RPG News Weekly Round Up – November 5th, 2017
Nov. 5, 2017Happy weekend fromFextralife! If you’ve been too busy to keep up on the latest in the games we cover or are looking for a refresher, we’ve got your back. Let’s take a look at the comings and goings across theFextralifeWiki Network. Check out the video above and read on for the text!
Divinity: Original Sin 2
Over the past week, Larian Studios released their fourth massive patch for their acclaimedDivinity: Original Sin 2CRPG. It introduced many improvements to the game such as an update to its story to include Tarquin’s questline for existing game saves. A new feature where you can examine your enemy even when it isn’t your turn, as well as new items and journal updates to improve certain NPCs and story-lines. There are also enhancements made toOriginal Sin 2‘sEditor and GM mode, and much more. You can check out the full patch notes on theblog.
FromSoftware’s brutal action-RPGBloodborne, will be getting a comic book tie-in that’s coming next year calledBloodborne: The Death of Sleep.The comic will be handled by Titan Comics, who has also worked with publishers such as Bethesda, in putting out comic book tie-ins of theirThe Evil Within 2,Wolfenstein 2: The New ColossusandDishonored 2IPs.The Death of Sleepwill have its illustration done by Piotr Kowalski (who also worked on theDark Souls: Legends of the Flamecomic) and have its story written by Ales Kot. The writer, Kot, happens to be a massive fan ofBloodborneand has put in some 200 hours into the title, immersing himself to research the game’s universe. You can read more about it in detail on theblog.
Furthermore, a new trailer was revealed; which you can watch on theblog, that showcases an exclusive PS4 crossover of Guerrilla Games’Aloyfrom their hit open world title,Horizon Zero Dawn.PS4 players will be able to play asAloyinMonster Hunter: World,who comes complete with her own armor set, bow and robot for aPalicocompanion.
The official website for Bandai Namco’s upcoming anime-souls, action-RPG,CODE VEIN,has gone live. The new website is chock full of information and goodies onCODE VEIN,such as trailers,screenshots,characterbio,lore, its gamemechanicsand much more. Unfortunately the official site is only in Japanese, but that shouldn’t stop you from lurking around and checking out some pretty nifty never-before-seen screenshots. There’s a link to the website over on theblogfor those interest.
The anticipated downloadable content will come with new armor sets, implants and sixteen new weapons. You can check out the latest screenshots on theblogthat showcases gameplay and CREO’s amusement park, complete with roller-coasters.
Developer CD Projekt RED’s renownedThe Witcher 3: Wild Huntaction-RPG will be getting some nice enhancements made for Microsoft’s latest Xbox One X console. Revealed in aninterviewXbox Wireconducted with the studio, the Xbox One X version of the game will feature 4K resolution, high-quality shadows, high-res textures and more from utilizing the“additional power of the”console, said Jakub Kutrzuba of CD Projekt RED. You can check out the full interview over on theblog.
Sloclap released Patch 1.08 for their online, martial arts-RPG,Absolver. Known as “the Halloween update”, it brought spooky festivities for players to enjoy. It also brought in a bunch of nice treats like three new Absolver cloaks, four new sets and nine new masks (six of which are Halloween-themed).
Aside from the inclusion of new content, there are also the usual bug fixes to the game, which you can read about in full on theblog. Sloclap also noted that they plan to further expand on this update in the coming weeks; creating new systems, new uses for the Crystals and Fragments, Equipment dyes and much more, so stay tuned.
Blizzard has launched their latest 2.6.1 update for their isometric-RPG,Diablo 3.The new patch is now live for the PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One platforms. The recent patch has made changes to most of the game’s class, to closely resemble the most requested or popular builds. Some skills have been buffed like the Wizard’s frozen orb distance, while others have been adjusted for improved gameplay. Tweaks have also been made to various Legendary items, granting players more power to toy with and much more. There’s a link to the full patch notes in thearticleon the blog.
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