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Today Capcom released two new trailers unveiling more gameplay of the “massive” Monster Hunter Rise expansion Sunbreak.

The first trailer focuses on showcasing the gameplay of one of the new monsters included in the expansion, the fanged beast Garangolm.

The second showcases a new area named The Citadel.

You can watch both videos below.

Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak launches on June 30 on both Nintendo Switch and PC.

If you’re unfamiliar with it, you can read an official description below.

Epic Games has today announce that the Coachella music and arts festival is coming to Fortnite. The ‘crossover’ will include an Icon Radio takeover and two waves of cosmetic item drops in the Item Shop.

The news comes via the official Fortnite blog, which reveals that the in-game Icon Radio station will air songs from over 30 artists featuring in the Coachella 2022 lineup. Players will be able to access this when driving any vehicle around the island.

The other part of the crossover is focused on cosmetic items coming to the Item Shop. There are two waves coming, the first beginning today, April 14 at 8pm ET.

In this first wave, players will be able to get the Wilder and Lyric skins plus matching accessories shown in the screenshots below.

The popularity of the Steins;Gate series of visual novels is still quite strong, and FREEing made another figure available for pre-order.

The figure portrays beloved heroine Makise Kurisu and if you’re familiar with the FREEing brand, you probably know what to expect, a massive 1/4 scale bunny girl figure.

She’s available for pre-order on Good Smile Company’s Japanese store and on the American one, priced respectively at 27,500 yen and $249.99.

The price shouldn’t surprise considering that she’s really tall, standing at approximately 420mm due to the large scale.

Incidentally, this is a variation on another figure released a while ago, lacking the stockings and with a white costume instead of black.

You can check out what she looks like in the gallery below.

The Mass Effect series is known for having a pretty wide arrange of romance options, especially once you get to the third game and same-sex options become available. Even inter-species alien love is on the table across all three games. Shepard (and Ryder too in Andromeda) is able to get freaky with just about every major alien faction in the game

However, the forbidden fruit, the final frontier if you will, has always been getting it on with Krogans. For whatever reason, the powers that be in BioWare have decided for the rest of us that Krograns, like our old pal Wrex, are off-limits. Through the power of modding and the skill of a talented animator, though, we no longer have to use our imagination. We have the technology to make Wrex-Shepard a thing. Whether it’s a thing you want to see, well, be careful what you wish for.

The video was shared by a Reddit user by the name of GrowlitheDog to the /rmasseffect subreddit with the title: “If Shepard could romance Wrex (fan-made animation; mildly NSFW).” It’s unclear if this person is the original creator of the animation, or just passing along this work of art. If it’s old, apologies in advance, but the first time I’m seeing it, so now I’m making sure all of you have seen it as well. Enjoy:

Over a month after my first look at Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters, I was able to finally get my hands on a demo of the game.

I was able to play a few missions including what basically amounts to a boss battle, and the initial impressions included in my previous preview are pretty much confirmed. For a basic overview of the game, I encourage you to read it because everything you’ll find there still stood against the impact of gameplay.

The game does indeed feel a lot like XCOM translated into the Warhammer 40,000 universe, but there are a few key differences.

Classic squad-based tactical RPGs like the XCOM series usually tend to encourage extremely methodical, extremely prudent gameplay.

While Persona 3 and Persona 3 Portable have been released a long time ago, they still hold a special place in the heart of many fans, so it’s not surprising that dedicated figures are still produced.

Today Good Smile Company made a new Nendoroid poseable action figure available for pre-order, portraying the game’s original hero.

You can find the figure on Good Smile’s Japanese and American stores, priced respectively at 6,100 yen or $55.99.

The release window is October 2022 for Japan, while America will suffer from the customary two-month lag, getting the Nendoroid in December.

The prototype is by Shichibee, while the size is the usual 100 mm common to most Nendoroid.

Below you can check out what it looks like and an official description.

Halo Infinite isn’t in a great place right now. Following the early launch of its well-received free-to-play multiplayer mode and the subsequent resounding critical reception of its single-player campaign, all the fanfare and hype has firmly subsided as the truths of what can only be described as lackluster post-launch support have been laid bare. Now, 343 Industries seems intent on a last-ditch effort to save Xbox’s flagship IP with a Battle Royale mode that feels like a rushed and poorly considered bandaid over a much bigger problem.

First, though, let’s recap the situation. The co-op campaign that was supposed to launch on May 5 with the beginning of Season 2 has been pushed back to sometime later in Season 2, and the Forge mode has also been delayed to Season 3… and goodness knows when that will be given Season 1 will have run for nearly six months by the time it ends. It could be another six months for Season 2, pushing us to the very end of the year. That would make it almost an entire year since Halo Infinite launched before we get one of the series’ flagship modes.

And that’s just the major modes that are missing that we knew about from launch. Dive into Halo Infinite’s multiplayer scene and you’ll find even more of a mess. A severe lack of game modes and maps — particularly noticeable in its Competitive mode where fewer modes and maps are deemed viable for ranked matches — and a frankly awful cosmetics and Battle Pass system has led to fans growing increasingly impatient with 343 Studios.

Lost Ark is a popular Korean MMOARPG that’s been out for quite some time now, but has only just been released in English-speaking territories this year. There are quite a few classes and advanced classes to choose from in this game, each with their own unique pros and cons. But, of course, you’re here to find out which ones stand above the rest, so here are all the classes in Lost Ark ranked from worst to best.

We’ll be ranking the classes based on their overall utility in PvE and PvP, with a slight emphasis on PvE since that makes up the bulk of the content in Lost Ark. Another thing to note is that this list includes all classes that have been released as of April 2022.

When it comes to roguelites, players have been quite blessed over the years. There is the excellent Hades, while Dead Cells is also a great way to spend some quality time. An upcoming release is hoping to join those ranks, and judging by its looks, the upcoming Samurai Bringer is impressing already on the visual front.

Coming to the PS4, PC, and Nintendo Switch via developers ALPHAWING and publisher Playism, Samurai Bringer puts players in the role of Susanoo, an ancient deity from Japanese mythology. Unfortunately, his powers have been stripped away and the threat of Yamata-no-Orochi, the legendary eight-headed dragon, needs to be dealt with.

With Bandai Namco’s recent JRPG Tales of Arise achieving a certain level of popularity among fans, Japanese figure manufacturers are starting to set things in motion.

Today Kotobukiya made a new figure portraying Rinwell available for pre-order. You can find her on AmiAmi for 13,800 yen, which translates approximately into $110.

She will be released in October 2022, which definitely isn’t a bad lead time considering today’s extra-long standards.

The scale is 1/8, so the figure isn’t massive, measuring about 205 mm in height. The prototype was sculpted by iTANDi.

You can check her out below alongside an official description.

Vanillaware has pretty much delivered whenever a new game launches, and that is the case for 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, the RTS sidescrolling hybrid that was released in 2020. Visually stunning, it makes sense then for its artwork to get critical acclaim. In celebration of the impending release of the game on Nintendo Switch, Atlus is partnering with Gallery Nucleus in Los Angeles to host a special 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim art exhibition and fan event.

Attendees will be able to feast their eyes on 13 unique works of art, each focusing on a particular pilot, and created by 13 illustrators. If any catches your eye, you can also bring them home as limited edition prints, with an edition size of 13.

The in-person event will take place on April 16 and 17, with free admission. The event’s details are as follows:

Nucleus Art Gallery
210 East Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801

April 16 from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
April 17 from 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT

If you are excited enough to come in cosplay, there will be a special raffle held to reward the support. Do note that you will need to RSVP for the opening night on April 16, but otherwise, the event is open to all.

If steampunk is your thing, then Nacon and Spiders‘ upcoming action RPG Steelrising should be right up your alley. The combination of automata and the backdrop of the French Revolution makes for an already interesting premise, with the combat set to be another key element to draw players in. Unfortunately, that vision is going to take longer to come to life, as Nacon has officially announced a delay for Steelrising to September 8 2022.

This news comes alongside the latest gameplay video trailer shared over at Game Informer, where we can see Steelrising in action. In addition, Spiders CEO and Steelrising lead writer Jehanne Rousseau, alongside design director Sebastien Di Ruzza and localization lead Ciaran Cresswell provide some insightful commentary.

Following yesterday’s reveal, Nippon Ichi Software released the first trailer of the upcoming rea-time strategy JRPG GrimGrimoire OnceMore.

The trailer provides the first look at the remastered gameplay of the classic by Vanillaware, and gives us a chance to enjoy the developer’s trademark charming art that looks even better in high resolution.

You can check it out below.

GrimGrimoire OnceMore will release in Japan on July 28, for PS4 and Nintendo Switch.

If you’re not familiar with the original GrimGrimoire, it was originally released in 2007 for PlayStation 2. This new remaster includes plenty of new elements, on top of higher-resolution visuals and wide-screen format.

At the moment, NIS America (which also published the original game in North America) hasn’t announced a western release, so we’ll have to wait and see whether this game is brought over, but I would be surprised if it isn’t.

The horror genre continues to evolve and grow, and an interesting new addition will come our way in 2022. Coming to PC, and consoles including the Nintendo Switch, Paper Cut Mansion is being developed by UK-based Space Lizard Studio and publisher Thunderful Games.

Players will take on the role of police detective Toby in this horror roguelite set in a papercraft world. Arriving at a mysterious old mansion with a story to unravel, each floor will offer a different challenge, as will each run in the game. Within each floor lies portals that will lead to alternate versions of the same location, with twists on aesthetics and gameplay.

Today Atlus released another trailer of the upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2, showing another demon included in the game.

This time around we get the reveal of Quetzalcoatl, that has been part of the Shin Megami Tensei series since forever, including the recent Shin Megami Tensei V.

As usual, we also get the daily horoscope with a ranking of signs from the luckiest to the unluckiest. Scorpio is at the top, while Acquarius is at the bottom of the fortune ranking.

Soul Hackers 2 releases for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC (Steam and Windows Store) on August 26, just one day after the Japanese launch on August 25.

You can check out the original trailer, plenty of screenshots, a second gallery, more images, and a video explaining the gameplay.

MLB The Show 22 on PS5

Baseball is back. MLB The Show 22 is here and as with every year, it’s promised to be the biggest one yet. With two or three-player online co-op, a new commentary team, improvements to franchise mode, and more, it’s certainly impressive on paper. But every baseball fan knows that a good team on paper still needs to prove its worth on the field.

Right off the bat, MLB The Show 22 passes the eye test. The 4K resolution, 60 FPS framerate, and HDR all make the game look incredible. This is nothing new for the franchise on the current-gen consoles, but it’s still an impressive showing considering how few games are able to boast the same.

On top of the fantastic graphics and smooth framerate, the overall presentation keeps on getting better every year. Smash a mammoth homer or gun a runner out at first from across the diamond and there’ll be a replay with the same Google Cloud Statcast breakdown of launch angle or throwing speed you would see during a real MLB broadcast.

And what brings the whole in-game presentation together is the brand new commentary team. Jon “Boog” Sciambi and Chris Singleton are replacing the old trio of Matt Vasgersian, Mark DeRosa and Dan Plesac. Sciambi and Singleton have been calling MLB games together for over 10 years and parts of their real commentary has been captured and brought into MLB The Show 22.

Fashionistas will fall in love with this series of nail polish inspired by Pokemon that the Uka company in Japan is launching next month. The beauty company has created six different nail polishes that each feature a different Pokemon and the color associated with it.

This special line of polish has three meant for adults and three meant for children, though of course, any age can wear any of the colors. Each bottle has the silhouette of the Pokemon that the color represents.

The adults’ nail polishes feature Meowth, Eevee, and Piplup, which are designed with softer, more professional colors: beige, brown, and smoky blue, respectively.

The children’s polishes feature Pikachu, Jigglypuff, and Scorbunny with fun, brighter colors: yellow, pink, and orange, respectively.

Uka boasts that these polish colors are perfect for busy adults and children who enjoy cute colors; they say that their polishes are quick-drying and moisturize the nails. These nail polishes even use a vegan formula with 60% of its ingredients being plant-based, which is great if that’s important to you.

Each of the Pokemon-inspired nail polishes comes in 10mL bottles and costs 2,750 yen (approximately $22 USD) each. If you want all six in a special set called the Six Stars Collection, it can be preordered online between May 6 and May 11 for 18,260 yen (approximately $145 USD).

It may come at a high price, but how could you resist knowing that the colors match your favorite Pokemon?

There are certainly many options for players when it comes to the 4X strategy genre, but for those looking for a sci-fi slant to things, there is some good news. Stardock has officially announced that Galactic Civilizations IV will leave Steam Early Access on April 26, adding to the long-running series.

If you are unfamiliar with the series, it essentially tasks players with the lofty goal of leading their people into space and establishing an empire for posterity. For this sequel, however, there are new and noteworthy features that will help players achieve their goals.

“Galactic Civilizations IV is the result of years of thinking about the exciting innovations that have been occurring in strategy games,” Stardock CEO Brad Wardell said. “We want to give players the ultimate turn-based strategy experience, and we’ve accomplished this by adding in tons of new features that add to the depth and scope of the game while incorporating feedback over several alpha and beta testing phases.”

Today Bandai Namco announced that Scarlet Nexus has reached 2 million players.

According to the announcement, made on Twitter, the milestone was reached including players on Game Pass, both on PC and Xbox.

Considering that Scarlet Nexus is a completely new IP, this is certainly a flattering result.

Scarlet Nexus is available for PS5, Xbox Series X, PS4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam. You can read our review and, if you’re unfamiliar with the game, here’s how Bandai Namco describes it officially.

Today, Ivy Press publishing revealed that a Wordle Challenge book is now available for purchase. Totaling 256, this new brand new item features over 500 titles, allowing players to do as many as they want a day, wherever they want.

Much like the game, the book features puzzles that vary from easy to expert, following the same rules for guessing. You can take a peek at what the book looks like, as well as a brief description, down below.

Do you love playing wordle? Do you wish you could do more than one puzzle a day? If you do, then you will love this collection of 500 puzzles to do anytime, anywhere.

Wordle Challenge presents a fun, interactive collection of brain-teasing puzzles, that can be played offline and will entertain for hours and hours.

Deep Rock Galactic studio Ghost Ship Games released a narrative trailer today showing off a new seasonal event, weapons, and more coming with the second season of content for the game starting later this month.

The season will add a new event where players will have to hack robotic equipment to shut it down before it explodes alongside a new major enemy called the Nemesis. It is a giant robot with extendable claws that will pick up the dwarven characters and toss them aside.

Players will also be able to unlock four new secondary weapons, one for each of the classes. The new weapons include an elemental crossbow, a burst laser gun, a coil pistol, and a microwave cannon that will cook bugs from the inside out. The weapons can be outfitted with new overclock mods from the forge.

Season 2 will come with a new Performance Pass containing new cosmetic items for all classes, and the pass will be free for all players. The Season 2 pass also has more opportunities to earn Scrip, its currency to unlock items from its cosmetic upgrade tree.

To celebrate the upcoming third anniversary of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, a special stage celebration has been revealed for this weekend. Theprogram will be streamed live and is set to feature the show’s cast members, as they perform an exclusive live reading of an original story and a special live dubbing performance.

According to the press release, there will be two separate stage events, separated into celebrations for the Entertainment and Mugen Train arcs of the anime. You can read the official description below:

Originated from Koyoharu Gotoge’s Shueisha Shonen Jump comics with accumulated circulation
surpassing 150 million copies, and animation produced by ufotable, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no
Yaiba is a story of a boy, Tanjiro Kamado who had his family murdered by a demon and joins
Kisatsutai in hopes to turn his demonized sister Nezuko back to human.

The series launched in April 2019 with the TV anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -Tanjiro
Kamado, Unwavering Resolve Arc, followed by the release of a feature film Demon Slayer:
Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train in Oct 2020 and the broadcast of TV anime season 2,
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc and Entertainment District Arc, from 2021
through 2022. And most recently, 3 rd season of the TV anime, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba –
Swordsmith Village Arc, has just been announced.

Commemorating the 3 rd anniversary of the first anime broadcast back in April 2019, Kimetsu
Festival ~3 rd Anniversary Celebration~ will be held on April 16 th and 17 th (JST).

Today third-party developers released plenty of new assets related to upcoming add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator, and released a new airport.

First of all, we take another extensive look and a development update from Just Flight at the Boeing 757-200/300 in the works at Bluebird Simulations.

“Here’s our very first Development Update covering the 757 200/300 since the initial announcement a while back.

It’s been almost two months since that initial announcement about this exciting project so we thought it was about time we provided an update. We’ve been steadily progressing on the model/systems and flight dynamics. The VC has gone through some extensive improvements since our last update with sharper textures and more detailed parts now included.

The exterior model is around 50-60% complete including textures. Systems and flight dynamics are progressing nicely but it’ll be several months before we can give more details on those aspects of the project.

Our aim is to provide updates for you on a regular basis, around every 4 to 6 weeks hopefully. In the meantime here are a set of Work In Progress screenshots for you to enjoy. Click on each shot to enlarge and view as a gallery.”

We also get some bullet points describing the project in detail.

Model

Niantic, the creators of popular AR mobile games Pokemon GO, Pikmin Bloom, and more have announced their next project. Peridot is a virtual pet mobile game that lets you care for, raise, and breed one-of-a-kind creatures.

Here’s what we know so far about the game:

After thousands of years of slumber, Peridots (or Dots for short) are waking to a world vastly different from the one in which they used to roam, and they’ll need our help to protect them from extinction.

You’ll foster your own Peridots as you embark on this experience. These are creatures who feel so real, you’ll love every moment raising them from birth to adulthood. While you explore the world together, you’ll get to learn more about your cute new friends, develop a bond as you nurture and play with them, and work with other players to diversify their species.

You can see some examples of how Peridot will look on mobile devices below. The screens show activities like going on daily walks, uncovering hidden treasures around the world, and playing with your unique Peridot pal.

Got some bad news here, sorry to say. It has been announced that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Xbox Series X|S and PS5 versions have been delayed, presumably out of the Q2 window they were in.

The official Witcher game Twitter account had this to say:

We have decided to have our in-house development team conduct the remaining work on the next-gen version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. We are currently evaluating the scope of work to be done and thus have to postpone Q2 release until further notice. We’ll update you as soon as we can. Thank you for your understanding.

The “in-house development team” mentioned is important as previously, the next gen work on Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was being handled in part by “a trusted partner in collaboration with CD Projekt.” It seems that now CD Projekt Red will be assuming the remainder of development.

If you’re a fan of Japanese developer Vanillaware, you may know GrimGrimoire, originally released in 2007 for PlayStation 2.

As announced in today’s issue of Weekly Famitsu, Nippon Ichi Software is bringing it back for PS4 and Nintendo Switch, with a planned release in Japan on July 28.

The real-time strategy JRPG will get a higher pixel count, widescreen aspect ratio, and a bunch of improvements and new features.

Among those, there will be a fast-forward feature, expanded ability to save your game (during battles), and an adjusted “Hard” difficulty level.,

Four new types of “Great Magic” have been added, including “Mana Burst” or “Resurrection” that can revive allies. They also have newly drawn cut-in illustrations.

During gameplay, you can earn coins and spend them in a brand new skill tree to improve your magic and familiars.

Last, but certainly not least considering that this is a Vanillaware game, a gallery feature has been added, including over 90 illustrations created both for the game itself and its promotion.

If you’re not familiar with Vanillaware, it’s a niche but extremely respected developer well-known for its beautiful 2D art. Their most recent game is 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim.

You can check the first screenshots and plenty of art below. At the moment, NIS America (which also published the original game in North America) hasn’t announced a western release, so we’ll have to wait and see whether this game is brought over, but I would be surprised if it isn’t.

Today’s Overwatch 2 trailer focuses on Sojourn — one of the new roster additions that’ll be joining the fight in the sequel. The short video gives us a quick look at her backstory and it’s narrated by Sojourn herself.

She served in the Canadian Special Forces, which is where she first teamed up with Overwatch. Eventually, she became a Captain of Overwatch before leaving the program entirely sometime later. Equipped with cybernetic abilities, Sojourn’s main goal was always to bring her teammates back from missions alive, no matter what.

You can check out the Overwatch 2 origin story trailer below for yourself to learn more about Sojourn and hear what she has to say about her time with Overwatch.

There’s still no concrete release date yet for the upcoming FPS, but the team is looking at a 2022 launch after a previously announced delay.

Also, in case you missed it, there will be PvP beta for Overwatch 2 this month for those who are interested in trying the game out ahead of its release. You can register for the beta right here on the official site for a chance to play in future beta tests, including the one coming this month.

The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge has received a behind the scenes development video to show off some of the more background aspects to making a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game while staying true to the history of the series’ games.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge is created in partnership between publisher Dotemu (Streets of Rage 4, Windjammers 2) and developer Tribute Games (Flinthook, Mercenary Kings).

The video is mostly a conversation between Tribute Games Technical Director Jean-Francois Major and Cyrille Imbert who is the Executive Producer as Dotemu. It’s the perfect video to sit down and enjoy if you also have a long history of enjoying the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games.

You can see the almost 6-minute video here or below:

For those mainly interested in hearing details about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, Steam describes the game as:

Earlier today in a press release, Sega of America, Inc. announced their partnership with game developer Gamefam along with the reveal of their new Roblox game titled Sonic Speed Simulator. There are other games with the same title currently on Roblox, but this will be the first one that is officially connected to Sega.

Down below is the official statement from Sega of America about Sonic Speed Simulator and the partnership with Gamefam.

Leading professional game developer and publisher Gamefam, in collaboration with SEGA of America, Inc., today announced the launch of Sonic Speed Simulator, an all-new game featuring SEGA’s entertainment icon, Sonic the Hedgehog. The game is now available on the Roblox platform and marks the first time that a world-renowned, AAA gaming character has been officially featured on Roblox.

Sonic Speed Simulator is the fastest game in Roblox and features everyone’s favorite speedster, Sonic the Hedgehog. In the game, players will be able to level up and gain speed by running through multiple unique worlds while racing against friends to earn rewards, including pets that can increase stats and Sonic character skins. Players can also expect regular weekly updates and will earn an exclusive community Sonic the Hedgehog skin once the game has received 10,000 “likes” from players.

If you’re itching to play some new Sonic the Hedgehog experiences after seeing the most recent movie, then the good news is that Sonic Speed Simulator is available now on Roblox.

Just like that, we’re somehow a quarter of the way through 2022. Three months, poof, gone in an instant. Fortunately, we’ve been spoilt with a plethora of excellent titles from both indie developers and massive AAA studios. We’ve all feasted on the likes of Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring, and Kirby and the Forgotten Land, but what about the games you might have missed in favor of these.

This is what this post is hoping to help you out with. As we enter a three-month period of relative quiet in terms of new releases, there’s no better time to go back and check out those hidden gems you might have missed amidst the chaos. Here’s our pick of the 10 best games in 2022 so far that you might have missed.

Japanese manufacturer Kotobukiya is continuing its quest to bring back the old but gold Muv-Luv plastic model kits.

This time around, the manufacturer announced the 1.5 version of Tarisa Manandal’s Type-04 Shiranui Second Phase 2.

It can currently be pre-ordered for 6,930 yen (which translates approximately to $55) and it will be released in September 2022.

If you’re not familiar with the 1.5 version plastic model kits, they’re higher-quality non-scale models with lots of options that tend to be a bit more expensive than the 1/144-scale models, but will definitely look better on your shelf.

This specific model appeared in the visual novel Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse (which is supposed to be released soon on Steam, albeit it’s a few months overdue now) and in the corresponding anime series.

As mentioned above, this is a reprint of a model kit that was released several years ago and has been out of print for a long time.

You can check out what it looks like below.

It’s just been announced that QuakeCon will still be an all-digital event in 2022. The reasoning behind this choice is that an event of this magnitude requires plenty of planning and decision-making that just isn’t currently possible with so much uncertainty in the air.

This is exactly the same fate that befell last year’s QuakeCon, as it was also a fully-digital event due to uncertainties in the face of COVID-19 and all of the health and safety concerns that could have caused issues for planners and attendees.

This year’s digital event will take place from Aug. 18-20, instead of being held in Dallas. There are hopes that the in-person event will return in 2023 with the usual contests, new games, hardware that attendees can try out, an in-person BYOC, custom PC creations, and other attractions.

Currently, the QuakeCon team is already working on virtual BROC events, charity opportunities, online meetups, giveaways, and more.

Those are all of the details we’ve been given so far, but it’s also been stated that more info regarding this year’s event will be coming in June. We’ll be sure to keep you in the loop, so check back in with us as the QuakeCon 2022 date approaches.

A new trailer for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness dropped today. Don’t get your hopes up for too much, as there doesn’t seem to be that much new imagery to absorb. Plus, the trailer sits at exactly 30 seconds, so you are only getting a brief look at the perils facing the MCU’s Sorcerer Supreme.

Marvel Studios gave the trailer the title of “Reckoning” and the trailer definitely gives you the sense that Doctor Steven Strange is in some big trouble for the recent multiverse issues ever since Spider-Man: No Way Home.

A presumed alternate reality Baron Mordo (played by Chiwetel Ejiofor once again) gives the title for this trailer, saying “Steven Strange, your reckoning is long overdue.” In the massive muddle of voices calling out to Doctor Stranger in the trailer, the Ancient One (played by Tilda Swinton) can clearly be heard among them.

You can see the trailer for yourself to pick through all the new hints (nothing as massive as Professor X) being given.

Announced today from indie studio Fireline Games (Intensive Exposure) is a game called Fueled Up.

Fueled Up is described on Steam as:

A chaotic couch co-op spaceship recovery game for up to four players. You and your crewmates must fuel, fix and rescue damaged spaceships before the evil space octopus gets its tentacles on them!

Return the spaceships to safety while dealing with unexpected dangers like wormholes, asteroid showers, and space squids. Keep the engines fueled up, fix hull breaches, and extinguish fires or risk the ship blowing up! There are no boring days in the life of a spaceship recovery engineer!

Fans of the Overcooked games will certainly find the aesthetic of Fueled Up very familiar. This means while you are three friends might indeed fix a few spaceships you might easily end up completely destroying your mutual friendship. There’s no doubt going off the trailer that players are in for a hectic challenge. There will be online co-op as well as local, so you can easily destroy your relationships from a distance as well!

You can see the trailer for yourself here and below:

The only release date given is that you can expect Fueled Up sometime in 2022. As for platforms, Fueled Up will be available on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Today Type-Moon released more gameplay of the upcoming DLC characters that will be released for its 2D fighting game Melty Blood: Type Lumina.

We get to see Powered Ciel and Mario Gallo Bestino in action against Red Arcueid and Michael Roa Voldamjong respectively, and the result is basically the opposite compared to the previous videos from yesterday.

As we already know, characters are going to be released tomorrow, April 14 as part of a free DLC update announced last weekend.

You can check out the videos below.

Here’s how the developer describes Powered Ciel:

Today Koei Tecmo released a new trailer for the upcoming Musou game Touken Ranbu Warriors.

The trailer focuses on introducing the boys of the second team with English subtitles, also showing off their flashy moves.

You can check them all out below.

Here’s how Koei Tecmo officially describes Touken Ranbu Warriors. You can also watch another gameplay trailer, more gameplay, the trailer focusing on the second team, and the trailer showing the third team.

Hello Games is continuing its quest to turn its popular game No Man’s Sky into the ultimate sci-fi simulator, and a new update is coming today.

Numbered 3.85 and dubbed “Outlaws,” the new update comes with plenty of content and features as usual.

You can get a taste in the trailer below.

The Outlaws update includes a new type of ships with charming solar sails, stations and systems under outlaw control, improved space combat, smuggling, new combat effects, the ability to own up to 9 ships, in-atmosphere combat, bigger cargo holds, and much more.

Perhaps one of the most exciting features is the ability to recruit and upgrade your very own fighter squadron with pilots from all over the galaxy.

Other goodies like cloth simulation, a new expedition, energy shields, the ability to play as a pirate yourself, and planetary pirate raids top up the sizable amount of new content.

You can find the full patch notes here.

No Man’s Sky is currently available for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. A Nintendo Switch version will release this Summer.

Today, indie developer Poncle posted the official notes for the Vampire Survivors 0.5 patch, detailing the important tweaks and bugfixes it will enact, as well as some major gameplay features that are inbound. Included in those changes are a new weapon, a major new relic, and much more.

You can check out a note from the developer and a list of tweaks right down below:

Because of the way I’ve originally tested the game mechanics in Vampire Survivors, most of what we’ve seen so far has somewhat always been from the realm of the expected.

With Arcanas that’s going to change a little.

This new layer of game mechanics will be largely untested due to the large amount of interactions it could have, so there might be major changes to them as we move forward in patches.

Please keep this in mind when discussing Arcanas, there will inevitably be talks about what’s trash and what’s op, but my concern is about people fighting over this kind of stuff and forgetting the main point of the game: having fun.

So I hope you have fun finding new ways to break the game and reach 1fps again, and fingers crossed there won’t be need for nerfs, only buffs

It’s important to note that players will need to progress to the top of Stage 4 in order to unlock Arcanas as a game mechanic – and that is only the beginning to the fun. For more info, check out the official blog post here.

Vampire Survivors is available via early access on Steam, currently for the low price of $2.69.

The speedrunning video game scene never ceases to uncover all sorts of unusual glitches, and this latest one is particularly interesting: a recent discovery from Metal Gear Solid 3 speedrunner apel allows one to skip the iconic ladder scene. By equipping a few items and standing in a certain location, Snake ascends the ladder in seconds with his arms spread like an angel’s wings.

If you’re familiar with the ladder scene, you’ll appreciate the irony, because, at least for those who have already played the game, having the option to save yourself climbing what, at times, feels like a never-ending ladder is a real godsend.

In what has now become a signature of the cinematography that Hideo Kojima loves inserting into his games, the ladder scene appears right after Snake takes down a legendary sniper named The End and continues his way to the top of the Krasnogorje mountains. Initially, it presents itself as just another run-of-the-mill segway from one area to the next but then continues to go on and on and on until, as the Snake Eater theme begins to play, you realize the scene has been designed to convey a poignant moment of reflection for the gruff hero.

It’s pretty cool, actually, and certainly worth experiencing once, but for returning players it is otherwise a bit of a bore. For speedrunners, of course, the discovery is a huge boon, saving them minutes of precious time as they attempt to make faster and faster runs of the game. The most recent record, by the way, was 1 hour and 16 minutes, according to speedrun.com — but that was set over a year ago. New records are sure to start flooding in soon, then!

Here’s a video of the ladder glitch from apel’s YouTube channel:

With the dust finally beginning to settle following its launch a couple of months ago, Elden Ring still manages to consistently surprise us with all the mind-blowing secrets that FromSoftware smuggled into its epic fantasy action-RPG. From invisible walls that take 50 hits to open up to creepy gatekeepers who secretly steal your souls when you’re not looking, the world of the Lands Between is brimming with super cool discoveries.

And today we bring you a new one that we’ve only just uncovered (H/T, Rasukuclaver and Reddit). Specifically, if you summon Latenna the Albinauric when you’re in close proximity to a dire wolf, she’ll actually mount the dire wolf and begin laying waste to your enemies with a new Freezing Mist attack. Pretty nuts, right?

Go ahead and check out a taster of the recently discovered footage down below: