The retro collectathon Snake Pass now has a lengthy gameplay video showcasing the snakelike movement
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Snake Pass is an upcoming retro collecathon where instead of jumping all over the place you'll be able to coil around bamboo, slide alongside walls, extend your body in order to reach distant places, and pretty much everything else you might imagine a snake doing. Since all of this sounds incredibly complicated the developers have decided to release a lengthy gameplay preview showcasing and explaining all of the movement mechanics.
So if you're interested in learning how to become a better snake, and also checking out what Snake Pass is all about, you'll find the developer preview right below. If you want to skip the introduction and just get into the action make sure to set the video time to 1:20. Anyway, have a look:
Total War: Warhammer's free update has added Bretonnia as a playable faction, and a new Vampire Counts Legendary Lord
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After a couple of weeks of teasers and preview videos Total War: Warhammer now finally has Bretonnia as a fully playable faction on the campaign map. Bretonnia brings with it three Legendary Lords (King Louen Leoncoeur, Alberic of Bordeleaux and the Fay Enchantress), unique quests and starting positions for each one, as well as a whole host of updated units you might know from the multiplayer mode.
If you're interested in seeing what Bretonnia looks like in action you'll find the recently posted developer preview right below. It features around ~13 minutes of Orc-slaying goodness, along with brief explanations of what the various Bretonnian units do on the field of battle. Have a look:
Dawn of War 3 has a new video showcasing the various environments and level design
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Dawn of War 3 is an upcoming real-time strategy game set in the grim darkness of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Given the rather peculiar art style associated with Warhammer 40,000 the designers at Relic have spent a long time making sure it looks 'right', and whether they have successfully managed to do so you can see for yourself in the latest video.
So if you're interested in a brief overview of Dawn of War 3's environments, level design, and visuals, you'll find the developer-guided preview video right below. Have a look:
Overwatch's 24th hero, an Omnic tank named Orisa, is now up on the PTR alongside a Bastion nerf
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After an entire week of teasers and rumors Blizzard has finally revealed Overwatch's 24th hero. As you can probably guess from the title alone, its going to be an Omnic tank by the name of Orisa. With very low mobility and a variety of ways to soak up damage it appears she's going to compete with Reinhardt for the spot of 'main tank', though whether she's going to work equally well on defense and offense is still up for debate.
If you're interested in learning more about Orisa (OR15-A) you'll find the recently posted Developer Update right below. But if you just want the short version, her hero profile page is now available on the Overwatch website. Anyway, here's the video:
Torment: Tides of Numenera Review - A worthy successor to Planescape: Torment?
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Torment: Tides of Numenera is an isometric story-focused RPG and a spiritual successor to one of the best games that have ever graced the genre - Planescape: Torment. Much like its predecessor Tides of Numenera features a vast amount of interesting characters, tough decisions, compelling stories, enough lore to fill out at least a couple of books, and as is tradition, completely unremarkable combat.
After spending well over a year in Early Access Tides of Numenera has now finally arrived in full. So if you're wondering whether it was worth the wait, and if its even remotely as enticing as Planescape: Torment, allow me to share my thoughts on everything I've experienced throughout my playthrough. And don't worry about spoilers as I've made sure to only use examples from the first couple of hours.
The demon-hunting RPG Toukiden 2 now has a video detailing various gameplay features
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Toukiden 2 is an open-world demon-hunting RPG most similar to the Monster Hunter series. As you can imagine from that comparison alone, in Toukiden 2 you will spend most of your time hunting down gigantic enemies, collecting various spiky body parts, and then using those to create even better weapons to hunt even greater demons.
If you're interested in seeing what all of this might look like in action, here's the recently posted trailer detailing all of the important gameplay elements, including the ability to chop demons up one limb at a time. Have a look:
The Overwatch PTR will soon be updated with some much needed Bastion nerfs
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[Update]: The patch is now live on the PTR alongside a brand new hero by the name of Orisa!
The fourth season of Overwatch Competitive Play arrived a couple of days ago alongside some rather significant buffs to everyone's favorite murderbot Bastion. Unfortunately for players trying to do their placement matches this week the buffs ended up catapulting Bastion straight to the top as one of the best DPS heroes around. As it turns out, being nigh invincible is pretty damn good!
But don't worry, the developers are aware of the problems and will soon be putting out a PTR patch to slightly tone down Bastion. He should still be a lot more powerful than his old and underused self, but he will on longer be able to stand still and shrug off damage like its nothing. You can find Jeff Kaplan's full post over at the Blizzard forums, but if you're just looking for the short version, here it is: