Battlefield V devs have announced that four new maps are coming as a part of Chapter 4
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If you're itching for some more Battlefield V content, you might be interested to hear that EA has now announced that four new maps will be coming as a part of Chapter 4. Best of all, the first of these maps, Al Sudan (pretty sure the "Sundan" in the trailer is a typo), will be coming this June with a whole bunch of lovely locations to fight your fellow players in!
Once you get tired of all the open areas in Al Sudan, the close-quarters focused Marita map and its July release date should be just around the corner. Expect to see tight alleyways and even tighter cliffside passages, plenty of ambush spots for the those of you that love to be a bit sneaky, as well as numerous houses riddled with windows to further spice things up.
Insomniac's VR adventure Stormland now has a new E3 trailer highlighting the story and visuals
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Despite being announced about a year ago, very little is known about Isomniac's VR adventure Stormland. Still, what has been revealed so far is actually pretty exciting! Insomniac has shown off some incredible visuals, a variety of ways to move across the landscape that range from gliding to scaling sheer cliffs, as well as an intriguing array of makeshift weaponry to dispatch anything that dares stand before you. Best of all, they even announced that Stormland will have co-op!
So while the details are still few and far between, I am glad to say that Stormland has now received a new trailer that highlights the story, as well as a variety of new locations. Have a gander, it's a rather pretty one:
Kingdom: New Lands, an indie management/strategy game, is free until June 13th
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[Update]: The next freebie game has now arrived - it's the excellent action-focused roguelike Enter the Gungeon!
As announced a little while back, the Epic Games Store will be giving away a new game every two weeks for the entirely of 2019. The offer this time around, as you might imagine from the title alone, is the excellent management/strategy game Kingdom: New Lands.
In terms of pure gameplay, Kingdom: New Lands is all about establishing and then keeping your kingdom safe. You'll need to hire a whole bunch of workers and soldiers, construct layered defenses, and once night comes, do whatever you can to survive the onslaught of enemies that will be trying to steal everything you have that is or isn't nailed down.
Titanfall devs have released a gameplay preview for their upcoming Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
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[Update #2]: Fallen Order's sequel, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is heading to PC and consoles on March 17th, 2023.
[Update]: Respawn has now released an even longer gameplay preview!
Respawn Entertainment announced that they are working on a brand new Star Wars game quite a while ago, though they never really explained what it's going to be about. Even when they released the cinematic trailer about a month ago, we were still in the dark when it comes to the actual gameplay.
With that in mind, I am happy to say that the silence has now finally been broken, and in the best way possible! What I mean by that is that Respawn has now released a lengthy gameplay demo showcasing just what Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has to offer. Have a look:
The Sims 4 will soon be getting a chilled-out new expansion - Island Living
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If you're looking to escape the summer heat, as well as help your Sims do the same, you might be interested to hear that The Sims 4 will soon be getting the chilled-out Island Living expansion. Expect to see a whole bunch of content related to boats and beaches, a variety of sea-focused jobs like Diver or Lifeguard, new mysteries to uncover and traditions to immerse yourself with, as well as a boatload of new cosmetic items to help customize the whole experience.
You can get a pretty good idea of what all of this looks like in-game, as well as have a small peek at some of the new mysteries, through the recently posted E3 trailer down below. Have a gander:
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.