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Dauntless is an upcoming action-RPG that's all about hunting down gigantic monsters with equally gigantic weapons, carving said monsters up, and then using their spikiest body parts to create even more ridiculously impractical weaponry. Its quite obviously inspired by Monster Hunter, but the big question is, can it actually compete with the series that started the entire genre?
If you're interested in finding out the answer, you'll be glad to hear that the developers have recently given a bunch of people early access in order to show off what Dauntless is all about. So if you have a bit of free time, and you love watching bizarre dinosaurs get smacked around with giant hammers, you'll find the playlist right below. Have a look:
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Norsca and its accompanying hordes of warp-twisted creatures arrived on PC last week alongside a massive free update. The Empire AI has been given the entire province of Reikland in order to ensure they actually reach the end-game, Chaos forces now replenish more quickly and are able to subjugate Norscans more easily, some of the underutilized Legendary Lords have received much needed buffs, and the list goes on for quite a while.
If you're on Mac or Linux and you're looking forward to trying out the demonic vikings, you'll be glad to hear that your version of Total War: Warhammer will receive the Norsca update on August 24th. This will also include the 30 new regiments of renown - powerful and unique units for the Beastmen, Bretonnia, Chaos Warriors, Norsca, and Wood Elves factions. Much like the PC version, all of these extra units will arrive free of charge.
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After a rather lengthy period of silence Ubisoft recently announced that South Park: The Fractured But Whole will be coming to PC and consoles on October 17th. Despite what appears to be quite a long time spent in development hell, The Fractured But Whole is thankfully going to have a properly optimized PC port, as noted by recently revealed PC System Requirements.
However, instead of simply listing out the minimum and recommended configurations and calling it a day, Ubisoft has decided to take things a step further by explaining what sort of performance you'll be able to achieve with each set up. So if you're interested in seeing what it takes to run South Park: The Fractured But Whole you'll find the PC specs and recommended graphics cards right below. Have a look:
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GOG is currently running a massive sale, and in order to a few more eyeballs pointed towards their website they have now started giving out free copies of Deadlight: Director's Cut. In the most basic terms, Deadlight is a 2D action-adventure with platforming elements and plenty of zombies to either clobber or sneak around.
I haven't played it myself, but if the user reviews are to be believed its a fairly mediocre action game with some rather lovely visuals and atmosphere. Given the amount of complaints I wouldn't recommend spending any money on it, but since its completely free it might be worth giving it a shot and seeing if there is any truth to the claims. The whole game appears to be relatively short, so you shouldn't lose much time either way.
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After giving everyone plenty of time to explore the scorching desert, Conan Exiles will soon be extending its borders deep into the savage north. Besides increasing the world map by more than 50%, The Frozen North free expansion will also add a variety of new and deadly enemies to square off against, 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.
Since trying to explain all of this through words alone is a bit of an impossible task, the developers have recently posted a lengthy gameplay preview showcasing pretty much everything The Frozen North has to offer. So if you're interested in seeing what awaits Conan Exiles in the near future, or what the Xbox One version is going to look like, you'll find the video right below. Have a gander:
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If you've managed to hold off from buying Fallout 4 you'll be glad to hear that the Game of the Year Edition has now been announced, and that it will be coming with all of the DLC. As expected, there will also be a variety of balance and gameplay chances, graphical improvements, mod support for both PC and consoles, as well as a variety of other tweaks and adjustments.
Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition will be available on September 26th for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. While it does offer a significant discount on all of the DLC, the GOTY bundle will still set you back a rather sizable $60. On the positive side, if you're willing to wait a few more months you'll probably be able to get it a 50% discount, which is pretty damn good value for the amount of content on offer!
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During my launch review for No Man's Sky I lamented its wasted potential and hoped beyond hope that someday Hello Games will be able to turn the starship around and create something truly amazing. While I don't think they've managed to reach that point just yet, I am incredibly happy to say that the latest No Man's Sky's update has greatly improved just about everything, while also adding a whole bunch of new content to explore!
There is now around 30 hours of new story content that doesn't involve racing to the center of the galaxy, a mysterious new interdimensional race to puzzle over, ancient gateways that allow instantaneous travel between worlds, greatly improved trading and space combat systems, smoother visuals, randomly generated missions with significant rewards, and the list goes on. Perhaps most importantly of all, this update has also finally added co-op to No Man's Sky!
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Absolver is an upcoming online combat RPG with a heavy focus on fluid melee battles, though with the combat style being more alike the one from fighting games rather than classic action-RPGs. However, instead of using predefined skills and abilities like you would in a fighting game, in Absolver you will be able to customize your fighter's entire move set, combos, blocks and dodges, special skills, and even weapons.
Given the amount of combat-orientated customization it really shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that Absolver will also have hundreds upon hundreds of fancy items to collect. A very good thing indeed, because as we all know online duels are not just about beating your enemy into submission, but rather about being as fashionable as possible while doing so! If you're wondering what all of this might look like in-game, here's the recently posted developer video showcasing character customization:
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StarCraft: Remastered, as you would expect from the name alone, is a complete overhaul of one of the most influential games of all time - StarCraft: Brood War. Once it arrives it will bring with it 4k graphics and support for modern resolutions, 1080p cinematics, proper keybinding support, as well as improved online matchmaking and ladder systems. Perhaps most importantly of all, StarCraft: Remastered will not be changing any of the original's gameplay elements, so everything from Mutalisk stacking to downright insane Dragoon AI will remain just as they are.
Since a lot of this is focused around the visuals and the presentation, allow me to show you what exactly StarCraft: Remastered is all about through one of the recently posted developer videos. Have a look:
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Back in May of 2016 Blizzard released the very first modern Warcraft 3 patch, along with an announcement that more content will be coming in the future. Quite a lot of time has passed since then, but the long wait now finally appears to be over as the Warcraft 3 test servers have just been updated with a new batch of balance changes.
Creep camp difficulty progression has been rebalanced from early to late game, the loot drop tables have been reworked in order to reward those that actually clear difficult camps, item diversity has been improved throughout the early levels, and pretty much all of the starting locations and natural expansions have been slightly retuned. The patch notes are fairly small, so if you're interested in the full list, here it is: