Dmitry Glukhovsky, author of the Metro books that have since become a popular series of video games, has said he is now on a Russian “wanted” list, after publicly criticising his home country’s invasion of Ukraine.
Publisher Devolver Digital held its 2022 showcase stream during this year's Summer Game Fest. In a sketch comedy presentation starring No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda 51" Suda and poking fun at the game industry's increasing consolidation and focus on marketing hype (presented knowingly during an even held for the express purpose of marketing hype), the company revealed new info about five games for PC and consoles.
Besides Card Shark, which is already out (you can read Siliconera's review of that here), and Cult of the Lamb, which is out in August, all of the games presented during the Devolver Digital 2022 Summer Game Fest stream have a 2023 release window.
Here's the full list of featured games. Keep scrolling for their trailers.
You can also check out the full Devolver Digital 2022 stream here, to watch the presentation.
Cult of the Lamb has players controlling a cartoon lamb starting its own cult in a land of false prophets, gathering cute woodland followers and summoning demons. It blends 2D combat with simulation gameplay.
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Devolver is never one to show up empty handed to conference season--or say "no" a whole lot of swear words and theatrics. This year's summer showcase was no exception, as the studio managed to squeeze in a mecha Suda51, their own take on The Neverending Story theme song, several jabs at the state of the games industry, and five cool-as-hell looking games. In case you missed it, here's a roundup of what was shown during the event.
First announced earlier this year, we now have a release date for the game that is equal parts creepy and cute: August 11. In Cult of the Lamb, you play as a possessed lamb who must start a cult in order to pay back the strange spirit who saved his life. Collect resources, gain loyal followers, and rid the world of false prophets to become the one true cult and lamb god. Cult of the Lamb will release on PC and all consoles on August 11.
The aptly named Anger Foot does, in fact, feature a lot of anger and at least one very powerful foot. Set in the, uh, "caffeine-fuelled fever dream of Shit City," Anger Foot sees you play as a man who is exceptionally good at two things: kicking down doors and taking out mobsters. As you traverse the city's sewers and skyscrapers, you'll acquire new kicks with unique skills for your deadly door-stomper to try out. The lighting-fast, FPS action game hits PC in 2023.
The blind protectors of the Deep Dark biomes are the latest addition from Minecraft’s The Wild Update. The Warden is highly skilled in melee and long-ranged attacks with an enhanced sense of smell and hearing. If you want to see the beast’s mighty powers for yourself, here’s where to find the Warden in Minecraft.
The Warden hides deep within the newest cave biome. Here’s a step-by-guide to locate the beast:
The first place you need to go is the Deep Dark biome, where the beast lives. You can also find the Warden in the Ancient City. Players will most likely find this area in Y -52 coordinates if you don’t know where to go. For a more in-depth explanation, check out our guide on how to find the Deep Dark biome.
Before entering this cave, craft a Night Vision potion or load up your inventory with torches. This area is exceptionally dark, so it’s a good idea to prepare for this.
Over a decade ago, the science-fiction horror game Routine was greenlit on Steam but never saw the light of day.
Yet today, during the Summer Game Fest livestream, a re-reveal announcement trailer premiered with the announcement that Routine is headed to PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Game Pass sometime soon.
You can watch it below.
Developed by Lunar Software and published under Raw Fury, Routine is a first-person title set on an abandoned Lunar base, “designed around an 80’s vision of the future.” The announcement trailer revealed that players would traverse creepy hallways and encounter hair-raising robotic enemies, but much of the premise is still up in the air. There was a neat-looking gadget the main character used in the trailer called the Cosmonaut Assistance Tool, which will help players hack several computer systems around the base as they avoid enemies in a very Alien: Isolation-like manner.
For a game like Wordle, you should be looking at making progress with each subsequent guess. The last thing you would want is to go in the wrong direction and come out of it being none the wiser. In order to help you on your way, we will go through all 5-letter words with IE as the second and third letters to help narrow down your choices in this helpful guide.
The following list of words has been tested in Wordle and works as guesses. However, if there are any missing or incorrect words, please let us know in the comments below so we can investigate and update if necessary.
If you hope to succeed at Wordle, it takes more than just a good grasp of the English language, but also your ability in figuring out the right order of letters to form the right words. To prevent you from wasting your six precious guesses, in this guide, we’ll go through all of the 5-letter words starting with P and ending with Y to give you a good idea of where to start and aid you on the quest to maintain your streak.
Note that the following list of words has been tested and will work in Wordle. However, if you spot any missing or incorrect words, please inform us via the comments below so we can take a look at the list and update it if necessary.
Are you interested in making the Reinforced Deepslate in your Minecraft world? Getting this new block is a bit more complicated than you think. But don’t worry, we got you covered. Here’s how to get Reinforced Deepslate.
The only way to make Reinforced Deepslate is by placing the block on Creative Mode or getting it through commands. This block is similar to Bedrock since it is almost impossible to break; Withers and Ender Dragons can’t even destroy it. Players can still mine Reinforced Deepslate in the Ancient City, but nothing drops once it’s broken (even with Silk Touch.)
The presentations of the blocks within the Deep Dark biome have piqued some fans’ interests. Currently, there isn’t much use for Reinforced Deepslate other than decoration. However, the block’s layout could suggest a possible portal or gateway to another realm. Players of the game have wondered if it hints at a potential new world, but we’ll have to wait for future installments.
You can take a look at the landmark from Minecraft’s The Wild Update, as shown here:
Today third-party developers had a few interesting reveals and a release to share for Microsoft Flight Simulator add-ons.
We start with Saviart, which released a short video showcasing Cuneo Levaldigi Airport (LIMZ) in Italy.
This airport has been in a bit of a limbo for quite a while, as it has been sent to Microsoft for release in the official marketplace a long while ago, but it has not been released yet.
Drzewiecki Design showcased Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport (EPRZ) in Poland, which is “on final.”
Apparently, the developer has worked on implementing low-poly luggage to decorate its airports starting with this one.
While there are some who can distance Diablo Immortal’s experience from its economy, there are plenty—myself included—who can’t. And sure, we could just talk about how shitty that economy is, but a funnier and more effective way would be for someone to actually start sinking some serious cash into the game and see…
A brand-new version of The Last of Us Part 1 is coming exclusively to PlayStation 5 on September 2, with a PC version to follow at some point. It's a from-the-ground-up remake of the 2013 PS3 game from Naughty Dog, plus the Left Behind standalone DLC. The game is up for preorder now, in three editions. Here's everything you need to know to place your preorder, including where it's available and what comes in each edition.
That's right, this is a full $69.99 release.
The digital-only digital deluxe edition comes with the game, plus the following:
Ten years is a long time in any business, but it’s an eternity in video games. Technology and design is always evolving, and always at the fastest pace imaginable. So it’s both incredible and absolutely wonderful today that we get to slow things down a little and revisit a game that I first wrote about in 2012, but…
Geoff Keighley's big Summer Game Fest showcase might be over, but there are still plenty of announcements where that came from. Indeed, those that stuck around once Keighley had done his thing this evening would have immediately been greeted by a slew of intriguing new indie titles, courtesy of this year's Day of the Devs showcase - and if you missed it, the whole thing can be perused in one convenient, easily digestible round-up below.
Time Flies
Time Flies is the work of Michael Frei and Mario von Rickenbach, the developers behind the acclaimed Kids, and explores the limited time we have on Earth from the perspective of a fly. After entering your location, you're allotted a set amount of time (based on your country's average life expectancy) to explore the inside of a house and puzzle out ways to complete a bucket list of activities, ranging from getting rich to making a friend. Time Flies is coming to Playstation, Switch, PC, and Mac next year.
Well, isn't this a lovely surprise? Arguably the highlight from Devolver's Countdown To Marketing stream this evening, The Plucky Squire is the next game from the creator of Swords Of Ditto - and it looks an absolute peach. See what I mean in the reveal trailer below.
Skate Story has been grinding along for a couple of years, promising a skateboarding game set in an ephemeral world of ghostly corridors and unending paths. The last we saw of it was back in 2020. It resurfaced tonight during Devolver's not-E3 showcase, and dang: it's transformed into one of the most beautiful games I've ever seen.
Earlier today, Geoff Keighley kicked off this year’s Not-E3 season with Summer Game Fest, a loud, two-hour showcase of all the ways you’ll be able to murder people in video games over the next year or so. It was, to be quite honest, a lot. Thankfully, the folks at Day of the Devs showed up immediately afterward with a…
Anger Foot. It’s angry and there are certainly plenty of feet. From Free Lives, the creators of Broforce and Genital Jousting, it’s so aggressively kicky that I don’t feel like going near doors anytime soon. They describe it as a “lightning fast hard bass blast of kicking down doors and kicking ass”. Good grief. Keep an eye on the threatening tootsies in the trailer below.
Today Atlus had a few reveals to share about its upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2.
First of all, we get to take a look at a new English trailer, this time including a glimpse at the English voiceovers. We don’t get to hear much, but we also get another look at the game.
We also get word that both digital and physical pre-orders have been kicked off, including three digital editions.
Here’s what you can expect and the pricing.
A physical edition for PlayStation and Xbox consoles is also available for $59.99. Among the retailers mentioned in the press release, we find Amazon, GameStop, and Best Buy.
A second trailer from the Japanese arm of the developer is the usual daily video, this time revealing Zhen. It’s a demon that debuted in the original Soul Hackers’ predecessor Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner, and it also appeared in the recent Shin Megami Tensei V.
The trailer also includes the usual daily horoscope, and this time Capricorn is at the top of the fortune ranking, while Cancer is at the bottom. Looks like it’s my lucky day.
If you’re wanting a deeper connection to the upcoming Street Fighter 6 you can currently check out the music video for Not on the Sidelines, the main theme of the game as performed by Rocco808 and Randy Marx.
While there might not be any gameplay to be seen, the video does an excellent job of spotlighting street art around Los Angeles, California as well as some artists themselves. If you want to see some delightful graffiti, this is the video for you. Also, might as well get into the mood for the song now as it will be no doubt playing throughout Street Fighter 6.
You can find the music video for Not on the Sidelines below:
Devolver has, once again, out-weirded the rest of the games industry with its 2022 summer showcase. Hosted by a malfunctioning "mecha" Suda51, the Devolver Marketing Countdown to Marketing was, well, intended to be a countdown... but the ongoing Devolver Cinematic Universe we've seen evolve over the last few years managed include robots, sci-fi madness, and several game announcements.
We’ve rounded up all of the new reveals in one handy place:
Originally an itch.io game, an expanded version of Anger Foot is on its way in 2023. A bonkers FPS in which you use "the world's deadliest feet", Anger Foot will have you battering gangsters, buying new sneakers and upgrading your powers as you smash your way through sewers and skyscrapers alike.
The Plucky Squire sees a beautifully animated storybook adventurer called Jot, who works out he can leap out of said book into the 3D world. It results in one game with two very different perspectives. Inside the book is a top-down, 2D, hand-drawn adventure filled with mini-games. Outside the book is a gigantic world set in a child's bedroom, reminsicent of It Takes Two's 3D adventures. It gets stranger too – different surfaces can become 2D spaces of their own, from mugs to lunchboxes. It will arrive in 2023 for PC, Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
There is no E3 this year, but Devolver Digital has not skipped on its tradition to showcase its games in its Devolver Direct livestream.
Below you can take a look at all the news and trailers from the Devolver Digital Showcase.
We start with Cult of the Lamb by Massive Monsters, which is an adorable indie game that lets you build your own cult of super-cute forest dwellers.
Cult of the Lamb is coming on August 11 for Nintendo Switch, PS5, PS4 Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC:
Next, Free Lives revealed Anger Foot, a new shooter which is primarily about kicking down doors and destroying pretty much everything that’s behind them.
The game is coming to PC in 2023.
Today during Devolver Digital's Summer Game Fest live stream, a new trailer for Skate Story was revealed. And honestly, you just need to see it. It looks so cool. Check it out:
For the uninitiated, Skate Story has been floating around for a while. Since 2020, developer Sam Eng has been slowly revealing the game on their own personal Twitter and the official Skate Story account. For the most part, these have been small gameplay videos. But today's trailer finally gives us a peek at the game's story – or at least its general premise. That being, per the trailer, "You are a demon made of glass and pain and yet you must skate." What more could you need? More than that, we got extended looks at gameplay, including the unique art style. The camera angle and shake also look about as close to a real skate video as any video game's gotten thus far.
I don't mean to gush over a game I haven't played yet, but I can't wait to get my hands on Skate Story. Luckily, it's expected to come out on PC next year.
Cult of the Lamb will be released on August 11, publisher Devolver Digital announced today during its Summer Game Fest live stream.
The news came by way of a new trailer, and while it didn't show much, it finally let us know when we'll be able to play the game. It also gives a great look at the tone, characters, and gameplay. Check it out in full below.
For more on Cult of the Lamb, make sure to check out our exclusive gameplay reveal from back in April.
In other Summer Game Fest news, Geoff Keighley hosted his own live stream today, giving new looks at The Callisto Protocol and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, as well as an official look at The Last of Us Part 1 – a remake of the 2013 game.
I rarely feel as conflicted about a game as I do about Honkai: Star Rail. It's a turn-based RPG and I like those; but it's a JRPG and I dislike those. It's got a spacefaring train in it, which I always think is cute; but also it's got anime waifus in it and those make me cringe. Its new trailer, which you'll find below, is dynamic and exciting and well-edited; but... it's got cringy anime waifus in it.
Watch it and make up your own mind.
Genshin Impact developer MiHoYo brought some more fighty footage of their sci-fi online third-person action RPG Zenless Zone Zero to today’s Summer Game Fest presentation. It’s as snazzy as you’d expect from the Shanghai-based studio. Avoid multiple fancy blows while perusing the trailer below.
Though the primary event is over, Summer Game Fest continues over the next week and that includes newly announced the Epic Games Store Summer Showcase. As the name suggests, the focus of this stream will be on PC games coming to the storefront this year and in the future.
The Epic Games Store Summer Showcase premieres on June 10, at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET, with other regional times listed below.
Epic Games Store Showcase start times on Friday, June 10
Promotional materials included no details related to the length of the showcase.
The showcase will be broadcasted on the Summer Game Fest Twitch and YouTube channels, as well as on the Epic Games Twitch channel. You may also be able find community streamers offering their own commentary for the showcase.
Geoff-Fest, Keigh3, or just regular old E3 week (but not really) - whatever you want to call it, announcement season is here. Summer Game Fest 2022 has now wrapped up and there were plenty of trailers and world premieres to gawk at. If you couldn’t keep up with Keighley’s Summer Game Fest onslaught, or just need a reminder of what happened, we’ve got every new trailer from Summer Games Fest 2022 right here.
Annapurna Interactive has announced that it will be hosting its own showcase, but folks are going to have to wait a while for it. Annapurna's showcase won't be taking place until July 28.
The arthouse publisher behind indie darlings such as Outer Wilds and Sayonara Wild Hearts has already had a significant presence during the Summer Game Fest, showing off both Stray and Neon White. Stray made an appearance at Sony's recent State of Play where it got a July 19 release date. Neon White was just shown at the Summer Game Fest 2022 showcase and is coming June 16.
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A studio founded by former Blizzard folks today announced their free-to-play real-time strategy game, Stormgate. It's about the remnants of humanity hopping into mechs to beat back demonic-lookin' alien invaders, and will have a campaign with co-op support as well as competitive multiplayer. Check out these fightbots in the announcement trailer from the Summer Game Fest, below.
With its sleek sci-fi/fantasy aesthetic, monstrous enemies, and mech-clad heroes, you’d be forgiven for mistaking Stormgate for a new Blizzard real-time strategy. And, in a manner of speaking, you’d be right; Stormgate might not be from Blizzard, but it is from some of that company’s brightest minds. These days they’re at Frost Giant, a new studio built from scratch by a collection of ex-Blizzard developers, and they have ambitions of taking some of the best ideas from StarCraft and Warcraft to the next level.
Among those minds is Tim Morten, the softly spoken former production director of StarCraft 2. Today he’s CEO of Frost Giant, still directing the production of a multi-faceted RTS. Stormgate, he tells me, was born at least partially out of a desire to evolve one of StarCraft 2’s most successful modes: co-op.
Co-op play was an “afterthought” for StarCraft 2. “It really wasn't something that we expected to resonate as much as it did with players,” says Morten. “But in fact it became the most popular mode in the game after we released it with Legacy of the Void. It's clear from that, that there was an appetite to play more socially.”
‘Social’ is an important word for Frost Giant, and Stormgate is designed with multiplayer in mind. As you’d expect, there are the classic 1v1 competitive clashes, but these are supported by a tournament system directly built into the game. Forget forums, Twitter, or Discord; you’ll be able to create leagues, teams, friends, and rivalries within Stormgate itself.
Today the main livestream of Summer Game Fest presented by Geoff Keighley has been broadcasted and provided plenty of news and trailers for those who are missing the classic E3 events in June.
Below you can read a full recap of all the news and trailers shared at Summer Game Fest.
First of all, we take a look at a returning character that will appear in Street Fighter 6 by Capcom, and it’s Guile.
We know that it’s coming in 2023 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
Focus Home Entertainment and Tondalos Interactive revealed Aliens: Dark Descent, the new game inspired by the famous movie franchise. It’s being developed in Unreal Engine 5.
It’ll come to PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC in 2023.
Neon White, an extremely stylish shooter about exterminating demons as fast as possible, finally has a release date. It’s out June 16 for PC and Switch.
Nightingale, the upcoming PvE open-world survival craft 'em up from former BioWare boss Aaryn Flynn's new studio, is getting into the card game business, according to its latest gameplay trailer shown at tonight's Summer Game Fest. Its freshly flaunted Realm Cards will be your ticket to navigating its mysterious portal network, although naturally you'll need to craft them by pulping different resources together first. Anyone spot a paper press in the new trailer below?
Offering a veritable open buffet of updates, retro beat 'em up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredders Revenge confirmed its release next week on June 16th, showed off Casey Jones (real name Arnold) as a playable character, and revealed some six-player online and local multiplayer all in one go. This wasn't part of anything, and was instead a random and unexpected announcement. Only kidding! It was one of many things shown at Summer Game Fest tonight.
At the end of Day of the Devs today, Annapurna snuck in with the surprise announcement of its second annual showcase, just like it did last year. It will take place on July 28, 2022, at 12 pm PT / 3pm EDT / 8pm BST.
As for what games we might see this time around, we can make some guesses. Right now, Annapurna has a number of games in the works for this year including Hindsight and Neon White (Stray will release before the showcase happens).
Annapurna also has Skin Deep, Storyteller, and Thirsty Suitors queued up beyond 2022, so we might expect some firmer dates on those games, or at least more gameplay.
Last year's showcase was fairly stacked, packing over 15 game teases and announcements into just half an hour. It included a release window for Stray, an expansion announcement for The Outer Wilds, and tons more. Scanning through last year's roster might offer some further clues as to what's coming this time around. Maybe we'll finally see what Ivy Road is working on?
In the meantime, check out our roundup of everything announced at Day of the Devs and for everything out of Summer of Gaming in the coming weeks and months, we have a full schedule of everything going on.
Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.
Summer Game Fest Live debuted new looks at dozens of already-announced titles and first looks at brand-new ones, and it quickly became apparent that there seemed to be an unofficial theme of the show: space.
That much was obvious within the first 30 minutes of the nearly two-hour-long livestream, which kicked off with a world premiere look at a new strategy game set in the Alien film universe, Aliens: Dark Descent. Host and Summer Game Fest organizer Geoff Keighley then followed that reveal up with a (sort of) new trailer and the first gameplay demo for sci-fi horror title The Callisto Protocol. A few reveals later, and we were back in space, this time for the newly revealed space thriller Fort Solis.
WB Games Montreal’s upcoming Batman game, Gotham Knights, made an appearance at the Summer Game Fest with a new trailer.
Starring Nightwing, the trailer focuses on his acrobatic style of combat and his motivation. Gotham City is his home, and he’ll do anything he can to protect it following the death of Batman. The trailer also highlights Nightwing’s different customizable looks as he defends Gotham.
Gotham Knights is WB Games Montreal’s second attempt at a Batman game with 2013’s Batman: Arkham Origins being their first go telling the story of a younger Batman. Although WB Games is the publisher of this title, Gotham Knights is not a sequel to Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham Knight and instead will focus on its own story.
Batman and Commissioner Gordon have mysteriously perished leaving Gotham City in utter chaos. In his place, the Bat Family must step up to defend Gotham. Players are given the opportunity to play as either Nightwing, Batgirl, Red Hood or Robin in order to restore justice and will face off against the nefarious Court of Owls and other villains looking to take control.
Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest showcase for 2022 has finally arrived and it gave us a glimpse of the future of video games. From The Last of Us: Part 1 on PS5 to Aliens: Dark Descent to Marvel's Midnight Suns, there were a ton of games on display at this year's show.
This roundup has all the biggest announcements, trailers and gameplay footage in one place so you can be sure you don't miss a thing during the Summer of Gaming.
After leaking before the show, Naughty Dog has officially announced that a remake of The Last of Us will be released on PS5 on September 2, 2022, with new enemy AI based on The Last of Us Part 2, 60FPS performance, new combat options, and more.
