Warhammer: Vermintide 2 devs are working on dedicated servers, mod support, and new DLC maps
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Warhammer: Vermintide 2 arrived on PC merely two days ago, and already the developers have detailed their plans for the future! As promised during the lead-up to launch, one of the first major updates will bring with it the much-needed dedicated servers. So if you're sick and tired of watching hosts kick their entire party mid-mission, or just getting hit by enemies you clearly dodged due to high ping, you'll have to wait for a little while but salvation is definitely on its way.
If you're itching for even more content, however, you'll be glad to hear that Fatshark has announced that they are putting the finishing touches on mod support. I'm not exactly sure what you'll be able to tweak with the new tools, but if they are anything like the original Vermintide's it's safe to say that you'll be able to create and join matches that almost feel like an entirely different game. Whatever the case may be, the addition of mod support is going to be quite an exciting one!
Kingdom Come: Deliverance's latest update has added a Save and Exit feature, tweaked Lockpicking, and improved performance
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The medieval RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance arrived last month, and as is expected from pretty much any open-world game, it did so alongside a whole host of bugs and performance issues. As such, I am very glad to say that the newly released Update 1.3 has greatly improved performance, fixed over 300 quests, and perhaps most importantly of all, added a Save and Exit feature!
Additionally, the update has also made your save files much more robust, so even if your game crashes while saving they won't get corrupted. On the more interesting front, the lockpicking minigame has been improved so that it's much easier to hold the sweet spot while turning the lock, especially for those of you using the controller. On the other hand, while the lockpicking has been made easier, some of the overpowered early game rewards have been removed. In other words, you're no longer able to pick up some of the very best gear within 5 minutes of starting your playthrough!
CHUCHEL is the newest adventure game from the creators of Machinarium and Samorost 3
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Amanita Designs, developers of classic point and click adventure games like Machinarium and Samorost 3, are fairly well known for their use of quirky visuals and lighthearted humor. With that in mind, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that their latest game CHUCHEL is exactly that - a charming comedy adventure with a variety of puzzles to solve and ridiculous characters to meet.
Since trying to explain an art style through words alone is a bit of a pointless task, allow me to share with you the recently posted launch trailer. It'll give you a pretty darn good idea of what CHUCHEL is all about and whether it's the type of game you'd even enjoy. Have a gander, it's well worth the two minutes:
The remastered version of the classic cRPG Neverwinter Nights is coming to Steam this month
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If you're a fan of D&D inspired RPGs but you've never played the original Neverwinter Nights due to its age, you might be interested to hear that the remastered version will be coming this March 27th. It is being developed by Beamdog, the studio behind the fairly solid remasters of Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, so chances are high that Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition will be a quality game as well.
In terms of improvements you're looking at support for modern resolutions, as well as the ability to adjust the UI so you won't have to spend the entire game squinting at absolutely tiny text. There will also be a variety of seemingly minor improvements to the visuals, most notably to the shaders and post-processing effects, as well as the ability to mess around with the contrast, vibrance, and depth of field options. Since trying to explain visual changes through words alone is a bit of a silly task, allow me to share with you the original reveal trailer. Have a gander:
Far Cry 5's Season Pass trailer teases alien spiders, time travel and zombie hordes
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While Far Cry 5's main storyline appears to be taking itself fairly seriously, everything else surrounding it has decided to forsake realism in favor of cheesy scenarios and over-the-top action. As such, Far Cry 5's Season Pass will give us the ability to travel back in time in order to fight in Vietnam, leave Earth behind in an effort to eradicate the Martian spiders, and even face off against hordes upon hordes of zombies in true b-movie fashion.
If you're wondering how all of this translates into actual gameplay, allow me to share with you the recently posted trailer. Have a look, but keep in mind that the video is just as over-the-top and ridiculous as the content it's showing off:
The Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy will be coming to PC, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch in early July
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This might come as a bit of a surprise given that the information was about as easy to find as nuclear launch codes, but the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy has been a timed-exclusive from the very beginning. With that in mind, I am extremely happy to say that the modern remasters of Crash Bandicoot, Cortex Strikes Back, and Warped will be coming to PC, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch this July 10th!
In terms of improvements you can expect to see better visuals and support for modern resolutions, re-recorded dialogue and an improved soundtrack, a unified save and menu system, time trials for all three games, as well as a variety of tweaks to the gameplay mechanics. From what I've seen online most of these changes have been well received, though it does appear that the new jumping mechanics have made the original Crash Bandicoot even more unforgiving, as if that was possible!
The battle royale shooter H1Z1 has gone free-to-play one week after leaving Early Access
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H1Z1 was originally supposed to be a free-to-play game, though was changed shortly before it launched in Early Access. After that the developers claimed it would be free-to-play once it eventually left Early Access, but again, all of that fell through when H1Z1 was split into two different games. Just last week H1Z1 finally released from Early Access alongside a brand new Auto Royale game mode, and as expected, it released as a paid game.
However, it wouldn't be H1Z1 if it didn't flip-flop on the issue immediately, and so the developers have now announced that it has gone entirely free-to-play! This is no doubt due to the ever-growing popularity of Fortnite and PUBG, but it still feels incredibly sleazy to advertise and sell a game under the pretense of it being finally finished, only to then turn around a week later and release it for free. I've never been much of a H1Z1 fan, and this sort of anti-consumer behavior is certainly not going to win it any favors any time soon.