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If you were waiting for Telltale's Batman series to finish before picking it up, now would be the time to do so as the finale is set to arrive tomorrow. Without spoiling too much, Episode 5: City of Light will revolve around the Children of Arkham and their plan to destroy the Wayne family name by exposing age-old ties to the criminal underworld. As you might expect, its going to be up to you to decide how you will prevent disaster and hopefully restore 'peace' to Gotham. But most interestingly of all, you will start in drastically different situations depending on your choices in Episode 4, so there seems to be a good degree of variety when it comes to the choices you can make, as well as their consequencs.
Since there is no trailer available for Episode 5, allow me to instead show you the somewhat lengthy preview trailer for the very first episode, just in case you have no idea what Telltale's Batman series is all about. Have a look:
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Hob is an exploration focused adventure that will have you solve puzzles and defeat monsters in order to keep moving ever-forward through a rather bizarre and alien world. But most interestingly of all, as you solve puzzles and unlock new secrets the world itself will start warping and changing, potentially opening up previously unseen paths and even greater dangers.
Given how that sounds a bit confusing, especially since the developers like to call Hob's world a "Rubik's cube that's collapsed in on itself", you'll be glad to hear that they have released an extremely lengthy preview showcasing pretty much every aspect of gameplay in action. So if you're curious about Hob, and you've got 30 minutes to spare, you'll find the video right below:
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[Update]: Version 7.00 has now been unleashed onto the live servers!
After spending well over a decade in version 6.XX, Dota 2 will finally be transitioning to version 7.00 with tomorrow's update. As you might expect given the time frame involved, the upcoming update is ridiculously large! Monkey King is joining the roster as a brand new hero; there are a stunning number of balance changes; the UI has been completely redesigned; there is now an extra inventory that you can use to store wards and other such items; heroes can choose from a variety of talents in order to amplify their spells and abilities; Roshan has been moved from his age-old stronghold; and there's a whole bunch of other changes I could never fit into even this massively over-bloated paragraph.
That last part wasn't a joke, by the way. Update 7.00 is so ridiculously large that even attempting to summarize and analyze it would take us the better part of the day, so if you're interested in all of the details I would recommend you head on over to the official website. I would also suggest brewing up some coffee before you dive in as you're going to be stuck in there for quite a while!
And while I cannot give you a good analysis of all these new changes, I can at the very least give you a brief list of some of the most important ones. So here it is:
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The holiday season really is a time for miracles because Activision just recently announced a massive, and completely free DLC for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered. It will bring with it six new remastered multiplayer maps to toy around with, a new holiday themed Winter Crash map, as well as two new game modes: Gun Game and Hardpoint.
If you're interested in seeing some of these maps in action, you'll find the recently posted and rather well choreographed trailer down below. Have a look:
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If you're a fan of Hearthstone's Tavern Brawl, and if you consider the mad god Sheogorath a lovable companion, you'll be glad to hear that the "Chaos Arena" event is coming to The Elder Scrolls: Legends this Wednesday. The Chaos Arena will last from December 14 through December 19, bringing with it a bunch of new and completely ridiculous scenarios, as well as a couple of interesting new lane conditions.
For those of you that might not enjoy this sort of thing, allow me to just say that the solo and versus mode will remain active throughout the event, so don't worry about the entire game descending into madness. But for the rest of you, here's what Sheogorath's new Chaos Arena has in store:
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Gigantic, an action orientated MOBA most similar to SMITE, has now entered its open beta phase. As you might expect, both the beta and the eventual launch version are fully free-to-play, so if you're up for giving it a try head on over to the Windows 10 Store. And don't worry about losing your progress, there will be no accounts resets from here on out.
On the other hand, if you have no idea what Gigantic is all about and need a bit more information before you decide to pull the trigger, here's the recently posted beta trailer. It doesn't feature much in terms of gameplay, but it should still give you a pretty damn good idea on whether this is the type of game you'd enjoy or not. Have a look:
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Conan Exiles, an open-world survival game with a heavy focused on teamwork, is set to arrive in Early Access this January. It will bring with it a massive wasteland to explore, giant snake gods to appease, ancient ruins and temples to delve, as well as variety of rather... unpleasant natives to contend with.
Since all of this might be a bit overwhelming at first glance, Funcom has decided to release a brief overview of how to survive in the harsh wilderness of Conan Exiles. If you prefer the more detailed written version you can find it over here, but if you would instead like to see all of it in action you'll find the preview video down below. Have a look:
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One of the main benefits of owning Twitch Prime, besides the ad-free streams and a subscription to a channel of your choice, is the variety of free games and bonus in-game loot that rotate on a monthly basis. Last month this was in-game goodies for Watch Dogs 2, as well as free copies of Punch Club and This War of Mine, while this month is starting off with one of my favorites - The Walking Dead: Season 1.
So if by some miracle you still haven't played The Walking Dead, but you own a Twitch Prime membership, head on over here to claim your free copy. Do bear in mind, however, that this whole promotion will end on December 13, so don't wait for too long or you might just miss it.
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Even though I'm not a big fan of fighting games I spent a lot of time playing the Tekken series throughout my childhood. This wasn't because of its unique mechanics or intricate balance, but rather because it allowed me to beat up my friends as a giant panda, a wooden training dummy, or even a demon/alien samurai whose main attack was stabbing himself in the chest! And that's not even scratching the top of the list of ridiculous characters the series has toyed around with over the years.
With that in mind, I am very glad to say that the tradition of including outrageously over-the-top characters continues into Tekken 7 as well. And best of all, Bandai Namco has brought back my favorite - a giant panda named Panda (I never said they were creative), as well as her friend Kuma, the giant bear. It is pretty much as stupid as it sounds, but I can't deny its hilarious watching a bear beat someone down with a salmon! With that image now stuck in your mind, here's their reveal trailer:
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[Update]: The replay system has now arrived, and it's already pretty good!
Despite being fairly young, as far as modern video games are concerned anyway, Overwatch has already managed to garner quite the competitive scene. But in order to really push things to the next level there is a definitive need for replays and a better spectator system, all in order to slowly bridge the gap between the actual pros and the general playerbase.
We've known for a while now that the spectator mode is undergoing heavy improvements, but according to a recent post by Jeff Kaplan it appears that the team is also actively working on enabling both replays and highlight sharing/saving/exporting. Here's the full quote straight from the Overwatch Game Director: