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[Update #3]: The 'circle' damage has now been greatly increased in Elite Queue in order to prevent camping.
[Update #2]: Respawn has now also announced the contents of the upcoming Season 2!
[Update]: Respawn has announced the list of newly introduced bugs they're currently working on squashing.
After a few months of minimal changes, Apex Legends has now received a fairly massive update. There's a bunch of bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements, a variety of challenges that offer cosmetic rewards, two exp boosting events, and perhaps most importantly, a brand new Apex Elite mode.
When it comes to the new challenges and cosmetics, they're all pretty simple to acquire. Battle Pass owners will get the new legendary Wraith and R301 skins for free, while two wins will allow you to grab a legendary Triple Take skin, five Top 5 finishes an epic Bloodhound skin, while reaching Top 5 in the Apex Elite match will also let you snatch an epic G7 Scout skin. The skins are all pretty cool, so do make sure to finish up all of the challenges before the go away!
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After already gathering quite a few positive reviews from the console crowd, the colorful action-platformer Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom will be coming to PC this July 25th. Best of all, the PC version will be cheaper than the console ones, though no exact price has been announced just yet.
As far as the actual gameplay is concerned, Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom plays somewhat like a standard action-adventure. In other words, expect to see a whole bunch of enemies to beat up, environmental puzzles to solve, bosses to repeatedly stab in the shins, and naturally, secrets to hunt down in search of fancy new upgrades. Oh, and you can also transform into six different forms, each one with their own unique abilities!
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[Update]: The melee-focused Legion update has now arrived!
While most spells in Path of Exile are really fun to mess around with, the melee combat often leaves a lot to be desired. This goes doubly so in the early game when you don't have access to some of the most important support gems, meaning you'll spend most your time swinging around a slow and unwieldy weapon, which is about as fun as it sounds.
With that in mind, you might be glad to hear that these problems will soon be a thing of the past! Once the massive Legion update arrives in three days, melee combat will be receiving a bit of rework, melee abilities will be getting some much-needed improvements, while some of the most powerful spells and items from the previous league will finally get smacked with the nerf-bat.
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[Update]: Shenmue 3 has been revealed as an Epic Games Store exclusive, despite initially promising Steam keys to Kickstarter backers.
After already being delayed from 2018 to 2019, Shenmue 3's release date has now once against been pushed back. Thankfully, you won't have to wait nearly as long this time around given that Shenmue 3 has simply moved from August 27th to November 19th!
"Whilst almost ready, the game simply needs a little more refinement before being truly finished," reads the official update. "We feel that the extra time we have will help us deliver the true Shenmue experience players around the world deserve!"
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If you're looking for a reason to take Jurassic World Evolution for another spin, you might be interested to hear that the Claire's Sanctuary DLC will be coming this June 18th alongside a free update. Expect to see a brand new campaign that's all about saving dinosaurs from an upcoming volcano eruption, a variety of new structures to pretty up your park, three new dinosaurs to mess around with (Albertosaurus, Euoplocephalus and Ouranosaurus), as well as a bunch of other smaller features.
While there isn't much gameplay on display, you can get a bit of a better idea of what Claire's Sanctuary will be about through the recently posted teaser trailer. Have a gander:
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While not as big as an actual expansion, Civilization VI will be getting a pretty sizable free update this June. First and foremost, there will be more diverse ways to increase your production, which should greatly increase your options in the early game. Quarries, pastures and lumber mills will be getting buffed to be more in-line with mines, and perhaps more importantly, you will be able to build lumber mills on rainforest tiles!
The pacing of technologies is also getting a bit of a rebalance, with the biggest change being the increase in cost from the medieval to atomic era. This, combined with some of the new technology requirements, should make for a much more pleasant multiplayer experience.
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[Update #2]: The Surge 2 now has a lengthy and rather exciting developer walkthrough!
[Update]: Well, in the process of writing all of this up, it would appear that Deck 13 has gone and announced the release date themselves. It's official - The Surge 2 will be launching this September 24th!
[Old story]: Despite being announced all the way back in early 2018 and set for a 2019 release date, very little has been heard about The Surge 2 for quite a few months. And with Lords of the Fallen 2 recently losing its main developer, there were also quite a few rumors about The Surge 2 having a troubled development as well.
Thankfully, it would appear that The Surge 2 is chugging along quite nicely! In fact, according to the pre-order listing on the Microsoft website, The Surge 2 will be arriving in the relatively near future - September 23rd!
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Assassin's Creed Odyssey's second DLC "The Fate of Atlantis" is set to play out over the course of three distinct and fully-fledged updates. The first one arrived with the DLC in April alongside some highly positive reviews, while the second one is just around the corner with a whole bunch of new content in tow.
You can expect to see a whole bunch of new boss fights, starting off with the always-cuddly Cerberus and then moving onto some of the most legendary Greek heroes like Heracles or Perseus. There will also be a new storyline to experience, new locations and armor to discover, as well as whole bunch of specters of your previous enemies to fight against. Long story short, make sure to sharpen your blades and prepare for quite a few challenges!
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[Update #2]: Zangetsu has now made his way to Bloodstained alongside a brand new Randomizer game mode.
[Update]: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has now been officially released and I'm glad to say it's received good reviews so far!
One of the Kickstarter goals for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was to create a spin-off game that's heavily inspired by the original Castlevania series. The aforementioned Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon ended up not only being created remarkably quickly, but it also turned out to be a genuinely good Castlevania game with some fun characters to mess around with!
With that in mind, you might be interested to hear that Curse of the Moon's swordsman Zangetsu will be making his way into Ritual of the Night as the second of the three playable characters! Here's a brief teaser showing off what he looks like, as well as who his voice actor is:
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[Update]: The new Darksiders game has been revealed as Darksiders Genesis - a top-down ARPG starring the gunslinger Strife!
While Darksiders 3 launched with quite a few problems, it has slowly but surely managed to transform itself into a rather interesting game. Nothing truly revolutionary or even that special, but as you might imagine, smashing through hordes of demons with completely ridiculous weaponry tends to be an engaging activity regardless!
With that in mind, I am happy to say that THQ Nordic has announced they're already working on a brand new Darksiders game! The details are currently few and far between, but we thankfully won't have to wait for too long in order to find out more as the new Darksiders game will be unveiled during E3 2019.