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First things first, there are some slight campaign spoilers below, so if you want to have a 100% pure experience then I would advise you avoid this article for the time being. Don't worry, my ego can take it. That said, its not often that you see a game get a post-launch "trailer", especially not one that arrives weeks after the game itself, but as long as the folks at Creative Assembly keep having fun with them they'll remain a welcome contribution.
The recently posted video details a battle between two Chaos armies, one led by the player controlled Archaeon the Everchosen, and the other by The Everwatcher, a greater demon of Tzeentch and a rather rude fellow, as you'll quickly learn in the campaign. Here's the video, and I hope you enjoy watching Chaos fanatics beat the ever-living daylight out of each other, because you're going to see a lot of that:
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Torment: Tides of Numenera is the spiritual sequel to one of the best RPG games of all time - Planescape: Torment. Much like its predecessor it features an in-depth dialogue system, numerous ways of solving each problem, a cast of unique and compelling characters, and some of the most intriguing storytelling in recent times.
As you might imagine, crafting all of that from scratch is a fairly daunting task, so it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that Torment has been delayed until Q1 2017 in order to ensure it launches as the best game it can possibly be. Here's what the team had to say about the delay and their reasoning behind it:
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Given that your starting Gwent deck in The Witcher 3 sucks more than a black hole its very easy to dismiss the whole minigame as just a simple diversion, something like dice poker from the previous games in the series. However, after investing a tiny bit of time with it I found Gwent to be strangely irresistible, so much so that I've managed to collect every single card and probably add a good dozen hours to my playthrough, all thanks to this fairly simple card game.
If you share a similar experience, and I know for a fact there's many of us out there, you'll be delighted to hear that CDPR is working on an official Gwent card game! This news comes from Nerdleaks who had managed to spot a new trademark and logo registered by CD Projekt, one that quite clearly states Gwent: The Witcher Card Game.
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Another weekend has arrived, and with it a brand new "free" game on Steam. This time around its Wasteland 2, an oldschool turn-based RPG that might not be the best looking game around, but is still filled to the brim with interesting decisions to make, compelling characters, and some great writing.
You can try out Wasteland 2 for free on Steam over the course of the next two days, and if you find yourself interested you can grab it at a 50% discount, which brings the price down to €20/$20. If you're looking for some gameplay footage to sway you either way, here's the relatively recent launch trailer, and I hope you like constant jump-cuts:
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I'm sure most people will agree that The Witness is a beautiful game, but at its core its mechanics are about as simple as they get. If someone was determined enough they could quite feasibly re-develop The Witness for any of the old consoles... and as it so happens, someone did!
After two months of work the indie developer Dustmop has managed to demake The Witness into an NES game, both as a reinterpretation and as a tribute. There are 32 puzzles with various rules to discover, and all of this is done by navigating an overhead world with 4-way scrolling.
Bloodstained's latest developer video shows off the first level, a playable demo is coming next week
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a Castlevania inspired action-platformer headed by Koji Igarashi, a veteran designer with numerous Castlevania games under his belt. Ever since the project successfully secured $5,545,991 via Kickstarter it has received a steady slew of updates, but the most recent one is particularly exciting.
The reason behind this is that the latest update has an actual in-game level to show off, rather than just concept art or rough animations on a dull gray background. The first level is set on the Galleon Minerva during a raging storm, and if you're interested in seeing it here's the video in all of its early alpha glory:
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During the recent "State of the Studio" blog post Remedy Entertainment, the folks behind Quantum Break and Alan Wake, had a couple of exciting announcements to share. The good news is that after the success of Quantum Break the team now has enough resources to develop two new games simultaneously, the first of which has been in the works for a while now.
The somewhat bad news, however, is that neither of those those two games is the long awaited Alan Wake sequel. Here's a couple of excerpts from their blog post and a brief explanation of the Alan Wake situation:
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After a couple of days filled with wild rumors Ubisoft has finally confirmed the existence of Watch Dogs 2. It is set to arrive on November 15 and bring with it a brand new protagonist, a brilliant young hacker by the name of Marcus Holloway. Unlike Aiden, the protagonist from Watch Dogs 1, the plan with Marcus is to make him an expressive and relatable character, someone the players can actually get along with.
This whole announcement comes in the form of a rather long and detailed "premier video", so if you're interested in some Watch Dogs 2 footage and developer commentary I would recommend you check it out:
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After a long, long wait the first bits of gameplay footage for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided have finally started to appear. The one showcased today centers around Adam Jensen's trip through Prague in search of a skilled underground augmentation specialist named Vaclav Koller.
As you might imagine, the task turns out to be far more difficult than anyone could've imagined, and soon enough Jensen will find himself embroiled with not just the local mafia, but the corrupt law enforcement as well. You will find the 17-minute long video right below, and don't worry about spoilers, the developers obscured most of the plot details outside of the ones necessary to progress the quest:
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The Sun is scorching, the air appears to be made out of 90% water, and the AC has become my lifeline... in other words, summer has arrived. Its not all that bad, however, as GOG's big Summer Sale has just begun, and it represents a splendid reason for not leaving the house.
New deals will arrive every 24 hours, but I would suggest you don't delay as the Witcher 3 is currently 50% off, the classic XCOM games are 75% off, and a whole bunch of classic D&D games are 66% off. As for the sale itself, it will last for 14 days and end on June 22, at 12:59 PM UTC (a rather specific number, I must say).