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Four new characters are coming to Marvel Strike Force in the near future, including: Scarlet Witch, Loki, Ms. Marvel, and Nick Fury. The first of these new characters, Scarlet Witch, is now available through a new campaign event released with yesterday’s patch and the structure of the campaign is a significant improvement over the ones preceding it.
Obsidian Entertainment and Versus Evil have announced that the first major DLC for Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire has been released. Called “Beast of Winter”, the DLC is part of the Season Pass or for $9.99 for those who do not own the Season Pass. In addition, Obsidian announced that three more DLC will be coming before the end of 2018. Those who opt out of the DLC will still receive the beefy 2.0 update with bug fixes and balance improvements as well as the Deck of Many Things”.
The Elder Scrolls Online site has been updated with a look at the monsters that inhabit Moon Hunter Keep. The ancient fortress is filled with Vykosa, or werewolves. Originally purposed as a stronghold for the Order of the Silver Dawn, those tasked with hunting werewolves, it has now at least partially fallen to infiltrators by “the very beasts the Order has sworn to destroy”.
Armored Warfare is now available as a free download for XBox One Gold Members. Players who start playing via the XBox program can also check out starter bundles that include exclusive items including the LAV-150 90 Exterminator Premium Vehicle and much more.
Red Thomas has continued playing Post-Next No Man’s Sky and has put together a rough guide for the economy since the game patched. Drastic changes in resources and system trading has completely trashed old guides, so here’s a little to get you restarted.
Riot Games’ Marc Merrill is at it again after setting the MMO-space afire last week with speculation that the company might be making an MMO. After having that dream bubble popped, the community settled for a few days before VentureBeat took another run at him, this time asking him point-blank if Riot is making an MMO. Let’s just say that Merrill was vague, but with enough obfuscation to make it seem that they might, perhaps, maybe, possibly be creating an MMO.
Just a week after the release of MapleStory M, Nexon has announced that it has been downloaded over three million times since its global launch. To celebrate the big numbers, players can check out an in-game giveaway later today that will earn them 10 Orange EXP Increase Tickets, 300 MP Potions v4.0 and 300 HP Potions v4.0.
Riot Games has posted a new blog to lay out details of a new game mode called Nexus Blitz. Nexus Blitz will be part of the new Experimental Modes program that will see various new ways to play crop up a couple times per year. Experimental Modes program allows players to test new ways to play and allows devs a chance to “aggressively patch” before bringing it into the full game.
With Western Digital closing an entire hard drive factory, the writing is on the wall: solid state drives are the wave of the future. SSDs are more reliable and affordable than ever, and, in the case of our review today, even self-encrypt for added security. Today, we’re looking at the Kingston UV500 960GB Upgrade Bundle. It has everything you need to get up and running, but does it have the performance to match?
The Bless Steam page has been updated with a lengthy preview of the game’s next patch. Readers can learn more about the Assassin, a new class that “will have many fun new skills and stances for players to experience”. In addition, a preview is provided on the Dominion Contract and Capital War systems including when and where events take place, how teams score victories and what rewards are provided after.