August 2022

Dead by Daylight’s latest collaboration Resident Evil Project W, is right around the corner. Behaviour Interactive, the game developers, recently announced everything coming in the forthcoming update. As per the announcement, the new Resident Evil collaboration will bring two new survivors – Ada Wong and Rebecca Chambers. While we’ve already listed everything about Rebecca Chambers, this time around, we’ve got DBD fans covered with Rebecca Chambers’ perks and abilities in Dead by Daylight.

Square Enix just announced details for an upcoming remake of its classic strategic RPG, Tactics Ogre. Tactics Ogre: Reborn will feature more detailed art, voice over, and a new leveling system. However, some fans are frustrated at the high-definition sprites which they believe worsen the overall look of the game.

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Steam Deck, Valve’s mega-powerful mini-PC, only arrived last year, and while there are many reasons to check out one of the most exciting pieces of gaming hardware available today, the amount of great, hassle-free games available on the device is proof enough of its success.

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Tencent appears to be doubling down on its investment in Ubisoft. While it already owns 5 percent of the Assassin’s Creed publisher, Reuters now reports the Chinese mega-conglomerate with huge investments throughout the gaming industry has its sights set on becoming Ubisoft’s single biggest shareholder. Its plan for…

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The second wave of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC is now available to download - and alongside it, there's a surprise update for one of the first wave's tracks.

That's right, Wii classic Coconut Mall has been fixed, so the Shy Guy-driven cars at the end of the course are no longer static.

Bizarrely, however, rather than just move back and forth as they did in the Wii original, the vehicles now pull off doughnuts. I'm not sure this was an improvement.

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Turtle Rock Studios has revealed new details for Back 4 Blood's second major DLC expansion.

The expansion, called Children of the Worm, will feature a brand-new story campaign with a new enemy type.

There's also new playable Cleaner known as "Prophet Dan," a gun toting, self-proclaimed preacher of the end times.

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German musician Remute is known for releasing albums on retro hardware - and now his latest is available on a Game Boy Advance cartridge.

The album, titled Unity, features 15 songs about "unification, division, and trust".

The cartridge is compatible with all GBA, SP, Nintendo DS Lite, or Analogue Pocket consoles, without the need for a region lock.

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A Goldeneye 007 mod has taken Roger Moore's third outing as James Bond and turned it into a Nintendo 64 game.

The Spy Who Loved Me fan project from N64 Vault is a "full campaign mod for GoldenEye". It adds Moore's likeness, along with Bararba Bach's Anya "XXX" Amasova and Curt Jürgens' Karl Stromberg, into the blocky and pixelated world of game's gone by.

Levels for The Spy Who Loved Me 64 include The Alps, where Bond famously skied off the side of a cliff only to deploy a Union Jack parachute, much to the chagrin of his perusers.

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Square Enix has revealed some new details about its fantasy farming sim Harvestella, unveiled at Nintendo's Direct Mini in June.

The Final Fantasy meets Stardew Valley meets Rune Factory game takes place across multiple seasons, with towns to match.

Square Enix has now revealed the gorgeous pink and purple cherry blossoms of spring town Nemea.

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Battlefield 2042's latest map is set to arrive with the release of Season 2 in September.

In a developer interview hosted by DICE, lead level designer Shashank Uchil said the team had taken on player feedback by focusing on adding cover and small spaces:

"We want to make smaller levels; we want to have levels with more cover. All of that is in this level."

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The internet went barking mad over all the new information revealed in yesterday's Pokémon livestream, but in particular the new breed Fidough, who yesterday became one of main topics of discussion on the internet.

I've been asked (read, allowed) to bring you the best freshly-baked Fidough content that we've been enjoying. Consider this as a bit like a Paul Sudowoodo handshake.

Right. Let's get this bread.

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Someone once wrote - I can't find the piece, of course - that the reason Peanuts is better, and also weirder and sadder, than other gag comic strips is that it has four panels rather than three. Most comic strips find that three is enough, and why wouldn't it be enough? Setup, development, punchline. The fourth panel in Peanuts is where things get weird and sad. A moment after the joke. A human moment, awkward and brilliant and often deeply memorable.

Anyway, I thought of this yesterday when pondering why most XCOM-alike tactics games have two action points, while Hard West 2 has three.

Let's take it back to the start: Jake Solomon's XCOM reboot Enemy Unknown hit on something very special when it reduced the complexity of a turn-based tactics game down to a simple idea: each unit can do two things per turn. You can move and shoot, or you can move twice, etc etc. It's not really a reduction in complexity, actually, but a clever repositioning of complexity. By making the rules of the game clear and non-fiddly, it allowed players to understand that the really engaging decisions lay out there on the actual battlefield. It wasn't how to move and shoot, it was what you might do through moving and shooting.

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Koch Media, which owns video game publishers such as Deep Silver and developers such as War Horse, has rebranded itself as Plaion (pronounced 'Play On').

In a press release, the company, itself part of the vast Embracer empire, stated this name was chosen to "better portray who we are and the journey we are taking".

"Over the last 28 years, we have built an incredibly strong business, partnering with many of the best-known names in the industry," wrote Plaion CEO Klemens Kundratitz.

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The Steam Deck will have its first regional expansion to East Asia. Valve revealed that it is working with Komodo to bring the Steam Deck to Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. All three models of the portable console are available to pre-order in those countries and regions.

In Japan, the base 64GB model is available at ¥59,800 (~$449), the 256GB model at ¥79,800 (~$599), and the 512GB model at ¥99,800 (~$749). The prices are higher than in the U.S., where Valve priced the three models at $399, $529, and $649, respectively.

The cooperation between Valve and Komodo will not be limited to the Steam Deck's distribution. The company will set up a large booth dedicated to the portable console at Tokyo Game Show 2022. Japan's annual gaming event will have a physical-and-digital hybrid format, and it will take place on September 15-18, 2022. Valve has yet to announce the East Asian release date, but the TGS 2022 presentation will help introduce the console to the Japanese public ahead of its release.

In this week's episode of The Game Informer Show, returning guest Jesse Vitelli (Prima Games) joins us to discuss our Two Point Campus review, why Ghostrunner is an underrated cyberpunk game, and finally, whatever the heck "Nier Church" is. At the show's end, the crew talks about Stray's ending and why the game about being a cat is oddly poignant. Don't worry – we give plenty of spoiler warnings!  

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Today Level Infinite and Hotta Studio revealed another trailer of their upcoming online RPG Tower of Fantasy.

The video focuses on the many places you can explore within the game’s massive open world. And of course, like all exploration, it’s better to do it with friends since said open world is shared online.

You can find large cities, bosses, forests, beaches, theme parks, and even super-tall towers to conquer with other players.

You can watch the trailer below.

Tower of Fantasy is coming on August 11, 2022 for PC, iOS, and Android. 

Earlier today, Kyiv-based game studio Frogwares announced the official title for its project Palianytsia as Sherlock Holmes the Awakened. The Kickstarter site for this remake of one of the classic Sherlock Holmes titles is live now as a safeguard for the game’s funding.

When Does Sherlock Holmes the Awakened Release

Along with the reveal of the game’s official title and the launch of the Kickstarter, today’s press release also indicates that Frogwares is aiming to launch sometime in the middle of 2023 or even sooner if possible.

On top of that, a couple of brand-new trailers were released, one to tease Sherlock Holmes the Awakened and the other to talk about the difficulties of creating video games in a war zone.

Sherlock Holmes the Awakened Reveal Trailer

First up, the trailer for the new Sherlock Holmes title comes in at just under a minute and a half of action and dark Lovecraftian horror. For most of the trailer, Holmes and Watson are seen in a small rowboat running from a Sheriff and his men who are firing off shots in their direction.

They lead them across a swamp into a densely foggy area where the men stop their pursuit and the Sheriff says, “Take it easy now boys, they’ll be dead soon enough.” The locals must know something about this foreboding fog that Holmes and Watson do not.

Maybe as a part of some strategic trailer editing, their tiny ship is suddenly out on a choppy inlet surrounded by high cliffs with a single beacon from a lighthouse off in the distance.

As the trailer draws to a close, the camera drops below the rough seas to tease the classic Lovecraftian monster, Cthulu, for just a second before the tagline Sherlock Meets Lovecraft splashes on the screen.

One of the most frustrating parts of online-only games is the reliance on servers working. We’ve all been playing some game, and suddenly it cuts because some or all the servers died. In Call of Duty: Warzone, this can be especially disastrous when you’re doing well. Here’s how to check on the Call of Duty: Warzone servers to see if the game is down.

Where to Check Warzone Server Status

While there’s not a truly direct site to visit and get all of the information, you do have a couple of options when it comes to seeing if Call of Duty: Warzone is having issues.

Your first option is the Activision Support site, but it doesn’t quite give you a readout on server status. Instead, it links you to status pages for various platforms like PlayStation, Xbox, Battle.net, etc. This is handy to see if your current platform is having difficulties, but it doesn’t quite answer specifically Warzone-related questions.

Your second choice for investigating Warzone problems is Down Detector. The benefit to this is that instead of having to wait for an official notice that there is an issue, Down Detector relies on reporting from other Call of Duty players experiencing troubles. This is the best source for seeing that a problem with the game isn’t only happening to you.

GTA Online The Criminal Enterprises is in full swing, and Rockstar Games wants fans to know it. This week, they’ve added a ton of new updates, including the ability to enter Simeon Yetarian’s Premium Deluxe Motorsport Showroom to view, test drive, and purchase vehicles straight off the showroom floor.

Alongside this, players will also be able to purchase the Benefactor SM722, one of the hottest new cars in the game. You can check out the rest of the other bonuses, discounts, and rewards being added this week right down below.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla dataminers recently discovered files of an Iron Man skin that shoots a Unibeam from the chest. The skin is currently not available in Ubisoft’s digital store, but fans are hoping that it gets released sometime in the future.

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In a game with literal superheroes like Wonder Woman and Superman, you might be surprised to discover that one of the best fighters in MulitVersus is in fact a cartoon rabbit who is quite the stinker. Yes, Bugs Bunny is one of the game’s most powerful and popular characters, but that might change after he’s nerfed in…

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They said it was impossible and, for nearly two decades, that seemed to be the case. But last night, a streamer named Jervalin beat Halo 2’s “LASO deathless” challenge, earning a cool $20,000 in the process. Talk about finishing the fight.

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The long-teased Hollywood live-action movie adaptation of Root Letter has appeared, and it will launch in American theaters on September 1, 2022. A one-and-a-half-minute-long trailer for the movie is available to watch on YouTube.

While the Hollywood movie will change the characters and locations from the Japanese visual novel, the storyline will still be similar. Danny Ramirez will play the role of Carlos, a teenager who used to exchange letters with his distant pen pal Sarah (performed by Keana Marie). When Sarah goes missing after she sends a final letter claiming she killed someone, Carlos travels to her hometown and interrogates her friends to try to find her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWKuzbI_lV0

Kadokawa Games first announced the Hollywood movie adaptation of Root Letter in November 2018. The Japanese game publisher initially worked with Akatsuki Entertainment USA to produce the live-action movie. The new trailer reveals that Ammo Entertainment will finish the movie and release it in theaters.

The Sims 4 received patch 1.90.375.1020 today, which has a short set of patch notes. One of the included bug fixes is that "The 'Ask to be Girlfriend/Boyfriend' Want now targets appropriate Sims", which sounds innocuous enough. In reality, this is fixing a bug Rebecca reported on last week which was causing Sims to want to date their siblings.

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Final Fantasy 14's patch 6.2 will arrive in late August, and will bring with it the new Island Sanctuary. These are private homes where players can farm, build, and invite pals around to hang. Square Enix have shared a few new screenshots today showing the tropical paradise you'll be constructing your homestead upon.

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The Samsung Odyssey G7 is one of my favourite monitors, and I picked one up from Amazon the last time it was discounted. This week the 32-in model has been discounted to a similar price, so I thought I should let you all know about it!

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Intel’s Arc Alchemist graphics cards – their first real go at dedicated desktop gaming GPUs in modern times – are in a bit of a weird spot. If all had gone according to the original plan, they’d already be out and playable, but repeated delays have hit, leaving only one card – the low-end Arc A380 – having a muted launch in China only. As of early August, the full range of GPUs haven’t even been announced in an official capacity. These were meant to finally provide the competition to Nvidia and AMD’s best graphics cards, so where’s the deets?

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We think the WD Black SN850 is the best PCIe 4.0 SSD, and it's now on sale. £99 at CCL gets you the premium 1TB model with a heatsink, some £30 cheaper than Amazon.

This is the lowest price we've ever seen for this model, actually, even lower than it was during Prime Day, so it's well worth picking this up if you're after a high-speed drive for your PC or PS5.

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Two more games hit Game Pass today, one oldie-but-goodie and one newie. The oldie is Shenzhen I/O, an excellent Zachtronics puzzle game from 2016 where you design circuits and program hardware. The newie is Turbo Golf Racing, which looks like Rocket League for minigolf and is hitting Game Pass on the very day it launches. Shenzhen is absolutely worth a go if you enjoy Zachlike puzzlers, and Turbo Golf looks like one of those "could be fun, sure I'll give it a try" Game Pass games.

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Vampire Survivors updates to 0.10.0 today, dubbed the Not One patch, and there’s a secret new unlockable menu that can really trick the game out. Your survivor can kick it old school with a whole bunch of cheat codes to enter, styled as “spells”. Get a glimpse of the cheating potential in the teaser trailer below.

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Chinese gaming and social media giants Tencent have approached Ubisoft’s founders, the Guillemot family, in an effort to expand their stake in the AAA publisher, Reuters report. Tencent acquired a 5% stake in Ubisoft in 2018 and now multiple anonymous sources are now saying that Tencent intends to become the single largest shareholder in the publisher, a company valued at almost $6 billion (£4.9 billion).

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Ice Code Games may have called it Hard West 2, but 'round these parts we refer to it as "The Laughing Deer Show". New to town, are ya? Let me clue you in. Laughing Deer is a six-foot man of raw muscle and rage, a native American warrior with shoulders like a pair of yoked oxen and a personality best described as "barely contained". Unlike the rest of his posse, which includes a cowboy without a shadow, a woman with ties to the occult, and one very stubborn corpse, Laughing Deer doesn't really "do" guns. While his compatriots are all crouched behind crates, ricocheting bullets off buckets and wheelbarrows to hit enemies from behind, Laughing Deer is getting in their faces (shortly before his club gets significantly further into their faces).

Now, bringing a club to a gunfight might not seem like the smartest idea. But while pistols require two of a gunslinger's action points to shoot, and rifles take all three, it only takes one action point to whack some neckerchief-wearing bandit with a big ol' stick. And Laughing Deer whacks a whole point of damage harder than normal, meaning he can rush foes and nail them into the ground with a couple of hard swings before they can pull the trigger. Better yet, killing an enemy completely refills a character's action points in Hard West, meaning that, when set up right, Laughing Deer can ping around the battlefield like a weaponised pinball.

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