Dota 2 has launched Update 7.23c to fix up any balance issues before The International 2022 starts
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[Update #2]: Dota 2's Update 7.32d has nerfed Marci, Wraith Pact, as well as rebalanced a whole bunch of other heroes and items.
[Update]: Dota 2's next hero, the ghastly gunslinger Muerta, will be launching in early 2023.
Dota 2's biggest annual tournament The International 2022 will be kicking off on October 7th, and in order to make sure the gameplay side of things goes smoothly Valve has now unleashed Update 7.23c. Unlike some of the previous balance updates this one hasn't done anything drastic like add new types of creeps, but has instead focused on sorting out some of the more problematic interactions and heroes.
For example, the omnipresent Refresher Orb and its little brother Refresher Shard have both received sizable nerfs. Their cooldowns no longer decrease while in the backpack, and more importantly, they now share a cooldown! So if players want to have a fresh BKB for those late-game fights, they'll actually have to keep the Refresher Orb in their inventory, at least until its cooldown is up.
Wrath of the Lich King Classic, the very peak of the original WoW era, has now finally arrived
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[Update]: Wrath of the Lich King Classic has added the WoW Token, and the community isn't happy about it.
If you long to return to the World of Warcraft of yesteryear, you'll be quite happy to hear that Wrath of the Lich King Classic has now arrived. It brings with it the continent of Northrend full of new zones to explore, the original iteration of Death Knights with all of their crazy builds, the Inscription profession, as well as a bunch of decently challenging dungeons to plunder for loot.
In terms of changes, Wrath of the Lich King Classic has rebalanced the classes using the final patch of the original expansion, which thankfully means that we won't have to go through months of incredibly imbalanced PvP before seeing some semblance of sanity. Speaking of which, shared Arena rating has been removed in favor of individual rating, with the goal being to help improve the overall matchmaking quality and make it so players are more likely to group up with new people. Finally, and most importantly, Wrath of the Lich King Classic has not added the controversial Dungeon Finder, so you'll have to create groups the old fashioned way.
Guild Wars 2's October 4th update will empower old specializations and rebalance classes for PvP
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[Update #2]: Guild Wars 2's highly popular Shadow of the Mad King event is returning on October 18th.
[Update]: The October update has now arrived alongside a couple of extra tweaks.
As a part of the August 23rd update, Guild Wars 2 released a massive array of changes to equalize the damage potential between power (direct damage) and condition (damage over time) builds and make it so every class has access to at least one of each build. In order to help them keep up with more modern specializations, the update also dished out some nifty buffs for Reapers, Daredevils, Deadeyes, Scrappers, and the list goes on.
The upcoming October 4th update will be a continuation of these efforts, though mostly on the PvP side of things. First and foremost, the Torment condition is getting some much-needed love. Expect to see increased damage and scaling against moving opponents, as well as reduced damage and scaling against stationary opponents. Since you pretty much never want to stand still, especially not in PvP, this should give Torment-based builds a sizable damage increase.
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous' Enhanced Edition has landed with new quests and improvements
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[Update]: Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous' The Lord of Nothing DLC has added 15 new archetypes and a lengthy side-story to explore.
After a fair bit of time in development, the excellent CRPG Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous has now made its way to consoles. It has done so alongside the sizable Enhanced Edition update which brings with it a a wide array of fixes and quality of live improvements, along with the ability to play through the entire game with a controller on PC if you so wish.
PC players can also look forward to being able to customize their character's appearance by recoloring and reforging their armor, wasting less time shuffling through their inventory thanks to the new search function, as well as diving deep into the stats behind each battle with the enhanced combat log. Most importantly of all, the Enhanced Edition has added new quests and dialogue for the end-game, so roleplaying the different mythic paths should be a more interesting affair.
Adorable action-adventure Kena: Bridge of Spirits has launched onto Steam alongside a sizable free update
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After spending about a year exclusively available on the Epic Games Store, the PC version of the adorable action-adventure Kena: Bridge of Spirits has now made its way over to Steam as well. It has not done so empty-handed, however, as the Steam version brings with it a sizable (and free) Anniversary Update.
The definite highlight is the New Game+ mode that lets you restart the game with all of your previously earned abilities and upgrades in order to square off against new combat encounters, extra challenges and new enemies. You can also expect to see new trials to overcome, new outfits to accessorize with, a photo mode to share your style with everyone, as well as Charmstones that can be equipped to provide a variety of positive and negative effects in order to help you further customize your playstyle.
Terraria's likely final update "Labor of Love" has now arrived with a bunch of improvements
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[Update]: The Terraria team is working on a Dead Cells crossover, new content and cross-platform multiplayer
After quite a few teasers and previews, Terraria's final (and this time seemingly for real) update has now arrived. True to its name, the Labor of Love update brings with it a variety of quality-of-life improvements based on player feedback, a couple of pieces of new content to mess around with, and naturally, a plethora of fanservice and cross-over items to celebrate Terraria and the impact it's had on gaming as a whole.
Expect to see the ability to switch between three different gear loadouts, a much more functional void bag to help you hoard thousands of items, as well as new world seeds to explore along with fresh improvements to old ones. There's also a cast of friendly town slimes to catch, an amulet that transforms you into a spirit wolf, an assortment of balance changes, and the list goes on for a while.
World of Warcraft's exploration focused Dragonflight expansion is launching on November 28th, 2022
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[Update #2]: The heavily exploration focused Dragonflight expansion has now arrived, and so far it's looking quite good!
[Update]: Wrath of the Lich King Classic, the very peak of the original WoW era, has now been unleashed.
After spending a fair bit of time in testing, it looks like World of Warcraft's seemingly down-to-earth and exploration focused Dragonflight expansion is now nearly ready to be unleashed. You can expect to see it arrive on November 28th, 2022 alongside a new draconic class/race combination, the Dracthyr Evoker, massively expanded talent trees, new Guild Wars 2 inspired flying mounts, and naturally, a whole host of new zones and dungeons to pillage for delicious loot.
What all of this looks like in action, that you can get a little bit of a sneak peek at through the release date trailer below. Have a gander: