The Surge is a sci-fi Souls-like RPG from the devs behind Lords of the Fallen
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While I definitely enjoyed Lords of the Fallen its not without its flaws, and its by no means equal to the juggernaut that is Dark Souls, but it got far closer than many other games. With some more experience under their belts, and perhaps a bit more time, I could easily see the developers crafting a worthy offshoot for all Souls fans to enjoy.
Whether The Surge, their upcoming sci-fi RPG inspired by the Souls formula, is going to be the breakthrough we're all looking for, I don't know, but its certainly interesting enough to keep an eye out for. If you're wondering what it looks like in action, here's 10 minutes of robot-smashing gameplay IGN recently recorded alongside some of the developers:
Killing Floor 2 is free on Steam for the next two days
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Free weekends used to be a somewhat rare occurrence on Steam, but these days Valve is offering at least one or two samples to pique your interest each week. Best of all, they've decided to mostly focus on games that are currently under development, and as such would benefit the most from people being able to try them out before unsealing their wallets.
As you can probably guess from the title, this week's offer is Killing Floor 2, a zombie slaying shooter that underwent a fair share of controversy over the past couple of months due to a rather slow development schedule, even by Early Access standards. With the most recent update being only a couple of days old at this point, now would be the best time to give it a try and see for yourself if all of the complaining is justified or not.
If you're wondering what the latest patch brought with it, here's the short "Bulls-Eye" trailer that should get you up to speed:
The Witcher 3's latest patch should have fixed most of the Blood and Wine issues
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Throughout my 20 or so hours with Blood and Wine (you can read my review here) I can't say I ever encountered any serious bugs, but as is to be expected with open world games there were a fair few "land mines" people ended up stepping on. While I haven't heard any reports of game-breaking issues, there were still some that completely stopped quest chains from progressing, caused Roach to flip out even more than usual, and other such unpleasant things.
Thankfully, most of these problems should now be resolved for the PC version as Patch 1.22 has recently been made available. For those of you playing on the console versions, worry not, the update will be coming your way in the near future as well.
CD Projekt has officially revealed Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
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As I've mentioned in my review of Blood and Wine, Gwent is a card game I am still puzzled by. On one hand its a well polished (and addicting) mini-game that has managed to achieve such levels of popularity its frankly astonishing, but on the other its a complete train-wreck in terms of balance, with the best player most often being decided by the deck itself. So why on Earth have I spend over 10 hours playing it and collecting every single card!?
If you're like me, and I know for a fact that this group boasts quite the membership, you'll be both delighted and horrified to hear that CDPR has officially announced Gwent: The Witcher Card Game. Here's the recently posted trailer that showcases some of the gameplay, but also highlights a couple of much needed balance changes:
Sniper Elite 4 has been delayed to February 2017
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Sniper Elite 4 was supposed to arrive later this year, but unfortunately that appears to no longer be the case. According to the most recent Rebellion blog post, the premier "ball-busting" sniper game will instead release on February 14, 2017.
Its not all bad news, however, as IGN has recently managed to sit down with a couple of guys from Rebellion and see what exactly the fourth iteration of the series has managed to cook up. Here's the video, and a brief explanation from Rebellion on why exactly the delay was necessary:
Doom's upcoming multiplayer and SnapMap updates have been detailed
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Bethesda and id promised a variety of free (and paid) updates when Doom first launched, and now a month later they are getting ready to deliver on just that promise. You can expect to see two new free maps appear during the next month, numerous additions to Doom's SnapMap creation tool, and also a fully fledged "paid DLC pack" that comes with a couple of maps, a few more toys to play around with, and a big ol' demon.
If you're looking for information straight out of the horses mouth, the horse in this case being the Executive Producer Marty Stratton, then I welcome you to check out the video below. On the other hand, if you're as lazy as I am and just want the short version, I got you covered:
Frank West is returning with Dead Rising 4 on December 6
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Frank West, the "completely serious journalist" and zombie slaying enthusiast, is set to return with Dead Rising 4 on December 6. As you might expect, it'll be available for both the Xbox One and Windows 10.
With that out of the way, here's the recently posted E3 trailer that's full of holiday cheer, absurd weaponry, and naturally, hordes of zombies getting splattered in a variety of hilarious ways: