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Elder Scrolls Online screenshot of Alinor from afar

After being available in Early Access (not the Steam kind) for quite a while now, the full version of The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset has finally made its way to both PC and consoles. In terms of content, you can expect to see the entirety of the High Elf homeland of Summerset, resolutions for storylines that have been going on for years, the option to create your own and highly powerful jewelry, new abilities that come from the ancient Psijic order, and naturally, delves, various public dungeons, world bosses and other such group-related activities.

You can get a bit of a closer look at Summerset and what exactly it brings to the table through the two recently posted trailers. The first is a fully cinematic trailer setting up the story and some of the characters, while the second one is your classic gameplay video showing off what Summerset looks like in action. Have a gander:

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Path of Exile artwork for the Marauder ascendancies

Path of Exile's previous Bestiary league was a bit of a mixed bag. While the concept itself was quite entertaining, the actual implementation left a lot to be desired, especially in the late-game where only certain beasts were of any real relevance. With that in mind, I am delighted to say that the newly released Incursion update is one of those most enjoyable ones Path of Exile has ever had!

First and foremost, many of the previously terrible skills have been either reworked or heavily rebalanced, so if you're itching to give oldschool classics like Fireball or Ice Blast another try, this new league has you covered. On a similar note, burn damage has been buffed so Ignite is now once again a powerful status effect, while the various Trap interactions have been made more consistent and interesting to fiddle with. There are a lot more changes, many of which are too specific to cover, so if you're interested in all of the details you should head on over to the official forums.

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Battletech screenshot of a mech firing missiles

Harebrained Schemes, the studio behind the recent Battletech and the three modern Shadowrun games, is set to be acquired by Paradox Interactive. Once the purchase goes through, Harebrained Schemes will act as an internal studio and will be responsible for its own management and creative teams, which also includes the ability to choose which games it's going to work on.

“Mitch and I started Harebrained to create the kind of story-rich tactical games we loved,” said Jordan Weisman, CEO of Harebrained Schemes, “and for the last seven years, our studio has been fueled by our team’s passion and by the generous support of our fans. As the scale of our games has grown and the marketplace has gotten extremely noisy we felt that HBS needed to team up with a company that could provide us the financial stability and marketing expertise that would allow us focus on what we love doing - making great games and stories.”

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Overwatch Anniversary 2018 screenshot of Sombra, Moira and Doomfist dancing

Overwatch's recent Anniversary 2018 update brought with it an absolute ton of cosmetics to collect. Not only are there new legendary and epic skins to pick up, each of which cost quite a few in-game credits, but all of the previous event cosmetics, emotes and voice lines have made a return as well!

Given the sheer amount of items currently on offer, I'm sure you'll be glad to hear that Overwatch will be holding a double XP event this weekend for both PC and consoles. It will begin at 11am PDT on Friday, June 8th (6pm UTC on June 9th) and last until 11:59pm PDT on Monday, June 11th (6:59am UTC on June 12th). If you're wondering how exactly this translates into your local time, Blizzard has provided a rather handy infographic showing just that. Have a look:

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Inquisitor - Martyr screenshot of the main character alongside the logo

Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr is a newly released action-RPG that combines the grim darkness of the Warhammer 40k universe with the randomly generated levels and loot of the Diablo series. What this means in gameplay terms is that you will spend most of your time wondering across large levels filled to the brim with enemies, blowing said enemies apart with a variety of weapons, and naturally, collecting more loot than the human body could ever hope to carry.

The recently posted cinematic launch trailer won't exactly show you much in terms of gameplay, but it will give you a pretty darn good idea of the tone and atmosphere Inquisitor - Martyr is going for. So if you're up for a bit of completely over-the-top action, you'll find the video right below:

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Xenonauts screenshot of XCOM-inspired action

Xenonauts is a fairly hardcore strategy game that will have you use small squads of persistent soldiers to fend off a massive alien assault. If this sounds exactly like XCOM to you, that would be because Xenonauts takes heavy, heavy inspiration from the original UFO: Enemy Unknown. It's still its own game with its own unique quirks, but you can definitely see XCOM's influence all over it.

If you feel like this is something you might enjoy, you should hurry on over to GOG as Xenonauts is completely free to grab for the next ~9 hours. Simply go through the whole 'purchasing' process, claim your copy, and you'll be able to play it at any time you want. You don't even need to install it right now, just make sure you claim it before the deadline is up.

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Overwatch screenshot of Dragon Symmetra from Halloween

After being teased for quite a while now, the massive Symmetra rework has finally made its way to the Overwatch test servers. There are far too many changes to cover in detail, so if you're curious about what the new Symmetra is going to be like, you'll find the developer preview over at the official forums.

If you're just interested in the short version, however, then you should know that Symmetra is now going to be doing a lot more damage, but she will actually need to aim like Zarya in order to do so. The shield generator is being completely removed and the teleporter is being changed into a standard, short-ranged ability that can transport even objects like D.Va's bomb. If you're feeling particularly frisky, you can also teleport your Reinhardt directly behind the enemy team for a sneaky earthshatter!

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