Divinity: Original Sin studio's Baldur's Gate 3 will be leaving Early Access in August 2023
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[Update #2]: After three years in Early Access, Baldur's Gate 3 has now launched to overwhelming praise!
[Update]: Baldur's Gate 3 will be launching onto PC nearly a month ahead of schedule, on August 3rd.
If you're like me and you're patiently waiting for Baldur's Gate 3 to get fully finished before finally diving in, you'll be happy to hear that Larian Studios have now announced a tentative release date. As long as everything goes according to plan, Baldur's Gate 3 will be leaving Early Access and properly launching onto PC in August 2023.
Given that Google is shutting down Stadia this January, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that the Stadia version of Baldur's Gate 3 will be not launching as planned. As for the regular console versions, nothing new has been announced just yet, though if the two Divinity: Original Sin games are any judge you can expect to see the Baldur's Gate 3's console ports to arrive at some point next year.
Action-roguelike Risk of Rain is getting a remaster with new content, improved multiplayer and smoother gameplay
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[Update]: Risk of Rain Returns has now arrived, and it's looking quite good!
In a bit of a surprising announcement given that Gearbox recently purchased the Risk of Rain IP, Hopoo Games have just revealed that they're working on a major remaster of the original game. The aptly named Risk of Rain Returns will bring with it a bunch of new content to explore, a ton of balance changes and gameplay tweaks to make everything run smoother, as well as overhauled multiplayer so you can team up with your friends without messing with your router settings or any such nonsense.
Speaking of content, you can expect to see two additional Survivors join the roster, on top of each character getting unlockable alternate abilities to mess around with! There will also be a bunch of new items to find throughout your adventures, some of which come from Risk of Rain 2 and some of which are entirely new creations.
Junji Ito inspired horror-adventure World of Horror will be launching from Early Access in Summer 2023
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[Update #2]: I've now reviewed World of Horror's version 1.0 and I'm happy to say that, despite some issues, it's a highly enjoyable roguelike!
[Update]: It took a while, but World of Horror will be launching on October 19th, 2023!
After nearly three years in Early Access, the Junji Ito inspired horror-adventure World of Horror is now slowly getting ready to release in full. If everything goes according to plan and no eldritch monstrosity rears its ugly head, you can expect World of Horror to land onto PC, PlayStation and Switch in Summer 2023.
No further information has been shared just yet, but judging by the previous major updates I think it's safe to say that the release version will bring with it new mysteries to solve (essentially new adventures), along with new characters with unique items and abilities. Odds are there will also be a couple of new enemies to spice up the various locations, as well as a bunch of new curses, injuries, town events and similar status effects to help make each playthrough more memorable.
Cult of the Lamb's first major update will add new attacks for all weapons, as well as more replayability and depth
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[Update]: The Relics of the Old Faith update has now arrived with revamped bosses, new abilities, items and much more.
While Cult of the Lamb is a highly entertaining game, in its current state it's mostly a one-and-done sort of affair. There simply isn't enough depth or variety present in the gameplay to warrant going through its four dungeons over and over again, which is a darn shame since the whole idea behind Cult of the Lamb is quite a unique one.
There is a good chance that might be changing in the near future, however, as the Cult of the Lamb team is currently working on a major new update. While the exact details are still few and far between, this update will spruce up the gameplay by adding a fancy new heavy attack for all weapons, on top of a variety of other features that will bring in additional depth, difficulty, accessibility and quality-of-life options to mess around with.
Street Fighter 6 will be launching onto PC and consoles on June 2, 2023 alongside 18 characters
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After a whole bunch of teasers and previews, Capcom has now finally revealed that Street Fighter 6 will be launching onto PC and consoles on June 2nd, 2023. The newest version of the fighting game classic will bring with it greatly enhanced visuals courtesy of the RE Engine, a story-focused singleplayer mode where you can create a brand new character and use them to explore the world, a new real-time commentary system to add a bit of hype to the matches, as well as eighteen characters to mess around with.
Speaking of which, Capcom has taken this opportunity to unveil four of them. Long story short, once Street Fighter 6 arrives you can expect to see Super Street Fighter II's Dee Day make an appearance alongside three rather outlandish new fighters: the stylish and grappling focused Manon, the slow yet incredibly powerful Marisa, as well as the control and area-denial orientated JP.
Martial arts roguelike Sifu is coming to Steam in March alongside a new Arena Mode
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After about a year of Epic Games Store exclusivity, the martial arts roguelike Sifu is now slowly getting ready to release onto Steam as well. It won't be doing so emptyhanded, however, as once it arrives at some point in March 2023 Sifu will bring with it a brand new Arena Mode.
In total, the update will add nine stylish new maps to explore, each one featuring a variety of new and tricky challenges to overcome. Progressing through the arenas will unlock a massive array of new modifiers to customize your gameplay with, a set of alternative moves to help spice things up even further, and even new outfits and cheats to mess around with.
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight will be getting six major content updates throughout 2023
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[Update #2]: Dragonflight's Update 10.0.5 is coming January 24th with grey/white transmog and the cosmetics-focused Trading Post
[Update]: Dragonflight's January 10th update will be all about buffing the underperforming classes and specializations.
One of the biggest issues World of Warcraft has faced over the course of the past two expansions has been the extremely slow influx of new content. After all, there's only so many times you can go through the same dungeons and raids before things start feeling rather stale, which is far from ideal for a game that's asking for a monthly subscription.
In order to sort this problem out, the World of Warcraft: Dragonflight team has just announced that they will be emulating Legion's 11-week content update cadence. In other words, you can expect Dragonflight to receive six major content updates throughout 2023!