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Rocket League's long-awaited June patch is now finally available, and it seems to be pretty damn good. There's a couple of new DLC cars and (free) maps to toy around with, ranked players have received their fancy rewards, the loot update has brought in a bunch of new items, and there are even a couple of bug fixes to help everything run smoothly.
My personal favorite addition is the Quick Chat customization option that gives you the ability to take your passive-aggressive game to a whole new level. Why settle for "Nice Shot! Nice Shot! Nice Shot!" when you can use new phrases such as "Savage!" or "Calculated!" to truly take the throne as the most annoying person in the universe.
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To say that Mighty No. 9 had a troubled development would be putting things lightly, but after numerous delays it seems that its finally ready for its big release. While the launch trailer proudly sports the "out now" tag, Mighty No. 9 is still not yet available on Steam, but it should be any hour now.
As for the trailer itself, this one is far superior to the cringe-fest that was the "Masterclass trailer", though it does seem to be lacking in terms of actual gameplay. In any case, you will find the video right below:
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Necropolis was originally planned for a March release, but after the console versions entered the picture the release date needed to be rescheduled. As of right now, the PC version will be available on July 12, while the consoles will get their crack at Necropolis at some point in the summer.
For those of you that don't know anything about Necropolis, its a third-person action game with roguelike elements, devious difficulty, and a procedurally generated world. Most importantly, however, you are able to delve into dungeons with up to three other friends via drop-in/drop-out co-op! Here's the appropriately titled "Death With Friends" trailer to set the scene:
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Star Wars Battlefront's Bespin expansion is coming out tomorrow for those among you that own the Season Pass. Everyone else, however, will only get a chance to explore the Cloud City in two weeks, though I wouldn't consider that too much of a downside given that you'll probably receive a bug-free product on account of everyone else beta-testing it for you.
If you're wondering what the Cloud City looks like in-game, and what all of the features are, here's the recently posted launch trailer. Fair warning though, this might be the least impressive action trailer I've seen in a while:
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EVE: Valkyrie, one of the most feature-rich VR games out there, has been expanded with its first free content update - Carrier Assault. As you can probably guess from the name, in the Carrier Assault game mode you will be required to coordinate with your fellow players in order to cripple a gigantic Carrier, and eventually blow up its core by doing the equivalent of the famous Star Wars trench run, but this time in VR!
If you're wondering what all of this looks like in action, here's the recently posted launch trailer. It unfortunately won't give you the same sense of scale and speed as a VR device, but I think blowing up huge ships is a universally awesome thing anyway:
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While the balance might not be perfect just yet, Overwatch is one of the most finely tuned new releases I've had the pleasure to play in quite a while. As such, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that ESL has announced the first big Overwatch tournament.
The showdown between the top eight teams from across the US and Europe will take place during this year's Gamescom, from August 20-21. Even though Overwatch is still in its infancy this isn't the first serious tournament the game has witnessed, but it is the first one with a $100,000 prize pool for the teams to compete for.
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Nothing is officially confirmed as of yet, but it seems that the long-awaited Steam Summer Sale is going to start next week, on June 23. This was first rumored back in May when someone supposedly leaked an official Valve message, but since no one could prove anything it simply remained as just that, a rumor.
However, while I can easily see some individual faking a Valve letter in order to mess with people, I highly doubt PayPal is going to stoop to the same level, so I do believe we can consider their short announcement as an official confirmation. As you might expect, given today's day and age, the announcement was made via a short tweet. Here's what it says:
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The Technomancer is a sci-fi RPG set on Mars, or rather a version of Mars where the outside conditions are seemingly perfect for human life, though with the small issue of there not being enough water to sustain everyone. As you might expect, this eventually led to the entirety of Mars splintering into multiple factions, each one attempting to eek out a meager existence amidst the barren wastes.
This is where you come in as a Technomancer, a formidable warrior capable of harnessing various destructive electrical powers, in order to shape the destiny of Mars, or at the very least the destiny of your own wallet. Rather than drone on about the premise, here's the relatively recent E3 trailer to give you an idea of what to expect:
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The original Rock of Ages always struck me as something Monty Python would come up with if they were forced to make a historically accurate game. For those of you that are unaware, Rock of Ages is all about taking your giant god-rock and smashing through the enemy's defenses in order to smush their leader, a 2D caricature made out of a historical painting. In a way you can think of it like Angry Birds, but instead of the birds its one giant boulder, and its really pissed off!
Even though the gameplay was about as dead simple as it gets, I still consider Rock of Ages as a fun experience, and as such I'm glad to let you know that Rock of Ages 2: Bigger and Boulder has just been announced. Before you ask... yes, that is the actual name. If that doesn't tip you off on what exactly you're getting into, the announcement trailer should help hammer in the point:
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Ever since Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines the world hasn't seen a complex vampire themed RPG, or even many vampires at all, at least the non-sparkly kind anyway. This is where the creatively named Vampyr comes in to play as it offers exactly that, a complex and nuanced world that will let you have a glorious power-trip over the lovely humans on one side, and make you feel like a horrific monster on the other.
Until recently all anyone knew about Vampyr came from the brief descriptions posted alongside the official screenshots, but during the recent E3 IGN managed to sit down with a couple of developers from Dontnod and go over the gameplay in detail. You can find the video right below, but do be warned, its fairly dark given that our protagonist tends to spontaneously combust during daylight: