Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Review - A worthy successor to the Commandos series
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[Update]: Shadow Tactics is getting a standalone expansion in late 2021 - Aiko's Choice!
Ever since I first laid my hands on the original Thief I've been in love with stealth games. The constant danger, the thrill of the hunt, and the knowledge that all of your plans can go awry at any second - all of this makes stealth games so much more absorbing than your run-of-the-mill strategy/puzzle game.
As such, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that I had an absolute blast with Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - a Commandos inspired strategy game that's all about sneaking around, making elaborate and well-thought-out plans, and then trying to resolve the mess that occurs once those plans inevitably fail. And since that description doesn't really do it justice, allow me to show you why exactly I've spent the past week toying around with Shadow Tactics.
Euro Truck Simulator 2's upcoming DLC will be adding a rather large section of France to explore
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Despite American Truck Simulator being the newest game in the series, SCS Software have decided to go back to Euro Truck Simulator 2 and add even more content to it. The appropriately named "Vive la France!" DLC will be bringing with it a huge chunk of France to explore and drive all over, or in trucking terms - 20,000 km of new roads and highways!
If you're interested in what this might look like, here's a rather lengthy trailer showcasing numerous areas of France, as well as a couple of landmarks you might just recognize. Have a look:
Battlerite is going to be having a free 'weekend' from December 1 - 4
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Battlerite, the spiritual successor to Bloodline Champions and a damn solid PvP orientated moba/brawler hybrid, will be completely free to try out from December 1 - 4. It currently resides in Steam's Early Access program, but don't let that discourage you from giving it a try, because while the menus might be placeholders the gameplay itself is remarkably well polished!
And if you're interested in seeing what this "remarkably well polished" gameplay might look like, here's the recently posted "Champions Rising" trailer. Have a look:
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's latest update has added a variety of cosmetic gloves
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[Update]: Without any prior warning, Valve has just unleashed Counter-Strike 2 as a free update!
Valve is pretty well known these days for the overwhelming amount of cosmetic items they keep adding to their games, so much so that they have managed to create an entire, self-sustained hat-based economy! As such, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that the most recent CS:GO patch has added in a whole bunch of cosmetic gloves to collect.
But if you wish to show the world your impeccable fashion sense in handwear, I'm afraid I have a bit of bad news as the gloves are currently only available as a special drop from the new Glove Case. In other words, be prepared to open a whole lot of crates before you get any glove, let alone the one you actually want.
Hearthstone's Mean Streets of Gadgetzan expansion arrives on December 1st, all of the cards have now been revealed
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During the recent Mean Streets of Gadgetzan steam the Hearthstone crew has decided to unleash a massive flurry of information. First and foremost, we now have an official release date! I hope you have been saving up your gold because the next Hearthstone expansion is coming this very week, December 1st to be specific.
And to further add fuel onto the fire, Blizzard has also revealed every single card coming in with Mean Streets of Gadgetzan! You can check all of them out by heading over to Hearthstone's Facebook page. As for me, allow me to show you a couple of the more... interesting cards revealed today:
No Man's Sky's massive Foundation update is now live with base building and two new game modes
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I expressed a fair bit of skepticism the first time I heard Hello Games is adding base building to No Man's Sky, and while I'm still not completely sold on the idea, I must admit that the Foundation Update has turned out to be much nicer than I expected. You can now build bases on abandoned outposts, recruit aliens to help you manage things or research new items, stack items to save on inventory space, and if you're looking for a slightly different gameplay experience, try one of the two new game modes.
If you're interested in seeing what all of these changes mean for No Man's Sky, and more importantly, how they actually function in game, here's a brief developer-guided preview video:
Here's a video of Genji's signature katana and shurikens being forged into real-life weapons
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Whether you love him or hate him, Genji is one of the most iconic characters in Overwatch, and one of the biggest reasons behind that is his amazing ultimate. There are very few things more exciting than watching a cyborg-ninja scream "Ryūjin no ken o kurae!" before diving into the enemy team and tearing through half of them with a giant, glowing katana.
As such, I am quite happy to say that the folks over at AWE me have decided to recreate his iconic weapon, alongside a couple of shurikens, as a part of their Man at Arms series. But rather than simply show you the end result, they have filmed quite literally the entire process! So if you're interested in seeing Genji's katana emerge from a slab of boring ol' metal, give the video a look: