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I had heard that Serious Sam 4 would let us drive a Popemobile. I had not heard that the Popemobile in question is a giant heavily-armed mech whose boot-up sequence dialogue concludes, “All systems ready. Let God sort them out.” A new trailer hot out of Gamescom today shows the Popemobile in action, smashing a tentacle monster in the middle Vatican City and alright, yup, this is some big brash stupid spectacle I can get behind. See the Pope’s private Evangelion in action in the trailer below.

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Developer Megagon Industries' wonderfully serene (and devilishly infuriating) mountain bike adventure Lonely Mountains: Downhill will be peddling its way to more perilous climes soon, courtesy of its newly announced Eldfjall Island paid expansion.

Eldfjall Island takes the compelling, frequently zen-like, route-finding and time-tweaking core of Lonely Mountain: Downhill's base game and transplants it to a deadly new setting. Here, players can tackle four new trails, which spice things up with the likes of thunderstorms and an erupting volcano, and introduce their own challenges and resting spots.

Additionally, Megagon promises more unlockable outfits, helmets, and paint jobs (plus a new pro helmet), and there are unlockable backpacks this time too.

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Atelier Ryza 2 introduced new characters Patricia "Patty" Abelheim, Clifford Dizwell, and Volker Abelheim.

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If you're looking for a unique and thoughtful puzzle game to keep you occupied this winter, here's something that could very well be up your street.

Made by developer Rocketship Park, Love is described as a "puzzle box filled with stories" that features a rotating apartment block... and the ability to change the past. Players can explore the tenement building and meet the inhabitants, learn their stories, and then rotate the apartments back and forth through time to solve puzzles. And, of course, then make some changes to solve the problems - if only someone could do that to the whole of 2020.

On the game's Steam page, Rocketship Park describes Love as "an experiment in storytelling that combines the rich experience of a diorama with puzzles inspired by point-and-click adventures," and the whole thing is centred around "finding the things we've lost in ourselves and the people who help us find them".

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Every time an Assassin’s Creed setting is revealed, it feels like there’s a flurry of speculation on which historical and legendary folks will show up for a cameo. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla takes place at just about the right time to cross paths with legendary viking Ragnar Lothbrok so it seemed like perhaps we might arrange a meeting.

Apparently not, according to Ubisoft’s new gameplay video. You just missed him actually. He went and got thrown in a snake pit just a couple years back. They did show off some mythical monsters you’ll go up against instead.

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Call of Duty players can compete for gold medals and glory today through September 7 in the “Games of Summer” event. Styled around the Olympics, the trials are available for both Modern Warfare and the free-to-play Warzone.

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Another week down, another weekend to consume all of the anime content you possibly can before Monday. From relatable IRL posts to wholesome ones that’ll make you swell up with pride, we’ve got a whole slew of different anime memes to start your weekend off right.

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Monster Harvest, a farming and fighting sim in which you can grow mutant crops for battle, was just unveiled at the Future Games Show.

Monster Harvest has huge Stardew Valley-like vibes from the art style to the gameplay, but it has a twist. You can grow “Planimals,” which are sentient creatures that will assist you in battle against other monsters as you explore dungeons and other parts of the world.

Grow your Planimals and battle with them in order to earn money and rewards that can be used to upgrade your farm and house.

This will allow you to grow new types of crops and creatures as well as buy or craft more customization items to decorate with.

Basically, Monster Harvest seems like an amazing crossover between games such as Stardew Valley and Pokemon. If this seems like your type of game, you can learn more about the game and see some screenshots on its Steam page.

The game’s description on Steam is as follows:

Monster Harvest is a monster collecting and farming action RPG with a twist! Grow, collect and mutate your crops then take them into battle! Filled with places to discover and multiple ways to build your farm, get ready to craft, explore and battle across the vibrant world of Planimal Point.

So far, Merge Games has not announced a release date for Monster Harvest, but the trailer says that it is “coming soon” to consoles and PC. The exact time frame and platforms are still unclear.

You can watch the reveal trailer for Monster Harvest below, and be sure to follow Twinfinite for more games that were announced during the Future Games Show.

While Assassin’s Creed Valhalla takes inspiration from real historical events and figures, a new video shows it isn’t without its fair share of enemies inspired by myth and legend.

Streamed during the Gamesradar Future Games Show digital event held during Gamescom on Aug. 28, the video sees the game’s narrative director Darby McDevitt detail some of the more fantastical figures and creatures players can happen across during Valhalla’s side quests.

The first shown is the Black Shuck, a fiendish black dog out of English myth which is eager to rip humans limb from limb.

“There are a lot of stories and tales about black dogs that roam the night, and the Black Chuck is paerticular to East Anglia, but there are a lot of black dog phenomena found around England,” McDevitt says.

The developers incorporated these many myths to construct a terror worthy of the fear its name inspires, and players will be put to the test when trying to take it down.

Bloodthirsty creatures aren’t the only mythical enemies players can tangle with though. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will also include several human legends for players to interact with and clash steel against, from the daughters of the King Lyrian — a reference to Shakespeare and protectors of a king betrayed by his country — to the men who once followed the fallen king Ragnar Lothbrok, and now battle aimlessly without their king to lead them.

Both will offer compelling interactions and backstories to go along with the battles you wage against them, melding their unreal elements with the more grounded portions of the game’s world.

It’s an interesting look into the game’s mythos and world to say the least, and fans of the series will want to check out the full video below.

If you didn’t tune into GamesRadar’s Future Game Show today, then you missed out on one of the biggest video game announcements in the history of video games. Yup, that’s right. Shadow-dropped on Steam today, You Can Pet The Dog VR is available right now.

You can check out the game right here on Steam. It costs $5 (what a steal) and you must have a VR headset to play it.

It has a dog, a house, and you can pet that dog, and you can also play fetch with that dog with a stick. It’s a very relaxing, stress-free, virtual reality experience that you possibly cannot find anywhere else.

You Can Pet The Dog VR is also set in the opening sequence of an upcoming game called Doggone, which comes from the same development team, Raconteur Games. It’s an interesting way to promote a title for sure, but as long as there pettable dogs, I’m all in.

You can check out the trailer here:

Newegg is kicking off the weekend with an awesome gaming PC deal that knocks a fair chunk of change off its price. The ABS Master gaming PC is $1,300 (down from $1,500) and comes with a Steam key for the standard edition of the upcoming Marvel's Avengers. This deal is only valid until September 6, and supplies are limited, so you'll want to order soon if you're interested. It comes with free shipping and can arrive as early as September 3--or even sooner if you increase your shipping speed.

The ABS Master gaming PC comes equipped with an i7-10700K processor, an RTX 2060 Super, and 16GB of DDR4 RAM. That makes it one heck of a machine that's capable of running most modern games at 1080p with high settings. It also comes with a 512GB SSD. I'd recommend buying an extra SSD if you want to store a lot of games on your PC at once. The ABS Master also comes with a keyboard and mouse.

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Things are getting hot outside - and in game! Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone are heating up with a block of content offerings. Season 5's Games of Summer chapter runs from August 28 to September 7, and features rewards to unlock, trials, competition, and trouble to get into.

Stickers, calling cards, weapons, and more are available for those looking to get in the mix. It might not be the Olympics or anything but hey, it's a good reason to log in and pop off a few rounds. Oh, there's a rocking new Gunfight map you can take those intimate skirmishes into too. Check out more in the trailer below!

PlayStation original Moon: Remix RPG Adventure arrived on Switch yesterday, giving Western gamers their first opportunity to experience the previously Japan-exclusive adventure, which never received a complete translation, official or otherwise. But like many arthouse games, you’re probably going to be lost for the…

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Yesterday we got an extended look at Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, but news about Insomniac's exciting action/platformer continues to trickle out. 

In an interview with Famitsu, Insomniac revealed that its upcoming PS5 game features a performance mode that boosts the framerate from 30fps to 60fps. Naturally this performance mode comes with a hit to visual quality, which haven't been detailed yet. We're used to seeing this kind of performance choice on the half step consoles like the Xbox One X and PS4 Pro, but we expected that the next generation machines would do away with this kind of option – providing high performance alongside the best visuals. If Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is any indication, perhaps this kind of framerate/visual quality split is an ongoing feature that is here to stay. 

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I’m about halfway through my flight from Minneapolis to San Francisco, a trip I’ve taken countless times over the years. Below me, a vast expanse of green and brown extends as far as I can see. I’ve always been curious about what, exactly, I’ve been flying over all these years. I move the drone camera around and dive closer to the ground. Yep. It’s a bunch of nothing. I snap back to the plane and continue the ride. Flight Simulator 2020 offers an impressive recreation of air travel, with faithfully recreated weather, air traffic, and intricate flight models. Aviation fanatics are gushing over its realism, and review scores are high. But do I want to go anywhere near the cockpit of the Boeing 747 I’m tracking? Hell no.

I will have to take your word on it.

I’m not a pilot. I’ve played flight sims periodically over the years, but it’s a genre that I’ve never fully latched onto. I loved flying under the Golden Gate Bridge in F/A-18 Interceptor back in my Amiga days, but my interest probably peaked right around Pilotwings 64. When Microsoft announced Flight Simulator 2020 at last year’s E3, I thought to myself that maybe this could be the one. And I was elated that it was coming to Game Pass on PC – I could check it out without plunking down any additional money. Perfect! And then I played it.

During the Future Games Show presentation today, Modus Games, Dreams Uncorporated, and Syck showed off a brand-new gameplay trailer for Cris Tales, an upcoming turn-based RPG coming to current and next-gen consoles.

It’s heavily inspired by JRPGs like Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI, Valkyrie Profile, and even some modern heavy-hitters, but what makes Cris Tales unique is its time-travel combat mechanic.

For example, you can splash water on an enemy who has a suit of armor and then send him forward in time to rust hid shield/armor, leaving him open for attack. But there’s also a chance that the enemy could become more powerful as an older warrior, so you have to strategize and think twice before changing time.

You can watch the latest trailer for Cris Tales right here via Modus Games’ YouTube channel:

Cris Tales is set to launch on Nov 17 for Switch, PC, PS4, and Xbox One. The turn-based RPG will also be coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X.

A new trailer for the upcoming dinosaur-themed survival-horror game, Death Ground, was shown off during the Future Games Show.

Currently in development by Jaw Drop Games, Death Ground is shaping up to be a tense horror game with some truly monstrous encounters.

The game puts out big Jurrasic Park energy, but instead of loud action set-pieces, really focuses on the terror of being stalked by some of the greatest predators to walk the earth.

Death Ground will also feature co-op on release, so you will be able to evade and overcome these cold-blooded terrors alone or with up to three friends, if you so choose.

Many of the gameplay elements present in Death Ground are dynamic, and the AI will actively hunt you as you attempt to retrieve high-value loot and make it to safety in once piece.

Where the dinosaurs spawn, the weather system present, your objectives, and extraction points are all dynamically generated, meaning you will need to adapt your strategy on the fly.

While Death Grounds’ main focus seems to be on stealth and distraction, there is combat in the game, although taking on dinos in a head-on confrontation looks to be a really bad idea.

There is also a crafting system present in the game, with players able to craft all kinds of useful gear and weaponry to help them survive.

Players can also choose to play as a variety of unique characters, each with their own unique traits, skills, and tools to choose from.

You can watch the game in action for yourself below:

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Today during the Future Games Show, Ubisoft presented a new gameplay video of Watch Dogs Legion.

We get to see a recruitment mission in which we try to bring one of the NPCs into the fold of our resistance group. 

Below you can check out the video that was showcased during the event.

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

In the near future, London is facing its downfall: the people are being oppressed by an all-seeing surveillance state, private militaries control the streets, and a powerful crime syndicate is preying on the vulnerable. The fate of London lies with you, and your ability to recruit a resistance and fight back.

Play as Anyone

Watch Dogs: Legion delivers a never-before-seen gameplay innovation that allows you to recruit and play as anyone from the entire population of London. Anyone you see can join your resistance and has a unique backstory, personality, and skillset.

Customize your Recruits

The Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory release date trailer gives us an extended look at its rhythm-action gameplay, co-op, and story.

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I’ve been waiting 16 years to finally enjoy playing Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. But after sinking five hours into the remaster, the fun still eludes me. I’ve wanted to play a Final Fantasy party game that combines arcade co-op with RPG customization ever since I first read about Crystal Chronicles in a 2003…

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Note: This post spoils some of the story points of Control's AWE DLC. If you'd rather experience those moments in the DLC, hold off on reading this until after you're done.

The folks at Remedy Entertainment have been pretty clear over the years that they would really like to continue the story of 2010's Alan Wake. Despite two DLC additions and a smaller, combat-focused pseudo-sequel, there's been no resolution to the story of the titular writer, who ended the original game trapped by an evil supernatural entity called the Dark Presence.

There are connections to Alan Wake in other Remedy games, but up until now, we've only gotten them as Easter eggs and hints. But Control's final DLC addition, AWE, is very focused on tying the world of Alan Wake to the world of Control. And the end of the DLC makes it very clear: We're headed back to Bright Falls in the future to continue Alan Wake's story.

A new trailer detailing gameplay for the upcoming remake of classic mobster simulator Mafia was shown off during the Future Game Show.

A full remake of the 2002 original, Mafia Definitive Edition’s mechanics are based off those present in 2016’s Mafia 3, and developer Hanger 13 is making sure the look and feel of the game is true to the original.

Mafia tells the story of the bloody rise of the Salieri crime family during the early 1930’s in the fictional city of Lost Heaven, which is based on real-world Chicago during that time period.

You play as former taxi-driver Thomas “Tommy” Angelo, who’s fate is intertwined with the fortunes of the Salieri’s after he is caught up in a violent encounter with the Salieri’s bitter rivals, the Morello family.

Gameplay is primarly that of a third person cover based shooter, although there are vehicles to and an open world to interact with ala the Grand Theft Auto series.

New to Mafia Definitive Edition is the inclusion of motorcycles, which is a first for the series, and should make for a fresh spin on navigating the streets of New Heaven

There will also be a “classic” difficulty mode, which will be the hardest available to players, which will change gameplay in a fairly significant way.

This mode will rework the way ammunition management and the way the police respond to crimes in a big way, with the aim being to make the game truer to the original vision of the 2002 release of the game.

You can check out the full trailer for yourself below, in which some gunplay and open world exploration is shown off:

During the Future Games Show, a new trailer for Chinatown Detective Agency: Day One was shown off. Releasing for PC on September 30, Day One is a free prologue to Chinatown Detective Agency, an upcoming Carmen Sandiego-inspired mystery adventure game set in 2032.

As seen in the trailer, you play as Amira Darma, an INTERPOL agent turned private eye who sets up shop in Singapore and whose investigations take her around the world. In the trailer, you meet three of the individuals who you'll interact with in Day One: Rupter Zhou the fixer, Tiger Lily the kingmaker, and Keeran Iyer the reformer.

Unlike most mystery-driven adventure games, Chinatown Detective Agency asks you to be intuitive enough to know when to look for clues beyond the game. You'll have to think like a detective and find the answers you seek through real-world investigations. Maybe that means popping into Google to look up the airport code that Amira needs or tracking down the origins to some quote you discovered in-game and then deducing how that information is relevant.

The Nintendo Switch eShop has some fantastic sales running this week, but the latest crop of deals discounts some of the Switch's best indie games. The Annapurna Interactive publisher sale kicked off alongside Gamescom 2020 and brings markdowns on eight great games, including Florence, Sayonara Wild Hearts, and Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition. The sale runs from now until September 10 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET.

Annapurna has quietly been publishing some of the most thought-provoking indie games in recent years, and the new sale is a great opportunity to snag some of these gems for cheap. What Remains of Edith Finch, a first-person exploration game about a family repeatedly struck by tragedy, is down to just $8 in the sale. Last year's Telling Lies, a mystery game featuring live-action footage, is down to just $14, while Kentucky Route Zero's TV Edition, which packages the point-and-click episodic adventure in one complete bundle, is just $17.49. The gorgeous rhythm game Sayonara Wild Hearts ($7.79) is another must-play, along with Florence ($3), an interactive novel that'll resonate with anyone who's experienced a painful breakup.

Most of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is still shrouded in mystery, but developer Daedalic Entertainment has revealed some key details about the game.

During the Gamescom Future Games Show held on Aug. 28, a new video was streamed wherein Gollum’s project manager Saide Haberstroh shed some light on how the game would play. First and foremost, she made it clear that the game aim to blend action and storytelling to provide an engaging experience on par with other media tied to the franchise.

At the same time though, it wouldn’t be a combat-filled affair.

“Gollum is not exactly a fighter who charges into battle,” Haberstroh says. “Players will have to weigh their options for every encounter.”

Fortunately, players will have plenty of options. Most every level will feature a variety of options for sneaking and platforming around threats, or at the very least placing one’s self in a better position for an attack.

Should all else fail though, players will also be able to talk their way out of situations. Not only that, but they’ll be able to choose between responding as Gollum or Sméagol, offering a way to address situations as whichever personality they believe would best fit the situation.

Each choice, however, will come with ramifications. Using responses tied to one personality more often than the other could make that personality stronger, leading to dialogue options or consequences further down the line.

It’s an informative look at the game fans won’t want to miss. The full video can be found down below.

During the Future Games Show livestream presentation today hosted by GamesRadar, Awe Interactive showed off some explosive new gameplay for BPM: Bullets Per Minute.

This rhythmic, first-person shooter looks a lot like id Software’s Doom franchise, but there are some mechanics here that truly makes this title something unique and fresh.

Instead of being a traditional FPS, Bullets Per Minute has randomly generated dungeons and each of your runs will be different from the last thanks to different weapons and ability that you can obtain.

You can check out the new trailer below to get a feel for how it plays, but if you’re someone who loves rhythm games and fast-paced shooters, this might need to be on your radar:

Here are some of the features from the game’s Steam listing:

The Last Campfire, the latest from No Man’s Sky studio Hello Games, is a perfect game for unwinding. There’s no urgency to hero Ember’s journey through the mysterious world they’re trapped in at the beginning of the story. It’s about wandering lush fantasy environments and solving puzzles as lovely music plays. Push…

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