Point of Contact Booking announced that voice actor Billy Kametz has died. The cause of death was colon cancer. He was 35 years old. Kametz was grateful to his fans’ support when he first announced his diagnosis. Instead of sending flowers, his online obituary states that fans should consider contributing to the Colon Cancer Coalition under Kametz’ name.

Kametz was a voice actor, whose prominent roles include Ferdinand in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Josuke Higashikata in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, and Galo Thymos in Promare. He entered the entertainment industry through his work as a cast member on a Disney cruise line. Then, in 2016, he started his voice acting career, with roles such as Agent Coulson in Marvel Avengers Academy.

Characters like Josuke and Galo may not require new voice actors due to their respective works concluding in English. Kametz' voice work for Ferdinand will appear in the upcoming Fire Emblem: Three Hopes, releasing on June 24, 2022.

Witch Strandings - a top-down open-world game "inspired by dark fairy tales" - will release on 7th July.

Revealed at the Guerilla Collective, Witch Strandings - which comes from An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs creator, Xalavier Nelson - will be available on PC via Steam for £11/€15/$15.

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Rogue Company took the free-to-play scene by storm when it released back in 2020 blending tactical third-person shooter mechanics with hero abilities. Since its launch, the game has massively grown in size starting off with a measly 13 characters to its current roster of 25! That’s a lot of names to remember, but don’t worry because we have you covered; here is a list of all the Rogues in Rogue Company.

All Rogues in Rogue Company

As previously mentioned, Rogue Company features 25 total playable characters or Rogues to choose from each bringing their own unique abilities into the fray. Each character also falls under a specific category with their abilities being a reflection of the category they fall in.

Here are all 25 playable characters and the categories they fall in:

Defenders

• Anvil
• Cannon
• Juke
• Mack
• The Fixer
• Trench
• Vy

Duelist

• Chaac
• Dallas
• Glimpse
• Kestrel
• Lancer
• Phantom
• Ronin
• Scorch
• Talon
• Umbra

Support

• Dahlia
• Runway
• Saint
• Seeker

Breacher

• Dima
• Gl1tch
• Sigrid
• Switchblade

Each Rogue boasts a unique set of skills that can give yourself and your team the edge you need to gain the upper hand. Use Anvil’s Barricade to throw a barricade down to provide cover or use Ronin’s Ballistic Knife to set an explosive trap that will incapacitate unsuspecting foes. Finding the perfect Rogue that fits your style of play isn’t easy especially with so many to choose from so make sure you experiment with them all!

While it’s not one of the biggest games on the gacha market, NieR Re[in]carnation continues to be possibly the most unique gacha game out there. It’s certainly one of the most stylish looking ones, and if you’re a fan of the Drakengard and NieR universe, there’s a lot to look forward to this week.

Square Enix and Applibot have just announced that they’ll be hosting a rerun of the Drakengard 3 event and banner in the game this week, bringing back Zero’s costumes, as well as Akeha and Fio’s Drakengard 3-themed costumes. The event is set to start on June 12, so we have less than 24 hours to go before the in-game reset.

A Duke Nukem movie is "in the works".

That's according to Hollywood Reporter, which confirms that the shooter is getting the "feature film treatment" from the team behind the Cobra Kai TV show.

Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg - which created Cobra Kai - have all signed up to produce the Legendary Entertainment production, which also brought us the Godzilla and Dune movies. Also producing is Jean Julien Baronnet, who worked on the Assassin's Creed movie with Marla Studios, which reportedly "specialises" in video game adaptations.

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Earlier this month, Samsung and Xbox revealed that Xbox Cloud Gaming is joining the likes of Stadia, GeForce Now, and Utomik as another game-streaming service offered as a part of the Samsung Gaming Hub, a new update coming to all 2022 Samsung smart televisions on June 30. I had a chance to sit in on a demo to learn the ins and outs of the new hub and play Halo Infinite and Flight Simulator to get a sense of how the new gaming hub works. 

Beginning with this update, 2022 Samsung TV owners can access distinct media and gaming hubs. The Media Hub has been re-optimized from its previous iterations to focus on video apps such as Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon. However, the big addition to the upcoming TV update is the Gaming Hub. In this all-new section, you can access a special screen designed specifically for gamers – in particular, cloud gamers.

After pairing the controller of your choice (PlayStation, Xbox, and many third-party Bluetooth controllers work), you can access your library of Xbox Cloud (available through Game Pass Ultimate), Stadia, GeForce Now, and Utomik cloud titles. In addition, Xbox Live chat is available at launch, while potentially more chat options are coming at launch or shortly thereafter.

Third-party developers had news to share about Microsoft Flight Simulator add-ons, including aircraft and airports.

Qbit releases new screenshots of its upcoming freeware Airbus A321 which will use systems by FlyByWire.

If you’d like to find out more about development, you can visit the developer’s Discord server.

The trailer for Morbid Metal from tonight's Future Games Show had a lot of metal (the music genre) and metal (the stuff you make blades out of). Morbid Metal is a hack 'n' slash, but the difference here is that you have four different mech lads at your disposal, and you can morph between them whenever you like. This real-time switching means Morbid Metal moves very quickly. You might think hyphenated phrases like "high-octane", "action-packed", and "fast-paced" are moving in the direction of this game, but buddy this is going at such speed that they're already here.

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Today Atlus released another of its daily trailers of the upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2, focusing on one of the demons that will appear in the game.

The trailer reveals another classic hero demon, Cu Chulainn, that has been part of the Shin Megami Tensei series since the very beginning, including the recently-released Shin Megami Tensei V.

The trailer also includes the traditional daily horoscope, and this time Taurus is at the top of the fortune ranking, while Sagittarius is at the bottom.

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.

Homeworld 3, threequel to the OG melancholy spaceship strategy series, has been delayed into the first half of next year. The developers say they need more time to make the engine trails glow just right, and to make the derelict megastructures mega enough. We will apparently see more of the game in action this August, though.

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Cover released teaser trailers on two upcoming Hololive projects: Hololive Alternative and Holoearth. As a reminder, Holoearth is a metaverse sandbox project, while Hololive Alternative will feature the VTubers in a fantasy story. While Holoearth’s trailer only shows the members of JP, VTubers from other regions appear in Hololive Alternative’s.

Both trailers feature a nameless female avatar, who will likely serve as an audience surrogate. The Holoearth concept movie shows the girls roughing it out in the wilderness. Activities include defeating wildlife, making a house, and dancing around a bonfire. During the gameplay trailer that Cover released in 2021, it released screenshots that showed how you can control Hololive characters to perform these tasks.

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The song for Hololive Alternative’s trailer is “story time,” which is sung by Star Flower. Star Flower consists of Hoshimachi Suisei, AZKi, Moona Hoshinova, and IRyS. There are already various stories set in the Hololive Alternative world. For example, Manga-Up and Holonometria have the Holoearth Chronicles Side:E Yamato Phantasia comic online. This story features Fubuki and Mio.

Welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight. I, @zombiepie, am once again honored to be your host as we look back at the best community-created works from the previous week. It was an eventful week here on the site to say the least, so let's get to it.

The founder of the site, Jeff Gerstmann, is no longer a staff member here on Giant Bomb. The announcement that Giant Bomb and Jeff would be parting ways shocked us all. Following the news, the site revealed that its new core team would feature Jeff Bakalar, Jeff Grubb, Tamoor Hussain, Lucy James, Jess O'Brien, Jason Oestreicher, Matthew Rorie, Jan Ochoa, and Dan Ryckert.

Sci-fi platformer Planet Of Lana seems like a sweet, scenic adventure with an alien monkey butler, and today’s Future Games Show had a little more gameplay to share. I mentioned Planet Of Lana earlier this week in my Day Of The Devs 2022 round-up, because it featured in that indie showcase too. Check out the trailer if you missed it on Thursday, it’s quite charming.

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Focus Entertainment and Asobo Studio released an extensive video about the upcoming adventure game A Plague Tale: Requiem.

The developers go in-depth into what we can expect for the upcoming sequel of A Plague Tale: Innocence.

Not only we get the commentary, but also an extensive look at both cutscenes and gameplay, including an explanation of several of the mechanics that make this game quite unique.

On top of that, the video shows behind the scenes of development including motion and performance capture and soundtrack composition.

You can watch the video below.

A Plague Tale: Requiem releases on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch in 2022.

Here’s how the developer describes the game:

“Far across the sea, an island calls…
Embark on a heartrending journey into a brutal, breathtaking world twisted by supernatural forces.

After escaping their devastated homeland, Amicia and Hugo travel far south, to new regions and vibrant cities. There, they attempt to start a new life and control Hugo’s curse.

Last year a couple of brothers posted a concept trailer for an FPS horror game that didn't exist (named Project Ill). Well, those brothers are now Team Clout and that game now exists, albeit called simply Ill. I've not got much to point you towards - there's no Steam Store page, no high-res press screens, no release window. Even calling the video from the Future Games Show a gameplay trailer is taking the biscuit, if not most of the factory floor at McVities. But the vibes, as they say, are immaculate: bare feet on a grubby floor, shambling horrors with many half-glimpsed appendages, and a gun that is surely too small to protect you from any of it. Resident Evil but injected with your most virulent 2022 strain.

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Palworld has a new trailer. If you've seen Palworld's previous two trailers, those words alone should send you rushing below to see what new absurdity is on show. For the uninitiated: Palworld is a game in which you can catch off-brand Pokémon, put them to work in a sweatshop producing guns, and then do battle with these Nopémon by your side and and an assault rifle in your hands.

Watch the trailer, you'll see.

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Back in January of this year RPS regular contributor Edwin Evans-Thirlwell interviewed Ami Y. Cai, developer of The Cartomancy Anthology, as part of his efforts to dig into the mystery of why tarot is such a popular inspiration for indie games at the moment. Happily, after today's Future Of Play Direct, we can provide you with a little update on that story: Cai's expansive collaborative project is due to release on Steam very soon: on August 9th, 2022.

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Upcoming sci-fi puzzle game The Entropy Centre has a gun that, at first glance, seems to rewind time, and that’s probably one of the most useful inventions ever. The Entropy Centre’s due out this year. Although it could probably be out whenever it likes if it fires at a calendar of games releases. Have your ideas about physics turned upside down when you watch the trailer below. Or is it above?

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Platform: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PC
Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Capcom
Release: 2023

We've been playing Street Fighter 6, and it is a pretty cool video game, y'all. We played Chun-Li first, and naturally, she rules. While we're busy playing more games at Summer Game Fest, please enjoy this hands-on Street Fighter 6 gameplay in 4K.

If you're interested in learning more about Street Fighter 6, read our thoughts on the game's new real-time commentary system. Catch up on the major announcements from Summer Game Fest right here.

Tinykin is about an astronaut named Milo returning to earth after a long space voyage. Milo might reasonably fall to his knees and scream "You blew it up, damn you!" when he gets there, because the earth he lands upon has been blown up several times larger than normal - either that or he's been made much smaller and is now the size of a penny. Milo must then have to navigate the abandoned world with a Pikmin-like army of aliens by his side, ready to solve puzzles.

It looks great, and after being announced last year, Tinykin now has a release date of August 30th.

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If there's anything I've learned from today's Future Of Play event, it's that stylish futuristic dystopian mysteries are where it's at right now in the indie scene, and I for one am all in favour. One of the coolest announcements at the event was Hill Agency: PURITYdecay, described as an "Indigenous cybernoir detective game" and in the works at Achimostawinan Games. Although maybe "in the works" isn't quite an accurate description, because the game is in fact out very soon: on August 31st this year, to be exact.

The trailer is a pitch-perfect hearkening back to the golden age hardboiled detective stories of the 1940s — complete with a black-and-white palette with just the occasional hint of colour to highlight the high-tech parts. High-tech because, despite its 20th century influences, this game is set quite far in the future, in 2262. It's not exactly a nice vision of the world in 240 years' time, though, as the narrator is quick to point out that it's riddled with "crime, conflict, and propaganda". Truly holding up a mirror to our times, then.

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Deadly Premonition 2 - the long-awaited sequel to the Xbox 360 cult classic - is now available on Steam.

Debuting as a Switch exclusive in 2020, the surprise release was revealed during this year's Future Games Showcase.

The PC version offers several improvements on the console release - including higher resolution, reduced loading times and "improved performance overall".

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Anyone up for side-scrolling Bloodborne? That’s the distinct vibe emitting from every gothic orifice of The Last Faith, a Metroidvania coming this year. Some more footage of the thwack ‘em up platformer was shown off at today’s Future Games Show. You can stroke your beard and make approving sounds at it, if you watch the trailer below.

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Today Gamesradar hosted its traditional Future Games Show, providing new looks and reveals about plenty of upcoming games.

Below you can check out all the news and trailer showcased at the June 2022 edition of Future Games Show.

Outpost

Team Ranger and lighting games showcased Outpost, an upcoming game in which you build bases and use all sorts of weapons to tackle crazy alien hordes.

It’s coming for PC in the future, with a beta in the pipeline.

Luto

We move on to horror with Luto by Broken Bird Studios, a first-person psychological horror narrative experience that certainly looks as creepy as humanly (or inhumanly) possible.

The game is coming to PlayStation and PC in 2022.

Sunday Gold, revealed at the Future Games Show tonight, has a lot going on under the hood, so bear with me. In Sunday Gold you play a team of three crims and... well, I can't explain it better than the steam blurb, which says "experience a unique hybrid of escape room style puzzles, turn-based combat, and RPG mechanics tied together with a dark and cinematic storyline." So, er, Blending a few things, here. Key takeaway is that everyone in this has a faced like a slapped Bulldog's bum. Nobody is having a fun time.

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2017's Serial Cleaner was all about stealthfully infiltrating a murder scene and cleaning up the mess before the cops got their hands on any evidence. Developer Draw Distance is taking that concept and expanding on it further with Serial Cleaners, offering more ways to play and even more gruesome crimes to cover up.

Unlike its 70s-inspired predecessor, Serial Cleaners pulls from pop culture of the 1990s, including Quinten Tarantino's body of work and other classic action and crime thrillers of the era. Once again, stealth is core to the experience; you can't let the authorities know what happened at each crime scene. Serial Cleaners brings four characters to mop up blood, bodies, and clues, each handling business in their own way. Players will utilize these new cleaners' street smarts, tech, brute force, or classic know-how to get the job done.

If you're ready to aid and abet in some gnarly virtual killings, Serial Cleaners is set to release on September 22 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC.

Tinykin, a "3D puzzle platformer where you play as an intergalactic astronaut named Milo", now has a release date.

Announced during this year's Future Games Show, it's coming to PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and PC on 30th August, 2022.

If you want to play before then, know you can download a demo right now on Steam.

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The Wholesome Games Direct presentation just wrapped, and after about an hour of trailers, the livestream underscored one thing for me: There sure are a lotta farming sims out in the wild. Hey, I don’t mind the abundance of these games. Farming in games can be a cozy escape, but it was strange seeing so many trying to…

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We got a new look today at Arctic Awakening, the upcoming first-person narrative game from GoldFire Studios. Players control Kai, a cargo pilot who was on a relatively routine supply delivery to a small Alaskan town with his partner, when their plane goes down in the middle of nowhere. Donovan, the co-pilot, is lost out in the cold and snowy wastes, and Kai sets out to find him.

As Kai, you must explore the freezing cold wilds, and the environment is a constant threat. The game is set in April of 2062, so there are a few things that are a bit different than one might expect to find in a modern-day setting, including a court-mandated therapy bot that is along with you on your journey. The AI drone has no shortage of pithy commentary to share with you as you navigate the wilderness, but has little in the way of helpful tools or weapons that might aid in your survival efforts.

Beyond the exploration elements, Arctic Awakening focuses on narrative choice, and the way those choices shift the relationships and situations of the characters around you. The decisions you make also affect the way the game ends.

Beyond narrative elements, GoldFire Studios is promising dynamic weather that shifts over time, meaning even areas you’ve visited already may be different when you return to them a second time.

As Kai explores, it becomes increasingly apparent that something more sinister is going on out there in the wilderness. High-tech facilities and mysterious technology is everywhere, providing a sense of mystery tinged with terror.

Bramble: The Mountain King is an action-adventure game inspired by grim Nordic folktales, where the bosses you'll encounter may have some horrible backstory which explains why they now drown people for funsies. It's also seemingly a game where you're a wee smout and can ride on the back of a friendly hedgehog. There's a new trailer which covers both of these elements below.

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I adore Deadly Premonition, a game which shines despite substantial elements being janky or bad. The 2010 horror game about an oddball FBI agent investigating ritual murders in small-town America is not "so bad it's good", it's so good it doesn't matter that it's bad (and maybe the badness even amplifies the good). Well, I've been playing Deadly Premonition 2 ahead of its PC release today, and I'm sorry to say the sequel does not shake out the same way. Despite some bright spots, enough of Deadly Premonition 2 is bad that I've given up.

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A dose of adorable is coming your way in just a few months! In this Pikmin-like game appropriately called Tinykin, you must catch tons of adorable little aliens and use their special powers to help get the main character Milo back to his home on Earth.

The newest trailer debuted at GamesRadar's Future Game Show, giving us a better look at these little creatures and how they'll help Milo in his journey. Milo can stack tinykin to reach higher places, toss them at enemies, and enlist them to carry objects. A blue tinykin allows Milo to produce a powerful electric current. A red tinykin can be thrown like a bomb to blow up enemies. 

Tinykin launches on August 30 for PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC.

Be sure to watch the trailer above to see what's in store.

The Moomins were spreading themselves a little thin tonight, with Snufkin: Melody Of Moominvalley appearing at both the Wholesome Direct stream and the Future Games Show later the same evening. In the former we got a bit of a primer on Tove Jansson's work as the source material for this game, but in the latter we got a better look at the game in motion - plus news that ethereal Icelandic rockers Sigur Rós are collaborating on the sound track.

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Making another appearance since the recent Wholesome Direct, Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley shows off some whimsical gameplay at the Future Games Show. If you haven't encountered this enchanting game before, this is how the creators describe it on their website.

On top of that, the game's painterly art direction is stunning. While we can't tell you precisely what a Moonin is, you can check out the trailer below to see if you can figure it out for yourself.

Snufkin: Melody Of Moominvalley is coming out next year to unspecified consoles and PC. 

The cult sequel Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise is now available on PC. Announced on the Future Games Show, the game is available on Steam and currently has a launch discount to boot.

The launch discount brings it down to $28 from a regular price of $40. That price will be available through June 18. The Steam page notes that a controller is needed because keyboard-and-mouse controls aren't supported.

The Switch version had notoriously poor performance and it remains to be seen if this PC port (or future updates and mods) will iron it out. The Steam announcement does note that this version includes technical improvements. Those include unspecified higher resolutions and performance improvements, in addition to faster loading times. You can check out the very modest system specs below.

Deadly Premonition 2 launched on Nintendo Switch almost a year ago, in July 2021. And while it was the long-awaited follow-up to a cult classic, the reception was less than glowing. It received a mixed reception on GameSpot sister site Metacritic with a 56 as its current metascore.

"If you can get past its performance, there are glimpses of a good story here, and moments that make it a worthy installment in the Francis Zach Morgan saga," Kurt Indovina wrote in GameSpot's Deadly Premonition 2 review. "But, ultimately, Deadly Premonition 2 lacks the emotional resonance found in the first game. It's a different brew of coffee from your favorite roaster, but one that's more bitter than you probably hoped for."

If you're looking for a game that'll make your brain hurt, but ya know, in a good way, look no further. Stubby Game's The Entropy Centre is coming later this year.

The Portal-esque puzzler takes place on a colossal space station in orbit of Earth, where a woman and her cheeky AI companion, ASTRA, are tasked with saving the world after an extinction level event set it ablaze. In order to do this, they are sent to the Entropy Centre, a space station filled with complex puzzles they must solve in order to generate entropy energy. To solve puzzles, your character must use ASTRA--who takes shape as a sort of space-time distorting gun--to reverse objects through time.

By doing this and creating entropy energy, it seems possible that the duo can generate enough to reverse time on Earth and go back to a point before the catastrophe. However, as you solve each room's puzzles and get closer to the core of the space station, you also grow closer to "an unfortunate truth" your character might not like to hear.

The Entropy Centre is scheduled to arrive on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Playstation 5, and PC later this year.

Bright Memory: Infinite is coming to new platforms - PlayStation 5 and Switch - as well as the previously confirmed Xbox Series X and S.

The "lightning-fast fusion of the FPS and action genre" had a starring role as one of the first games shown in the Xbox Series X gameplay debut back in 2020.

News of additional console platforms were confirmed at the Future Games Show - with the vague release window of "coming soon".

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Stop us if you've heard this one before – Being and Becoming is an upcoming 2D platformer metroidvania roguelite with pixel art graphics where you must hack-and-slash your way through various foes. While we don't know much about its release date, duing GamesRadar's Future Games Show livestream, we did get extended looks at gameplay. 

Check out the full trailer below:

According to the game's Steam page, a seaside kingdom falls into a deep sleep after being corrupted by a "Collective Dream." However, as your character is a lucid dreamer, you can explore the world and help those help captive "to their nightmares and fantasies."

Being and Becoming will be released on PC. No word yet on whether it'll come to other platforms.