Killing Floor 2 and its new Treacherous Skies update are free to try out on Steam for the next 2 days
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Killing Floor 2's Treacherous Skies update has now arrived, bringing with it a whole bunch of new content. There's two new maps to explore, three powerful new robot enemies to contend with, four new weapons to tear said enemies apart with, and perhaps most importantly, the ability for players to upgrade their weapons to Tier 5. The latter will cost you a fair bit of dosh and will increase the weapon's weight, but it will also give you a considerable amount of extra damage, thus ensuring you can make pretty much any weapon work.
For those of wondering what all of this might look like in gameplay terms, allow me to share with you the recently posted the trailer. It's fairly short, but it'll give you a pretty darn good idea of what to expect from the new update. Have a look:
Hearthstone's Taverns of Time event has now brought in a bunch of cool new cards into Arena
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If you haven't touched Hearthstone in a while, or if you're mostly a Constructed player, you might want to go and give the Arena mode another chance as the new Taverns of Time special event is quite an enjoyable one. It has brought with it 28 new and rather ridiculous cards to toy around with, cards that have completely reshuffled the balance of power among the heroes.
The addition of overpowered cards might sound like a bad thing, and to be perfectly honest I can definitely see myself agreeing with that viewpoint, but thankfully this whole event and its cards will only remain active for a couple of weeks, until July 2nd. So while the new cards may completely reshape the Arena landscape, at least you can rest easy with the knowledge that next month they'll be well and truly gone. Until then, however, I would highly recommend embracing the nonsense and just having a bit of fun with the significantly increased power levels.
Vermintide 2's recent update has finally corrected the widespread "Error 1342" crashing issue
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Vermintide 2's Update 1.1 brought with it an absolute ton of new cosmetics, daily quests, achievements with actually interesting rewards, as well as significantly improved crafting speeds. While all of that was and still is a great addition, the update unfortunately also brought with it the now infamous "Error 1342" which would frequently kick players out of the game while crafting, completing levels, or sometimes even simply logging in.
With that in mind, I'm very happy to announce that Fatshark has now finally identified and corrected the issue. In other words, you can now craft as quickly as you want without having to constantly restart the game! That said, I would advise against re-rolling Charms right now because there appears to be a bug that prevents them from gaining the extremely valuable Skaven+Chaos damage combination.
Quake Champions is completely free to grab on Steam until June 18th
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If you have an itch only oldschool Arena shooters can scratch, you should probably go visit a doctor, but before you do you also might want to check out Quake Champions as it's completely free to grab until June 18th. Simply head on over to Steam, click on that shiny green "Install Game" button, and you'll be gibbing enemies in no time.
Perhaps most importantly of all, if you log in before the June 18th deadline you will be able to keep playing even after the free weekend is over. From what I can figure out you'll still need to either purchase or grind out all of the additional characters, but as far as getting a taste of what Quake Champions has to offer, this free trial is most certainly a good start.
The Elder Scrolls VI has been announced, though it's still a ways off
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Well, I've got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that Bethesda has finally stopped re-releasing Skyrim in order to start working on The Elder Scrolls VI. The bad news, as you might guess from the title alone, is that it's currently very early in development and likely a few years off.
Right now there are absolutely no details to comb over, but what I can show you is the recently posted teaser trailer. I believe it shows off the region of Highrock, though given that my TES lore is a bit rusty you might want to take that with a few grains of salt. Either way, here's the rather lovely video:
Ori and the Will of the Wisps now has a lovely and rather atmospheric E3 gameplay trailer
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[Update]: Ori and the Will of the Wisps has now been released for PC and Xbox One, and so far the reception has been pretty good!
While Ori and the Will of the Wisps is by no means a new announcement, you might be interested to hear that this lovely metroidvania will be coming to PC and Xbox One in 2019. As you'll see in the trailer down below, the gameplay appears to be a slightly improved version of the original's, though more interestingly, the already stunning visuals have somehow managed to become even better than before!
So if you're up for a bit of a sneak peek at what Ori and the Will of the Wisps has to offer, here's the most recent trailer as well as the one from last year's E3. Have a gander, they're both beyond lovely to look at:
Gears of War 5 has been announced alongside two rather fetching in-game trailers
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Microsoft has gone all out with Gears of War announcements during this year's E3. Not only have they unveiled Gears of War 5 as a new mainline game, but they have also announced two spin-off games: Gears Pop, a mobile-only game, and Gears Tactics, a potentially quite interesting strategy game.
Very few details are available about the latter two, but what I can tell you about Gears of War 5 is that it will be the biggest Gears game created so far, while also being able to run in 4K resolution at a smooth 60 frames per second. Technical stuff aside, you might be more interested to hear that Gears of War 5 will have both online and local split-screen co-op for every game mode. Now that is a welcome feature!