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Risk of Rain 2 announces its version 1.0

Jul 22, 2020, 5:19 PM Fyra Frost

Available in Early Access for over a year now, Risk of Rain 2 was originally scheduled to release its final version in the spring, but Hoopoo Games has decided to postpone it. Indeed, in May we knew that Risk of Rain 2 would be released in August, and now we know the precise date since the developers have just announced it. August 11 is the chosen date to release Risk of Rain 2 version 1.0 on PC. The announcement...

Mafia: Definitive Edition shows its gameplay in 4K

Jul 22, 2020, 1:18 PM Fyra Frost

When you play Mafia games you are not really focusing on their graphics. The story and atmosphere of the games are so intense that you usually immerse yourself quite deep into the life of Tommy Angelo as he progressively gets dragged into the criminal world of the mob organizations in 1930. Although the action in Mafia games is usually enough to get you hooked it's also great that the series has received a graphics overhaul, especially in Mafia: Definitive...

Rocket League is going free to play

Jul 22, 2020, 7:54 AM Fyra Frost

When Epic Games purchased Psyonix last year everyone expected some changes in the popular vehicular soccer videogame that has put the studio on the map. Rocket League has quite a wide fan base and it has been on Steam for quite a while, but things are about to change. The game is leaving its current business model to become free to play this summer, and it also will stop being available on Valve's gaming platform. The later is something that...

Cadence of Hyrule will have a physical version and a Season Pass

Jul 21, 2020, 3:02 PM Fyra Frost

Released a little over a year ago on Nintendo Switch, Cadence of Hyrule has won over players with a rather special recipe. This is a cross-over between Crypt of the NecroDancer and The Legend of Zelda. takes the gameplay of the first one, a rhythmic rogue-like in which you move and attack following the rhythm of the music, to place it in the universe of The Legend of Zelda series. Cadence of Hyrule already has a first...

Overcooked! franchise will have a compilation on next-gen consoles

Jul 21, 2020, 11:16 AM Fyra Frost

Overcooked! managed to get the attention of many players with its incredibly fun gameplay mechanics, and when Overcooked! 2 was released it improved most of those features, making the cooking games license even more popular. Both games have their good share of DLC that add new chefs, locations, and more to the game, so they are not lacking content at all. Now that next-generation consoles are close to being released, the guys at Team 17 and Ghost Town Games have...

Blasphemous is getting a free DLC next month

Jul 21, 2020, 8:22 AM Fyra Frost

August is becoming a great month for videogames, with a lot of releases scheduled for it. Among those, we can find the first DLC for Blasphemous, which was announced yesterday during the Day of the Devs event that followed Summer Game Fest. Team 17 has revealed that The Stir of Dawn will launch as a free DLC for the 2D action-platformer developed by The Game Kitchen, Blasphemous. The expansion will feature a lot of novelties and important changes...

Splinter Cell could return in 2021

Jul 20, 2020, 5:03 PM Fyra Frost

Fans of Ubisoft's Splinter Cell series have been waiting for a new installment for a while now. At each event where the publisher confirms its presence, the players hold their breath hoping to hear of Sam Fisher. With the cancellation of E3 this year, Ubisoft offered its own online conference, Ubisoft Forward, ten days ago, but there is nothing new about Splinter Cell. There is no lack of rumors or potential clues on this matter, and we see new ones...

Worms Armageddon gets an update 21 years after its release

Jul 20, 2020, 10:49 AM Fyra Frost

If you are among the players that have spent countless hours having a blast by playing Worms games with your friends at home you will probably not be very surprised when you know that Worms Armageddon has received a new update. Team 17 is working on Worms Rumble, a new battle royale version of the fan-favorite franchise, but many seasoned players favor the old gameplay style in 2D of the original titles in the series. There were already a lot...

Dead by Daylight is working on cross-progression but it may not cover all platforms

Jul 20, 2020, 8:31 AM Fyra Frost

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The developers at Behaviour Interactive have been working on improving the features in their asymmetric survival horror game Dead by Daylight. They are putting an emphasis on cross-play between all the platforms in which the game is available, including PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Google Stadia, and it seems that they are making some progress on that matter, although not as much as they would like. In a recent blog post on...

You have one week to get Torchlight 2 free on PC

Jul 17, 2020, 1:32 PM Fyra Frost

It's a real shame that Runic Games had to close its doors. The studio provided us with a few very good games while it was open, the most noticeable ones being the ones in the Torchlight series. Torchlight is an action RPG that features gameplay similar to Diablo but enhances it with a series of novelties. The game was released in 2009 and it rapidly got the attention of the fans of the genre with its randomly generated...

Remnant: From the Ashes will receive its final DLC next month

Jul 17, 2020, 8:09 AM Fyra Frost

It's quite nice when a new game gets better results than expected and shines with its own light, especially when it shares similarities with other games that were released previously. Remnant: From the Ashes turned out to be one of those, and developers at Gunfire Games couldn't be happier having sold 1.6 million copies of their action role-playing game. Being compared to Dark Souls games is a double-edged blade. The series developed by From software is so popular that you...

The retro FPS Hellbound will be released in August

Jul 16, 2020, 5:16 PM Fyra Frost

Announced for the first time in 2017, Hellbound is a game that will cause a lot of nostalgia for some players, because it will take them straight back to the 90s. Hellbound is developed by the independent Argentinian studio Saibot Studios, which went through the Kickstarter box to reach our screens. The developers themselves qualify their game as such: "an FPS of the 90s, twenty years later". Hellbound draws inspiration from the great successes of the genre of the...

Marvel's Avengers beta starts next month

Jul 16, 2020, 11:48 AM Fyra Frost

Despite some controversy about the character's looks when the game was announced, Marvel's Avengers has managed to convince many players with its gameplay videos, becoming one of the most anticipated games of 2020. Plenty of fans are waiting to fight against AIM and discover what's behind the tragic event that has caused the Avengers to dissolve and Captain America to disappear. Branded as outlaws and with the help of a young Kamala Khan (Miss Marvel), our favorite superheroes will have...

Escape from Tarkov expands its Customs map and adds new weapons

Jul 16, 2020, 7:48 AM Fyra Frost

The release of update 12.7 for Escape from Tarkov is around the corner and Battlestate Games has finally published the patch notes for it, allowing players to have a better understanding of some of the novelties coming to the indie first-person shooter. The game has captivated a lot of players with its realistic mechanics and hardcore gameplay and it is now focusing on expanding its content with new additions. The first thing that players will...

The Sims 4 - Nifty Knitting will be released this month

Jul 15, 2020, 5:54 PM Fyra Frost

Although The Sims is a solo game, the community aspect is quite important in it. Certainly, the game does not allow players to interact with each other directly with their Sims, but the gallery allows them to share their creations, whether they are terrains or families. The developers are also close to the players and they talk regularly about the new features in the game, including updates and the release of new content packs for The Sims 4. The release date...

Halo 3 completes the original trilogy on PC

Jul 15, 2020, 1:10 PM Fyra Frost

When the fans of the Halo series heard that they would be able to play the original trilogy on PC they became quite excited about it. It was even better when 343 Industries and Saber interactive confirmed that those games would be part of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, a compilation of remasters that would be available on PC and that would include Halo: Reach, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and...

The new Hearthstone expansion takes you to Scholomance Academy

Jul 15, 2020, 8:00 AM Fyra Frost

Those that have played World of Warcraft will recognize Scholomance as one of the iconic dungeons that have been available in Blizzard's MMORPG since it was launched. Like many other places in Azeroth, it has suffered some changes when Cataclysm expansion was released but it still challenges players with a combination of dark magic and undead monsters. Scholomance is also going to be in the spotlight in the new Hearthstone expansion, and the magic academy will prove to be the...

Death Stranding launches today on PC

Jul 14, 2020, 9:06 AM Fyra Frost

Hideo Kojima is considered a genius and one of the most important game developers, at least by quite a lot of people. The Japanese creator has worked on many games but he mainly owes his renown to the Metal Gear series. The relevance of his previous works combined with a very secretive marketing campaign that never really explained clearly what Death Stranding was about managed to raise a lot of expectation around his latest game, making it quite an anticipated...

Ghost of Tsushima gets ready for launch with an amazing trailer

Jul 14, 2020, 7:52 AM Fyra Frost

Ghost of Tsushima is one of the most anticipated games of 2020 and developer Sucker Punch knows it. Therefore, it's not strange that they are preparing the launch of the game very carefully and that they have put a lot of effort into releasing enough videos and information about the game to maintain the interest of the players quite high but without revealing major spoilers. We already know about the story and the gameplay systems in the Ghost of Tsushima,...

New Assassin's Creed Valhalla gameplay has been revealed along with its release date

Jul 13, 2020, 5:06 PM Fyra Frost

Unveiled in April, Assassin's Creed Valhalla had already caused a lot of ink to flow before its official revelation in April, because of its theme

Assassin's Creed Valhalla had already caused a lot of ink to flow before its official revelation in April , because of its theme, the Vikings. If the initial announcement, which was accompanied by a first trailer had rather seduced the players, the gameplay revelation of last month was rather disappointing since the video didn't really contain any of it. But we were able to watch a long demonstration of Assassin's Creed Valhalla gameplay last night during the online conference Ubisoft...