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[Update]: Ubisoft has now announced a brand new sequel to Wildlands - Ghost Recon Breakpoint!
Ghost Recon Wildlands is Ubisoft's open-world tactical shooter where you and a couple of buddies can join forces in order to take down an extremely well funded drug cartel. If you don't feel like playing with other people, worry not as there are also AI followers available, but I'd still heavily recommend playing it with friends as its much more enjoyable that way.
In order to commemorate Ghost Recon Wildlands' full release Ubisoft has unleashed the newest and most likely final gameplay trailer. So if you're interested in a brief look at what Wildlands has to offer, here's the video:
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[Update]: Some of the patch notes have now been revised. You can read about the new additions over here.
Despite already being nerfed once Ana has remained one of the strongest heroes in the entire game. The combination of large burst healing, anti-healing capabilities, sleep darts shutting down ultimates, and powerful long range damage has just proven to be too much to ever say "maybe we don't need an Ana this time around".
Well, all of this is soon going to change as Blizzard has announced a new PTR update. Once it arrives it will bring with it some much needed Ana nerfs, but also Junkrat, Sombra, Winston, and Zenyatta buffs! Here's the full list:
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The Surge is an upcoming sci-fi action RPG set in a dystopian, near-future version of Earth. It is being made by Deck 13, a studio you might recognize from their work on Lords of the Fallen, and much like their previous game The Surge is going to be heavily focused around tactical melee combat. In other words, expect to do a whole lot of dodging around, waiting for the enemies to expose their weakness, and then smashing their robo-brains out with a variety of sci-fi weaponry.
Since trying to explain all of this in brief is a bit difficult, you'll find the most recent preview video right below. It goes over both the general story and the combat mechanics, so if you're looking to learn more about The Surge this one's well worth watching. Have a look:
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Heroes of the Storm has never shied away from silly heroes. I mean, one of the earliest heroes they added was a baby Murloc who throws around pufferfish! But even with all of that considered I must admit I was quite surprise to hear that the next hero will be an adorable little Protoss Probe by the name of Probious.
Before diving into his skills and abilities I would first suggest you check out the recently posted trailer. It doesn't feature any gameplay footage, but its a great little bit of animation and it perfectly sets the mood for Probious. Anyway, have a look:
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After a ridiculous amount of conflicting statements and an equally ridiculous period of complete silence it has finally been confirmed that NieR: Automata will be coming to PC and Steam on March 17th. Unlike the PlayStation 4 version which will arrive on March 7th in North America and March 10th in Europe, the PC version seems to be a simultaneous release for everyone.
Along with the release date the developers also raveled the full system requirements, and you'll be glad to hear that they are quite low by today's standards. Usually you need an i5 CPU or equivalent for minimum settings, but with NieR: Automata an i5 will carry you all the way to "recommended". But enough rambling from me, here's the list:
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[Update]: The System Shock Remake has now arrived, and it's looking quite good so far! The console versions are also on the way, though those will be coming at a later date.
The System Shock remaster was originally supposed to be developed in Unity, but unfortunately those plans went sour when the developers encountered numerous issues with performance, as you can see in the playable demo. The project is still moving forward, so don't worry about it being canceled, but from now it will done in Unreal Engine 4, which honestly makes a whole lot more sense for a game like System Shock.
If you're interested in how the transition has gone, and what the graphics in this newest version look like, you'll find the most recent gameplay trailer right below. Just do bear in mind that what you'r watching is pre-alpha footage, so don't be surprised if you notice some fairly stilted animations. Anyway, have a look:
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After the original Danganronpa managed to win over the PC crowd things have started moving forward quite quickly. Back in November we got the announcement that Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls will be coming to PC in Q2 2017, and already we have another announcement. This time around its for Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony which will be coming over to PC and Steam on September 26th.
But first things first, what is the Danganronpa series all about? In the most basic terms the Danganronpa games are a hybrid between murder mystery visual novels and classic adventure games, though with far more insanity thrown into the mix as the main antagonist is an evil teddy bear. It sounds incredibly silly, and honestly it really is, but Danganronpa manages to take the concept and run with it.
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After the completely inconsequential 'exploration' in Mass Effect 2 and 3 you'll be glad to hear that Bioware is taking Mass Effect: Andromeda in a much more interesting direction. Instead of fiddling with a scanner from the safety of your ship you will be able to take your Nomad rover down onto the planet's surface and see what there is to see for yourself. As a result of this there will be a lot less planets to visit, but each of them will have a lot more unique places to explore, and not just one research base the story takes place in.
If you're wondering what all of this might look like in gameplay terms, you'll find the recently posted "Exploration & Discovery" video down below. And don't worry about spoilers as all of the story content has been cut out of the video, so you'll only get a few brief glimpses at the overall narrative. Anyway, have a look:
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There are plenty of websites out there that will give you a rough estimate of where you belong when compared to the rest of the playerbase. If you are relatively high ranked chances are these leaderboards will be fairly accurate, but for everyone else they are highly unreliable due to the simple fact that lower ranked players will usually not go and check their stats on a frequent basis. As such, for the past two seasons we could pretty much only guess how the players are distributed throughout Overwatch's various ranks.
Well, the time for guesswork is now finally over as Blizzard's Principal Designer Scott Mercer has come out to reveal the exact percentages for Season 3. What might come as the biggest surprise is the simple fact that if you have a maximum skill rating of 2350, you have a higher SR than 50% of the population! You can find the full post over at the Overwatch forums, but here are the most interesting bits:
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Styx: Shards of Darkness is an upcoming stealth game heavily inspired by the Thief series. As you can probably guess from that comparison alone this means it features plenty of open-ended levels crawling with guards and other dangers, a variety of weapons and tools to either dispatch or bypass them, as well as stealth mechanics that reward patience over all-out aggression. But while the Thief series was always focused around singleplayer, Styx: Shards of Darkness will also have co-op!
So if you're interested in what sneaking around with a friend looks like, you'll find the recently posted video down below. Before you dive in, however, just bear in mind that the video features a ridiculous amount of equally ridiculous one-liners, so don't feel bad if you simply need to mute the whole thing. Anyway, here's the video: