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В Steam началась большая распродажа игр перед церемонией The Game Awards 2020 - скидки на Yakuza 7, Doom Eternal и Hades

Компания Valve объявила о старте новой распродажи в сервисе цифровой дистрибуции Steam. Акция приурочена к старту The Game Awards 2020. Напомним, основная часть церемонии начнется 11 декабря в 3 часа ночи по московскому времени. За полчаса до главного эфира пройдет предварительное шоу.

Претендент на звание лучшей игры 2020 года: Обзор Hades

Небольшая студия Supergiant Games сделала себе имя благодаря потрясающему дебютному проекту Bastion, вышедшему в уже далеком 2011 году. Взяв за основу, казалось бы, весьма простую схему изометрической action-RPG с элементами жанра Rogue-like, разработчики смогли прыгнуть выше головы, создав выдающийся проект, где воедино связывались затягивающий геймплей, самобытные приёмы повествования и приятная, ненавязчивая атмосфера. В этом году студия порадовала игроков совершенно новым IP в уже знакомом стиле. Hades, он же Аид в русском переводе, вобрал в себя все качества, за которые мы любим игры Supergiant Games.

Get free demos and the best games of 2020 cheap in Steam's Game Awards sale

The Game Awards 2020 is nearly here, and with it a celebration of both the year's best games and promising titles for the future. Steam has once again partnered with Geoff Keighley's award show to present notable discounts on some of the year's biggest games, and provide free demos for a host of upcoming indie titles.


Many of The Game Awards 2020 nominees are on sale, including game of the year selections like Hades (20% off) and Doom Eternal (67% off). If multiplayer games are your thing, you can get Fall Guys (20% off) or Among Us (20% off). More into strategy games? You can get Crusader Kings III (20% off) or Desperados III (40% off), too.


The full sale page also highlights winners from previous years - everything from Disco Elysium to The Witcher 3. If you want some straight-up free stuff, you can also enjoy a selection of demos for indie games ranging from Little Nightmares II to Echo Generation. These demos will only be available for a limited time, so if you want to play them, you'll need to hurry.


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Post-Launch Patch - December 1, 2020


This patch contains additional minor fixes and improvements based on your feedback and reports since our v1.0 Launch Update. We expect this to be our final PC patch of the year. Thank you for playing!!

Note: 📢 indicates a change inspired by community feedback!

Infernal Arms, Aspects, & Abilities

Heart-Seeking Bow (Zagreus Aspect): increased Critical chance
Eternal Spear (Achilles Aspect): increased Skewer special charge speed; improved input buffering
Adamant Rail (Eris Aspect): reduced duration of bonus damage effect

Boons & Blessings

Sea Storm (Poseidon x Zeus): adjusted requirements for this to be offered; fixed interaction with Curse of Drowning (Poseidon x Ares)
Blinding Flash (Athena): fixed incorrect scaling from Poms on the Exposed Status Curse
Athena's Aid: reduced scaling from Poms
Parting Shot (Athena x Aphrodite): fixed interaction with Shadow Presence (Mirror)
Sweet Surrender (Aphrodite): normalized scaling from rarity and Poms
After Party (Dionysus): improved scaling from rarity
Black Out (Dionysus): adjusted requirements for this to be offered
Rare Crop (Demeter): fixed this not counting toward the bonus from Family Favorite (Mirror)
Killing Freeze (Demeter): fixed damage being locked at Common rarity; adjusted scaling from rarity

Daedalus Hammer Upgrades

Dash Nova (Blade): increased Sturdy duration; fixed dash sometimes moving you to the wrong position
Heavy Knuckle (Fists): increased attack speed; no longer locks you in place while attacking
📢 Draining Cutter (Fists): life drain now works under the effects of Lasting Consequences (Pact)

Keepsakes & Items

📢 Companion Rib (Skelly): increased health for summoned companion; takes less damage from you
Myrmidon Bracer (Achilles): now also works vs. trap damage
📢 Skull Earring (Megaera): increased active threshold
Shattered Shackle (Sisyphus): increased power level
----- of the ---- (???): reduced max number of stocks; updated text description to be more accurate

Mirror of Night

Abyssal Blood: increased power level

Level Design & Environments

• Minor fixes and improvements to several chambers

Art & Visual FX

• Added unique visuals for the Aspect of Eris damage boost
• Minor improvements to Final Boss intro animation

Music & SFX

• Updated sounds for the third strike in the Aspect of Guan Yu attack sequence
• Updated sound for big slow radiating blasts generated by certain attacks
• Added emote for when the Minotaur sets up the 'Bull Horn' combo attack

Voice & Narrative

• Slightly increased priority of events in the subplot that unlocks Hypnos' Affinity Gauge
• Increased priority of Zeus events required for the epilogue
• Increased priority of Orpheus events once you've started playing the Splendid Lyre
• Fixed rare cases where the Night and Darkness prophecy was not fulfilling when expected
• Fixed event requirements for Final Boss acknowledging if you can get there without Olympian Boons
• Fixed event requirements for Thanatos and Achilles acknowledging specific Weapon Aspects
📢 Other minor fixes, changes, and improvements to various narrative events

Miscellaneous

• Improved feedback when highlighting upgrade buttons for each Companion in the Keepsake Screen
📢 Various fixes and improvements to localized text in different languages
📢 Minor text fixes, updates, and clarifications

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an old, elusive issue that sometimes caused text keywords to appear in the w r o n g f o n t
• Fixed instances where Gorgon projectiles could be destroyed using the Shield of Chaos
• Fixed Deflect causing higher-than-intended damage against the Furies and Bone Hydra
📢 Fixed the damage preview for Hazard Bomb (Rail) not being quite the right size
📢 Fixed interactions between Ares' Doom Status Curse and Aspect of Gilgamesh Maim effect
📢 Fixed issues using Poms on Flood Shot (Poseidon) with Blizzard Shot (Demeter x Poseidon)
📢 Fixed Pool of Purging showing non-zero sell costs while you are affected by Pauper's (Chaos)
📢 Fixed additional cases of Codex Index screen displaying incorrect requirements for Boons
• Fixed Aspect of Hestia reload tutorial objective never clearing while testing it in the Courtyard
• Other minor fixes

Quote of the Patch
'The dead? O gods, the dead! Yes, I know who you mean.' ~The Choephori (Aeschylus; P. Vellacott translation)