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[Update]: The Overwatch Anniversary patch has now arrived to the live servers. You can check out all of the changes and cosmetics by heading over here. Have fun!
As is tradition with Overwatch at this point, the upcoming Anniversary event has been accidentally leaked by Microsoft. To be more specific, the folks over at True Achivements have managed to dig up an Xbox Store listing for 50 Overwatch Anniversary Loot Boxes.
The Loot Boxes will come with new Anniversary skins, sprays, highlights intros, emotes, and pretty much everything you've come to expect from an Overwatch event. What exactly these skins will be, that I can't say for certain, but there's a strong chance Hanzo, Symmetra, and Zarya will finally be getting some new legendary skins! This is obviously speculation on my part, but Blizzard has previously said that all three of these heroes will be getting a legendary skin in the near future, and what better time to give them some love than on Overwatch's anniversary?
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As I'm sure you're aware by now, Mass Effect: Andromeda launched with a whole bunch of bugs, performance issues, and cinematics with a clear lack of polish (for example: characters vanishing into the ether or just moonwalking out of the scene). While I'm not sure if today's update fixes all of the above mentioned issues, it does bring with it a nice set of changes.
First and foremost, there are numerous performance and stability improvements, as well as a whole bunch of general bug fixes. The subtitles have been made slightly more legible and easier on the eyes, while side conversations will no longer appear "grayed out" if a character still has more to say. And for those of you that enjoy the multiplayer mode, the singleplayer difficulty setting will no longer affect multiplayer scaling! If you're interested in all of the multiplayer balance changes you can find them by heading over to the official website, but for now, here are all of the "main" patch notes:
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The Overwatch Uprising Update arrived in early April with a whole bunch of new cosmetics to collect, and perhaps most importantly of all, a surprisingly enjoyable PvE mode. You could play as either the official team and try to get the insanely difficult Legendary mode achievement, or you could just hop into the All Heroes mode and see how your favorites stand up against hordes upon hordes of Omnics. Long story short, Uprising had something for everyone, unlike the previous Halloween Terror event that only allowed you to play as four pre-set characters.
Given the popularity and variety present in this game mode it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that Blizzard has now released an official infographic showcasing some of the more interesting sides of the event. For example, if you managed to complete the event on Legendary difficulty (in either Story or All Heroes mode) you belong in the top 1% of all players that participated! But enough blabber from me, here's the infographic:
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As I've mentioned numerous times throughout my review Yooka-Laylee's biggest issue is the camera, which is occasionally so bad you're going to be failing the same easy jump over and over again because you simply cannot orient yourself! Add to this some profoundly irritating 'voice acting' and extremely slow dialogue, and you've got a charming platformer that is trying its hardest to make you hate it.
Thankfully, it appears that all of these issues will be getting fixed in the near future. The camera is going to be greatly improved and will no longer get stuck on walls, dialogue and cutscenes will be much faster to skip, and if you hate hearing a constant barrage of "UGH, UGH, UGH, UGH, UGH, UUUUUGGHH" you'll be delighted to know that there will be an option to severely reduce such gibberish.
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Continuing the tradition of vaguely German-sounding DLC names, Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide's Stromdorf DLC brings with it two new rat-infested maps to explore, as well as a giant two-handed sword to dispatch said rats with. There are also a bunch of tricky achievements to earn, but Stromdorf's focus is most certainly placed on the new maps, so if you do decide to get it, make sure that's the reason you're doing so. Oh, and do keep in mind that you only need to purchase one DLC for your entire party to be able to play the new maps!
If you're wondering what all of this looks like in action you'll find the recently posted trailer down below. And while this isn't explicitly stated anywhere in the DLC, there does appear to be a brand new enemy to clobber! Have a look:
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If you ever wanted to give The Division a try, but didn't really feel like buying it due to its somewhat mediocre reputation, you'll be glad to hear that Ubisoft is currently holding a free weekend. Simply head over to the official website, choose your platform by pressing the "Play Now" button, and that's basically it. The only catch is that you will need Uplay in order to play it on the PC, but that's pretty much par for the course with Ubisoft games.
The whole event will last until May 7th for the PC, and May 8th for the consoles in Europe and Asia. Since the whole timetable is a bit confusing and almost impossible to explain in brief, allow me to instead show you the official schedule that came with the announcement:
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While the World of Warcraft team is still fumbling through the dark in search of balance, the Overwatch devs have just released a bunch of minor, but extremely welcome changes for a variety of heroes. Hanzo now draws his bow 10% faster and is capable of doing so while wall climbing, Reaper now automatically reloads his guns whenever he uses Wraith Form, Reinhardt's Earthshatter now travels only 2 meters up into the air meaning its possible to actually dodge, and Soldier has finally received his long-awaited damage nerf!
You can find the full patch notes over at the official website, but if you're just looking for the important changes I'll post them right below. Before I do that, however, it is worth mentioning that Roadhog's hook has finally been fixed, even though this isn't in the patch notes. Heroes you hook will now arrive exactly where you are looking, rather than slightly above or below like what happens currently on the live servers. That pig-shaped diversion aside, here are the patch notes:
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ELEX is an upcoming post-apocalyptic open-world RPG from the creators of the Risen and Gothic series. Now before you run away screaming because of how generic and boring the "post-apocalyptic" tag has become, allow me to just say that ELEX is not set in either a zombie or a nuclear apocalypse. Instead, the action in ELEX takes place many years after a giant meteor nearly wiped out all of civilization, but also deposited some rather... interesting new substances across the land.
You'll find a much better explanation, as well as some lovely artwork, over at the recently posted story trailer down below. And don't worry about spoilers as all of the stuff you'll see is fairly basic world-building and lore. Anyway, here's the video:
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Blizzard has recently announced that they will be adding a bunch of Mythic Keystone changes with the upcoming 7.2.5 PTR update. As is tradition with anything related to World of Warcraft, half of these changes are brilliant and will greatly improve the overall gameplay, while the other half are the ravings of madmen that seem to only offer negatives.
But before I influence your opinion with my own, allow me to first show you what exactly the developers are changing. You'll find the full announcement post over at the World of Warcraft forums, but here's the 'short' version:
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If you're like me and you spent the past few days living comfortably under a rock, you might be interested to hear that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III has now arrived on Steam. And much like the vast majority of Warhammer 40,000 games out there it appears to be a mixed bag in terms of quality.
But before we move onto that, here's the recently posted launch trailer to hopefully let you know what Dawn of War 3 is all about. Unfortunately, due to all the weird cuts and angles you'll probably not going to get much information on the gameplay itself, but it should at least give you a general idea of what sort of RTS Dawn of War 3 is. Have a look: