MTG Arena is getting a whole bunch of new cards on December 13th with Explorer Anthology 2 and Alchemy: The Brother's War
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Magic: The Gathering's big artifact focused expansion The Brother's War launched only a couple of weeks ago, and already the MTG Arena team is looking to add a bunch of new cards to play around with. However, instead of more Standard cards, the new additions will be launching for the Explorer and Alchemy formats.
First and foremost, Explorer Anthology 2 will be coming this December 13th with a variety of Pioneer staples, fan-favorites and good ol' fashioned jank. The full list of cards has not been revealed just yet, but here's a quick rundown of everything showcased (or accidentally leaked) so far:
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Beginner's Guide - Nine simple bits of advice to get you started
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[Update]: My review for Darktide is now live and, long story short, it's as rough and fascinating as the world it takes place in!
Much like its predecessor Vermintide 2, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a remarkably challenging co-op game. Getting good at it requires deftly switching between both melee and ranged combat, calmly prioritizing dangerous enemies in huge crowds and tense situations, as well as quickly adjusting to whatever curveball the AI director decides to send your way. And all of this only gets more and more complicated the higher you ramp up the difficulty setting.
Yet despite how hard things can get, Darktide is also a remarkably enjoyable game to mess around with, and one that I've already spent 50 hours on. So if you're thinking about diving in yourself, allow me to give you some handy tips and advice to help avoid the inquisitor's wrath and make those first few missions go by as smoothly as possible. Without further ado, let us begin!
CD Projekt Red has detailed all of the major improvements coming with The Witcher 3's free next-gen update
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Once it arrives this December 14th, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's next-gen update will bring with it a wide variety of improvements, fixes and additional content for the already impressive RPG. Best of all, the next-gen update will be entirely free for everyone that owns any version of The Witcher 3!
Rather than babble on, allow me to share with you CD Projekt Red's brief overview of all the major features, along with a new trailer highlighting some of them in action. Without further ado, here's the brief list:
Total War: Warhammer 3's Update 2.3 has added new landmarks, tied AI behavior to difficulty, and rebalanced most factions
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As a part of August's update, Total War: Warhammer 3 added the absolutely gigantic Immortal Empires combined campaign map. As you might imagine given its sheer size, Update 2.0 brought with it not only a ton of new content to play around with, but also quite a few bugs and unpolished features.
In order to sort some of these issues out, as well as give most of the factions a couple of tweaks to make them more balanced in both singleplayer and multiplayer, Creative Assembly has now unleashed Update 2.3. In my eyes the star attraction is the large amount of new landmark locations for you to conquer throughout the Immortal Empires map. Some of these have been ported over from Total War: Warhammer 2 and some of them are entirely new, but regardless of their origin they all offer a variety of nifty bonuses for your empire and are well worth seeking out if you're in the region.
The Dark Pictures' season one finale - The Devil In Me has now arrived with a heap of technical issues
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Much like the previous games in The Dark Pictures series like Man of Medan and House of Ashes, Supermassive Games' freshly released The Devil In Me is a horror themed action-adventure that will present you with a variety of difficult choices. These conundrums can result in everything from the characters getting to live happily ever if you manage to succeeded in all of their major events, to getting unceremoniously killed because of a series of blunders.
As for the actual storyline, The Devil In Me follows a group of documentary film makers exploring a replica of serial killer H.H. Holmes' "Murder Castle", with the whole project going about as well as you would expect from a horror game. What this looks like in action, however, that you can check out through the trailer below. Have a peek:
Overwatch 2 devs have detailed every ability for the upcoming stance-shifting tank Ramattra
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[Update]: Overwatch 2's Season 2 is launching on December 6 with the tank hero Ramattra, Shambali Monastery escort map, and Greek mythology themed skins.
Three years after he was introduced as a part of the Storm Rising event, Null Sector's mysterious leader Ramattra will finally be joining Overwatch 2 as a playable character on December 6th. The Omnic revolutionary will be joining the roster as a brand new tank and will feature a stance-shifting mechanic that lets him choose between unique melee and ranged focused abilities.
In his standard ranged form Ramattra will be able to fire a stream of damaging projectiles from his staff and create a small shield to help keep him close the distance. Once he's in close quarters Ramattra can switch to his Nemesis form which grants him bonus armor, the ability to create shockwaves with every punch, as well as a defensive cooldown that lets him shrug off most attacks from the front. Combine that with a vortex ability that is available in both stances and which slows and grounds enemies, and you've got yourself a fairly interesting toolkit to play around with!
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide's beta Update 1.0.8 has introduced crafting and a bunch of new cosmetics
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[Update #2]: My review for Darktide is now live and, long story short, it's as rough and fascinating as the world it takes place in!
[Update]: After playing for about 50 hours now I've decided to create a beginner's guide covering some of the basic concepts and combat strategies. So if you'd like your first run through Darktide to be a nice and pleasant one, I'd welcome you to give it a look.
If you've been playing the recently launched Warhammer 40,000: Darktide pre-order beta, chances are you've noticed that getting stronger weapons and curios is a bit of an annoying process as it mostly involves camping the in-game store and hoping for something good to randomly appear. Thankfully, today's beta Update 1.0.8 has sorted this problem out by introducing the weapon crafting/upgrading system!
In order to make use of the freshly unlocked Hadron’s Workshop you'll need to collect crafting materials scattered throughout the levels. These are found in the same sort of locations as consumable items, and they are shared across the entire team, so even if you're the least observant player in the whole world you should still be able to, eventually, craft the weapon of your dreams.