Overwatch devs have announced a new round of balance changes for Sombra
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During the recent Overwatch PTR update Sombra received some rather interesting changes. Both her Stealth and Translocator abilities now last indefinitely, though in order to compensate for that boost in power both abilities also received a small nerf - Stealth is now 25% slower and enemies can detect you from 2 meters further, while the Translocator itself became both audible and destructible.
On paper these changes don't sound like a terrible deal, but as it turns out, they left Sombra a lot weaker than where she started from. As such, I am very glad to announce that the Overwatch devs are doing a second round of balance tweaks. Here's what's being changed:
Path of Exile update has added two new loot-filled Temple rooms and a bunch of bug fixes
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Path of Exile's most recent Incursion league has brought in a whole bunch of interesting changes and additions, the most notable of which is the new Temple which essentially allows you to craft and fine-tune your very own dungeon. And what better way to expand upon the concept than by adding two new rooms (each with two additional upgrades) filled with treasures to plunder!
In the Tormented Cells you will find Tormented Spirits, enemies that will attempt to possess a nearby foe in order to enhance their damage, and perhaps more importantly, the amount of loot they drop. Once upgraded the Tormented Cells will contain a large number of spirits, spirits that you can then lure to the boss in order to create a rather difficult challenge, though also one that is going to spew out loot all over the place... if you can manage to avoid dying anyway!
The June Humble Monthly bundle will be around for another three days
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The Humble Monthly is a $12 subscription service that instantly gives you access to a couple of games, and then a whole bunch more once the next month rolls over. The quality of these games tends to be all over the place, and the same applies to this month's bundle as the three highlighted games are a rather strange pairing: Hearts of Iron IV, Blackwake, and Portal Knights.
I've only played Hearts of Iron IV out of this bunch, and for what its worth I do believe it's enough to carry the entire bundle on its own, provided you're into hardcore grand strategy games anyway. As for the rest, I'm afraid I know very little besides the fact that they have a positive review score on Steam. So before you spring for your wallet, I would highly recommend doing a bit of research.
Ubisoft's open-world racing game The Crew 2 has now arrived on PC and consoles
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The Crew 2 is an open-world racing game where you can explore a scaled-down recreation of the United States with a variety of vehicles such as cars, airplanes, boats, and so forth. If that sounds like the type of racing game you'd love to mess around with, you might be interested to hear that The Crew 2 has now arrived on both PC and consoles.
Since trying to explain racing games through words alone is a bit of a futile task, allow me to share with you one of the recent developer streams. The video is fairly lengthy, but if you just skip around you should get a pretty good idea of what The Crew 2 is really all about. Here's the video:
Slay the Spire update has added the long awaited-third game mode - Custom Mode
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Slay the Spire has recently been on a roll as far as quality updates are concerned. In early June Mega Crit Games added the Defect as a highly entertaining new character, the Endless mode is still being actively worked on in beta, and now they have also introduced the long-awaited third game mode - Custom Mode.
As you might imagine from the name alone, the Custom Mode allows you to tweak a variety of modifiers in order to create and share your own unique challenges. So if you're like me and you have a couple of Daily Climbs you absolutely loved going through, you now have the ability to not only recreate them, but also improve them!
The PC remaster of Ys: Memories of Celceta has been pinned for a July 25th release date
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Unless it encounters some massive issues like the recent Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, XSEED Games' PC remaster of Ys: Memories of Celceta will be coming this July 25th. Once it arrives you can expect to see support for a variety of resolutions, an unlocked frame rate, fully customizable controls, a brand new Boss Rush game mode, as well as a whole bunch of bug fixes and improvements.
If you're wondering what all of this looks like in gameplay terms, allow me to share with you the recently posted trailer. It's not the lengthiest video around, but it should give you a pretty good idea of what Ys: Memories of Celceta is all about. Have a look:
Mothergunship is an upcoming bullet-hell FPS that gives you a chance to craft whatever monstrous gun you want
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Mothergunship is an upcoming indie, bullet-hell FPS with a strong focus on customization, namely the ability to craft whatever monstrosity of a gun you can possibly imagine. You can create a shotgun that fires lighting out of twelve barrels, a weapon that spews spiky balls in every direction, or just a rocket launcher so packed full of explosives that no reasonable person would ever come close to it.
Since trying to explain all of this through words alone is never going to do the system justice, allow me to share with you the recently posted trailer. It'll give you a pretty darn good idea of just how silly Mothergunship can get. Have a gander: