Earth Defense Force 5 has now made its way to PC alongside pretty good reviews
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If you're looking for a completely over-the-top shooter that is cheesier than a fine piece of Brie, you might want to check out Earth Defense Force 5. It launched on PlayStation 4 back in 2017, and after quite the wait, has now also made its way to PC alongside some fairly solid reviews.
In terms of gameplay, Earth Defense Force 5 is exactly what you might think it is - a series of terribly voiced excuses to pick up ridiculous weapons and wage all-out war against all sorts of oversized space bugs and lizards. It's not exactly a complex premise, but much like the previous Earth Defense Force games, I'd be lying if I said it wasn't fun to sometimes just smash through overwhelming numbers of enemies.
Gears 5 will be launching a multiplayer-focused tech test this July 17th
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If you're itching to give Gears 5 a try, and you're willing to endure some bugs to do so, you might be glad to hear that the developers have now announced two multiplayer-focused tech tests. The first testing period will be from July 19-22, while the second one will run from July 26-29.
During these tests you'll be able to mess around with three distinct game modes and two brand new multiplayer maps. Two of the modes (Escalation and King of the Hill) should be immediately familiar to veterans, while the new Arcade mode promises an "approachable, frenetic Versus experience". I can only imagine it'll be some sort of deathmatch mode with fairly loose rules.
Bandai Namco's action-RPG Code Vein will be coming this September 27th
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Code Vein is Bandai Namco's Souls inspired action-RPG that's all about tactical melee combat against extremely powerful enemies. It was originally supposed to release in late 2018, though after going through a short testing phase, the release date was pushed back to 2019.
Very little was heard from the Code Vein team since then, which is why you might be interested to hear that the seemingly endless silence has now been broken with the news of a release date. As you might guess from the title alone, Code Vein will be coming to both PC and consoles this September 27th!
World of Warcraft: Classic will have German and French realms from the very start after all
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[Update]: Blizzard will be opening up name reservations for World of Warcraft: Classic on August 12th!
A little while ago Blizzard announced that World of Warcraft: Classic will not be featuring language-specific servers, with the exception of the Russian servers. As you might imagine, this decision resulted in a fair bit of criticism from the Classic community, with the main concern being the creation of language-based enclaves on English servers and the communication problems that would result from that.
While I don't think the problem would've been as big as some have claimed, I am still happy to say that Blizzard has listened to the feedback and is now planning to add new servers into the mix. In other words, you can expect to see both German and French servers to be up and running from day one!
Rising Storm 2 has now added the community-made "Green Army Men" DLC
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While Rising Storm 2: Vietnam usually features somewhat realistic and slow-paced battles, the newly added Green Army Men DLC offers a bit of a different experience. The community made DLC is essentially a total conversion of Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, replacing both maps and weapons with much more appropriate and playful variants. So instead of fighting across the jungles of Vietnam, you will square off against your arch-nemesis (the Blue Army Men) in the backyard, during a pool party, and even in the battle for Christmas!
If you're wondering what all this nonsense might look like in-game, you'll find the recently posted trailer down below. Have a gander:
Stunlock Studios have announced they are now mostly ceasing development on Battlerite
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[Update #2]: V Rising has now landed into Early Access, and so far things are looking quite good!
[Update]: Battlerite developers are working on a new open world vampire game - V Rising.
Battlerite, much like Bloodline Champions that came before it, has simply not managed to find itself a consistent audience. Whether this is due to Stunlock Studios pursuing a Battle Royale experience with Battlerite Royale or the simple nature of highly competitive games burning players out, I have no idea, but the end result is that the developers can unfortunately no longer continue supporting Battlerite.
"We love Battlerite. And we know that you do too. But today we’re announcing that we will be scaling back on development, and things will be changing moving forward," reads the recent update. "With the state of the current playerbase we’re no longer in a position where working on Battlerite and Battlerite Royale are sustainable as main projects for the studio. We’ve seen declining player numbers and player investment for a while now, and diminishing returns on all of our latest gameplay changes and marketing campaigns."
Dota Underlords update has brought in UI improvements and various balance changes
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In order to keep the experience fresh, as well as further polish up the UI, Valve has now released a rather massive Dota Underlords update. You can expect to see a whole assortment of balance changes, nerfs to loss streaks in order to curb boring playstyles, a variety of UI improvements, a couple of new items, and naturally, some lovely bug fixes.
As for the balance changes themselves, the Warlock and Shaman alliances have been reworked in order to promote alternate playstyles, while heroes like Warlock, Disruptor and Venomancer have recieved some much-needed buffs. And if you're a Techies fan like I am, you'll also be glad to hear that Techies will no longer place his bomb half a map away from the actual fight!