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[Update]: After many updates and over a year in Early Access, King Arthur: Knight's Tale has now been unleashed!
If you were hoping to get your hands on the dark fantasy turn-based RPG King Arthur: Knight's Tale this March 29th, I'm afraid I have some bad news to deliver. According to the latest developer update, the full release of King Arthur: Knight's Tale has now been pushed back to April 26th, 2022.
"Content and gameplay-wise, King Arthur: Knight's Tale is mostly finished and ready for release, but over these additional four weeks we'll be focusing on improving voice acting and finishing localization tasks, in addition to testing, ensuring our players get the best and smoothest launch experience possible," reads the brief update. "It wasn't an easy decision to make, but still, we think it was the right one, as our intention is to release a game we can be proud of."
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After spending a fair bit of time being exclusively available on consoles, the new and improved version of Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny will be heading over to PC on June 28th, 2022. As the name might imply, the upcoming Disgaea 6 Complete will bring with it all of the previously released character and cosmetic DLC, along with new gameplay customization options, as well as an additional color DLC to add a bit of extra flair.
What this looks like in action, as well as what sort of characters you can expect to see, that you can find out through two of the recent trailers. Have a gander, starting with the announcement trailer and ending with the more character focused one:
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[Update #2]: The Treasure of The Midnight Isles, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous' roguelike DLC, has been pushed back to August 30th, 2022.
[Update]: Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous' standalone DLC campaign is landing on April 21st, 2022.
After going through a short delay, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous' very first expansion Inevitable Excess has now finally been unleashed. Unfortunately, while the original game is an excellent RPG with plenty of interesting characters to chat up and decisions to make, the Inevitable Excess expansion so far appears to be the polar opposite.
Besides the usual assortment of technical problems, the biggest complaints surrounding Inevitable Excess are centered on the repetitive battles, uninteresting story, and very few interactions with your stalwart companions. I haven't played it myself so I can't tell you just how deeply these problems run, but considering how positively the CRPG community embraced the original Wrath of the Righteous, I can't imagine the answer is a pretty one.
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[Update #2]: The quality-of-life focused anniversary update has now arrived, and so far it's looking quite impressive!
[Update]: Fatshark has now revealed the anniversary quality of life improvements and Elf changes!
In celebration of its four-year anniversary, the premier rat-slaying simulator Vermintide 2 has now brought back the always-enjoyable A Quiet Drink map. So if you're up for listening to the characters talk absolute nonsense while drunk out of their minds, all the while fighting against hordes upon hordes of enemies in a surprisingly challenging level, make sure to give A Quiet Drink a try before it goes away on March 21st.
While this year's anniversary has not brought with it a fancy new trailer, the original one is still an awesome bit of tabletop nostalgia. Have a peek, it's a short but sweet one:
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The original Ghostrunner is a fast-paced and ultra-violent action-adventure about dashing from rooftop to rooftop slicing and dicing everything in your way. Unsurprisingly, the freshly released Project_Hel expansion has taken that concept and pushed it even further!
So if you're wondering just how ridiculous things can get in Project_Hel, allow me to share with you the recently posted trailer. It's quite the spectacle! Have a peek:
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[Update #2]: World of Warcraft's Dragonflight expansion has been announced alongside a draconic class/race combo - the Dracthyr Evoker.
[Update]: Hearthstone's Voyage to the Sunken City expansion is bringing in some truly gigantic creatures.
The Jailer hasn't even fallen yet, and already Blizzard has begun teasing the next big expansion. So if you're curious in which direction World of Warcraft will be going in, especially in terms of the story and the overall theme, mark April 19, 2022 on your calendar as that's when the big reveal will be going live.
While no details have been given just yet, it's highly likely this new expansion will have something to do with the Dragon Isles. The reason I say this is because there were quite a few datamined strings referring to dragons over the past year, some of the recent store mounts and bundles were also themed around dragons, and most importantly of all, because it would be cool to have an entire expansion focus on the Dragon Aspects with Galakrond as the main baddie!
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[Update #2]: Forspoken has now arrived with a free demo and an outrageous price tag.
[Update]: Square Enix has now detailed the PC system requirements and their expected performance for Forspoken.
It seems that after the incredibly rough launch of PlatinumGames' co-op action-RPG Babylon's Fall Square Enix has decided to play things safe with the upcoming action-adventure Forspoken. As such, instead of launching onto PC and PlayStation 5 this May 24th as previously announced, Forspoken has now been pushed back until October 11th.
"Our vision for this exciting new IP is to deliver a game world and hero that gamers across the globe will want to experience for years to come, so getting it right is extremely important to us," explains the brief update. "To that end, during the next few months we will focus all of our efforts on polishing the game and can't wait for you to experience Frey's journey this fall"
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[Update]: Stranger of Paradise has now arrived, and I'm afraid to say it's somewhat of a mixed bag.
If you're interested in a bit of a different take on Final Fantasy, you might want to pay attention to the upcoming Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin. It's essentially an alternate-universe retelling of the original Final Fantasy story, but instead of controlling a group of characters in turn-based battles, Stranger of Paradise will have you personally duke it out in close-quarters action-RPG combat.
As you might imagine given Team Ninja's involvement, this means you'll have plenty of different moves and combos to play around with, an assortment of challenging enemies that will require some getting used to, and in classic Final Fantasy fashion, HP and MP potions to help tip the scales should things start going bad. Besides the potions themselves, there will also be a whole bunch of items and gear to collect, each of which will grant you increasingly stronger benefits the more pieces of a set you collect.
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[Update #2]: I'm afraid I have some bad news. Babylon's Fall will be closing down its doors in February 2023.
[Update]: Seemingly spooked by Babylon's Fall's rough launch, Square Enix has now pushed back their action-adventure Forspoken to October 11, 2022.
In an announcement that I must admit has come as a complete surprise to me, PlatinumGames' newest action-RPG Babylon's Fall has now been unleashed onto PC and PlayStation. As you might imagine given the studio, Babylon's Fall is all about over-the-top action and carving your way through hordes upon hordes of enemies, with the added twist being that you can play it in either singleplayer or co-op with up to three other players.
What this looks like in action, that you can get a glimpse of through the freshly posted launch trailer. Have a peek:
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While the original roadmap has long since been scrapped, the Valheim devs have not given up on the ideas they laid out back then. As such, the freshly released update brings with it many of the features that once belonged to the "Cult of the Wolf" section, including brand new instanced mini-dungeons by the name of Frost Caves.
The Frost Caves are similar to the Burial Chambers and Sunken Crypts that came before, and much like them offer you a chance to square off against new enemies, gather new resources, as well as collect new materials. Naturally, all of this will be going towards crafting a fancy new armor and weapon set!