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The Division 2 is the game The Division should have been. After such a disappointing streak of releases in this genre, it’s refreshing that finally, someone has gotten it right. The Division 2 is fun now, not in six months, and if you’re not playing it yet, it’s time to get activated. This is our review of The Division 2.
Breach players have a new class to try out after yesterday’s patch brought the Shadow Master Veil Demon class into the game as well as the new challenge system. This new system gives players an opportunity to unlock in-game goodies for every class leveled to 30. Items include gems, ability unlocks and class-specific talents.
The Wolcen team has announced that the game has officially entered its beta phase of development. For the past year, the team has been hard at work completely redesigning the game from the ground up to adhere to higher standards and to provide players with “years of regular content updates”. Everything has been retooled including art direction, monsters, skills, animations, levels, visual effects and much more. Most notably, Wolcen now has co-op multiplayer.
From now through April 12th, Champions Online players can “put on some Googly Eyes and a Beanie Hat” thanks to the return of Foxbat. Players can take part in gambling, costume contests and scout around for ten action figures hidden throughout the event. These figures can be earned by “performing secret tasks”. How’s that for nebulous!?
You may remember a few months ago when we learned about Denis Dyacks’ new game, Deadhaus Sonata. It is an upcoming free to play 6-player action RPG where the player is undead and fights the living. To showcase how the action will go down, a new gameplay trailer has arrived.
Borderlands 3 is official now. Four players and a billion guns, lots of mechanical doodads and the graphical look you’ve become accustomed to in Borderlands games are all present. This also includes faces like Mordecai, Marcus, Tiny Tina, Maya, Lilith and Brick among others.
The Population Zero team has posted another series of answers to question posed by the community, this time with a particular interest in the clan system and some of the inner workings of this feature. There are a few other questions sprinkled throughout as well, including player territory and the safety of one’s buildings when offline.
Intrepid Studios is continuing its deep dive into the Ashes of Creation node system with a new video today that speaks to the technology behind nodes. Senior Environment Artist Tad Ehrlich and Creative Director Steven Sharif “go over why the tool was created, and how it will affect the player as they explore” the game world.
DC Universe Online players can head into the game to check out a new episode called Justice League Dark. The new content is available for XBox One, PC and PlayStation 4 and includes new / returning heroes and villains, new single- and multi-player adventures in new locations and new player rewards.
Over the years HyperX has become synonymous with PC gaming, so it makes sense that in addition to great peripherals and headsets it would only be a matter of time before we saw an attempt to break through into another avenue. Well move over Yeti, HyperX has unveiled the HyperX QuadCast, a USB condenser microphone that promises clear and consistent audio, but does it deliver? Check out our review.