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[Update]: It took a while for this announcement to arrive, but Remedy Entertainment is now also working on Control 2!
Today has been a pretty good day as far as ancient classics go. Ron Gilbert has announced that he's working on a brand new Monkey Island game, and now Remedy Entertainment has revealed that they are remaking both the original Max Payne and its sequel Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne!
The remakes will be developed on the Northlight engine (Control, Quantum Break) and will be released as a single game. As for the launch platforms, right now it looks like Max Payne 1 & 2 will be arriving onto PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Most importantly, the budget for the remakes will be "in line with a typical Remedy AAA-game production", so I think it's safe to say we can expect a high standard of quality.
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[Update #2]: It's time to get excited as Return to Monkey Island will be launching on September 19th, 2022!
[Update]: Return to Monkey Island's first preview shows off a new art style and some excellent music.
Over thirty years have gone by since Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, so you can imagine my surprise when Ron Gilbert, one of the original creators, popped up to announce a brand new follow-up is currently in development! The exact details are still few and far between, but the freshly announced Return to Monkey Island will be a collaboration between Gilbert's Terrible Toybox and Lucasfilm Games.
While Return to Monkey Island will be a follow-up to Monkey Island 2, Ron Gilbert has quickly clarified that the team has gone to great lengths to ensure that Monkey Island 3 (The Curse of Monkey Island) will not go out of canon. Not only that, but Murray will also be making an appearance in Return to Monkey Island!
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After going through a rather lengthy delay, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has now finally been unleashed for PC and consoles. While it's similar to the rest of the series in terms of gameplay, The Skywalker Saga manages to stand head and shoulders above them when it comes to its sheer scope.
Instead of focusing on a single movie or even a single series, The Skywalker Saga brings with it a storyline spanning all nine of the main Star Wars movies! Just to put things into perspective, this means there's over 300 playable characters, over 100 vehicles to accidentally smash into walls, as well as 23 different planets to explore. That is an impressive amount of content, even for the standards of the Lego Star Wars games!
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[Update]: Total War: Warhammer 3's long awaited Immortal Empires campaign is most likely coming in September!
It took a fair bit of time to get here, but Total War: Warhammer 3's very first major update has now been released alongside a whole host of improvements and bug fixes. The most important of these are the various changes to the Realm of Chaos campaign, all aimed at making it a less stressful and more rewarding experience.
As such, the negative traits you get in the Chaos realms are now not only less debilitating, but they're also much easier to get rid off. Similarly, defeating an enemy lord at the Forge of Souls will now remove all of their souls, thus giving you a chance to come back from a losing campaign without having to permanently camp there. And in order to make expanding your empire a less stressful affair, the "Protection" building chain can now prevent rifts from spawning in the province entirely!
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[Update]: The day has finally come - Fall Guys has now gone free-to-play!
Something huge is coming to Fall Guys, though in order to find out what exactly that might be I'm afraid we'll have to wait a little while longer. Thankfully, we won't have to simply sit around as the Fall Guys team has just launched a series of events to help tide us over until the big announcement goes live!
From from until April 10th you'll be able to complete a variety of challenges in a playlist consisting of classic rounds and variations, with the end-reward being the Star Princess costume. Then from April 18th to April 24th you'll be able to dive into the jungle-only playlist to complete another set of challenges, with the reward this time around being the Star Detective costume.
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[Update #2]: Overwatch's bittersweet final event, Anniversary Remix: Vol. 3, is launching on August 9th.
[Update]: Blizzard has unveiled Sojourn's origin story in preparation for the upcoming Overwatch 2 beta.
While this shouldn't come as too much of a shock given that the festivals have been getting smaller and smaller over time, Blizzard has just announced that they have canceled this year's Archives, Summer Games and Anniversary events. Thankfully, it's not all bad news since these updates will instead be getting replaced with a trio of Anniversary Remix events.
The first of these remixes has now arrived, bringing with it all of the previously available game modes, all of the previously available cosmetic items, as well as a couple of stylish recolors of some of the most popular skins. And just to spice things up a bit, Anniversary Remix: Vol. 1 has also added three weekly challenges that give you a chance to snag the previously exclusive Nano D.Va, Bastet Ana and Combat Medic Baptiste skins!
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Similar to last year's Medieval Dynasty, the upcoming Sengoku Dynasty is a detailed life sim about trying to build a thriving village in feudal Japan. Whether you're aiming to do this in singleplayer or co-op, the whole process will start with you manually harvesting resources and slowly crafting tools, as well as personally protecting your humble settlement from both hordes of bandits and the weather itself.
However, once you manage to automate most of the simple tasks with the help of your villagers, Sengoku Dynasty will become more a town management game rather than a purely survival-based life sim. At that point your goal will be to focus on expanding your community all across the valley, researching advanced technology like medicine and gunpowder, and handling any potential disputes with your neighbors in a hopefully somewhat civilized fashion.
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[Update]: Final Fantasy XIV's Patch 6.1 has now arrived alongside a sizable PvP rework.
Now that Final Fantasy XIV's long-running storyline has reached its ultimate conclusion with the Endwalker expansion, it's time for a brand new chapter to begin. As such, once Patch 6.1 arrives this April 12, 2022 it'll bring with it an assortment of new Main Scenario quests that will see your character return to the life of a simple adventurer... at least for a little while anyway!
Besides the new storyline, you can also expect to see the option to play A Realm Reborn main scenario dungeons and trials alongside a party of NPCs. While initially limited to only a small batch of dungeons and trials, the concept will eventually be expanded to support all of the expansions and their content.
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[Update #2]: Generation Zero studio is now working on a challenging open world action-roguelite - Ravenbound.
[Update]: The patch has now gone live, and so far it seems to be enjoying quite a positive reception.
In celebration of its third anniversary, the robot-infested Generation Zero will soon be getting a chunky free update. While the details are still few and far between, the Base Assault update will see the robots go on the offensive and fortify a whole bunch of new locations, all of which you'll have to sort out in a series of sieges.
As such, you can expect the update to add new Base Assault missions and a variety of side missions, as well as bring in some extra toys to play around with and make all of that easier. What this looks like in action, that you can find out through the freshly posted trailer:
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To put it quite simply, Weird West is a dark fantasy action-RPG that combines the usual stories about cowboys and gunslingers with fantastical creatures and otherworldly events. All of this is told through the perspectives of five bounty hunters, each of which is stuck dealing with a series of peculiar challenges ranging from crazed cultists to talking pigmen. Needless to say, the Weird West title is well deserved.
If you're curious just how all of this madness translates into actual gameplay, as well as whether Weird West might be something you'd like to dive into, allow me to share with you a recent and rather lengthy developer preview. You don't need to watch all of it, obviously, but even a couple of minutes should be more than enough to give you a solid impression of what Weird West is working with. Have a gander: