A decade after Inquisition, BioWare is now finally coming back to Dragon Age with The Veilguard
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A decade has gone by since Dragon Age Inquisition first arrived, so if you were patiently waiting to see where to story will go next, rejoice as Dragon Age: The Veilguard is nearly upon us! You can expect to see it land onto PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S this October 31st at a 60€ price tag.
As you would expect from the series at this point, Veilguard is all about chatting up unique characters and getting way too involved in their personal business, making all sorts of hard choices, and naturally, exploring a massive world while slicing and dicing your way through hordes of enemies. In other words, it may have a new coat of paint, but it's still good ol' Dragon Age!
Ancient PlayStation platformer Croc: Legend of the Gobbos is getting remastered for PC and consoles
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In an announcement that came seemingly out of nowhere, the resurrected Argonaut Games studio have revealed that they are working on a remastered version of an ancient PlayStation platformer - Croc: Legend of the Gobbos! As you might expect, the new version will come with improved visuals, smoother controls, a variety of bonus features like concept art, and perhaps most importantly of all, a better camera.
What these improved visuals look like in action, however, that you can check out through the freshly posted trailer. Have a gander:
World of Warcraft's 20th Anniversary has arrived with many call-backs to the glory days of old
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While the patch did get slightly overshadowed by Blizzard dropping a $90 mount onto the in-game store, World of Warcraft is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary. The definite highlight of the update is the refreshed version of Blackrock Depths. What once was the biggest and most elaborate dungeon in World of Warcraft has now been transformed into a nostalgic yet surprisingly challenging raid... as long as the scaling doesn't bug out anyway! The loot also isn't all that amazing so it's probably not something I'd recommend running all the time, but definitely give it a visit for nostalgia's sake as the city really is a sight to behold.
Speaking of nostalgia, the free update has also revamped the highly iconic Tier 2 sets. And if you're playing one of the classes that didn't exist back then, worry not as Blizzard hasn't forgotten about you. Instead of an updated version of an old set, you'll get a completely new set based on the same sort of design principles. And I have to say they do look pretty sweet, especially the monk one!
Monster Hunter Wilds will be holding a free Open Beta from November 1 - 4
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It would appear that Capcom is extremely confident about the upcoming Monster Hunter Wilds because they have just announced a free Open Beta that's going to be available on all platforms! PlayStation Plus subscribers will be getting a slight head start on October 29th, while PC, Xbox and other PlayStation players will be able to dive in on November 1st at 3am GMT. The whole playtest will last until November 4th, so everyone should have plenty of time to mull over whether Monster Hunter Wilds is their kind of game or not.
Speaking of which, the Open Beta will contain three 'parts'. The first is the complete character customization tool, with the important bit here being that you can bring over your finely tuned monstrosity creation to the full version of the game.
After lengthy delays, Metal Slug Tactics will finally be launching on November 5th
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After going through some rather hefty delays, I'm happy to say that Metal Slug Tactics now finally has a proper release date! So if you're in the mood for a turn-based adaptation of a run'n'gun classic, make sure to mark November 5th on your calendar.
In terms of actual content, Metal Slug Tactics will come with 110 hand-crafted maps to completely demolish, 36 weapons to toy around with, 9 unique characters, and perhaps most importantly of all, a roguelite progression system to help keep things fresh by giving you access to all sorts of new perks, upgrades and weapons after each mission. So as long as the gameplay is good, and so far that does seem to be the case, there should be plenty to chew on with Metal Slug Tactics!
World of Warcraft has just launched a $90 auction-house carrying dinosaur mount
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In what is quite possibly the biggest 'microtransaction' I've ever seen, Blizzard has just launched the brand new "Trader’s Gilded Brutosaur" mount onto the World of Warcraft store at a very humble $90 price tag! And what do you get for that much money? A giant dinosaur that offers you easy access to both the auction house and mailbox.
Funnily enough, this isn't the first time they've done this. Back in Battle for Azeroth Blizzard released a limited time 5,000,000 gold mount that only gave access to the auction house. There was no direct way to pay for it with cash either, though if you wanted to buy WoW Tokens and then convert them to gold, the mount would've taken you around $500.
Helldivers 2's next Warbond is coming October 31st with a heavy SMG, plasma pistol and unflinching armor
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Now that they've sorted out most of the major issues, it looks like the Helldivers 2 team is finally able to once again focus on releasing new content. And so, the next premium Warbond will be launching on October 31st with three new weapons, two unique armors, a new booster, as well as the usual assortment of cosmetics.
The first weapon in line is the SG-20 Halt: a pump-action shotgun that can switch between stun rounds and armor-piercing flechettes. It's longer-ranged counterpart is the heavy SMG 32 Reprimand which, as you might imagine, packs quite a punch though shoots a bit slower than the previous SMGs. The final weapon is the PLAS-15 sidearm. This plasma pistol can either be shot semi-auto style, or charged for a period of time in order to deliver a more powerful punch. By the looks of things this charged attack can stagger even heavy devastators, so it should be quite a nice backup if you like running lighter primaries.
