Survival-focused strategy game Conan Unconquered has now landed onto Steam
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Conan Unconquered is a freshly released strategy game in the vein of They Are Billions. What this means in gameplay terms is that you'll spend most of your time building an impenetrable fortress, collecting resources and assembling an army, and then fending off wave after wave of bloodthirsty barbarians that would love nothing more than to torch your newfound city.
You can get a pretty good idea of what all of this looks like in-game through one of the recently posted developer previews. Have a look, it's pretty informative video:
Minecraft: Story Mode will become completely unavailable on June 25th
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Due to business reasons I probably can't even comprehend, Minecraft: Story Mode is currently in the process of being pulled from all store shelves, both virtual and physical. Any sort of support for Season 1 and Season 2 will be stopping on June 25th, so if you ever wanted to give the series a try, this would be your last chance to do so.
According to Microsoft's announcement, it is highly recommended that you download all of the episodes prior to the service being discontinued in June. Whether they will be downloadable after the fact for current owners, I'm afraid nobody knows for certain, so I would advise taking Microsoft's advice quite seriously.
Warcraft 3 has received its last major updated before Warcraft 3: Reforged
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[Update #2]: Warcraft 3: Reforged has now finally been released, and it's unfortunately a bit of a mixed bag.
[Update]: Blizzard has now revealed that Warcraft 3: Reforged will be released in January 28, 2020!
Warcraft 3: Reforged is set to arrive later this year, bringing with it a whole bunch of improvements over the original. You can expect to see greatly enhanced visuals, support for 4K resolutions and a variety of graphics options, better online play, and perhaps most importantly for Warcraft 3: Reforged's longevity, a significantly improved Map Editor!
While not exclusive to Warcraft 3: Reforged, Blizzard is also working on rebalancing all of the factions. The end goal, as you might imagine, is to make as many heroes and playstyles viable in both casual and high level play. After all, seeing a Demon Hunter and Death Knight duke it out throughout the early game was fun, but not if that's literally all you ever saw!
Diablo inspired ARPG Warhammer: Chaosbane has now been released
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After quite a few previews and teasers, the Diablo inspired ARPG Warhammer: Chaosbane has now finally arrived in full. As you would expect from that brief description alone, Warhammer: Chaosbane is a fantasy hack and slash that that's all about annihilating untold hordes of monsters with a variety of unique characters, all in search of ever-increasing quantities of randomized loot.
If you're wondering how all of this translates into actual gameplay, allow me to share with you one of the recent trailers featuring the Wood Elf Scout. Have a gander, it's a fairly informative one:
Divinity: Original Sin 2 developers appear to be teasing Baldur's Gate 3
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[Update #2]: After three years in Early Access, Baldur's Gate 3 has now launched to overwhelming praise!
[Update]: Baldur's Gate 3 has now been officially announced!
Despite their goofy nature, Divinity: Original Sin 1 and 2 are some of the best RPGs I've ever played. They feature tons of viable builds to mess around with, plenty of areas to explore and secrets to find, as well as numerous ways to solve every single problem - some of which are so ridiculous I couldn't actually believe the developers thought of them.
With that in mind, I am beyond delighted to say that Larian Studios appear to have now set their sights on the ancient and equally revered RPG series - Baldur's Gate! While the full announcement has not been released just yet, saving and examining the teaser video quite clearly showed that Wizards of the Coast is involved and that this is about Baldur's Gate 3. The offending details have since been removed, but it's a little bit too late to hide anything at this point.
System Shock inspired roguelike Void Bastards has now landed onto Steam
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Void Bastards is a newly released roguelike FPS with a focus on dark humor, close quarters combat, as well as collecting everything that isn't nailed down in order to keep yourself alive for just a little bit longer. If you've played System Shock, chances are Void Bastards will feel instantly familiar as you'll spend most of your time creeping across derelict hallways, slowly carving your way through hordes of mutants and deranged robots.
You can get a pretty good idea of what all this looks like in gameplay terms, as well as what sort of atmosphere Void Bastards is going for, through the recently posted launch trailer. Have a look:
Apex Legends is getting new challenges, cosmetics and additions to the current Battle Pass
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[Update]: The new patch has now arrived with even more changes in tow!
Apex Legends' very first Battle Pass arrived a few months ago, and as I mentioned even back then, it's not a very good one. There's only four unique and interesting items in the entire Battle Pass, there are no fun challenges or event game modes to participate in, and worst of all, the whole thing takes well over 100 hours to fully finish, and that's if you're taking advantage of all the experience boosts.
Thankfully, it would appear that Respawn is well aware of all the flaws as they have just now announced a whole bunch of improvements to the current Battle Pass, as well as Apex Legends itself. Best of all, these changes and additions will be coming next week, so unlike the previous update, we won't have to wait for long in order to get our hands on the shiny new stuff.