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Planetside: Arena official artwork with the logo

[Update]: PlanetSide Arena will be closing down its servers on January 10, 2020.

With Fortnite dominating the PC/console world and PUBG Mobile sporting a ridiculously large amount of downloads, it has become clear that Battle Royale games are not just a passing fad. As such, pretty much every FPS game that can fit a Battle Royale game mode is attempting to do just that, including games like CS:GO that have traditionally managed to completely ignore trends in the gaming world.

However, while most of those games have had to rework everything from the ground up in order to fit a large amount of people on one map, games like Planetside 2 pretty much already have the whole "massive multiplayer shooter" thing figured out. With that in mind, you might be intrigued to hear that the Planetside 2 devs will soon be taking a crack at the Battle Royale genre with the newly announced (and standalone) Planetside: Arena.

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Overwatch's Reaper looking at his very own cookie

Given the cinematics they've put out so far, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that the Overwatch team has now released a special animated short for the holiday season. What might come as a bit of a surprise, however, is that instead of the usual 3D animation, for this latest short they've chosen to use stop motion animation instead!

So if you're up for a bit of a heartwarming story starring Tracer and Reaper, allow me to share with you the latest "Cookiewatch" short. Have a gander, it's well worth the two or so minutes:

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Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion official screenshot showing off ship combat

If you've missed the previous Humble Bundle giveaway, you might be happy to hear that Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is now once again free to grab. However, instead of Humble Bundle, this time around you'll need to head on over to Steam to secure yourself a copy. Just add it to your account and you'll be able to play it whenever you want.

Much like the previous giveaway, there is a bit of a harsh deadline this time as well. The giveaway will only last for another two days, or until December 19th at most likely 1pm ET, so I would highly recommend you grab yourself a copy before it goes back to the usual €40 price tag.

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Stardew Valley screenshot of a well-maintained farm

Stardew Valley has finally received it's long-awaited multiplayer mode a little while ago, which usually would be the end of the story for an already well-maintained and incredibly polished indie game. According to the latest developer blog post, however, it would appear that not only is Stardew Valley getting more content in the future, but it will be getting more content at a seemingly faster rate as well!

"Now, I believe I’ve said in the past that I wanted to devote all my time to the new game, and I might not work on any new Stardew Valley content. Well, that’s not exactly true," reads the lengthy blog post. "While there have been times in the past where I felt burnt out, and maybe even said that I wanted to move on, I always find myself coming back to Stardew Valley."

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Dishonored 2 screenshot made entirely in black and white

[Update]: Thanks to a partnership between Bethesda and GOG, the entire Dishonored series and the first two modern Wolfenstein games are now available DRM-free.

If you're looking to give Dishonored 2 and its spin-off Death of the Outsider another try, you might be interested to hear that Bethesda has now released a new batch of free content for both games. The only catch, as you might imagine, is that you will have to log in with your Bethesda account in order to access all of it.

The first of these additions is the new "Mission+" mode that allows you to go to any previously completed mission in order to experiment with all of the powers and weapons at your disposal. While it's likely to break the balance on some of the earlier missions, it should be a good bit of fun to completely terrorize the poor guards that have been sent to stand in your way.

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Assassin's Creed: Odyssey screenshot of a close quarters ship battle

In an effort to push the limits of streaming technology, Google has recently started testing their Project Stream service. According to the brief description, Project Stream offers you the ability to play games in 1080p and 60 FPS directly in your Chrome browser, with Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Odyssey being the game they're currently testing the system on.

If that sounds like it's right up your alley, you might also be interested to hear that Ubisoft is giving all Project Stream participants a free copy of Assassin's Creed Odyssey, as well as $10 worth of Helix credits to mess around with. The only catch is that you have to spend at least one hour playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey in Project Stream by January 15th, which shouldn't exactly be hard to accomplish.

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World of Demons screenshot of the Mage freezing his enemies

Book of Demons is a deck-building hack and slash adventure with a rather unique and fetching paper-craft aesthetic. It spent around two years in Steam's Early Access program, and after receiving quite a few updates and positive reviews, I am glad to say that it has now finally released in full!

You can get a pretty good idea of what Book of Demons is about, as well as what the visuals look like, by checking out the recently posted launch trailer. Have a gander, it's fairly short:

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