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Outcast 2: A New Beginning Announced

Sep 21, 2021, 12:00 Sacha Loric News

After two decades, Cutter Slade finally returns in a sequel to the open-world cult classic that allows you to discover a new world.

It’s been a 20-year wait but it’s finally been confirmed—Outcast 2: A New Beginning is well on its way through its pre-alpha development stage. A sequel to the original 1999 cult classic that helped pioneer nonlinear open-world games, Outcast 2 had been announced as far back as the year 2000 but never came to fruition due to financial problems. A remake, Outcast -Second Contact, was released in 2014. This time, we are getting a full sequel. THQ...

Kena: Bridge of Spirits is finally available

Sep 21, 2021, 09:00 Fyra Frost News

Kena begins her journey as spirit guide today, with the only help of the Rots to clean her world of corruption.

One of the games that got a lot of attention when the PlayStation 5 was announced last year is Kena: Bridge of Spirits. The amazing magical world created by Ember Lab is the scenario for an epic adventure where the young spirit guide Kena has to help deceased people to continue their journey to the spirit world. Since those stuck in Kena's world are those that suffered traumatic deaths or have left things unfinished in their past life, she will...

God of War: Ragnarok Will End Norse Saga

Sep 20, 2021, 13:00 Sacha Loric News

The latest episode of the new God of War series will close out after only two games, which may be a good thing.

Now that we have had a good look at the new God of War: Ragnarok, we have some idea of how the story will go. As the title implies, we will see the Twilight of the Gods. However, a surprise announcement from Santa Monica creative director Cory Barlog tells us that the highly-anticipated sequel to the 2018 God of War will conclude the Norse storyline. ...

Jagged Alliance 3 is coming to PC

Sep 20, 2021, 12:00 Fyra Frost News

THQ Nordic surprises the fans of the popular turn-based tactics series with a new installment.

A few days ago, we told you that Jagged Alliance Gold Edition is currently available for free on Steam, but we didn't anticipate that this giveaway was going to be accompanied by the announcement of a new installment in the series. The original Jagged Alliance was released in 1995, and the Deadly Games expansion followed it. Jagged Alliance 2 brought the series back to life in 1999, and several DLC expanded its content in the...

Phasmophobia is one year old

Sep 20, 2021, 09:00 Fyra Frost News

Phasmophobia's paranormal investigation experience keeps hooking the players one year after it entered Early Access.

Even though many people thought that Phasmophobia wasn't going to last much, the popularity of the game has not decreased one year after its launch. Despite being created by Kinetic Games, a humble indie studio made up of a single developer with no formal development training; Phasmophobia rapidly became a hit after entering Early Access on Steam. The main factor influencing its success was that quite a few streamers were playing the game on Early Access, which led to a...

Civilization VI brings this season to an end with a final update

Sep 18, 2021, 15:00 Fyra Frost

Update 6 brings three new units and a lot of balance changes to Civilization VI and it's completely free.

Sid Meier's Civilization franchise has changed a lot over the years but it has managed to maintain quite a wide fanbase. It's probably the video games series that has contributed more to the popularity of the turn-based strategy genre. Choosing your nation and developing it through the ages as you build cities and claim territory is just the basic elements of a game that turns out to be quite complex in many aspects of its gameplay but at the same...

EA Giving Away DLCs for Battlefield 1 and 4

Sep 17, 2021, 15:00 Sacha Loric Free Games

These two DLCs are available for free for the next three days, so grab them while you can.

Here’s some consolation for the earlier disappointing news about the Battlefield 2042 delay—EA has announced that they are making downloadable content for Battlefield 1 and 4 available for free for a limited time. Not bad, considering this is on the heels of the Battlefield 4 Second Assault expansion that was given away last month. Both DLCs focus on water-based warfare. You can check out their trailers for both content. ...

ArenaNet reveals three other End of Dragons elite specializations

Sep 17, 2021, 14:00 Fyra Frost News

Catalyst, Bladesworn and Vindicator are the second group of elite specializations coming to Guild Wars 2 with End of Dragons.

All Guild Wars 2 players had the opportunity of trying some of the new elite specializations that the End of Dragons expansion will bring to the game. We talked about all of them in a previous article about the first open-beta stage, and we were expecting to know more because the first event only included three of the nine new options that players will have for their professions in the popular MMORPG next year. Virtuoso, Harbinger, and Willbender have access...

Titan Quest and Jagged Alliance are free to keep on PC

Sep 17, 2021, 11:00 Fyra Frost Free Games

Celebrate THQ Nordic anniversary with this pair of classic games that you can get for free and keep permanently on PC.

At this time of the week, we are usually talking about the free games on Epic Games Store, but it's different today. A sale accompanies the celebration of the 10th anniversary of THQ Nordic on Steam, where you can find plenty of its games available with nice discounts. Also, a couple of games are available for free right now on Valve's platform. Jagged Alliance: Gold Edition and Titan Quest Anniversary Edition are a couple of classic games worth playing. They...

Dying Light 2 Delayed to 2022

Sep 17, 2021, 08:00 Sacha Loric News

Instead of this December, Dying Light 2 will launch in February next year to give developers time to polish the game.

Sorry, fans of Dying Light—Dying Light 2 Stay Human has been pushed back yet again. Originally set for a December 7 launch, the sequel to the hit parkour zombie game has been moved back again by developer Techland to February 4, 2022. A bit more polish needed Techland CEO Pawel Marchewka has this...

Tales of Arise breaks record sales at launch

Sep 16, 2021, 15:00 Fyra Frost News

Tales of Arise boasts an impressive number of sales in just a few days, surpassing all other games in the series by a good margin.

Tales of Arise has received a very warm welcome from the fans. The Tales series have been around for quite a while, and the games in it have secured a rather large fan base that supports every new release. It's worth of notice that each Tales game features different protagonists and stories. Therefore, the only things that titles like Tales of Zestiria, Tales of Berseria, and Tales of Symphonia have in common are their...

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake Underway

Sep 16, 2021, 13:00 Sacha Loric News

The big surprise is that the Star Wars: KOTOR remake will begin a PS5 exclusive.

One of the biggest surprises that opened the recent PlayStation Showcase was Sony’s announcement that it will remake Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. They accompanied their announcement with a teaser trailer, with a voice-over from likely one of the game’s iconic characters, Bastila Shan. What do we know about the KOTOR remake? Apart from...

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