice. Instead of choosing Covenants based on their personal alignment and cosmetic preferences, most players ended up being 'forced' into very specific ones due to them being significantly more powerful than the rest. Combine this with the option to swap being incredibly punishing and essentially resetting your progress to zero, and you've got yourself a system that is almost guaranteed to leave a good chunk of the playerbase disappointed.