The poorly written yet highly enjoyable looter-shooter Borderlands 3 is free to grab for one week
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[Update]: With the Borderlands 3 giveaway now over, the excellent BioShock: The Collection has taken its place!
If you've got a bit of free time and you're looking for something to sink your teeth into, you'll be pleased to hear that Borderlands 3 is currently entirely free to grab! Simply head on over to the Epic Games Store, snag yourself a copy, and you'll be able to enjoy as much toilet humor as you can possible want!
The catch, as always, is that the giveaway is time limited. As such, make sure to get Borderlands 3 before the whole giveaway goes away on May 26th. You don't even need to install the game. Just add it to your account and you'll be able to play it whenever you want and for however long you want.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong has now arrived with a fun story and plenty of jank
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While the Vampire: The Masquerade setting can easily lend itself to a myriad of unique and awesome games, many of them have so far ended up being an ambitious yet rather messy affair. Unsurprisingly, the newly released Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong seems to have followed the exact same formula as most of its predecessors.
Swansong's premise is remarkably fun, as you're essentially thrust into a vampire detective story where important choices have to be made quickly and frequently, with each one seemingly having major and far-reaching consequences. The problem is that both the gameplay and presentation are so janky that it's often going to be difficult to truly immerse yourself into the world and its characters.
New and improved Outward: Definitive Edition has now arrived for PC and consoles
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If you're in the mood for a brutal yet engaging exploration-focused RPG, quite similar to the Gothic or Risen series, you might want to check out Outward's new and improved version. Outward: Definitive Edition comes bundled with both of the previous expansions, a variety of quality-of-life improvements, as well as a bunch of new content to help spice everything up. Naturally, since this is Outward we're talking about, some of that new content has been specifically designed to mess up your day in creative ways!
What this might look like in action, as well as what sort of locations you'll get to explore in Outward, that you can find out through the surprisingly musical trailer below. Have a gander, it's a pretty good one:
Age of Empires 3 is adding two new civilizations and a brand new 'Tycoon' game mode
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[Update]: The Knights of the Mediterranean expansion has now arrived, and so far things are looking pretty good.
Despite it being somewhat overshadowed by the much more popular Age of Empires 2 and 4, I'm happy to say that Age of Empires 3 has not been forgotten. In fact, it's actually going through a bit of a renaissance right now as the Definitive Edition is getting ready to receive a brand new expansion on May 26th, 2022!
The Knights of the Mediterranean will bring with it Malta and Italy as two new civilizations, an assortment of all-new historical maps modeled after some of the most memorable European conflicts, as well as a casual friendly new game mode - Tycoon. This one is a little bit unusual since the focus is not on direct combat, but rather on economic superiority. A bit of an unexpected addition for an Age of Empires game, but it should at the very least be a nice little break from the hectic multiplayer matches.
Isometric Souls-like action RPG Achilles: Legends Untold has now launched into Early Access
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After going through a brief round of testing, the isometric and Souls-like action RPG Achilles: Legends Untold has now landed into Steam Early Access. As you might imagine given the combination of genres, Achilles is all about slicing and dicing your way through groups of enemies, all the while taking great care of your positioning and timing as they are going to be the only things keeping you from becoming a colorful smear on the floor.
What this looks like in gameplay, as well as what sort of atmosphere Achilles is going for, that you can find out through the launch trailer below. Have a gander:
Total War: Warhammer 3's Update 1.2 has brought in new units and much-needed fixes
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[Update #2]: Total War: Warhammer 3's Update 1.3 has added new unit variants and a bunch of improvements
[Update]: Immortal Empires will be coming in August with 86 playable factions and a bunch of awesome improvements!
As a part of their efforts to fix Total War: Warhammer 3's many problems, Creative Assembly has now unleashed Update 1.2. You can expect to see changes to the auto-resolve and the AI's aggression towards the player, better pathfinding and target acquisition for your armies, as well as the very first wave of Regiments of Renown - powerful and lore based units that all come with their own special abilities and appearances.
You can get a quick overview of what all of these changes and additions look like in action through the developer update below. Have a gander:
Fall Guys is going free-to-play and leaving Steam in favor of Epic on June 21st
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[Update #2]: Fall Guys' Season 2: Satellite Scramble update is bringing in a variety of new levels and cosmetics.
[Update]: The day has finally come - Fall Guys has now gone free-to-play!
After a full month of events and teasers, the Fall Guys team has now finally spilled the beans! As many of you may have already guessed, the big reveal is that Fall Guys will be going free-to-play on June 21st, 2022 for PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch.
The good news doesn't end there, however, as the free-to-play version will also launch with cross-play and cross-progression between the various platforms. So regardless of what you're using to play and who you're teaming up with, things should work without a hitch.