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Abandon Ship is a singleplayer strategy/adventure game most similar in tone to FTL. You'll have to take command of a single ship and its crew in order to explore the high seas, do a variety of story quests, deal with random events that might just bring you to the brink of death, and naturally, fight against pirates and giant monstrosities that would love nothing more than to chomp on your ship.
While the previous trailer mostly focused on the combat, today's video is all about exploration and the risks that come with it. So if you're interested in seeing what sort of locations Abandon Ship will allow you to rummage through, you'll find the gameplay preview right below. Have a look, its quite an interesting video:
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Epic's action-building game Fortnite recently added a Battle Royale game mode in response to the ever-growing popularity of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. Since Epic tried to get the free Battle Royale game mode out into the public's hands as soon as possible there were some noticeable features missing, most importantly the ability to play with friends!
As such, I am glad to say that Fornite's latest update has now added Duos, as well as Supply Drops that come packed with a ton of awesome weapons for those brave enough to grab them. And speaking of weapons, there will be some massive changes going forward, mostly in terms of weapon handling and accuracy.
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The samurai action-RPG Nioh released on the PlayStation 4 back in February to some overwhelmingly positive reviews. As such, I am beyond delighted to say that Nioh and all of its DLC will be making its way to PC next month!
Besides all of the content bundled into one neat package, the PC version of Nioh will also bring with it improved performance, high-resolution graphics, and naturally, support for 4K resolutions. Depending on your PC configuration you will have two options to choose from: Action Mode that ensures a stable 60fps, and Movie Mode that goes all-out in terms of visuals. A bit of a strange way of doing things, I must admit, but if the Action Mode can truly keep the framerate stable on middling configurations I'll be more than happy.
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Instead of the usual 1-on-1 dueling, Assassin's Creed: Origins will bring with it a much more tactical combat system that rewards positioning, timing, and clever usage of gadgets above all else. While this is definitely a step forward for the series it also represents a significant increase in difficulty as you'll no longer be able to jump in the middle of fifteen enemies, fully secure in the knowledge that you can slap them away one-by-one. In order to survive under this new system you will have to make good use out of stealth, and thankfully there appear to be quite a few new tools and abilities that help you do just that.
So if you're interested in seeing what the stealth gameplay in Assassin's Creed: Origins will look like, allow me to share with you the recently posted developer preview. Its not an overly long video, but it should give you a pretty good idea of the kind of options you will have when doing a stealth playthrough. Have a look:
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The recent Overwatch update brought with it a major Mercy rework that made her a lot more proactive and a lot more enjoyable to play. She no longer had to spend extended periods of time hiding and waiting for her team to die, she could actually contribute to the fight directly! Unfortunately, while the idea behind these changes was great, the numbers themselves were so overtuned that Mercy ended up being a mandatory pick across all skill tiers, from Bronze to Grandmaster.
With that in mind, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that Mercy's ultimate has now been significantly nerfed. It no longer resets or lowers the cooldown on Resurrection, but instead it doubles the ability's range, which I must admit is a bit of a strange choice given that you mostly use Guardian Angel to fly to dead teammates.
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If you've completed everything Grim Dawn has to offer, you'll be glad to hear that there is a brand new expansion just around the corner. The rather ominously-sounding Ashes of Malmouth will expand the basic map size and content by around 50%, as well as offer some of the greatest challenges in Grim Dawn's history.
The level cap will be increase to 100 while the Devotion cap will go up to 55, and there will also be two new Masteries to mess around with: the Inquisitor and Necromancer. As with all of the other Masteries, these two can be combined with the original ones in order to create some rather unique and interesting character. And speaking of uniqueness, Ashes of Malmouth will bring with it a brand-new Illusionist NPC that allows you to customize your appearance with item skins you've collected across all of your characters. Its a tiny little change, but its an important one. After all, nobody wants to go out slaying demons looking like a clown!
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The Humble Monthly Bundle is a $12 subscription service that instantly gives you access to one game, and then a whole bunch more once the next month rolls over. With October now well underway the September Monthly Bundle is slowly coming to a close, so if you want to grab Rise of the Tomb Raider and its accompanying bonus games you'll need to do so within the next 2 days!
Whether Rise of the Tomb Raider is worth the money, however, that's a bit of a tricky question to answer. Rise of the Tomb Raider is not one of those games that will remain as a permanent part of gaming history, but if you've enjoyed the modern Tomb Raider reboot or if you're a fan of adventure/exploration games in general, then I'd say its well worth grabbing regardless. This goes doubly so when you consider all of the bonus games you'll get in a couple of days.
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Don't Starve might be a fairly ancient game by this point, but Klei Entertainment aren't showing any signs of slowing down when it comes to new content. The most recent Shipwrecked expansion will soon be getting a whole bunch of new features and items, Don't Starve Together will be getting difficult and time-limited events, and if that wasn't enough, there is also a massive new expansion on the horizon - Hamlet!
The details are still a bit shaky, but what I can tell you is that this singleplayer DLC will add a variety of new jungle biomes, as well as a long lost city of aristocratic Pigmen. Expect to see a ton of new items, ancient Pigmen ruins full of treasure and most likely curses, and naturally, a whole bunch of new and extremely dangerous enemies to constantly run away from. You can get a brief glimpse at what all of this looks like via the recently posted teaser trailer down below, though I'm afraid there isn't any actual gameplay footage:
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If you hate free time and love to have an abnormal sleep schedule, you'll be glad to hear that the Stardock themed Humble Bundle has now arrived. As you might imagine given Stardock's involvement, the bundle is filled to the brim with all sorts of strategy and management games, everything from the excellent Sins of Solar Empire: Rebellion to the somewhat flawed Offworld Trading Company.
The bundle features a couple of games less than what is considered 'standard' at this point, but given their length and replayability I don't think that's going to be too big of a deal. And speaking of the games, here's the full list of them, as well as the tier they appear in:
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As is tradition with pretty much every major Overwatch update, the arrival date for the upcoming Halloween Terror event was leaked multiple times. Even so, I am very happy to say that Blizzard has now officially confirmed that the second annual Halloween event will be coming on October 10th!
While the details are still shrouded in mystery, you can expect to see all of the previous Halloween items make a return at a discounted price, but also a whole bunch of new items including the Vampire Reaper and Vampire Hunter McCree. Furthermore, if the recent datamining is to be believed there will also be new items for Ana, Hanzo, Genji, and D.Va, though what exactly those items are, I'm afraid nobody outside of Blizzard knows right now.