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[Update #2]: Overwatch's Anniversary Remix event will be landing on April 5th, 2022 with stylish recolors of popular skins to help get everyone excited for the beta.
[Update]: Overwatch 2 devs have detailed the upcoming Apex Legends inspired ping system.
It seems like Overwatch 2 has finally found its footing, because after nearly two years of silence Blizzard has now finally started actively communicating. Best of all, they even have two pieces of exciting news to share!
First of all, the previously announced Overwatch 2 PvP Closed Beta has now been pinned for April 26th, 2022. So if you would like to join in and see just what all of the fuss is about, make sure to sign up over at the Overwatch website.
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[Update #2]: Total War: Warhammer 3's long awaited Immortal Empires campaign is most likely coming in September!
[Update]: Patch 1.1 has now arrived, and it's quite the massive one!
While Total War: Warhammer 3 is a solid game and one that will only get better and better with time, it's currently suffering from some notable gameplay and technical issues. So in an effort to fix most of these problems, as well as to let the players know what's happening, Creative Assembly has now detailed their plans for Update 1.1 and beyond.
First and foremost, Update 1.1 will tweak some of the most annoying aspects of The Realm of Chaos campaign. Negative traits gained by exploring the Chaos realms will be getting reduced across the board, while winning the final survival battle will remove them entirely. And if you hate seeing portals pop up all over your lands, the "Protection" building chain will be getting buffed in order to prevent rifts from spawning in their province.
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[Update #2]: MTG Arena's April 7th Alchemy update will buff Elves, Warriors and Equipment.
[Update]: MTG Arena will be adding a bunch of Commander Legends cards with July 2022's Alchemy Horizons set.
In an effort to shake up the Alchemy metagame and push it even further away from Standard, the MTG Arena team has now released the second Alchemy-exclusive mini-set. As the name might suggest, Alchemy: Kamigawa brings with it 30 new digital-only cards with mechanics focused around bolstering some of the new deck archetypes and ideas introduced with the highly popular Kamigawa set.
What these cards look like, as well as what they have to offer, that you can find out over at the MTG website. As always, the cards are all neatly sorted by color, so it should be pretty easy to get a solid idea of what Wizards of the Coast was trying to do with them.
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Quite a few years have gone by since the last mainline Valkyrie Profile game, but I'm happy to say that the series is now in the process of making a (hopefully) triumphant return with Valkyrie Elysium. Developed by Soleil Games and published by Square Enix, the freshly announced Valkyrie Elysium will be an action-RPG heavily steeped in Norse mythology.
While the details are basically nonexistent right now, you can expect to see a fast-paced combat system based around various abilities, combos and finishing moves. As is tradition, you will then have to utilize all of these tools and tricks in order to beat back overwhelming numbers of enemies, as well as bosses that are a fair bit bigger and stronger than you are.
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[Update]: Monster Hunter Rise's Sunbreak expansion has now landed onto PC alongside some technical troubles.
If you've combed over every single inch of the excellent Monster Hunter Rise and you're now itching for more, I'm happy to say that the Sunbreak expansion is fairly close! You can expect to see it land onto PC (via Steam) and Switch this June 30th, 2022!
The good news doesn't end there, however, as Capcom has also taken this opportunity to highlight some of the new monsters we'll be endlessly tormenting for loot. Here's the brief trailer starring Garangolm, Lunagaron and Malzeno:
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[Update]: Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn's September preview shows off a fun mixture of Souls-like enemies, axes and gunpowder.
A bit over three years have gone by since Ashen first arrived, but Studio A44 has now finally returned with a brand new take on Souls-like action. The freshly announced Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is once again an open-world action-RPG with a heavy focus on combat, though instead of settling for a fairly generic medieval setting, Flintlock is all about guns, magical canine companions and a whole bunch of undead monstrosities.
No actual gameplay has been revealed just yet, but you can get a pretty good idea of the sort of style and atmosphere Flintlock is going for thorough the announcement trailer below. Have a gander:
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If you've got a fair bit of free time and are itching for a sizable game to sink your teeth into, you might be interested to hear that Steam has just launched a rather chunky JRPG Sale. There's a whole bunch of different games across different series currently on offer, so you should be able to find something that suits you fairly easily.
As always, the sale won't really last all that long, so you might want to dive in sooner rather than later. In this case, you can expect to see the JRPG Sale to stick around only until March 21st, 2022.
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[Update #2]: Total War: Warhammer 3's long awaited Immortal Empires campaign is most likely coming in September!
[Update]: Creative Assembly has now revealed their plans for the massive Update 1.1 and what comes after.
In an effort to fix up some of Total War: Warhammer 3's technical troubles, as well as to keep the community in the loop, Creative Assembly recently laid out their plans for the upcoming updates. Since the really big changes still need a bit more time in the oven, the humble Patch 1.0.2 has now been unleashed in order to fix up some of the more annoying problems and to help pave the way for what is to come.
The patch notes are fairly small, so here's a brief rundown of everything that has been changed, with the most important stuff being near the top:
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[Update #2]: Overwatch 2 devs have detailed the upcoming Apex Legends inspired ping system.
[Update]: Overwatch 2's PvP Closed Beta has now been pinned for April 26th, 2022.
While its release date is still shrouded in mystery, the good news is that Overwatch 2 will be heading into Closed Beta at some point in late April. So if you would like to dive in yourself and see just what Blizzard has cooked up, make sure to sign up over at the official website for a chance at a beta key.
Before you do so, it's also worth mentioning that Blizzard has now shared the minimum and recommended PC system specs for the Overwatch 2 beta. Here's what sort of rig you'll need in order to run it without any issues:
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[Update]: Syberia: The World Before has now arrived, and outside of the puzzle being fairly easy, so far it seems like a solid new game in the series.
While the original creator of the series Benoît Sokal has sadly passed away last year, I'm happy to say that his legacy lives on as the fourth Syberia game he worked on is now nearly ready to launch. And when I say nearly, I really do mean that as Syberia: The World Before has just been pinned for a March 18th, 2022 release date!
Much like the rest of the series, Syberia: The World Before will be a point & click adventure heavily focused around storytelling and puzzle solving. The big twist this time around, however, is that you will be playing as two characters in two different time periods, which should offer a rather interesting perspective on the world.