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Cities: Skylines, as you can probably guess from the name alone, is a semi-serious city building and management sim. It unfortunately doesn't offer much in terms of challenge for 'tryhards' like myself, but if your only wish is to design the most perfect city in all of existence then Cities: Skylines is almost unmatched.
And after two incredibly successful years the developers have decided to bring a splash of color into Cities: Skylines with a free bit of DLC. The upcoming mini-expansion titled "Pearls from the East" will bring with it three buildings to mess around with: a Panda Zoo, a Chinese Temple, and the Shangai Pearl Tower. Why exactly are all of the buildings connected to China, that I don't know, but I do like the idea of filling my city with a whole bunch of pandas!
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It has been almost an entire year since The Elder Scrolls: Legends was first revealed, and after many months and many updates it has now finally been officially released on the PC. If you're wondering if this release will be followed with some sort of account reset, worry not as pretty much nothing will change for existing players.
However, that doesn't mean the developers have no changes planned for the future. Besides the usual events, balance changes and bug fixes, The Elder Scrolls: Legends will also be getting a PvE expansion called The Fall of The Dark Brotherhood this April 5th. There will be numerous decisions to make throughout this story focused adventure, each of which will impact it's ending, and around 40 new cards to toy around with, including three new Legendary cards.
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If you're a fan of oldschool stealth games you might want to pay attention to the upcoming Styx: Shards of Darkness. Its heavily inspired by the Thief series and it features the same sort of focus on open-ended levels, explorations, and an abundance of weapons and tools with which you can either dispatch or bypass anyone that stands in your way. But unlike the Thief series Styx: Shards of Darkness will also have co-op, which makes it one of the rare few stealth games to ever do so.
For those of you wishing to learn more, or just check out the visuals, you'll find the recently posted launch trailer down below. It doesn't feature much in terms of gameplay, but it should give you a brief glimpse at the story and Styx's personality. Have a look:
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During the recent announcement for the Journey to Un'Goro expansion Blizzard stated that they will soon start ramping up the amount of cards entering Hearhstone, essentially going from two to three large expansions each year. If you were worried this whole process would make Hearthstone far too expensive for you, I'm afraid I bring some bad news.
According to an official post on the European Hearthstone forums the prices for card packs, adventures, and arena entries will be going up on March 22nd. The current price for 2 card packs is €2,70 for the general EU audience, while under the new system it will be €3. Consequently, 60 packs will set you back €70 instead of €63. Things are a bit less pleasant for those of you that hail from the UK, however, because the price of 2 packs is going to increase by an entire pound, going from £2 to £3!
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As you can probably guess from the title Xenonauts 2 is an upcoming turn-based strategy game heavily inspired by the old XCOM series. What this means in gameplay terms is that you will have persistent soldiers that become stronger from mission to mission, fully-destructible environments that allow you to create your own cover, a variety of research and equipment options, as well as the same style of turn-based combat the XCOM series is by now famous for.
Xenonauts 2 is currently under heavy development, but if you would like to get a sneak peek and also help the developers out by giving some much needed feedback, you can do so by heading over to GOG. Just keep in mind that this is a pre-alpha demo we're talking about, so bugs and missing features are to be expected!
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One of the first powers you'll learn in Prey is Mimic Matter, which does pretty much exactly as you would expect. Once properly leveled up you can use this power to transform yourself into mighty security turrets and operator robots, but also completely ridiculous things such as coffee mugs, teapots, or just a banana floating through the void of space!
If you're wondering what all of this madness looks like in gameplay terms, wonder no more as Bethesda has recently posted a video showcasing the various applications of the Mimic power up. Not many of these applications are very useful, mind you, but if nothing else they are at least hilarious! Have a look:
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Ubisoft has recently come out to announce that they are working on a brand new game for PC and consoles set in James Cameron's Avatar universe. What exactly inspired them to create a movie tie-in nearly eight years too late, I don't know, but if nothing else the Avatar universe certainly seems like an interesting place to roam around in.
Development will be headed by Ubisoft's Massive Entertainment, a studio you might recognize for their work on The Division. While I didn't find The Division that amazing I am still glad Massive is behind the wheel, because when it comes to post-launch support and extra content they are one more dedicated studios under Ubisoft's banner.
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After they've successfully tackled The Walking Dead, Batman, and even Borderlands, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that Telltale is creating an adventure game series based on Guardians of the Galaxy. The story details are incredibly scarce right now, but what I can tell you is that there will be a mysterious relic involved, and that there will indeed be a ruthless enemy who will do absolutely everything to get their hands on it. Its such a novel concept!
Joking aside, what Telltale did reveal today is a bunch of screenshots showcasing their interpretation of the Guardians of the Galaxy cast. And you'll also be glad to hear that the graphics have been noticeably improved from their previous game, though I must admit Rocket Raccoon's fur looks a bit... strange. You'll find the images right below, and if you wish to see a larger version all you need to do is click. Have a look:
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I knew Shadowverse was popular, but its rate of growth is downright ridiculous. Back in February the developers celebrated 7 million downloads with 7 free card packs, and now a mere month later they're back at it again, this time around celebrating 8 million downloads!
As you can probably guess from the title alone, 8 million downloads means 8 free Rage of Bahamut card packs for every single player, new or old! However, instead of getting all 8 card packs at once you will need to log in five times over the course of the promotion in order to grab them all. The first login reward will give you 4 card packs, while the subsequent four will give you one pack each, as well as all of the standard daily login bonuses such as currency and classic card packs.
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With Syberia 3's launch date just around the corner the developers have decided to release the previous entry in the series for free. So if you're interested in some point & click adventuring across Eastern Europe you can grab a free copy of Syberia 2 from Origin.
If you would like to learn more before deciding to dedicate any of your time to it, however, you will find the most recent GOG trailer down below. It doesn't feature much in terms of actual gameplay, but it should give you a good idea of what you're getting into. Have a look: