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If you're in the mood for a bit of racing, and you're looking for a good excuse to stay out of the summer heat, you might be interested to hear that DiRT Rally is currently free to grab. Simply head on over to the Humble Bundle website, subscribe to their newsletter, and you'll be slamming your car into every nearby tree in no time.
Speaking of which, this whole promotion is a limited time offer. As such, you have about two days in order to grab yourself a copy, after which you'll be able to play whenever you want. You don't even need to install DiRT Rally, just make sure you activate the key and you'll be golden.
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[Update #2]: The Hunter & The Beast, as well as its accompanying free update, have now arrived in force!
[Update]: Gor-Rok, the free Lizardmen Legendary Lord, is looking to be immensely powerful!
Total War: Warhammer 2 has brought with it a variety of improvements, both in terms of gameplay and the strategic depth of the various factions. While this is definitely a positive thing, it has unfortunately resulted in the original Total War: Warhammer races feeling a bit bland in comparison.
In order to address this little problem, as well as to spice up the campaign map, Creative Assembly has now announced a brand new DLC - The Hunter & The Beast. The expansion will bring with it two highly thematic Legendary Lords (Markus Wulfhart for the Empire and Nakai the Wanderer for the Lizardmen), a variety of new units to toy around with, new regiments of renown, new and interesting campaign mechanics, and naturally, a whole bunch of changes to both factions.
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Borderlands 3 is set to arrive this September 13th, bringing with it a wide variety of improvements over its predecessor. You can expect to see a whole bunch of new weapons and weapon types to play around with, numerous and highly distinct locations to explore, a horde of half-crazed characters to interact with and potentially shoot in the face, and naturally, enough explosions to make even Mr. Torque proud!
If you're wondering whether your PC will be able to actually run all of that, especially when it comes to the co-op matches, you might be glad to hear that Gearbox has now revealed the PC system requirements. Have a gander:
World of Warcraft: Classic devs have increased realm capacity in order to combat extreme queue times
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[Update]: Blizzard has now opened up free server transfers from the overpopulated realms.
World of Warcraft: Classic has ended up being a lot more popular than Blizzard expected, so much so that even all of the newly released servers have gotten filled to the brim within a single day! While that is certainly an impressive achievement, it is also a bit of a problem as large servers mean large queue times, sometimes even upwards of three to four hours.
In order to combat this problem, as well as hopefully give everyone a chance to actually play WoW Classic this month, Blizzard has now greatly increased the population caps on all realms. This change shouldn't affect the in-game experience in any real way as Blizzard's layering system will sort everyone into fairly equal groups, but it will make sure that you won't have to go through extremely long queues before getting to play.
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[Update #2]: Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne has now arrived, though not without a couple of nasty issues that will need to be resolved over the coming weeks.
[Update]: To help new players reach the Iceborne expansion as quickly as possible, Capcom has now released some incredibly powerful catch-up gear to the PC version of Monster Hunter: World!
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne is set to arrive this September 6th for consoles, while the PC version will be coming at some point in January. In terms of content, Iceborne will bring with it a massive new region to explore, a whole bunch of new weapons and armor to toy around with, a new and most likely cheesy story to experience, and as you might expect, a boatload of new and returning monsters to slay!
So if you're wondering what these monsters might look like, as well as what their combat style is all about, you might be glad to hear that Capcom has now released a preview video highlighting a ton of them. Have a gander, it's a pretty exciting one:
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[Update #2]: After many delays, Dying Light 2 has now finally arrived onto PC and consoles!
[Update]: Dying Light 2 has been delayed from its spring 2020 release date in order to secure enough time for polishing.
Dying Light 2 will be coming in spring 2020, bringing with it a variety of improvements over the original. Besides simply having smoother gameplay and better visuals, Dying Light 2's campaign will focus a lot more on choices and consequences. As a result of this shift, the Dying Light 2 campaign will be a fair bit shorter than the original's, though replayability will be significantly higher as many of your choices will result is the campaign going off in an entirely different direction.
If you're wondering just how all of this translates into gameplay, allow me to share with you the recently posted and developer-guided gameplay demo. It doesn't exactly go into as much detail as I would like, but it's still a pretty darn interesting preview to check out. Have a gander:
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After spending a fair bit of time in beta, Crytek's PvE/PvP hybrid Hunt: Showdown has now been officially released. So if you're up for hunting a whole bunch of dangerous monsters, as well as fighting against your fellow players in order to actually claim your bounty, Hunt: Showdown might just be up your alley. It certainly is an interesting mix of gameplay styles.
Besides the premise itself, the one thing that makes Hunt: Showdown really stand out is the atmosphere. With excellent sound design and relatively slow paced action, Hunt: Showdown can be surprisingly immersive for a PvP focused game. So much so that I'm a bit disappointed it isn't an entirely co-op focused monster hunting game instead. Now that would be spectacular!
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[Update]: World of Warcraft: Classic is apparently so popular that Blizzard has now greatly increased the population cap on all realms in order to combat extreme queue times.
After what feels like an eternal wait, World of Warcraft: Classic has now released in full. However, getting to actually play it is not exactly a simple task. Most of the servers currently have queue times exceeding two hours, with the bigger servers sometimes even doubling that. As it turns out, WoW Classic is just a little bit more popular than Blizzard initially expected!
So while I unfortunately cannot speed the queue up, I can help you pass a bit of time by sharing the recently posted developer video. It's essentially a group of the original developers messing around with WoW Classic and discussing some of their creations and favorite experiences. Have a gander, it's a pretty fun video:
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While Assassin's Creed Odyssey is pretty fun on its own, it is The Fate of Atlantis DLC that has made it one of the most enjoyable Assassin's Creed games out there. So if you would like to see what all of the fuss is about, I'm glad to say that Episode 1: Fields of Elysium is entirely free to grab until September 1st.
All you have to do is head on over to the Ubisoft website, choose the platform of your choice, and you'll be good to go after a bit of a download. Naturally, you will need the base version of Assassin's Creed Odyssey in order to play the DLC, but even if you don't own a copy, worry not as it's currently 50% off on Steam!
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[Update]: Role Queue has now been officially released for both Competitive and Quick Play!
A little while ago Overwatch has received what is likely to be one of its most impactful updates ever - a brand new main tank called Sigma and the long-awaited introduction of Role Queue. As you might imagine from the name alone, Role Queue made it so you can queue as any (or all) of the three roles and guarantee you'll end up in balanced matches with exactly two supports, two tanks and two DPS. Best of all, each of your roles has a separate matchmaking rating, so you're pretty much always going to play with people that are around your skill level!
Naturally, given the severity of these changes, there is still quite a lot the community doesn't understand about the new Role Queue system and the intent behind it. In order to clarify some of this, as well as dispel some of the most prevalent misconceptions, Blizzard has now released a lengthy developer update on Role Queue.