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Kingdom Come: Deliverance is an upcoming medieval open-world RPG that aims to be as realistic and faithful to the era as possible. What this means is that there will be no magic to cast or flame-spewing dragons to slay, just a massive civil war and a whole bunch of angry knights and peasants at both sides.
As you might expect from this type of RPG, our main character will come from humble origins and through some rather unfortunate events find himself deeply involved with the growing war. If you're looking for a few more details, or just wondering what all of this might look like in-game, you'll find what you seek in the recently posted "Born From Ashes" teaser trailer:
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Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire expansion will be coming this September, bringing with it a whole bunch of new content to play around with. We'll be able to explore the Crystal Desert and the adjoining kingdom of Elona, fight against the Human god of war Balthazar and his metallic minions, acquire all sorts of mounts that all come with unique abilities, and naturally, mess around with nine new Elite Specializations.
As you might imagine from the title, it is exactly these nine new Elite Specializations that the upcoming Open Beta will be covering. From August 18th until August 20th you'll be able to try out your new favorites in PvP and WvW, though do bear in mind that your progress and loot will not carry over to normal servers. More importantly, this Open Beta event will be available for free to everyone. Whether you're a seasoned veteran or someone playing on the free-to-play version, you'll still be able to log in on August 18th and see what the new 'classes' are all about.
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XCOM 2: War of the Chosen is set to arrive on August 29th, bringing with it a whole bunch of new enemies to fight, a variety of bosses designed to strike only when the moment is right, three unique factions to befriend and ally with, and the list goes on. While it might not be as exciting as shooting alien zombies in the head, War of the Chosen will also bring with it the Propaganda Center - a photobooth feature that allows you to design and share a variety of 'motivational' posters.
If this sort of silliness sounds like something you would love to toy around with, you're in luck as the developers have now released the whole thing for free as a part of the Propaganda Center demo. You can create and customize an entirely new squad using the improved character creator, or you can simply import your soldiers from XCOM 2. The goal here is to design a perfect poster that will simultaneously rally your troops and strike fear in the hearts of the enemy... or just make terrible memes, either one works.
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During the initial Total War: Warhammer 2 announcement Creative Assembly stated that the new campaign map will be equal in size to the original, if not slightly larger. As you'll see in the full image down below, they were not joking! Total War: Warhammer 2's campaign map is just ridiculously large, both in terms of territories and the factions that inhabit them.
So if you're interested in a bit of a sneak peek at what the New World will look like, you'll find what you seek right below. The image is fairly large in size, however, so you'll have to open it in a new tab in order to get a really good look at it. Anyway, here it is:
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Despite releasing on PC and consoles back in the ancient times of 2016, BioShock Remastered will soon be making its way to Mac as well. To be more specific, you can expect the Mac version to arrive next week, on August 22nd! Much like the PC version it will bring with it greatly improved textures and model quality, full controller support, director's commentary featuring Ken Levine an Shawn Robertson, Challenge Rooms to test your combat skills, and naturally, support for all of the modern resolutions.
As is tradition for the vast majority of AAA ports these days, the Mac version will not be handled by the developers themselves, but rather by Feral Interactive. You'll probably know them better from their work on the Mac and Linux ports of Total War: Warhammer, XCOM 2, Dawn of War 3, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, and the list goes on for quite a while. In other words, they know what they're doing when it comes to ports, which is a good thing indeed since the PC version of BioShock Remastered was and still is a bloody mess. Hopefully the ridiculously long delay means the same fate will not befall the Mac version as well.
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[Update]: The Steam version of Prey has now removed the somewhat controversial Denuvo DRM.
Arkane Studios' Prey released a couple of months ago to some overwhelmingly positive reviews from both critics and users. Despite its favorable review scores Prey quickly disappeared from the public's eye, so quickly in fact that a lot of people didn't even realize it launched at all. I haven't had the time to play it myself so I'm not certain what caused this, but its a rather peculiar phenomenon to be sure.
Thankfully, there is now a free demo available, so if you're interested in finding out what Prey is all about you now have the opportunity to do just that. If you're on PC simply head on over to Steam to download the free demo, while those of you on consoles should visit your official marketplace. As you might expect, the demo will let you experience the entire intro section, which should be more than enough time to decide whether this is something you're going to enjoy or not.
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If you've managed to complete pretty much everything there was to do in Conan Exiles, you'll be glad to hear that a brand new and quite massive free expansion has now arrived. Besides increasing the world map by around 70%, The Frozen North expansion has also added a variety of new and deadly enemies to square off against, a brand new god to worship and summon against your enemies, hostile environments and weather to overcome, new crafting disciplines such as brewing, giant and extremely fluffy mammoths to hunt, and the list goes on for quite a while.
You can check out what most of these new features look like in-game via the recently posted launch trailer. Its not overly long or detailed, but it should still give you a good idea of the direction Funcom is taking Conan Exiles in. Have a look:
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Destiny 2's console betas have long since come and gone, but soon the gates will be opening once more, though this time around to PC players. The Early Access phase (for those that have pre-ordered Destiny 2) will begin on August 28th, while everyone else will be able to hop into the Open Beta on August 29th. As with the console version, the PC Open Beta will only last for a couple of days, until August 31st.
In terms of content you can expect to see the beginnings of Destiny 2's story campaign, a three-player cooperative Strike by the name of Inverted Spire, as well as a bit of competitive multiplayer spread across two 4v4 game modes. If you're wondering what all of this might look like, here's the recently posted teaser trailer showcasing the PC version of Destiny 2. Have a gander:
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After many months of tiny little teasers Creative Assembly has now finally and officially confirmed that the ravenous hordes of the Skaven will be the fourth launch faction for Total War: Warhammer 2. More importantly, they immediately followed this announcement with not only the cinematic intro, but also a rather revealing in-engine trailer!
So if you're interested in seeing what the Skaven will be aiming for the in the grand campaign, and what sort of units they will field in order to do so, you'll find the two videos right below. Just make sure to watch the in-engine trailer all the way to the end as the Hell Pit Abomination might just be one of the most disgustingly awesome units Creative Assembly has created so far. Anyway, here are the videos:
For Honor: Season 3 has now arrived with new maps and characters, as well as various balance changes
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In an effort to fix some of the rampant glitch abuse, as well as bring a much needed breath of fresh air into For Honor, Ubisoft has just now released Season 3. It has brought with it two new characters (Highlander and Gladiator), two new maps, a new Legendary tier of gear, new territories on the world map, a whole bunch of balance changes and gameplay tweaks, and the list goes on for quite a while.
If you're just interested in the short version, and more importantly why Ubisoft is even making these types of changes, you'll find what you seek in the recently posted preview video right below. Have a look: