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The Witcher 3's Super Turbo Lighting mod screenshot

If you're a fan of messing around with visuals in an effort to create more realistic images, you'll be glad to hear that The Witcher 3's long-awaited Super Turbo Lighting mod version 3 is now available. In short, the STL mod is a slightly rework how lighting functions in The Witcher 3, with each and every single zone receiving numerous changes to it more similar to the 2014 preview build.

But rather than just blabber on about something completely visual, allow me to instead show you the recently posted preview video. Before you start watching, however, I would recommend slightly decreasing the volume because the vocal portions of the song are loud enough to wake the dead. Anyway, have a look:

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Ghost Recon Wildlands official character artwork

Ghost Recon Wildlands is Ubisoft's upcoming open world tactical shooter where you'll get to join an elite special operations unit in order to take down a rather well entrenched drug cartel. Given the focus on team-based tactics and open-ended missions it should be no surprise to hear that Ghost Recon Wildlands is primarily a multiplayer focused game, but it does bring with it a singleplayer mode where you get to roam the land alongside three (hopefully useful) AI partners.

So if you're interested in seeing what Ghost Recon Wildlands might look like in singleplayer, and if you're wondering whether your AI teammates are a bunch of blithering idiots, you should check out the recently posted developer walkthrough. There are some very minor spoilers in the video, but let's be perfectly honest, you're probably not getting Ghost Recon Wildlands for its deep and complex narrative. Anyway, here's the video:

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Xbox One controller image

Steam has had native support for PlayStation 4 controllers since last month, and with today's update that has extended to Xbox 360 and Xbox One controllers, as well as any controller using the generic X-Input. In other words, no matter what sort of a controller you use, it should now work on Steam without any extra effort.

This might not sound like big news, especially since most games already support Xbox 360/One controllers, but if you ever had to mess around with JoyToKey or other such key mapping programs you know exactly how welcome this update really is. Nothing is better than just plugging in your controller and simply pressing start to play, without the whole 15 minute procedure that sometimes goes before it!

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For Honor's knight fighting samurai

If you were hoping to give Ubisoft's For Honor a try ahead of its February 14th release date, you'll be glad to hear that the closed beta is just around the corner. Starting on January 26th and ending on January 29th you'll be able to play as all three factions in an all-out war for domination, with the winners being given a special reward at the very end. All of this warfare will be done across six different maps, and three game modes: Dominion 4v4, Brawl 2v2, and Duel 1v1.

For those of you that prefer to digest information through video form, here's the recently posted teaser trailer showcasing the above mentioned features. Have a look:

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Take on Mars screenshot featuring an astronaut talking a walk

Bohemia Interactive, the developers you might know from their work on the Arma series and the standalone version of DayZ, have announced that after four years in Steam Early Access Take on Mars is finally going to be released on February 8th. If you're like me and this is your first time hearing about it, Take on Mars is pretty much exactly as you would expect: a survival game set on the inhospitable and unforgiving Martian surface.

For those of you interested in some actual gameplay, allow me to share with you the last year's developer stream. I know its not the most punctual video and that a lot of the gameplay is going to be outdated, but to perfectly honest the other two trailers do a rather miserable job of showcasing what exactly you do in Take on Mars. That mini-rant aside, here's the video:

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Cyanide's upcoming Werewolf: The Apocalypse game artwork

Cyanide, the studio you may know from their work on Blood Bowl and Styx: Master of Shadows, has apparently expanded quite a lot in recent years. Not only are they currently working on Styx: Shards of Darkness and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, but according to the most recent announcement they are also going to attempt a video game adaptation of Werewolf: The Apocalypse set in the World of Darkness universe.

The details are currently a bit light, but apparently we'll get to play as a Garou warrior (from French "loup-garou" meaning werewolf), a cast of werewolves opposed to urban civilization and supernatural corruption - all hurtling head-first towards the inevitable apocalypse. I have no idea how Cyanide is going to create a compelling RPG with a bloodthirsty beast as its protagonist, but the World of Darkness universe is quite fascinating, so I must admit I'm looking forward to finding out.

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Giant demon squid from Conan Exiles

Conan Exiles is an upcoming open-world survival game with a heavy focus on carving your own little piece of heaven in an otherwise hostile land. And since most players are bloodthirsty maniacs hellbent at destroying anything that stands upright, attempting to maintain your stronghold for longer than 10 minutes is going to be a rather difficult task. If you intend to thrive you'll need to gather up your allies, both players and friendly NPCs, and then somehow figure out a way to not die horribly when a giant god-squid starts munching on your fortifications!

Since all of this is a bit too strange to explain in a single paragraph, allow me to share with you the most recent preview video. It features a variety of godlike beings, player-build fortresses, and naturally, a whole bunch of PvP. Have a look:

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