Doom inspired and Warhammer 40k flavored 'boomer shooter' Boltgun will be blasting its way onto PC and consoles this May 23rd
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[Update]: Boltgun has now arrived, and I'm pleased to report it's looking quite good so far!
Doom is all about a ridiculously skilled space marine blasting apart hordes upon hordes of demons. Warhammer 40,000 also happens to feature superhuman Space Marines fighting an essentially endless war against untold numbers of demons. The two have a very strong thematic connection, so combining them through the upcoming Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun just seems like a great idea to me!
So what even is Boltgun? Well, to put it simply, Boltgun is a sprite-based 'boomer shooter' that will put you in the shoes of a lone Space Marine as he attempts to deliver righteous vengeance against the forces of Chaos. In order to do that you'll need to shoot, hack, explode or simply chainsword your way through legions of pixely (and kind of adorable) enemies spanning everything from worthless cultists to Plague Toads and even the mighty Lords of Change!
Blizzard has detailed all of the changes coming with World of Warcraft: Dragonflight's chunky Update 10.1
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[Update #2]: World of Warcraft's Update 10.1.5 has arrived with a new mega-dungeon, Evoker Augmentation specialization and a lot more.
[Update]: Patch 10.1 - Embers of Neltharion has now been unleashed, and I'm happy to say that it's looking quite good so far!
After a couple of months dedicated to getting everyone's characters to max level and up to speed in terms of gear, the time has finally come for a brand new content update. Once it arrives this May 2nd, Update 10.1 - Embers of Neltharion will bring with it Zaralek Caverns as a hefty new zone to explore, a new chapter of the story campaign that will have us square off against one of the freshly freed Incarnates, cross-faction guilds, and naturally, a new raid by the name of Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible to plunder for sweet, sweet loot!
Much like before, Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible won't be opening its doors on the very same day the patch arrives, but rather a week later so everyone has a chance to explore the new zone at their own pace. Here's what the full schedule's going to look like:
Inner Ashes is an upcoming narrative focused adventure about unrevealing the memories of an Alzheimer’s patient
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Instead of going on a journey to explore new and far away places, the upcoming narrative focused adventure Inner Ashes is more interested in delving into the past for answers. Specifically, the often tangled memories of Henry, an Alzheimer's patient trying to figure out why their daughter is no longer present in their life.
In between all of the exploration you'll also need to solve a variety of puzzles themed around shapes and memorization. These are apparently based on techniques used to help Alzheimer’s patients alleviate their symptoms, so I can only imagine there's going to be a fairly tight connection between the puzzles and the storyline itself.
It took over a decade, but a brand new Armored Core game will be launching on August 25th, 2023
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If you're a fan of giant mechs and Souls inspired combat, you'll be happy to hear that FromSoftware will be combining the two with the upcoming Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon. In other words, you'll be able to pilot your mech in full 3D and engage in fast-paced battles against an assortment of massive enemies, upgrade and customize your mech with all sorts of fancy weapons and armor pieces, and as is tradition, get humbled time and time again by the tricky bosses before finally getting 'gud' and giving them a taste of their own medicine.
The good news doesn't end there, however, as FromSoftware has just announced that we won't have to wait all that long in order to get our hands on Armored Core VI. In fact, it's only a couple of months away as it'll be making its way onto PC and consoles this August 25th, 2023!
Cult of the Lamb's first major update has added post-game progression with revamped bosses, new abilities and items
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While Cult of the Lamb made a very strong first impression back in August with its intriguing premise and charming visuals, the honeymoon phase didn't last very long as the combat simply lacked the depth and difficulty necessary to keep players truly engaged. So unsurprisingly, the Massive Monster team has decided to focus their first and rather massive free update on improving exactly that.
In order to do so, the Relics of the Old Faith patch has now added a post-game progression system that features revamped and significantly tougher bosses, challenging new enemy types to contend with, as well as new items and abilities to unlock. You can also expect to see new cultist buildings, special boss followers, a new set of challenge runs to overcome, along with a bunch of new accessibility options to help fine-tune your whole experience.
Overwatch 2 has rejigged the new support hero Lifeweaver's keybinds and buffed his abilities
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[Update #2]: Overwatch 2's Season 5 is nerfing snipers, buffing Lifeweaver and bringing back soft crowd control.
[Update]: I'm afraid I have some bad news. Overwatch 2 will be drastically downscaling the scope and amount of its long-awaited PvE missions.
Instead of going with a fairly generic support hero concept that's all about spamming healing, Blizzard decided to do something a bit more interesting with the recently released Lifeweaver. With him they opted to focus on utility over raw power, with the end result being a hero that's capable of manipulating the position of both allies and enemies, thus changing the course of the battle with the flick of a wrist.
Unfortunately, while the concept may be incredibly cool, the actual implementation left a lot to be desired. I say this because Lifeweaver not only released in a remarkably underpowered state, but his default keybinds were also really messy which just made him awkward to play. Luckily, most of this is now a thing of the past!
It looks like Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard won't be going through after all
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[Update #2]: Blizzard games are coming to Steam, starting with Overwatch 2 on August 10th.
[Update]: Plot twist! EU regulators have now approved the acquisition, which might just give Microsoft an upper hand in the upcoming legal scuffle.
In an announcement that I must admit comes as quite a surprise, the United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority has just announced that they are blocking Microsoft’s planned purchase of Activision Blizzard. This was done due to concerns over Microsoft becoming too dominant over the cloud gaming market as it already supposedly accounts for an estimated 60-70% of the global cloud gaming services.
"The UK cloud gaming market is growing fast. Monthly active users in the UK more than tripled from the start of 2021 to the end of 2022," reads the official explanation. "Microsoft has a strong position in cloud gaming services and the evidence available to the CMA showed that Microsoft would find it commercially beneficial to make Activision’s games exclusive to its own cloud gaming service."