Horizon Forbidden West has already managed to pick up an award for Best Game as well as Best Visual Art at this year’s Develop: Star Awards despite only releasing in February.

The award ceremony took place yesterday as part of Develop: Brighton which brings game developers and industry veterans together to network and learn from each other. The awards actually operate a little bit differently compared to many other similar events in the sense that the winner of each award is decided by developers.

This was clearly a huge win for Horizon developers Guerilla Games who reacted with jubilation to the news and took to Twitter to thank the industry panel and pay tribute to the developers they were up against.

RimWorld Console Edition is coming to PS4 and Xbox One

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Hot Drop is GameSpot's weekly Apex Legends column, in which Jordan Ramée takes a closer look at Respawn's battle royale to provide additional insight into the game's evolution, as well as dive deeper into its episodic storytelling and characters.

Apex Legends Season 14 is coming, likely kicking off on or around August 9--a week following the conclusion of the Gaiden Event. Already, developer Respawn seems to be hinting at what may be coming with the new season, which may focus on Seer. I think Seer's home planet is the next stage for Apex Legends' story, providing the narrative backdrop for the battle royale game's next playable legend and map.

As tantalizing as the conclusion to Season 13's Quest has been--Bangalore discovered her brother started a family since they last saw each other, and Wraith learned she experimented on a "Subject 0" prior to subjecting herself to the tests that gave her powers and amnesia--it's looking like Season 14 may instead build upon the narrative threads of Season 12.

Warner Bros. crossover platform fighter MultiVersus will soon be playable once again, this time to everyone who wants to throw down. The game’s first open beta kicks off on July 26. Additionally, an early access period begins a week earlier on July 19 for anyone who participated in May’s closed alpha or received Twitch drop codes.

The open beta for the free-to-play fighter will be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Online play supports cross-play and features rollback netcode. The beta will include eight maps, a variety of gameplay modes, and the same roster of characters playable during the alpha with one big addition: the Iron Giant.

The peace-loving robot from the (criminally underrated) titular animated film joins the fray, and a new trailer provides glimpses of him in action. 

We still don’t know when MultiVersus will launch in full, but we’ve been mostly impressed with it so far. These tests should only help the game become better when it goes prime time.

Wordle, the popular word-guessing game owned by The New York Times, is becoming a physical board game. Hasbro is producing the game, called Worldle: The Party Game, and it's already up for preorder on Amazon.

Wordle: The Party Game plays out the same as the digital version, with players trying to guess the secret word. For the physical edition, it becomes more social, with players taking turns writing down their guesses (at least in the standard mode), with the aim of correctly guessing the word in the fewest tries.

There are four main modes of play. Classic involves simply trying to guess the word; Fast Mode challenges players to race to solve it first; Time Mode is all about solving the puzzle quickly; and Team mode has players working together to solve it.

Wordle: The Party Game can be preordered now on Amazon and other retailers for $20; it launches on October 1.

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Blizzard announced that phase one of the Dragonflight alpha test begins today, July 14, 2022. The World of Warcraft expansion’s alpha will let players explore the new Azure Span zone, plays as the Dracthyr Evoker, ride dragons, and test out new interface updates.

The Azure Span is a tundra area, populated by the humanoid walrus people Tuskarr, blue dragons, gnolls, and Furbolg. It’s one of the expansion’s Dragon Isles, and is inspired by the Redwoods of California, along with previous WoW zone Grizzly Hills. It’s one of the largest zones in WoW to date and offers the most dramatic elevation changes.

The alpha will also let players try both large and nitty gritty gameplay changes. Blizzard has stated that the only Dracthyr class available for now is the Evoker, but it may support more classes in the future. In other class news, the Alpha will also enable players to test out changes to the Death Knight, Druid, Hunter, Priest, and Rogue classes, including the revamped talent trees. Players will also be able to discover changes to the Alchemy and Blacksmithing professions, such as new crafting stations and professional equipment.

There are a lot of Lego video games. Too many, some might say. But thankfully, most of them are fun to play, and great to enjoy with younger family members. Today, you can score a bunch of them on the latest Humble Bundle for a modest 10 bucks.

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One of the biggest new features of Fortnite’s Chapter 3 Season 3 is the ability to plant seeds that can grow into small trees that give loot. These seeds aren’t just something you can find, either. Here’s how to break open reality seed pods as well as where to find them in Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 3.

Breaking Open Reality Seed Pods in Fortnite

Surely you’ve seen the large plant-like bulbs all over the map. They have even spread out since the season starts as the roots of the Reality Tree have started moving.

Fans eagerly awaited fresh news of EA's highly-anticipated new Skate game have been given their wish, but it mighn't be quite what they were expecting. EA and developer Full Circle have shared a new 18-minute video, announcing, among other things, that their long-awaited skateboarding revival will be a free-to-play live-service game.

Despite having variously been known as both Skate 4 and a Skate reboot since its development was announced in 2020, Full Circle now says the game "isn't a sequel, it's not a remake, a reboot, [or] a prequel." Instead, it's described as an "authentic evolution" of the series - one whose last mainline entry arrived 12 years ago - that reflects "where skateboarding and gaming is in the real world".

Full Circle also confirmed a final name in the form of "Skate." (that fullstop is here to stay), and a new setting in San Vansterdam - described as a sister city to previous games' San Vanelona.

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The bubble backpack, which can hold up to a 25lb cat, sports a colorful design and a Stray patch on one side. The bubble in the center allows your fluffy pal to get a good look at their surroundings while you're doing all the walking and they're doing what they do best – being lazy.

Meanwhile, the harness is a direct replica of the black and white one worn by the cat in Stray, though the listing states that it doesn't come with the game's robot companion B-12. Bummer. Even so, it also includes a 6ft nylon leash so that you can let your cat go sit in someone else's lap.

Both items are available for pre-order on the official Travel Cat website, and the first wave of shipments is estimated to go out by August 31, with a second wave expected on September 21.

If you happened to miss out on all the great video game deals during Prime Day, Fanatical has you covered. Hundreds of popular PC games are on sale right now, including Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Devil May Cry 5, Monster Hunter Rise, and more.

Like most things from 1997, the CGI-animated Donkey Kong Country TV series is a fascinating and horrifying glimpse at the past. Currently airing on Amazon Freevee and on YouTube--both ad supported--you can relive the horrors of '90s CGI, if you're brave enough. No one knows how it returned, but experts have hypothesized that a combination of someone wishing for new Donkey Kong content and a curled finger on a wish-granting monkey's paw is likely to blame.

If you're interested--or masochistic--you can tune into Amazon Freevee through this link and subject yourself to all 40 episodes. Don't say that we didn't warn you though. Alternatively, playlists for Season 1 and Season 2 can be found on YouTube.

Officially debuting in France first and then a year later in the US, Donkey Kong Country stars the musclehead ape as the protector of Kongo Bongo Island and the magical Crystal Coconut, which is regularly under threat from King K. Rool and his minions. Donkey is joined by members of the Kong family, and each episode tortured its viewers with songs that the main cast performed.

DDR5 continues to drop in price, as more kits enter the market and supply increases. Today we spotted a 16GB stick of Crucial DDR5-4800 RAM going for just $70 at Amazon, nearly $20 below its original $89 MSRP set earlier this year. This is an awesome chance to build a new system with 32GB of DDR5.

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For those hoping this Skate news would be gameplay focused, it’s on more technical things regarding development. It’s more information than spectacle. While the developer video does certain have little cutaways to gameplay, the bottom of the screen wants you to know it’s very rough footage. What you’re seeing is “Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha gameplay”.

The first thing to know is that this isn’t considered Skate 4. Cuz Parry, the Creative Director, explains that this title isn’t a sequel. To that end, it’s not a reboot or a remake, either. This new Skate is simply just the game.

Cuz Parry announces in the video that Skate will be the complete game and they will simply build on top of it rather than follow it up with new iterations. It sounds just like it is, the new Skate will be a live-service game. But, for those concerned, it will also be free-to-play. It will also feature not only cross-play, but cross-progression across all platforms.

Also, the location is a little wacky in keeping with the series roots. The new Skate will take players to “San Vansterdam”. In Skate 1 and 2 it was San Vanelona, with Skate 3 based in Port Carverton.

You can find the rather long developer video below. For those who have been waiting the last 12 years for Skate 4 (which this technically isn’t), there’s plenty to appreciate.

It’s hard to get any more iconic than Bethesda’s legendary power fantasy, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Released back in 2011 to a slew of positive reviews, the open-world epic sent shockwaves through the industry as gamers around the globe fell head over heels in love as if Cupid himself had unleashed a well-aimed arrow directly into their heart (or should I say knee — sorry, I’ll get my coat).

Even though we’re almost twelve years out from its original release, Skyrim still remains hugely popular thanks to how deeply immersive and replayable it is. If you’re here, you’re probably in want of a few factoids about Bethesda’s beloved RPG. So, without further ado, here are ten things you (probably) didn’t know about Skyrim. Let’s get started, shall we?

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is already full of well-known stars, but sometimes, it can be the other characters that capture fans’ hearts or our attention for standing out in certain scenes. That is definitely the case for Thor: Love and Thunder. While the likes of Thor, Valkyrie, Korg, Mighty Thor, and Gorr take the limelight most of the time, the kids of Asgard are also prominently featured in many parts of the movie. If you have wondered who that little girl with the bunny is in Thor: Love and Thunder, we are here to help.

The Little Girl With the Bunny in Thor: Love and Thunder

While we do not get her name in the film, that little girl most certainly let the shadow monsters get it in Thor: Love and Thunder when given the power of Thor, firing off powerful blasts as she spun around in the air. That badass is played by none other than Taika Watiti’s daughter, Matewa Kiritapu. Her sister, Te Kainga O’Te Hinekahu is also one of the Asgardian kids kidnapped by Christian Bale’s Gorr.

Who Does Chris Hemsworth’s Daughter Play?

The family fun doesn’t stop there. Chris Hemsworth’s daughter, India, is also part of the show. However, she arguably plays the biggest part among the kids, taking on the role of Love, the daughter of Gorr that was later adopted by Thor. Needless to say, it will be exciting to see just what adventures Chris Hemsworth will have with his daughter on the big screen next time.

Apex Legends’ highly anticipated anime-themed Gaiden event has officially been announced for next week. The event is set to commence on July 19, before the end of Season 13, and will trickle in a plethora of event-exclusive cosmetic items. Besides this, the popular Armed and Dangerous gameplay mode is also set to return for the duration of the event.

The Gaiden event takes inspiration from various anime series and their wide range of characters. Players will be able to nab 40 different anime-themed cosmetics for their favorite legends. For an early sneak peek, Respawn has revealed the legendary skins for Revenant, Mirage, Octane, and Wattson.

One of the fastest gaming laptops is a solid $400 off at Best Buy, bringing an Asus ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition to just $1250. That's an awesome price* for a laptop that comes with top-end AMD components, including a Ryzen 9 5900HX processor and RX 6800M graphics card, which for context should equal the performance of a good RTX 3080 gaming laptop.

*By comparison, the same laptop costs £1500 (equivalent to $1770) in the UK, so y'all Americans are getting darn lucky with this one.

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Level Infinite has released a new update for its RPG mobile game, Alchemy Stars. In the Persona 5 Royal-themed crossover update, players will have the opportunity to recruit Joker, Fox, Queen, Violet, and Mona, who'll be given away via event gift from now until August 3.

As previously reported, players participating in the crossover event will be able to recruit the Persona 5 Royal team using a limited-time banner in-game. In addition to recruiting the Persona 5 Royal cast, players can also participate in an original crossover story. In the story, you'll eventually cross paths with the Phantom Thieves, who find themselves lost in a new world. Then Luke and the Aurorians task themselves with finding the source of the Shadows in Umbraton with the help of the Phantom Thieves.

Following its reveal last week, Ubisoft has now shown off three minutes of gameplay footage from its upcoming free-to-play mobile shooter The Division Resurgence in a new trailer.

Resurgence (not to be confused with Heartland, Ubisoft's upcoming free-to-play Division game for PC and consoles), will, like other entries in the series, be an open-world third-person shooter RPG set in post-crisis America - in this case, Manhattan - following a deadly virus outbreak.

It does promises a fresh story campaign, in which players once again take on the role of an agent allied to the Strategic Homeland, delivering a "new perspective on key story events".

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Occasionally, weekly Fortnite challenge require you to visit separate areas or collect items, but all in one single match. Due to the extremely time limited nature, it helps to know ahead of time where it is you need to go. This week requires three different means of travel, and one of them is harder to find. Here’s where to use geysers in Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 3.

Geyser Locations in Fortnite

There is one location on the map that’s the best when it comes to finding geysers. You’ll want to make your way to the Reality Falls area. While there are a couple scattered geysers around the Reality Tree and to the south, it’s best to avoid that popular landing area.

In addition to revamping PlayStation Plus, Sony has also overhauled its loyalty rewards. A new blog entry details the result, now called "PlayStation Stars." This new loyalty program is free to join and doesn't require a payment or purchase to qualify. It combines traditional rewards with the community challenges PlayStation uses to engage its fans.

Once they join, PlayStation Stars members will earn rewards by completing campaigns and activities. The activities include things like a "Monthly Check-In" that simply requires members to play a game to receive a reward. Some activities may require a member to win a tournament, earn a specific in-game trophy, or be first in their time zone to "platinum" a blockbuster title (by earning all its available Trophies).

The rewards that PlayStation Stars members can win range from loyalty points to "digital collectibles." Loyalty points are like points in many other brand reward programs and will be redeemable in a catalog for prizes. The prizes include PSN wallet funs, PlayStation Store merchandise, and more. The "digital collectibles" are new to the program. They're described as "digital representations" of things like figurines of iconic characters and PlayStation hardware.

It seems impossible given the franchise's decades-long history, but the Warhammer 40,000 series has not yet seen a classic role-playing video game. That is changing with Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, and developer Owlcat Games has released a new video--which GameSpot can exclusively reveal--that goes into even more detail about how players will seek glory and a whole lot of cash as the titular Rogue Trader.

As a Rogue Trader, you will be "unbound" my most common laws others must abide by, according to Owlcat, and your "decisions and deeds send ripples throughout entire star systems and change the in-game world and those who inhabit." It's what you'd expect from an honest-to-goodness classic RPG, where player-choice and consequences are a huge part of the appeal.

Because Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader features a healthy dose of turn-based combat--which would not bode well for a trader travelling alone--you'll be joined by several possible companions. These include familiar 40,000 archetypes like Battle Sisters and psykers, as well as the legendary Space Marines. How you decide to build your squad is completely up to you, however, if you favor one style of play and want to lean into it rather than have a balanced team.

"The freedom to forge your own path in a universe ripe for adventure is the main reason why we chose the Rogue Trader as our protagonist," said lead narrative designer Olga Kellner in the video. Kellner added that the game should appeal to those who are knowledge about other Warhammer 40,000 material as well as complete newcomers.

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is currently in development for PC and consoles. No release date has been announced thus far.

Three beloved members of Game Informer were laid off last week – as you might've read on social media last week. The affected employees were John Carson, Wesley LeBlanc, and our Creative Director of 14 years, Jeff Akervik. In this episode of The Game Informer Show, we lament the loss of John, Wes, and Jeff and share what we love about them and why they're great hiring candidates. Afterward, host Alex Stadnik shares he's leaving Game Informer for a new adventure in the video game industry and talks with Alex Van Aken about the future of the podcast and his vision for our outlet's video content. 

This episode is a rollercoaster, so if you only want to hear our thoughts on Bayonetta 3's October release date, use the timestamps below to jump to the various segments of the podcast.

Today Clouded Leopard Entertainment released another English trailer of The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki II- Crimson Sin, but if you think that means it’s coming in English, unfortunately, that’s not the case.

Clouded Leopard Entertainment has the license to localize the latest games of the beloved Trails series for the Asian market in Traditional Chinese and Korean, but not in English.

The publisher is going to release the game for PS5 and PS4  in 2022, but western fans are still going to be left high and dry, unless they happen to understand Chinese or Korean.

That being said, since English is still spoken by many in certain Asian territories, Clouded Leopart also released a trailer in English (as they did with another a few weeks ago), and you can enjoy it below, as long as you can find this cruel tease enjoyable, considering that we’re most likely not going to play the game English for a long while.

Incidentally, the same English trailer deal was done the same back in May for The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki.

Bad news for scrublords everywhere: Suffering defeat without damaging your opponent in Street Fighter 6 comes with the added insult to injury of witnessing their special win animations.

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Reviewed on: PlayStation 5
Platform: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Switch, PC
Publisher: Bloodius Games
Developer: Bloodius Games
Release: July 8, 2022
Rating: Mature

What do a murderous witch, a grandmother’s mysterious death, and demonic possession have in common? An old Polaroid-style camera. Discovering how means braving Madison, an indie horror title that fits within the post-P.T. first-person haunted house mold. Players explore an impressively rendered home solving puzzles and avoiding apparitions armed with a camera that’s more than meets the eye. Despite having a strong premise, presentation, and core mechanic, the experience gets bogged down by flawed puzzle design and repetitive scares.

If you’re really looking forward to the upcoming MultiVersus, today is your day. Not only has new gameplay dropped, but if you didn’t get a chance to take part in the closed alpha, an open beta is coming.

Not only is the announcement of an open beta cool, but it will be across all platforms (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) for anyone to play and starts July 26.

The cherry on top is that the open beta will allow for early access on July 19 for some players. All players who participated in the closed alpha will be automatically granted entrance into early access. You can head over to the Multiverus site for your chance to also get in early.

You can find all the details in the announcement below given by Tony Huynh, Co-founder and Game Director at Player First Games.

With that out of the way it’s time to get to the other star: gameplay. The video gives a fun look at a few character intros like Bugs Bunny and Batman. Seeing as everyone in very interested in watching cartoon characters and superheroes clash, definitely absorb this gameplay into your eyeballs.

The Gaiden Event packs in Apex Legends are the best way to guarantee yourself a non-duplicate event item if you’re looking to complete the whole collection and earn yourself Bangalore’s Prestige skin, ‘Apex Commander.’ As is the case with most limited-time events in Apex Legends, chances are you’re going to want to do your best to get as many of these packs as possible to minimize the amount of standard Apex Packs or Crafting Metals you’ll need to finish off your cosmetic collection once the event ends.

How to Get Apex Legends Gaiden Event Packs

Gaiden Event packs are available for a limited time during the Gaiden Event, running from July 19 to August 2, 2022.

The packs will be available for 700 Apex Coins, assuming that the Gaiden Event packs are the same price as previous events such as the Awakening event packs, and Fight Night packs.

Apex Coins can be purchased at a variety of price points and denominations, with the smallest being 1,000 Coins for $10.

What Do You Get in Gaiden Event Packs?

These packs guarantee you one non-duplicate Gaiden Event item, and two other random event items, meaning they’re a great way to complete your collection if you’ve already managed to unlock a bunch of them. Remember, you can also craft them with Crafting Metals.

On this point, it’s worth noting that Gaiden cosmetic items crafting metal costs may be reduced after two seasons, and the items themselves will be available in standard Apex Packs once the event ends on August 2.

You can preview and view all of the new items in the event tab in-game.

The British Esports Federation has revealed the full roster of players that will be representing England at the inaugural esports championship at this year’s Commonwealth Games.

The team is made up of male and female players who have competed professionally in tier-one esports titles which offer the largest prize pools, viewership figures, and partnership deals. The championship will see players compete against each other in Rocket League, Dota 2 and eFootball with each title having an open and women’s category.

The final roster of the English team was decided after a series of regional qualifying tournaments which have been held throughout the year in the build-up to the Commonwealth Games. The following players will represent England at the championship:

Wondering how to unsend a message on iMessage? Well, you’ve come to the right place. In this guide, we’ll talk you through how to undo a sent iMessage before it reaches the recipient’s phone. So, without further ado, let’s dive in, shall we?

Can You Unsend an iMessage?

Thankfully, yes, there is a way to unsend a message on iMessage and the process is pretty straightforward. However, you’ll have to be really quick to be able to use this method. Follow these steps below:

This week marks the Metal Gear series’ 35th anniversary—the first game came out for the MSX on July 13, 1987—and Quiet, Metal Gear Solid V’s taciturn sniper, is forever wearing a bikini. Metal Gear artist Yoji Shinkawa pictures Quiet as naked in some early concept art, a meditation he performs with many of his female…

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