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Back in 2019 Nightdive Studios announced that System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition is in development. While that was certainly an exciting piece of news, what followed was a very long period of silence, which as you might imagine has led to quite a few people wondering just what the Enhanced Edition will be all about, or if the project is even still alive.
Well, I'm happy to say that I bring good news on both fronts. Not only is System Shock 2 still in development, but Nightdive Studios have just announced VR support for it! So if you ever wanted to smack a cyber-monkey across the noggin with a wrench, consider your disturbingly specific wish fulfilled.
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If you're currently playing Guild Wars 2 on macOS, I'm afraid I have some bad news to deliver. Due to technical problems that have been brewing for a few years now, ArenaNet will be shutting down support for the macOS client on February 18, 2021.
"In 2018, Apple ended support for the OpenGL graphics technology that Guild Wars 2 uses on the Mac," explains the brief update. "While games and other software that rely on OpenGL still work for now, Apple has made it clear that this will not always be the case in new OS versions. They have also stopped actively fixing problems on Mac OS related to OpenGL, including graphics hardware driver issues."
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[Update]: Just as planned, the January 13th update has brought with it the very first co-op game mode!
As a part of the new Experimental Lab, Legends of Runeterra will be introducing a co-op vs AI game mode this January 13th. You and your partner will need to communicate and strategize through newly introduced emotes, alternate between acting as the primary attacker and defender, and do whatever it takes to make sure you fend off the Noxus invasion led by either Darius, Draven or Swain.
Before you even begin, you will be offered a selection of Champions, each of which will have a unique deck for you to explore. Naturally, every single Champion will have their own strengths and weaknesses, so choosing complementary partners and building up a shared strategy will be an important part of this new co-op mode.
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[Update]: Overwatch's new map Kanezaka has now landed alongside the Sigma, Ashe and Wrecking Ball nerfs.
Continuing with last year's effort to reduce the overall power level of heroes, Blizzard has now released a brand new experimental update for Overwatch. It brings with it some heavy nerfs to Sigma, Wrecking Ball and Ashe, as well as an unexpected buff for Hanzo.
All of these changes are currently available for testing in-game through the Experimental game mode, but before you run off, here's what exactly Blizzard is looking to tweak:
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[Update #2]: Total War: Warhammer 2 is adding Rakarth the Beastlord as a free Dark Elf faction leader this week
[Update]: Creative Assembly has begun teasing a major Total War: Warhammer announcement.
Thanks to the somewhat recent The Twisted & The Twilight update, Total War: Warhammer 2's Wood Elf faction and campaign have been reworked from the ground up. This rework brought with it an entirely new set of campaign mechanics focused around healing a variety of magical forests, new legendary lord abilities and buffs, a rebalance of the entire unit roster, and perhaps most importantly, the removal of the Amber restriction for purchasing high-tier units.
While these changes were certainly a step in the right direction, some of them have ended up falling a bit short of their goal, especially when it comes to making the oldschool Wood Elf legendary lords more interesting to mess around with. So in order to correct this, Creative Assembly has now released a brand new update that's almost entirely about polishing up the Wood Elves.
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[Update]: 15 years after its original launch, Titan Quest has just received a new expansion - Eternal Embers. Here's to hoping Titan Quest 2 will follow shortly as well!
After being mostly forgotten for an entire decade, Titan Quest underwent a bit of a revival over the past few years. The Anniversary Edition set the foundations back in 2016, after which the Ragnarok and Atlantis expansions beefed up the oldschool ARPG with a ton of new content to mess around with.
The good news doesn't end there as HandyGames, a studio under THQ Nordic's banner, has recently shared a teaser for their brand new game. While they didn't announce any details about this new project, the artwork fits the Titan Quest world and themes extremely well, leading many (including me) to believe that this might just be Titan Quest 2!
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If you're like me and you decided to tackle the Shadowlands leveling process at a fairly relaxed pace, you've most likely noticed that you're not doing the same Torghast weekly quests as other people. This would be because Blizzard made it so you can only get one quest a week, regardless of when you started. So the longer you waited to get to level 60, the further behind you would be compared to those that rushed things.
Thankfully, this fairly massive issue has now been corrected. The entirety of the Torghast questline is now fully unlocked for all characters, regardless of when they hit level 60. Naturally, you'll still need to go through the full questline one step at a time to catch up, but that's definitely a much better alternative than being stuck a month in the past.
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If you're looking to start the new year with a fresh new playthrough, today is your lucky day as GOG is currently running a rather exciting giveaway. The game in question, as you can probably deduce from the title, is the pretty darn solid Metro: Last Light Redux that combines first-person shooting with some highly atmospheric environments and plenty of overgrown ruins to explore.
As always, there is a little bit of a catch. This giveaway will only be live for another ~12 hours, so you might want to grab yourself a copy sooner rather than later. The good news is that once you have the game in your account you'll be able to play whenever you want without any sort of restrictions.
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[Update #2]: The list of the most successful and popular Steam games of 2022 has now arrived, and it's full of surprises!
[Update]: Valve has now revealed the most played and best selling Steam games of 2021, and I'm happy to say there's quite a few indies in there!
If you're not exactly sure which games to grab from the various winter sales, you might be interested to hear that Valve has now released a whole bunch of data for 2020. This covers things like best-selling games, most played games, best-selling VR games, best new releases, and curiously, best games to play with a controller!
There is far too information for me to cover in brief, so if you're interested in all of the details you'll find the full list over at Steam. For now, however, I would like to bring your attention to the most played games of 2020 as the list is rather interesting. Here they are, in no particular order:
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In a rather sudden announcement, developer Bitbox has stated that their survival-focused Life is Feudal: MMO will be closing down its doors on January 18, 2021. Where things get really strange is that instead of Life is Feudal being shut down due to a lack of funding or even a massive exodus of players, Bitbox are essentially being forced to stop operating its servers due to legal pressure.
"A couple of days ago we received an official letter from a certain company that basically says that they will stop paying us our share from LiF: MMO," reads the developer update. "There is nothing much we can do in a legal way since we do not have the required funds to pay for the costly legislation in the US. Especially in a situation where our own hard-earned money will be most probably used against us."