Generation Zero studio's open world roguelite Ravenbound is heading into Beta on September 29th
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After years of watching players dismantled hordes upon hordes of murder-bots, Generation Zero studio Systemic Reaction is now looking to tackle something a little bit different. As such, the upcoming Ravenbound will be a challenging open world action-roguelite set in an universe heavily inspired by Norse mythology.
If that sounds like it's exactly up your alley, you'll be pleased to hear that Ravenbound will soon be heading into Closed Beta! The whole thing will run from September 29th to October 13th, so you should have plenty of time to explore the content on offer, give the developers some much needed feedback, as well as see where exactly you stand with Ravenbound's gameplay.
Shovel Knight's dungeon-digging roguelite spin-off has now landed onto PC and Switch
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Even though Yacht Club Games are currently hard at work on Mina the Hollower, an 8-bit tribute to action-adventure games of old, you'll be happy to hear that good ol' Shovel Knight has not been forgotten. However, instead of a brand new expansion, Yacht Club Games and Nitrome have partnered up to release a dungeon-digging roguelite spin-off!
The freshly unleashed Shovel Knight Dig brings with it a mixture of hand-crafted areas and randomized elements to help encourage multiple playthroughs, along with a very familiar gameplay formula that's focused around jumping, slashing, and unsurprisingly, digging! What all of this looks like in action, however, that you can check out through the launch trailer. Have a gander:
There Is No Light Beginner's Guide - Nine simple tips and advice to help you get started
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There Is No Light is a brutally fast paced action-RPG that rewards you for taking risks and playing aggressive. Combine that with the simple fact that both you and your enemies are glass cannons that hit hard and fall apart even harder, and it's very easy to see how one can find themselves in a bit of a rut at some point in their journey.
So if you're new to the more challenging side of the action-RPG genre, or if you're simply looking to make your first run through There Is No Light as smooth as possible, allow me to share with you some handy tips and advice to help you get started. Without wasting any more time, let us begin!
Terraria and Core Keeper have announced a small crossover update
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[Update #2]: Continuing with the whole crossover theme, the Terraria team is now working on Dead Cells inspired content!
[Update]: Terraria's Labor of Love update has now arrived, and with it the crossover update is live on both games.
Terraria has done a few crossovers before, so it should come as little surprise to hear that they have announced a brand new one will be coming with the chunky Labor of Love update on September 28th. The crossover this time around will be with Core Keeper - an exploration focused adventure that shares a lot of the same gameplay ideas as Terraria.
On the Core Keeper side you can expect to see the gelatinous and ginormous King Slime as a brand new boss. Besides having to best the big ol' slime in combat, part of the challenge will also be to figure out how to summon him in the first place. Whatever the process might entail, it'll be well worth it at the end as King Slime will drop some pretty interesting loot "that will make you the envy of your fellow explorers."
The highly enjoyable Gloomhaven and ARK: Survival Evolved are free to grab until September 29th
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[Update]: This time around, the incredibly atmospheric survival horror game Darkwood is free to grab until October 20th!
If you're itching for something new and interesting to play, you'll be pleased to hear that there's a double giveaway going on! Both the strategy focused board game adaptation Gloomhaven and the (unsurprisingly) survival orientated ARK: Survival Evolved are currently free to grab at the Epic Games Store.
The one catch, as is tradition, is that the giveaway is time limited. So if you want either game, make sure to add them to your account before September 29th rolls around. Once you've done that you'll be able to play them whenever you want and for however long you want.
The cute and colorful Slime Rancher 2 has now landed into Steam Early Access
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Much like the original, Slime Rancher 2 is an open world exploration game that will task you with uncovering and raising a whole assortment of cute and colorful slimes. Along the way you'll be able to research ancient technologies, mess around with new types of resources, build new gadgets to help you move around and wrangle bigger and meaner slimes, and naturally, expand your conservatory so you can properly house your growing army.
Since all of this sounds like complete and utter nonsense on paper, allow me to share with you the launch trailer. It should give you a pretty good idea of just what Slime Rancher 2 is trying to do and how adorable the little slimes truly are. Have a gander:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's Open Beta has now launched and will run until September 26th
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If you're eager to dive into Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 before its October 28th launch, or if you're simply curious if it's even your type of shooter, you'll be happy to hear that the Open Beta is now live on PC and consoles. Unfortunately, there is a little bit of a catch.
As of right now the Modern Warfare 2 beta is still in Early Access, which means that only those that have pre-ordered the game are able to get in. However, this will not be the case for very long as the beta will become accessible to absolutely everyone on September 24th.