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If you're a fan of pointless award ceremonies that are nothing more than a popularity vote, you'll be glad to hear that Valve is as well! But don't worry, they're not doing this completely straight-faced. I mean, one of the categories is literally called "I Thought This Game Was Cool Before It Won An Award", so what do you even say to that?
As silly as the whole concept is, I still have to admit that I actually went through the 'massive' trouble of filling all of it out. Perhaps its the ridiculous nature of it, and perhaps I'm just insane, but deciding which games to pick has been a surprising degree of fun. Its not every day that you get to ponder which game has made the best use of farm animals after all!
If you feel like joining this parade of madness, also known as the Steam Awards, here are all of the categories:
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After a rather long break from any sort of meaningful updates ArenaNet launched Guild Wars 2's Living World Season 3 story campaign back in July. A couple of months have passed since then, but their pace has not slowed down in the slightest, and as such I am glad to announce that Episode 3: A Crack in the Ice is now available!
If you're wondering what "A Crack in the Ice" is all about, both in terms of story and in terms of shiny new items you can collect, ArenaNet has prepared a brief preview video going just that. Have a look, and don't worry about spoilers, there's very little new lore in here:
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Ubisoft's The Division has just recently received a rather sizable boost in content through its second major expansion/DLC - Survival. It brought with it a brand new Survival mode which will test your ability to stay alive without relying on overpowered weaponry, a supposedly powerful and mysterious enemy that will try to hunt you down when you least expect it, and naturally, a whole bunch of new guns to shoot people in the face with.
If you're wondering what this new Survival mode is all about, here's a brief video going over the general premise. Before you jump in do bear in mind it features slight 'story' spoilers, but its such a generic introduction that I highly doubt you're going to lose much if you know it's coming. Anyway, here's the video:
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Despite seemingly being a perfect fit for video game tie-ins, poor Conan has not had the best track record so far. There is, however, a chance for redemption on the horizon as the open-world survival game Conan Exiles is quickly nearing its January Early Access release date.
If you're wondering what exactly this might look like, wonder no more as Funcom has just recently posted a decently sized announcement trailer. There's hordes of people destroying buildings, a giant snake destroying buildings, and there's even an actual giant destroying buildings! Anyway, have a look:
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As I've noted in my review when Paragon first launched in Early Access - there is a ton of potential for greatness here, but its unfortunately all hidden by gameplay mechanics so rough they're almost impossible to look past. Back then I wished for a massive update that would rework the combat, the general movement system, and even how many of the heroes function, and as it so happens this is exactly what Epic is currently doing!
Once the Monolith Update makes its way to Paragon on December 6 you'll be able to explore a new and significantly smaller map, as well as toy around with much faster and more action-orientated gameplay. But most importantly, you're probably going to spend a couple of days in utter confusion as every single hero is being updated... every single one!
While Epic hasn't released all of the details for this update just yet, they did take the time to at least explain why and how they are planning to achieve all of this. You can read the full article by heading over to Paragon's website, but if you're feeling particularly lazy here's my brief summary:
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If you ever thought that Saints Row IV just doesn't have enough ridiculously over the top weaponry, you'll be pleased to hear that Volition has just added Steam Workshop support! In other words, the ability to create, share, and download custom weapons, clothing, scripts and cheats, and a whole variety of other gameplay changes. The Saints Row IV Workshop only just launched so there isn't much available right now, but someone has already taken the time to make a flamethrower guitar... because why the hell not!
On the other hand, if you prefer to create rather than to simply use what others have built, you can find a basic guide and all of the necessary tools by heading over here. Do bear in mind that learning all of this is going to take you a little while, but should you manage to do it, the sky itself will be the limit!
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If you were waiting patiently for Total War: Warhammer to finally make its way to Linux, I am glad to announce that your long vigil is now over. Through an update that came out a short while ago Total War: Warhammer has become fully available on Linux via Steam, so choose your faction and dive in!
However, if you've been waiting for so long that you've completely forgotten what Total War: Warhammer even is, Creative Assembly has prepared a rather handy video for just this occasion. Its not incredibly detailed, but if you're looking for a general overview its pretty damn good. Have a look:
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With Black Friday just around the corner, Steam has decided to throw their rather large hat into the ring and compete with pretty much everyone else for your undivided attention in the only way they know how - with deep discounts on a ton of games! "And how many games fit in a ton?" you may ask, to which the answer is apparently a whopping 13,203... and growing!
So if you feel like picking up a couple of new games at significantly discounted prices, head on over to Steam and prepare to lose a good couple of hours. And for those of you that have no idea what's even worth grabbing, allow me to give you a brief list of games that I would snap up if I didn't already own all of them. Here's the list:
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It has only been a week since Sombra arrived to Overwatch, and already we're getting a brand new hero by the name of Symmetra! Now, some of you might argue that she was already in the game, but given that I hadn't seen her once in the past ~100 hours leads me to believe that was all an elaborate hoax by Blizzard.
If you're interested in an extremely detailed overview of Symmetra and the current state of Overwatch by none other than Jeff Kaplan himself, check out the video embedded right below. On the other hand, if you don't have 10 minutes to spare and are just looking for the short version, I'll also add the rather brief hero overview and patch notes. Have a look:
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It has only been a little over a week since the last sale ended, and already GOG is back with yet another batch of discounts. This time around the special occasion is Black Friday, everyone's favorite excuse to act like a total maniac, but unlike GOG's previous sales this one is a bit smaller in scope.
So if you're up for restocking your backlog with some rather solid games, head over to GOG, but do keep in mind that the Black Friday Sale will only last for five days, until November 27. As an added little bonus, if you connect your GOG and Steam accounts together with the aptly named GOG Connect, you will also be able to claim a free copy of Limbo. And for those among you that aren't sure what's worth picking up, allow me to list out a couple of the better deals: