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Dynasty Warriors 9 currently features an absolutely ridiculous amount of DLCs which add everything from new weapons to simple cosmetics. There is so many of these DLCs, that if you were to buy all of them individually, you would have to spend a rather hefty €676,25!
Since that is completely unreasonable, even for Dynasty Warriors, Koei Tecmo has recently released a Complete Edition that bundles the base game and all of its DLC in a somewhat more affordable €89,99 package. Here's the sort of content you can expect to see from the Complete Edition:
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League of Legends has quite an expansive world filled with a whole bunch of interesting storylines and characters. However, due to League of Legends itself being a MOBA, pretty much the only way you can interact with its universe is by reading snippets of lore or short stories on the website.
So if you're like me and you're looking for a little bit more, you'll be glad to hear that Riot has partnered up with Airship Syndicate to develop Ruined King - a turn-based RPG set in the League of Legends universe! Here's a fairly brief teaser about what Ruined King's story will be about:
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[Update]: Co-op focused Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance has now arrived, though not without trouble.
While Dungeons & Dragons licensed games were all over the place during the rise of PC RPGs, for some reason they have become pretty much extinct these days. A real shame given that the Dungeons & Dragons universe is a genuinely fun one to roam around in, especially when developers decide to set the action in some far-away place that's rarely ever explored.
With that in mind, I should be extremely happy to announce that Wizards of the Coast and Tuque Games have partnered up to develop a Dungeons & Dragons action-RPG called Dark Alliance, but let's just say that the trailer doesn't exactly inspire a lot of hope. Have a look, it's certainly a very... special one:
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While I was initially optimistic about the idea behind PlanetSide Arena, the longer the development went on the more obvious it became that it simply wasn't as interesting as PlanetSide 2. And for a spin-off game that requires large amounts of players in order to launch even a single match, that wasn't exactly a good starting point.
As such, when PlanetSide Arena finally got released into beta, it did so to a rather tiny playerbase. Things only got worse from there as the already small community quickly started bleeding players until pretty much nobody remained. Since developing a game that nobody plays is in no way sustainable, it unfortunately won't come as much of a surprise to hear that PlanetSide Arena will be closing down its doors on January 10, 2020.
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[Update]: Telltale Games are working on a story-driven series based on The Expanse TV show.
While the future for The Wolf Among Us 2 was looking incredibly bleak once Telltale closed down its doors, I am happy to say that sometimes good things do happen to games that deserve it as the development on The Wolf Among Us 2 has now started once again! AdHoc Studio will be the ones developing the game following in the same traditions as Telltale, which shouldn't be all that hard as they have a fair few Telltale veterans among them.
The details for The Wolf Among Us 2 are still few and far between, to the point that AdHoc Studio haven't even given an estimate of when the first episode is supposed to launch. As such, this is the perfect opportunity to give the original another playthrough, or to start it for the very first time!
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[Update #2]: All three games have now landed onto Steam alongside free demos.
[Update]: Heavy Rain, Beyond Two Souls and Detroit: Become Human are all coming to Steam this June.
It took a fair bit of time since the original announcement, but all three of Quantic Dream's modern, narrative-driven games have now made their way to PC. Much like its predecessors, Detroit: Become Human brings with it support for 4K resolutions and 60 fps, the ability to play with a gamepad or keyboard & mouse combo, as well as a variety of minor improvements and optimizations.
If you're wondering what all of this looks like in gameplay terms, as well as what the story might be about, allow me to share with you the launch trailer. Have a look, it's fairly short:
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[Update]: Telltale Games are working on a story-driven series based on The Expanse TV show.
Once Telltale Games closed down their doors back in 2018, the future of all of their projects was immediately thrown into disarray. Robert Kirkman's Skybound Games soon came to rescue The Walking Dead's final season and brought us all a conclusion to Clementine's story, but sadly the rest of Telltale's repertoire was not so lucky.
Quite a lot of time has gone by since then, and with no good news coming out of Telltale, I and many others rightly assumed that this was the end of the story. So you can imagine my surprise when I opened up my email earlier today only to realize that the development on The Wolf Among Us 2 has started once again!
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Hunt: Showdown is a bit of a curious game as it combines PvE and PvP elements in equal measure. As the name itself would imply, your job will be to hunt down a wide variety of monsters in order to claim their bounty, while also avoiding or attacking your fellow players that are trying to do the same. After all, it doesn't matter who managed to land the killing blow on the monster, what matters is who is left alive to grab the prize!
Like I said, it is a bit of an unusual concept, so allow me to also share one of the more recent gameplay trailers. It should give you a much clearer picture of just what Hunt: Showdown is really all about. Have a gander:
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[Update]: It would appear that The Shadow and The Blade has brought with it some rather significant and potentially gamebreaking bugs. On the positive side, Creative Assembly has already announced that they are working on fixing them as quickly as possible!
After an entire week filled with teasers and previews, Total War: Warhammer 2's The Shadow & The Blade DLC has now finally arrived in full. It brings with it Malus Darkblade and Deathmaster Snikch as new and highly unique Legendary Lords, a variety of new units such as the Bloodwrack Medusa and Poisoned-Wind Mortar, as well as a couple of new and interesting heroes like the Eshin Sorcerer and the Dark Elf Master.
While the trailer for The Shadow & The Blade DLC doesn't focus on the units themselves, it will give you a pretty good idea of just what Malus Darkblade is about, as well as how awesome Deathmaster Snikch really is. Have a look:
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[Update]: The Seven Sirens has now arrived, and I'm pleased to say the reception has been overwhelmingly positive so far!
Shantae and the Seven Sirens is a Metroidvania-styled platformer inspired primarily by the original Shantae games. As you might imagine from that brief description alone, Shantae and the Seven Sirens is all about exploring a wast and interconnected world, transforming into various creatures to defeat enemies and open up new pathways, as well as dancing your way to new abilities.
Right now the first part of Shantae and the Seven Sirens is available exclusively on the iOS, though WayForward is already working on a full PC and console version. The exact release date hasn't been announced just yet, but you can expect to see it on all platforms in Spring of 2020.