Fallout 1.5: Resurrection is an impressively massive mod for Fallout 2
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Fallout 2 is one of my favorite games of all time, a truly classic RPG that has managed to combine compelling characters, a choice-driven narrative and plenty of cheesy humor into something unique and special. So imagine my surprise when I recently bumped into a newly released Fallout 2 mod, not one that just reskins a few characters or adds a couple of weapons, but one that can stand as a game of its own!
Fallout 1.5: Resurrection is a "new, old-school Fallout", a mod for Fallout 2 with a completely new story that takes place between the events of Fallout 1 & 2, and brings with it a whole bunch of new locations, NPCs, and naturally, choices to make. Here's the trailer to give you an idea of what Resurrection is all about:
Bob and Master Raven are joining the Tekken 7 roster
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The Tekken series has never been a stranger to some... outlandish character designs. There's a demon samurai, an angel, a kangaroo, a bipedal bear and even a sentient training dummy, because why not!
However, when you have a roster of characters that's almost entirely made out of monstrosities and people with terrible fashion choices, the question becomes: Where do you even go next? The obvious answer would be to add more sane characters to balance out all of the madness, but this is Tekken we're talking about, so instead we're getting the most "well-rounded" character of them all - Bob. Here's the reveal trailer:
Overwatch's new hero and balancing patch have landed on live servers
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After a rather interesting week of public testing Overwatch's big balancing patch has finally become available on the live servers as well... which promptly caused them to crash and burn.
That little issue aside, the July 19 update has brought with it a brand new hero, a support sniper named Ana, as well as a whole slew of balance changes intended to make some previously underutilized heroes actually useful. If you're interested in some "behind the scenes" details on this update and how each of the changes came to be, Overwatch's Game Director Jeff Kaplan recently posted a fascinating video going over just that:
Earth Defense Force 4.1 - The Shadow of New Despair has landed on Steam
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The Earth Defense Force series has never been particularly good, especially if you look at it from a purely objective standpoint. The graphics are often muddy, the voice acting is so terrible its hilarious, the entire plot is b-movie cheese, and the action is completely and utterly over the top. However, the EDF games do have one very important advantage working in their favor, they're pretty damn fun!
Earth Defense Force 2025, or The Shadow of New Despair as its known nowadays, is a perfect example of this as it look quite dreadful on the screenshots, but is actually a whole lot of fun according to the majority of Steam reviews. Here's the trailer to give you an idea of just how cheesy the EDF series really is:
Star Wars Battlefront's Death Star DLC is set to arrive in September
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Given that we've seen it destroyed not once, not twice, but technically three times across the various Star Wars movies it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that Star Wars: Battlefront will also give you a swing at the biggest punching bag the universe has ever known - The Death Star.
Star Wars: Battlefront's third expansion pack will bring with it a couple of new maps set on the Death Star or in space, a bunch of new weapons and star cards, and most excitingly for fans, the triumphant arrival of Chewbacca as a playable hero. Here's the trailer showing off the Death Star, and yes, the trench run as well:
Eyedol will be the final character for Killer Instinct's Season 3
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Eyedol, the extremely cheap and infinitely frustrating final boss of the original Killer Instinct, will be making his grand reappearance as Killer Instinct Season 3's final character. A fitting title given his final boss status.
While you might remember him as a two-headed goat-ogre with a pair of faces only a two-headed mother could love, the years have not been kind on poor ol' Eyedol as he's completely lost one head and the other one has been magically split in half. Here's a recently posted trailer showing of all of his natural beauty and fighting prowess:
Minecraft: Story Mode Episode 7 - Access Denied will be arriving next week
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If you haven't been keeping up with the news the past couple of months you're no doubt wondering how in the blazing nether-hells does a five-episode series somehow get to episode 7? The answer is quite simple as the original narrative concluded in episode 4, and since Telltale had a bunch more stories to tell they decided to extend Season 1 of Minecraft: Story Mode to a grand total of 8 episodes.
Throughout the upcoming "Episode 7 - Access Denied" you will need to help Jesse and the crew deal with PAMA, a sinister "thinking machine" purely designed to make everyone and everything as efficient and optimal as possible, much to the detriment of those being enhanced. Here's the trailer to hopefully give you a better idea of what nonsense I'm talking about: