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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:
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The Sleepy Sheep Insomnia Sale, besides being the catchiest way of naming the extraction of money from my wallet, is an event where a brand new game constantly goes on sale with limited quantities available, thus forcing you to compete against other players for the glory of the discount god, for his savings be many.
As you can imagine, the games tend to flash by rather quickly, but there are definitely some amazing deals to be snapped up. The Witcher 3, one of the best open world RPGs ever made has briefly made its appearance at $25, as has Divinity: Original Sin and many others.
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Ubisoft Massive, the team behind The Division, has shown great dedication towards their game by releasing high quality patches throughout the beta tests that directly targeted the most common player complaints, and it seems that the trend is continuing in to the release version as well.
The upcoming Update 1.0.2 is aiming to fix numerous bugs and glitches, improve the overall Dark Zone experience and most importantly, correct some of the annoying connection issues that popped up recently. Here are the patch notes:
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Blizzard's team that handles cinematics has produced some of the finest scenes in gaming history, so you bet I was intrigued when I saw that they just released an 8 minute long animated short. While it does have a few issues, they certainly did not disappoint.
The video follows the simian scientist Winston as he wrestles with the decision to recall the agents of Overwatch back in to active duty, a course of action that is highly illegal, yet potentially necessary. Here's the video, enjoy!
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After finishing work on an entire new campaign for Brutal Doom, SGtMarkIV has now turned his attention to one of Doom's most famous ports, the Nintendo 64 one.
The goal is to revitalize the GZDoom port of Doom 64 with new special effects, particles, lightning, and tons of completely unnecessary, yet oddly satisfying gore and gibs. Its still early in development, but a short gameplay video was released a few days ago, have a look:
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With Quantum Break coming on April 5th you would expect that the free release of its soundtrack would be something heavily advertised, but despite me being subscribed to nearly every newsletter known to man, demon and Krogan, today's the first time I've run across it.
Which is a real shame since the soundtrack serves as excellent background noise while you're doing important work, as I've found out... well, besides the important work part. You can check it out on Microsoft Studio's Soundcloud page.