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[Update #2]: The fourth beta event has now arrived, and unsurprisingly, the Siege Turtle is pretty darn cool!
[Update]: ArenaNet has announced sweeping changes to all nine of the upcoming elite specializations.
Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons expansion will be launching in February 2022, bringing with it the much-anticipated continent of Cantha. Besides a bunch of new zones to explore, End of Dragons will also add an assortment of endgame content, a fishing profession and player controlled boats, nine new elite specializations to toy around with, and even a combat-focused turtle mount that seats two players and is able to briefly fly around thanks to an in-built jetpack!
So if you're interested in what the Siege Turtle might look like in action, as well as what each of the new specializations have to offer, you'll be happy to hear that the upcoming beta event will give you the answers you seek. The whole thing will kick off on November 30th and last until December 4th, during which you'll be able to explore all of the current content with the new additions and see just how each one compares to its predecessors.
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[Update]: The time has come, Creative Assembly has finally unleashed a gameplay preview showing off a battle between Nurgle and Slaanesh. Needless to say, the Nurglings look awesome!
It has only been a couple of days since Nurgle and Slaanesh were first revealed, and already Creative Assembly has given us heaps of information about the Lord of Decay. The last update covered Nurgle's rather unique campaign mechanics, while today's preview is all about the units and heroes we'll be able to toy around with.
As you might imagine, Nurgle's forces will consist of a wide array of plague-ridden daemons, some jovial and some bestial in nature. So while the Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Beasts of Nurgle and even Nurglings will run around the battlefield looking for friends to hug and diseases to spread, the eternally depressed Rot Flies will tirelessly seek to enact revenge on a world that spurned their love. Needless to say, Nurgle's forces will be a colorful lot, even if they mostly do come in shades of puss-green and sewer-brown.
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[Update]: Following in Age of Empire II's footsteps, Age of Empires III is adding two new civilizations and a brand new 'Tycoon' game mode.
For a series that was sadly ignored for a very long time, Age of Empires has managed to reestablish itself quite nicely over the past couple of years. The new and improved Age of Empires 4 has just launched, Age of Empires 2 is still getting frequent updates, and even Age of Empires 3 is now getting ready for a brand new expansion!
As you might imagine from the title alone, Age of Empires 3's upcoming DLC will add the strategically diverse Mexico civilization. Starting from the Commerce Age, Mexico can choose to Revolt in order to access a whole bunch of new cards, only to later return to Mexico while still retaining access to the benefits granted by any cards selected during the revolution. Combine this with an assortment of Federal States you can advance into when going between the ages, and you'll be able to adapt to pretty much any situation and keep the opponent guessing on what your plans truly are.
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[Update #2]: Hitman 3's free July update has added a brand new map to completely ransack- Ambrose Island.
[Update]: IO Interactive has revealed their plans for Hitman in 2022, including things like the Hitman Trilogy, VR support, and new game modes!
2021 hasn't even ended yet, and already IO Interactive have revealed their plans for Hitman 3's Year 2 updates. Needless to say, you can expect to see a whole bunch of new content in the form of new maps, storylines and game modes, though there will also be some fun new extras as well.
First and foremost, VR will be coming to Hitman 3 in January 2022, most likely around January 20th as that's when Year 2 will officially begin! The exact details behind the VR implementation are currently shrouded in mystery, and this includes the supported platforms, but you can get a little bit of an idea of what this might look like in-game by checking out some of the footage from the already available PS VR version.
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[Update]: Stellaris' Toxoids Species Pack has added noble knights, poisonous baths and bad breath.
If you're looking for a few more toys to play around with, you'll be happy to hear that Stellaris has now added a brand new DLC pack alongside a free update. As you would expect from the name alone, the newly added Aquatics Species Pack brings with it an assortment of new options and tools intended to help develop water-born species, and just for good measure, also a massive god-like dragon that can watch over your civilization and its growth.
You can get a bit of an idea of what all of this looks like in actual gameplay through the recently posted developer preview. Have a gander:
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[Update #2]: The time has come, Creative Assembly has finally unleashed a gameplay preview showing off a battle between Nurgle and Slaanesh. Needless to say, the Nurglings look awesome!
[Update]: The newest developer update has now revealed the entirety of Nurgle's army roster. Unsurprisingly, they're quite a jovial bunch!
After a fair bit of buildup, Creative Assembly has recently begun teasing Total War: Warhammer 3's final two launch factions. Unsurprisingly, the dynamic duo will be none other than the Dark Prince Slaanesh and the Lord of Decay Nurgle.
While Slaanesh is still shrouded in mystery, I'm happy to say that thanks to the newest developer update we now have a pretty good idea of how Nurgle's campaign will function! Needless to say, it'll involve a lot of plagues, a lot of demons, and I can only assume a lot of manic cackling as well.
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[Update]: Volition's big Saints Row reboot has now arrived, though not without a fair bit of criticism.
If you were hoping to get your hands on the big Saints Row reboot early next year, I'm afraid you're going to have to wait for a while longer. According to the newest developer update, Saints Row has been pushed back from its February 25, 2022 release date all the way to August 23, 2022.
"Our priority is to create the best Saints Row game yet and, if we released on the original date, it wouldn’t be up to the standards we’ve set ourselves, and that you’re expecting and deserve," the update explains. "The team just need more time to do our vision justice; we’re doing some fine tuning and there won’t be much change in the game outside of overall quality and polish."
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In an announcement that I must admit has caught me completely by surprise, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice studio Ninja Theory has just revealed and released a brand new (and free) update for PC! The freshly added Enhanced update brings with it all of the improvements made to the Xbox Series X|S version, including ray traced reflections and shadows, upgraded materials, better particles and LOD (level of detail), as well as support for both Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR.
As an additional little bonus, the Enhanced update has also added some new accessibility options. These include full controller remapping, subtitle customization, color blindness presets for Deuteranopia, Protanopia and Tritanopia, and more.
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[Update]: Minecraft's Trails & Tales update has added two new friendly mobs and a whole bunch of cosmetic items.
Originally Minecraft's Caves & Cliffs update was supposed to be a singular patch similar to the Nether rework one, but due to the complexity of the endeavor and the ever-increasing scope Mojang opted to separate it into two parts. The first part arrived back in June, bringing with it goats and axolotls, new biomes and biome variations to explore, as well as a whole bunch of new blocks to toy around with.
A fair bit of time has gone by since then, and I'm happy to say that Caves & Cliffs: Part 2 is now nearly upon us! You can expect to see it arrive simultaneously on November 30th for PC, consoles, mobile platforms and both the Bedrock and Java Editions.
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[Update #2]: After over a year of requests, Battlefield 2042's Update 3.2 will finally bring back Classes.
[Update]: Battlefield 2042 devs have detailed their many plans to improve the often-criticized map design.
If you were itching to get your hands on the futuristic Battlefield 2042, I have both good and bad news to deliver. The good news is that Battlefield 2042 has now fully launched onto both PC and consoles, while the bad news is that things are looking really rough so far, even compared to the usually rocky Battlefield launch.
As of right now Battlefield 2042 has a remarkably low user score of 24% on Steam. The main complaints seem to be centered on the plethora of bugs, wide-open maps with little cover, rough gameplay balance, as well as serious technical issues that can result in crashes or simply soft-lock your game.