Anthem's Roadmap has been updated and made significantly smaller
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[Update #2]: BioWare has now officially stopped all development on Anthem.
[Update]: It seems that BioWare is not giving up on Anthem. They have now announced that they are planning to reinvent and rebuild its gameplay and character progression from the ground up!
While the actual gameplay is genuinely enjoyable, Anthem has unfortunately launched with quite a few serious problems under its belt. In order to assure the community that they have everything under control, as well as to showcase the content that is to come, BioWare quickly unveiled a Roadmap filled with all sorts of new features. As you're probably well aware at this point, some of those Roadmap features have sadly never come to fruition.
This is where I would love to tell you that BioWare has solved all of the problems and is bringing in a boatload of new content, but I'm afraid that's not exactly the case. After already missing some of their Roadmap release dates, BioWare has now simply removed just about everything interesting from the Roadmap.
The Spyro Reignited Trilogy has now been all but confirmed for PC
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[Update]: The Spyro Reignited Trilogy has been officially announced for both PC and Nintendo Switch!
The Spyro Reignited Trilogy arrived for consoles a little while ago alongside some fairly solid reviews. While no word about the PC version was ever officially given, numerous leaks have made it blatantly apparent that there is one in the works.
The latest in this list of leaks and rumors is the listing on the Taiwanese rating board showing off the PC version's cover and developer. Should this leak end up being true, then you can consider me extremely happy as Iron Galaxy will be the ones handling the PC port! If the name doesn't ring a bell, you might recognize them as the team that already did an excellent job with the PC version of the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy.
The Pathfinder: Kingmaker RPG is getting a free Enhanced Edition and a whole bunch of fixes
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Pathfinder: Kingmaker released back in 2018 alongside some fairly mixed reviews. While the core idea behind its gameplay and storytelling was solid, the actual execution was riddled with bugs, mechanical problems, as well as a variety of annoying design choices.
It would appear that most of these problems will soon be going away, however, as the developers have just put the free Enhanced Edition update onto the test servers. While the list of new features is still incomplete, you can expect to see new content, a new playable class, more items and weapons, as well as a whole host of balance changes, improvements and bug fixes.
Team Sonic Racing has recently made its way to PC and consoles
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After already creating one of the best kart games out there in the form of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, Sumo Digital has now returned to the genre with Team Sonic Racing. While it features many of the same mechanics and the same sort focus on polish as its predecessor, Team Sonic Racing unfortunately doesn't feature any transformable vehicles or third-party characters.
If you don't mind that little detail and you're wondering just what Team Sonic Racing has to offer, allow me to share with you one of the recent trailers. Have a look:
The indie open-world MMO Worlds Adrift is closing down its doors
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Creating and supporting an MMO is a challenge that many companies have attempted to tackle, yet very few of them have ever managed to succeed at doing so. The competition is incredibly tough, the fast pace of content releases difficult to follow, and the playerbase harder and harder to keep engaged for months on end.
Unfortunately, it would appear that the "community crafted MMO" Worlds Adrift will be yet another MMO that has not made the cut as the developers have just announced they are closing down its doors. The reason, as you might imagine, is that it simply hasn't reached the level of popularity needed to keep it properly funded and supplied with content.
Total War: Three Kingdoms' latest video highlights the difference between the "Romance" and "Records" game modes
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After going through a bit of a delay, Total War: Three Kingdoms has recently made its way to PC alongside some highly positive reviews. Out of all the new features Three Kingdoms brought with it, the two completely different campaign modes are quite possibly the best idea a Total War game has had in a long while!
Instead of forcing everyone to play a realistic campaign like Rome 2's or a completely and ridiculously over-the-top one like Warhammer 2's, Three Kingdoms has wisely opted to give players access to both. So depending on your choice between "Records" and "Romance" modes, you can either try to relive a pivotal moment in Chinese history, or just go full Dynasty Warriors and mow down hundreds of troops with your godlike generals.
Mortal Kombat 11 has added full 60 fps support, though not without some problems
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[Update]: NetherRealm is stopping development on Mortal Kombat 11 and moving onto a new game.
While the actual matches in Mortal Kombat 11 run at a fairly stable 60 FPS, there are certain animations and places where this was unfortunately not the case. As you might imagine, these shifts between 30 and 60 FPS can be quite annoying, so much so that a community mod was created in order to correct the entire issue.
Thankfully, you will no longer need a special mod in order to solve the FPS discrepancies as the developers have now released an update that enables 60 FPS throughout the entirety of Mortal Kombat 11. The first of the newly introduced options allows you to turn on 60 FPS in menus and during cinematics (including intros and fatalities) at a relatively low hit to performance.