Dominate The Seas In Europa Universalis IV's New Expansion - Mare Nostrum
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Despite not having enough time to go through the 7 week orientation course to get good at Europa Universalis IV it still remains one of my favorite strategy games out there, for the simple reason that it doesn't compromise in order to appeal to everyone and instead just focuses on being the best game it can be.
It also helps that Europa Universalis IV receives frequent high quality DLCs (and some complete fluff) that have improved upon almost every aspect of gameplay, from warfare to colonization and now even maritime activities with the the upcoming Mare Nostrum (Our Sea in Latin) expansion. Here's the trailer and a bit more information:
Harmonix Is Attempting To Crowdfund The PC Version Of Rock Band 4
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After 8 years of being told the popular "pretend you can play instruments" simulator Rock Band will not be coming to the PC Harmonix has suddenly changed their minds on the idea.
Through a Fig crowdfunding campaign that went up today Harmonix is asking for a hefty sum of $1,500,000 in order to ensure that the PC version of Rock Band 4 becomes a thing. Here's the trailer and a bit of information on the PC version including the expected system requirements:
The Division Has A Brand New Launch Gameplay Trailer
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The Division is Ubisoft's latest foray in to the open world genre and from everything I've seen in the open beta it has managed to avoid many of the pitfalls that befell the Assassin's Creed and Far Cry series.
With the launch a mere 7 days away Ubisoft has decided to release the official gameplay trailer (spoiler: contains very little actual gameplay) that comes with some pretty visuals and nice voice acting. Have a look:
Killer Instinct Season 3 Release Date & PC System Requirements Announced
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Killer Instinct Season 3 will be arriving for both the Xbox One and Windows 10 on March 29th, according to a recent Microsoft press release.
Season 3 will contain 8 fighters though only 4 will be available at launch with the rest coming at a later date, making you wonder why exactly are you paying full price for this. The launch characters are: Arbiter from Halo, Rash from Battletoads as well as Tusk and Kim Wu from previous Killer Instinct games. Here are the system requirements and a bit more info:
Life Is Strange Developers Have Released First Screenshots Of Their Upcoming Vampire RPG Vampyr
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After the massive success of Life is Strange the Paris based developer Dontnod announced that they would be transitioning from a coming-of-age adventure to a more serious action/RPG where you play as a doctor who has been inflicted with the Vampire plague.
While there is very little information about Vampyr right now the developers did release a couple of intriguing, but incredibly dark screenshots. I've taken the liberty of increasing the gamma slightly so you can actually see some of the details but if you're interested in the original screenshots in all of their dark glory head over to the Vampyr website. Here are the actually visible ones:
Gears Of War: Ultimate Edition Has Been Released On The Windows Store
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After the system requirements were leaked a couple of days ago it was obvious that Microsoft was planning to do something with Gears of War: Ultimate Edition in the near future.
What no one could've expected is for Microsoft to not just release Gears of War: UE a few days later but to release it with no announcement or fanfare involved. Here's the trailer and a few words of warning:
Overfall - Review of the Early Access launch version
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[Update]: I have posted a review for the final release version, so I'd suggest you head over there to get an idea of Overfall's current state.
Overfall is a stylish, turn based RPG with many roguelike elements and plenty of tongue-in-cheek humor that will task you with traveling across the high seas in search of your lost king and dealing with various factions and outlaws either through diplomacy, violence or trickery.
It is currently in Early Access and as such some features might be unfinished, though in my dozen hours of playtime I've not encountered even a single broken quest, or even a bug so I'd imagine the beta phase is purely for polish.