Cuphead - The Delicious Last Course has arrived with a new character and deviously delightful new bosses
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It took a whole lot longer than anyone could've expected, but Cuphead's very first expansion The Delicious Last Course has now arrived. It brings with it Ms. Chalice as a brand new character with her own moveset and perks, and as you might expect, a whole bunch of deviously delightful new stages and bosses to smash your head against.
What this looks like in action, that you can get the briefest of peeks at through the recently posted trailer. It's not a long one, but it's more than enough to let you know that the splendid animation style has not been compromised even one bit. Have a look:
MTG Arena's Baldur's Gate themed set has arrived alongside major rebalances
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[Update #2]: MTG Arena's August update has added the singleton, community-made Gladiator format as a limited event, and also heavily rebalanced the Baldur's Gate draft!
[Update]: MTG Arena will be adding 40 new cards for the Historic and Explorer formats on July 28th. Both anthologies have now been revealed as well, and while they're a bit of a mixed bag, there's definitely some fun new cards in there as well.
After a surprisingly brief round of teasers, MTG Arena's Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate set has now arrived for the Historic, Historic Brawl and Alchemy formats. It brings with it numerous cards from the Commander Legends: Battle at Baldur's Gate set, a bunch of cards from the same set reworked with 1v1 play in mind, as well as a variety of all-new additions to help spice things up a bit.
In terms of major keywords, there are three you'll want to pay attention to: Specialize, Double Team and Boon. Here's a brief rundown of what they all do:
Square Enix's exploration focused action-adventure Forspoken has been delayed until January 2023
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[Update #2]: Forspoken has now arrived with a free demo and an outrageous price tag.
[Update]: Square Enix has now detailed the PC system requirements and their expected performance for Forspoken.
If you were hoping to get your hands on Square Enix's exploration focused action-adventure Forspoken this October 11th, I'm afraid I have some bad news. In an effort to get everything polished up and ready to go, most likely to avoid another Babylon's Fall type of situation, Square Enix has now pushed Forspoken's release date to January 24th, 2023.
"As a result of ongoing discussions with key partners, we have made the strategic decision to move the launch date of Forspoken to January 24, 2023," reads the brief update. "All game elements are now complete, and development is in its final polishing phase. We would like to thank you for your continued support and patience on this journey."
Monster Hunter Rise's Sunbreak expansion has now landed onto PC alongside some technical troubles
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Rather than have the PC version be delayed like with Monster Hunter: World and Iceborne, Monster Hunter Rise's Sunbreak expansion has now been unleashed for both PC and Switch simultaneously. As is tradition, Sunbreak brings with it a chunky new world to explore, a variety of new and returning monsters, new Wirebug abilities for all fourteen weapons, as well as plenty of story-based excuses to start slicing monsters up.
What all of this looks like in action, as well as what you can expect to see in future updates, that you can find out through the trailer below. Have a peek:
After years of dominance, MTG Arena is nerfing two of the best decks in the Historic format
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[Update #2]: MTG Arena will be adding 40 new cards for the Historic and Explorer formats on July 28th. Both anthologies have now been revealed as well, and while they're a bit of a mixed bag, there's definitely some fun new cards in there as well.
[Update]: The Baldur's Gate set has now arrived alongside the big balance update.
Over the past few updates the MTG Arena team has mostly rebalanced cards for the newfound and digital-only Alchemy format. However, as a part of the update that arrives on July 7th, they'll be dishing out some nerfs to decks that have been at the very top of the Historic format's meta for many years now: Blue/Red Phoenix and Green/Black Food.
Cauldron Familiar will lose its ability to block while The Meathook Massacre will no longer gain life, which should make Food and Sacrifice decks a bit more vulnerable to early game aggression. Phoenix decks on the other hand will have to contend with Dragon's Rage Channeler only gaining +2/+0 (instead of +2/+2) and the all-powerful Unholy Heat only dealing 4 damage (instead of 6) after its Delirium effect is triggered.
Guild Wars 2 devs are working on addressing the recent and poorly received balance changes
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[Update #2]: Guild Wars 2's August 2nd patch will fix the recently introduced Warrior and Mesmer problems.
[Update]: Guild Wars 2 will be greatly improving the colossal world bosses with the July 19th update.
In order to sort out some of the balance problems that arrived alongside the End of Dragons expansion, the Guild Wars 2 team released a sizable balance update a short time ago. Unfortunately, while some of the changes were well thought out and left the nerfed classes in a solid position, a fair few also ended up being an absolute disaster. Nowhere is this more apparent than with the Warrior class and its team-buffing banners, as they not only are they significantly weaker than before, but they're also significantly more annoying to use now!
To the balance team's credit, they have very quickly acknowledged the complaints and have already announced a series of follow-up updates aimed at correcting the newly introduced problems, and hopefully some of the long-standing ones as well. The first of these updates has already arrived with changes for the Elementalist, Ranger, Revenant and Engineer classes, and while there is still work that needs to be done, this is a very solid first step.
Total War: Warhammer 3's Update 1.3 has added new unit variants and a bunch of improvements
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[Update #2]: Total War: Warhammer 3's August update will greatly rework the long-forgotten Warriors of Chaos.
[Update]: Total War: Warhammer 3's first post-launch DLC will add four new Chaos factions.
While work on the massive Immortal Empires combined campaign map continues, the Total War: Warhammer 3 team has now unleashed Update 1.3 to help tide everyone over. The update brights with it the second batch of Regiments of Renown, a variety of improvements to unit responsiveness in battle, reworked character traits and skill trees, and the list goes on for a while.
You can get a brief overview of the major changes, as well as check out how all of this looks like in action, through the developer preview below: