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Tekken 7 is set to arrive in the very near future for both PC and consoles, on June 2nd to be specific. With the launch date just around the corner the developers have begun releasing a whole bunch of videos showcasing the various characters in action, six per each video.
As you can probably guess from the title alone today's video is showing off Yoshimitsu, Sergei Dragunov, and Master Raven, but also Leo, Asuka Kazama, and Lili. So if you're interested in seeing what your favorites look and play like in Tekken 7 you'll find the character trailer #4 right below. Have a look:
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With The International prize pool constantly growing and the grand tournament just around the corner Valve is constantly releasing minor updates in order to get Dota 2's balance as perfectly adjusted as possible before the carnage begins. One such update has been released earlier late last night, bringing with it a bunch of small, but rather meaningful hero and item changes.
Blademail is no longer affected by spell amplification, Solar Crest has been slightly reworked, Clinkz and Shadow Demon buffed up, and the list goes on. If you're interested in all of the details you'll find the patch notes right below, but if you don't really care about the specifics feel free to just continue playing as normal as none of these changes will affect your playstyle. Anyway, here's the list:
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Despite the somewhat disappointing Darksiders 2 I am very glad to say that Darksiders 3 has recently been announced and already pinned for a 2018 release! As you might expect, we will not be playing with either War or Death, but rather one of the other four horseman of the apocalypse. This time around we will be joining Fury in her quest to hunt down and dispose of the Seven Deadly Sins in an effort to bring balanced to the now completely ravaged and 'human-less' Earth.
One of the benefits of being slightly late with this announcement is that the developers have by now shared a rather considerable amount of early gameplay with IGN. So if you're interested in seeing what Fury looks like in action you'll find the video right below. Just bear in mind that this is early alpha gameplay! That said, here's the video:
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For those of you that might not be aware, and I wouldn't blame you if you weren't, Payday developer Overkill Software announced their The Walking Dead themed FPS all the way back in the ancient times of 2014. Ever since then the project's release date has been constantly pushed back, and the game itself pretty much forgotten by the general public.
As such, you might actually be surprised to hear that Overkill's The Walking Dead has been postponed once more, this time to the second half of 2018. I'm honestly impressed the game is even still in development given its history, but I guess Starbreeze and Overkill have a lot of faith in it. As is tradition the announcement brought with it no information about the game itself, but if nothing else we at least know that its still in the works!
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The PC version of Vanquish is by all accounts a great port, but it does suffer from a couple of issues. Much like the majority of games that were never designed for uncapped frame rates, Vanquish starts getting a little bit weird at higher FPS. In gameplay terms this means that some players have drastically reduced health regeneration, while at the same time a much smaller invincibility window, which as you would expect makes the game ridiculously hard in all the wrong ways.
Thankfully, there is a beta patch available. There is currently a holiday in the UK so the developers didn't have time to thoroughly test it, but if you're suffering from these types of issues you might as well check it out given that the reception is so far extremely positive. As for what exactly the patch changes, here's the full list:
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The Humble Monthly Bundle is a $12 monthly subscription service that instantly gets you access to one game (Stellaris this time around), along with a bunch of other games that will be revealed early next month. Stellaris alone is currently €40 on Steam, so if you're interested in picking up a new grand strategy game you really can't do wrong by snatching up this month's bundle - its just that insane of a deal!
For those of you that don't know much about Stellaris or what its even about, allow me to share with you the launch trailer. It doesn't feature much in terms of gameplay, but it will give you a good idea of what kind of game you're getting into. Have a look:
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I have spent over 100 hours playing Payday 2 and during my time I have bought quite a few pieces of DLC, yet even still there are a whole bunch of content packs that I do not own. As such, I am very glad to say that the Payday 2 devs have announced that all of the DLC will be rolled into an Ultimate Edition, while all future updates will be completely free!
All of this will come as a part of the June 8th update, but if you would like to pick and choose some of the DLC before the Ultimate Edition bundle even arrives, you can do so at an 85% discount. A pretty damn good deal, especially if you have a couple of friends playing with you so that you can each buy one or two of the map packs (they are shared). Just keep in mind that buying all of the DLC is much, much more expensive than buying the Ultimate Edition upgrade, so only do this if you want a couple of pieces.
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The Overwatch Anniversary Update arrived a couple of days ago with a whole bunch of new cosmetics, but more importantly, a whole bunch of balance changes as well. Unfortunately, besides a nerf to Earthshatter the update also brought with it a rather significant bug relating to Reinhardt's hammer. Instead of the damage registering when the hammer is half-way across the screen, it now only registers when the entire swing has been completed, which as you might imagine feels incredibly weird and unresponsive.
Thankfully, Overwatch's Bill Warnecke came out earlier today to say that the change is most likely unintentional and that the developers will dig into the problem. Here's the full quote:
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Quake Champions is Bethesda and id Software's upcoming return to oldschool FPS sensibilities. In others words, instead of slow and realistic gameplay the focus will be firmly placed on fast-paced combat, a wide variety of overpowered weapons, advanced movement mechanics such as rocketjumping, and pretty much everything else you might remember from Quake 3: Arena. The one big difference is that Quake Champions's primary game mode will feature a variety of different champions, each one with their own unique benefits and abilities. If this is something that bothers you, worry not as there will be a purist game mode specifically designed for competition.
Now that you know Quake Champions is all about running really fast and carving all of your opponents into very tiny pieces, I have a bit of a strange announcement. Apparently Quake Champions will be getting an official comic book series, and yes, this does include having a proper story!
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World of Warcraft's relatively recent Update 7.2 has brought with it the Broken Shore and a whole bunch of new world quests based around fighting the Burning Legion. All of these efforts will soon be reaching their climax as the Tomb of Sargeras will open in the near future, giving everyone a chance to shove a fireball straight down Kil'Jaeden's overly-pompous throat.
But before the raid is even open Blizzard has decided to give us a brief look at what exactly the Tomb of Sargeras is all about, and what sort of bosses we'll be fighting inside of it. There is a fair bit of lore and developer insight to dive into, so if you have a bit of free time make sure to visit the official website. If you're just interested in what the bosses look like, however, i'll add the images down below.