World War Z devs have announced their plans for the upcoming free updates
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[Update #2]: World War Z is getting an expansion with new levels, characters, and even bigger zombie hordes.
[Update]: A free update has now added a comprehensive Horde mode and an explosive new enemy.
The co-op focused shooter World War Z launched a little while ago with all the warning signs pointing towards serious trouble. It was a tie-in game for a movie that's practically forgotten at this point, the only enemies you were going to fight were the already overused zombies, while its gameplay style seemed to be based entirely on Valve's Left 4 Dead. However, despite the deck being quite heavily stacked against it, World War Z ended up being a genuinely enjoyable game!
With that in mind, I am also happy to say that things will be getting even better in the near future as the developers have now announced their plans for the upcoming free updates. The details are still few and far between, but here's what you can expect to see:
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night release date has been announced alongside an impressive trailer
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[Update]: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has now been officially released and I'm glad to say it's received good reviews so far!
After quite a few delays, previews and teasers, the Castlevania: Symphony of the Night inspired Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night now finally has a concrete release date. You can expect to see it on June 18th on Steam, GoG, PS4 and XB1, while the Switch version will arrive on June 25th. As for the Linux and Mac versions, those ones have unfortunately been canceled a while back.
Besides the release date announcement, the developers have also unveiled a brand new trailer that addresses many of the complaints directed towards Bloodstained's previous and rather paltry previews. Have a gander, this one's a pretty good one:
The original Guild Wars is celebrating its 14th anniversary with a brand new update
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The original Guild Wars is currently celebrating its fourteenth anniversary, and in order to get everyone into the festive spirit ArenaNet has now released a brand new update. There is no new content as most of the developers are still quite busy with Guild Wars 2, but I am glad to say that the update has brought in some rather nice quality of life changes.
The Augur of Kormir costume has made a return, there is now a master volume slider, while both NPC and player movement has been made slightly more consistent. The anniversary update has also added an in-game clock, a borderless windowed mode, the ability to finally lock compass rotation, as well as a variety of bug fixes.
MTG Arena's War of the Spark expansion has arrived alongside 264 new cards
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[Update]: MTG Arena's Zendikar Rising expansion has landed with nearly 300 new cards in tow.
If you're looking for a reason to pick up MTG Arena, you might be interested to hear that the War of the Spark expansion has now arrived. Besides serving as the finale to the incredibly long-lasting Nicol Bolas storyline, the War of the Spark expansion has also brought in 264 new cards to toy around with (15 basic lands, 101 commons, 80 uncommons, 53 rares, 15 mythic rares).
Perhaps most importantly, at least as far as gameplay is concerned, the War of the Spark expansion has added a whole bunch of new planeswalkers, as well as given them some interesting new mechanics to mess around with. You can find the full list of cards, all neatly sorted by color, over at the offical website.
Total War: Warhammer 2's recent DLC and update have beefed up Bretonnia, the Lizardmen and Skaven
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[Update]: Total War: Warhammer 2's next DLC, The Hunter & The Beast, will be greatly improving the Empire faction, as well as adding some lovely new units for the Lizardmen!
If you're like me and you mostly avoided playing as the Skaven or Lizardmen due to their lack of options, I am very happy to announce that Creative Assembly has now released both an update and The Prophet and the Warlock DLC in order to beef up both their roster and abilities. The update has also brought in some rather nice changes to Bretonnia, so if you're up for experimenting with races you might not usually play, this would be a pretty good update to start doing so.
On the paid side of things, The Prophet and the Warlock has added two new legendary lords with their own unique skills and items, a variety of new units including the Rattling Gun Weapon Teams and fire-breathing Salamanders, as well as numerous new technologies and rituals to take advantage of. Perhaps most importantly, the DLC has also added the ability for Skaven to develop and launch what is essentially nuclear weapons! And yes, they're about as devastating on the battlefield as you would expect!
The previously Switch-exclusive JRPG Octopath Traveler is coming to Steam in early June
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If you're in the mood for an oldschool JRPG, you might be interested to hear that Square Enix's previously Switch-exclusive Octopath Traveler will be coming to PC on June 7th. Square Enix hasn't announced whether the PC version will bring with it any additional features or content, but given that the Switch version is relatively new and fairly polished, I wouldn't be surprised if they simply release it with support for higher resolutions.
As far as Octopath Traveler itself is concerned, you can get a bit of an idea of what to expect through one of the recently posted trailers. Have a gander, it's quite a charming one:
Natural Selection 2 has received a rather hefty new update - Unearthed
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Natural Selection 2 was a fairly niche game when it first launched, and despite numerous updates and improvements, it never really managed to garner much attention from the general public. That doesn't seem to bother the developers, however, given that they have just released a brand new (and rather hefty) update!
The Unearthed update has brought with it a new map and changes to already existing ones, a variety of new skins and models to play around with, as well as some much needed balance changes. While certainly not the most impactful change on the list, I am also incredibly happy to say that the holes in the Lerk and Gorge hitboxes have now finally been fixed! This should hopefully make it so shooting at the flying menaces will be a lot more consistent and a lot less annoying.