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[Update #2]: Conan Exiles' huge Update 3.0 has added corrupted magic, revamped perks and brought in a Battle Pass.
[Update]: Conan Exiles has now added mounts, lances and mounted combat!
After a rather fruitful stay in Early Access, Conan Exiles has now released in full on both PC and consoles alongside a rather hefty new update. There's now a brand new action-orientated combat system, two massive and varied zones to explore, new monsters and invasions to fend off, new gods to worship and unleash upon your enemies, new dungeons to plunder, new crafting recipes, and the list goes on for a while.
You can find the full list of changes and additions over at the official website, but if you're curious about what all of this might look like in-game, allow me to share with you the recently posted and rather lengthy launch trailer. Have a gander:
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Hearthstone is currently having a bit of a balance problem in both its Standard and Wild formats. On one hand you have Standard mode which is littered with all sorts of aggressive Paladins, mana-cheating Warlocks and decks relying entirely on Spiteful Summoner, while on the Wild side you have all of that plus decks based around abusing Naga Sea Witch in order to fill the board with 8/8 giants. As such, I am very pleased to announce that salvation is almost at hand!
The newly revealed balance update will be arriving after the HTC playoffs (so after May 20th), bringing with it some much-needed nerfs to pretty much all of the problematic cards. The list is fairly short and sweet, so without further delay, here's what's being adjusted:
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After being accidentally leaked and then teased for quite a while now, Bethesda has finally come out with an official announcement for Rage 2. As you might expect given the original Rage, it's going to be a first-person shooter set in the dystopian future, though what you might not expect is that Rage 2 is going to be all about fast-paced, colorful and completely over-the-top action. In many ways it feels like a sequel to Bulletstorm than Rage, but you certainly won't hear me complain about that!
Since trying to explain all of this through words alone is a bit of a wasted effort, allow me to share with you the recently posted gameplay trailer. It's fairly brief, but it'll give you a pretty darn good idea of what to expect from Rage 2. Have a look, the video is quite something:
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[Update]: Patch 1.0.8 has now arrived to the live servers. You can find out more by heading over here.
While Vermintide 2 is a highly enjoyable game, and one that I'm still playing to this very day, it is also riddled with so many bugs its sometimes difficult to appreciate all of the good parts. With that in mind, I am very glad to say that Vermintide 2's massive bugfixing patch 1.0.8 will be leaving the test servers and fully releasing at some point this week, most likely on Thursday.
There are far too many details to cover in brief, so if you're interested in the full patch notes you should head on over to Steam. What I will highlight, however, is that every single map has been reworked in order to prevent enemies from attacking through terrain - a change that should go a long way towards making Vermintide 2's harder difficulties a lot more fair and a lot less frustrating! The only downside is that this massive update is truly massive, by which I mean it's around 20GB in size, so do be prepared for a bit of a wait once the patch actually goes live.
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After being available in the East for quite a few months now, the action-RPG Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time has finally made its way to the West via PC and PS4 as well. While it is quite clearly made for fans of the show, it is worth mentioning that Chamber of Time has its own self-contained storyline and detailed character introductions, so you should be able to play it even if you're not super-familiar with the show.
Since a lot of Chamber of Time's strengths rely on exactly this connection to the show and its characters, allow me to showcase that by sharing with you the recently posted launch trailer. It'll give you a pretty good idea of how closely Chamber of Time emulates the show, as well as what the actual gameplay is all about. Have a look:
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[Update #2]: The Anniversary update has now arrived. You can learn more over here.
[Update]: All 11 of the upcoming Anniversary skins have now been leaked. You can check them out over here.
Overwatch's second anniversary is fast approaching, and so it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that the second annual Anniversary update will be coming soon as well, on May 22nd to be specific. What might come as a bit of a surprise, however, is that the Anniversary update will bring with it all of the past seasonal items and brawls! So if you ever wanted to try out Lucioball, or just grab some cosmetics you missed during the previous months, this update will have you covered.
As far as new content is concerned, there will be 8 new Legendary skins, 3 new Epic skins, 3 new dance emotes (Doomfist, Moira, Brigitte), as well as 36 miscellaneous items to collect. If the previous event is any indicator, the full list of cosmetics is going to be announced throughout this week, but so far I can only tell you that one one them is going to be Pirate Junkrat. I can only hope Blizzard will continue with the costume theme and also introduce the Swordsman Genji skin teased in the Halloween comic, because that thing is pretty darn sweet!
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If you have a bit of free time and the will try out something new, you might be interested to hear that the rogue-lite survival game The Flame in the Flood is free for the next 24 hours. Simply head on over to Humble Bundle, go through the 'purchasing' process, activate your key, and The Flame in the Flood will be yours to keep for good.
As for whether its any good or not to actually play, however, I would go with a tentative yes. The difficulty curve is incredibly steep at the very beginning and you're probably going to die over and over again, but once you climb over that initial difficulty hump The Flame in the Flood becomes a lot more interesting, and ironically, a lot more relaxing as well. So if you don't mind losing a couple of 'runs' before you finally figure out what you're doing, I think it's well worth giving The Flame in the Flood a try - it's completely free after all!
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While Shudderwock is by no means an overpowered card, it's overly-long animations are often a complete waste of time. As such, I am very glad to say that Hearthstone's latest update has now not only doubled the speed of Shudderwock's Battlecry animation, but doubled the speed of Lifedrinker's Battlecry animation as well! While this will prevent you from going for a sandwich every time someone plays Shudderwock, it will at least make the card a lot more fun to play against for those that might not be hungry at the moment.
On a similar note, Blizzard has now implemented a variety of changes to Arena in order to improve class balance. Unfortunately, they've done so in the classic Blizzard fashion, by which I mean they've given us absolutely no information or statistics to work with. The only thing I can tell you for certain is that Paladin's absurd winrate will be going down, though by how much and due to which changes I'm afraid I don't know.
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After going through a highly successful Fig crowdfunding campaign and a refreshingly smooth development process, Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire has now finally made its way to PC. Besides continuing on with the original's storyline, Pillars of Eternity 2 features player-controlled ships that you can use to explore a gigantic world, plenty of uncharted islands with treasure to loot and danger to overcome, a whole bunch of new enemies to battle against, and perhaps most importantly, a variety of interesting companions to chat up.
If you're interested in a sneak peak of what all of this might look like in-game, allow me to share with you the recently posted launch trailer. It won't exactly tell you what Pillars of Eternity 2 is all about, but it will at least help you get into the right mood. Have a look:
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Continuing their long-standing tradition of incentivizing charity donations via in-game items, Blizzard has now teamed up with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation in order to release a brand new and rather fancy Pink Mercy skin. The skin will set you back $15 and will only be available until May 21st, though more importantly, all of the proceeds from the Pink Mercy sales will be going directly to the BCRF, with a guaranteed minimum donation of $250,000 from Blizzard themselves.
As for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, I am very glad to say that it not one of those useless charities that spend more on marketing than anything else. According to Charity Navigator, BCRF spends 90.1% of its donations to support a variety of medical institutions, and only 2.7% on its own administration. Those are some pretty darn impressive numbers, so don't feel bad about donating to them.