Surviving Mars, a city-building sim from the creators of Tropico, has now landed on PC and consoles
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Surviving Mars is a sci-fi city builder that will have you attempt to not only colonize Mars, but also create a fully self-sufficient settlement. In order to do so you'll need to build drones and infrastructure, research new technologies and ways to upgrade your settlement, cultivate your own food, establish a mining outpost, and perhaps most importantly, try to do all of that while keeping your colonists alive throughout the whole process.
This might sound similar to other city-building games such as Cities: Skylines, but there is one very big difference and that is the fact that Surviving Mars takes place on, you guessed it, Mars! So while you won't be trying to solve traffic jams, you will need to ensure that your colony does not encounter critical failures, especially multiple times in a row. After all, even something as simple as a blackout could result in massive casualties since your life-support system is incapable of running on hopes and dreams.
Heroes of the Storm's next character is going to be an incredibly persistent Protoss Dragoon - Fenix
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While he ended up being slightly overshadowed by Tassadar's heroic sacrifice, Fenix is one of the coolest characters that came out of StarCraft's Protoss campaigns. I mean, there's not that many 'people' that can boast about needing to be killed twice before they would actually stay down for good!
With that in mind, I am delighted to say that Fenix will soon be joining Heroes of the Storm as an incredibly durable and persistent Protoss Dragoon. You can check out his abilities, as well as what he looks like in-game, through the recently posted preview down below. Have a look, it's quite an interesting video:
The colorful RPG Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom is coming to PC and consoles next week
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Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom is a bright and cheerful third-person RPG that will put you into the shoes of Evan Pettiwhisker Tildrum, a young king that got thrown out from his own castle and is now on a quest to reclaim his kingdom. Along the way you'll be able to freely explore a massive open-world, visit various towns filled with colorful characters, delve through dungeons in search of loot, and even build and manage your own kingdom.
This is a lot of features to take in all at once, so allow me to share with you two trailers in order to help clarify things. The first one is the most recent trailer that pretty much showcases everything I've mentioned above, albeit very briefly, while the second one is the original announcement trailer that will give you an idea of the tone Ni No Kuni 2 is going for. Have a gander:
Star Wars Battlefront 2's progression system will be completely redesigned next week, and all pay-to-win elements removed
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After many years of slowly pushing more and more obnoxious 'microtransactions', EA finally ran into trouble with Star Wars Battlefront 2. On release, not only were some fan-favorite characters locked behind an absolutely insane grind, but you could also gain objective upgrades through random drops from loot boxes, loot boxes you could buy with actual money! And so, in a rare moment of solidarity, the gaming community came together and firmly rejected the whole idea, with the resulting backlash being so large and so loud that EA quickly pulled the whole microtransaction system.
However, while this stopped players from being able to buy their way to power, there was still a noticeable element of randomness that dictated how strong your favorite classes could possibly be. As such, I am very glad to say that the long-awaited Progression Update will be coming out this March 21st in order to minimize randomness and give players an option to specialize in whichever way they want.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War is an upcoming 4X turn-based strategy with four highly unique factions
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Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War, besides being far too segmented of a name, is an upcoming 4X turn-based strategy set in the Warhammer 40k universe that will have you lead one of four factions: Space Marines, the Imperial Guard, Orks and Necrons. As you might expect given the differences between them, each one will feature their own unique units, buildings, technologies, and most importantly of all, playstyle.
Besides their gameplay differences, each faction will also have their own individual storyline to explore as you venture across Gladius Prime, a world heavily tainted by the warp. No story details have been revealed just yet, but you can expect to see randomly generated maps filled with powerful ancient artifacts, hostile wildlife, and various resources you'll want to secure before your enemies get a chance to do so.
Sega is working on a brand new Sonic themed racing game - Sonic Racing
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If you told me a few years ago that Sega is working on another Sonic themed racing game I would probably laugh until I could laugh no longer. After all, why in the world would you create a racing game based around a character that is not only the fastest being in existence, but also someone that doesn't even use a vehicle!?
However, now that I've finally played and thoroughly enjoyed Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, a cart game I am willing to recommend to just about anyone, I am genuinely excited to announce that Sega is working on a brand new Sonic racing game! There aren't that many details available just yet, but it would appear that this new game will have a much more sensible albeit boring title: Sonic Racing.
You can get a little bit of a sneak peek through the recently posted teaser right below, but don't get your hopes up too high as it's literally just the logo and some car noises:
The Elder Scrolls: Legends will be getting a Morrowind themed expansion later this month
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A few months have passed since The Elder Scrolls: Legend's Return to Clockwork City expansion, which as you might expect means that a brand new one is just around the corner! Following in The Elder Scrolls Online's footsteps, the newly announced Houses of Morrowind expansion will bring with it 149 new cards featuring many characters and familiar sights from, you guessed it, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.
In terms of gameplay the biggest innovation are the new three-attribute (or color if you prefer) cards that let you break the standard deckbuilding rules. Houses of Morrowind will include cards for five of the ten possible three-attribute sets, each representing one of the major Houses from Morrowind, which should in theory offer a breath of fresh air to the overall gameplay.
As far as limitations are concerned, if you decide to use three-attribute cards you will need to include at least 75 cards in your deck and not play cards with any other attributes. In order to accommodate this, as well as make deckbuilding a bit more interesting, the maximum deck size is being raised to 100 for all decks!