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Paragon is an upcoming MOBA from Epic Games that features some beautiful landscapes, nifty character design, and gameplay that's a mixture of elements from its three biggest competitors: Dota 2, LoL and SMITE.
It has just launched in Early Access (not the Steam kind), and along with that announcement came the PC system requirements which you can find below:
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The Custom Game Pass is an in-game purchasable item that grants you additional content and features in select Dota 2 custom games. If you want the long version head over here, but in short its a nifty way of supporting Dota 2 map makers without alienating the playerbase or making the custom games annoying to play.
One of the reasons I was rather optimistic about the whole system, despite the paid Skyrim mods fiasco, is because Valve stated that they would be carefully selecting which games are allowed to participate in the program.
As a proof of concept, Valve started the entire Custom Game Pass system with a single game - Roshpit Champions. However, a mere day later it was found out that Roshpit Champions uses few "borrowed assets" which brought the entirety of Valve's curation efforts in to question, and once again refueled the same complaints that were leveled against Skyrim's paid mods. Here's what happened, and how I propose we solve the issue once and for all:
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For those of you that don't know anything about him, Julian Gollop was the designer and one of the main driving forces behind the original XCOM series whose gameplay holds up even to this date, despite some clunkiness.
After finishing up work on his latest title, the turn-based RPG Chaos Reborn, Gollop has set his sights on making a brand new game - Phoenix Point.
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Despite not being a fan of the story direction Blizzard took with Starcraft 2 I've still spent far more time than I'm willing to admit playing and replaying the campaigns, simply because they've managed to absolutely nail the gameplay, variety and level of challenge.
If you're in the same camp as I am you'll be delighted to hear that the first part of the brand new 'Nova Covert Ops' DLC campaign is coming on March 30th. Here's the trailer and a bit of information on what to expect:
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This isn't the first time Creative Assembly has attempted to make a free-to-play version of Total War, that honor belongs to the somewhat mediocre Total War Battles: Shogun.
However, while Shogun was a massive departure from the classic Total War formula the upcoming Total War Battles: Kingdom looks to be a proper spin-off. Here's the trailer and a bit of information on what to expect from Kingdom:
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[Update]: I've done a full review on Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, so if you're interested in my thoughts on the campaign and the release version in general, head over here.
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada is a Warhammer 40k themed strategy game that features large scale space battles between four distinct factions, each with their own ridiculously large ships and weaponry.
It is currently in a multiplayer beta, so while the core of the game is fully present there are some bugs and balance issues that will need to be ironed out prior to launch. Here are my thoughts after playing around with it for 10 hours:
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For the ~5,000 of you still playing Star Wars Battlefront on the PC I have some interesting news as Dice has recently showcased the upcoming Outer Rim DLC.
It brings with it four new maps, two heroes and an Extraction game mode, but most importantly, the ability to do combat rolls! Here's the trailer and a bit more information on what to expect:
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LawBreakers is an upcoming FPS in which even the laws of physics can be violated, resulting in a fast paced arena multiplayer experience with some rather unique mobility options.
It was initially slated to release as a free-to-play title, but due to an increase in scope and worries about balance the team opted to instead make it a fully-fledged paid release. Here's the most recent gameplay trailer and a few words from CliffyB on why they abandoned the free-to-play model:
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Bethesda came out today and released a brief teaser video exploring all 9 of Doom's multiplayer maps, and when I say "exploring" I mean spending approximately 5 seconds per each one, which brings in question their understanding of the word "explore".
While the video is mostly there for flavor, they did also release a bit of information on each map and the hazards that you might run across, or directly in to. Here's the video, and what to expect from each of the maps:
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Do you like free things? How about having those free things produce moon-shattering explosions? If the answer is yes you'll be glad to hear that the large-scale RTS Planetary Annihilation fits both of those requirements.
However, while a Steam key for Planetary Annihilation is being offered for free that doesn't mean its going to be a simple process, you're going to have to jump through some minor hoops first. Here's how it works: