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I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with Payday 2. On one hand its an excellent game in which I've invested over 100 hours falling of various buildings and getting tased, but on the other its a constantly repeating cycle of great DLC practices followed by utterly despicable ones, with seemingly no middle ground.
While I might have some issues with it, its still great to hear that Payday 2 is now available on SteamOS, and most importantly, given to you for free if you already own it on the PC.
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Its no secret at this point that the original implementation of the "survival" mode in Fallout 4 was fairly lackluster. Having to expend entire clips at bare-chested bandits was definitely an increase in difficulty, just not really the type anyone asked for.
However, the upcoming Survival mode rework is a completely different story as it introduces lethal combat (for both you and the enemies), diseases, fatigue, and a whole bunch of other nasty features you'll have to keep an eye out for, or end up as a bloody discussion piece at some bandit camp.
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Episode 5 of Telltale's Minecraft: Story Mode, titled as Order Up, will be releasing on March 29th, and just as many community members have speculated, it won't be the final episode in the series.
According to a recent announcement, Telltale is currently working on three extra post-season chapters that will continue on with the story from Episode 5 and release over the coming months.
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Morrowind Rebirth is, surprisingly enough, a TES: Morrowind mod that is all about enhancing the gameplay experience through the addition of new creatures, armor, weapons, as well as various zone overhauls, graphical improvements and bug/balance fixes.
Update 3.6 brings with it massive overhauls to three zones (Red Mountain, Ghostgate, Suran Dock), numerous bug fixes, balance tweaks and a few more features. You can find the full change log and download link over at the Morrowind Rebirth moddb page.
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It might not be the patch the community was clamoring for, but the Dota 2 Spring Cleaning update is one of the most significant patches in the rage-simulator's history.
There are no balance changes, or even new heroes, instead its an entire massive update devoted solely towards making Dota 2 a much more pleasurable game to play through a variety of quality of life changes and UI improvements. Here's my quick overview of all the important additions and changes:
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Only in the twisted recesses of Edmund McMillen's mind could one find an entire game based around a coin-eating, bomb-farting hobo baby. Worst of all? I'm actually really excited about this!
The Legend of Bum-bo is going to be a turn based puzzle RPG with randomly generated elements, and most interestingly, a strong connection to The Binding of Isaac universe.
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I'm loving this new system Humble Bundle has implemented. Instead of a constant barrage of mediocre bundles, we now get less frequent, but almost always exciting collections.
Today's Humble Bundle is Sega themed and filled to the brim with classic strategy games, ranging from Company of Heroes, to Shining Force, and even the Dawn of War series. Here's what exactly you get from each tier, and a short recommendation on what to grab:
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While Blizzard's Hearthstone team seems very content with leaving balance issues to hopefully sort themselves out, the Heroes of the Storm crew is much more proactive, not to mention effective, as is apparent with the massive upcoming patch which is currently going through public testing.
The as of yet unnamed update brings with it a new hero, a single-lane map, multiple hero reworks, numerous balance changes and bug fixes, and most importantly for the competitive scene - the ability to ban heroes. Here are the patch notes and a quick overview of the changes:
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Its been a mere few months since the release of Blade & Soul in the West, and already we're getting the first expansion, Silverfrost Mountains.
It brings with it a variety of new dungeons, outdoor content, class and raid balance changes, and the start of the first PvP season, among other additions. The announcement also came with a trailer showcasing all of these new features, have a look:
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With Doom's May 13th release date fast approaching, Bethesda has started unleashing a whole barrage of Doom announcements, first starting with the 9 multiplayer maps, and now showcasing the gameplay modes themselves.
While there are some standard modes in there like Team Deathmatch and Clan Arena, there are also some rather interesting twists on the classic FPS modes of old. Here's the announcement video giving you a brief look at each mode, and my short overview of what's coming: