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[Update]: Hearthstone's Voyage to the Sunken City expansion is bringing in some truly gigantic creatures.
Unlike the previous few expansions that just added more of the same, Hearthstone's Madness at the Darkmoon Faire has decided to really shake things up. Besides the usual batch of new cards and mechanics, Madness at the Darkmoon Faire has brought in the brand new Duels game mode that is a remarkably fun cross between Dungeon Run and Constructed Play, as well as massively overhauled progression and achievement systems.
As for the cards themselves, the most exciting addition is the new Corrupt keyword. Corrupt essentially supercharges the card in question whenever you play a card with a higher mana cost, which as you might imagine, makes for some rather interesting decision-making throughout the match as you constantly have to weight current and future benefits. What exactly these Corrupt cards even do, however, that you can check out through the card list.
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[Update #2]: Creative Assembly have now revealed the full patch notes for The Twisted & The Twilight update.
[Update]: The latest preview is all about the gigantic Wood Elf rework!
After being teased time and time again, Total War: Warhammer 2's Wood Elf focused DLC has now finally been revealed. The Twisted & The Twilight will bring with it two new Legendary Lords, Throt the Unclean for Skaven and Naestra & Arahan for Wood Elves, a bunch of new units and heroes to toy around with, unique mechanics for each faction, and an absolute ton of changes to the Wood Elves as a whole.
The latter part will be arriving alongside a free update, most of which will be focused around getting the Wood Elf campaign onto the level of the other Total War: Warhammer 2 races. As such, you can expect to see a variety of new settlements for the Wood Elves to occupy, a significantly less restrictive Amber mechanic, a more involved tech tree, plenty of quality of life changes and improvements, and most importantly of all, the ability to teleport around through the use of World Roots!
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[Update]: Apex Legends' festive Holo-Day Bash event is launching this December 1st alongside the Winter Express mode.
Despite Apex Legends' Season 7 update being one of the biggest the game has ever seen, all of the positive changes and additions were quickly overshadowed by the Battle Pass and just how much it sucked. And I'm not exaggerating there either, because not only did the initial version of the Battle Pass require nearly three times the effort to complete daily challenges, but the challenges themselves were far more tedious than before.
After seeing the nearly endless waves of complaints, Respawn thankfully decided to fix everything up and make the Battle Pass more like the previous ones. As such, they quickly reverted the daily challenges to their Season 6 equivalent while keeping the star rewards the same, which on its own was already a massive boon.
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[Update]: Overwatch is adding the Priority Pass system to help with lengthy queue times.
Only a few days have gone by since the Experimental Mode closed down, and already Blizzard has brought in the awesome set of quality of life improvements. Ana's biotic grenade will now pass through full-health allies, Hanzo's storm arrows can be manually canceled, while Mei and Symmetra can destroy their wall and teleporter even while dead. The only omission is the Pharah change that allowed her to use her fuel to propel herself downwards, though that will most likely still arrive once Blizzard sorts out all of the bugs.
What might come as a bit of a surprise is that instead of continuing the recent Tracer comic, Blizzard has released a short story about two rather unlikely characters - Symmetra and Zenyatta! So if you're like me and you were waiting for years to get a little bit more lore about the Omnic monk, you might want to head on over to the Blizzard website and give the new story a look.
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[Update]: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is adding Aurora from Child of Light as a brand new character.
Even though Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night released a while ago, I'm happy to say it's still getting major updates. This most recent one has transformed Bloodless, the umbrella-wielding vampire boss from the main campaign, into a fully playable (and free) character!
Instead of powering up by collecting abilities and weapons from fallen enemies, Bloodless can unlock new skills and improve her attributes by seeking out crystal globes scattered throughout the world. So even though Bloodless won't follow the usual gameplay formula, there will still be plenty of reasons to explore every single nook and cranny!
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[Update]: The PC beta for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be running from September 22-26.
The holiday season is nearly upon us, and as is tradition, a brand new Call of Duty game has arrived. The freshly released Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War serves as a direct sequel to 2010's Black Ops, and offers an assortment of multiplayer modes (both new and old), more customization than ever before, and most importantly of all, a brand new outlet for all your zombie-slaying needs!
What might come as the biggest surprise, especially if you've been away from the series for a while, is that Cold War's singleplayer campaign has received a lot of critical praise so far. Not only is it quite immersive and well paced almost all the way through, but it also features a bunch of branching choices with seemingly serious consequences. A good chunk of effort has gone into the campaign, and I'm pleased to say that it really does show.
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[Update #2]: After two years in Early Access, Grounded will be launching in full on September 27th, 2022.
[Update]: Grounded's Hot and Hazy update is adding four new zones, stat upgrades and a bunch of busy bugs!
I hope you're in the mood for a bit of a swim, because Grounded's Update 0.4 is all about expanding and fleshing out the Koi Pond area. What this means in gameplay terms is that you can expect to see a bunch of new critters, everything from tadpoles to the diving bell spider, and as the name itself would suggest, the gigantic and always-hungry Koi fish!
Should you manage to tackle all of these new foes, you will be able to use their various bits and pieces to craft an assortment of new gear and decorations. Besides being able to dress up nice and fancy, you'll definitely want some of these items as they will allow you to explore Grounded's underwater areas without constantly worrying about silly things like breathing or being able to see.
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After a fair few previews, the action focused 'looter-slasher' Godfall has now finally made its way to PC and PS5. As you might expect from that brief description alone, Godfall is all about messing around with a variety of unique weapons and classes, exploring the world and beating up all sorts of baddies alongside a couple of friends, and naturally, collecting more loot than you could possibly know what to do with.
Since combat is by far the most important aspect of these types of games, allow me to share with you the recently posted launch trailer. It should hopefully give you a pretty good idea of just what Godfall has to offer. Have a peek:
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If you're like me and you love not only playing games, but also learning all you can about the process of creating them, I have some extremely good news to share with you. Continuing with their long-standing tradition, Valve has just now released a developer commentary update for their VR wonder Half-Life: Alyx!
It's not a half-hearted effort either, because Valve has compiled over three hours of audio featuring various developers and going over every single inch of Half-Life: Alyx's design! Best of all, the whole commentary is entirely free and available in-game for all owners of Half-Life: Alyx!
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[Update #2]: Overwatch is adding the Priority Pass system to help with lengthy queue times.
[Update]: The quality of life changes have now been added alongside a new Symmetra challenge.
Instead of focusing on the balance like many of the previous patches, the newest experimental update has now brought in a whole bunch of awesome quality-of-life changes. Ana's biotic grenade will now passes through allies with full health, Hanzo's storm arrows can be manually canceled, while Pharah can use her jumpjets to rapidly accelerate downwards, essentially giving her a brand new way to dodge hitscan heroes.
While the experimental update is mostly focused on these types of quality-of-life changes, there are still two notable balance adjustments to highlight: Moira's healing resource consumption rate has been reduced, while Brigitte's recent health buff has been reverted. Here are all of the details: