The Leviathans expansion for Stellaris is arriving next week
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If you were hoping to get even more gameplay out of Stellaris, Paradox's 4X strategy game, you're in luck as the Leviathans expansion is set to arrive next week - October 20 to be specific. It will bring with it powerful space entities known as Guardians, independent outposts of traders and mercenaries, and just for good measure, two ancient empires that are continuously locked in warfare!
Even though it might not be Halloween just yet, the announcement trailer for the Leviathans expansion is quite spooky indeed. Have a look, its rather well made... so much so that I would love to watch a movie with this concept alone:
Underrail, an isometric Fallout-inspired RPG, is getting a brand new expansion - Expedition
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[Update #2]: The Expedition expansion has now finally arrived, and it's actually quite good!
[Update]: After a 'little' delay, UnderRail's Expedition expansion is coming this July 22nd!
For those of you that haven't heard of UnderRail, its an old school, isometric turn-based CRPG with a frankly ridiculous amount of player customization options. As I've noted in my review, UnderRail is a bit clunky at times and quite hard to get into, but should you survive the first few hours you'll find a wast and complex world to explore - one that's definitely worth the time and effort for RPG fans!
I'd recommend you get on that as soon as possible because Stygian Software just announced a massive new expansion for UnderRail! In Expedition you'll be able to take a break from the dreary metro-crawling and take a boat to the infamous Black Sea, a gigantic underground body of water. Since this is a CRPG we're talking about you won't be going there on a vacation, you'll instead be investigating ruins of an age long past, fighting against hordes of hostile beasts and pirates, and trying to uncover "something far more sinister than all of those".
ReCore now has a free playable demo on the Windows Store
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While I wish I could tell you otherwise, the public reception for ReCore has been a resounding 'meh' so far. There are numerous problems with the gameplay, most notably how quickly it becomes repetitive, but also a whole bunch of technical issues just to add that little bit of extra 'flavor' to the whole mess.
With all of this in mind, you would have to be insane to even consider blindly purchasing ReCore - even though you might just be one of the lucky ones that doesn't have any technical issues, or even problems with the gameplay! Thankfully, there is a solution to this little conundrum, and it comes in the form of the recently posted playable demo.
Wasteland 3 has been fully funded in just three days, stretch goals have been announced
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[Update]: Turn-Based RPG Wasteland 3 has now made its way to PC and consoles!
The Fig crowdfunding campaign for Wasteland 3 begun only a couple of days ago, and already it has managed to reach its lofty $2,750,000 goal! It is important to mention that $2,2 million of the current $2,9 million fund has been gathered through investments, but even with that considered this is an amazing success. I guess old school RPGs aren't as niche as they once were!
Since Wasteland 3 has managed to reach its funding goal within a mere three days, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that the developers have already released the first batch of stretch goals in order to keep the hype-train rolling on. But before we move on to stretch goals, here's the recently posted gameplay demo - just to give you an idea of what Wasteland 3 is all about:
Mafia 3's Patch 1.01 has brought in 60 and unlimited frames-per-second options for the PC
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As is tradition for most AAA games these days, Mafia 3 has arrived to the PC with a whole slue of technical problems. The graphics are blurry, the field of view is needlessly restricted, enemy AI is apparently unbelievably dumb, and most surprisingly for me, the framerate was locked to 30 FPS on launch!
While most of these issues still remain, the developers have just recently posted a patch that adds support for both 60 and unlimited frames-per-second options on the PC. Mafia 3 still won't look like much, but at the very least you'll be able to enjoy the blurry graphics in smooth 60 FPS (and above). Since there aren't any patch notes, here's the brief message the developers posted alongside this update:
Dishonored 2's 'Daring Escapes' video showcases the gameplay differences between Emily and Corvo
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Bethesda has frequently mentioned how both Corvo and Emily will have slightly different sets of powers, but they never really went beyond that simple throwaway line. This is where the recent 'Daring Escapes' video comes into play as it not only showcases the more action-orientated side of Dishonored 2, but also the key differences between Emily and Corvo.
To put things simply, Corvo is a much more methodical character that focuses primarily on executing plans to perfection through the use of powerful spells such as Possession and Bend Time. On the other hand, Emily features an extremely aggressive playstyle that requires you to get in people's faces, take down multiple opponents at once, and quickly make an escape through the use of various shadowy powers. Since all of this is a bit hard to grasp through text alone, here's the 'Daring Escapes' video:
Tales of Berseria is arriving on January 24th in the US and January 27th in Europe
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The Tales series only recently crossed over to the PC, and if you're a fan of JRPGs but have someone managed to completely miss them, go give both Symphonia and Zestiria a try - they are one of the better examples of the genre. The reason I'm saying all of this now is because Bandai Namco just announced that Tales of Berseria, the newest entry in the series, will be arriving on January 24th in the US, and January 27th in Europe. In other words, you have plenty of time to become accustomed to the series before Berseria rolls around the corner.
While concrete information is still hard to come by, mostly because Bandai Namco is saving everything for a pre-release hype-train, the announcement trailer should clue you in on what to expect from Berseria. Have a look: