Arma 3 is free to play on Steam for the next two days
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Arma 3 is a rather hardcore military sim, so its understandable if many of you have heard about it, but never decided to gamble a decent chunk of change on whether its something you'd like, or not.
If you belong in that camp you'll be glad to hear that Arma 3 is currently free to play on Steam, and will remain completely free for the next two days, so if you ever wanted to check it out now would be the best time. Here's the somewhat old launch trailer that should still get you up to speed on what to expect from Arma 3:
The Warcraft movie trailer has been painstakingly recreated in World of Warcraft
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World of Warcraft's popularity brought about the creation of the Warcraft movie, so it only makes sense that the movie's popularity would inspire someone to close the circle.
While we're not talking about a complete recreation of the Warcraft movie within World of Warcraft, a Youtuber by the name of Ivan Kuzkin managed to painstakingly reproduce the movie's trailer through the use of in-game assets, a good eye for details, and some post-production sorcery. Have a look, its surprisingly faithful to the original:
Dark Souls 3's poise 'bug' is apparently an intended feature according to Bandai Namco
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If you've played any amount of Dark Souls 3 PvP you've most likely realized that no matter what armor your opponents wear they all seem to stagger with more or less the same amount of hits, even with fast and extremely light weapons such as rapiers.
Unfortunately, in a brief message sent to Kotaku Bandai Namco has confirmed that this is not a bug, or even a balance oversight, but rather the correct way poise functions in Dark Souls 3. Here's the full quote:
Almost 10 million players participated in the Open Beta for Overwatch
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While I knew Overwatch would be big, it being a Blizzard game after all, I'll be the first one to admit that I didn't expect it to catch on this rapidly.
But catch on it did, and throughout its excruciatingly 'short' run-time Overwatch had managed to snag 9.7 million players, and secure an impressive 81 million hours of playtime from them, which comes up to 8 hours per person! To put things into perspective, Star Wars: Battlefront had 9.5 million players, The Division a respectable 6.4 million, Destiny a slightly lower 4.6 million, and finally, Battleborn had 2 million players during its Open Beta.
Here's what Blizzard's CEO, co-founder, and main Orc-person Mike Morhaime had to say about the team's massive achievement:
Final Fantasy X/X-2 Remaster is now available on PC
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After its existence has been leaked numerous times now, the Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster has finally made its way to PC, and from what I can see on forums its a relatively amazing port, the 30 FPS lock aside.
You can grab it on Steam for $20/€20, which includes the 20% discount that's going to be running until May 19th. If you're wondering how it looks in action, here's the most recent launch trailer:
Overwatch - Review and critique based on 20 hours with the Open Beta
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I spent over a thousand hours with Team Fortress 2, but as it grew progressively more ridiculous and characters started strapping bottles of questionable liquids and live weasels to themselves I slowly realized that the once stylish and charming game I knew had been replaced with something... else.
Ever since then I was looking for another team based shooter that I could sink an equal amount of time into, but unfortunately, not a single one of them could recapture the emotions Team Fortress 2 first inspired within me, until I heard of Blizzard's newest IP in many, many years.
From even the earliest announcement it promised everything I could've ever wanted: stylish visuals, characters oozing with personality, and most importantly, team orientated combat with plenty of opportunities to mix up your strategies and approaches. Now that I've spent over 20 hours playing in the Open Beta, the question is, does Overwatch manage to live up to the piranha-like frenzy of excitement it succeeded in creating so far?
Overwatch Gameplay Showcase - Three full matches starring Genji, Tracer, and Soldier 76
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Overwatch is Blizzard's team-based shooter that features stylish visuals, characters oozing with personality, and most importantly, incredibly smooth gameplay. It has its fair share of flaws as well, but despite the occasional frustrating moment I would say I had plenty of fun with it during my 20 or so hours of playtime.
If you missed your chance with the Open Beta and want to see how all of it looks in action, here are some of the more interesting matches I've recorded in full, each one starring either Genji, Tracer, or Soldier 76. Have a look, and hopefully fun as well: