Three years after launch, Dicey Dungeons has just added a chunky free DLC - Reunion
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As the name might suggest, Dicey Dungeons is a turn-based roguelike where you get to smash through scores of adorable critters by rolling a whole bunch of dice, all the while playing as a giant walking dice yourself. It's a ridiculous concept, but the gameplay itself is remarkably fun, and things have just gotten even better!
In an update that came pretty much out of nowhere, Dicey Dungeons' free DLC "Reunion" has now added a sizable chunk of new content to explore. Each character has their own extra episode to go through, there's a variety of new equipment to mess around with, and as is tradition, the gameplay formula has been shaken up yet again to help keep things fresh and interesting.
Guild Wars 2 will be greatly improving the colossal world bosses with next week's update
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[Update]: The patch has now arrived, and so far things are looking pretty good.
One of the things I remember the most from my early days in Guild Wars 2 was the first time I ran into the Shadow Behemoth in the Queensdale starting zone. The sky suddenly became dark, hundreds of players swooped in out of nowhere, and after a bit of a build-up a giant monstrosity burst from the ground and attacked everyone. For a newbie that mostly spent his time slapping random wildlife around, seeing such a huge group of players tackle an equally huge foe was all the excuse I needed to commit to the game and see just what else Guild Wars 2's world had to offer.
Unfortunately, outside of a couple that have been reworked, these boss fights have not managed to stand the test of time. They were designed for a game with a significantly lower power level, which means that under the onslaught of today's fully geared characters the bosses melt within seconds and pose absolutely no threat whatsoever.
Return to Monkey Island's first preview shows off a new art style and some excellent music
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In a sudden announcement that came over thirty years after Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, Ron Gilbert popped up to reveal that there is a brand new follow-up in development! While the exact details are still few and far between, the recently revealed Return to Monkey Island will be a collaboration between Gilbert's Terrible Toybox and Lucasfilm Games.
It's also worth mentioning that even though Return to Monkey Island is a direct follow-up to Monkey Island 2, the team has gone to great lengths to ensure that the events of Monkey Island 3 (The Curse of Monkey Island) remain canon. Unsurprisingly, this also means that the good ol' Murray will make an appearance in Return to Monkey Island as well!
Valve has just unleashed the second round of Team Fortress 2 fixes and improvements
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After Valve stopped actively working on Team Fortress 2 a couple of years ago, it slowly but surely started getting filled up with hackers and cheaters. Their presence eventually became such a massive hindrance to pretty much every public server that the community decided to stage a protest in order to get Valve's attention.
In a bit of an unexpected twist given how hard it is to get Valve to say anything, the protest actually worked incredibly well and Valve announced that they are working on a solution. After about of month in the oven the update was finally unleashed, and apparently it was so incredibly effective that Team Fortress 2 lost around 30,000 'players' immediately after it went live! Best of all, while the cheaters never returned in any great numbers, many of the long-lost Team Fortress 2 players did!
Cuphead - The Delicious Last Course has arrived with a new character and deviously delightful new bosses
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It took a whole lot longer than anyone could've expected, but Cuphead's very first expansion The Delicious Last Course has now arrived. It brings with it Ms. Chalice as a brand new character with her own moveset and perks, and as you might expect, a whole bunch of deviously delightful new stages and bosses to smash your head against.
What this looks like in action, that you can get the briefest of peeks at through the recently posted trailer. It's not a long one, but it's more than enough to let you know that the splendid animation style has not been compromised even one bit. Have a look:
MTG Arena's Baldur's Gate themed set has arrived alongside major rebalances
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[Update #2]: MTG Arena is adding the singleton, community-made Gladiator format as a limited event.
[Update]: MTG Arena will be adding 40 new cards for the Historic and Explorer formats on July 28th. Both anthologies have now been revealed as well, and while they're a bit of a mixed bag, there's definitely some fun new cards in there as well.
After a surprisingly brief round of teasers, MTG Arena's Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate set has now arrived for the Historic, Historic Brawl and Alchemy formats. It brings with it numerous cards from the Commander Legends: Battle at Baldur's Gate set, a bunch of cards from the same set reworked with 1v1 play in mind, as well as a variety of all-new additions to help spice things up a bit.
In terms of major keywords, there are three you'll want to pay attention to: Specialize, Double Team and Boon. Here's a brief rundown of what they all do:
Square Enix's exploration focused action-adventure Forspoken has been delayed until January 2023
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If you were hoping to get your hands on Square Enix's exploration focused action-adventure Forspoken this October 11th, I'm afraid I have some bad news. In an effort to get everything polished up and ready to go, most likely to avoid another Babylon's Fall type of situation, Square Enix has now pushed Forspoken's release date to January 24th, 2023.
"As a result of ongoing discussions with key partners, we have made the strategic decision to move the launch date of Forspoken to January 24, 2023," reads the brief update. "All game elements are now complete, and development is in its final polishing phase. We would like to thank you for your continued support and patience on this journey."