GOG's bundleopolis sale is now available

I hope you aren't particularly attached to your wallet as the latest 'Bundleopolis' sale from GOG seems to be one of the better ones they've done in recent months, with plenty of games spanning numerous genres to chose from, and most importantly, generous discounts to go along with it.

The theme this time around is bundles, and as you might imagine it involves purchasing themed packs such as the 'Fallout Bunker' which gives access to all three of the oldschool Fallout games, 'The X Junction' which carries with it four games from the classic X series, and so forth.

Whispers of the Old Gods are now available in Europe

After forcing us to endure the cruel and unusual punishment of watching fellow players from the Americas enjoy numerous C'thun filled hours of Hearthstone, Blizzard has finally and triumphantly unleashed the Whispers of the Old Gods upon the EU servers... after which they promptly crashed...

Thankfully they are now back, and after encountering exactly zero playful sprites despite opening 30 packs I would say that they are currently in a stable, and most importantly, playable state!

John Romero has released a new Doom WAD (level)

Back in January John Romero released a brand new level for Doom after not touching the game for nearly 20 years, and from what I can remember of it, many asses were kicked.

And now, despite spending who knows how many hours a day working on his Blackroom Kickstarter, he's released his second 'modern' Doom level that follows up on the first and showcases the "kind of classic FPS gameplay" he's promising with Blackroom. As for the story, here's the brief blurb that comes with the instructions:

Shadow Warrior 2 12 minutes of gameplay

The modern Shadow Warrior was a surprisingly enjoyable game for me, even when you account for an overuse of Wang-based puns, simply because the action was unrelenting, and most importantly, visceral.

And from what I'm seeing in the recently released 'A Dozen Hot Minutes of Action' gameplay video, that trend is going to continue, but this time around with even more action, and even bigger wangs, and I wish that was a simple capitalization error. Have a look, and if you want to skip straight to all of the slaughter go to around 2 minutes:

Blizzard has responded to the Nostalrius petition

After the petition for Legacy World of Warcraft servers reached 230,000 signatures, and even got the ex Vanilla WoW Team Lead to join in, it became obvious to Blizzard that this one isn't going to blow over anytime soon.

And in a complete contrast to the utter silence they usually employ when it comes to dealing with the WoW playerbase, Blizzard actually released an official statement which you can read here:

Dota 2 Patch 6.87 has been released

After watching the Dota 2 community collectively lose their sanity and go full-on meme mode, Icefrog finally took mercy and unleashed the much anticipated patch 6.87 in to the great wilds of the test live servers.

From my initial reading of the patch notes it seems that this is going to be one hell of an update for melee heroes, those that hate the currently overpowered flavor of the month, Invoker players who will finally be able to actually pick their favorite hero, and most importantly, for those that like item diversity.

Gameplay showcase for Battlefleet Gothic: Armada

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada is a Warhammer 40k themed strategy game that features four distinct factions, over-the-top weaponry, and equally ridiculous ships with which you can wage war amidst the stars.

I've had a great deal of fun playing it over the weekend, and in order to show you what exactly its all about I've recorded a video going over two campaign side-missions, one featuring the Imperial Navy squaring off against Orks, and the other against the Chaos fleet. Have a look:

Fallout 4 Community Patch is here to fix up Fallout 4

Despite Fallout 4 being the least buggy game in Bethesda's recent history, it still came with a fair few glitches, broken AI, and most annoyingly, progression-breaking bugs.

To Bethesda's credit, however, they did manage to fix most of the big ones, but unfortunately there are still hundreds of tiny bugs left throughout the Commonwealth, bugs that are probably not important enough for them to dedicate developer time to. Thankfully, this is where the community comes in to save the day once again, this time around by releasing a comprehensive bug fixing patch.

John Romero is making a new FPS, Blackroom

After officially making us his bitch with the stellar release of Daikatana, John Romero slowly faded away from the public's eye and remained in relative obscurity for over a decade... until now.

As it turns out, Romero has reunited with Adrian Carmack (the artist, not the engine guy, and no, there's no relation between them) and together they are attempting to Kickstarter a brand new FPS that has aims to improve upon the glory days of PC shooters. The game in question is simply called Blackroom, and to figure out what exactly it is I would suggest giving the Kickstarter video an eyeballin':

Five Nights at Freddy's Sister Location has been announced

Despite stating multiple times that he's through and through with the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise, Scott Cawthon has managed to break that self-imposed promise twice already, first with that strangely cheerful RPG FNaF World, and now with a brand new 'proper' Five Nights at Freddy's game.

As of right now the only things we know about the upcoming FNaF game is that it will be set in a sister location, as if the world needed even more murderous robots with constantly conflicting backstories, and that there never is just one, which to me instantly brings up the mental image of Freddy Fazbear as a Sith Lord.