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After spending slightly more than a week on the PTR, Overwatch 26th hero Moira has now made her way onto the live servers as well! If you're interested in learning more about Moira, or at least reading what her abilities even do, you should head on over to the official website as Blizzard has released a rather nice overview.
As for the accompany update, you'll be extremely glad to hear that it brings with it some major Mercy nerfs, as well as a much-requested buff to Ana's damage! You'll find the full patch notes over at the Overwatch Forums, but for now, here are all of the major hero changes and reworks:
Creative Assembly has released a lengthy campaign preview for Total War: Rome 2's Empire Divided DLC
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Total War: Rome 2's Empire Divided DLC is set to arrive later this month, bringing with it 10 new factions and a whole bunch of new features to toy around with. You can expect to see stuff like banditry, plagues, cults, new general skills, new narrative technologies, updated building chains, new units, an overhaul of the politics system, and naturally, a variety of balance changes.
While the recently posted gameplay preview does not offer a good look at the battles themselves, it should give you a solid idea of what the new campaigns will play like. So if you're even remotely interested in Empire Divided, I'd recommend you check out the video below. Have a look:
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As I've mentioned in my review, Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire expansion is a great deal of fun to explore for the first time, but unlike Heart of Thorns it basically has no replayability or reasons for you to come back. With that in mind, I am very glad to say that ArenaNet has now announced the very first content update for Path of Fire - Living World: Season 4.
The details are still shrouded in mystery, but if you would like an extremely brief look at what the fourth season will be all about, you'll find the teaser trailer right below. Just keep in mind that it features a couple of major spoilers from Heart of Thorns (the previous expansion), so if you intend to play through it completely 'blind' make sure to skip to 1:10 in the video. I did say its a very brief teaser!
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Back in February Obsidian successfully crowdfunded Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire, the much-requested sequel to one of the best received modern cRPGs. If you're wondering just how anticipated it was, let's just say that it managed to garner ~400% of its original funding goal, eventually ending the Fig campaign with an impressive $4,407,598!
While the release date is still shrouded in mystery, I am very glad to say that Obsidian has now revealed an early gameplay trailer, just as a little teaser for things that are to come. Have a gander, its not a very long video, but its definitely well worth a look if you've played the original:
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If you ever wanted to know what all of the fuss surrounding Rainbow Six Siege is all about, but you didn't really feel like paying €40 to find out, you'll be glad that Ubisoft has now announced a free weekend. From November 16th to November 19th Rainbow Six Siege will be free to try out on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. The consoles will have to go through their official marketplace, while the PC players will have a choice between Steam and Uplay, though I'm pretty sure everything goes through Uplay anyway.
Those of you that decide to purchase the full version will also be glad to hear that Operation White Noise will be heading to the test servers on November 20th. It will bring with it a brand new map set in a sky high observation tower in Seoul, as well as three new Operators to toy around with. Here's a brief trailer showcasing the upcoming map:
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After quite a lengthy delay since its console release, NetherRealm's 'superhero' fighting game Injustice 2 has now made its way to PC as well. The Standard Edition will set you back $50/€50 on Steam, while the Ultimate Edition (which comes with all DLC characters) costs a rather hefty $80/€80.
If you played in the recent Open Beta you'll be glad to hear that the performance seems to be vastly improved in the full version. So much so that the only real complaint I could find about the PC version is the fact that its a bit on the pricey side, especially since you don't get any of the DLC characters without spending another €30. Whether you decide to wait for a sale or not, the good news is that Injustice 2 appears to have lived up to expectations.
Overwatch devs have released a behind-the-scenes look at the recent "Honor and Glory" animated short
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During Blizzcon 2017 the Overwatch team unveiled one of their best animated shorts yet - Honor and Glory. Unlike the previous Mei short, Honor and Glory gave us a good look at Reinhardt as a character and what exactly made him into the protector that he is today, as well as a whole bunch of action scenes that really make me think Blizzard should just start up a movie studio one of these days.
If you found the animated short to be as enjoyable as I did, you'll be glad to hear that its Director Ben Dai has now released a brief commentary video going over the various important moments and what it took to create them. Have a look, its quite interesting:
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In a bit of a surprising announcement, Creative Assembly has revealed Empire Divided - a brand new DLC for Total War: Rome 2! As you might imagine from the name, its going to be set during the crisis of the 3rd century, and will feature a variety of new factions to toy around with. More interestingly, however, some of the new factions will be labeled as "Heroic", meaning they will come with elaborate victory conditions, famous leaders, and unique event chains.
Besides the factions themselves, the Empire Divided DLC will also bring in a variety of new features and improvements: banditry, plagues, cults, new general skills, new narrative technologies, updated building chains, new units, and naturally, a whole bunch of balance changes. It seems to me like this is an attempt from Creative Assembly to use the lessons learned from Attila and Warhammer to improve Rome 2, and if so, that is something I can certainly get behind given how rough the original launch was.
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If you have even a tiny bit of interest in the RTS genre, you might be glad to hear that StarCraft 2 has now gone free-to-play! You can experience the entire Terran campaign, play as all three races in casual or competitive multiplayer, mess around in the co-op missions with a variety of different characters, and naturally, see what sort of custom maps the community has created in the Arcade.
You can get a brief overview of all these features, as well as a small glimpse of what they look like in-game, via the recently posted developer video. Have a gander:
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[Update]: Ubisoft has now announced a brand new sequel to Wildlands - Ghost Recon Breakpoint!
Ghost Recon Wildlands is Ubisoft's tactical open-world shooter designed with squad-based play in mind. As such, you can either mess around with a couple of AI companions, or team up with your friends and see just what kind of chaos you can wreak upon the world.
If this sounds like the type of game you'd love to try out, but you don't really feel like buying multiple copies just to do so, you'll be glad to hear that Ubisoft is now offering a free trial. Simply head on over to the official website, pick the platform of your choice, and you'll be able to play for 5 in-game hours either alone or alongside a couple of friends.