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Pokemon Go Fest is returning on July 25 and 26, but this year's event will be very different from previous ones. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Niantic is making some big changes to the annual live event to turn it into a global experience, and the developer has now shared more details on what exactly that will entail.

Unlike previous Pokemon Go Fests, this year's event will be open to players around the world. Tickets are on sale now in Pokemon Go's in-game shop for $15 USD, and they grant holders access to both days of the event.

In place of the trainer lounges typically found at Pokemon Go events, Niantic will host a "virtual lounge" website where you'll be able to interact with other players from your team, as well as participate in giveaways, keep track of live updates, watch interviews with Pokemon Go developers, and more. Niantic says you won't be restricted to interacting with players on your own team, although the studio says there will be some "fun team-specific things" to do in your team's lounge.

Once again matching a Target promotion, Amazon is hosting a buy two, get one free sale on video games, Blu-rays, books, and more. The sale includes a ton of PS4 and Xbox One games as well as a select group of Nintendo Switch games. There are even some newer games in the mix, including BioShock: The Collection for Nintendo Switch, MLB The Show 20 for PS4, and the hilarious shark-tastic adventure Maneater for PS4 and Xbox One.

Amazon doesn't list an end date for its B2G1 free sale, but it's likely to run through June 20, just like Target's. It's important to note that Amazon's sale doesn't include nearly as many games as Target's similar promotion. However, if you prefer to shop at Amazon, it's still worth taking a look to see if you can find what you're looking for. Plus, it's a mix-and-match sale, so you can grab three items across different categories. Games tend to sell out fast during Games tend to sell out rather quickly during Amazon's B2G1 free sales, so you may want to hurry if you see something you want.

If Star Wars is known for one thing, it's lightsabers. But if Star Wars is known for two things, it's lightsabers and epic space battles featuring slick starships. EA has teased a new game called Star Wars: Squadrons that looks to focus on that second one, and the first trailer will premiere today.

Word of the announcement began to get out a little earlier than apparently planned after the Xbox website leaked the title with some key art. EA subsequently confirmed the game and teased a trailer reveal for Monday, June 15 at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET. That's just minutes away, and you can watch it as soon as it premieres in the embed below.

Star Wars: Squadrons Reveal Trailer Times:

• 8 AM PT
• 11 AM ET
• 4 PM BST
• 1 AM AET

Not much is known about the game, but the key art shows both a Rebel and Imperial TIE pilot, along with several starfighters. Those include some recognizable mainstays like the X-Wing and TIE Fighter, alongside some less recognizable variants.

Xbox employees are celebrating Phil Spencer's 30th anniversary at Microsoft, where he has worked across many roles but most notably on its Xbox consoles and gaming division.

While 2020 marks the 30 year anniversary of Spencer's full-time employment with Microsoft, his first ties with the company were an internship beginning in 1988, which led into a job offer when he graduated.

While working in Microsoft's internal game publishing division, Spencer worked on games like Fable and Rise of Nations, and was an influence on many of Microsoft's biggest gaming franchises.

Deadlock Protocol is Warframe's latest big update, and PC players can get their hands on it right now. The update adds a new story quest, which will unlock the latest new time-bending Warframe, Protea.

Digital Extremes developers have compared the new update to Chains of Harrow, and in a similar vein, Deadlock Protocol will reimagine the Corpus Faction by diving deeper into its industrious origins. The update includes a complete remaster of the Corpus fleet, featuring remastered levels and new threats to overcome, including a re-worked Jackal boss battle.

The new Deadlock Protocol quest will let players unlock Protea, the game's newest Warframe, and is available to all players who have finished the Vox Solaris quest. She boasts a time-bending ability called Temporal Anchor that's led to comparisons to Overwatch's Tracer.

After a huge livestreamed event revealed the PS5's design, controllers and many of the games that will be coming to the new console, one of the biggest questions remaining unanswered is the price. With both Microsoft and Sony promising huge technological leaps on their next-gen consoles, everyone is wondering how much the next-level tech will set them back.

One of the most recent figures to weigh in is former Xbox marketing head Albert Penello, who tweeted "no way this console is over $499" with some certainty.

Having overseen marketing on the Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox One, Penello certainly has the chops to comment on a situation like this. He also mused a little on how price would be the deciding factor on who 'wins' this generation of the console war.

Plenty of interesting-looking games were shown off during the PC Gaming Show, but Red Sails stands out as one of the most exciting. The game is set in a world where sand has taken over, and your character, Sil, sets out to rescue people who are trapped in the sand.

Sil is looking for their lost clan, the titular Red Sails, which will mean sailing the sea of sand. The sailing mechanics are aiming for semi-realism, and it reminds us a bit of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker--although Journey is also a clear inspiration.

The desert is made to be explored, and you'll be able to find whole villages and numerous monuments out there. It also looks like you'll be able to use the stars to guide yourself. The trailer is below.

Halo 3 is finally coming to PC this year through Halo: The Master Chief Collection, and now we've gotten our first look at what the gameplay looks like.

Developer 343 Industries' community manager John Junyszek recently streamed the game's multiplayer for five hours, and you can watch a replay through the Mixer embed below. Junyszek plays across a variety of maps and modes, so this is a great look at what Halo 3 will look like and perform on PC.

Be warned, there is some strong language in this video, so maybe use headphones if you're in a public place. This stream is from Halo 3's beta test, which is going on now for Halo Insiders. You can sign up to the Halo Insider program, but there are no guarantees you'll be selected.

Call of Duty's battle royale spin-off Warzone is always adding new and interesting game modes to keep its players engaged, but one of the problems with its variety is fitting all those modes in the game's menu. Infinity Ward developer Joe Cecot has tweeted that a UI update is coming that will fix this issue in "the next big update," in response to a fan's complaint that the quads battle royale mode had been pushed into the playlist menu, as picked up by Charlie Intel.

With game modes often being moved around for temporary events, the menu is cluttered and hard to navigate. The upcoming update teased by Cecot will focus on visibility and making more room for the different modes.

Players also had questions about Plunder, which has temporarily been taken out of rotation to make space for new game modes like Rumble, but Cecot promised that it would be back shortly--adding that Plunder is "one of [his] favorite modes."

Bomber Crew is getting a sequel--Space Crew has been announced as part of the Future Games Show, and it will, as the name suggests, take the action into space. The game will sport a similar pixel art-style to its predecessor, but now you'll be working on a spaceship instead of a WWII fighter.

You'll be able to customize your ship in terms of both its form and the weapons equipped to it, recruit unique team members, and deal with aliens when they board your ship. It looks a bit like FTL, but without the roguelike elements.

A trailer is below. The game is set to release on PC, Switch, PS4, and Xbox One in September 2020.

In March this year, Xbox Support warned of "small adjustments" to its services in a notice on the Support website, in response to a huge increase of users on Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Live, and Mixer. Due to the overwhelming demand, the decision was made to temporarily turn off users' ability to submit their own photos for gamerpics, club pics, and club backgrounds.

With all user-submitted pics requiring approval by a moderator, the service has stayed offline to avoid overburdening Xbox's moderation team. Any attempt to upload a photo during this period was met with the error message: "Sorry, we can't upload your picture right now. Try again in a little while."

Other services were also impacted by the increase in demand, including outages to the Xbox Live service.

Hitman III has unveiled the first of the six locations the game will launch with, and it's an area with a lot of potential. The first map, Dubai, will focus on a building that appears to be the Burj Khalifa. This is the tallest building in the world, standing at 2717ft (828 metres), with 163 floors.

It's not clear whether we'll get a real reenactment of the building or a fictional building inspired by it, as the term "Burj Khalifa" does not appear as part of IO's announcement or in the trailer, but the building Agent 47 is shown scaling in this trailer is clearly meant to evoke it.

In some shots of the trailer below you can also see the Cayan Tower, which is famous for the way its architecture twists. This stands at 1005ft. Based on photographic references, we believe that the game is potentially taking some liberties with building placements for the sake of creating beautiful views.

From the devs behind Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander, Star Renegades is a roguelite that mixes tactical strategy gameplay with a turn-based JRPG-style combat system. While previous trailers have shown off the challenging gameplay and retro pixel art graphics, Star Renegades' newest trailer digs into the story behind the action.

The game follows a team of interplanetary rebels, leading the fight against the merciless Imperium. The new trailer focuses on Wynn Syphex, one of the main characters in Star Renegades' rebellion, digging into the painful past that led her to where she is.

Star Renegades boasts a complex AI-driven system where enemies and bosses will evolve as you play, in response to the way you play. Its campaign is also designed to be multi-generational, with romances between the main characters leading to children who carry on their parents' fight.

Star Citizen has made more from crowdfunding than any other game ever, and that number continues to rise. The game hit $200 million in crowdfunding during November 2018--and now, less than two years later, it has hit $300 million. The game, from Chris Roberts (Wing Commander) and Cloud Imperium Games, was originally pitched as a follow-up to Freelancer, and has grown in scope over time.

At the time of writing, the current live stats on the game's funding goals page show that the game has raised $300,644,967 from 2,713,206 fans, meaning that the average pledge is about $110. At the rate it's going up, it's likely to have increased by the time you read this. The game's stretch goals, listed on the page, top out at $65 million.

The game has received funding beyond this, with investors also giving the developers quite a bit of money. Jumping into Star Citizen requires a pledge of at least $45 for a Starter Pack.

While we may not be getting a Final Fantasy Tactics re-release any time soon, it looks like Fae Tactics is here to fill that gap. Announced at the recent PC Gaming Show, this turn-based title incorporates card-based elements into a well-known RPG formula and is slated to launch in Summer 2020.

Players will take on the role of Peony in Fae Tactics, a mage who picks up a crew of friends as she explores a world teeming with magic and powerful enemies. The trailer below for the game has everything from dogs to birds, to fantastical fairy spirits. You can clearly see the influences from classic turn-based strategy games, ranging from the sprites to even the tactical UI that shows up in combat.

Fae Tactics boasts "menuless turn-based tactical gameplay" according to its page on Steam. There also seems to be an aspect of monster collection because you'll be able to battle various Fae creatures and recruit them to join you. This isometric adventure can also be put on your Steam wishlist now if it looks like it's up your alley.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and the standalone Call of Duty: Warzone have received a new patch on all platforms, and it's bringing a few minor changes and improvements to the game. This isn't like the enormous Season 4 pass, so expect a much smaller download--and because it's a server-side patch, it'll download and install right away when you load the game up.

According to a tweet from developer Infinity Ward, the patch that went live on June 13 fixes a few small issues. Players will no longer spawn outside the map in Scrapyard, and in-match events were not occurring at the right frequency in Warzone, which has also been fixed.

With more and more people staying home during COVID-19 lockdowns, spending on video games is jumping to heights not seen in more than a decade. The NPD Group has released its report for US video game industry sales in May, and they were huge.

Total spending on video games in the US during May 2020--covering hardware, games, and accessories--reached $977 million. That is up 52 percent compared to May 2019. According to the NPD, May 2020's $977 million was the highest for a May month since May 2008 ($1.2 billion).

Year-to-date, total spending on video games in 2020 reached $5.5 billion, which is up 18 percent. This represented the highest year-to-date spending since 2011 ($5.7 billion).

It's no secret that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is a pretty storage-intensive title. However, Activision has recently confirmed that you can delete portions of the game that you're not using in order to save space.

A few days ago, the official Activision support Twitter account posted about players being able to remove unused Modern Warfare content if they choose to. It looks like downloading the game includes a number of separate installs that can be safely removed without affecting your gameplay experience so long as you only remove content that you're not wanting to use.

A sequel to Serial Cleaner has been announced during the PC Gaming Show, and it's called Serial Cleaners. Despite what the name might suggest, it'll be a single-player only adventure--but this time you'll be playing as four different cleaners.

This is a stealth-action game that, like its predecessor, will see you cleaning up crime scenes. It's set in the 90s, and will feature four distinct playable characters that you can switch between as you go. As in the first game, you're a mob cleaner, sent to crime scenes to dispose of evidence without getting caught.

The trailer below only has a tiny bit of gameplay in it, but it shows off the game’s sense of style and a quick look at its isometric perspective and updated graphics.

It appears the rumors are true: Call of Duty: Warzone is introducing a 200-player mode. Some free-to-play Warzone players recently discovered an image that shows references to three modes that have not been officially announced for the battle royale game.

The three modes include BR 200, Plunder 200, and BR Juggernaut. The Juggernaut mode was teased in the Season 4 roadmap, but the 200-player modes have never been confirmed. However, Infinity Ward said in an interview that a 200-player mode was coming, eventually.

Currently, Warzone is capped at a maximum of 150 players per match. The titling of the rumored 200-player modes suggests they will include a 200-player variant of the regular Warzone mode and a 200-player version of the Plunder mode where you try to collect the most cash.

PGA Tour 2K21 has had its full roster announced over Twitter, with a confirmed list of 12 pros taking to the green for the game's release on August 21.

PGA Tour 2K21 is the first official PGA Tour title for 2K Sports, who were the team behind The Golf Club 2019. The publisher had already released some information about a few of the game's featured pros last week. Notably, it featured a much less-jacked looking Bryson DeChambeau when confirming the American's participation in the title.

The full list of PGA Tour professionals who will be making an appearance in 2K21 is as follows:

Fans have been eagerly awaiting Halo Infinite gameplay footage for a long time, and it's finally (probably) coming in July. While we wait for that, Microsoft has now released the penultimate instalment in its "Sound Design Saturday" series, showcasing how the audio team went about capturing and recording sounds for the new Halo game set to launch this year.

This latest video is the second instalment of its series that shows how the audio team captured explosion sounds. The team placed microphones all over the place at a range in the desert, and used multiple different types of explosives for the sounds. As you can see in the video, there is a great variety of explosive noises on display here, including deep, booming explosions and crisper sounds, too.

Devolver Digital has, historically, always done E3 a little differently, hosting an unofficial showing in a lot near the Los Angeles Convention Center and releasing reveal videos that mix new game trailers and announcements with a strange, ongoing narrative element. The Devolver Direct, also known as the Big Fancy Press Conference, has been running since 2017--but with E3 cancelled this year, it hasn't been clear when we'd see the next installment.

Now, Devolver Digital has given us some idea of when the stream will go ahead. In a tweet, Devolver Digital said that the video will release in "mid-July", if all goes as planned. They've promised that there will be a mix of updates and release dates for games we're already aware of, as well as new reveals.

EA Sports originally planned to officially announce and detail Madden NFL 21 on June 1, but the developer delayed its reveal as part of EA's wider decision to push out its big announcements out of respect and solidarity for Black Lives Matter.

EA Sports has seemingly now set a new date for its reveal, telling fans on Twitter to look out for news on June 16. There will be some kind of announcement trailer on that day, but no further details about the event have been announced yet.

Whatever the case, the reveal of Madden NFL 21 on June 16 will likely only be just the beginning. EA's annual E3 show, EA Play 2020, is scheduled for June 18. With Madden 21 being one of EA's biggest games of 2020, you can expect it to be featured during the show. You can watch EA Play 2020 live on GameSpot.

After years of development and multiple delays, Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part II is almost here--the game launches on June 19 for PlayStation 4. Ahead of that, Naughty Dog has released 20 new screenshots from the game that show off its post-apocalyptic world.

The images, which were posted on the game's website, showcase main character Ellie in a number of difficult and harrowing environments. The game is tense, dark, and dramatic, but these screenshots also show off some calming moments, like Ellie strumming a guitar or riding her horse through the quiet streets of Seattle

Microsoft has filed a new trademark application for "Xbox Series," which has sparked renewed speculation that the company is planning to release at least one more next-generation Xbox this year.

The trademark application, which was first reported on by WindowsCentral, can be seen here at the United States Patent & Trademark Office website. The application is for a game console, and the trademark drawing can be seen below.

This new trademark filing renews the speculation that Microsoft will release another next-generation Xbox alongside the Xbox Series X, which is Microsoft's most powerful console. Like the iPhone has different models that exist under the same "iPhone" name, it would appear that Microsoft has filed this trademark to pave the way for the company to do something similar with Xbox.

If collecting vinyl toys is up your alley, then you're going to want to keep an eye out for Blankos Block Party. The debut title of developer Mythical, it's a self-described "party MMO" that will let you hang out with friends and crate levels in a colorful, arcade-style world.

Blankos Block Party was announced during the PC Gaming Show and flexed a bunch of ways that players and friends could dig into the game's massive multiplayer universe. Billed as a game about "where toys go when a human leaves the room" by Chief Creative Officer, Jamie Jackson, it'll let you play as a vinyl toy in a world where the only limit appears to be your imagination.

Players will be able to race against each other, take part in team-shooter-type activities, enjoy a bunch of minigames, and even create their own levels that can then be shared with the game's community. If you've always wanted to flex those creative muscles, you can do so now, with all of the in-game perks like jetpacks and other cosmetics there to aid you.

Rock of Ages developer Ace Team has unveiled their new game, The Eternal Cylinder, as part of The Guerrilla Collective showcase. It's a open-world survival game set on an alien planet, and you'll play as a herd of creatures (called Trebhums) that need to survive not only the other creatures you'll encounter, but also a giant rolling cylinder that pops up and rolls right through the game world.

There are shades of Maxis' Spore here, as you have to grow and evolve over the course of the game to deal with the harsh procedurally-generated environments you encounter. While you'll be weak to begin with, the creatures you're controlling will gain new abilities and ways to adapt as you play, and will mutate in a way that grants them new skills. The game will feature real-time environmental destruction, so when the Cylinder rolls over a tree, for instance, it will stay broken.

The game is coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC via the Epic Games Store later this year, and it's designed so that if you play through more than once you'll have a different experience each time. The debut trailer is below.

Revealed at GamesCom 2019, Ghostrunner made a big splash with its vibrant, slick cyberpunk aesthetic and fast gameplay. Blending the style and tone of games like Cyberpunk 2077, Hotline Miami, and Mirror's Edge, it puts you in the role of a resurrected warrior known as the Ghostrunner. The protagonist must navigate a dystopian far-future city to learn more about his past and gain the strength to fight the ruler, known only as The Keymaster.

Coming from developers One More Level Games, 3D Realms, and Slipgate Ironworks, Ghostrunner is an incredibly stylish action game set in a cyberpunk dystopia. In the newly revealed gameplay trailer, we saw the reveal of gameplay set in cyberspace, along with some new foes who can use tactics to get the jump on the Ghostrunner. Before the reveal, I got the chance to dive into a new preview build of the game, which showed off the increased scope of the game.

With the means to travel between the real world and cyberspace, the protagonist also possesses some fast moves and killer attacks. He's incredibly skilled in the ways of combat, yet the trade-off is that he's also incredibly vulnerable. In a similar vein to Hotline Miami, you can die in one hit, which will send you back to previous checkpoints in each stage. To play Ghostrunner is to always stay on guard while maneuvering throughout the levels. Yet, there's a certain grace in how you're able to dodge enemy bullets, wall-run to your target, and pull of chain attacks against groups of enemies. Blending platforming and fast hack-and-slash gameplay, Ghostrunner presents each battle as a combat puzzle, where you'll need to figure out the most efficient and quick way to dispatch the enemies in the arena.

It's been about 10 years since Skate 3 and it seems like the calls for Skate 4 have never died out. Well, on July 28, we get the full release of Skater XL which draws much inspiration from the skating sim style. It's been in early access since December 2018 and we've been able to play it, but the official launch will feature more content.

During the Future Games Show, we saw the first look at an all new skate park called Easy Day High School. It's a large school ground based on California campuses and incorporates 25 real world skate spots in the level itself. You can see a tour of the location from game director Dain Hedgpeth in the gameplay video below.

In Skater XL, the two analogue sticks control the feet of your skater. Instead of predetermined animations to pull of tricks, it's all physics-based with the skateboard reacting to the analogue stick motions.

The Future Games Show is all about revealing what's next for the gaming industry and that includes new trailers for upcoming games, like Dustborn. You can watch the announcement trailer below.

In the announcement trailer, we get to see main character Pax and the assortment of allies she travels with. It's quite the diverse bunch though I'm partial to the robot driver and their smaller pet-like robot companion. The duo look so cute.

This announcement trailer was closely followed by a brief gameplay trailer. A story-driven action adventure game, Dustborn will see you using Pax's super abilities in combat and picking between dialogue and reaction options in conversations.

Shoot-'em-up games aren't as prolific now as they were in the '90s, but developer KeelWorks' new game Cygni: All Guns Blazing looks extremely impressive. Featured in a gameplay trailer during the Future Games Show, the bullet hell game mixes Pixar-style visuals--from a former Pixar artist, no less--with fast movement and dangerous enemies.

Cygni is technically a vertical shooter, but you have freedom of movement and can quickly run circles around enemies as you blast away at their shields and avoid projectiles. The trailer featured a bug-like robot enemy that fired both lasers and projectiles at the same time, and it will take extreme coordination to avoid getting hit. For fans of older retro shooters, it looks like it will be second nature, but it will make use of a twin-stick control scheme like the similarly-futuristic Nex Machina.

Right now, Cygni is planning to release on PC and Mac. However, the game's developers are also hoping to release it on next-generation systems. You can wishlist the game now on its Steam page.

It's been quite some time since we've heard about Twin Mirror, the new psychological thriller from Life Is Strange developer Dontnod, but it made an appearance during the PC Gaming Show in the form of a new trailer.

Twin Mirror casts players in the role of Sam Higgs, an investigative journalist who returns to his hometown of Basswood, West Virginia to attend his friend's funeral, but he soon finds that things aren't as they seem. The new trailer, which you can watch below, sets the tone for the dark, surreal story you'll be navigating, with every choice you make influencing your investigation.

Twin Mirror was first announced back in 2018 and was originally slated to launch the following year before being pushed back. The game still does not have a release date, but the trailer says it is "coming soon," and it's available to wishlist right now on the Epic Games Store. Twin Mirror is also coming to PS4 and Xbox One.

Following Outlast, Outlast: Whistleblower, and Outlast 2, developer Red Barrel Games is continuing the first-person horror franchise with The Outlast Trials, the first cooperative experience in the series. During The PC Gaming Show, a new trailer for The Outlast Trials was released. You can watch it below.

In the trailer, you can see someone being fitted with the gear necessary for joining his fellow human lab rats as test subjects in a horrific experiment. The person is later seen running down a long hallway in hopes of escaping from a demonic-looking entity.

At the end of the hallway, the man reaches up to grab the outstretched hand of their partner in order to escape. Unfortunately, his ally is shot through the neck and the man falls--only to then be killed by his pursuer in a most gruesome fashion.

Escape From Tarkov had a ton of new content detailed during the PC Gaming Show, and players of the military sim shooter can look forward to the next map, the revamped skill system, and a new boss. These features are part of Tarkov's upcoming 12.7 patch, which was said to be more of a technical update.

The major reveal was the new map and it looks to be a highly detailed rundown city full of buildings to explore, and Battlestate's head of PR Nikita Buyanov said that this will be the "biggest and most detailed location" for Tarkov. Sound design will be very important as the trailer showcased the different audio cues of walking on different surfaces. You can see the preview of the map in the video below.

Buyanov also stated the the Customs map size will increase by 30 to 40 percent. Although 12.7 will overhaul the skill system and include the new Senator boss, we didn't get further details on those features. For more on the game, be sure to check out our Escape From Tarkov coverage.

Surgeon Simulator 2 is expanding upon the comical, QWOP-like surgery from the first title by introducing both co-operative play and a puzzle-ridden hospital for you to explore.

The sequel, from developer Bossa Studios, doesn't confine you to the operating table like the first game. Instead, you now have to rummage through the entire hospital for items that might be crucial to the operation at hand. There's still the same silly surgery antics as before, centered around the complexity of having to control each of your fingers and appendages with individual button presses, but it's a gag that's seemingly got more depth to it now.

The other big addition is co-op play, with Surgeon Simulator 2 supporting up to four players. Although the game can be played solo, Bossa Studios says it was designed with co-op in mind. During surgeries, players will have to balance checking vital signs and administering medicine to keep patients alive, as you hack away at their internal organs to at least try and save their lives.

No Man's Sky developer Hello Games' new title, The Last Campfire, is almost here, and at the PC Gaming Show, the developer dropped another new trailer ahead of its release sometime this summer. The trailer gives a sense of the more intimate single-player adventure game, as well as the strange mysteries it hides.

You play as an ember, a blue-clad character exploring a strange, seemingly dead world. Expect The Last Campfire to be a shorter and possibly more melancholy game than Hello's previous work--the developer describes it as "a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home."

We previously got a look at The Last Campfire's gameplay, and you can see the newest trailer above. It looks like you'll be solving puzzles and interacting with characters to find your way, some of whom appear to be dead--but the ember might have the power to revive them, at least briefly. Other than solving puzzles as you explore The Last Campfire's vibrant world, Hello Games has kept details pretty locked up so far, so we'll likely have to wait for the game's release to learn more.

Amazon Games' PC MMO New World is set to be one of the biggest projects ever produced by the company, and brand-new gameplay and details were revealed during the June 13 PC Gaming Show--including the release date.

It hasn't been available to the public yet, but New World enters closed beta on July 23 for anyone who pre-orders. These players will also receive special digital items, including a fist bump emote, "Isabella's amulet," a guild crest set, and a unique title.

New World will then release just a month later on August 25, and the simultaneous global launch should ensure there are plenty of players right off the bat. The game will feature enormous 100-player fortress sieges, skill-based combat, and the ability to form Companies with each other to operate out of strongholds. The game also does not include character classes, allowing you to customize your hero as you see fit without fitting into a set archetype.

During the PC Gamer show, a new trailer for Weird West was released. The upcoming immersive simulator comes from a studio headed by the co-creators of Dishonored and Prey.

As seen in the trailer, included at the start of the PC Gamer segment that's embedded below, Weird West takes place in a Wild West-like setting but also features supernatural elements. The game will feature permadeath on its hardest difficulty.

Unlike Dishonored and Prey, Weird West plays in third-person and features multiple protagonists. You'll play as five different people in Weird West and your decisions with each character can have impacts on the story. If you manage to keep protagonists alive, you can come back and recruit them to your party when the game transitions you to the next character.

If you've ever wanted to become the devil and control an army of classic storybook villains, Rogue Lords is exactly what you need. Developed by Cyanide, the rogue-like turn-based game puts you in control of the prince of darkness, and classic villains from literature--including Dracula--are available to use in combat.

Each run in Rogue Lords will end when your own health bar goes to zero. If one of your minions is damaged, you will become vulnerable, but you can use a special "souls" system to manipulate the game's own interface. By doing this, you can access little tricks, such as lowering the enemy's health bar before delivering an attack.

The turn-based combat makes use of cards, and every skill costs action points. If you're good enough, you can create combo attacks, delivering even more damage.