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[Update]: Halo: The Master Chief Collection Season 6 has arrived with a new map and gun-game inspired mode.
It's only been two months since the legendary Halo 3 made its way to PC, and already The Master Chief Collection has received a brand new addition. The newcomer, as you might expect, is Halo 3: ODST that explores the events preceding Halo 3 through a rather unique campaign given that you don't play as a super-soldier.
As for the PC port itself, Halo 3: ODST brings with it support for 4K resolutions and 60+ FPS. There's also the always-welcome mouse & keyboard customization, ultrawide support, FOV slider, and that kind of good stuff. In order words, Halo 3: ODST is a rather excellent PC port, much like the rest of The Master Chief Collection.
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[Update]: Overwatch's Halloween Terror 2020 event has arrived alongside an assortment of awesome cosmetics, as well as the Soldier 76 weapon rework!
Even though he has been buffed time and time again, Soldier 76 is simply not good enough for the modern version of Overwatch. With high healing power and a reliance on burst damage, the current meta doesn't leave much room for a slow-and-steady character, especially not one who has to compete for a spot with long-ranged powerhouses like Ashe and Widowmaker.
So after unsuccessfully trying to buff him through numerical changes alone, Blizzard has now decided to take things in a bit of a different direction. Instead of giving him one more point of damage, the new experimental update has completely removed bullet spread from the equation, and instead added a constant vertical recoil.
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[Update #2]: The Blizzcon Online convention will be entirely free to watch this February.
[Update]: Continuing on with the theme of delays, World of Warcraft's Shadowlands expansion has been delayed until late 2020!
Due to the world being a bit of a wonderland right now, Blizzard will not be holding their annual Blizzcon convention later this year. Instead, they will be switching to an all-online variant with mostly the same amount of content and fan-interaction.
Needless to say, changing everything up takes a fair bit of time, so because of this Blizzcon Online will be breaking tradition and taking place from February 19-20, 2021. The exact details behind each event haven't been announced just yet, but if you're planning to join any of the fan contests, you might want to check out the official website given that Blizzard has now opened up submissions.
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[Update]: The Fallen God expansion has just arrived, and so far the user reviews are looking quite good.
If you love a bit of smashing and bashing in your strategy games, you might want to keep an eye on SpellForce 3's Fallen God standalone expansion. It'll be arriving this November 3rd with a brand new faction in tow - the nomadic, highly aggressive Trolls that are more than eager to flatten anyone that dares encroach upon their lands.
For those of you wondering just how angry the trolls are, as well as what their campaign will be all about, that you can find out through the recently posted and rather brief trailer. Have a peek, it sets up the Trolls rather nicely:
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[Update]: The newest patch has now also fleshed out France, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.
In an effort to further flesh out the already massive world map, Microsoft Flight Simulator will be releasing a major update every couple of months. The first of these has just arrived, and as the title would suggest, it is entirely about Japan!
"World Update I: Japan features upgraded digital elevation mapping across the entire country, high-resolution 3D photogrammetry for six prominent Japanese cities (Sendai, Takamatsu, Tokushima, Tokyo, Utsunomiya and Yokohama), and six exquisitely hand-crafted airports (Hachijojima, Kerama, Kushiro, Nagasaki, Shimojishima, and Suwanosejima)," reads the brief announcement.
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When The Walking Dead : Saints & Sinners was first announced, many were skeptical. Not only was it yet another zombie-focused VR game, but it was also a tie-in for a TV show that's past its prime. The odds were heavily stacked against it, yet Saints & Sinners persevered and ended up being genuinely awesome, even when you ignored The Walking Dead connection.
So when it was time for The Walking Dead Onslaught to step into the spotlight, people were a lot more receptive to the idea. Sadly, that did very little to help Onslaught and its recent launch on PC and PSVR given that most of the user reviews are currently extremely savage.
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[Update]: After only a few months in Early Access, Torchlight 3 has now been unleashed onto PC and consoles.
Torchlight 3 entered Steam Early Access back in June, and unfortunately it did so alongside mostly negative reviews. The main issue was that it simply didn't have enough content to warrant the price, which considering it's facing off against already well-entrenched ARPGs like Path of Exile and Diablo, left things in a bit of an awkward spot.
A few months and updates have gone by since then, and despite the reviews still being mixed, Torchlight 3 is now slowly getting ready to release in full. You can expect to see it this October 13th on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
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[Update #2]: Valorant's new animal-focused Agent Skye is looking to be an absolute powerhouse!
[Update]: Valorant is getting a chilly and zipline focused new map this October 13th - the Icebox.
Much like Counter-Strike's AWP, the Operator in Valorant is by far the deadliest and most game-changing weapon. However, while in Counter-Strike all players have access to multiple sources of disruption in order to make the AWP fair, in Valorant there's only a couple of characters that have flashes or smokes, which often leaves the Operator user uncontested for large portions of the match.
Thankfully, its reign of terror may have finally come to an end! The freshly launched Update 1.09 has not only increased the Operator's price from 4500 to 5000, but it has also decreased its scoped movement speed, made it more inaccurate directly after moving, as well as slowed down its fire rate. While each individual nerf is fairly small, combined they should make it so it's possible to push a skilled Operator user without watching your entire team drop like flies.
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[Update]: The newest Expeditions update has added a new game mode and plenty of awesome improvements.
Ever since its somewhat disappointing release, No Man's Sky has either improved or overhauled just about every aspect of gameplay. This includes things like base building, ground vehicles, a ton of new quests and areas of interests, and perhaps most importantly, the long-awaited multiplayer mode.
However, the one aspect of No Man's Sky that did unfortunately get neglected is the actual exploration of new and bizarre worlds. Sure, you could find the occasional planet with a wacky color scheme, but more often than not it was exactly the same stuff you'd seen a million times over. And for a game that's all about venturing into the unknown, that's a bit of a shame.
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[Update #2]: Old School RuneScape is heading over to Steam this February 24, 2021!
[Update]: Modern RuneScape has now made its way to Steam.
After almost 20 years of being exclusively available from the official website, RuneScape will soon be making its way to Steam. And when I say soon, I really do mean that as the PC and Mac version of RuneScape will be launching on October 14, 2020.
Old School RuneScape will also be making the transition, though it will be doing so at a bit of a delay. No exact release date has been set for it just yet, but you can expect to see it in early 2021.