Celeste's free Chapter 9 update has now added a whole bunch of challenging new levels to explore
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Celeste was originally going to get a couple of new levels in early 2019 in order to celebrate the momentous 500,000 copies sold milestone. However, as the developers continued to work on the free DLC, it quickly became obvious that this one is going to be a little bit more than just a "couple" of new levels.
If you're now wondering just how much the project ballooned out of control, you might be shocked to hear that Celeste's free Chapter 9 update has just arrived with over 100 new levels! Naturally, these aren't fully-fledged and absolutely gigantic levels, but rather screens filled with puzzles and obstacle courses. Even so, there is still a ton of new content to mess around with!
Capcom's upcoming Project Resistance is a 4v1 asymmetrical multiplayer game
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It would appear that the recent rumors were completely true. Not only is Capcom looking to create a multiplayer-focused Resident Evil spin-off, but they're also aiming to have it be an asymmetrical PvP affair, somewhat similar to games like Dead by Daylight.
How Project Resistance works is fairly simple. The mastermind player acts as a sort of dungeon master by placing enemies and setting up traps, all in order to bring down the four survivors and foil their plans. On the other side of the coin, each of the four survivors has to make good use of their unique abilities and strengths in order to help their allies and beat back the zombie hordes, as well as complete a variety of objectives in order to escape from the mastermind's clutches.
Vermintide 2 is getting three reworked (and free) levels from the original's Drachenfels DLC
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Vermintide 2's Winds of Magic expansion has only just launched, and already Fatshark has come out to announce that there is even more content on the horizon. As a part of the upcoming Season 2, we will be getting three reworked and entirely free levels from the original's Drachenfels DLC. The first of these levels will be released at the start of Season 2, while the other two will be sprinkled throughout the season.
When exactly Season 2 will arrive, I'm afraid Fatshark hasn't said, but what they have revealed is a new in-game shop for cosmetics - Lohner’s Emporium of Wonders. Most of the items will be purchasable through in-game currency earned from Daily and Weekly missions, though there will also be cosmetics that are only purchasable with real money. A little bit scary given Vermintide 2's current lack of quality cosmetics, but I suppose it's a small price to pay for continued support and free maps.
Total War: Warhammer 2's Lizardmen and Empire focused DLC has now arrived
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[Update]: The latest patch has now corrected the multiplayer crashing problems, as well as significantly nerfed the Empire's Markus Wulfhart.
If you're looking for an excuse to take Total War: Warhammer 2 for another spin, you might be glad to hear that The Hunter & The Beast DLC has now arrived. It brings with it a brand new Legendary Lord for the Lizardmen (Nakai the Wanderer) and Empire (Markus Wulfhart), a variety of fancy new units, new regiments of renown, and perhaps most importantly, new campaign mechanics for both factions to explore.
As for what exactly the DLC is themed after, that you will find out through the recently posted launch trailer. Have a peek, it'll give you some much-needed context:
Highly challenging action-platformer Blasphemous has now arrived for PC and consoles
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After an immensely successful Kickstarter campaign and a fair few years in development, the highly challenging action-platformer Blasphemous has now finally made its way to both PC and consoles. It brings with it a wide-open world filled with enemies to beat up and bosses to endlessly die against, a combat system that's all about dodging blows and striking when the time is right, and as you might imagine from the name alone, plenty of gore and twisted imagery.
You can get a pretty good idea of what all of this looks like in gameplay terms, as well as what sort of atmosphere Blasphemous is going for, through the recently posted launch trailer. Have a gander, it's certainly a unique one:
Oldschool cRPG Neverwinter Nights has received a brand new expansion - Tyrants of the Moonsea
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Back in March of 2018 Beamdog released a remastered version of Neverwinter Nights, featuring a variety of small but certainly welcome improvements. The Enhanced Edition's release date was also marked by the arrival of three new DLC campaigns: Pirates of the Sword Coast, Infinite Dungeons and Wyvren Crown of Cormyr. The quality between them differed greatly, but even so, they were a pretty fun way of getting a few more hours out of Neverwinter Nights once you were done with the main storyline.
However, if you're looking for something a bit more meaty, you might be interested to hear that Beamdog and Ossian Studios have now released a chunky new expansion - Tyrants of the Moonsea. It brings with it around twenty hours of gameplay and story, a large new world to explore, five trusty new companions as well as five new monsters to use them against, and naturally, a whole bunch of new loot to hoard.
Slay the Spire's fourth character "The Watcher" is now playable in the Steam beta
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After a couple of little teasers, Slay the Spire's fourth playable character has now made its way to the Open Beta. Simply head on over to your Steam library, right click Slay the Spire and go into properties, and from there all you need to do is change to the beta branch in order to see just what The Watcher has to offer.
As you might imagine given The Defect and its abilities, The Watcher is quite a unique and interesting character, and one that will likely take you a fair bit of time to properly figure out. She's all about planning ahead and carefully moving between different stances, with the two basic ones being Calm and Wrath. The first one allows her to build up energy, while the second one gives her double damage but also makes her take double damage in return. Using these stances well is going to be rather tricky, but there is some serious potential behind them!