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[Update]: Fall Guys' major Season 2 update has brought in plenty of medieval mayhem!
If there is one thing that makes a round of Fall Guys turn into an absolute nightmare, it would be the presence of cheaters. Just knowing that nothing you do, and no matter how hard you try, will ever get you closer the glorious crown at the end tends to get a bit demoralizing when it happens over and over again in a single night!
Thankfully, the Fall Guys team has now implemented Easy Anti-Cheat in order to hopefully prevent most of the cheaters from making a mess. There will always be some around because the arms race between cheaters and anti-cheat software is never-ending, but even so, this should greatly improve the quality of the matches.
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[Update #2]: After multiple delays, Kena: Bridge of Spirits is now fully ready to launch.
[Update]: Kena: Bridge of Spirits has been pushed back yet again, this time until September 21, 2021.
Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a story-focused action-adventure about a young spirit guide that has to restore the balance of nature while figuring out what exactly caused the demise of her village. More importantly, it's a disarmingly charming game with some downright adorable visuals!
Unfortunately, we won't be able to get our hands on Kena later this year as originally planned. Much like the ever-growing list of games impacted by the pandemic, Kena has been delayed until Q1, 2021 as the developers need a little bit more time to get everything polished up and ready to go.
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Rogue Factor, the team behind Mordheim: City of the Damned, have now returned with yet another Warhammer themed strategy game. However, while Mordehim was set within the Warhammer Fantasy universe, the freshly launched Necromunda is all about the dystopian landscapes of the Warhammer 40k future.
When it comes to the gameplay, Necromunda will have you take control of one of three unique gangs as they attempt to wrest control of the entire hive city. You'll need to equip and specialize each of their members, send them off on a variety of missions to improve your standing, and naturally, engage in fierce battles against opposing gangs using a combination of melee and ranged weaponry.
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[Update]: Untitled Goose Game has now added a two-player multiplayer mode for even more honking havoc!
If you're in the mood for causing some chaos and mayhem, you'll be pleased to hear that Untitled Goose Game is getting a co-op mode! The second feathery menace to society will arrive this September 23rd as a part of a free update for all players, new and old!
As for what exactly this co-op mode might entail, that you can find out through the recently posted teaser trailer. Have a gander, the geese are certainly adorable little nightmares:
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[Update]: Four years after launch, indie strategy game Into the Breach has just added a ton of free new content.
If you're a fan of strategy games and you've somehow managed to avoid Into The Breach, consider this your chance to remedy that as it's currently entirely free to grab. Simply head on over to the Epic Games Store, log into your account or create a new one, and you'll be blowing up aliens in no time.
Speaking of which, there is a bit of a time limit you might want to keep in mind. This giveaway will only be around until September 10th, so do make sure to add Into The Breach to your account before it gets replaced with the next batch of games.
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If you ever thought that Surgeon Simulator just wasn't chaotic enough, you might be happy to hear that the newly released Surgeon Simulator 2 has brought in a co-op mode for up to four players. Every doctor is the same and has exactly the same lack of competence and fine motor control, so whether the addition of new staff is a actually good thing for your patients will highly depend on how much they care about silly things like lungs and such.
As for what exactly all of this nonsense looks like in actual gameplay, that you can find out through one of the recent trailers. Have a gander, it'll clue you in quite nicely on just what Surgeon Simulator 2 is all about:
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[Update]: Necromunda: Underhive Wars has now arrived for PC and consoles, though not without a fair few bugs.
It has been quite a while since Necromunda: Underhive Wars was first announced, but the long wait is now almost over! You can expect to see Necromunda and its somewhat unique take on tactical gameplay this September 8th on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
When it comes to the actual gameplay, in Necromunda you'll be able to choose from one of three unique gangs, customize and specialize each of their members, and then send them to glorious battle in distinctly Warhammer 40k dystopian hellholes. While the primary focus is on the story-driven singleplayer campaign, there will also be four-way online multiplayer, just in case you feel like a standard battle simply isn't chaotic enough.
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[Update #2]: Fall Guys' major Season 2 update has brought in plenty of medieval mayhem!
[Update]: Fall Guys' mid-season update has remixed the levels and added Easy Anti-Cheat!
While Fall Guys is a remarkably entertaining game, it does have one major flaw - the game modes can get very repetitive, very quickly. The maps themselves don't change, so once you've gone through them all a couple of times, there's very little that can catch you off guard. And given that Fall Guys is all about the chaotic action, having everyone be experts on each challenge isn't exactly ideal.
In order to fix this and add some much needed variety, the Fall Guys team has just announced a whole bunch of new content! Expect to see an assortment of medieval-themed maps, plenty of heavily armored cosmetics, new and wacky emotes, and naturally, a healthy dose of raw chaos.
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[Update]: Totally Accurate Battle Simulator has just launched from Early Access with multiplayer and new factions!
In a bit of a stark contrast to the previous few patches that added highly thematic factions and units, the new Legacy Faction update has gone all out on the craziness. As such, the new faction sports not only obviously overcompensating spearmen and explosive barrel-riding maniacs, but also a modern tank - because why not!
As for what exactly all of this nonsense looks like in glorious combat, that you can find out through the recently posted teaser trailer. Have a gander, it's about as delightfully wacky as you would expect:
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[Update]: After two years in Early Access, Rogue Legacy 2 is set to be unleashed on April 28th, 2022.
After being pushed back a couple of weeks in order to get everything nice and polished up, the roguelike action game Rogue Legacy 2 has now landed onto Steam Early Access. Much like its predecessor, Rogue Legacy 2 will have you explore a large and randomly generated world with a variety of equally random characters, each of which will have some sort of strange or interesting quirk for you to contend with.
Since this is a concept that's far easier to explain through actual gameplay, allow me to share the recently posted launch trailer. Have a gander, it's a rather informative one: