Blizzard has released a whole bunch of stats from the Overwatch Open Beta
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Blizzard came out earlier this month and said that almost 10 million players found their way into the Overwatch Open Beta, and in total managed to spent around 81 million hours roaming its 12 maps. That's 8 hours spent per person!
While those are certainly some impressive numbers I would've preferred to see stats on the most popular heroes, numbers of Bastions brutally dismantled, average map times, and so forth. Well... as luck would have it now I can because Blizzard has just released a massive infographic filled with all sorts of interesting stats from the Open Beta.
Have a look, though make sure to prepare your scrolling finger as this thing is fairly large:
Oldschool cyberpunk shooter Hard Reset Redux is coming in June
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Hard Reset is a cyberpunk FPS that's all about vaporizing hordes upon hordes of robotic enemies with completely over-the-top weaponry, overuse of explosions, and now with the newly added cyber-katana as well.
The remastered edition, or Hard Reset Redux as its called, brings with it visual and audio improvements, new enemies, more difficulty modes and a general re-balancing of the entire game, a new dash ability to further speed up combat, and finally, the above mentioned electrified katana.
Here's a 10 minute long gameplay video the developers released yesterday to show off all of the new and fancy features:
Battleborn's first post-launch hero is Alani, a combat-orientated support
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Gearbox will be rolling out a whole bunch of new characters for their FPS/MOBA hybrid Battleborn over the next few months, starting with the combat-orientated support Alani.
She hails from a planet almost entirely cowered by oceans, and as such most her powers revolve around the use of water to either dish out pain onto the enemies, or to heal her fellow Battleborn. More details, and an official hero preview video will be available on the 24th, but for now, here's what we do know:
Overwatch launch times have been announced
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You would think that simply knowing Overwatch launches on the 24th would be enough, but Blizzard has gone a step ahead and detailed their whole release schedule down to the very minute, a move that's most likely going to save them a whole lot of sleep as Overwatch fans have proven to be quite... restless since the Open Beta ended.
Overwatch will be launching for all platforms and regions at the same time, and if you're wondering when exactly that will be for your country I would suggest you lower your eyes to the gigantic image below, it has all of the information:
Cyberpunk Combat RPG Copper Dreams has landed on Kickstarter
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Copper Dreams is a gritty, isometric combat RPG set in the distant future where the value of human life has been reduced to zero, and where the dregs of society are shipped off-world to Caliatana, a city that can only be described with "hellhole".
I was intrigued when I first heard of it back in February, but now that the Kickstarter campaign has launched and all of the cards have been put on the table I can only say that my interest has been amplified even further. What oldschool RPG fan can resist augmenting their virtual bodies with chainsaws and grappling hooks after all?
Before we go anywhere else, I'd recommend you first check out the short gameplay trailer:
Path of Exile's new Prophecy Update and Challenge Leagues arrive in June
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While everyone was enjoying the relatively recent Ascendancy expansion Grinding Gear Games, the devs behind Path of Exile, have been working on a massive new content update, simply titled as Prophecy.
Prophecy and its two Challenge Leagues will be arriving to Path of Exile on June 3, and bringing with them the new prophecies system, plenty of items and spells, a deadly end-game labyrinth, balance changes, and a whole assortment of other knick-knacks.
Here's the announcement trailer for Prophecy that goes over some of these new additions:
Fractured Space has gone free-to-play on Steam
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Fractured Space is a 5v5 team-based shooter where each player pilots a gigantic capital ship lined with a whole variety of weapons and techno-gadgets. It has had numerous free weekends since its 2014 Early Access release, but from today onward its going to be completely free-to-play.
Along with this announcement came an update that added new sector maps, ships to toy around with, crew members, missions to undertake, as well as a testing area where players can try out their ships and loadouts without the threat of being mercilessly blown up.
If you're wondering what all of this looks like in action, here's the most recent trailer: