One Piece: World Seeker has been delayed until 2019 to ensure it "matches the fans' expectations"
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[Update]: I hope you're in the mood for something different, because the freshly announced One Piece Odyssey will be an expansive turn-based RPG.
One Piece: World Seeker is an upcoming action-adventure based on the (you guessed it) One Piece manga and animated series. It'll bring with it a good chunk of the fan-favorite characters from the series, a rather large open-world to explore, and naturally, a whole boatload of bad guys to beat up in a variety of creative ways.
If you're a fan of the show and all of this sounds like it's right up your alley, I'm afraid I bring some 'bad' news. In a surprisingly brief press release, Bandai Namco has announced that One Piece: World Seeker will be moving its release date to 2019 in order to ensure it "matches the fans' expectations".
The latest preview for Bioware's Anthem shows off the world, characters and the general story
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Anthem is Bioware's upcoming co-op focused action-RPG that seems to be all about mowing down hordes of enemies while flying around with the help of a rather badass-looking jetpack. Exciting, yet still fairly standard stuff in today's day and age. Where Anthem really manages to raise some eyebrows, however, is in the claim that it will also continue Bioware's focus on storytelling and decision-making despite ostensibly being a multiplayer shoot-and-loot type of game.
How exactly they're planning to accomplish this, Bioware hasn't specified just yet, but if you're wondering what exactly the story and the world will be about, you'll find some of the answers you seek in the latest trailer below. Have a look, if for no other reason than the lovely visuals:
The political strategy game Democracy 4 has been announced and pinned for a 2019 release date
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[Update]: After nearly two years in Early Access, Democracy 4 has now fully launched.
The Democracy series is, as you might imagine from the name alone, a bunch of political strategy games that will ask of you to enact massive changes in order to shape your country of choice, as well as figure out a way to avoid the blowback from any consequences your actions might bring. It's not the most complex series around, despite what the numerous charts and options might lead you to believe, but it's certainly a fun and engaging way to figure out that you'd probably be a terrible president.
With that in mind, I am very glad to say that Democracy 4 is now in development. It will incorporate all of the extra features found throughout Democracy 3 Africa, as well as the four expansion packs: Extremism, Social Engineering, Clones & Drones and Electioneering. Naturally, there will also be a variety of general improvements and more modern concepts to tackle, concepts such as 'fake news', social media, and so forth.
Dying Light: Bad Blood has brought in parkour-focused gameplay to the Battle Royale genre
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[Update]: Dying Light: Bad Blood has now become entirely free for all owners of Dying Light, regardless of platform.
Despite being yet another zombie game, Dying Light has managed to distinguish itself from the rest by focusing quite heavily on movement. You can quite easily climb even the tallest buildings, leap across objects and vault over zombies, dangle off ledges and quickly hop between distant beams, and basically never touch the ground unless you really want to.
In fact, the moment-to-moment gameplay in Dying Light has ended up being so enjoyable that Techland has now created an entire Battle Royale game centered around the concept. So as you might imagine, in Dying Light: Bad Blood you will need to scavenge for weapons in a zombie-infested area, destroy hives in order to level up and increase your power, and perhaps most importantly, use a vast assortment of parkour skills and weapons in order to outrun and outplay your opponents.
Frozen Synapse 2 is a challenging tactics game set in a vast, procedurally generated city
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Frozen Synapse 2 is a fairly challenging tactics game with a bit of an interesting twist: instead of having hand-crafted levels with somewhat predictable enemy positions and behavior, Frozen Synapse 2 is bringing the action into a vast, procedurally generated city. So in order to succeed you'll need to set up various bases and outposts, deploy your forces across the map, and naturally, engage in some good ol' tactical combat as you attempt to secure the city.
If you're wondering what all of this looks like in-game, allow me to share with you the recently posted trailer. It's fairly brief, but it should give you a pretty decent idea of what to expect from Frozen Synapse 2. Have a gander:
World of Warcraft devs have now answered some of the most pressing concerns regarding the Battle for Azeroth expansion
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World of Warcraft's Battle for Azeroth expansion arrived a little while ago, bringing with it an excellent leveling experience, some interesting new characters to interact with, as well as some rather beautiful zones to explore. Unfortunately, almost all of the new systems Battle for Azeroth added to freshen up the end-game, things such as the Warfronts, Island Expeditions or Azerite Armor, have ended up being the source of endless complaints from the playerbase.
While I'm afraid I can't tell you that Blizzard is already on the way to implement sweeping changes in order to correct some of these issues, I can at least tell you that they are well aware of the problems, and that they are looking to solve them throughout the expansion. This information comes to us from the recent Q&A session WoW's Game Director Ion Hazzikostas held over at Reddit, and if you're interested in WoW's future I would highly recommend you check it out.
On the other hand, if you don't have the time to sort through all of those answers, allow me to highlight some of the most important quotes about Azerite Armor, Island Expeditions and Warfronts. Have a look:
THQ Nordic has now picked up the Kingdoms of Amalur IP, a new game could be in the works
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[Update #2]: Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning has now arrived alongside some fairly minor upgrades.
[Update]: THQ Nordic has now announced a full-on remaster - Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning!
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is one of those games I can quite easily criticize due to its vast amount of flaws and MMO-like quest design, yet despite all of my complaints it's also one of those games I reinstall every once in a while. Perhaps it's something to do with the cliche yet unique world it inhabits, and maybe it's because it's one of the very few games where you can tear through hordes of enemies with a gigantic chakram! Whatever the answer may be, I was immensely sad when I heard the studio behind it closed down, and with it any sort of hope that Kingdoms of Amalur could rise anew.
So imagine my surprise when THQ Nordic came out of nowhere to announce that they have acquired not only the "Kingdoms of Amalur" IP, but also all of 38 Studios' assets! Sadly THQ Nordic did not also use this opportunity to announce a brand new Kingdoms of Amalur game, but given that they have gone through the process of acquiring the license I think it's fair to say that they have at least some interesting plans with it in mind.