Blizzard has provided a deluge of new information about World of Warcraft’s next expansion, Midnight, at Gamescom. As part of the reveal, we’ve learned that the next allied race coming to WoW is the Haranir, an ancient group of hunters distinguished by their bioluminescent features. Somewhere between the appearance of a Night Elf and a Troll, Blizzard describes the Haranir as a populace living closely with nature, so much so that they grow their architecture rather than building it. 

Players encounter the new race, first introduced in The War Within expansion, and their signature dwellings in Harandar, one of Midnight’s new zones. The primeval jungle, home to a new dungeon called the Blinding Vale, nestles around the World Tree’s roots, brimming with fungal overgrowth like moss overpasses and saprophytic spires. 

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First introduced in 2018’s Battle for Azeroth expansion, players unlock allied races by completing large quest arcs, usually tied to a new zone’s main questline, that result in a previously neutral race joining their faction, granting new options when creating a character. Like the Earthen, an allied race introduced in The War Within, the Haranir are available to both Horde and Alliance factions upon completing the requirements. 

The Haranir's available classes include Warrior, Monk, Rogue, Hunter, Priest, Shaman, Warlock, Mage, and Druid. 

 

Are you looking for more information on World of Warcraft: Midnight? We recently visited Blizzard to learn about player housing and try out the exciting new feature for ourselves. Read about everything we learned right here.  

Announced during Gamescom Opening Night Live, the anime-inspired rhythm game that follows a band of musicians on the run in a world where music is illegal, Unbeatable, is releasing on November 6. Playstack, the publisher behind recent hits like Balatro and Abiotic Factor, is backing the project. It's easy to see why, as developer D-Cell’s hand-drawn animation evokes classic anime series like FLCL, and its character designs seep with attitude and personality.

Unbeatable is launching on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Steam this November.

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Opening Night Live just gave us a new look at The Outer Worlds 2 in the form of a brand-new trailer focused on the companions that players will bring along on the journey.

Niles appears to be focused on mechanical repairs and wields a pistol in the scene we see of him. Valerie is a floating robot who specializes in healing in damage reduction. Aza is a masked figure from The Glorious Dawn faction; in battle, we see her wielding a close-quarters dagger to bring down bad guys. Inez is the field medic who apparently joins from the Auntie’s Choice in-game company. Marisol is an assassin and member of the Order of the Ascendant, and has been described in earlier communications as a “deadly mathematician.” Tristan looks like a knight in shining red armor, wielding a massive hammer.

The trailer makes a point to highlight that player/companion relationships and sex aren’t part of the game. But we certainly see a lot of variety in the combat gameplay for the various individuals, which may make up for the lack of romance (at least for some players).

The Outer Worlds 2 is headed to Xbox Series X/S and PC on October 29. 

The latest trailer for Silent Hill f showcased and teased some familiar Silent Hill franchise mechanics. You can hear crackling radios, witness shifting realities, and the game's protagonist, Hinako, does battle with some mannequin enemies.

We also see some story teases with Hinako being asked to kill someone (or something) with her bare hands. A man wearing a fox mask also says to her, "Must be hard to bid farewell to childhood friends."

Silent Hill f releases September 25 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. For a whole lot more on the next game in the iconic Konami horror franchise, heads here to read about Marcus Stewart's trip to Japan where he went hands-on with the game.

Disco Elysium is one of the most celebrated indie games of the past decade, with many praising its writing and narrative design. Since its release, the development studio ZA/UM has undergone a lot of public turmoil, departures, and legal issues, but those remaining at the company have evidently been working on a new RPG. Today, during Gamescom's Opening Night Live presentation, we learned what it was: Zero Parades.

The reveal trailer for Zero Parades is vague and establishes a tone more than anything else. Someone doing voiceover describes a spy he once knew, and that he thought she would save them, but "everything she touched rippled into failure." Afterwards, text on the screen reads, "Your friends are you. Each a separate limb of the whole."

Afterwards, we get a frantic barrage of concept art and brief snippets of gameplay. The gameplay looks quite similar to Disco Elysium, both in its art style and its isometric camera, but it's not quite enough to get a firm sense of how similar the games really are. Afterwards, we see the game's logo and title. A subtitle underneath cycles between a few phrases to complete the sentence, including "for fake radicals," "for dead spies," and "for missing pop stars."

The game's Steam page provides a lot more details. You play as Hershel Wilk, the spy mentioned by the voice-over during the reveal trailer. A description reads, "Five years ago, you led your team into the abyss and have been haunted by your failures ever since. Now you've been recalled for a mysterious assignment that may give you a chance to prove yourself again."

The game currently has no release window, and Steam is its only listed platform. For more ONL, check out the new Lego Batman game, the Sekiro anime, and the Fallout Season 2 teaser.