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After the information was accidentally leaked about 3-4 times now, Blizzard has finally and officially confirmed that Whispers of the Old Gods will be creeping in to Hearthstone on April 26.
Unfortunately for us in Europe and Asia, the Old Gods will be taking a short nap and resuming their march towards world domination on April 27, hopefully without the usual week of server crashes that follows any sort of EU launch. Here's the extra spooky trailer if you've managed to miss it:
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When the Spring Quarterly Update was first announced I mentioned how Guild Wars 2 is in need of a truly titanic patch to correct all of the issues Heart of Thorns brought with it, and from what I can see here, it does not disappoint. And how could it, the patch notes span over 40 pages when copied in to Word, that's insane!
I would usually post the patch notes at this point, but given the size of the update there is simply no sense in doing such a thing, so if you're interested in all of the changes, from the big reworks to the most minute of bug fixes, you can find them over at the Guild Wars 2 forums. As for me, I will attempt to give you a quick glance at what exactly is being changed:
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I'm fully aware that Dark Souls fans can be a loyal bunch, I am one after all, but its still a bit shocking to see the Dark Souls board game reach its £50,000 goal within minutes of starting. To make things even more interesting, the community has managed to blow through all of the stretch goals as well, most likely leaving the developers both incredibly happy and rather stunned.
Since its a bit difficult to briefly explain a board game, especially one that aims to emulate a game as complex as Dark Souls, here's a demo video where the developers face off against a boss, specifically the Dancer of the Boreal Valley:
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RuneScape is 15 years old at this point, and with such an old engine powering it there are numerous issues that have became increasingly annoying over the course of its life, most notably the sketchy performance on modern machines, poor draw distance, graphics that rival those of a PlayStation game, and so forth.
Thankfully, these problems have now been mostly solved as RuneScape has finally made its transition to a brand new visual engine, and modern client. Here's the trailer showcasing the improvements, as well as a short overview of what the team plans to enhance next:
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Mafia 3 is set in the open world of 1968 New Bordeaux, a city inspired by New Orleans and complete with era-appropriate cars, fashion, music, and naturally, dialect. You will be put in to the shoes of Lincoln Clay, a Vietnam veteran and ex member of the black mob, a gang that ended up being betrayed and wiped out by the Italian Mafia.
What follows next is a good old fashioned revenge story where Lincoln attempts to build his new empire atop the ashes of the old one, and carve his way through the ranks of those responsible for the betrayal of his surrogate family. In short, don't expect to see any upstanding citizens in Mafia 3. Here's the story trailer:
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Right around the time Dark Souls 3 launched, the multiplayer portion of Dark Souls 1 started having bigger and bigger issues until it inevitably succumbed to the hollowing process, and just stopped working.
Its been almost a week since it has gone down, and there is still no official comment from either Bandai Namco or FromSoftware. The only actual piece of information I could find about Dark Souls 1's technical troubles was a short tweet from a community manager, posted 5 days ago:
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While this news shouldn't come as much of a surprise to anyone, I'm afraid to say that the Overwatch closed beta will be shutting down on April 25 in order to allow Blizzard enough time to prepare for the official launch.
This information comes from the latest Overwatch Developer Update in which Jeff Kaplan does a Christopher, Walken, impression, and shares some more information on what the Overwatch team is currently doing, as well as what the post-launch updates will bring. Have a look:
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I'll be perfectly honest, before seeing this announcement I didn't even know there was a Rambo video game out there, and after doing even a tiny bit of research on it I can see exactly why that was case... its just not very good.
However, the developers are well aware of their less-than stellar reputation, and have decided to release a free piece of DLC two years after the original launch of Rambo: The Video Game both as a much needed content update, as well as an apology to all of the Rambo fans that may have gotten burned. Here's the trailer and what exactly Baker Team brings to the table:
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If you thought the current content drought in World of Warcraft is annoying, I'm afraid I bring some bad news as World of Warcraft: Legion is set to release on August 30, which means everyone gets to enjoy the colors red and green for over a year without anything to break the monotony.
On the positive side, those that pre-order WoW: Legion ($50) will gain access to an instant level 100 boost, as well as early access to the Demon Hunter class prior to the expansion's release, though the date on which they will become available hasn't been announced yet.
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Hitman's Paris level has been available for a bit over a month now, and while its an expertly crafted map filled with tons of ways to mess up execute your plans, I do believe the majority of players are now ready for a breath of fresh air.
And thankfully such a thing is coming in the near future as the Mediterranean 'Sapienza' expansion arrives on April 26. Here's the trailer, and a couple of newly released screenshots: