Overwatch is soon getting a villainous life-stealing support by the name of Moira
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Blizzcon 2017 has now arrived, bringing with it an absolute ton of new announcements. The most exciting of these new reveals, at least for Overwatch players, should be the imminent arrival of a brand new hero - a Talon affiliated support by the name of Moira.
Her biotic abilities allow her to drain life from her enemies in order to heal herself and her teammates, conjure orbs that deal area-of-effect damage or healing, and most annoyingly for everyone else, an option to teleport around on a relatively low cooldown (6 seconds). Fans of 'classic' Overwatch memes will also be happy to hear that her ultimate gives her a long-ranged beam, and yes, you can indeed use it to 'snipe' people. Here's what all of it looks like in-game:
Blizzard is now officially working on getting World of Warcraft: Classic servers up and running
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"You think you do, but you don't" was the answer World of Warcraft players got when they asked for vanilla WoW servers last year. The codebase was simply too obscure and difficult to unravel, the original team that worked on it had moved on a long time ago, and overall the whole project was far more costly than it could ever hope to recoup. Outside of tiny little rumors here and there, these statement appeared to be the end of all classic WoW discussion - a definitive no from Blizzard themselves.
And now, out of absolutely nowhere, Blizzard has come out to announce that they are working on official World of Warcraft: Classic servers! You'll find the brief announcement video right below, and while it doesn't show any actual gameplay it will still give you one hell of a nostalgia blast! Have a look:
Blizzard has released a behind-the-scenes look at how they're improving Overwatch esports
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The Overwatch World Cup is set to begin later today, bringing with it a variety of improvements for spectators, viewers, and players alike. The tournament will showcase the newly added tactical camera, an over-the-shoulder view for insanely fast heroes like Genji and Tracer, unique team uniforms and ability colors, and the list goes on for a while.
So if you're interested in seeing what exactly Blizzard is doing to push Overwatch esports, or if you're just wondering what all of the new skins and abilities will look like, you'll find what you seek in the most recent behind-the-scenes video. Have a look, its quite interesting:
Elex Review - Overly ambitious and clunky, yet still highly addictive
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Elex is a true Piranha Bytes RPG. Its overly ambitious, clunky and riddled with bugs, yet despite all of its flaws I simply couldn't put it down until I reached the finish line. This is partly due to a world that seems to have a life of its own outside of serving the player, and partly because of how much my actions influenced the opinions of those around me. Elex might not be anything special when it comes to pure gameplay, but in terms of immersion its one of the most impressive RPGs I've played in recent years.
So if you're interested in seeing what exactly Elex does right, as well as what sort of traps it jumps into face-first, allow me to share my thoughts after a rather lengthy playthrough.
Dota 2's Dueling Fates update has now added two new heroes and a massive amount of balance tweaks
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After only being revealed two days ago, Dota 2's Dueling Fates update has now made its way to the live servers. It brings with it two brand new heroes to play around with, a ridiculous amount of balance changes spread across all aspects of the game, a couple of new items as well as the removal of Poor Man's Shield and Iron Talon, numerous hero reworks, mechanics changes, and the list goes on for quite a while.
There are far, far too many changes to cover in brief, so if you're interested in all of the details you'll find the full patch notes and overview at the official website. Just make sure you brew yourself a coffee before you head in as you're going to be stuck there for a rather long time. And no, that's not an exaggeration. It'll most likely take you over 30 minutes to go through all of the changes - there's just that many of them!
Call of Duty: WW2's latest trailer offers a quick look at the Carentan multiplayer map
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Call of Duty: WW2 is set to arrive this November 3rd for PC and consoles, a mere two days from the time of writing. So if you're interested in seeing what sort of maps you'll be able to play around with, you might be glad to hear that the developers have now released a preview for a reworked version of Carentan, one of the most popular battlegrounds from Call of Duty 1 and 2.
There is unfortunately very little actual gameplay footage, at least not any that hasn't been heavily edited, but it should still give you a good idea of how the team has redesigned this iconic map. But enough blabber from me, have a look:
Guild Wars 2 is currently holding a vote for which player-designed weapons will make it in-game
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After collecting well over 900 player-created designs, Guild Wars 2 developers have now narrowed down the 2017 Design-a-Weapon Contest to a mere 20 entries. You can head on over here to vote for your favorite concept, the three most popular of which will be making it in-game as fully fledged weapons!
Each person can only vote once and pick exactly one weapon, so think carefully before you press that submit button. Speaking of which, the poll will end on November 10th at 9am PDT, after which the developers will start working on bringing the most popular weapons to life... well, virtual life anyway. This is going to be a lengthy process, however, so be prepared to wait for a couple of months before they actually make it in-game.