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If you feel the urge to race around and crash into other drivers the moment you start losing, you're in luck as Humble Bundle is offering DiRT Showdown for free for the next two days. But even if you don't have any inclination towards racing I would still recommend taking them up on this offer as I have a feeling DiRT Showdown is going to be taken off the market rather soon. Car and music licenses don't last forever, and renewing them for fairly old games isn't very economical, so its unfortunately common for racing games to just kind of disappear after a couple of years.
And for those of you interested in seeing what DiRT Showdown is all about, you'll find one of the launch trailers down below. It doesn't feature much in terms of gameplay, but it should give you a general idea of what to expect. Have a look:
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Torment: Tides of Numenera is an upcoming story-focused RPG heavily inspired by Planescape: Torment. What this means in gameplay terms is that Torment: Tides of Numenera has a massive world filled with interesting characters you can interact with, and even more interesting events you can potentially meddle with.
Its currently in Early Access, but if you would like to give it a try without spending any of your hard earned money, you now have a chance to do so as the developers have released a rather brilliant interactive trailer. The video below will guide you through a single quest and all of the decisions you can make along the way, as well as all of the resolutions you can end up with depending on your choices. So if you're interested in a bit of storytelling, I'd recommend you give it a look:
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If you were hoping to give For Honor a try ahead of its February 14th release date, you'll be glad to hear that Ubisoft has just announced the closed beta schedule. Starting on January 26th and ending on January 29th you'll be able to play as all three factions in an all-out war for domination, with the winners being given a special reward at the very end. What exactly that reward will be, Ubisoft didn't specify, but given that this is their big marketing event I would imagine its going to be something quite special, so don't let your side down!
Besides all of the closed beta information, the announcement also came with a brand new trailer. If you're hoping for some actual gameplay, I'm afraid you won't find it here, but if you're interested in some lovely imagery and loads of nonsense about honor, then you're going to feel right at home. Have a look:
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If you ever wanted to give Heroes of the Storm a try, now would be the best time to do so as Blizzard has made all of the characters free to play. The promotion will only last until 10am PST on January 16th, so make sure to jump in as soon as possible, or else you might not have enough time to give all of the heroes a proper try.
And if you haven't been paying attention to Heroes of the Storm this past year and are now wondering what in the world has even changed, you'll be glad to hear that Blizzard has posted a brief video summarizing all of the recent additions. Have a look:
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Styx: Shards of Darkness is an upcoming stealth game heavily inspired by the Thief series. What this means is that it features plenty of open-ended levels crawling with guards, a variety of weapons and tools to either dispatch or bypass them, as well as stealth mechanics that revolve around careful planning and fluid execution rather than brute force.
And what better way to showcase all of that than to have the main character obliterate a whole bunch of guards in the most loud and obvious way possible! So if you're interested in the more action-orientated side of Shards of Darkness, and also love videos set to moody music, you might just enjoy this rather silly trailer. Have a look:
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With Tales of Berseria set to arrive on January 26th Bandai Namco has decided to drum up a bit of excitement by releasing the gaming equivalent of a unicorn - a demo! I haven't had the chance to play it myself, but what I can tell you is that the demo is around ~900MB in size, so the download should at the very least be fairly quick.
But if you need a bit more information before jumping into the demo, I would recommend you check out the recently posted "The Calamity and The Blade" trailer. It doesn't showcase much in terms of gameplay, but it does a good job of setting up the mood and characters. So if you're interested, have a look:
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As someone that loves acquiring in-game cosmetics through various challenges and achievements, the constant rise in pre-order DLC has been a massive annoyance. Rather than unlock cool new things by playing the game, these days you unlock new things by blindly throwing your money away, desperately hoping the pre-release trailers weren't of the "vertical slice" variety.
With that in mind, I am very glad to say that all of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided pre-order DLC has now been made available for free, for everyone! What this means is that you'll now have access to the Desperate Measures extra in-game mission, a whole bunch of armor and trench coat skins, a re-skinned pistol and combat rifle, as well as a variety of consumables.
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If you were itching to get your hands on Mass Effect: Andromeda, you'll be glad to hear that you won't have to wait for very long. According to a recently posted announcement, Mass Effect: Andromeda will be launching on March 21st in North America, and March 23rd in Europe. As for the rest of the world, there is unfortunately no information, but I'd assume its going to be somewhere in between.
And if you're wondering what exactly you'll get to toy around with, you'll find one of the most recent gameplay previews down below. Do bear in mind that this is alpha footage you'll be watching, so be prepared to see a couple of really awkward animations and textures, which will hopefully be corrected by the time Andromeda finally arrives. Anyway, here's the video:
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The Overwatch PTR has been updated a couple of days ago with a Roadhog hook redesign, a slight nerf to Ana's grenade, a slight buff to Sombra, and a potentially devastating D.Va nerf. Unfortunately for all Roadhog players out there, the new hook redesign was so buggy and broken that it seemed like it would completely remove the hero from competitive play should the change ever go live. And if you're wondering how ridiculous things really got, let's just say that the hook would break if the enemy was hiding behind a traffic sign... a thin, easily breakable traffic sign!
Thankfully, an update has arrived just recently in order to correct these glaring issues, but also to further nerf Ana's Biotic Grenade and buff Sombra's Hack. But rather than simply blabber on myself, allow me to share with you the official "patch notes". Have a look:
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If you were itching for a little bit more content, and a whole bunch of balance changes to puzzle over, you'll be glad to hear that World of Warcraft's Patch 7.1.5 has now finally arrived. It has brought with it Pandaria dungeons as a part of a new Timewalking event, micro-holidays to remember the great days of old, an improved version of the Brawlers' Guild with brand new bosses and rewards, as well as a variety of other minor changes.
For those of you looking for a more in-depth look at all of these changes and additions, you can find the official "survival guide" and full patch notes by heading to the WoW website. But if you're just looking for the short version, allow me to show you the recently posted preview video. Have a look: