MTG Arena's March of the Machine expansion has now arrived with an all-new card type - Battles
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[Update #2]: The day has finally come - MTG Arena has now made its way onto Steam!
[Update]: MTG Arena's Aftermath mini-expansion is coming on May 11th with 50 new Standard-legal cards.
After a fairly lengthy round of teasers, MTG Arena's massive March of the Machine expansion has now finally been unleashed. It brings with it a whole host of new cards to mess around with, a bonus batch of popular legendary creatures from previous sets, and most importantly of all, an entirely new card type to shake up the gameplay loop - Battle.
Your Battles enter play on the opponent's side of the board with a certain number of counters on it, sort of like a Planeswalker. Once you bring those counters to zero through either damage or effects that remove counters, you'll be able to flip your Battle to its backside and unlock a fairly powerful reward. Notably, "destroying" Battles directly will not flip them - you need to remove all of the counters 'fairly' to get to the good stuff!
Darktide's Update #8 has finally fixed finicky specials (Hounds, Poxbursters & Mutants) and buffed the fan-favorite Plasma Gun
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[Update #2]: Darktide's Rejects Unite patch has now arrived, and unfortunately it has done so alongside some serious technical issues.
[Update]: Darktide's Patch #9 has brought in a new batch of free cosmetics and the ability to go shirtless!.
If you've been playing Darktide for any serious amount of time, you've probably noticed that certain specials like Pox Hounds, Poxbursters and Mutants have a tendency to glitch out. Nowhere is this more obvious than with the Pox Hounds as they can frequently shrug off blows that would stagger bosses, home in on players despite them dodging and sliding, or best of all, violently vibrate before suddenly biting one's face off.
Thankfully, with today's Update #8 all of these problems seem to have finally been fixed. As such, Pox Hounds now have lag compensation so dealing with their nonsense should be a lot more reliable, while Poxbursters won't randomly be immune to stagger when you're desperately trying to push them away. You can also expect the Mutants to act in a smoother and more realistic fashion, so no more instant turns and absurd chases around boxes.
Overwatch 2's Season 4 has just added a remarkably interesting new support hero - Lifeweaver
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[Update #2]: I'm afraid I have some bad news. Overwatch 2 will be drastically downscaling the scope and amount of its long-awaited PvE missions.
[Update]: Overwatch 2's April 25th update has rejigged Lifeweaver's keybinds and buffed a bunch of his abilities.
After having us wait for quite a while, the Overwatch 2 team has now finally unleashed the next support hero... and it's quite an interesting one! To put it simply, Lifeweaver is a mobility focused support that can mess with the positioning of both enemies and allies, which as you might imagine can lead to some insane (or insanely bad) plays.
First things first, allow me to share with you the gameplay trailer as that should give you a pretty good idea of just what Lifeweaver's toolkit is trying to do. Have a peek, it's quite an intriguing hero design:
Vampire Survivors' second expansion has brought in a huge new map, 8 characters and 13 weapons
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[Update #2]: Vampire Survivors will be adding local co-op and fully switching to a new engine on August 17th.
[Update]: Vampire Survivors is getting an animated show, along with even more free updates throughout the Summer!
If you're just looking for an excuse to dive back into Vampire Survivors and lose another dozen hours or so demolishing absurd numbers of enemies, you'll be happy to hear that a brand new expansion has just arrived. Tides of the Foscari brings with it a huge new map to explore, 7 new music tracks, 8 new "extremely original and not remotely derivative" characters, 13 new weapons to experiment with, and naturally, a whole host of new secrets to uncover!
Best of all, the whole thing costs barely anything. Much like the first expansion Tides of the Foscari will set you back 2€, or 1,8€ during the currently ongoing launch week discount. By Grabthar’s Hammer... what a savings!
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has been delayed yet again, this time until February 2nd, 2024
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[Update]: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has arrived, and it's thankfully not a disaster.
If you were itching to see just what Rocksteady's Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has to offer once it finally arrives this May, I'm afraid I have some bad news. According to the freshly posted announcement, Suicide Squad has now been delayed yet again, this time around until February 2nd, 2024!
"We have made the tough but necessary decision to take the time needed to work on getting the game to be the best quality experience for players," reads the brief developer update. "Thank you to our amazing community for the continued support, patience and understanding. There is much more to share in the months ahead and we look forward to seeing you in Metropolis next year."
All of MTG Arena's upcoming March of the Machine cards, including the freshly invented Battles, have now been revealed
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[Update #2]: Magic: The Gathering is extending its Standard rotation from two to three years in order to help the floundering format on tabletop.
[Update]: MTG Arena's March of the Machine expansion has now arrived with a new card type, improved duplicate protection, and the ability to select your favorite card style!
I hope you're not feeling overwhelmed by the constant influx of new cards, because even though Shadows Over Innistrad Remastered has only just arrived, the MTG Arena team is now getting ready to unleash a rather massive Standard expansion. Not only that, but once the March of the Machine set arrives this April 18th it'll do so alongside an entirely new card type - Battle!
Each Battle enters play with a certain number of counters on it, sort of like a Planeswalker card. In order to unlock the special (and often quite powerful) effects found on the flip side of each Battle you'll need to reduce those counters to zero by either attacking said Battle or by using certain types of spells to damage it or remove its counters. Notably, destroying Battles directly will not flip them - you need to remove all of the counters 'fairly' to get to the goodies!
World of Warcraft's Update 10.1 will be adding a new zone, raid and cross-faction guilds on May 2nd
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[Update #2]: Patch 10.1 - Embers of Neltharion has now been unleashed, and I'm happy to say that it's looking quite good so far!
If you've chewed through the bite-sized Update 10.0.7 and you're now itching for some new stuff to do, you'll be happy to hear that the next big patch is right around the corner. To be more specific, Update 10.1 - Embers of Neltharion will be going live on May 2nd, 2023.
Embers of Neltharion will bring with it Zaralek Caverns as a chunky new zone to explore, a continuation of the story campaign that will have us face off against the freshly freed Incarnates, a brand new raid by the name of Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible, as well as new Assaults to repell in both the Azure Span and Ohn’ahran Plains zones.