The extremely durable Garrosh Hellscream is now playable on the Heroes of the Storm PTR
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After a few weeks of teasers and spotlight videos Garrosh Hellscream has finally made his way to the Heroes of the Storm PTR. Besides Garrosh and his cosmetics, the PTR update has also brought in a whole bunch of balance changes and tweaks, so if you're interested in all of the details you'll find the preliminary patch notes over at the HOTS blog.
On the other hand, if you're more interested in the former Warchief of the Horde, you'll find his most recent spotlight video down below. Without spoiling too much, let's just say that Garrosh isn't the type of hero you're probably expecting him to be. Have a look:
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has been updated with first-person servers and a colorblind mode
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Given that first-person servers have been one of the most popular requests since release, it really shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds now supports matches with only the first-person mode active. As of right now the first-person server options are available in NA and EU Solo/Duo game modes, with the rest most likely getting added in a future patch. Similarly, the camera will be in third-person during the airplane phase, but will be set to first-person once all of the bugs and problems have been ironed out.
Besides the new 'game mode', this update has also brought with it the much-requested reconnect feature, as well as a proper colorblind mode. Now if you're worried about people exploiting the reconnect system in order to avoid fights, worry not as a disconnected player's character will remain exactly where they were. In other words, if someone force-disconnects in the middle of a firefight, that's pretty much going to be the end of their story. Its a simple little compromise, but it goes a long way towards making the reconnect system completely fair to all parties.
Peregrin is a story-focused puzzle game that will have you possess animals in order to solve problems
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Peregrin is an upcoming story-focused puzzle adventure that will have you travel across the great wasteland known as The Divide in order to save what remains of humanity. Along the way you will take control of various creatures in order to open up paths and solve puzzles, though you will have to be careful about how you use your powers because not every animal is going to be exactly happy with you pulling the strings.
If you're wondering what all of this might look like in-game, wonder no more as the developers have released a lengthy gameplay video covering pretty much everything you need to know. So if you have even a shred of interest in Peregrin I would recommend you give the video a look. Here it is:
The second Overwatch Summer Games event will be coming next week with a bunch of new skins
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After being teased for about a month now the second Overwatch Summer games event has finally been announced. As you might expect, it will come with a whole bunch of new cosmetics, all of the old and awesome skins such as Nihon Genji and Americree, as well as a competitive version of the Lucioball game mode!
The details are still fairly shaky, but what I can tell you is that Junkrat will be getting a cool-looking legendary item, Mercy will apparently receive her best skin yet, and that McCree and Widowmaker players will be very, very happy with their new additions. Jeff Kaplan also teased a brand new something for Roadhog, though its currently unknown whether its going to be a skin, some much needed balance changes, or even just an emote.
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen's newest teaser shows off the zombie-like hordes of The Lost
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XCOM 2's War of the Chosen expansion is planning to greatly improve upon the original, while also adding a bunch of new storylines to explore, factions to befriend, and enemies to miss despite having a 99% hit chance. Out of all these new enemies the zombie-like hordes of The Lost might not be the most powerful, but they are by far the most numerous, which means that if you ever let your guard down you might just find yourself quickly overrun.
If you're wondering what exactly The Lost hordes look like in motion, and more importantly, what sort of role they'll fill in the War of the Chosen expansion, you'll find your answers in the recently posted teaser video. Have a gander:
Creative Assembly is celebrating their 30th birthday with 30 free new Total War: Warhammer units
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Creative Assembly is celebrating their 30th anniversary with a rather hefty free DLC for Total War: Warhammer. The birthday update will bring with it a variety of balance changes and tweaks, as well as 30 new Regiments of Renown - powerful and unique units for the Beastmen, Bretonnia, Chaos Warriors, Norsca, and Wood Elves factions.
Since each one comes with slightly altered art, as well as new abilities, I would recommend you check out the recently posted trailer to find out more. It unfortunately doesn't go into too much detail, but it should give you a pretty good idea of what to expect. Have a look:
The BloodSouls mod brings a bit of Bloodborne's charm into the original Dark Souls
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While it took a little while for the modding scene to develop, the original Dark Souls is currently no stranger to graphical overhaul mods. If you are so inclined you can transform your character into Shovel Knight, the Doom guy, Guts from Berserk, and now also Blooborne's iconic hunter.
All of the changes are purely cosmetic, but if you feel like bringing a bit of BLoodborne's charm into Dark Souls you now have the ability to do just that. But enough blabber from me, here's what it looks like in-game: