Apex Legends' Spellbound update is bringing back Control, buffing the Sentinel and adding a bunch of new cosmetics
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In order to help spice up the last stretch of Season 15, the Apex Legends team is currently in the process of releasing a sizable new update. Once it arrives later today, the Spellbound update will bring with it a variety of new cosmetics to collect (including a heirloom for Seer), the ability to create private matches, a refreshed version of the 9v9 Control game mode, as well as some small yet impactful balance changes.
Since the new cosmetics are the most eye-catching part of the update, allow me to share with you the gameplay trailer showing off both the paid and free ones. Have a gander:
First Cut: Samurai Duel is a 2D sword-fighting game where every single strike is lethal
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True to its name, First Cut: Samurai Duel is a 2D sword-fighting game where landing even a single blow on your opponent will instantly kill them, and the same goes in reverse! While the concept is simple, getting actually good at it is going to be quite a journey as you'll have master a wide assortment of moves that each come with their own drawbacks - everything from different attack types to defensive options like parries, pushes, dodges and blocks.
If all of this sounds oddly familiar, that would be because First Cut: Samurai Duel is a new and improved version of 2017's First Cut. Besides the various gameplay enhancements, the biggest difference is that First Cut: Samurai Duel will feature a campaign, survival mode, as well as numerous unlockables like laser swords to help spice things up and increase replayability.
Immortals of Aveum is an upcoming singleplayer, magic infused first-person shooter
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If you're tired of being competitive and just want to blast things apart in the comfort of a singleplayer campaign, you might want to keep an eye on the upcoming Immortals of Aveum. In short, Immortals of Aveum is going to be a singleplayer, first-person shooter where instead of conventional guns you'll have to rely on an assortment of powerful spells and magical doodads to carve a path through hordes of enemies.
No gameplay trailer has been released so far, but you can get a bit of an idea of the sort of world, weapons and atmosphere Immortals of Aveum is going for through the announcement trailer below. Have a gander:
Final Fantasy XIV's major content Patch 6.3 is set to launch on January 10th
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[Update]: Patch 6.3 is now live. Have fun with all of the new stuff!
A fair few months have gone by since Final Fantasy XIV's Patch 6.2, so I hope you're nice and ready for an influx of brand new content. I say this because the rather chunky Patch 6.3 will be launching tomorrow, on January 10th!
You can expect to see a new dungeon and raid, a variety of new main and side quests to dive into, a bunch of new additions for Island Sanctuaries, as well as a whole host of new items, cosmetics and corgi-themed accessories. There's also going to be new treasures maps leading you to delicious loot, new craftable items to decorate your house, as well as an assortment fixes and quality-of-life improvements to spruce up the endgame.
After nearly seven years in development, the System Shock Remake will finally be launching in March 2023
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[Update]: The System Shock Remake has now arrived, and it's looking quite good so far! The console versions are also on the way, though those will be coming at a later date.
It took nearly seven years and a whole bunch of delays for us to get here, but the end of the road is finally in sight! If everything goes according to plan, the System Shock Remake will be fully unleashed at some point in March 2023.
The System Shock Remake will bring with it all-new HD visuals, updated controls, an overhauled user interface, entirely new sounds and music, and even a bit of extra performance from the original voice actor of SHODAN. And just to spice things up even further, the System Shock Remake will also bring with it a couple of new enemy variants in order to provide the players with all sorts of new challenges.
Luck be a Landlord is a deckbuilding roguelike about using a slot machine to earn rent money
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If you're in the mood for a bit of an unusual roguelike, you might want to give the freshly released Luck be a Landlord a try. To put it quite simply, it's a deckbuilding roguelike that will task you with using an overly elaborate slot machine to earn rent money. And no, there are no microtransactions - the slot machine is mostly there to help mix things up a bit.
Since trying to explain all of this through words alone is a bit of a fruitless effort, allow me to share with you the release trailer. It should give you a decent idea of just what Luck be a Landlord is even trying to do. Have a look:
Indie action-RPG There Is No Light has added a whole bunch of new abilities and rebalanced most enemies
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As I've detailed throughout my review, the biggest problem with the indie action-RPG There Is No Light is the extremely slow progression in player power. Depending on your choices and the routes you take, it's entirely possible you can go through a 10 hour chunk of gameplay without acquiring anything new to play around with, which can be quite demoralizing given how challenging some of the boss fights are.
So in order to fix this, as well as a whole bunch of other issues, the Zelart team has now unleashed the Enhanced Edition. This chunky update has rebalanced most of the enemies, improved surface readability so you don't accidentally fling yourself into the abyss in the middle of combat, fixed up a whole bunch of minor bugs, and most importantly of all, added 14 new abilities to acquire by defeating bosses!