Friday news, the end:
Borderlands 3 is getting another season pass in November
https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-3-is-getting-another-season-pass-in-november/
If you're not quite ready to toss Borderlands 3 aside yet, you'll soon have some more excuses to shoot and loot your way through the galaxy. Season Pass 2 is coming next month, letting you get your hands on a pair of add-ons that sound like they'll be a bit different from the more story-driven DLC like Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck.
>> I know it's not new, but "regular" games having several season passes feels wrong on so many levels...
Legends of Aria studio is working on a Viking-inspired 'dark fantasy survival game'
https://www.pcgamer.com/legends-of-aria-studio-is-working-on-a-viking-inspired-dark-fantasy-survival-game/
Legends of Aria developer Citadel Studios has taken the wraps off a new project called The End, a multiplayer survival game set in a "crumbling heaven" where players will do battle with action-RPG-style hack-and-slash combat and magic.
Getting too scared in Amnesia: Rebirth will have story consequences
https://www.pcgamer.com/getting-too-scared-in-amnesia-rebirth-will-have-story-consequences/
Amnesia: Rebirth is less than a week away, and if the handful of teasers and brief trailers have left you hungry for more early glimpses, here's a meatier bite courtesy of the PlayStation Blog and developer Frictional Games. It's a 17-minute developer walkthrough where the constant (but mostly interesting) commentary does slightly diminish the scares.
Hearthstone's 'Fall Reveal' teases a trip to Darkmoon Faire (plus some free packs)
https://www.pcgamer.com/hearthstones-fall-reveal-teases-a-trip-to-darkmoon-faire-plus-some-free-packs/
Blizzard is teasing a "Hearthstone Fall Reveal" coming next week that will feature several major announcements and analysis from designers Pat Nagle, John McIntyre, and John Yang, who will go in-depth with host Brian Kibler on each new bit of business.
Nerfs coming next week to Hearthstone's Evocation and Solarian Prime
https://www.pcgamer.com/nerfs-coming-next-week-to-hearthstones-evocation-and-solarian-prime/
Today, snuck out alongside the news that next week we're going to get a Fall Reveal event detailing the next wave of content coming this year, were some patch notes for incoming nerfs. The cards affected are some of the most RNG-heavy designs that the game has ever seen (which really is saying something).
A murderous Red Chocobo is wrecking Final Fantasy 14 players
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-murderous-red-chocobo-is-wrecking-final-fantasy-14-players/
Chocobos have been in Final Fantasy 14 for years. They're mounts that can also join you in combat. They're cute. They go "Kweh!" It's hard not to love a chocobo.
The red chocobo is different. Scroll through the Final Fantasy 14 subreddit and every few posts you'll find a meme about how scary the red chocobo is, thanks to a recent patch that adds a new area, the Bozjan Southern Front, where red chocobos can spawn. They are absolutely murdering people.
Bungie announces date for next raid and departure of Deej
https://www.pcgamer.com/bungie-announces-date-for-next-raid-and-departure-of-deej/
With Destiny 2: Beyond Light now less than a month away, the latest installment of This Week at Bungie contains a couple of big pieces of news, one personal and one professional. First, the professional: Bungie announced that the new raid coming in Beyond Light, and the traditional Race to World First, will kick off at precisely 10 am PT/1 pm ET on November 21. That gives players more than a month to prepare themselves—but the studio also warned that the process of determining the winners will be a little bit different this time around.
A decade after launch, StarCraft 2 development is winding down
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-decade-after-launch-starcraft-2-development-is-winding-down/
In the decade since it launched, StarCraft 2 has become the RTS scene. It's just not had much competition. The RTS genre is in dire straits, but StarCraft seems to exist in a bubble where people still want to gobble up resources and fling little units at each other. Blizzard's been able to build a successful esport around it and churn out the updates for years, but things are finally winding down.
A Total War Saga: Troy is getting a photo mode next week
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-total-war-saga-troy-is-getting-a-photo-mode-next-week/
It is not uncommon for me to lose control of a Total War battle because I'm trying to snap the perfect picture, desperately and pointlessly hoping to recreate those impossibly lovely bullshots every game is accompanied by. Now that's going to be a lot easier, at least in A Total War Saga: Troy, as it's the first in the series to get a photo mode.
Before we wrap it all, let's check what's going on at GOG and Steam:
+GOG
- The Weekly Sale with its indie games brings up to 90% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20201012_weekly_sale
- The Midweek Sale and its retro Point'n'Click games up to 90% off will last another 22 hours: https://www.gog.com/promo/20201014_midweek_sale
- The Weekend Sale features Deep Silver games up to 80% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/deep_silver_weekend
- And there are three new releases on the store:
- The game Relicta, that has a demo, launches with a 25% discount until October 19: https://www.gog.com/game/relicta
- Noita launches with a 20% discount until October 22: https://www.gog.com/game/noita
- And to celebrate the arrival of Ankh 2: Heart of Osiris and Ankh 3: Battle of the Gods, the three games of the series are 75% off until the 23rd of October: https://www.gog.com/news/release_ankh_2_heart_of_osiris_and_ankh_3_battle_of_the_gods
+Steam
- The first of the weekend deals is Carrion, 20% off until the 19th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/953490/CARRION/
- To celebrate the launch of The Jackbox Party Pack 7, the games in the franchise are between 10 and 50% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33030169/sale/partypack7
- Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus is free to try and 67% off until the 19th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/673880/Warhammer_40000_Mechanicus/
- SEGA celebrates its 60th anniversary with up to 95% discounts until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36333614-Sega-Promotions/sale/sega60th
- And Disco Elysium is 30% off until October 26: https://store.steampowered.com/app/632470/Disco_Elysium/
- And let's not forget about the weeklong deals.
Until next time, have a happy and gaming weekend.
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