Gwent's absolutely gigantic Homecoming update is available for testing until October 9th
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Gwent's Midwinter Update, while certainly ambitious, ended up causing a lot more problems than it solved. The whole situation culminated a few months later when CDPR announced that they are banning the most overpowered cards from constructed play as a sort of band-aid fix, and that they are planning to go on a 6-month hiatus in order to bring "Gwent back to its roots".
Quite a lot of time has passed since then, and if you're wondering what exactly CDPR has been working on all these months, you might be interested to hear that the much-anticipated Homecoming update is now live on the PTR (Public Test Realm). It will only be available until October 9th, however, so if you're curious, do make sure to give it a try while you still can.
Telltale's The Walking Dead: The Final Season will be finished by Robert Kirkman's Skybound Games
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[Update]: Episode 3 of The Walking Dead: The Final Season has now been pinned for January 15th!
Despite their last two games both getting some rather favorable reviews, Telltale Games have unfortunately ended up closing down their doors due to poor sales and internal problems. With the company filing for bankruptcy and most employees being laid off, the future of The Walking Dead: The Final Season and other Telltale projects was looking pretty damn grim.
While it still doesn't seem like we'll ever get our hands on the much-anticipated The Wolf Among Us 2, I am at least glad to announce that The Walking Dead: The Final Season will be finished as Skybound Games and Telltale have managed to reach a deal. While Skybound Games and its parent Skybound Entertainment are both publishers with seemingly no game development experience, it is important to mention that the founder of the company is none other than Robert Kirkman - the writer behind the actual The Walking Dead comic!
The XCOM inspired Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden now has a lengthy new gameplay preview
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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is an upcoming video game adaptation of the 'Mutant' pen & paper RPG that has been kicking around since the 1980s. The whole premise is about as simple as it gets - Humanity has managed to nuke itself into oblivion, thus leaving the planet populated only by the titular mutants (deformed humans and animals alike), killer robots, and plenty of old-world ruins to scavenge for supplies.
As for the gameplay itself, Mutant Year Zero is a mixture of XCOM styled turn-based combat and real-time exploration, along with a bit of stealth thrown in for good measure. What this means is that you're able to freely roam across the world and explore it at your own pace, sneak around problems and scavenge for resources, and then when you inevitably mess up and raise 15 different alarms, transition to a rather familiar turn-based combat system.
World of Warcraft devs have announced their plans to fix the rather unpopular Azerite Armor
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World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth has arrived about a month ago, bringing with it a variety of new zones to explore, storylines to experience, and naturally, loot to acquire. While the first two have so far been met with a decent amount of success, the new gearing system has been a bit of a contentious topic, as I've noted in my review. Long story short, the Azerite Armor was supposed to be a replacement for legendary items, raids sets and Artifact Weapon talents, yet it is currently so boring and uninteresting that it has failed to be a worthy successor to even one of those systems, let alone all three.
While the whole concept behind Azerite Armor is unlikely to change, I am glad to say that Blizzard has now announced some major tweaks for it. The goal, as you might imagine, is to make Azerite Armor more readily available for all sorts of players, as well as to make each trait more desirable and impactful. You'll find the full developer update over at the official forums, but here's the most important part:
Monster Hunter: World's Autumn Harvest Fest has now arrived on PC, while Kulve Taroth will come in early November
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The Autumn Harvest Fest event has now made its way to the PC version of Monster Hunter: World, bringing with it a spookier Gathering Hub, a variety of new cosmetics to collect through in-game quests, as well as deep discounts on various vendor services. Perhaps most importantly of all, at least for any of you with an interest in Greatswords, this update has arrived alongside the quest for the Wyvern Ignition - a rocket powered Greatsword that not only looks badass, but is also one of the most powerful weapons in the game!
While the new items are certainly fun to mess around with, it is worth mentioning that this is a fairly small update in the grand scheme of things. It'll give you a couple of hours of enjoyment, but once the quests run out you probably won't even notice the event is still going on. There is hope on the horizon, however, as according to a recent developer update the PC version will be getting a more substantial update in early November.
Total War: Warhammer 2's next DLC is bringing zombie pirates, crazed vampires and even a gigantic sea dragon
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In an announcement that might come as a bit of a surprise, Creative Assembly has revealed that Total War: Warhammer 2's next DLC will not feature the Dogs or War, Araby or Albion as many have speculated, but rather the Pirates of the Vampire Coast! As you might imagine from that name alone, the Vampire Coast factions will come with a wide assortment of zombie pirates and monstrous sea creatures, as well as apparently giant crabs and even sentient, transformer-like ships!
Since there is absolutely no way words alone will ever do the Vampire Coast factions justice, allow me to share with you the recently posted and rather awesome trailer. Have a look, it really is a treat to watch, especially when the cannon barrage syncs up with the music:
Overwatch devs have begun teasing some of the major cosmetics from the upcoming Halloween Terror event
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[Update #3]: I've now also added a teaser for Pharah's Enchanted Armor skin, McCree's Undead skin, as well as Wrecking Ball's genuinely amazing Jack-o-lantern skin. You'll find them down below, along with all of the other newly revealed cosmetics.
Overwatch's Halloween Terror event is set to arrive this October 9th, bringing with it the Junkenstein's Revenge PvE mode, a whole assortment of new and old cosmetics, as well as spookier versions of some of the current maps. If you were hoping for something completely out of the ordinary, I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you as Blizzard is keeping this event fairly light, though there will be a brand new boss in Junkenstein's Revenge, as well as a newly reskinned map to keep us occupied.
As for the cosmetics themselves, Blizzard has now finally started releasing brief teasers for them, all of which you will find right below. The quality of the images and videos is unfortunately a bit low as Twitter has compressed them heavily, but it should still be enough to give you a general idea of what to expect from each skin. Once more cosmetics are revealed I'll make sure to update the list, but for now, have a look at what's coming with this year's Halloween Terror: