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[Update #2]: Amnesia: Rebirth has now been unleashed for PC and PS4, and unsurprisingly, it's pretty much the original game with new content and a few extra bells and whistles.
[Update]: Amnesia: Rebirth's preview offers a closer look at the story and otherworldly environments.
Quite a few years have gone by since the original Amnesia, so if you're feeling an itch for some psychological horror, you'll be happy to hear that the sequel is just around the corner. To be more specific, Amnesia: Rebirth will be launching this October 20th on Steam, GOG, Epic Game Store and PlayStation 4.
As for what exactly Amnesia: Rebirth has to offer, and it how it even improves upon its excellent predecessor, that you can find out through the recent and fairly lengthy gameplay preview. Have a peek:
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[Update]: Fall Guys' major Season 2 update has brought in plenty of medieval mayhem!
While the recent mid-season update has added a nice bit of new stuff to keep things fresh, Fall Guys really could use some completely new content in order to bring back that feeling of chaotic excitement. Thankfully, we won't have to wait for too long for that to happen as the developers have just announced that Season 2 will begin on October 8, 2020!
You can expect to see a menagerie of medieval maps, a variety of new mechanics and challenges, new twists on old game modes, and as is tradition, a healthy does of pure chaos as everyone scrambles to 'help' each other out. There will also be a whole bunch of new cosmetics featuring things like wizards and knights, new and even wackier emotes, and all that kind of good stuff.
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If you're a fan of roguelikes, today is a pretty good day. Earlier in the morning The Binding of Isaac devs have released a few more tidbits of information about the massive Repentance expansion, while the classic roguelike Spelunky has just received an impressive new sequel!
As you might expect from a sequel, Spelunky 2 has taken all of the elements from the original, and then both improved and expanded upon them in a variety of ways. This means you'll see more numerous and elaborate levels, a whole assortment of new traps and enemies, new characters and items to toy around with, more branching paths and interactions, and perhaps most importantly of all, online multiplayer!
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[Update #2]: The Airship has now arrived, and it really is a massive map!
[Update]: The Airship, Among Us' newest and biggest map, is launching this March 31st.
Among Us has become ridiculously popular over the past few months, to the point that it's now actively competing with Dota 2, PUBG and Counter-Strike for the top spot on Steam. Given its success, it shouldn't come as too much of as surprise to hear that the developers were planning a bigger and more ambitious sequel.
However, in a bit of a unique twist, the devs have now decided to cancel Among Us 2 and instead bring all of that new content into the original Among Us! While the full list of planned changes and improvements is still nowhere to be found, here's a brief preview of what is to come in the near future:
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[Update #2]: The Binding of Isaac's final and absolutely massive expansion Repentance has now been unleashed!
[Update]: Change of plans, Repentance will now be launching on March 31, 2021!
It would appear that The Binding of Isaac team simply doesn't understand what the word "final" means. After already going through two rounds of final expansions for the roguelike classic, the "FINAL FINAL FINAL mega expansion" called Repentance is now set to arrive this December 31st! The exact date is most probably a placeholder, but with Repentance being 90% complete so far, it's more likely than not it'll arrive later this year.
When it comes to the actual content, the Repentance expansion seems to be genuinely impressive so far. It'll bring with it 130 new items to toy around with, a new alternate path with brand new chapters and final boss, 100 new enemies, 25 new bosses, and perhaps most importantly of all, 5000 new room designs to master!
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[Update #2]: Amnesia: Rebirth has now been unleashed for PC and PS4, and unsurprisingly, it's pretty much the original game with new content and a few extra bells and whistles.
[Update]: Amnesia: Rebirth's lengthy preview offers plenty of great atmosphere and a glimpse at the monster.
If you ever wanted to see what kind of dark sorcery happens behind the curtains of game development, today's your lucky day. With Amnesia: Rebirth launching this October 20th, Frictional Games have decided to release the full source code for Amnesia: The Dark Descent and A Machine For Pigs under the GPL v3 license!
Much like how the warning on the website will tell you, this doesn't mean that Amnesia is now suddenly free. Frictional still owns all of it, but this does allow you to peek under the hood to see how the engine works, how the various gameplay mechanics were handled, and perhaps even puzzle over some particularly arcane piece of code. After all, Amnesia is over 10 years old at this point, so odds are there's some janky nonsense in there - there always is!
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If you feel like the poor people in Untitled Goose Game just haven't suffered enough, you'll be delighted to hear that there is now a two-player co-op mode available! After all, if one goose alone is an unrelenting menace, two working together can only be described as a walking apocalypse!
In terms of the actual gameplay, the secondary goose is basically the same as the original, just with a couple of small cosmetic differences to help set them apart. So regardless of which feathered fiend you decide to pilot, your experience should be exactly the same.
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[Update]: Following the success of the original, Supergiant Games are now working on a bigger and bolder sequel!
After spending a little under two years in Early Access, Hades has now rather suddenly been released alongside a major new update. So if you're in the mood for some stylish, roguelike dungeon-crawling, you can now properly dive into Hades on PC or the Nintendo Switch.
As for what exactly Hades has to offer on the gameplay front, as well as what sort of atmosphere it's going for, that you can uncover through the recently posted launch trailer. Have a peek, it's a pretty fun one:
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[Update]: Blasphemous' final free expansion has now arrived - Wounds of Eventide.
After Blasphemous' rather chunky free DLC "Stir of Dawn" launched back in August, I figured that's pretty much it for the Souls-like action-platformer. Thankfully, it would appear that I was completely wrong as the The Game Kitchen and Team17 have just returned to announce that Blasphemous is now available on both macOS and Linux!
Much like the rest of the multi-OS games on Steam, if you already own one copy of Blasphemous, you'll be able to play it on all three platforms. As for what exactly Blasphemous even looks and plays like, that you can find out through the freshly posted launch trailer. Have a peek:
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[Update]: Twelve years after the original, the PC version of Spelunky 2 has now been unleashed!
Even though they've been around for a very long time, action-roguelikes finally made it into the spotlight with the original Spelunky. This was the case because not only did Spelunky have highly appealing visuals, but with randomized levels, a massive difficulty curve and plenty of secrets to uncover, it was one of those games you could play for a hundred hours and still have more to discover.
With all of that in mind, I am delighted to say that the sequel is now nearly upon us. After a two week delay from the launch of the PS4 version, Spelunky 2 will be making its way to PC this September 29th!