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Despite it being among the very first features advertised in interviews and trailers, No Man's Sky launched without any sort of multiplayer. A real shame since exploration and crafting games are infinitely more enjoyable with a couple of friends at your side. Quite a lot of time has passed since then, however, and I am very glad to say that Hello Games has now finally corrected that little mistake by adding a full multiplayer experience as a part of Update 1.5.
Besides being able to explore the world alongside your buddies, Patch 1.5 has extended the base-building system to the point that you can now make highly complex bases in any region, added a new third-person mode for both vehicles and ground exploration, overhauled the visuals and crafting systems, and perhaps most interestingly of all, allowed you to take control of entire armadas. There still doesn't appear to be much of an end-game outside of wondering across the world, but I have to give credit where credit is due, Hello Games has certainly made that part of the game a lot more engaging through all of these massive updates!
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider will be coming this September 14th for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, bringing with it a much more badass version of Lara. Perhaps more interestingly, it'll be moving the action away from some fairly nondescript locations into quite literally the Mayan apocalypse, with all of the lush jungles and ancient temples you might expect from the setting.
While the recently posted trailer won't give you a detailed look at everything Shadow of the Tomb Raider has to offer, it will at least give you a bit of a sneak peek at the sort of locations and temples you'll get to rummage through. Have a look, it's a short but sweet video:
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[Update]: Ninja Theory is working on a highly ambitious sequel to Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.
While the combat was a little bit mediocre, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice made up for all of that with a truly immersive atmosphere and some rather lovely visuals. And what better way to enhance those qualities than by putting yourself directly into the world, which is why I'm very glad to say that Hellblade: Senua's Sacrfice VR will be coming this July 31st as an entirely free update on Steam!
If you're wondering what exactly the VR version has to offer, and what the developers are even trying to accomplish with it, you'll find the recently posted developer diary right below. Have a look, it's quite an interesting video:
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Steam has quite recently changed the way it handles download region selection and matchmaking geolocation, all in an effort to ensure that multiplayer matches are created with as little ping difference between the players as possible. Unfortunately, these changes have resulted in Vermintide 2's matchmaking system becoming incredibly slow and inconsistent, especially in regions with lower populations.
While the Vermintide 2 devs are still working on tweaking their system to avoid this issue entirely, they have now introduced a small workaround - a new option that lets you extend how far the in-game matchmaking will look before giving up and making you host. It's obviously not an ideal solution and you might end up in matches with noticeably more lag than before, but it will ensure that you actually find a game to play in rather than simply leave you standing around in the keep.
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After around six years of adventures, Clementine's story will finally be getting concluded with the aptly named The Walking Dead: The Final Season. While the full schedule has not been confirmed just yet, you can expect to see the very first episode arrive this August 14th.
If you're wondering what exactly it's going to be about, as well as what Clementine looks and acts like nowadays, you'll find the answer you seek in the recently posted preview down below. The video shows off the first ~15 minutes from the initial episode, so while you will get a pretty darn good idea of what The Final Season is all about, it is important to mention that there will be plenty of minor spoilers sprinkled throughout the video as well. So if you don't mind having some of the starting choices and consequences revealed to you, here's the rather interesting preview:
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Much like its predecessor, Guacamelee! 2 is a Mexican-themed action-platformer with more than a fair share of Metroidvania elements to spice things up. As you might expect from that description alone, Guacamelee! 2 is going to be all about wondering across a giant world, collecting new powers to use for combat and exploration, stringing together lengthy combos in order to exploit an enemy's weakness, and occasionally even turning into a chicken... because why not!
If this sort of combination sounds like a great deal of fun, you might be interested to hear that Guacamelee! 2 will be releasing in the very near future, on August 21th to be more specific. In terms of platforms, however, you can expect to see it on both PC and PS4.
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World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth's pre-patch has arrived a little while ago, bringing with it a variety of changes for everything from PvP to leveling. Most notably, the pre-patch introduced a massive stat-squish in order to stop the constantly ongoing inflation of damage and health numbers. While the tweaks have managed to accomplish just that, they have unfortunately also made the leveling process a lot more difficult than before, and consequently a lot slower as well.
In order to correct some of these issues, Blizzard has now released a hotfix that has reduced the damage of level 15-100 enemies by 14%, as well as their health by 24%. While there might still be some outliers, this should go a long way towards solving the problem of high level enemies having nearly the same amount of health and damage as their lower level counterparts.
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Given how poorly Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana ran on PC when it first launched, I am quite delighted to announce that the PC port of Ys: Memories of Celceta has now arrived without any major issues! What it did arrive with, however, is the usual batch of PC-exclusive features: support for a variety of resolutions, an unlocked frame rate, and naturally, fully customizable controls. For those of you that like an additional challenge, the PC version also features a brand new Boss Rush mode.
You can get a bit of a peek at what all of this looks like in-game through the recently posted trailer. It's not exactly long, but it should help answer some of the basic questions you might have about Memories of Celceta. Have a look:
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After spending quite a bit of time on the PTR, Overwatch's cutest and quite certainly strangest hero has now finally made his way to the live servers. As you're probably well aware from the image above, Wrecking Ball is a sentient, highly intelligent hamster piloting a deadly and ridiculously mobile mech. While I'm not a big fan of Wrecking Ball as a character, his gameplay style more than makes up for any shortcomings as it's just the perfect blend of mobility and burst damage.
If you have no idea what I'm actually talking about, allow me to share with you the recently posted trailer. It's fairly brief and all of the abilities are obviously exaggerated, but it'll still give you a pretty darn good idea of what Wrecking Ball is capable of. Have a gander:
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World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is set to arrive this August 14th, bringing with it a renewed focus on the war between the Horde and the Alliance. It's the same song and dance we've seen with just about every expansion so far, but it does seem that Battle for Azeroth will take things a lot further with the new War Mode and some actually relevant conquests.
In order to get everyone up to speed on the two characters that will be leading this conflict, Sylvanas Windrunner and Jaina Proudmoore, Blizzard has once started releasing some rather beautifully animated shorts. The very first one of these videos is simply titled Warbringers: Jaina, and I would highly recommend you give it a look, if for no other reason than the awesome music: