GamersHeroes Sunday, June 12, 2022 4:01 PM The 2022 Xbox Bethesda Games Showcase made a huge splash earlier today, featuring the latest announcements on the happenings from Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda, and their partners from around the world. Catch up on the highlights with our recap post - no multi-page clickthrough required. The post The Biggest Announcements From the 2022 Xbox Bethesda Games Showcase appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
Kotaku Sunday, June 12, 2022 5:00 PM  Six months into the year, Xbox's release calendar is looking slim. Fresh off the heels of an absolutely banger 2021, Microsoft hasn't released a single first-party tentpole in 2022. But that's all set to change, Microsoft assured viewers today during its big splashy marketing showcase about big splashy games on the… |
PCGamesN Sunday, June 12, 2022 8:12 PM  We still don't know when, or even if, Half-Life 3 is a real thing. It's become a running joke at this point, but if you're desperate to spend more time in that world, upcoming mod Half-Life Alyx: Levitation might be just what you're looking for. The mod - created by Counter-Strike: GO map designer Shawn Snelling, animator Corey Laddo, and a team of other volunteers - is presented as a DLC picking up just after the closing events of Half-Life: Alyx. "The basic premise involves Alyx receiving a distress signal from two resistance members Maya and Barry about secret Combine technology buried within a section of the quarantine zone known as Sector X," says Laddo via PC Gamer. "With the help of Russell, Alyx dives deep into Combine territory to investigate this threat and search for Maya and Barry. It's a completely separate Half-Life adventure that uses Alyx's ending as a springboard for the narrative." The DLC is set to last around 4-5 hours, and the gameplay shown at the PC Gaming Show looks to be pretty comparable to that of the original game. The story will, of course, feature the notorious G-Man, who Laddo achieved widespread popularity online for animating into a series of memes and other bizarre situations. However, Laddo states that he decided to play things straight for this mod, so expect to see G-Man's more canonical serious nature. RELATED LINKS: Half-Life: Alyx review, How long is Half-Life: Alyx?, Half-Life 3 news |
PCGamesN Sunday, June 12, 2022 5:42 PM  It's been a long time since we've had a new entry in classic stealth game series Thief, although we may get a new one now the IP has been sold to Embracer Group. In the meantime, the self-styled "Thief with guns" Gloomwood early access release date was confirmed for this summer. There were a number of great games shown at the PC Gaming Show, including a new trailer for the System Shock remake narrated by Shodan actor Terri Brosius. That wasn't the only trailer voiced by Brosius, as she's also lending her talents to horror game Gloomwood - appropriate, given how inspired it is by Thief, which Brosius was also a big part of. More importantly, anyone who wants to try the Thief successor can do so this summer - either via the demo currently available on Steam, or through the Gloomwood early access release, which the trailer confirms is happening on August 16. If you're a Thief fan desperate for a new game rather than mods, you'll want to keep your eye on this. |
PCGamesN Sunday, June 12, 2022 8:11 PM  Laysara: Summit Kingdom showed off a new gameplay trailer at the PC Gaming Show, and it's looking like an absolutely gorgeous city builder set high atop the steepening slopes of mountains. With some stunning Tibetan architecture, you'll be building out your settlement in small chunks across patches of open space on the mountainside. You'll have to maintain and grow your civilization, while also contending with natural hazards such as avalanches. There are several mountaintops to tackle, each with their own set of challenges - awkward terrain shapes, differing vegetation layouts, varying resource availability, and a variety of increasingly dangerous weather conditions. Some mountains will offer you the opportunity to farm on the greener lowlands of the mountain, while other times you may find yourself extracting valuable minerals and resources from the perilous peaks. You can build a transport network across your mountain - featuring roads, bridges, and pulley-driven lift networks - to help you get your goods around the mountain. You can also establish trading routes with other towns to help obtain resources you are struggling to get your hands on. |
PCGamesN Sunday, June 12, 2022 5:07 PM  The Xbox and Bethesda showcase brought with it the first good look at Starfield gameplay, but it also confirmed a surprising but welcome feature - a Starfield photo mode, so you take pretty pictures of distant galaxies in the eagerly-awaited space game. The Xbox 2022 showcase finally revealed a lot of amazing details about Bethesda's next exciting RPG game after Skyrim and Fallout, with a big chunk of in-game footage and confirmation of many features - like ship customisation and space combat, or the ability to fly and land those ships anywhere on over 1,000 planets. However, you may have overlooked another welcome feature coming to Starfield - a built-in photo mode is confirmed. Previous Bethesda RPGs have not had this useful and much-requested screenshot feature, and the likes of Fallout 4 only got a photo mode thanks to modders. However, a close look at the scanning during the early parts of the Starfield gameplay footage clearly shows a button labeled "photo mode" - so the handy feature will be available on day one. RELATED LINKS: Starfield release date, Best space games, Elder Scrolls 6 release date |
PCGamesN Sunday, June 12, 2022 5:06 PM  Paradox Interactive has unveiled the first Victoria 3 gameplay trailer for their upcoming historical grand strategy game. Victoria 3 follows in the grand series tradition of a close focus on the 19th and early 20th centuries - complete with all the developing industry, burgeoning trade, and political reform which shaped the era. This latest entry in the cult classic strategy game is emphasising limitless replayability and the opportunity for player-driven stories. Starting in 1836, Victoria 3 spans one hundred years of history and asks players how they want to lead their chosen nation to best develop their people into a thriving civilisation while keeping everyone fed, happy, and fulfilled. It's an era that featured rapid global industrialisation and vastly expanded suffrage and voting rights, and Victoria 3 aims to capture that, taking onboard everything the team at Paradox has learned in the twelve years since its predecessor Victoria II's release. The gameplay trailer revealed at the PC Gaming Show shows off panning shots of the game's gorgeous European countryside, and a variety of the game's menus and UI. There's certainly a step up in polish and pizzazz from a decade ago, as you might expect, with a clear influence from Paradox's other grand strategy titles such as Stellaris and Crusader Kings III, as well as other titles in the genre like Civilization VI. There's a good amount of in-depth numbers to dig into, broken down in smart ways with helpful colour coding, which will likely be exactly the sort of rich detail fans of the genre are looking for. RELATED LINKS: Victoria 3 release date, The best grand strategy games on PC, The best strategy games on PC |
PCGamesN Sunday, June 12, 2022 8:09 PM  New cyberpunk game Nivalis from Ion Games is a slice-of-life simulator taking place in the titular city of Nivalis, the setting of Ion's previous title Cloudpunk. The life sim game is being published by 505 Games, and its announcement trailer showcases a person going about their day in the neon-drenched streets. Players can choose how to spend their time in the city - explore the world, hop in a flying car, rent a new apartment in midtown, run a bar and choose if they want to water down the patrons' drinks for a bit more profit, meet a variety of characters and make friends, go fishing, and much more. The game features day and night cycles along with a realistic weather simulation. The idea of just living out your day-to-day life in a cyberpunk city certainly sounds very appealing. But life isn't all sunshine and roses - gangs are roaming the streets looking for unsuspecting suckers with organs to harvest, the Corps that run the streets will fine you for so much as breathing, and the city itself is precariously positioned over an ocean and the very ground under your feet threatens to crumble and fall apart at any moment. |
PCGamesN Sunday, June 12, 2022 4:43 PM  The war for the desert planet Arrakis is about to heat up, as the Dune: Spice Wars multiplayer release date was just confirmed at the PC Gaming Show - and the strategy game will get battles for up to four players later in June. Recently developer Shiro Games confirmed in its Dune: Spice Wars roadmap for 2022 that the real-time strategy game's multiplayer update would hit sometime in summer 2022, but with nothing more exact than that. Well, it's indeed coming "very soon" - June in fact. Multiplayer support is confirmed for up to four players in free-for-all battles, two versus two, and full co-op against AI factions. There will also be "new synergy systems" to open up more strategic options, too. This is a breaking story from the Xbox and Bethesda showcase broadcast at Summer Games Fest on June 12, 2022. Further details may be added shortly as they become available, and as PCGamesN works to bring you all the latest announcements from Summer Game Fest and all its associated shows in the timeliest possible fashion. |
PCGamesN Sunday, June 12, 2022 5:01 PM  Polish developers 11 Bit Studios, makers of Frostpunk and This War of Mine, have unveiled their new sci-fi game The Alters, where protagonist Jan creates alternate versions of himself which have unique personalities shaped by his various potential paths in life. In the announcement trailer, a man wakes up on a bunk bed in a space station, then walks into the crew quarters where several figures are crowded around a corpse in a space suit lying on a table. As the camera pans over, we see that the figure in the suit has the same face as the first man. As he starts to panic, the other figures turn to face him - revealing that they also look just like him, but with different hairstyles and facial hair. The camera then pans out to show that everything is taking place in a container clustered with many others inside a giant wheel which is rolling along a dusty, grey planet. Lead artist Tomasz Kisilewicz explains that main character Jan creates these "alters" - unique variants of himself with their own character traits and skills - which will help him on his journey. |
PCGamesN Sunday, June 12, 2022 4:09 PM  In a surprise announcement at the PC Gaming Show, the awaited Chivalry 2 Steam release was finally confirmed - and it's out as we speak, along with the medieval game's biggest update yet, adding mounted combat and a new desert biome. The Chivalry 2 Tenosian update is a huge new update for the multiplayer game, adding the Tenosian faction - a desert army used to harsh conditions. The update also adds mounts to Chivalry 2 for the first time, as well as new deathmatch and team objective maps, and a lot more. Also, and perhaps most importantly, the game is finally on Steam after a long time exclusive to the Epic Game Store. There are also new weapon and item skins, too. This is a breaking story from the Xbox and Bethesda showcase broadcast at Summer Games Fest on June 12, 2022. Further details may be added shortly as they become available, and as PCGamesN works to bring you all the latest announcements from Summer Game Fest and all its associated shows in the timeliest possible fashion. RELATED LINKS: Chivalry 2 preview, Everything we know about Chivalry 2, The best multiplayer games on PC in 2021 |
PCGamesN Sunday, June 12, 2022 8:02 PM  How big is Starfield? Astonishingly so, it seems - Todd Howard says that you can land anywhere on and explore any of the RPG game's 1,000 planets across 100 star systems. In a presentation at the Xbox Bethesda Games showcase, the executive producer of Bethesda Game Studios spoke at length about the sheer scale of the space game. "You may be wondering - just how big is this game?" Howard answers his own question, starting on just one planet. "You can land into Atlantis," he explains, "but you can also land and explore anywhere on the planet. And it's not just this planet - it's all the planets on the system. From barren but resource-heavy ice balls, to Goldilocks planets with life. And it's not just this system - but over 100 systems… Over 1,000 planets, all open for you to explore. We can't wait to see what you find." This gargantuan promise certainly helps explain quite what's been keeping the open-world game in development for quite so long, following the recent announcement of its delay into 2023. RELATED LINKS: Starfield release date, Best space games, Elder Scrolls 6 release date |
PCGamesN Sunday, June 12, 2022 8:02 PM  Hideo Kojima is working on a new game using Microsoft's "cutting-edge cloud technology." The veteran developer says that the game is early in development, but that it is a "completely new game - one that no-one has ever experienced or seen before." That may be quite the bold claim, but coming from the mind behind the Metal Gear Solid series and Death Stranding, Kojima is probably one of the few who can make it. Kojima says he has been waiting a very long time to make this "never-before-seen concept," but that the new game may take some time to develop in conjunction with Xbox Game Studios. Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming, says that he is thrilled to have Kojima Productions working alongside Microsoft's teams. The game is planned to make use of the Microsoft Azure cloud computing powerhouse, and will be Kojima Productions' second project after Death Stranding since their establishment as an independent studio after Kojima's departure from Konami. There are rumours that this game could see Kojima returning to the horror game genre following the cancellation of Silent Hills after the release of the cult classic teaser P.T. RELATED LINKS: Death Stranding PC release date, How long is Death Stranding, Death Stranding Steam |
PCGamesN Sunday, June 12, 2022 8:01 PM  At long last, the popular JRPG game series is coming properly to PC, with a Persona 5 Royal PC release coming on October 21. Furthermore, the previous too entries in the series are also confirmed to be coming to Microsoft's subscription service, which is due to include Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 5 Royal all together on PC for the first time. This news follows the successful arrival of Persona 4 Golden on Steam, which Atlus announced had sold over 1 million copies worldwide. The franchise, which follows school children's escapades as they seek to balance their social lives with the unenviable task of fighting demons in a shadow realm. The games are also famed for their stunning soundtracks, led by composer Shoji Meguro. Persona 5 Royal is dated for release on October 21 - dates for the other games weren't given, although it seems likely that they'll follow close behind. Longtime fans will be also glad to see the arrival of Persona 3 Portable, which was previously only available on PlayStation handheld consoles the PSP and PS Vita. |
PCGamesN Sunday, June 12, 2022 8:01 PM  Blizzard has shown off the Diablo 4 Necromancer class - the fifth and final class for the upcoming RPG game. Rod Fergusson took the stage at the Xbox Bethesda Games showcase to talk about the class and upcoming game, which he calls "the culmination of the 25-year history of the franchise." Diablo IV is all about player choice, Fergusson says - gameplay footage showed off the action-RPG's fully-realised open world, which the team says will feature almost 150 dungeons in the game across a variety of types. There are strongholds in enemy territory which must be reclaimed and taken over as friendly outposts. Players can also take part in local events and fight world bosses, and must collaborate to take down the gargantuan monsters. The game has fully enabled cross-play across PC and Xbox, as well as the option for local couch co-op. There are specific zones for PvP, too, where players can attack one another at any time - if you're really good, says Blizzard, you'll be marked as a champion, meaning "you basically become a loot pinata and everyone everyone will want to chase you down. RELATED LINKS: Diablo 4 release date, Diablo 4 gameplay, Diablo 4 classes |
PCGamesN Sunday, June 12, 2022 8:01 PM  Mojang has announced its newest project, confirming recent rumours of a Minecraft RTS game with new action strategy game Minecraft Legends. The trailer shows off a range of villagers and characters wandering around a traditional-looking Minecraft environment, before a portal to the Nether opens up and zombie pigmen and other assorted pig monsters come flooding out to terrorise the realm. We didn't get to see much of the game in action, although what looked like a base structure was shown from a top-down perspective. According to rumours, the player controls a single unit and orders other units around, in a manner akin to Overlord. The game is supposedly under development from the team behind action-RPG game Minecraft Dungeons. This is a breaking story from the Xbox and Bethesda showcase broadcast at Summer Games Fest on June 12, 2022. Further details may be added shortly as they become available, and as PCGamesN works to bring you all the latest announcements from Summer Game Fest and all its associated shows in the timeliest possible fashion. |
PCGamesN Sunday, June 12, 2022 5:58 PM  Brand new Microsoft Flight Simulator Halo DLC was confirmed at the Xbox and Bethesda showcase, and it's available to download now on Game Pass. Furthermore, the Flight Simulator 40th anniversary update is coming in November 2022 - yes, the series is really that old. Earlier this month we thought we'd seen the biggest Flight Sim crossover ever with the Top Gun: Maverick tie-in DLC, but now Xbox's biggest FPS game franchise is taking to the skies too. The biggest news for Microsoft Flight Simulator is that the new Halo Infinite DLC is available now, and it gives players the opportunity to fly the iconic Pelican craft in the PC simulation game through the skies - and above them - for the first time. Furthermore, the big 40th-anniversary update will hit the flight game in November 2022 with new aircraft, helicopters, and even classic vehicles from the history of flight - such as the Wright Bros plane and the Spirit of St Louis, which we can't imagine will go very fast. RELATED LINKS: Microsoft Flight Simulator review, The best PC simulation games, The best flight games on PC |
PCGamesN Sunday, June 12, 2022 7:55 PM  Overwatch 2 will be a free-to-play game, Blizzard has confirmed at the Xbox Bethesda Games showcase. The company also showed off its newest hero, Junker Queen, in a brand-new trailer - the queen of the Wasteland is set to join the roster of Overwatch 2 heroes. Blizzard also announced that the FPS game will be launching in early access on October 4. There has been much speculation about who would be next to join the game's roster, with plenty of hypothesising that the Junker Queen was lining up to jump into action. In the cinematic teaser, we also meet the Junker King, Mason Howl - who is seen sitting in a mech. The Junker Queen explains that the survivor of a free-for-all brawl claims the throne, and notes that Howl has never lost in his 13 years of rule. Overwatch 2 adapts the hero shooter to a 5-on-5 brawl, dropping one tank from each team. The game's first beta recently finished, but its esports competition is ongoing, with The Overwatch League currently taking place on the Overwatch 2 beta build. RELATED LINKS: Overwatch 2 heroes, Overwatch 2 release date, Overwatch 2 tier list |
PCGamesN Sunday, June 12, 2022 4:19 PM  A Plague Tale: Requiem Game Pass release was confirmed at the Xbox and Bethesda showcase today, which will come to the service in 2022 on day one. Along with that, a brand new gameplay trailer from the adventure game sequel was shown. Other than the big news about a Game Pass day one release, the new A Plague Tale: Requiem gameplay trailer showed off the rat game's improved graphics tech - as well as the various ways the characters will be able to dispatch enemy soldiers, which looks even more distressing than the first game. Knocking enemies into swarms of rats has never looked more scary and more fun, and you should be able to control them as well. A Plague Tale: Requiem picks up a while after the events of the first game. From the little story the trailer reveals, main character Amicia has somehow lost contact with her brother Hugo - who, at the end of Innocence, was just beginning to gain control over his seemingly magical ability to command rats. Without Hugo around, though, the swarms of rats become a threat once again. RELATED LINKS: A Plague Tale: Innocence review, A Plague Tale: Innocence gameplay, Best horror games on PC |
PCGamesN Sunday, June 12, 2022 7:59 PM  All subscribers to Gamepass will now have access to every League of Legends Champion and Valorant Agent in the developer's games, Riot Games president Marc Merrill has announced in partnership with Microsoft at the Xbox Bethesda Games showcase. The hugely popular MOBA and FPS games are partnering with Xbox Gamepass for PC in this dramatic deal. The deal means that anyone with a Gamepass subscription will have access to all the characters in League of Legends, LoL Wild Rift, and Valorant. The free-to-play games usually have a free hero rotation, but players with Gamepass will now have access to every hero in the game. The foundations set for Legends of Runeterra will also be provided to subscribers, as will select Little Legends in Teamfight Tactics. The announcement post on the Xbox site also states that "players will receive bonus experience across select titles." Marc Merrill says, "We've always respected Xbox's relentless push to drive gaming forward, and we're proud to add our games to the Xbox catalog through Game Pass. We're also thrilled to welcome Xbox players into Riot's ecosystem of diverse and passionate gamers across the world." RELATED LINKS: Best LoL Champions , League of Legends patch 12.8 notes, LoL tier list |
PCGamesN Sunday, June 12, 2022 7:58 PM  The first new Hollow Knight: Silksong gameplay has been revealed at the Xbox and Bethesda Games showcase - and, even more shockingly, we got confirmation of a Silksong Game Pass release, meaning that the much-anticipated platformer will be available on PC and Xbox day one on Microsoft's subscription service. It's been a long wait for any news of Hollow Knight: Silksong, with developer Team Cherry insisting back in 2019 that it will only release the game when it "matches the quality and scale of Hollow Knight." Team Cherry has also been firm that it will only name a release date once it is "100% certain" that the game will be ready in time. Well, that time is nearly here and it seems like Silksong could be available in either 2022 or 2023. If you're into 2D action platforming games, metroidvanias, or even soulslike games, Hollow Knight is a must-try. Don't be like me, who put it off for years with just a tentative poking at the first couple of hours. It's one of the standout games of its type - there's good reason why so many people have been eagerly anticipating this next game in the series. One fan has even been posting drawings every day until Silksong releases. RELATED LINKS: Best Indie Games, Upcoming PC Games |
PCGamesN Sunday, June 12, 2022 7:56 PM  Arkane Austin has shown off the first extended Redfall gameplay trailer for its co-op vampire game - opening on an old country church in the United States, with first-person gameplay of a character slowly making their way around the church's interior with a pink-sprayed shotgun. The walls are covered in blood, with "Let me in" and other such phrases scrawled along the environments. "I'll bite out your heart!" threatens a mysterious figure who looks a lot like they might be a vampire. The trailer teases several different charcters, including genius engineer Remi de la Rosa, British cryptozoologist Devinder Crousley, and telekinetic studient Layla Ellison, who is heard narrating the game's action-packed trailer. Arkane's co-op game was pushed back into 2023 alongside Bethesda Games' space RPG Starfield in May, which left many fans hoping that an update on the looter shooter would arrive at the Xbox Bethesda Games showcase. The game follows on from Arkane's previous titles including Dishonored and Deathloop, with the studio promising on its official site that the new game will bring Arkane's "signature gameplay to the co-operative action and FPS genres." |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Sunday, June 12, 2022 6:53 PM  Citizen Sleeper's developers Jump Over The Age have revealed a roadmap of free DLC story episodes for their tabletop-esque science fiction RPG. It was announced at today's PC Gaming Show that the first of three episodes, Flux, will be out in July. Watch the trailer below for a glimpse of what's to come in Citizen Sleeper's cyberpunk future. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Sunday, June 12, 2022 6:49 PM  There was a lot going on in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and Paradox's grand strategy game Victoria III aims to simulate pretty much all of it, starting in 1836 and giving you a century to play with. A big selling point is that every inhabitant of your nation is simulated, from lowly farmer to high rolling capitalist, each having preferences and beliefs. Balancing the political needs of your state against diplomacy, economy and, you know, war, will take a lot of wrangling of lists, menus and percentages, which you can see in the new gameplay trailer debuted at the PC Gaming Show. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Sunday, June 12, 2022 6:42 PM  The Flight Simulator series turns 40 this year, which is somehow a distressing thought making me realise how fast time is passing, so Microsoft are preparing to celebrate. Come the 40th anniversary in November, they plan to release a big Microsoft Flight Simulator update with helicopters, gliders, iconic historical aircraft including the Wright Flyer, and more. But that's the future. Right now, the game has received a taste of far future with the release of Halo Infinite's Pelican aircraft as a real plane you can really fly in Flight Sim. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Sunday, June 12, 2022 6:41 PM  The Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase for 2022 has now wrapped, bringing plenty of trailers and announcements for upcoming games on Xbox and PC. The rule for this showcase, as outlined early on, is that every game shown will launch within the next 12 months. What the future will actually hold remains to be seen, but Xbox certainly sound optimistic at least. With Starfield, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Diablo IV, and much more shown at the event, there's plenty to cover. Let's get started then, shall we? Here's a reminder of every announcement and trailer from the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase 2022. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Sunday, June 12, 2022 6:02 PM  Cocoon is an insectoid puzzle adventure that's being developed by Jeppe Carlsen, the lead gameplay designer of Playdead's Inside and Limbo. The game was announced at today's Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase, and its worlds-within-worlds reality hopping system has already blown my mind a little. Check it out for yourself in the trailer below. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Sunday, June 12, 2022 5:54 PM  If you stick your hand in the bone trunk, you deserve what you get. That's my new motto, after watching the latest trailer for the first-person Giger-esque horror game Scorn. This trailer has the same world of bone and flesh as all those before it, but with the added twist of a release date: this October. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Sunday, June 12, 2022 5:21 PM  I had just kind of assumed that if you sail a ship in Sea Of Thieves you're a captain, you know? I know it doesn't give anyone that title, but I figured whoever was hosting the game just kind of was it. But it turns out I am a FOOL and that nobody was a captain at all. All that is going to change when Season Seven of the MMO pirate 'em up arrives next month, as confirmed in a jaunty song at the Xbox & Bethesda Showcase. Players are getting a whole raft of "Captaincy features" - and these include being able to name your ship and customise the interior. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Sunday, June 12, 2022 5:15 PM  Obsidian have announced that their co-op garden survival game Grounded will burst forth from early access into a full 1.0 release like a seed in your backyard this September. A story campaign playable in co-op or solo will explain how Grounded's kids were shrunk by a mad scientist, and probably persuade me to finally give it a go. Watch out for colossal bugs in the trailer below. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Sunday, June 12, 2022 5:08 PM  Racing games are often technological powerhouses, and the announcement trailer for the new Forza Motorsport spent time talking about ray tracing, refined surfaces and fancier trees. It looked... fine? It looked fine! Check it out below. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Sunday, June 12, 2022 4:36 PM  Were you hoping to hear something about Avowed or The Outer Worlds 2 tonight? Well, Obsidian have announced manuscriptacular medieval murder-mystery adventure Pentiment at today's Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase instead. This one at least has a firm-ish release date of November attached, though, and looks very pretty. Catch yourself up with the reveal by watching the trailer below. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Sunday, June 12, 2022 4:34 PM  The Alters wants you to think about how small choices can change the type of person you are, like a big science fiction Sliding Doors. Only, since it's the new game from the developers of Frostpunk and This War Of Mine, I'm guessing the stakes are higher than whether Gywneth Paltrow gets it together with John Hannah. For one, you're creating alternatve versions of yourself in order to survive on a rickety base rolling across an alien world. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Sunday, June 12, 2022 4:30 PM  House Flipper captured the minds of all of us who watched Homes Under The Hammer and knew in our hearts that we were unlikely to be able to buy a house to live in, let alone spare houses to flip and sell at a profit. Now the publishers Frozen Forge are back with The Constructors, revealed at the PC Gaming Show. The Constructors is a simulation game allowing you to climb up another rung on the parasite ladder (following on from last year's landlord sim The Tenants, by the same devs Ancient Forge Studio) as you own a constuction company, and build and design housing estates. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Sunday, June 12, 2022 4:23 PM  Klei Entertainment, the makers of an unlikely number of good games including Don't Starve and Mark Of The Ninja, today announced their next. Rotwood is its name, and cartoony dungeon-crawling is the game. Up to four players can join together for online hack 'n' slash action, or you can play it on your lonesome if you'd rather. Here, check out the announcement trailer below. |
Twinfinite Sunday, June 12, 2022 11:10 PM A new fantasy RPG from Team Ninja. |
Twinfinite Sunday, June 12, 2022 10:58 PM The new update sees the inclusion of ship captains. |
Twinfinite Sunday, June 12, 2022 10:31 PM Hornet rises. |
Twinfinite Sunday, June 12, 2022 10:16 PM Alien worlds await. |
Twinfinite Sunday, June 12, 2022 10:15 PM We never saw it coming! |
Twinfinite Sunday, June 12, 2022 9:32 PM Lower barrier to entry for everyone. |
Twinfinite Sunday, June 12, 2022 9:27 PM Two new heroes join the fray. |
Twinfinite Sunday, June 12, 2022 9:24 PM Blizzard's hero shooter goes free-to-play. |
Twinfinite Sunday, June 12, 2022 8:46 PM Avoid danger in the Deep Dark biome by killing the mysterious Shrieker. |
Twinfinite Sunday, June 12, 2022 8:43 PM Discover the lore and experience the battles of Minecraft Legends. |
Twinfinite Sunday, June 12, 2022 6:43 PM Atlus released another of its daily trailers of the upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2, focusing on one of the demons that will appear in the game. |
Twinfinite Sunday, June 12, 2022 6:11 PM While there is no E3 this year, the PC Gaming Show is still happening, providing plenty of news and trailers for PC gaming enthusiasts. |
Twinfinite Sunday, June 12, 2022 5:22 PM This looks incredible. |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Sunday, June 12, 2022 6:41 PM  Microsoft and Bethesda unleashed a tidal wave of game announcements during the summer 2022 showcase digital event. The Ereban: Shadow Legacy trailer was among that flood, but you might not want to let this upcoming stealth game drown in the sea of announcements. So many games are based on the premise of open action, but stealth games can offer a certain satisfaction when it comes to finessing hostiles and slipping out without revealing what hit them. You'll be able to do this in Ereban: Shadow Legacy when it comes to PC via Steam and Xbox Game Pass for PC in 2023. Details are still a bit limited for this game, but we've gathered the basic bits about what you can expect. As the name of the game suggests, it's all about stealth action. You'll take up the role of Ereban, the last of an otherwise extinct race that wields mystic powers. It also turns out they are on a mission to avenge the those who suffered at the hands of the evil Helios corporation. The sto... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Sunday, June 12, 2022 5:40 PM  When "Team Ninja" flashed across the screen during the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase, I imagined we were about to hear more about its action franchise, Nioh. As it turns out, I was partially correct. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is an action game with fantasy elements, coming to PC from the Nioh producer. Fumihiko Yasuda, who worked on Nioh, is teaming up with Team Ninja as well as Masaaki Yamagiwa, the lead producer of Bloodborne. It's quite the merry band, and it leads me to believe Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty will be a game worth watching for fans of action. At first blush, I harkened Wo Long to be something similar to Dynasty Warriors. But with the producers of two of the finest action games in history on board, that might not be the case. But the setting should be similar (I see you, Lu Bu). According to a post on Xbox Wire, Wo Long follows the journey of a nameless soldier in the "Later Han Dynasty where demons plague the Three Kingdoms." However, while ... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Sunday, June 12, 2022 5:00 PM  Persona is a hot commodity nowadays, inspiring many games to follow its formula of RPG action mixed in with some romance. Demonschool, an upcoming tactical RPG, will release for PC in 2023. The creators are clearly taking pride in its inspirations, and is set to deliver a product fans of the Shin Megami Tensei series would love. The game is mixing in these elements with Italian-horror inspired graphics and set pieces, creating something truly unique and potentially horrifying. Those Italian horror movies are not to be underestimated. Demonschool follows the newly minted freshmen Faye, the last remaining member of a "legendary demon hunter family." Listen up Persona fans, because Demonschool pits Faye against the perils of both demonic figures and school life. The latter is arguably more terrifying, despite having to deal with Yakuza members and their summoning rituals. Strengthening your relationships with your classmates will also act as an important mechanic in the game, ... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Sunday, June 12, 2022 4:50 PM  During the Xbox and Bethesda Games showcase today, another gameplay trailer for Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn was shown off, highlighting a boss battle, more abilities, and large sprawling levels. Additionally, the trailer provided a release window for early 2023. When Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn first debuted with a gameplay trailer back in March during ID@Xbox, it immediately caught our attention for several reasons. It not only boasts some interesting looking combat and impressive visuals, it's also from the creators of Ashen. The game is described as an open-world adventure RPG, featuring a mix of melee and firearm ranged combat, plus magic abilities. The project immediately gives off some Greedfall vibes, but there's certainly an air of Souls-like combat about it as well. Starting off strong One good sign that this will be a strong launch is the decent amount of gameplay footage since the March reveal. Plenty of games start of with CGI trailers, but this game ge... |
PC Invasion - FeedDDD Sunday, June 12, 2022 4:35 PM  So far, all of the IPs developed by 11 bit studios have turned out quite different from each other. For instance, 2014's This War of Mine functioned as a survival sim played from a side-angle perspective. And 2018's Frostpunk combined elements of both survival and city builders. 11 bit studio's newest project, dubbed The Alters, looks like it will continue the developer's streak of fresh ideas. Revealed during today's PC Gaming Show, The Alters has an air of mystery surrounding it, as the debut trailer deliberately keeps us in the dark with its premise. Clocking in at a little over two minutes, the debut trailer for The Alters begins with a man in a pink hospital gown waking up from bed. He slowly opens a door before walking down a long, dark hallway. He eventually ends up in a brightly lit room where a group of pink-clad men stands over and examines a dead astronaut. The man walks up to the astronaut only to find that, strangely enough, they share th... |
Player Assist | Game Guides & Walkthroughs Sunday, June 12, 2022 11:34 PM The allure of Minecraft has always been the freedom to create, but the game definitely has its own lore and characters. Now Mojang Studios has announced a strategy game spinoff called Minecraft Legends, and we just got a new trailer. Watch this: Here's the official description: Discover the mysteries of Minecraft Legends, our upcoming action […] |
Player Assist | Game Guides & Walkthroughs Sunday, June 12, 2022 11:21 PM Fans have been waiting for months for an update on the release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, and Dotemu has finally released a trailer which gives us a launch date. What's cool is, it also comes with a new character reveal for Casey Jones. Watch this: Watch a brand new trailer showcasing the […] |
Player Assist | Game Guides & Walkthroughs Sunday, June 12, 2022 11:03 PM After what is probably one of the biggest PR disasters in gaming, Blizzard the studio is slowly picking itself back up. We were promised more updates on the upcoming Overwatch sequel, and we just got a new trailer and release date for Overwatch 2. Check this out: Not only do we have the release date […] |
Pivotal Gamers Sunday, June 12, 2022 5:05 PM Hello all. Steam holds a new giveaway for ARK: Survival Evolved. Read on for their offering. Get ARK: Survival Evolved on Steam for Free! A few words about ARK: Survival Evolved Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate… and escape! http:/... |