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[Update]: Overwatch's February 2022 update has added a Reaper themed event alongside a short story.
While the actual content updates are rapidly becoming smaller and smaller, there is at least one good thing about the Overwatch team being so preoccupied with the sequel - they are far more willing to let the community experiment with their own balance changes. The first of these ridiculously over-the-top experimental patches launched back in December, and while many of the tweaks ended up being scrapped, some of them were actually good enough that they ended up being adopted into Overwatch proper.
As such, I'm excited to say that the second major experimental update has now arrived with a whole bunch of wacky changes! Orisa has been reworked into a fast-moving duelist, Genji has received two swift strikes in exchange for a significantly weaker dragonblade, while Mercy's mass-resurrection ultimate has been brought back from the dead!
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[Update #2]: MTG Arena's April 2022 Streets of New Capenna set is all about demons, gangsters and demon gangsters.
[Update]: MTG Arena's February Alchemy update is greatly buffing zombies and other niche strategies.
After two sets filled with dreary darkness and dark dreariness, MTG Arena's freshly released Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty expansion has taken things in the completely opposite direction. The Japan inspired Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty brings with it an assortment of colorful and futuristic characters like biker mice, cyber-ninjas and mechanized goblin samurai, as well as more traditional things like spirits, sagas, and the fan-favorite shrines!
You can get a pretty good idea of the sort of atmosphere and style Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty is going for through the recently posted cinematic trailer. Have a gander, it's quite the pretty one:
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The original America's Army released all the way back in 2002 as a recruitment tool for, unsurprisingly, the U.S. Army. What did come as quite a surprise is that the game itself was actually really good, so much so that even I ended up taking a break from my then-beloved Team Fortress 2 in order to focus on it for a few months!
After the success of the original, the developers then continued to expand the series with new spin-offs and sequels, the last of which launched in 2015. A fifth mainline game was also supposedly in development, but judging by the recent announcement it looks like the future of that one might not be so bright.
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[Update #2]: Shadow Warrior 3 has now arrived for PC and consoles with a short but explosive campaign.
[Update]: Shadow Warrior 3's pre-launch preview shows off wacky enemies, bad jokes and loads of colorful explosions!
Shadow Warrior 3 was originally supposed to launch in late 2021, but much like a good chunk of games that had similar plans, it ended up being delayed back in October due to the pandemic messing everything up. Quite a bit of time has gone by since then, but I'm happy to say we won't have to wait much longer as Shadow Warrior 3 has now been pinned for a March 1, 2022 release date!
As for what exactly you can expect to see in terms of gameplay once Shadow Warrior 3 finally arrives, that you can find out through one of the lengthier previews down below. It's a little bit outdated at this point, but it should still give you an excellent idea of just what Shadow Warrior 3 is trying to accomplish. Have a look:
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[Update #2]: Apex Legends' Season 13 is adding Bangalore's brother and sprucing up the Storm Point map.
[Update]: Apex Legends' Warriors update is adding a new Arena map and bringing back the Control mode on March 29th, 2022.
After a whole bunch of teasers and previews, Apex Legends' Season 12 update "Defiance" has now finally arrived. Season 12 brings with it Mad Maggie as an aggressive new Legend to toy around with, a slight rework of the Olympus map, a highly engaging limited-time game mode by the name of Control, as well as a bunch of new cosmetics to collect.
What all of this looks like in actual gameplay, however, that you can find out through two of the recent trailers. The first one is all about Mad Maggie herself, while the second is the always-handy season overview. Have a gander:
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[Update #2]: Dying Light 2's very first story-focused DLC Bloody Ties will be launching on November 10th, 2022.
[Update]: My review for Dying Light 2 is now up, and I'm happy to say that it's a somewhat misguided yet still highly entertaining bandit-kicking simulator!
Dying Light 2 has just recently landed onto PC, and while the gameplay itself is solid there are unfortunately some technical issues that still need to be sorted out. Thankfully, we won't have to wait all that long for the all-important fixes to arrive as the Dying Light 2 team has just announced which ones are coming soon and which ones are currently in the works!
As such, one the next update arrives you can expect to see fixes to various game-crashing bugs, as well as the end of never-ending black screens. The update will also bring with it DLSS improvements, the ability to consistently sell valuables to vendors, and a fix for the bug that caused dead bodies to replicate while playing in co-op.
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In honor of Mikael Nermark, former Starbreeze Studios head, Humble Bundle has now launched the massive and purely charity focused F*CK CANCER bundle. As the name might suggest, all of the profits from the purchase of the F*CK CANCER will be donated to Cancerfonden, a Swedish non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating cancer.
To ensure the fundraiser ends up being a massive success, the Humble team has stacked the bundle with a whole assortment of excellent games! Here's a brief rundown of what you can for at least $10 while simultaneously supporting charity:
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[Update #2]: Path of Exile's Update 3.20 is making rare monsters more rewarding, easier to understand and less hectic to fight.
[Update]: Path of Exile's August 2022 update "Lake of Kalandra" will allow you to create and explore your own dungeons.
If you're looking for an excuse to dive back into Path of Exile, the freshly released Siege of the Atlas expansion is a pretty good one. It has not only brought with it new endgame bosses and an assortment of fancy items to collect, but also a gigantic Atlas-wide Passive Tree with over 600 skills, a brand new Challenge League to explore, as well as a reworked Atlas mapping system.
Basically, under the new system there are no more regions in the Atlas, which means that your specialization now affects every map you run. Similarly, instead of having to collect a bunch of Watchstones to upgrade your maps, you now only need to get four Voidstones to raise the tier of all maps on your Atlas. So while it's still quite an ordeal, things should at least be a lot easier to understand from now on.
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[Update #2]: Creative Assembly has now detailed their plans for the upcoming improvements and bug fixes.
[Update]: Total War: Warhammer 3 has now finally arrived, though not without some technical trouble.
Even though it was present since the very early days of Total War: Warhammer, corruption has never been all that interesting. As a player you could easily avoid its negative effects by simply doing what comes naturally - attacking enemy factions bordering your territory. It was even less relevant for the AI as their public order bonuses vastly outscaled any negatives from corruption, making the whole system just kind of pointless on both ends.
As such, I'm very happy to say that Total War: Warhammer 3 will be bringing with it some significant changes, including massively increased positive and negative effects! Here's a brief rundown of what you can expect:
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[Update]: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty has now arrived alongside a host of cyber-ninjas, biker rats and mechanized goblin samurai.
After an extended stay in the land of eternal darkness and gothic horror, Magic: The Gathering is now going in a completely different direction with the upcoming Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty set. Once it arrives this February 10th onto MTG Arena, Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty will bring with it an assortment of colorful cyber-ninjas, dastardly biker mice, ancient dragon spirits, and even mechanized goblin samurai!
Unsurprisingly, the actual card mechanics will also be focused around the divide between tradition and innovation, between spirituality and advanced technology. As such, there's plenty of artifact and enchantment synergy, a wide array of nifty vehicles and pilots that can crew them, cards that want you to honorably fight the opponent by only attacking with one super-buffed creature at a time, as well as a couple of surprises best not spoiled just yet.