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Slay the Spire artwork showing off the Defect

After spending a fair bit of time in open beta, Slay the Spire's three new enemies have now arrived onto the live version, though not without some changes. Most notably, the fireball-spawning Flame Bruiser has been replaced with a ridiculously over-the-top Reptomancer that seems to be wearing Sneko themed pajamas. They're pretty much the same enemy as far as gameplay mechanics are concerned, but I guess the devs found the Reptomancer to be much more memorable and entertaining to fight.

As is tradition, the update has also added a couple of new relics to toy around with, as well as rebalanced the rarity of some of them. The Red Skull is now common, the Singing Bowl uncommon, Tough Bandages are now Rare, and perhaps most interestingly of all, the Twisted Funnel is now exclusive to the Silent. Depending on how frequently it drops, it might just make more poison-based cards worth grabbing outside of a few and very specific deck types.

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Monster Hunter: World screenshot of three characters standing near a ledge

[Update #2]: Monster Hunter: World has now arrived on PC, and so far it seems pretty darn good!

[Update]: The PC system requirements have now also been detailed. You can check them out over here.

Monster Hunter: World arrived on consoles all the way back in January, while the PC version was postponed until "some point in autumn" in order to ensure it's more than just a simple port. Quite a few months have past since then, and I am very glad to say that we now finally have Monster Hunter: World's PC release date - August 9th!

All of the bonus features and PC-exclusive options have not been announced just yet, but what I can tell you is that all of the post-launch content and "special collaborations" will be coming to the PC version for free. The only catch is that they'll be arriving shortly after launch, but as long as the port itself is good I don't think many people will complain.

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World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth official artwork and logo

World of Warcraft's Battle for Azeroth expansion is set to launch on August 14th, so in order to get everyone up to speed Blizzard will be releasing the much-anticipated pre-expansion Patch 8.0 next week. To be more specific, Patch 8.0 will be coming this July 17th alongside new PvP talents and the War Mode, cross-realm Communities that function like more focused guilds, a gigantic stat-squish that will make your damage and health a lot easier to comprehend, and the list goes on.

There are far too many changes to cover in detail, but if you're interested in a brief summary of the major features you'll find the official "Survival Guide" right below. It's brief and to the point, so I'd highly recommend you check it out:

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Darksiders 3 official artwork showing off Fury

Darksiders 3 has been officially announced back in May of 2017, after which we received pretty much nothing in terms of new information. Thankfully, the long silence has now been broken as the developers have announced that Darksiders 3 will be released on November 27th for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4!

Better yet, the devs have partnered up with IGN to release a rather lengthy gameplay preview. So if you're interested in seeing what Fury has to offer on the battlefield, you'll find the video right below. Have a gander:

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Overwatch screenshot of the Pink Mercy cosmetic

Overwatch devs have recently held a charity focused event where players could purchase the rather fancy Pink Mercy skin for $15, all of which would go straight to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Besides the skin itself, Blizzard also offered a variety of Pink Mercy themed merchandise and clothes, as well as organized numerous Twitch streams with notable community members in order to raise money for charity.

As you're probably well aware from the title alone, all that effort was more than worth it given that the event has officially raised over 12.7 million USD in support of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation! A truly momentous achievement given that the whole event was fairly short.

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Code Vein screenshot of close quarters combat

Code Vein is Bandai Namco's Dark Souls inspired action-RPG that's focused around tactical melee combat, meaning it's all about dodging and blocking, careful timing, as well as punishing enemies whenever they make a mistake. It was supposed to release this September 28th for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4, but according to the latest announcement its launch has been postponed.

"Based on all the feedback we have received over the last few months, we have decided to push back the release into 2019," reads the brief update. "We want to refine the gameplay even more and further exceed your expectations upon full release."

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Guild Wars 2 artwork showing the Mesmer Mirage specialization

If you've completed everything the latest Long Live the Lich update has to offer and you're now looking for some fresh new gameplay, you might be interested (or terrified) to hear that the latest balance update has brought in a whole bunch of changes, including some rather heavy nerfs. Most notably, it is the Elementalists, Mesmers and Necromancers that have been hit the hardest, with the Elementalist changes being by far the most impactful.

While I won't list out all of the specific tweaks, it is the nerf to Lava Font that I find the most peculiar. Instead of tweaking the Staff and making the Elementalist playstyle just a bit more interesting, the devs have decided to reduce Lava Font's overall damage by around 40%. I'm not much of a stats guy so I won't pretend to know how this is going to impact Elementalists as a whole, but due to this and some of the other changes I really don't see Staff Elementalists sticking around for very long. A real shame given how the build was one of the very few that remained intact since the very beginning of Guild Wars 2.

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