Dying Light studio Techland is working on a massive, fantasy themed open world RPG
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Since the main team is going to very busy fulfilling their promise for five years of post-launch support for Dying Light 2, Techland has now begun hiring a brand new team for a currently unannounced project. While the details are still few and far between, I can tell you that the new game will be a massive, fantasy themed open world action-RPG set in a brand new universe.
“...our ambition is to introduce a brand new IP that is vastly different from what we have been doing for the past several years,” reads the brief update. “We want to create a fully next-gen experience. A new fantasy epic set in a sprawling open world, fueled by the skills and experience we have gained as a team over the years, infused with new ideas, passion, and creativity. While we cannot share more details about this project now, we're all truly invested in it and looking forward to showing it to gamers when the time is right.”
Vampire Survivors has added an in-game shop, a trippy boss fight, and many secrets
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The Vampire Survivors team has just unleashed Patch 0.6.1 - The Weird One, and after playing through most of it I can confidently say the name is well deserved. More on that in just a second.
First things first, Patch 0.6.1 brings with it two new Arcanas to play around with, one more rank for the Skip power-up, an in-game shop that lets you convert gold to temporary items or minuscule permanent upgrades, as well as a brand new bonus stage by the name of Moonglow. The latter is quite a bizarre map as it has all of the game's power-ups simply strewn across the floor for you to grab at your leisure, as well as a low amount of enemies and a massive amount of torches and pots to smash.
Battlerite studio's vampire themed survival game V Rising has now landed into Early Access
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In a bit of a departure from their usual formula, Stunlock Studios have now released their vampire themed survival and crafting game V Rising into Early Access. As you might imagine given the mixture of genres and themes, V Rising is all about building the coolest evil castle you can possibly think of, plundering the countryside for valuable resources and food, as well as doing your best to avoid getting destroyed by the searing daylight, holy hunters, or just your fellow players with a nasty grudge!
What all of this looks like in action, that you can get a pretty good idea of through the launch trailer below. Have a gander, it's a rather fun one:
Second part of Guild Wars 2's return to the long-lost Living World Season 1 is launching on May 24th
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[Update]: Sky Pirates has now arrived alongside an assortment of fancy new weapon skins.
In an effort to bring back all of the Living World Season 1 content after a decade of absence, the Guild Wars 2 team has now started re-releasing updated versions of the original episodes. The very first one Flame and Frost has already arrived, and on May 24th the Sky Pirates episode will bring with it the long-lost continuation of the story and a reintroduction to Captain Mai Trin and detective Marjory Delaqua.
Much like its predecessor, Sky Pirates will be a permanent addition that's freely available to all players. So regardless of what expansions you may or may not own, you'll be able to play through the old storylines at your leisure.
The poorly written yet highly enjoyable looter-shooter Borderlands 3 is free to grab for one week
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[Update]: With the Borderlands 3 giveaway now over, the excellent BioShock: The Collection has taken its place!
If you've got a bit of free time and you're looking for something to sink your teeth into, you'll be pleased to hear that Borderlands 3 is currently entirely free to grab! Simply head on over to the Epic Games Store, snag yourself a copy, and you'll be able to enjoy as much toilet humor as you can possible want!
The catch, as always, is that the giveaway is time limited. As such, make sure to get Borderlands 3 before the whole giveaway goes away on May 26th. You don't even need to install the game. Just add it to your account and you'll be able to play it whenever you want and for however long you want.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong has now arrived with a fun story and plenty of jank
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While the Vampire: The Masquerade setting can easily lend itself to a myriad of unique and awesome games, many of them have so far ended up being an ambitious yet rather messy affair. Unsurprisingly, the newly released Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong seems to have followed the exact same formula as most of its predecessors.
Swansong's premise is remarkably fun, as you're essentially thrust into a vampire detective story where important choices have to be made quickly and frequently, with each one seemingly having major and far-reaching consequences. The problem is that both the gameplay and presentation are so janky that it's often going to be difficult to truly immerse yourself into the world and its characters.
New and improved Outward: Definitive Edition has now arrived for PC and consoles
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If you're in the mood for a brutal yet engaging exploration-focused RPG, quite similar to the Gothic or Risen series, you might want to check out Outward's new and improved version. Outward: Definitive Edition comes bundled with both of the previous expansions, a variety of quality-of-life improvements, as well as a bunch of new content to help spice everything up. Naturally, since this is Outward we're talking about, some of that new content has been specifically designed to mess up your day in creative ways!
What this might look like in action, as well as what sort of locations you'll get to explore in Outward, that you can find out through the surprisingly musical trailer below. Have a gander, it's a pretty good one: