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[Update]: The Chaos Wastes expansion has now finally arrived, and as expected, it's a pretty good one!
Fatshark announced quite a few months ago that they are working on a rather sizable new expansion for Vermintide 2 - Chaos Wastes. And then, in true Fatshark fashion, they proceeded to go radio silent and never actually explain what the Chaos Wastes will even bring to the table, let alone when the expansion will actually launch.
While that first part is unfortunately still a mystery, I am pleased to say that we now at least have a release window! As such, you can expect to see the PC version of Chaos Wastes launch this April, while the console version will follow at a later date.
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[Update]: Overwatch has launched an adorable Pachimari themed event alongside these experimental balance changes.
While progress on Overwatch 2 seems to be going at a glacial pace, things are looking much better for the original Overwatch. Only a little while has gone by since the last major balance update, and already Blizzard has unleashed a new set of experimental patch notes.
Unlike some of the previous updates, however, this time around it's mostly just minor buffs. As such, you can look forward to Genji, Mei, Pharah, Reaper and Sigma getting a bit of a boost, while Zarya is looking to take a pretty serious hit to her energy conservation. Here's the full list of changes:
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Even though Valve managed to get a rather sizable chunk of players to dive into their card game Artifact, things turned sour very quickly. Due to a combination of balance problems and an overly restrictive in-game economy, players quickly found themselves running out of options, and soon enough out the door as well.
Month after month Artifact's player numbers crumbled, until finally Valve announced that they will be halting all future updates and reworking Artifact from the ground up. Quite a lot of time and patches have gone by since then, but I'm afraid Artifact 2.0 has run into exactly the same problem as the original - there is just not enough interested players to warrant further development. As such, Valve has now officially stopped working on both Artifact and the Artifact 2.0 Beta.
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[Update #2]: Burning Crusade Classic is launching on June 1st, and the pre-patch on May 18th!
[Update]: The Dark Portal has been opened - the Burning Crusade Classic beta is now live!
After a few rounds of rumors and leaks, the latest of which pretty much spoiled the entire surprise, Blizzard has now finally and officially spilled the beans. And so, in an announcement that I'm sure comes as a massive shock, Blizzard has now unveiled Burning Crusade Classic!
The exact release date hasn't been given just yet, but Burning Crusade Classic will definitely be launching in 2021, while its beta test will be starting up in the near future. It'll be pretty much the same scenario as with the original WoW Classic - all of the old features and content will be present and accounted for in their original form, just slightly spruced up in order to work on modern machines.
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After Anthem's disappointing launch and dwindling player numbers, BioWare decided to put all updates on hold in order to rework both the gameplay and progression systems from the ground up. Unfortunately, it seems that may have been too big of a task, even for a studio as experienced as BioWare. As such, I'm sad to say that development on Anthem has now been officially canceled.
"In the spirit of transparency and closure we wanted to share that we’ve made the difficult decision to stop our new development work on Anthem (aka Anthem NEXT)," reads the brief announcement. "We will, however, continue to keep the Anthem live service running as it exists today."
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[Update]: Gearbox is working on a brand new Tales from the Borderlands adventure game!
When Telltale Games shut down in 2018 their games quickly got pulled from digital storefronts. The immensely popular ones like The Walking Dead series returned with remarkable speed, while the rest ended up getting stuck in legal limbo. A fair bit of time has gone by since then, but I'm happy to say that a brand new game has just managed to escape that living nightmare!
The game in question is the truly terrific Tales from the Borderlands, a choice-driven adventure that takes place between Borderlands 2 and 3. So if you're in the mood for a heavily story focused Borderlands game, you can now once again pick it up on PC, PlayStation and Xbox, while the Switch version will be launching on March 24, 2021.
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[Update #2]: Burning Crusade Classic is launching on June 1st, and the pre-patch on May 18th!
[Update]: Burning Crusade Classic will be launching in 2021, with the beta starting up soon.
BlizzCon Online will be starting this February 19 and will feature a great deal of announcements for the World of Warcraft and Diablo series. While most of the information is still shrouded in mystery, you might be quite happy to hear that Blizzard has accidentally leaked one of the big reveals - the long-awaited World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic!
Burning Crusade Classic will bring with it all of the excellent content you might expect: Blood Elves and Draenei as new races, Outland as a new continent to level through, new raids and dungeons to toy around with, the Arena PvP system, as well as Jewelcrafting as a brand new profession. Most importantly of all, Burning Crusade Classic will bring back the Fel Reaver in all of its one-shotting glory to scare the living daylights out of a brand new generation of newbies!
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[Update]: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake is now in the hands of the series' creators - Ubisoft Montreal.
The remake of the classic Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was originally supposed to arrive in January, but due to the pandemic throwing a wrench into things, Ubisoft chose to postpone it to March 18th. Unfortunately, it seems that even that was too optimistic as Ubisoft has now come out to announce yet another delay.
"Since announcing Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake in September, we saw an outpouring of feedback from you on this beloved franchise," reads the brief update. "It is your passion and support that is driving our development teams to make the best game possible."
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[Update #2]: Crash Bandicoot 4 has now landed onto Steam as well, while a new game is likely to get announced on December 8th, 2022.
[Update]: Crash Bandicoot 4 has now made its way onto PC, though sadly with an always-online requirement.
As a part of a recent announcement, Activision has revealed that Crash Bandicoot 4 will be heading over to PS5, Xbox Series X and S, as well as Nintendo Switch on March 12th. The good news doesn't end there, however, as a separate post has unveiled that the PC version is in the works as well!
Unfortunately, while the console have a firmly set release date, the exact launch of the PC version is currently shrouded in mystery. That said, Activision has stated that the PC version is "coming soon" and has already opened up pre-orders on BattleNet. So if we're lucky, Crash Bandicoot 4 might just slide-jump over to PC a month or two after the consoles.
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[Update #2]: After a dominating performance, MTG Arena is now banning Time Warp!
[Update]: MTG Arena has launched a Historic Shakeup event that aims to disrupt the most powerful decks.
Despite getting banned in the Standard format back in September 2020, Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath has continued to be a massive problem for MTG Arena and Magic: The Gathering as a whole. This eventually culminated in him becoming one of the most played creatures across the vast majority of formats, even some of the ridiculously high-powered ones like Modern.
Something clearly needed to be done, and I'm happy to say that Wizards of the Coast has now finally struck back against the omnipresent titan. In other words, Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath has now been banned from just about every format! And in order to ensure this type of mistake doesn't happen again, his partner in crime Omnath, Locus of Creation has been properly banned from Historic instead of merely suspended.