Battlerite kicks off season three by willing death to come sooner

I love the smell of updates in the morning – especially when they include sweeping changes that improve a game I already like. Patch 1.7 for Battlerite, the fighting man’s MOBA, smells delicious. Round times have been shortened from two minutes to ninety seconds, which means the teal zone of death encloses sooner and encourages everyone to play less passively.

Today also marks the start of competitive season three, bringing with it a new cosmetic item and balance tweaks along with “broader changes to general systems and mechanics in the Arena”.

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Valve pull Abstractism from Steam after allegations of cryptocurrency mining

Valve might want to reconsider their planned ‘anything goes’ approach to content on Steam, after Abstractism – a game that had been apparently lurking around on the store since March 15th – had to be pulled from sale after a flurry of bad press. As reported by YouTuber SidAlpha in the video below, the game was being identified by many virus scanners as dangerous, and was devouring far more CPU & GPU power than intended, hinting at possible cryptocurrency mining. Beyond that, it was definitely generating sketchy Steam Marketplace items, some of which seem likely intended for use in scams.

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Flirt from the safety of your giant robot cockpit in Heaven Will Be Mine

We all have our defences at least a little bit raised when meeting someone new. In Heaven Will Be Mine, a new visual novel released late last week, those defences are just a little bit more literal, and far larger. I guess it’s easier to flirt confidently when you’ve got energy shields and a giant humanoid metal hull capable of shrugging off meteorites. Set in a bizarre anime-inspired alternate 1980s, it’s the story of three ace mecha pilots on a mission, although there’s every chance they’ll drop it all to get their smooch on.

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Road sausages and endless night: Jalopy’s deeply unsettling undercurrent

It is not terror which compels me to write this, though it’s true my world has become little more than a nightmare. Rather it’s that I need to record these facts (or what I believe to be the truth) to prove that some semblance of sanity remains. It may be I have previously attempted to catalogue my experiences, but, if so, the memory eludes me. I can recall the beginning of this accursed journey, though exactly when that was, I cannot say. Or perhaps, it is that on some level I have tried to hide the truth from myself; that to truly know how long I have been on this road would to be further invite in madness.

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EA’s Origin Access Premier subscription is live, but maybe not worth it yet

It’s all change over at Origin today. Not only have they retired their On The House freebie giveaways, but they’re rolled out their Origin Access Premier subscription service, first announced at E3. For a not-insignificant £15/$20 a month (or £90/$120 a year), you can get access to the usual Origin Access games (now known as ‘Basic’), plus get early and full access to EA’s big upcoming games to play so long as you’re subscribed. Problem is there’s not many of them yet.

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Moonlighter’s ‘More Stock’ update adds extra loot and angry floors

Fantasy shopkeeping adventure Moonlighter has had a busy couple months since its launch in May. Not content to just let stock sit on the shelves, developers Digital Sun have been quick to bring in new goods and renovate its dungeons, and today’s update has been its largest yet. Among other things, the ‘More Stock’ update bulks up environment variety and offers additional rewards for those returning to already-cleared dungeons, expanding further on a formula which John greatly enjoyed.

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The best moments (and winners) of the PUBG Global Invitational

I spent the past five days watching the Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds Global Invitational, looking on as people shoot at each other in showdowns that aren’t officially stag and hen dos gone wrong. But don’t listen to Brendan “Plunk” Greene. PUBG isn’t about winning, it’s about watching people get away with stuff that they shouldn’t and laughing when things go horribly wrong.

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