Total War: Warhammer 2's full campaign map and factions have been revealed
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During the initial Total War: Warhammer 2 announcement Creative Assembly stated that the new campaign map will be equal in size to the original, if not slightly larger. As you'll see in the full image down below, they were not joking! Total War: Warhammer 2's campaign map is just ridiculously large, both in terms of territories and the factions that inhabit them.
So if you're interested in a bit of a sneak peek at what the New World will look like, you'll find what you seek right below. The image is fairly large in size, however, so you'll have to open it in a new tab in order to get a really good look at it. Anyway, here it is:
The Mac version of BioShock Remastered will be coming next week
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Despite releasing on PC and consoles back in the ancient times of 2016, BioShock Remastered will soon be making its way to Mac as well. To be more specific, you can expect the Mac version to arrive next week, on August 22nd! Much like the PC version it will bring with it greatly improved textures and model quality, full controller support, director's commentary featuring Ken Levine an Shawn Robertson, Challenge Rooms to test your combat skills, and naturally, support for all of the modern resolutions.
As is tradition for the vast majority of AAA ports these days, the Mac version will not be handled by the developers themselves, but rather by Feral Interactive. You'll probably know them better from their work on the Mac and Linux ports of Total War: Warhammer, XCOM 2, Dawn of War 3, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, and the list goes on for quite a while. In other words, they know what they're doing when it comes to ports, which is a good thing indeed since the PC version of BioShock Remastered was and still is a bloody mess. Hopefully the ridiculously long delay means the same fate will not befall the Mac version as well.
Arkane Studios' Prey now has a free demo available on PC and consoles
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[Update]: The Steam version of Prey has now removed the somewhat controversial Denuvo DRM.
Arkane Studios' Prey released a couple of months ago to some overwhelmingly positive reviews from both critics and users. Despite its favorable review scores Prey quickly disappeared from the public's eye, so quickly in fact that a lot of people didn't even realize it launched at all. I haven't had the time to play it myself so I'm not certain what caused this, but its a rather peculiar phenomenon to be sure.
Thankfully, there is now a free demo available, so if you're interested in finding out what Prey is all about you now have the opportunity to do just that. If you're on PC simply head on over to Steam to download the free demo, while those of you on consoles should visit your official marketplace. As you might expect, the demo will let you experience the entire intro section, which should be more than enough time to decide whether this is something you're going to enjoy or not.
Light Fall is an upcoming action-platformer with a focus on creative problem-solving
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Light Fall is an upcoming 2D action-platformer that will have you create your very own path to victory. In order to do this you will be given a magical box you can summon at will, reposition whenever and however it suits you, use as a platform to bounce yourself high into the air or to block enemy projectiles, and whatever else one might accomplish with a glowing demon-box.
The concept itself is fairly simple, but if you need a bit of a visual example of just what Light Fall is all about, you'll find the recently posted teaser video right below. Have a look:
Conan Exiles' The Frozen North free expansion has now increased the world map by 70%
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If you've managed to complete pretty much everything there was to do in Conan Exiles, you'll be glad to hear that a brand new and quite massive free expansion has now arrived. Besides increasing the world map by around 70%, The Frozen North expansion has also added a variety of new and deadly enemies to square off against, a brand new god to worship and summon against your enemies, hostile environments and weather to overcome, new crafting disciplines such as brewing, giant and extremely fluffy mammoths to hunt, and the list goes on for quite a while.
You can check out what most of these new features look like in-game via the recently posted launch trailer. Its not overly long or detailed, but it should still give you a good idea of the direction Funcom is taking Conan Exiles in. Have a look:
Destiny 2's newest trailer has confirmed that the PC Open Beta will start in late August
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Destiny 2's console betas have long since come and gone, but soon the gates will be opening once more, though this time around to PC players. The Early Access phase (for those that have pre-ordered Destiny 2) will begin on August 28th, while everyone else will be able to hop into the Open Beta on August 29th. As with the console version, the PC Open Beta will only last for a couple of days, until August 31st.
In terms of content you can expect to see the beginnings of Destiny 2's story campaign, a three-player cooperative Strike by the name of Inverted Spire, as well as a bit of competitive multiplayer spread across two 4v4 game modes. If you're wondering what all of this might look like, here's the recently posted teaser trailer showcasing the PC version of Destiny 2. Have a gander:
Total War: Warhammer 2's Skaven cinematic intro and in-engine trailer have now appeared
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After many months of tiny little teasers Creative Assembly has now finally and officially confirmed that the ravenous hordes of the Skaven will be the fourth launch faction for Total War: Warhammer 2. More importantly, they immediately followed this announcement with not only the cinematic intro, but also a rather revealing in-engine trailer!
So if you're interested in seeing what the Skaven will be aiming for the in the grand campaign, and what sort of units they will field in order to do so, you'll find the two videos right below. Just make sure to watch the in-engine trailer all the way to the end as the Hell Pit Abomination might just be one of the most disgustingly awesome units Creative Assembly has created so far. Anyway, here are the videos: