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Vampyr is an upcoming vampire themed RPG from Dontnod, the developers you might know from their work on Life is Strange and Remember Me. Rather than be a simple vampire RPG where you slaughter hordes upon hordes of humans, Vampyr is going to come with a bit of a conundrum for the players to solve. On one hand you are a bloodthirsty demon of the night that needs to feed on human blood in order to survive, but on the other you're a doctor that needs to somehow deal with a plague that's sweeping through the entirety of London. Focus too much on saving the city and you might find yourself extremely weak due to starvation, but feed too much on your fellow man and you might just give rise to an organized militia whose aim is to hunt down all of the vampires.
While the recently posted E3 trailer does not explore this topic in-depth, it does an extremely good job of setting up the atmosphere and mood for Vampyr. So if you don't mind cinematic trailers without a shred of gameplay I would suggest you give this one a look as its quite intriguing. Here it is:
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Shadow of War is the upcoming sequel to the much-decorated Shadow of Mordor. It brings with it a new and expanded Nemesis system, the ability to siege castles with your personal army of Orcs and beasts, followers that can help you out throughout your missions, but also a whole batch of new enemies including the Nazgûl, and oddly enough a Barlog!
If you're wondering what sort of narrative connects all of these things together, wonder no more as the developers have released a brief story trailer showcasing just that. The video feature a couple of important characters from the lore, so even though the story itself is described in an extremely basic way you might want skip the first 30 seconds or so if you're really strict about spoilers. With that little disclaimer now out of the way, here's the video:
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Sonic Mania is an upcoming 2D Sonic game designed to be as close to the original as possible, while also bringing in some interesting innovations of its own. The most important of these is the improved map design, which for the original Sonic games was a bit lackluster given how many platforming sections required you to move at a snail's pace in a game designed around ridiculous speeds.
If you're wondering what these improvements might look like in gameplay terms, wonder no more as the developers have released a trailer showcasing the new and improved Chemical Plant zone - one of the most annoying areas from the originals. The changes, as you'll see, are pretty damn awesome! Have a look:
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CD Projekt Red is either extremely unlucky, or has someone working against them from the inside. A couple of years ago The Witcher 3's script and quest details got released in a massive leak, and now we have the same thing happening with Cyberpunk 2077, though with the added twist that CDPR is also being blackmailed by whoever stole the data.
For obvious reasons CDPR is not going to accept the demand for ransom, so be prepared for an eventual leak as it could contain massive story spoilers. Mind you, all of this is from an early version of Cyberpunk 2077 and as such is "largely unrepresentative of the current vision for the game", but even still its best to avoid reading the leaks as it could potentially ruin your playthrough.
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For those of you that might not know, the Bubsy series pretty much went extinct after Bubsy 3D - perhaps the very worst 3D platformer ever crated by a professional studio. And no, I am not exaggerating when I say that given that I am one of the few idiots that bought it back in the day. It really is as atrocious as people say!
As such, I am both surprised and somewhat happy to announce that the Bubsy series is being resurrected through the newly announced Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back. However, instead of being a continuation of the 3D series, The Woolies Strike Back is going to be based around the original 2D platformers. If you're wondering what all of this might look like, here's the recently posted teaser trailer:
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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 is no magic to cast, no giant dragons to fight, just a massive civil war and a whole bunch of angry knights and peasants at both sides.
After teasing a big reveal for a couple of days now the Kingdom Come: Deliverance devs have finally released the story trailer along with a confirmed release date. But first things first, if you're wondering what exactly Kingdom Come is going to be about, and what is your character's motivation to become involved in the civil war, here's the recently posted trailer that highlights just that:
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The Siltbreaker co-op campaign was supposed to arrive in late May, but since this is Valve we're talking about it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that it ended up being delayed. Thankfully the delay was rather brief, about nine days in total, so as far as waiting goes it isn't that big of a deal.
With the first act of the co-op campaign now live you might be wondering what exactly its all about, and whether its worth grabbing the Battle Pass for the story alone. If you're in it for the narrative then the Siltbreaker campaign is completely worthless since it barely features any story, and what little it does is completely irrelevant to the Dota 2 universe at large. As for the gameplay itself, its most similar to the RPG custom games from Warcraft 3. What I mean by this is that its extremely hard, requires previous knowledge in order to avoid instant-death traps, but also quite compelling as you get to see your characters grow from complete push-overs to nigh-unstoppable demigods.
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a Castlevania inspired action-platformer headed by Koji Igarashi, a veteran designer with quite a few Castlevania games under his belt. After the extremely successful $5,545,991 Kickstarter we have seen very little of Bloodstained, but if the recently posted gameplay trailer is any indicator I have feeling that is going to change in the near future as Bloodstained appears to be in the final stages of development.
As for the recently posted teaser trailer, you'll find it right below. It showcases pretty much everything from random running around to a full-on boss fight, so it should give you a good overview of what Bloodstained is trying to accomplish. Have a look:
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Payday 2 will soon be getting an Ultimate Edition that will bundle all of the DLC into one much more manageable, and much cheaper package. The Ultimate Edition will cost $45 at launch, and will be further reduced in price by the amount of DLC you own, so if you're like and you spent way too much money on map packs you'll at least get a sizable discount. The most important thing to keep in mind is that the Ultimate Edition will not completely replace Payday 2, so you don't have to worry about being forced to upgrade unless you care about the already existing DLC.
The reason I mention this in specific is because Overkill is currently giving away Payday 2 for free on Steam. There is absolutely no catch and you don't need to upgrade to the Ultimate Edition down the line in order to keep playing - the game is fully yours! The only thing you need to watch out for is that this promotion will last for "a limited time only", and since Overkill didn't give an end date you might want to grab your copy as soon as possible, or you might just end up missing out.
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Minecraft has just recently been expanded with "The World of Color" Update, bringing with it exactly what you would expect. Pretty much all of the colored blocks have been updated in order to give players a more diverse set of colors to mess around with, and there's now also colored concrete, colored beds, and glazed terracotta for those of you that want to be extra fancy.
Besides the color explosion the update has also brought with it the recipe book and a whole new advancements system. If you're a long-time player chances are this won't affect you very much, but it should be a great help for new players throughout their first adventure. If you're interested in the details, I'm afraid there aren't any, but I can share with you the rather short list of patch notes. Have a look: