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Perhaps one of the best announcements to come out of January was the announcement by Blizzard that the game will be located within the "all different universe" is currently in development adding another bow to D2R Items and WoW creator"s metaphorical bow. It wasn"t alone in announcing something fresh and innovative however, as Apex Legends creator Respawn Entertainment also revealed that it"s currently working on a triple-A shooter.

For the ultimate reward, turn-based strategy game fans were thrilled to hear about an upcoming studio that is run by Doom and XCOM designers, who have united to bring more strategy to the ever-expanding genre.

The most memorable event of February was obviously, Elden Ring. Touted as one of the greatest FromSoftware games ever and the RPG game rocketed up the charts, challenging players across the globe to restore the item that was originally featured. Additionally, Elden Ring, Amazon Games and Smilegate RPG brought ARPG/MMO hybrid Lost Ark to the West after a highly successful launch in Korea. The server wait times grew and players often lost the will to live but the game has exploded post-launch and now includes an array of thrilling types of zones and classes. Dying Light 2 also deserves the attention of a few people; after every one of us doesn"t love taking on zombies?

Then, Valve changed the landscape of portable gaming, as we discussed in the Steam Deck review. Initially, few people could obtain the handheld due to an online reservation system as well as many people placing in a pre-order, but the device quickly became a popular choice with boot screen mods along with buy diablo II resurrected items physical accessories and developers racing to optimise their games to work with the new system.