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The Division will soon be getting its third expansion Last Stand along with a brand new game mode that shares the same name, but more importantly, it will soon be getting a massive free update. There's going to be three new deadly Dark Zones to explore, brand new contamination events, a Legendary difficulty setting for a couple of missions, Exotic weapons and gear, a variety of balance changes, and the list goes on.
There is a truly massive amount of changes coming in with Update 1.6, so if you're interested in all of the details you can head on over to the official website to learn more. However, if you're just interested in the 'short' version, allow me to share with you the 'brief' summary. Have a look:
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To say that TotalBiscuit has simply been involved in Starcraft 2 would be one hell of an understatement. He not only spent a lot of time casting official matches, but he actually went the extra mile by creating his own competitive team and even funding a couple of tournaments. All of that eventually came to an end, but his impact on Starcraft 2 has been anything but minor.
So if you ever wanted TotalBiscuit to 'cast' your matches, you'll be glad to hear that Blizzard has just announced that the Cynical Brit will be joining Starcraft 2 as a custom announcer in the next patch! You can find a bunch of preview clips by heading over to the official website, but if you're familiar with TotalBiscuit's style of humor you should already know what you're getting into.
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If you belong to the fairly niche group that loves both superheroes and ARPGs/Diablo clones, you might want to check out Marvel Heroes. According to the developers it has just recently received its "biggest update ever", and judging purely by the gigantic size of the patch notes I have very little reason to doubt their claims.
Every single hero has received numerous balance changes, the old way of leveling has been replaced with a new and more streamlined version, and the end-game progression system has been reworked in order to ensure that "the themes are stronger, the benefits are better." All of this is just the tip of the iceberg, however, so if you have a couple of hours to spare you will find the official patch notes by heading over here.
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Its not often that you get to see an RTS designed for both console and PC, mostly because its incredibly difficult to make a control scheme that works for both parties. As such, I wouldn't really look down upon you if you were skeptical about Halo Wars 2 being as good as its advertising would like you to believe.
However, with the recently opened "Blitz Beta" Microsoft has now given everyone a chance to try it out for themselves, and to see through pure gameplay what Halo Wars 2 has to offer. Do keep in mind that the beta only features the newly created Blitz mode, which lies somewhere between an RTS and collectible card game, but it should still give you a good idea of the general gameplay and its controls. If you're interested in what this might look like, here's the most recent trailer:
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It appears that CI Games have managed to do some serious optimization work on Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 as even though its running on the latest CryEngine, and sporting some fairly impressive visuals, the system requirements are surprisingly reasonable. You will need a good CPU in order to run it on anything beyond minimum settings, however, but that's pretty much par for the course in big budget games these days.
So if you're wondering whether you can even run Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3, wonder no more as the system requirements have just recently been revealed. Have a look:
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If you were hoping to start strapping giant plasma guns onto dinosaurs this week I am afraid I have some bad news... or rather good news depending on your perspective. In a recent announcement over at Steam the Ark: Survival Evolved devs have stated the "Tek Tier" Patch 254 has been delayed until January 30th in order to ensure a polished release.
While the slight delay may be annoying, there is apparently an "extra-special surprise feature" that should more than make up for all the wait. Here's the full quote: "We're going to be delaying the release of Patch 254 until the 30th of January. I know a lot of you are excited and trust me, we are too. This patch is much larger than we first anticipated and we need more time to work on it in development, and through internal QA process prior public release. However soon you will get to enjoy a hell of lot of new content, and we're cooking up an extra-special surprise feature for the patch!"
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If you're a fan of oldschool strategy games you're in luck as THQ Nordic has just released Imperium Galactica 1 and 2 with support for modern OS and resolutions. The original Imperium Galactica comes with Dosbox emulation that adds compatibility for Windows 7, 8, and 10, while Imperium Galactica 2 has a few more bells and whistles added to it.
Most notably, Imperium Galactica 2 comes with support for most modern OS (including Mac and Linux), support for modern resolution, as well as a whole bunch of graphical improvements. But perhaps most importantly of all, Imperium Galactica 2 now once again supports multiplayer, and it even comes with a server browser! So if you ever wanted to relive the early days of strategy games, now you a chance to do so.
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You have to hand it to Blizzard, they are taking Legion's content flow very seriously. World of Warcraft's Patch 7.1.5 has only recently arrived to the live servers, and already we have Patch 7.2 making its way to the PTR (Public Test Realm).
Most of Patch 7.2's major features aren't enabled just yet as the primary testing focus for this build is the newly added Demon Invasions and general stability, but there is a lot of awesome stuff hidden behind the scenes. If you don't mind spoilers, and there is a whole bunch of them, you can find all of the recently datamined information over at MMO Champion. There's bits and pieces of the upcoming Tier 20 armor set, new Class Hall research, class mounts, new character models, and so forth.
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Before we move on to anything else, it is worth pointing out that the For Honor closed beta will start on January 26th. But unlike most closed betas out there, this ones is anything but exclusive. So if you would like to give For Honor a try ahead of its February 14th release date you simply need to go to the official website, choose a faction and your preferred weapon, and you'll be granted a beta key - its as simple as that!
And if you're wondering what kind of a PC you'll need in order to even run For Honor, you're in luck as Ubisoft has just released the official system requirements, as well as a list of officially supported GPUs and controllers. Have a look:
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If you're a fan of messing around with visuals in an effort to create more realistic images, you'll be glad to hear that The Witcher 3's long-awaited Super Turbo Lighting mod version 3 is now available. In short, the STL mod is a slightly rework how lighting functions in The Witcher 3, with each and every single zone receiving numerous changes to it more similar to the 2014 preview build.
But rather than just blabber on about something completely visual, allow me to instead show you the recently posted preview video. Before you start watching, however, I would recommend slightly decreasing the volume because the vocal portions of the song are loud enough to wake the dead. Anyway, have a look: