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After securing themselves a place among the extremely popular FPS and MOBA genres, it was only a matter of time before Valve set their sights onto the next big thing - card games! As such, it really shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that during this year's The International Valve announced their brand new Dota 2 themed card game hybrid Artifact.
In standard Valve tradition the details are in incredibly short supply, but what I can tell you is that Artifact will attempt to emulate a standard Dota 2 match. In other words, there will be three game boards representing the different lanes, you will be able to control 5 unique heroes, purchase and equip item cards onto said Heroes, and perhaps most importantly, each hero will have all of the same abilities as their Dota counterpart. In order to earn gold you will need to beat up enemy heroes and creeps that spawn each turn, though how exactly all of that will work I'm afraid I don't know.
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After multiple weeks of teasers and previews Total War: Warhammer's long-awaited demonic vikings have now finally arrived. If you preorder or purchase Total War: Warhammer 2 within the first week of launch you will be given Norsca for free, though it can also be bought as a standalone DLC. For those of you that don't feel like spending any money, worry not as Norsca will still be a part of multiplayer and the Grand Campaign, so you'll have plenty of chances to secure yourself a genuine mammoth hide rug!
Besides the paid DLC, this update has also brought with it an absolutely gigantic list of changes, addressing pretty much all of the community complaints. For example, the Empire AI will now start with the entire Reikland province which should ensure they actually reach the end-game and become a faction as powerful as they are in the lore. Furthermore, Chaos will now replenish their forces more quickly and will be able to subjugate Norscans more easily, which should make their campaign less about constant waiting and more about constant bloodshed - just as the blood god demands it!
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After what feels like an eternity of waiting and rumors Overwatch has finally received its second annual Summer Games event. As you might expect it has arrived with a variety of beach themed skins, all of the old and awesome cosmetics such as Nihon Genji and Americree, as well as a competitive version of the Lucioball game mode.
If you're wondering what all of this might look like in game, wonder no more as Blizzard has released a brief teaser showcasing some of the new content. So if you don't mind a little 'spoiler', have a look:
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XCOM 2's War of the Chosen expansion is planning to greatly improve upon the original, while also adding a bunch of new storylines to explore, factions to befriend, and enemies to casually obliterate. Last week the developers introduced the zombie-like hordes of The Lost, while this time around we're getting a sneak peek at three new elite Advent units.
The first of these new units is designed specifically to combat The Lost through the use of a powerful flamethrower that can set a large area ablaze. As you might imagine, the Purifier's flamethrower is equally as deadly to your own squad as it is to The Lost, so you'll need to make sure you maintain a range advantage. The Purifier does also have a couple of incendiary grenades to compensate for this weaknesses, but nullifying those is much easier than avoiding a constant spray of flame directly in your face.
Total War: Warhammer's latest video shows off all of the new features coming with the upcoming patch
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On August 10th Total War: Warhammer will be getting the long-awaited Norsca DLC, as well as an accompanying update that fixes many of the issues found throughout the Old World. Norsca itself will be given for free to everyone who pre-orders or purchases Total War: Warhammer 2 within the first week of launch, though it will also be available as a standalone purchase. If you don't feel like buying the DLC, worry not as Norsca will be present in both the singleplayer campaign and multiplayer, so you'll still be able to make a cozy mammoth rug out of them.
As for the free update, its pretty much everything the community has been asking for these past few months. The Empire AI will now start with the entire Reikland province which should ensure they actually reach the end-game, Chaos now replenishes their forces more quickly and is able to subjugate Norscans more easily, and the Wood Elves are getting some rather interesting followers that come with massive pros and equally massive cons.
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LawBreakers is a fast-paced arena shooter with an extremely casual relationship with physics and common sense. What this means in gameplay terms is that you will spend a lot of your time zipping around the battlefield at high speeds, shooting at everyone else attempting to do the same with a variety of classic and outright strange weaponry, and sometimes even remembering there are objectives to complete.
After going through multiple beta tests on both PC and PS4 LawBreakers has now finally released in full. It is worth mentioning that despite the early announcements claiming it will be free-to-play, LawBreakers will actually set you back a considerable €30. You can find out more by heading over to either Steam or the official website.
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Microtransactions and randomly generated paid Loot Boxes have become a common sight in MMOs today, and while I have absolutely no love for them I can at least understand why they exist - if the game itself is free, the developers have to earn their bread somehow. But when it comes to purely singleplayer games, singleplayer games that you have to buy at a full AAA price tag, then its less about keeping the game running and more about milking the playerbase for all its worth.
Unfortunately, it is exactly this that the Shadow of War team proudly announced in their most recent "Introducing the Market" blog post. By using premium currency, or vast amounts of rare in-game currency, players will be able to purchase Loot Boxes, boosters, and other such items that help them level up quicker, give them better followers, or just help them customize those they own. As is tradition with these types of systems, everything can be earned through in-game means, but I sure hope you have an excess of free time as you're going to be grinding away for quite a while.
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Dynasty Warriors, while definitely an awesome series with plenty of enjoyable moments, has always been riddled with bugs and other such annoyances. If you were hoping this would not be the case with Dynasty Warriors 9, I am afraid I'm going to have to disappoint you as the most recent gameplay video showcases quite a variety of bugs and glitches.
The video you'll find right below is entirely in Japanese, though that shouldn't be too much of a problem given that Dynasty Warriors 9 is almost entirely focused on the action. But enough babble from me, here's the video:
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If you were hoping Blizzard will add the much-anticipated Death Knight hero as a part of the Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion, I'm afraid you're in for a bit of a disappointment, but they are bringing in the next best thing. What I mean by this is that there will be a Legendary card that transforms your basic hero into a much more evil, and naturally, much more powerful variant!
In total you can expect to see 135 new cards from the Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion, many of which actually seem viable even on first glance. You can get a good look at about 78/135 of the cards, including some of the above mentioned 'Death Knights', by visiting the official website. Unfortunately, Blizzard still refuses to put tokens alongside cards, so for some of them you're just going to have to wait until the expansion arrives before you can figure out what they actually do.
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Back in June Ark: Survival Evolved developers pinned the official launch date on August 8th, but unfortunately it would appear that their estimate was a bit too ambitious. In order to have everything up and ready for launch the developers have now pushed back the release date to August 29th, though this news isn't all negative.
Since they now have a few extra weeks on their hands, the developers have decided to put even more features and content into the already massive Ragnarok update that will coincide with the full release. As such, you can expect an absolutely gigantic update, far bigger than what the developers initially advertised. As for what exactly the update will contain, here's what the developers were willing to share: