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If you're one of the seven people that have never laid their hands on Skyrim, despite it releasing on just about every platform in existence at this point, you'll be glad to hear that you now have a chance to do just that! For the next two days The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition will be completely free to try out on Steam. Simply click that "Play Game" button and you'll be exploring the frozen North in no time.
As for the Special Edition itself, it includes all of the previously released DLCs, as well as new features such as remastered art and effects, volumetric god rays, dynamic depth of field, and other such visual improvements. Its not much compared to how significantly mods have altered Skyrim over the years, but for your first playthrough it should do just fine.
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Enter the Gungeon developers have recently announced that they are working on a second major content update called Advanced Gungeons & Draguns. The mini-expansion will bring with it a bunch of community requested features, quality of life changes and general improvements, but also hundreds of new and substantially more powerful synergies, a variety of new guns and items, as well as a brand new boss.
The goal behind this update is to make the Gungeon a more generous place, while still preserving the same sort of punishing difficulty. In other words, the enemies will be just as powerful as they ever were, but you will a much greater degree of choice when it comes to viable weapons and tactics. This should hopefully prevent scenarios where you get stuck with an array of nearly worthless weapons against enemies that can easily bring you down.
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Divinity: Original Sin 2 is an upcoming turn-based RPG with the focus firmly placed on combat. There are a variety of elemental combos to preform, each with their own unsurprisingly devastating result, as well as a whole bunch of different spells and abilities to toy around with. Add to that 4-player co-op and you can easily see why Original Sin 2 currently has overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam despite still being in Early Access.
Since trying to describe gigantic fireballs through words alone is a bit of a silly venture, allow me to instead share with you one of the recent trailers. Its not very long, but it should give you a pretty damn good overview of what Divinity: Original Sin 2 brings to the table. Have a look:
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I've mentioned this multiple times since my initial review for Tyranny, but the campaign ended in such an anticlimactic way that it was practically guaranteed Obsidian was planning to do an expansion or sequel of some sort. After quite a long wait the expansion has now finally arrived, hopefully bringing with it enough new story content to give the ending a proper conclusion.
I haven't played it myself, but according to Obsidian you can expect to see new companion quests and storylines involving Verse, Barik, and Lantry, a whole bunch of new features and expanded content for Tyranny's solely lacking end-game, and naturally, a brand new region to explore and potentially devastate. If you're wondering what all of this might look like in game, here's the recently posted launch trailer:
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If your backlog is looking a bit empty, but you don't feel like spending a lot of money in order to fill it, I would highly recommend you check out the Humble Jumbo Bundle 9 before it goes away. The bundle features a variety of interesting games, the majority of which have great reviews on Steam, though I would say that Samorost 3 and Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide are worth the price of admission alone.
So if your interest is slightly piqued and you're now wondering what the bundle has to offer, allow me to share with you the list of games and the tier they appear in. Have a look:
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After the fairly mediocre Assassin's Creed Syndicate Ubisoft opted to take a rather lengthy hiatus from the series, all in an effort to come back with fresh new ideas and less terrifying bugs. The product of all that work, as you might imagine, is the recently announced Assassin's Creed Origins. It will bring with it a setting not often see in gaming, a somewhat realistic depiction of Ancient Egypt, as well as numerous gameplay improvements, the most important of which is the shift from 1-on-1 combat to a more tactical system that will reward stealth and positioning above all.
While the recently posted cinematic trailer won't show you any of the combat maneuvers, it will give you a pretty damn good look at the setting and the type of story Ubisoft is trying to tell. So if you're interested in Assassin's Creed, or just lovely artwork in general, I would recommend you give it a look. Here's the video:
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CDPR recently announced that Gwent will soon be getting its very first major expansion. More importantly, however, they also revealed that the Thronebreaker expansion won't just be a simple influx of new cards, but rather a lengthy singleplayer campaign with a focus on storytelling! The details are still fairly vague, but if CDPR says we'll be getting some "thought-provoking" quests to embark on, I am inclined to believe them given the quality of The Witcher 3's expansions.
Similarly, not much is known about the story itself, but if you're interested in a brief teaser you can find the recently posted announcement video right below. I'll also include a short overview that came with the announcement, though I'm afraid you won't be finding out much in terms of details just yet. Anyway, have a look:
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Ever since Doomfist's launch Blizzard has been really consistent with the release of new bits and pieces of lore. In these last few months alone they've slightly tweaked Numbani and Eco Point Antarctica to better represent the current story, showed off a brand new cinematic short starring Mei, and even released a rather intriguing comic that focused entirely on the villains, characters that never really get much screen time outside of being beaten up.
Continuing on with the same theme, and no doubt inspired by the upcoming payload map Junkertown, Blizzard has just now released a short comic detailing how Roadhog and Junkrat first met. You can find the standard version by heading over here, though I would suggest you check out the animated version instead as its a lot more atmospheric. Either way, its well worth a read!
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[Update]: The long wait is now finally over - Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has now arrived onto Steam Early Access!
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord's release date is still completely shrouded in mystery, but given the amount of gameplay footage coming out recently it appears we're getting quite close to it. A good thing too since even in its preview builds Bannerlord seems to be pretty damn excellent!
So if you're interested in finding out what Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord plays like, or what the newly introduced Captain Mode is all about, you'll find what you seek in the latest video down below. Have a look, its rather interesting:
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Ever since the Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion released Hearthstone has been dominated by Jade Druids and Pirate Warriors, two archetypes that have been highly problematic since their inception. After the usual song and dance of claiming everything is fine the Hearthstone devs have reacted with surprising speed and announced a bunch of upcoming nerfs... though not to the cards you might expect.
Instead of slamming some of the extremely efficient pirates or the ever-present Jade Idol, Blizzard has put their sights squarely on classic card such as Fiery War Axe and Innervate. If you're interested in Blizzard's reasoning behind these changes you'll find what you seek on the official blog, but for now here are the changes themselves: