Monster Slayers, a card battling RPG/ roguelike for PC that we covered here not too long ago just launched some new DLC! Titled ‘Fire & Steel’, this new DLC pack adds a solid amount of additions for only $4.99. Included:

• 2 new levels: Volcanic Tunnels and Old Castle
• 4 new bosses
• 8 new enemies 
• 2 new classes: Dragon and Merchant
• New cards for existing classes, plus 7 new Companion cards
• Survival mode: beat the game and face endless waves of enemies

     And also available to all users via a free update is a new feature called the ‘Slayer’s Handbook’. This feature provides you with info on all the different cards and game concepts. If you would like to check out our previous coverage of Monster Slayers, you can do so here.
    
     In my opinion, seems like a decent and reasonably priced piece of DLC. New levels, enemies, cards, bosses, characters, there’s a little bit of everything in there.

​By: Richard Jewell

Now if you readers follow me on Twitter, you may already know that I’m not quite exactly a fan of the current DLC model. I feel that most of the content found in them these days are rip-offs and blatant cash grabs. They often offer you a poor amount of content for a large price, or alternatively, they offer useless vanity items that cost you the same price a cheap meal would. I find that DLC works best when it’s priced reasonably and it offers meaningful gameplay additions/enhancements.

When Xbox 360 came out and internet-connected gaming consoles became more prevalent, my mind was full of wonderful thoughts about how developers could add extra levels or story chapters to extend the amount of time I would be able to have with my favorite games. The first Dragon Age and The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion expansions are excellent examples of this idea in action.
    
Unfortunately, DLC these days mostly consist of lame microtransactions, season passes for outfits that cost more than the game itself (Dead or Alive I’m looking at you) or a series of high price/low-quality content missions like the first season pass for Destiny. When the first piece of content dropped, I was shocked to have finished it all up in about an hour, which is crazy considering they were charging $20 for it at the time.  And I don’t even want to talk about Star Wars Battlefront, the game that many gamers complained about its lack of content and season pass that cost as much as the game itself.
    
Reasons such as those mentioned are why I give such huge kudos to developers like CD PROJEKT RED. Their season pass for Witcher 3 offers huge portions of story-driven gameplay easily on par with their main offering AND they throw in a ton of free DLC, the very same sort of small in-game items that would be paid microtransactions in any other title. When I see a game offer the kind of season pass content that Witcher 3 does, I gladly shell out the money for all that interesting extra content. But if you offer me a season pass for $40 and then push out piece after piece of bland, uninteresting content and useless items? Let’s just say: Don’t fucking spit on me and try to tell me it’s raining.
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​By: Richard Jewell

Oh...Sir!! The insult Simulator is heading to Playstation 4 and Xbox One this spring. Want to be a smart-ass trash talker but too scared to say it to a real-life person’s face for fear of being on the receiving end of an epic beatdown? Well, the developers Vile Monarch have created the perfect game for you so you can protect your pimply-privates from a prolific punching.
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Game Features:
- Loner’s Insult Tournament Mode: Battle your way through numerous unique situations and verbally assault your CPU
- Real-Life Friends Mode: Beleaguer your actual friends on a couch, ottoman, or whatever else you like to rest your fanny on
- Imaginary-Friends Mode: Verbally take down strangers from all over the “Online world”
- 10 Hilarious Playable Characters: Each with their own unique voices, quirky traits, and hilarious “insult components”
- 5 Conflict Scenarios: Lay down some verbal jujitsu across 5 different trying situations and environments- Contentious Battle System: Employ combos, criticals, continuations and other new mechanics to outwit your argumentative opponents!
The price and exact release date details have not been officially announced yet, we will keep an eye out for future updates!
 
​By: Richard Jewell​