The Witcher series' Geralt will soon be joining Monster Hunter: World as a playable character
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While he may constantly complain about portals, Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher series sure likes to travel with them. He just recently made a grand appearance in Bandai Namco's Soulcalibur 6 as a guest character, and soon he will be doing the same in Capcom's Monster Hunter: World as well!
While the details are few and far between, I can tell you that Geralt will come with unique quests that blend The Witcher 3 and Monster Hunter: World's gameplay styles, brand new voice acting to help tie the two series together, as well as a variety of new equipment and combat moves to mess around with. How extensive these quests will be, I'm afraid I don't know, but smacking around Elder Dragons with Geralt sure sounds like a good time!
Vermintide 2's modding tools update will allow players to create their own maps and enemies
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While it may have stumbled shortly after launch, the future of Vermintide 2 is currently looking quite bright. The recent Update 1.3 rebalanced pretty much all aspects of gameplay, from weapon balance to AI behavior, while the freshly launched Back to Ubersreik DLC brought in a whole bunch of new content, including a secret new game mode!
If you're looking for even more content, however, you'll be glad to hear that Fatshark has now announced a massive update to the modding tools. As expected, the details are few and far between, but according to the latest developer stream the new tools will allow players to create levels, retexture both models and environments, as well as create entirely new characters or enemies!
Overwatch's Winter Wonderland event has now arrived alongside Doomfist and Brigitte nerfs
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After quite a few teasers and previews, Overwatch's third annual Winter Wonderland event has now arrived. As you might expect, it brings with it festive versions of numerous maps (including the newly spruced up Blizzard World), all of the previous Winter Wonderland cosmetics and voice lines, Mei's Snowball Fight and Yeti Hunt game modes to mess around with, and naturally, a variety of new skins to collect.
If you're interested in what these skins might look like, you'll find a collection of their previews over at my previous Overwatch article. On the other hand, if you prefer the much shorter version, you can also check out the recently posted teaser trailer. Have a gander:
MTG Arena will soon be massively reducing the rewards for the two Constructed Events
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[Update]: Today's patch has been delayed due to overwhelming criticism. More information will be coming "soon".
MTG Arena devs have just released their State of the Beta update, and to say it has caused a bit of a controversy would be a gigantic understatement. To start off with the positives, it is worth mentioning that today's update (December 13th) will bring with it the first iteration of a ranked systems. You'll be able to compete against other players in best-of-one matches, progress through various leagues, and eventually earn a couple of card packs and some gold for your troubles. Not exactly innovative or particularly rewarding, but for anyone looking for more competitive matches, it's certainly a step in the right direction.
The changes to the constructed best-of-one and best-of-three events, however, are unfortunately just terrible, and I do not use those words lightly. Both events will now cost 600 gold to enter and will reward exactly the same prizes, meaning that playing best-of-three matches is going to take more than twice as long for absolutely no benefit. This alone would be bad enough, but I'm afraid it gets worse.
World of Warcraft devs have revealed all of the content and changes coming with today's Tides of Vengeance update
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After spending a rather long time on the PTR servers, World of Warcraft's Tides of Vengeance update will finally be arriving to the live servers later today. You can expect to see a brand new questline detailing the ongoing war between the Horde and the Alliance, a new Warfront set in Darkshore, as well as Faction Assaults that alter World Quests and provide a variety of new rewards.
If you're more of a PvE player, worry not as this update will also bring in some sweeping changes to the often bemoaned Island Expeditions. The rewards will be getting increased, you will be able to purchase certain items with currency you receive just by playing, enemy spawn rates and positions will be adjusted, and perhaps most importantly of all, the previously bizarre rules for item drops will be removed and you will now only need to win the round for a chance at cosmetic items. I have no idea if these changes will make Island Expeditions any more popular, but it's certainly a solid step in the right direction.
Monster Hunter: World devs have announced a massive new expansion - Iceborne
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[Update]: The PC version of Monster Hunter World - Iceborne will be coming in January 2020!
These past few weeks have been a pretty good time for Monster Hunter: World fans, especially on PC. Just recently we've received the rather festive Winter Star event, Lunastra and Arch-tempered monsters, the gold-plated Kulve Taroth as a somewhat challenging raid boss, as well as the announcement that Final Fantasy's iconic monster Behemoth will be arriving this December 21st.
The good news don't end there, however, as Capcom has just revealed a massive new expansion - Monster Hunter World: Iceborne. The details are still few and far between, but you can expect a large new region to explore, new monsters to hunt, combat moves and gear to mess around with, items to collect and craft, and naturally, even more of the story featuring everyone's favorite Handler.
Vermintide 2's Back to Ubersreik DLC has now added three remastered classic maps and a secret new game mode
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Vermintide 2 has recently managed to improve itself quite significantly. First Update 1.3 brought in a variety of balance changes and tweaks to just about every aspect of gameplay, and now the Back to Ubersreik DLC has continued that trend by adding three remastered classic maps, a hidden new game mode to unlock, numerous balance changes, as well as five new weapons to toy around with.
If you're even remotely familiar with the original Vermintide, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that the three lucky maps are Horn of Magnus, Gardens of Morr and Engines of War. Each one has received fully updated visuals, new voicework to help tie it to Vermintide 2's story, a couple of new secrets to uncover, as well as some seemingly minor changes to the locations themselves.
Since there is no better way to describe these maps than to simply show them to you, allow me to share with you the recently posted trailer. Have a gander, it's a fairly short one: