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Mansions of Madness is getting a proper videogame adaptation
https://www.pcgamer.com/mansions-of-madness-is-getting-a-proper-videogame-adaptation/
Lovecraftian dungeon crawl might not sound like a typical genre to you, but board game Mansions of Madness is an entertaining and spooky romp in the shoes of a short-lived cosmic horror protagonist. A videogame adaptation called Mansions of Madness: Mother’s Embrace was announced today, and this hybrid of the tabletop rules with digital twists is scheduled to release on Steam early next year. Developers Luckyhammers and publisher Asmodee Digital seem quite excited about it, calling it “the next evolution of the iconic game.” The tabletop game is developed by Fantasy Flight Games, which is owned by Asmodee.

 

Overwatch gets a Competitive 6v6 Lockout Elimination season
https://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-gets-a-competitive-6v6-lockout-elimination-season/
Blizzard kicked off a surprise short season of Competitive 6v6 Lockout Elimination in Overwatch yesterday, bringing the Arcade favorite to the more serious milieu of competitive play for the first time.

 

Explore a dying PC in offbeat Metroidvania Visual Out
https://www.pcgamer.com/explore-a-dying-pc-in-offbeat-metroidvania-visual-out/
Visual Out, a 2D Metroidvania-style platformer from solo developer MadameBerry Games, may have finally figured what happens when a computer inevitably, inexplicably slows down and dies: a little green man goes bebopping around cyberspace fighting programs.

 

'First draft' of Wasteland 3 will be complete next month, still on track for 2019 release
https://www.pcgamer.com/first-draft-of-wasteland-3-ready-next-month-still-on-track-for-2019-release/
For a game so ambitious, sprawling post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland 2 did well to keep a tight leash on its release date. InXile's Kickstarted sequel to the classic 1988 game Wasteland was delayed once—but only by a few weeks, and even then it was only to ensure that physical copies of the game were ready for backers. Wasteland 3 has raised even more money from crowdfunding, this time https://www.fig.co/campaigns/wasteland-3" target="_blank">through Fig, and will therefore have even more eyes tracking its progress. If the latest developer update is anything to go by then it's all coming along nicely, and a "first draft" of the game will be ready next month.

 

Monster Hunter: World is getting a raid-style quest mode and a new Elder Dragon
https://www.pcgamer.com/monster-hunter-world-is-getting-a-raid-style-quest-mode-and-a-new-elder-dragon/
Monster Hunter: World is getting a new limited-time quest called Siege of Kulve Taroth that will send all hunters in the same Gathering Hub—up to 16 in total—on a raid-flavored quest to track down a mighty new Elder Dragon named Kulve Taroth.

 

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 may have a battle royale mode instead of a campaign
https://www.pcgamer.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-4-may-have-a-battle-royale-mode-instead-of-a-campaign/
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was confirmed in early March, but isn't slated to be fully revealed until May. Today, however, Polygon dropped a big rumor bomb by citing multiple sources who say that the game will ship with no single-player campaign at all, on any platform.

>>poklane has a thread about this rumor, with people splitting in two groups: those that claim that won't buy the game, and others saying that no one plays single player and it doesn't matter.

 

Everything in side-scrolling shooter Heckpoint can be destroyed, especially you
https://www.pcgamer.com/everything-in-side-scrolling-shooter-heckpoint-can-be-destroyed-especially-you/
Heckpoint is a 2D side-scrolling shoot-'em-up about creating entire worlds just so you can destroy them. Its pretty pixels caught our eye last November so we featured it in our Indie GIF Showcase, and after a few months in Early Access, it recently launched on Steam for $10.

 

Fortnite's Guided Missile is going away for a while
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnites-guided-missile-is-going-away-for-a-while/
The Fortnite guided missile that promised pinpoint death-and-destruction but became far more famous for enabling Silver Surfer-style cruises across the battlefield has been removed from the game. Despite all the fun that people were having with it, Epic said on Reddit that there's concern about the "fairness and strength" of the weapon, and so it will go back to the drawing board until the developers can figure out what to do with it.

 

Insomnia: The Ark is a 'dieselpunk' RPG that echoes BioShock and Fallout
https://www.pcgamer.com/insomnia-the-ark-is-a-dieselpunk-rpg-that-echoes-bioshock-and-fallout/
Mono Studio's Insomnia: The Ark is a story-driven RPG, set within a "colossal space metropolis" that's "brimming with the secrets of a long-gone civilization." As you may already know, it's been in development for several years—but now targets a 2018 launch, with the backing of publisher HeroCraft.