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[Update #3]: I've now also added a teaser for Pharah's Enchanted Armor skin, McCree's Undead skin, as well as Wrecking Ball's genuinely amazing Jack-o-lantern skin. You'll find them down below, along with all of the other newly revealed cosmetics.
Overwatch's Halloween Terror event is set to arrive this October 9th, bringing with it the Junkenstein's Revenge PvE mode, a whole assortment of new and old cosmetics, as well as spookier versions of some of the current maps. If you were hoping for something completely out of the ordinary, I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you as Blizzard is keeping this event fairly light, though there will be a brand new boss in Junkenstein's Revenge, as well as a newly reskinned map to keep us occupied.
As for the cosmetics themselves, Blizzard has now finally started releasing brief teasers for them, all of which you will find right below. The quality of the images and videos is unfortunately a bit low as Twitter has compressed them heavily, but it should still be enough to give you a general idea of what to expect from each skin. Once more cosmetics are revealed I'll make sure to update the list, but for now, have a look at what's coming with this year's Halloween Terror:
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GOG, formerly known as Good Old Games, are currently celebrating a rather impressive milestone that is undoubtedly going to make some of you feel very, very old - their 10th anniversary! And in order to get everyone into the festive spirit, GOG are also currently giving away the co-op focused shooter Shadow Warrior 2 for free.
The only catch is that I am unfortunately a bit late with this announcement, meaning that the whole promotion is set to end in a mere 15 hours. So if you're even remotely curious, head on over to GOG and grab yourself a copy. Once you claim it you'll be able to play Shadow Warrior 2 whenever you want, so don't worry about having to install it right now or anything like that.
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As I've mentioned throughout my review, Vermintide 2 is an immensely enjoyable game that is unfortunately being held back by an overly grindy and ridiculously random loot system. If you're wondering just how grindy we're talking about, let's just say that I've played Vermintide 2 for hundreds of hours and I still don't have any of my favorite cosmetics, namely Kerillian's red dual daggers and Shade's skull mask.
While the cosmetic hats still remain about as rare as pure gold, I am very happy to announce that Fatshark will soon be implementing a way to craft specific veteran/red items. No details have been given just yet, but after the most recent update the option to salvage red items has been disabled, indicating that they are working on some sort of 'red dust' system to complement the already existing crafting methods.
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After quite a long and arduous wait, the Darksiders series will finally be returning this November 27th for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. As you're probably well aware at this point, Darksiders 3 will have us follow Fury on her quest to reunite the Horsemen once more, all the while beating down all sorts of monsters, demons and angels that might foolishly stand in her way.
While your primary means of doing so will be with the business end of a giant whip, there will also be numerous transformations that grand you unique powers and weapons to toy around with. One of these transformation is the rather ominously named Force Hollow, which not only gives Fury magnetic powers, but also a gigantic hammer to smash enemies into tiny little pieces!
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If you're looking for something to occupy your time before the big Halloween sales arrive, you might want to check out the newest Humble 'Overwhelmingly Positive 2' Bundle. As the name itself would imply, this bundle is filled to the brim with games that have achieved the truly impressive Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam, games like SOMA, Nuclear Throne or LISA.
Rather than babble on, allow me to share with you the full list of games, as well as the pricing tier they appear in. Have a gander:
Overwatch's annual Halloween Terror event will be arriving this October 9th for both PC and consoles
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After the somewhat disappointing Summer Games, Overwatch will soon have another chance to impress the playerbase as the Halloween Terror event has now been pinned for October 9th. You can expect to see a return of the Junkenstein's Revenge PvE mode (alongside some minor improvements), a variety of new cosmetics to collect, as well as spooky versions of some of the current maps.
While no details have been given just yet, one of the recent leaks has revealed the six heroes that are likely to receive the most impressive cosmetics this time around. Those heroes are rumored to be: Hammond or Roadhog, Moira, Reinhardt, Genji, Soldier and Sombra. However, while the leak appears to be extremely credible, I would still suggest you don't get too excited... just in case.
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Gwent's story-focused singleplayer campaign Thronebreaker was originally supposed to arrive last year, but due to some unfortunate development issues it ended up getting delayed time and time again. Thankfully, the wait is now well and truly over as the newly rebranded Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales will be unleashed this October 23rd for PC, while the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One version will follow on December 4th.
I won't go into any specifics in order to avoid potential spoilers, but what I can tell you is that Thronebreaker's story will follow the warrior-queen Meve as she is forced to go on a warpath due to the imminent Nilfgaardian invasion and dissent from within. Expect to see mature storytelling in the vein of The Witcher 3, as well as plenty of exploration, unique puzzles, and brand new card mechanics to toy around with. CDPR has been working on this one for quite a while, so they really have packed in pretty much everything that could fit!
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Unlike the previous update that brought in an iconic monster for us to fight, Monster Hunter: World's upcoming The Autumn Harvest Fest will focus more on offering a variety of cosmetics to collect, themed quests to solve, and naturally, even more weapons and armor to toy around with. And since we're entering Halloween season, you might also be glad to hear that we'll be getting plenty of spooky cat-themed decorations to brighten up the Gathering Hub.
The whole event will only last until October 18th, so if you want to collect all of the new armor sets you'll want to start questing as soon as possible. On the other, if you don't particularly care about Halloween and the costumes that come with it, there will also be plenty of in-game boosts to spice the event up. Expect to receive a free ticket to adjust your character's gender and appearance, additional vouchers and better login bonuses, as well as daily sales on in-game items and services (including the always-useful Workshop)!
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[Update #2]: The release date for Minecraft: Dungeons has been pushed back from April 2020 to May 26th on all platforms.
[Update]: Minecraft: Dungeons' latest developer update showed off a variety of environments, as well as Mojang's plans for the levels themselves.
While Minecraft is without a doubt an amazing game, especially when you load it up with more mods than you can possibly know what to do with, it has always lacked a certain sense of adventure for me as there is very rarely any sort of reward for your efforts. Sure, you could find an abandoned mineshaft filled with spiderwebs and long-overgrown tracks, but it's almost never going to be anything more than that. There's never going to be a strange portal at the very end of it, or even a random boss you might need to solve a few puzzles to unlock, and that is a real shame.
If you share my sentiment, you might be interested to hear that Mojang has now officially announced Minecraft: Dungeons - a brand new action-adventure spin-off inspired by classic dungeon crawlers. As you might expect from that description alone, Minecraft: Dungeons will have you brave "wildly varied levels" either solo or with a group of friends, tackle all sorts of new enemies and traps, scour all corners of the earth for treasure and equipment, and naturally, beat a big bad boss at the very end.
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Hitman 2 is set to arrive this November 13th, and thankfully, it will not be using its predecessor's episodic format. So once it finally arrives you will be able to enjoy all of the missions from the get-go, while the post-launch content will come in the form of new Elusive Targets, cosmetics, and most likely DLCs with new maps to mess around with.
I can't tell you anything about the DLC maps as the developers probably haven't even started working on them just yet, but what I can show you is a preview of the swampy and treacherous Colombia map. Have a look, it seems like quite an interesting one: