One of the strangest games I’ve ever seen, Overlook Trail, continued its campaign of being very weird today at the Day of the Devs livestream event.

Its new trailer features some striking visuals, similar to other gameplay videos of Overlook Trail shown off in the past. It also features a dive out of a person’s mouth into a bowl of Cheerios. Check it out for yourself below.

I really don’t know what this game is, or what it’s like actually playing it. I’m not sure anyone except maybe the developers, Longhand Electric, knows exactly what the heck is going on. Hopefully at some point this game will actually release, and we can all find out together.

Right now the official site of Overlook Trail houses what little information is known about the game, so be sure to check that out if you’re itching to learn more. The release date is still TBA.

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Good Smile Company's Atelier Ryza figure, some Hunter x Hunter Nendoroids, and quite a few game-related Figmas have been delayed.

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At last week's EA Play event, Apex Legends kicked off the festivities, probably in part because its news was so pressing: the upcoming Lost Treasures event launches tomorrow. With it come several features that were shown in the video and/or explicitly pointed out by Respawn.

Today, Respawn released patch notes and a developer commentary video, and there is more changing than just the addition of mobile respawn beacons, Crypto's town takeover, and Lifeline's ability to have her Drone of Compassion revive teammates without her help. A good portion of the thirteen-character roster is getting tweaked, and some of those tweaks may have a significant impact on how the battle royale's competitive scene plays out.

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After having its filming interrupted by fallout of COVID-19, Netflix’s second season of its The Witcher adaptation is finally set to get back underway on Aug. 17. A rather poetic announcement from the show’s Twitter account delivered the good news earlier today.

I’m dusting off my lute and quill,
I have some news, some mead to spill:
After all the months we’ve been apart
It’s time for production to restart.
The Witcher and his bard – who’s flawless,
Will reunite on set 17 August.

— The Witcher (@witchernetflix) June 22, 2020

Prior to lockdown measures being enforced, The Witcher’s cast were in full swing, filming just south of London, U.K, before newcomer Kristofer Hivju, the Norwegian actor known for his role in Game of Thrones and set to play Nivellen in The Witcher, tested positive for COVID-19.

Understandably, Netflix is being extremely cautious in its approach to filming moving forward. An interview with showrunner Lauren. S Hissrich conducted by TheWrap earlier this month shed some light on the processes and challenges filming amid a global pandemic.

We also learned during that same interview some interesting tidbits about season 2’s various story beats, new characters, and more.

Today, during the Day of the Devs livestream by The Game Awards, Good Shepherd Entertainment and Ace Team presented new gameplay of The Eternal Cylinder.

If you have followed our coverage of the game, you likely already know that this is going to be weird, in a good way.

Incidentally, the video provides a first look at ray tracing enabled in the game, which certainly makes it look even better.

Below you can enjoy the gameplay that was showcased during the event.

The Eternal Cylinder comes later this year for PS4, Xbox One, and PC via the Epic Games Store.

You can also check out a recent story trailer providing an introduction to the world and its inhabitants and more gameplay.

The next Valorant update will add in the highly-anticipated Competitive mode and ranked system that early access players got the opportunity to test out during the closed beta. Ranked play is coming so soon that Riot has given players a peek into what's new with the updated Competitive mode, including the new name of its top rank: Radiant.

During the beta, the top rank was called Valorant, which Riot cites as a source of "potential confusion." A new blog post outlines Riot's thought process behind the rank rename: "Although we still really like having our top rank be something unique to our game and aligned with our IP, we’ve decided to remove VALORANT as the name of our top rank to help reduce potential confusion of the game vs the rank," Riot states. "The new name for our top rank will represent Agents infused with powers, known as Radiant."

In addition to the name change, Riot has also provided a graphic with the newly designed rank iconography.

Prowler

With the first Spider-Man game having already showcased Miles' origin story, the most logical place for this followup to draw from would be Miles' sophomore adventure in the pages of Ultimate Comics Spider-Man. The "Prowler" arc really set the tone for the character and his universe going forward, dealing heavily with the antagonistic relationship between Miles and his cat burglar uncle, Aaron Davis. While Miles generally tends to grapple with the same villains as Peter Parker, Uncle Aaron is the closest thing he has to an arch-rival.

Developer Sabotage Studio, the team behind the critically acclaimed action-platformer The Messenger, has shared a new trailer for its upcoming game. The trailer for Sea of Stars, which is a prequel to The Messenger and is embedded below, shows what we can expect of its gameplay when it drops sometime in 2022.

The trailer has a very Chrono Trigger vibe to it, as we get to see exploration from both the traditional map and the overworld. We also get introduced to three of Sea of Stars' six playable characters, as well as a look at some puzzle-solving and turn-based combat.

Sea of Stars was revealed earlier this year through a Kickstarter campaign. The game is billed as a throwback to the 16-bit era of JRPGs, which brings to mind titles such as Chrono Trigger and Super Mario RPG. While it's unclear how two of the three confirmed playable characters--Valeria and Zale--fit into The Messenger's universe, they did make an appearance in the game during the Sunken Shrine dungeon. Sabotage said this was a direct reference to what was next for the studio.

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During the Summer Games Fest Day of the Devs stream, a new trailer for Sabotage Studio’s Sea of Stars was showcased, giving viewers a deeper look into the retro-inspired turn-based combat, the characters, and the setting.

You can watch the Summer Games Fest trailer for Sea of Stars down below. The title is currently in development and is planned to release in 2022 for PC and Consoles, which we assume means that it’s coming to the Switch:

Here’s an official description of the game from Steam:

Sea of Stars is a turn-based RPG inspired by the classics. It tells the story of two Children of the Solstice who will combine the powers of the sun and moon to perform Eclipse Magic, the only force capable of fending off the monstrous creations of the evil alchemist known as The Fleshmancer.

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Earlier today during the Day of the Devs stream, we got a brand-new look at Knuckle Sandwich, a quirky RPG in the style of Earthbound and Undertale. This game tells a tale that developer Andrew Brophy describes as a, “…personal game hiding inside an offbeat turn-based RPG.”

From the start, you can see the similarities to other RPG’s battle systems like Earthbound and Undertale but with its own twists and turns that make it unique. Like Earthbound, all the enemies are visible in the overworld. And just like Undertale, all the special moves bring up bite-sized mini-games.

Knuckle Sandwich also has a cartoonish art style that is filled with loud colors and 3D animated models for cutscenes. Despite the arresting visuals, the soundtrack is surprising chill by comparison. But of course, it picks up a bit during battles.

You can check out even more details than what was shown off in this trailer on the official Kickstarter page. You can also find the new trailer for Knuckle Sandwich down below (one hour and 39 minutes into the stream).

Starbase from developer Frozenbyte (Trine series, Has-Been Heroes) had gameplay shown off during The Game Awards presentation of Day of the Devs.

Starbase is a space and spacecraft MMO with creation and design mechanics. As the game is voxel-based, the comparisons to Minecraft are unavoidable, and that seems to blend perfectly with some of a similarity to No Man’s Sky.

The destruction is heavy as you see someone in their ship as it gets hits by an explosion and blows out one of the walls. But it seems that is a handy ship bay station that you can return to when you need to fix up your ship.

It is shown you can work with “thruster and generator values” in an effort to keep your ship sailing through space, so it’s a safe bet that ship creation is rather robust.

The devs mentioned there is a goal to Starbase, and players will have to navigate to one of three moons to accomplish this objective. As the game is said to be an MMO, you will have other players to potentially worry about as you make your journey through space.

However, it doesn’t sound all bad with other players around. You can build a ship with other plays or even create a ship design and sell it to others.

You can find the segment shown off during Day of the Devs below (it originally was revealed a few games after Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time and right after The Artful Escape):

The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate site has been updated with screenshots for Min Min, and a new picture shows Min Min with other mascots.

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During today's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate stream, where director Masahiro Sakurai introduced the next wave of DLC featuring Min Min from Arms and costumes from the Fallout franchise, Nintendo announced two new Amiibos based on characters that came to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate during the first wave of DLC. Joker, the protagonist from Persona 5, and Hero from Dragon Quest XI are each slated to get their own Amiibo this fall.

Joker was released as DLC in April 2019, while Hero joined the ever-growing crossover battlefield in July 2019, meaning players have been awaiting news of these Amiibo figures for quite some time. Both were released as a part of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Fighters Pass Vol. 1. The remaining DLC characters to have not received an Amiibo are (in order) Banjo & Kazooie, Terry, Byleth, and Min Min. The Super Smash Bros. team also has five more DLC characters to reveal as a part of Fighters Pass Vol. 2.

Both the Joker and Hero Amiibo figures are slated for release this fall.

The next fighters coming to mythological MOBA Smite are not gods or fantastical creatures at all, they’re movie characters. Hi-Rez Studios today announced a cross-over with Avatar: The Last Airbender, the M. Night Shyamalan movie. Aang, Zuko, and Korra (and her dog Naga) are all coming to Smite as skins for existing characters, to be clear, not new characters. They’re looking a lot more cartoony than their original movie designs but hey, I suppose we have to allow a little creative liberty. Smite added Cthulhu earlier this month so Avatar is fairly mundane, really.

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The free-to-play multiplayer battler Smite is getting a new battle pass this July, and it includes an unexpected crossover. According to a recent announcement, the game is getting skins and cosmetics from the hit Nickelodeon shows Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel The Legend of Korra.

As the trailer reveals, the characters include Aang, Zuko, and Korra, as well as special variants for each, such as Zuko's Blue Spirit Susano skin. Each character will correspond to an existing Smite god: Merlin as Aang, Susano as Zuko, and Skadi as Korra. Players will have to purchase July's battle pass and play matches in order to unlock these cosmetics. More details about these crossover skins and the Avatar battle pass itself will be revealed on Smite's Twitch channel this Wednesday, June 24 at 3 PM ET / 12 PM PT.

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Riot Games’ tactical hero shooter Valorant launched in full earlier this month, but the Competitive ranked mode that had been present throughout its closed beta wasn’t included. That’s soon to change with Patch 1.02, though, which is set to launch later this week. And ahead of its launch, the developer is finally offering details on what players can expect to look forward to.

Structurally, it’s fairly similar to the beta, with the bulk of changes centered around two key areas: changes to rank iconography and names, and improved functionality that should make it easier to enjoy with friends.

For the first time in most of our lifetimes, your local movie theater won’t have a summer blockbuster season. The covid-19 pandemic took care of that, pushing most of the big-budget popcorn films scheduled for this year’s summer months into fall, spring, or even next summer.

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The Summer Games Fest Day of the Devs stream is now underway, and a ton of games are being showcased. One of those many games is Queen Bee Games’ Spinch.

Spinch has already been shown off, but the launch date has just been revealed. The colorful 2D platformer will be coming to PC and Nintendo Switch on Sep. 3 for the retail price of $14.99.

The game’s psychadelic art is createed by Canadian cartoonist Jesse Jacobs, and those colorful levels will have you dodging, dashing, and jumping, through them to reach your goal.

You’ll need to platform your way through levels while collecting and using your children as ammunition to take down enemies on your journey. Yes, that’s correct.

The devs showed a bit of Spinch gameplay during the Summer Games Fest stream, and you can check it out in the video below:

If you’re looking to see more of Spinch’s mind-bending art, you can also watch this live stream to give you a behind the scenes look at it:

SMITE is getting some Avatar characters from The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra next month. They'll have their own Battle Pass.

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One of the most beloved licensed games of all-time, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom is a wonderful hodgepodge of all things good about 3D platforming. It’s got multiple characters with different abilities, big boss battles, endless collectibles, entertaining mini-games, and all sorts of secrets to…

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Crash is back this year to pick up where the original trilogy left off. Activision say that Crash Bandicoot 4 is a continuation of the old Crash story and will also be picking up the classic platform-y bits as well. They’ve popped out a new trailer today with classic bandicoot hijinx announcing Crash 4 coming in October this year. There’s no mention of a PC release, but we’d be pretty surprised if Activision don’t include us before it’s all said and done.

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It's been over two decades, but the iconic PlayStation character will soon be back in action: Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time was announced today and will launch on PS4 and Xbox One this fall. The fourth Crash game will release October 2, 2020, and it's available to pre-order now in both physical and digital formats.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time picks up after the end of the third game, Crash Bandicoot: Warped--villains Neo Cortex, Dr. N. Tropy, and Uka Uka are back and planning an all-out assault on the entire multiverse. Crash and his younger sister Coco must reunite four quantum masks and "bend the rules of reality" to save the day. The masks will help you through tricky areas, including a Time Mask that can slow down time and a Gravity Mask that lets you move upside down. Crash Bandicoot 4 will have the same platforming mechanics but with modern additions like wall-running and rail-grinding. You'll also be able to play as Neo Cortex in addition to Crash and Coco.

Whether you're a longtime Crash fan or new to the series (it did come out 20 years ago, after all), you can go ahead and secure your copy now so it's ready to go on day one. Below, you can check out the pre-order bonuses for Crash Bandicoot 4 and place your pre-order.

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Some of us still associate Ready At Dawn with the cinematic PS4 shooter The Order: 1886, but recently, the studio has leaned into VR with games like Lone Echo and its in-development sequel Lone Echo II. That path is even more set in stone today. Facebook went ahead and acquired Ready At Dawn.

Excited to share that we’re joining the Oculus Studios team! Together, we will continue to pursue a future of rich, immersive and original VR game content. Excited for what’s to come! https://t.co/Cmj2bAGtO5

— Ready At Dawn (@RAD_Studios) June 22, 2020

According to Oculus, "the entire Ready At Dawn team will be joining the Oculus Studios team."

The current staff "will continue to build amazing game experiences as an independent studio operating out of their current offices in Irvine, CA, and Portland, OR, with the full support of Facebook and the Oculus Studios team behind them." Despite a delay, Lone Echo II is aiming for a 2020 launch.

Big picture, Ready At Dawn is striving for "memorable, immersive, and innovative VR content."

This is a smart buy. As for other potential studio acquisitions, Oculus Studios says it is "exploring many ways to accelerate VR, and we have awesome and innovative plans for the next few years of gaming."

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It’s been a few years since The Artful Escape was announced at E3 back in 2017. But today during Day of the Devs we got a look at some brand new gameplay details.

In the first trailer that revealed the game three years ago featured a poster and this trailer built on the previous ones by reiterating the story. The main character, Francis Vendetti goes off on an adventure to find his own stage persona and step out of his uncle’s shadow.

The Artful Escape’s designer, Johnny Galvatron, described Francis’ uncle Johnson as that universe’s Bob Dylan. That would be quite the sizable shadow to escape from.

We also saw a bunch of new details about how the gameplay works. As Francis explores the Cosmic Extrodinary, he can use his guitar to extend his jumps and interact with the world. It makes for some truly beautiful and mind-blowing spectacles as Francis looks to find his place in the world.

You can check out the full official trailer for The Artful Escape below.

Izanagi Games is banning Death Come True footage, unless you're a select "content creator" with "pre-approved videos."

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Game Freak's cutesy RPG Little Town Hero will be bringing its spirit of adventure to PC this week. The story of a small kid who dreams big will arrive on the Steam platform June 30, following its previous release on Nintendo Switch and PS4.

Little Town Hero is the story of bored boy Ax, who gets more excitement than he bargained for when an army of monsters invades his sleepy little village. Gathering pals, Ax decides to fend off the array of beasts himself, armed with only a warrior's eye and "Big Ideas," which play into Little Town Hero's "Izzit" and "Dazzit" combat mechanics. For more info on Little Town Hero, check out our own Adzuken's review right here.

Little Town Hero is available now on PS4 and Nintendo Switch and launches on PC via Steam June 30. A physical edition is still available to pre-order on consoles until June 23.

The Last of Us Part 2 is a gritty dark tale of revenge, but that doesn’t mean a post-apocalyptic America isn’t full of a ton of easter eggs, awesome details and unexpected references.

Here’s 14 brilliant little details we’ve spotted in The Last of Us Part 2. Spoilers are coming, you’ve been warned

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Three characters from Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra series will become character skins in Smite, Hi-Rez Studios announced during the Summer Game Fest event today.

Aang, Korra, and Zuko will be part of the Avatar Battle Pass when it launches this July, though the characters are simply skins for existing Smite characters already in the game. Merlin will receive the Aang skin, Skadi will receive the Korra skin, and Susano will receive the Zuko skin.

Smite is a free-to-play third-person multiplayer online battle arena video game that features gods, goddesses, and mythological figures in five-versus-five combat. The game originally launched in closed beta 2012, fully launched for PC in 2014, and has been continually updated since with new characters and modes.

There are over 100 playable characters in the game featuring ancient gods, though that changed last week with the release of Cthulhu, an octopus-like monster that was first introduced by writer H. P. Lovecraft in 1928.

Aang, Korra, and Zuko are the first skins in the game to be directly tied to an existing franchise, which first started in 2005 with Avatar: The Last Airbender followed by The Legend of Korra in 2012.

Avatar: The Last Airbender comes to Smite. During today’s Summer Game Fest showcase, Smite announced they’re adding Avatar: The Last Airbender skins to their upcoming battle pass. Players will be able to select Aang, Zuko, and Korra skins for Merlin, Susano, and Skadi respectively.

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