Dark Souls 2: SOTFS PC servers are once again live, while the Dark Souls: PTD ones will sadly stay offline
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[Updat]: I have a bit of good news to share. Dark Souls Remastered's servers are now once again live!
During the lead up to Elden Ring's launch a major vulnerability was discovered in the matchmaking system for the entirety of the Dark Souls series on PC. With there being no easy way to resolve this problem, FromSoftware opted to take down all of the online features on PC until a lasting solution could be found.
Back in August the FromSoftware team finally managed to get Dark Souls 3's online features back in action and now, two months later, the same has been done for the PC version of Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin. So if you're in the mood for some jolly cooperation, this would be the perfect time to start a brand new character as the servers are bound to be bustling with activity!
RimWorld's Biotech expansion has added player-controlled mechanoids, children and gene editing
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If you're looking for even more toys and systems to play around with in RimWorld, you might be interested to hear that the Biotech expansion has now arrived. True to its name, Biotech brings with it gene editing technology that allows you collect and implant a variety of alien genes in order to create super-human (or perhaps super-monstrous) colonists.
Thanks to the new expansion, colonists are now also able to become pregnant and give birth - both naturally and through technological means. From there you can invest a considerable amount of time and effort into training and educating your progeny to mold them into valuable members of the colony, or if you're going for a bit of a... different strategy, pump out cheap and disposable soldiers from the new growth vats.
Konami has announced four new Silent Hill games, as well as a Silent Hill 2 inspired movie
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After Konami's recent teaser I speculated that the big announcement would either be a remake of one of the original games or, more likely, the grand reveal of a brand new project that has supposedly been in development for quite a few years now. As it turns out, it's all of that and more!
Not only is Silent Hill 2 getting a modern remake, but there are also two new 'proper' Silent Hill games currently in development, on top of a multiplayer and streaming focused one. Oh, and if that just isn't enough Silent Hill for you, there's also a third Silent Hill movie in the works! Here's a brief rundown of what each project is all about:
Total War: Warhammer 3's Update 2.2 has improved the AI and reduced the number of settlement battles
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[Update #2]: Total War: Warhammer 3 has made the Immortal Empires combined campaign map free for all owners!
[Update]: Total War: Warhammer 3's Update 2.3 has added new landmarks, tied AI behavior to difficulty, and rebalanced most factions.
Back in August Total War: Warhammer 3's Update 2.0 brought with it an absurdly massive amount of new content and balance changes to toy around with. This list of new additions includes the Immortal Empires combined campaign map, a new DLC featuring four powerful Chaos champions, a full rework of the Warriors of Chaos faction, the long-awaited arrival of blood & gore effects, a large swathe of tweaks for old legendary lords and factions, and the list keep going for a while.
With all of that in mind, it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise to hear that Update 2.0 also brought with it a whole assortment of bugs and problems. Creative Assembly squashed some of the more pressing ones back in September with Update 2.1, and now it's time for the freshly unleashed Update 2.2 to pick up where its predecessor left off and sort out another batch of major problems.
The base version of The Sims 4 is now entirely free-to-play on both PC and consoles
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If you're curious about The Sims 4 and yet you've somehow managed to avoid giving it a try after all of these years, consider today your lucky day! I say this because EA and Maxis have just made the base version of The Sims 4 free to play!
This means you can create a unique character, customize their house, have them engage in a variety of activities and most likely ruin their life in the process without spending even a single dime. Naturally, the one big catch is that none of the DLCs have been included with the free version. So if you ever get tired of the vanilla experience and want to expand your world, you'll have to individually buy some of the many, many, many pieces of DLC.
Guild Wars 2's Halloween flavored Shadow of the Mad King festival has now arrived
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[Update #2]: Wintersday has only just ended, and already Guild Wars 2 is looking to start the Lunar New Year 2023 festival!
[Update]: Guild Wars 2's late November update rebalanced many underperforming classes with endgame PvE and PvP in mind.
Continuing with their yearly tradition, the Guild Wars 2 team has now unleashed the highly popular Shadow of the Mad King festival. As you would expect from a Halloween update, Shadow of the Mad King has brought with it a variety of cosmetics and decorations to collect, the Mad King's Labyrinth to farm for all sorts of goodies, a nasty yet satisfying jumping puzzle to overcome, and even a couple of achievements to complete on the side if you want extra rewards.
What some of this looks like in action, as well as what sort of atmosphere Shadow of the Mad King is going for, that you can find out through the rather goofy trailer below. Have a little peek:
Vampire Survivors has been unleashed from Early Access alongside a chunky update
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[Update #2]: Vampire Survivors devs have revealed their plans for 2023, including new content and an engine upgrade.
[Update]: Vampire Survivors' Legacy of the Moonspell expansion has now arrived with a massive new map, 8 characters and 13 weapons.
After an absurd amount of updates that have brought in everything from new characters to new enemies, maps, weapons and gameplay mechanics, Vampire Survivors has now finally been unleashed from Early Access. Unsurprisingly, it has done so alongside yet another chunky batch of new content!
You can expect to see new skins for a variety of characters, an Inverse Mode that flips the stages upside down while beefing up the enemies, as well as an Endless Mode that removes the run-ending Reaper in favor of swarming you with an ever-increasing barrage of enemies. Oh, and appropriately enough, there's also a new weapon called the Greatest Jubilee that shoots out fireworks!