Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice will be getting a free VR update tomorrow via Steam
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[Update]: Ninja Theory is working on a highly ambitious sequel to Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.
While the combat was a little bit mediocre, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice made up for all of that with a truly immersive atmosphere and some rather lovely visuals. And what better way to enhance those qualities than by putting yourself directly into the world, which is why I'm very glad to say that Hellblade: Senua's Sacrfice VR will be coming this July 31st as an entirely free update on Steam!
If you're wondering what exactly the VR version has to offer, and what the developers are even trying to accomplish with it, you'll find the recently posted developer diary right below. Have a look, it's quite an interesting video:
The deviously challenging puzzle-exploration game La-Mulana 2 is set to arrive later today
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[Update]: La-Mulana 2's very first DLC has now added some of the most challenging puzzles in the whole series.
La-Mulana 2, much like its predecessor, is a Metroidvania-styled puzzle-exploration game that doesn't hold your hand in any way. You'll be expected to dismantle complex puzzles, beat down tricky bosses, solve riddles without a helpful NPC telling you what the 'catch' is, and sometimes just try to figure out where you're supposed to go next without much in terms of hints. It's a bit of a brutal experience, but if the original La-Mulana is anything to go on, it's also one that is deeply satisfying because of how good it feels to finally beat the game at its own... well, game!
Rather than babble on, allow me to share with you the recently posted launch trailer. It'll hopefully give you a pretty good idea of just what La-Mulana 2 is all about. Have a gander:
Vermintide 2 update has now hopefully corrected the slow and inconsistent matchmaking
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Steam has quite recently changed the way it handles download region selection and matchmaking geolocation, all in an effort to ensure that multiplayer matches are created with as little ping difference between the players as possible. Unfortunately, these changes have resulted in Vermintide 2's matchmaking system becoming incredibly slow and inconsistent, especially in regions with lower populations.
While the Vermintide 2 devs are still working on tweaking their system to avoid this issue entirely, they have now introduced a small workaround - a new option that lets you extend how far the in-game matchmaking will look before giving up and making you host. It's obviously not an ideal solution and you might end up in matches with noticeably more lag than before, but it will ensure that you actually find a game to play in rather than simply leave you standing around in the keep.
Telltale's The Walking Dead: The Final Season preview shows off the fairly tense first 15 minutes
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After around six years of adventures, Clementine's story will finally be getting concluded with the aptly named The Walking Dead: The Final Season. While the full schedule has not been confirmed just yet, you can expect to see the very first episode arrive this August 14th.
If you're wondering what exactly it's going to be about, as well as what Clementine looks and acts like nowadays, you'll find the answer you seek in the recently posted preview down below. The video shows off the first ~15 minutes from the initial episode, so while you will get a pretty darn good idea of what The Final Season is all about, it is important to mention that there will be plenty of minor spoilers sprinkled throughout the video as well. So if you don't mind having some of the starting choices and consequences revealed to you, here's the rather interesting preview:
The Metroidvania brawler Guacamelee! 2 will be coming to PC and PS4 this August 21st
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Much like its predecessor, Guacamelee! 2 is a Mexican-themed action-platformer with more than a fair share of Metroidvania elements to spice things up. As you might expect from that description alone, Guacamelee! 2 is going to be all about wondering across a giant world, collecting new powers to use for combat and exploration, stringing together lengthy combos in order to exploit an enemy's weakness, and occasionally even turning into a chicken... because why not!
If this sort of combination sounds like a great deal of fun, you might be interested to hear that Guacamelee! 2 will be releasing in the very near future, on August 21th to be more specific. In terms of platforms, however, you can expect to see it on both PC and PS4.
World of Warcraft update has reduced the power of level 15-100 enemies, while experience requirements for levels 60-80 will soon become much lower
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World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth's pre-patch has arrived a little while ago, bringing with it a variety of changes for everything from PvP to leveling. Most notably, the pre-patch introduced a massive stat-squish in order to stop the constantly ongoing inflation of damage and health numbers. While the tweaks have managed to accomplish just that, they have unfortunately also made the leveling process a lot more difficult than before, and consequently a lot slower as well.
In order to correct some of these issues, Blizzard has now released a hotfix that has reduced the damage of level 15-100 enemies by 14%, as well as their health by 24%. While there might still be some outliers, this should go a long way towards solving the problem of high level enemies having nearly the same amount of health and damage as their lower level counterparts.
The PC version of Ys: Memories of Celceta has now arrived without any major issues
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Given how poorly Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana ran on PC when it first launched, I am quite delighted to announce that the PC port of Ys: Memories of Celceta has now arrived without any major issues! What it did arrive with, however, is the usual batch of PC-exclusive features: support for a variety of resolutions, an unlocked frame rate, and naturally, fully customizable controls. For those of you that like an additional challenge, the PC version also features a brand new Boss Rush mode.
You can get a bit of a peek at what all of this looks like in-game through the recently posted trailer. It's not exactly long, but it should help answer some of the basic questions you might have about Memories of Celceta. Have a look: