Return to Monkey Island's first preview shows off a new art style and some excellent music
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[Update #2]: Return to Monkey Island has now arrived alongside some highly positive reviews.
[Update]: It's time to get excited as Return to Monkey Island will be launching on September 19th, 2022!
In a sudden announcement that came over thirty years after Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, Ron Gilbert popped up to reveal that there is a brand new follow-up in development! While the exact details are still few and far between, the recently revealed Return to Monkey Island will be a collaboration between Gilbert's Terrible Toybox and Lucasfilm Games.
It's also worth mentioning that even though Return to Monkey Island is a direct follow-up to Monkey Island 2, the team has gone to great lengths to ensure that the events of Monkey Island 3 (The Curse of Monkey Island) remain canon. Unsurprisingly, this also means that the good ol' Murray will make an appearance in Return to Monkey Island as well!
Valve has just unleashed the second round of Team Fortress 2 fixes and improvements
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After Valve stopped actively working on Team Fortress 2 a couple of years ago, it slowly but surely started getting filled up with hackers and cheaters. Their presence eventually became such a massive hindrance to pretty much every public server that the community decided to stage a protest in order to get Valve's attention.
In a bit of an unexpected twist given how hard it is to get Valve to say anything, the protest actually worked incredibly well and Valve announced that they are working on a solution. After about of month in the oven the update was finally unleashed, and apparently it was so incredibly effective that Team Fortress 2 lost around 30,000 'players' immediately after it went live! Best of all, while the cheaters never returned in any great numbers, many of the long-lost Team Fortress 2 players did!
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.