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Vermintide 2 screenshot of the Shadows Over Bogenhafen DLC

Vermintide 2's very first DLC "Shadows Over Bogenhafen" arrived a little while ago, bringing with it two new and massive maps to explore, an absolute ton of balance changes, as well as a variety of new cosmetics to collect. While all of these are highly welcome features, there is one rather significant problem - obtaining the new cosmetics is a needlessly lengthy and extremely grindy process.

Thankfully, this won't be the case for long as Fatshark has now announced that they will not only be reducing the requirements for each weekly quest, but that they will also be introducing two new weekly quests to spice things up. The exact details are still unknown, but what I can tell you is that the "win 25 Quickplay games" quest will be dropping down to a much more reasonable 10 games. 

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World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth artwork of Talanji and Jaina

A few weeks have passed since the Battle for Azeroth expansion launched, and with the Uldir raid and Mythic Keystone dungeons now fully available, it is the perfect time for Blizzard to start issuing some much-needed balance changes. As such, I am glad to say that they will be doing just that this September 11th, after the usual server maintenance.

The changes are all fairly minor in the grand scheme of things, but they should still help bring some of the under-performing specializations into the spotlight, if only for a couple of boss fights. Here are the full patch notes, they aren't very long:

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Overkill's The Walking Dead screenshot of a zombie attack on a stairway

Overkill, the studio behind the Payday series, has been working on a four player co-op FPS set in The Walking Dead universe for quite a long time now. If you haven't already seen them, I would highly recommend you check out the four character introduction videos they released a little while back. They'll give you a pretty decent idea of the sort of tone Overkill is going for with The Walking Dead.

If you're interested in the actual gameplay, however, I am glad to say that Overkill has now released a rather lengthy gameplay preview as well. The video below includes some developer commentary, so if you're not interested in the talking and want to get straight to the zombie-smashing, skip to around 8:30 in the video. And with that said, have a gander:

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Life is Strange: Before the Storm official artwork and logo

Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a prequel to the original game set three years before Max returned to Arcadia Bay. It explores the unlikely friendship between our protagonist Chloe Price and the always-popular Rachel Amber, though there is also a small bonus episode covering Max's initial departure. I can't go into any more details without potentially spoiling things, but let's just say that if you've enjoyed Life is Strange, chances are you'll have fun with the prequel as well.

Before the Storm has been available on PC for quite a while now, so if you were waiting for it to finally appear on macOS or Linux, you'll be glad to hear that it has now been pinned for a September 13th release date. The macOS and Linux versions will come with all three episodes in a single bundle, though there will also be a "Deluxe Edition" containing additional content, including the above-mentioned bonus episode "Farewell".

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Overwatch screenshot of White Tiger Genji

Humble Monthly, as the name would imply, is a monthly subscription service that instantly gives you access to one or two games, and then a whole bunch more once the next month rolls around. The spotlighted games are usually excellent and well worth buying on their own, which goes doubly so for this month as the featured game is Blizzard's Overwatch!

Needless to say, I would highly recommend you grab it for $12, even if you have absolutely no interest in any bonus games whatsoever. Overwatch is just one of those games that you can extract hundreds upon hundreds of hours of enjoyment from, and perhaps most importantly, a game that's continuously being updated and balanced so there's always new toys to play around with. So if you have a passion for team-based games or FPS in general, Overwatch is well worth picking up at this high of a discount.

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Screenshot of some PvP from World of Warcraft's Battle for Azeroth expansion

In order to give everyone a fair chance and prevent a mad dash for the end-game, Blizzard has locked away most of the competitive features for the first few weeks of the Battle for Azeroth expansion. As you might expect from the title alone, those locks have now finally been broken, meaning that the Uldir raid, numerous Mythic Keystone dungeons, first PvP season and Warfronts are all now fully available.

The only features still being held back are the substantially easier Raid Finder versions of the various Uldir bosses, as well as the ultra-competitive Mythic raid difficulty. The first wing of the Raid Finder will be released alongside Mythic difficulty on September 11th, with each following week unlocking a new wing filled with bosses for Raid Finder players to tackle. A little bit too slow in my eyes, but I suppose Blizzard doesn't want 'standard' raiders feeling like they're forced to do Raid Finder content over and over again in an effort to gear up their characters.

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The Division Falcon Lost screenshot official

If you're curious about what exactly The Division has to offer, and you've somehow managed to miss the numerous free weekends so far, then consider this your lucky day. From 10am PST (7pm CEST) on September 6th until September 9th The Division will be entirely free to play on PC.

Simply head on over to the official website to learn more about the free weekend, as well as begin pre-loading so you can start the moment the gates open. The only catch, as you might expect, is that you will need to download Ubisoft's Uplay in order to explore the ruins of New York. A slight annoyance, but I wouldn't say it's much of a deal-breaker.

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