Shadow Warrior studio's over-the-top action game Evil West has been pushed back to November
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If you were hoping to get your hands on Evil West this September and start smashing your way through hordes of monstrosities, I'm afraid I have a bit of bad news to deliver. According to the latest developer update, Evil West has now been pushed back until November 20th, 2022.
"We are working our very best to achieve our vision of Evil West, and to meet your expectations," explains the brief announcement. "Evil West releases on five platforms, including multiple generations of consoles. Giving our game more polish is crucial to provide our players with not only good but also lasting memories. That's something that we've always pursued."
Ultrakill's Act 2 has brought in two new 'chapters' and some downright awesome boss fights
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While its updates may be slow, Ultrakill more than makes up for it with sheer quality. Nowhere is this more apparent than with the freshly launched Act 2: Imperfect Hatred as it brings with it two sizable new layers to explore, a variety of quality of life improvements and balance changes (sorry whiplash fans), as well as some downright awesome new bosses to square off against.
There is unfortunately no preview showing off the new levels in action, but you can get a pretty good idea of the direction the story is heading in through the release trailer below. Have a gander:
Blizzard will be adding cross-platform progression with Overwatch 2
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[Update #2]: Overwatch 2 has now unveiled its very first support hero - the wall-climbing, fox themed healer Kiriko. The Blizzard team has also taken this opportunity to detail Overwatch 2's Battle Pass, hero unlock system, as well as their plans for future updates.
[Update]: Overwatch's September 13th Last Chance event will give you one last shot at spending your Credits.
Last year Blizzard made a huge step forward for Overwatch and brought in cross-platform multiplayer. However, while you could play with your friends regardless of their platform, actually playing on multiple platforms yourself was a massive annoyance since your progress wouldn't carry over between them.
Thankfully, all of this will soon be a thing of the past. Starting today, anyone logging in on the console version of the game will be prompted to link together all of their accounts. The one big catch is that you'll only be able to merge with one account per platform, so while you can have PC-Xbox-PlayStation-Switch linked together, you won't be able to do the same with PC-Xbox-Xbox for example.
Tempest Rising in an upcoming real-time strategy inspired by the classic Command & Conquer games
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[Update]: Tempest Rising's lengthy developer-guided preview offers a closer look at the campaign and gameplay mechanics.
If you're a fan of the oldschool Command & Conquer games and you mourn the direction the series took before its unceremonious demise, you might want to keep an eye on the upcoming Tempest Rising. To put it simply, it's a classic base building RTS with three asymmetrical factions featuring an assortment of unique units, playstyles and economies to wrangle with.
As for what all of this looks like in actual gameplay, as well as how exactly it ties into Command & Conquer, that you can find out by giving the reveal trailer below a moment of your time. Have a gander:
Street Fighter 6's preview shows off the two freshly confirmed characters - Kimberly and Juri
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[Update]: Street Fighter 6 will be launching onto PC and consoles on June 2, 2023 alongside 18 characters.
While Street Fighter 6's release date is still a nebulous 'at some point in 2023', Capcom has at least kept things interesting by slowly revealing new characters. So far they've confirmed Ryu, Luke, Jamie, Chun-Li and Guile, while the latest preview has added Kimberly and Juri to the list.
What the two of them look like in action, as well as what their fighting style is all about, that you can get a bit of a sneak peek at through the gameplay preview below. Have a gander:
After many teasers, Guild Wars 2 is finally heading over to Steam on August 23rd
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[Update #2]: Guild Wars 2's October 4th update will empower old specializations and rebalance classes for PvP.
[Update]: Right on cue, Guild Wars 2 has now been unleashed onto Steam alongside a massive update.
After teasing the Steam version for a very, very long time at this point, ArenaNet has finally spilled the beans! In celebration of the game's 10th anniversary, Guild Wars 2 and its expansions will be heading over to Steam on August 23rd.
Much like the current version of Guild Wars 2, all of the base content (barring some small restrictions to free accounts) will be available for free on Steam. Once you're done exploring the world you can continue your adventure by grabbing either the Heart of Thorns & Path of Fire expansion bundle, the newest End of Dragons expansion, or the pack containing all of the Living World episodes.
Crusader Kings 3 will be doubling the price of its smaller DLC packs next month
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[Update]: The price increase has now arrived, and I can only hope the DLC quality will rise with it as well.
If any of the two smaller Crusader Kings 3 DLCs interest you (Northern Lords and Fate of Iberia), you might want to grab them sooner rather than later. I say this because Paradox has just announced that these Flavor Packs, and any coming in the future, will be going up from $6,99 to $12,99.
"As of September 13, we will be altering the prices of our Flavor Packs (Northern Lords and Fate of Iberia) to reflect the overall value of this kind of content moving forward," explains the brief update. "The price change will not affect the price of the Base Game, Royal Court, or the Royal Edition—those prices will remain unaffected. If you are already a holder of the Royal Edition or Expansion Pack 1, you are all set and nothing will change for you and your versions of the game."