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[Update #2]: The third game in the series, Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden, is launching on September 13th, 2022.
[Update]: The Forsaken Maiden has now arrived, and unfortunately it seems like it has missed the mark compared to the original.
Much like its predecessor Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars, the upcoming Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden is a traditional swords and sorcery RPG where everything is done through the use of cards. You'll explore the world by moving around cards, you'll fight enemies by flinging cards at their face, and you'll make important decisions by choosing between different cards to respond with.
The idea behind the two games is to recreate a sort of Dungeons & Dragons like experience where your only view into the world and the characters comes from the dungeon master running the whole adventure. It's a pretty neat idea, and judging by the reviews for The Isle Dragon Roars, one that Square Enix has executed rather well.
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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!
It took many years, and just as many delays, but Dying Light 2 has now finally made its way to both PC and consoles. It brings with it a massive open-world to parkour in, hordes upon hordes of zombies to accidentally fall directly on top of, an assortment of factions to befriend or antagonize, as well as support for four-player co-op to really spice things up.
If you're curious what some of this looks like in actual gameplay, as well as what the story is even about, allow me to share with you one of the recent trailers. Have a gander:
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In an incredibly brief announcement over at Twitter, Rockstar Games have just revealed that they have begun work on the next big entry in the Grand Theft Auto series. The actual details are currently few and far between, so whether this will be GTA VI or some kind of spin-off game, nobody outside of Rockstar really knows.
"With every new project, our goal is always to significantly move beyond what we've previously delivered," reads the update. "We look forward to sharing more as soon as we are ready, so please stay tuned to the Rockstar Newswire for official details. On behalf of our entire team, we thank you all for your support and cannot wait to step into the future with you!"
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[Update #2]: Dota 2's Update 7.31b has now landed with fixes for some of the newfound balance problems.
[Update]: Dota 2's Update 7.31 has added the Primal Beast hero, reworked Techies and rebalanced all jungle creeps.
When it comes to announcing big updates, especially highly anticipated ones, most studios would take the approach that ensures as many people as possible see the planned release date. Valve, however, has a... different way of doing things.
So in a brief announcement tucked away at the bottom of a blog post about a random sale on treasure chests, Valve has just revealed that Dota 2's long-awaited Patch 7.31 will be launching on February 23, 2022! And no, I'm not actually joking. That is official!
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[Update #2]: Apex Legends' Warriors update is adding a new Arena map and bringing back the Control mode on March 29th, 2022.
[Update]: Season 12 - Defiance has now arrived, and so far the new Control game mode is looking remarkably fun!
If you're itching for a bit of a shakeup, mark February 8th on your calendar as that's when Apex Legends' Season 12 - Defiance will finally arrive. And naturally, it won't do so empty-handed! You can expect to see Mad Maggie as a brand new Legend, a significant rework of the Olympus map, a surprisingly fleshed out limited time game mode by the name of Control, a new PvP season, as well as an assortment of new cosmetics to collect.
What all of this looks like in action, that you can get a pretty good idea of through the recently posted gameplay trailer. Have a gander, it's quite an informative one:
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After suffering a rather lengthy delay due to the pandemic messing everything up, the Life is Strange Remastered Collection has now finally made its way to both PC and consoles. The freshly remastered version brings with it improved visuals for both characters and environments, greatly enhanced character animations, lighting and engine tweaks, and most importantly, all of the content from Life is Strange and Before the Storm in one convenient package!
Since words alone aren't exactly the best at trying to describe visual improvements, allow me to stop babbling and instead share the newest gameplay preview. It should give you a pretty solid idea of just what the Remastered Collection has to offer. Have a look:
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[Update #2]: Total War: Warhammer 3 has now finally arrived, though not without some technical trouble.
[Update]: Creative Assembly has now detailed the rather massive changes to Chaos corruption.
As a part of the most recent announcement, Creative Assembly revealed Total War: Warhammer 3's final and most unique launch faction - Chaos Undivided led by a Daemon Prince of your own creation! By doing a variety of tasks to honor the Chaos gods your Daemon Prince will be given thematic new body parts and weapons, daemonic units to play around with, as well as ridiculously powerful abilities to go along with his newfound status as a demigod.
If you're curious what all of this madness looks like in actual gameplay, allow me to share with you two of the previews. The first one is a brief cinematic showing off some of the customization options, while the second one is a pure gameplay preview giving you a close up look at what Daniel the Daemon can do with the Chaos Undivided faction. Have a peek:
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[Update]: After the success of the new expansion, Guild Wars 2 devs have now announced their plans for the future.
After a whole bunch of beta tests and even more previews, ArenaNet has now finally come out to announce that Guild Wars 2's next big expansion End of Dragons will be launching on February 28th. Besides the chunky new continent of Cantha, End of Dragons will also bring with it nine new elite specializations, the mighty Siege Turtle mount, the fishing profession and a variety of boats, as well as a whole assortment of new items to collect, endgame content to conquer, and cosmetics to bling yourself out with.
You can get a pretty good idea of what all of this looks like in action through the recently posted gameplay trailer. Have a peek, it's a rather lovely one:
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[Update #3]: CDPR has finally unleashed the roguelike singleplayer expansion for Gwent - Rogue Mage.
[Update #2]: It looks like CD Projekt Red has kept them selves quite busy! In addition to the new Witcher and Gwent games, they have now announced a new Cyberpunk 2077 expansion, as well as a spin-off game.
[Update]: CD Projekt Red has announced that The Witcher 4 is currently being made in Unreal Engine 5!
While it never did become highly popular, mostly because it was delayed over and over again, Gwent's singleplayer spin-off Thronebreaker was a remarkably fun game. Perhaps a bit too easy on the gameplay side of things, but the ability to dive deep into the Witcher universe and learn about all sorts of fascinating characters more than made up for it.
A fair bit of time has gone by since then, and it seems that CDPR has now finally decided to give the concept another chance with project Golden Nekker. The details are still shrouded in mystery, but according to IGN's brief reveal CDPR is looking to provide a “captivating single-player for players who prefer it over competitive multiplayer Gwent.”
World of Warcraft will finally be adding cross-faction dungeons, raids and rated PvP in Update 8.2.5
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[Update #2]: World of Warcraft has now added cross-faction grouping along with Dark Ranger themed character customization options for elves!
[Update]: World of Warcraft: Shadowlands' final major Update 9.2 - Eternity's End has now been unleashed!
One of the very worst things about World of Warcraft, and one that I frequently ran into over the years, is finding out a friend of yours also plays the game... but on the opposite faction. It was always a moment of pure elation, immediately followed by the crushing realization that you two can never play together without investing an insane amount of hours catching up on a new character.
With that in mind, I am beyond excited to say that after a decade of these types of complaints, Blizzard has finally listened! As a part the still distant Update 8.2.5, World of Warcraft will allow both factions to team up in order to do Mythic dungeons, raids and all forms of rated PvP!