Total War: Warhammer 3 devs have unveiled the truly massive Immortal Empires campaign map
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[Update #2]: The latest preview has finally offered a close-up look at the Immortal Empires campaign map and some of the new Legendary Lord positions.
[Update]: Total War: Warhammer 3's first post-launch DLC will add four new Chaos factions.
Once it arrives this August, Total War: Warhammer 3's Immortal Empires campaign map will combine all of the major gameplay elements and factions from all three games into one gigantic package. You can expect to see 86 playable Legendary Lord, dedicated factions for a bunch of mostly forgotten characters like Grombrindal and Volkmar the Grim, new starting locations for 29 of the older Legendary Lords, as well as improved faction mechanics for a fair few of them.
Best of all, Creative Assembly has now revealed that the Immortal Empires combined campaign map will be nearly twice as large as the Mortal Empires map first introduced in 2017. Not only that, but there's a whole bunch of empty space on the new map that's obviously going to be expanded upon in the future, so the final version of Immortal Empires should be remarkably massive.
World of Warcraft's hopefully down-to-earth Dragonflight expansion will be launching in 2022
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[Update #2]: The heavily exploration focused Dragonflight expansion has now arrived, and so far it's looking quite good!
[Update]: World of Warcraft is introducing cross-server auctions for consumables and crafting materials.
After spending a fair bit of time messing around with the very concept of an afterlife, World of Warcraft's next Dragonflight expansion will hopefully be taking things in a more down-to-earth direction. In terms of actual content, Dragonflight will bring with it a new draconic class/race combination, the Dracthyr Evoker, the return of oldschool talent trees, seemingly Guild Wars 2 inspired flying mounts, and naturally, a whole bunch of new areas to explore.
If all of that sounds like something you'd love to mess around with, you'll be happy to hear that Blizzard has now revealed that Dragonflight will be launching in 2022! No exact release date has been given just yet, but I'd imagine it'll be swooping in during the winter holiday season, for obvious reasons.
Guild Wars 2 devs have detailed the massive class balance update slated for June 28th
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[Update #2]: The Guild Wars 2 team is working on addressing the rather poorly received balance changes.
[Update]: The balance update has now arrived, and as expected, things are a bit messy at the moment.
A few months have gone by since the End of Dragons expansion arrived, and as is to be expected from an MMORPG, the most dominant end-game builds have become quite entrenched. In an effort to shake everything up, as well as to promote both class and specialization diversity, ArenaNet has announced they're planning to release a sizable balance update on June 28th.
To give everyone at least a bit of time to prepare and adjust their builds, the Guild Wars 2 team has also taken this opportunity to release a lengthy preview. So if you're curious what exactly is coming to your favorite characters, you can find the full patch notes over at the Guild Wars 2 website.
Vampire Survivors' "The Posh One" update has added a wacky new weapon and improved the Hurry mode
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[Update]: Vampire Survivors Update 0.9 - The Flashy One has added Bosh Rush and even more toys to play around with
Barely any time has gone by since Patch 0.7.2 added a new map and bunch of new characters to play around with, and already the Vampire Survivors team has returned with a brand new batch of toys. Patch 0.7.3, also known as "The Posh One", brings with it a brand new character and weapon, as well as two new Arcanas to experiment with.
Best of all, you don't even need to unlock the new weapon La Robba in order to use it. The friendly merchant you can meet at the beginning of every stage (once you've unlocked him anyway) can sell it to you for a small bit of gold. La Robba essentially throws random bits of bouncing garbage at your enemies, which given enough buffs, can result in some hilarious moments where you get to watch death itself get repeatedly pelted with office furniture.
Team Fortress 2's newest update seems to have solved the bot and cheater epidemic
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[Update]: Valve has just unleashed the second round of Team Fortress 2 fixes and improvements.
After a recent and surprisingly effective protest, Valve announced that they are working on a solution for the endless plague of bots and cheaters that have come to infest every inch of Team Fortress 2. Given the complexity of the task at hand I figured it would most likely take Valve a couple of months to sort everything out, if not longer, but in a refreshing twist the Team Fortress 2 team has managed to get everything done in under a single month!
Thanks to the freshly unleashed update a variety of exploits have now been patched out, including a particularly silly one where players could use sv_cheats even on secure servers. The update has also made it so players can't just rapidly change their names during a match in order to avoid getting kicked, and most importantly, greatly improved the Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) system's ability to sniff out bots and cheaters.
Steam Summer Sale 2022 has now landed alongside a boatload of discounts
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[Update]: Steam's Autumn Sale 2022 has now arrived alongside the annual Steam Awards nominations.
If you're looking for a reason to stay indoors and avoid the scorching summer heat, you'll be happy to hear that the 2022 Steam Summer Sale has now arrived. As is tradition, it brings with it an absurd amount of discounts spread across a wide variety of games and genres, as well as a little mini game to mess around with while you shop.
For those of you unsure about which ones to go for, allow me to give you a couple of suggestions for some of the cheaper-yet-still-excellent games out there. Here's the brief list, in no particular order:
Fall Guys has now gone free-to-play and left Steam in favor of the Epic Games Store
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[Update]: Fall Guys' Season 2: Satellite Scramble update is bringing in a variety of new levels and cosmetics.
After being teased for quite a while now, the day has finally come - Fall Guys has gone free-to-play on all platforms! Best of all, the free-to-play launch brings with it both cross-play and cross-progression, so teaming up with friends should be incredibly easy regardless of what platforms you play on.
In order to thank veteran players, as well as to make the whole transition go by as smoothly as possible, the Fall Guys team has given everyone who played before June 21st the Legacy Pack. The freebies include a fancy nickname and nameplate, a couple of costumes, and most importantly of all, the Season Pass for the freshly re-branded Season 1!