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Back in September all of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine's DLC content was released as a free update. Back then I considered it nothing more than one last hurrah from an awesome game, but as it turns out it may have been a teaser of something quite exciting - a brand new sequel!
You heard that right! Focus Entertainment and Saber Interactive have now come out to announce Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 - a third-person action game that will see Captain Titus of the Ultramarines face off against hordes upon hordes of Tyranids!
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[Update #2]: After seven years of updates and support, the Dying Light team is finally moving on.
[Update]: As a part of yet another update, Dying Light 1 has upgraded everyone to the Enhanced Edition for free, including The Following expansion!
Someone at Techland must genuinely love the original Dying Light. Even though the sequel is literally two months away, the team has just unleashed another decently sized update for the original! Much like the last time around, the update is mostly here to flesh out the Hellraid DLC with new bits and pieces.
You can expect to see new map sections to explore, a new magic wand weapon, a brand new enemy to use said weapon on, as well as two new quests to undertake. As for what exactly the new story will be about, that you can find out through the brief snippet that came with the update:
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[Update #2]: In celebration of the series' seventh anniversary, Fatshark is both giving away Vermintide 2 and unleashing a brand new map for us to explore!
[Update]: Vermintide 2 is celebrating its four-year anniversary this March 2022 with a big sale and the always fun A Quiet Drink map.
Even though Warhammer 40k: Darktide is set to arrive early next year, Fatshark doesn't seem to be slowing down with the Vermintide 2 updates! Last time around they beefed up the free Chaos Wastes expansion with new cosmetics and challenges to overcome, while the newest update has now brought in the mighty Warrior Priest as a DLC career for Saltzpyre.
Before we get into the meat of things, allow me to share with you two of the trailers. The first is the cinematic one setting up the whole premise behind the Warrior Priest, while the second one is the classic gameplay trailer that will give you a better idea of what it all looks like in action. Have a peek:
The remastered version of the point & click classic Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space has now arrived
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[Update]: Sam & Max's third and final season, The Devil's Playhouse, is getting remastered in 2023.
After creating a remarkably good remaster of the original Sam & Max Save the World, Skunkape Games have now done exactly the same for the series' second season. Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space brings with it support for modern resolutions, dynamic lighting and improved lip sync, greatly improved visuals and character models, as well as couple of extra locations and music tracks to spice things up.
Since Sam & Max is one of those games that relies heavily on witty dialogue to carry the whole experience, allow me to stop babbling and instead share with you the remaster's gameplay trailer. It should clue you in quite quickly on whether this is your style of comedy or not. Have a peek:
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[Update #2]: There's even more good things to come - MTG Arena is getting a fresh round of bans and Alchemy-focused balance changes on January 27, 2022!
[Update]: MTG Arena's Innistrad: Midnight Hunt & Crimson Vow double feature draft is coming on January 28, 2022.
In an effort to spice up the current Standard metagame, as well as better utilize the digital space, MTG Arena has now added Alchemy. To put it simply, Alchemy is a digital-only, Standard adjacent format that will feature both new and rebalanced cards.
Today's update has brought with it 63 new-to-Magic cards with themes and mechanics evoking a variety of previous sets, though future additions will be considerably smaller and more focused on the newest set. Good thing too, because otherwise MTG Arena would get a lot more expensive given that the majority of the new cards are either Rare or Mythic Rare.
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[Update]: God of War has now landed onto PC, and so far the port seems remarkably solid.
God of War, one of PlayStation 4's biggest hits, is coming to PC on January 14, 2022. It'll bring with it 4K support, an unlocked framerate, improved reflections and higher resolution shaders, as well as a whole assortment of other graphical settings and upgrades to mess around with.
So if you're wondering whether your PC will even be able to run God of War, wonder no more as the developers have now detailed the PC system requirements. Here's the brief rundown, including the targeted performance:
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[Update]: Halo Infinite's co-op campaign, Forge editor and Season 3 have been delayed until November 2022.
If you've had your fill of the free-to-play multiplayer and are now itching to sink your teeth into Halo Infinite's campaign mode, you'll be happy to hear that it has now finally arrived. However, unlike the multiplayer, the campaign requires an actual purchase and will set you back $60 or €60 for the whole experience.
As for the story, Halo Infinite's campaign will continue on after the events of Halo 5 and will task you with facing down The Banished on the Zeta Halo ringworld. Outmanned and outgunned, you'll need to fight against an assortment of heavily armed aliens in order to save the entirety of the universe... or as Master Chief probably sees it at this point, just have a nice Thursday evening.
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[Update]: Final Fantasy XIV's Patch 6.1 will mark the beginning of a brand new story.
After going through a brief early access phase, Final Fantasy XIV's long-awaited Endwalker expansion has now finally been unleashed in full! It brings with it Sage and Reaper as new jobs, a whole bunch of new storylines and quests to uncover, new dungeons and raid, the male Viera as a new playable race, and the list goes on for quite a while.
What all of this looks like in game, that you can get a bit of a sneak peek at through the recently posted launch trailer. Have a gander, and do be warned that the video does feature some minor spoilers for the previous main storylines as they do directly lead into the Endwalker one:
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[Update]: MTG Arena's digital-only Alchemy format has now arrived, and with it a the Historic Brawl bans alongside an assortment of new and rebalanced cards.
Out of all the formats in MTG Arena, I find Historic Brawl to be the most enjoyable one. With a casual atmosphere and strength-based matchmaking to keep things fair, it's a format where you can take janky, nearly unplayable cards and then make entire decks around maximizing their potential. The end result will likely still be a mess, but it'll at least be a glorious mess!
Unfortunately, there are some cards that are simply so powerful that just about everyone includes them, which can often result in somewhat repetitive matches. Nowhere is this more apparent than with Field of the Dead, a humble land that can act as your win condition without requiring any serious deckbuilding constraints.
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[Update #2]: The latest gameplay focused preview shows off the armies of Slaanesh crushing an offensive from Nurgle.
[Update]: Good news, Creative Assembly has now finally released a preview of the campaign map!
Even though we've seen a fair few Slaaneshi daemons in action through the past few previews, they mostly served as punching bags for Nurgle's forces given that the focus was fully on the Lord of Decay. Now, however, it seems that it's time for indulgence, agony, and glorious excess!
So if you're curious what the daemons of Slaanesh have to offers, as well as just how spikey their army truly is, allow me to share with you the freshly posted "Enter the World of Slaanesh" preview. Have a gander: