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If the currently ongoing Humble "Bandai Namco 2" Bundle has left you wanting for even more games to hoard, you might just be in luck. What I mean by this is that the Humble "Star Wars 3" Bundle has now arrived, bringing with it some of the best games that have ever graced the series.
There's Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2, Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast, X-Wing vs TIE Fighter, and a whole bunch more. If you're looking for all of the details here's a list of the games themselves, as well as how much you'll need to pay to unlock each of the tiers:
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If you were unsuccessfully trying to play Resident Evil 7 while below or around the minimum system requirements, you might want to patch the game and see how you fare. The reason I'm saying this is because a recent update has added support for older generation CPUs, or more specifically, the game no longer requires the SSSE3 SIMD instruction set.
What this means in practical terms is that Resident Evil 7 is now capable of running on CPUs that are well over a decade old! You mileage will obviously vary as the developers aren't really capable of performing miracles, but if you're around the minimum system requirements you might just get to play it.
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For those of you that might not know, WoW Tokens arrived in 2015 as a way for players to exchange in-game gold for 30 days of World of Warcraft game time. As you might imagine, this little experiment ended up being a massive success, and even though World of Warcraft's economy is in a constant state of inflation the WoW Token brought some much-needed value to the otherwise useless gold.
But now things have become even more interesting! In a recent update Blizzard has made it so you can transform your WoW Tokens into Battle.Net Balance, which is a fancy way of saying that you can now purchase Blizzard games and in-game items with World of Warcraft gold. If you're wondering how all of this works, here's the recently posted Blizzard video:
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Rainbow Six Siege has recently been updated with Operation Velvet Shell, which among the variety of bug fixes and UI tweaks has also added two new Operators, as well as a free map by the name of Coastline. The two new Operators, Mira and Jackal, are currently exclusive to Season Pass owners, but don't worry, you'll be able to unlock them with Renown or R6 Credits in less than a week.
If you're wondering what the new map looks like, and more importantly, what the two new Operators bring to the table, here's the recently posted preview video. There isn't much pure gameplay in there, but it should still get the point across. Anyway, here's the video:
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When Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire first begun its Fig crowndfunding campaign Obsidian put multi-classing as the initial stretch goal. This naturally led to some concerns about balance, because trying to keep a couple of classes relatively equal is a nearly impossible task, let alone trying to do the same balancing act with fifty of them!
In order to put some of these concerns to rest Obsidian has recently posted a detailed video going over how exactly multi-classing will work in Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire. If this sounds incredibly boring to you, worry not as Game Director Josh Sawyer has quite the talent for making explanations interesting. Anyway, here's the video:
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After being available on consoles since last fall, WWE 2K17 has now finally made its way to Steam as well. While the DLC isn't free like in the previous versions, you at the very least get a couple of added benefits for waiting this long for the PC version: WCW Goldberg with black tights and WWE Godlberg with black and white tights as playable characters, as well as two extra arenas to mess around with.
If you're wondering what all of this might look like in action, here's the recently posted launch trailer. There's not much straight-up gameplay in there, but you probably already know what you're getting into with a WWE game. Anyway, here's the video:
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If you feel that the balance in Overwatch just isn't there yet, worry not as the next patch will give you the ability to essentially balance the various games modes to your liking. And best of all, due to the upcoming Server Browser you'll also be able to easily find other people to play with... assuming your newly created mode is actually enjoyable to mess around in.
While the concept itself may be quite simple, there has been a surprising amount of thought put into this new system. So if you're wondering about all of the details, allow me to share with you the recent Developer Update video as Overwatch's Game Director Jeff Kaplan does a damn good job of explaining everything you need to know. Have a look:
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After being the very worst hero for the entirety of Overwatch's post-launch existence, Bastion's time to shine has finally come! The recent PTR update has brought with it a massive increase to Bastion's survivability at the expense of Sentry Mode damage, while also making him much more accurate in Recon Mode... so much so that he now feels like a bulkier version of Soldier 76.
There's also a bunch of changes for other heroes in this new PTR patch. Most notably, D.Va and Mercy have received some much needed buffs, while the newly added Ability Sensitivity slider will ensure Ana's Nano Boosts no longer end up on Lucio players wall-riding half a kilometer away from the fight itself. If you're interested in all of the details you can find them over at the official forums, but for now here are all of the hero changes:
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If you feel the urge to stock up on a whole bunch of games, you might want to check out the currently ongoing Humble 'Bandai Namco 2' bundle. The highlights include: Enslaved - Odyssey to the West, Warhammer 40,000 - Eternal Crusade, as well as Tales of Zestiria.
In total the bundle features nine games spread across four tiers, though there is a mystery game coming tomorrow to bolster the second tier. And if you're wondering what all of these games are, here's the brief list, as well as how much you'll need to spend in order to unlock each of the tiers:
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Torment: Tides of Numenera is an upcoming story-focused RPG heavily inspired by Planescape: Torment. As you might expect given its pedigree, Tides of Numenera will allow you to solve your problems in a variety of ways, be that through stealth, diplomacy, or sheer brute force.
The peaceful and dialogue-heavy way of solving quests was already featured in one of the previous videos, but if diplomacy ends up failing you're going to have to take matters into your own hands... quite literally. So if you're wondering what the combat is all about, then the most recent video is for you. It doesn't really delve deep into the mechanics themselves, but it should still give you a good overview of all the various aspects of combat. Have a look: