Oink Games started a Kickstarter for Oink Games +, which would bring titles like Deep Sea Adventure and Startups to the Switch.
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A new update is going out to Xbox Series X and S users today that's adding some quality-of-life upgrades to various aspects of the consoles, including the Quick Resume feature.
Jonathan Hildebrant, Director of Program Management at Xbox Experiences, broke down the new update in an Xbox blog post. A big part of it is improvements to Quick Resume, which will have faster load times and improved reliability, as well as tags for Quick Resume-capable games and a group that can aggregate all your Quick Resume-saved games into one area.
The Xbox team is also adding passthrough audio for certain media apps, for those who use external sound systems, and a new dynamic background.
Quick Resume has been a big feature for Xbox, allowing users to flip between games quickly rather than close one app and open another. It sounds like it's been a real hit for those who went with Xbox this generation, and it's nice to see them continue to build it up.
Remember Stargate? 27 years after the much-loved sci-fi film came out, a new Stargate game has been announced.
Stargate: Timekeepers is a real-time strategy game set for PC and in development at Creative Forge Games, the Polish studio behind Phantom Doctrine and Hard West. It's published by Slitherine.
The teaser video below does not include gameplay, but we do get to see a Stargate. It's all very '90s.
We’ve been doing The Weekspot for the best part of nine months now. In that time, there’s been weeks where either the big releases have dried up, or the news has been lacking a little oomph. But, I think we’ve been able to cobble together a podcast you can enjoy, regardless of the previous seven days in PC video gaming. This week, there was zero cobbling.
Electronic Arts separated from E3 years ago, and it continues to do so for the foreseeable future. Hosting its own event with EA Play, the dates for this year have been revealed, setting it one month after E3 2021. For those interested, EA Play Live 2021 will be a virtual event on July 22.
While we don't have any specifics about what EA Play Live has to offer this year, with so many leaks and rumors swirling around Battlefield 6 in recent weeks, we expect our first look at that title. More on FIFA could also be anticipated and possibly a glimpse at the rumored new Star Wars games.
We may get a cinematic reveal for Battlefield 6 sometime this month or around E3 in June, with a full gameplay reveal in July for EA Play Live. It was teased that Battlefield 6 would be shown off "soon," so we're hoping for that staggered announcement schedule because we don't want to wait until the end of July for our first look.
EA Play Live is coming back July 22nd. Save the date! pic.twitter.com/qh9OOGhPTm
This month’s Xbox update will bring changes to Quick Resume, including, at long last, an ability to see what games you currently have suspended on your Xbox Series X or S.
The Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town Windswept Falls DLC will let people romance Felicity and Neil at the very end of May 2021.
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For the past few years, aided by the glamorous memory of Paris Hilton’s miniskirts and a reassessment of sex work by internet people who realized that money is cool, the word “bimbo” has flipped from meaning “brainless Barbie” to “savvy, powerful hot girl.” But for some makers and users of game mods, this positive spin on the bimbo isn’t exactly news.
Popular mod destinations like LoversLab and Tumblr have offered a decent selection for at least a decade, tucked away but not entirely hidden, like good cherries swinging from the top of a tree. Want to be a dirty homewrecker in the Sims? Check out SkillfulSimmer340’s “Homewrecker Aspiration Pack” that requires you to have several partners, find out one of them is married, and buy an expensive object in order to receive the Master Homewrecker trait. Wish you could rule Final Fantasy XIV as a bikini-wearing himbo? Who doesn’t! Just download Sko514’s “Thicclander” mod and let your tiny shirt, big abs dreams come true.
EA Play Live, the publisher's big annual announcement show, will be held this year on 22nd July.
That's a month later than 2021's digital-only E3 event, which is dated for 12th to 15th June.
EA has not been a major part of E3 for years, instead opting to hold its own EA Play events elsewhere. E3 is traditionally held at the Los Angeles Convention Centre, while in recent years EA has housed its own show at the same time a few miles away up in Hollywood.
id Software co-founder John Romero will take you through the rollercoaster of Quake†s creation at the all-digital GDC 2021. ...
Every game in The Room series is about the slow unlocking of a layered puzzle. They’re detailed, marvellous things, and you can often forget just how cool they are while you’re looking for a lever or begging your partner to Google for a solution (that way you didn’t look for one, you see?). To remind you, or to spoil it for you, The Room 4: Old Sins’ graphics and motion designer Roger Schembri has designed that game’s dollhouse in Lego Ideas, rendering what it would look like if Lego ever made it into a kit.
EA Play Live is coming back July 22nd. Save the date! pic.twitter.com/qh9OOGhPTm
The first Fatal Frame will receive a visual upgrade to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series and return as a pachislot machine.
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1993 game (and its sequel) coming to PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One
Today is clearly the day for all the new PC hardware announcements, as HTC have just unveiled not one, but two new Vive headsets for VR: the Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3. The former is the consumer-focused successor to their original Vive Pro headset, adding a new 5K resolution display and a super smooth 120Hz refresh rate to the mix, while the latter is an all-in-one headset that's aimed at business types, offering the same 5K display but a lower 90Hz refresh rate.
Because the dead never rest, Lucasfilm Games and developer Dotemu have teamed up to bring enhanced versions of 1993 16-bit classic Zombies Ate My Neighbors and its less-beloved sequel to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC on June 29.
Gangs of London’s stunning 24-minute shootout brings perspective to gun violence
Today, Amazon Games showcased the upcoming PC MMORPG New World with a new trailer that highlights the expedition experience. Expeditions are similar to what players may be familiar with from other MMORPGs in terms of dungeon crawls, group-play endeavors with some puzzling, monster-slaying, and big rewards.. Today’s focus is on the Amrine Excavation, a 5-player delve into the unknown to unearth ancient treasures. Of course, we all know what happens when you head into a long-lost excavation in search of riches, you can be sure to find some other nasties down there as you try to get out with the goods. Check out the trailer below for a look at Amrine, as well as a broader overview of what’s coming with New World this August when it’s scheduled to release.
Click here to watch embedded mediaThis video showed how the theme song "Yearning for Dark Shadows" was made.
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We've seen some of Overwatch 2's PvE in previous streams, but later this month, Blizzard will be turning the focus onto the competitive side. There will be a PvP livestream held on May 20 to detail some of the changes coming to Overwatch's multiplayer with the sequel.
In the first developer update hosted by new game director Aaron Keller, he says he'll be joined by other members of the Overwatch 2 development team to play through the new maps and talk through some of the philosophy behind changes coming to Overwatch 2's PvP.
Keller stepped in as game director following the departure of longtime director Jeff Kaplan. Revealed back in 2019, Overwatch 2 has been in development since, surfacing for the occasional BlizzCon stream. It was confirmed to not be a 2021 game, but after getting looks at the PvE prior, next week's stream will likely be big for those who are still playing competitive Overwatch today.
Uplift has been created by the team behind Adopt Me, a popular Roblox title that has amassed over 22 billion visits and 60 million monthly active players. ...
Who can say where the road goes, where the day flows
Space-faring 4Xer Galactic Civilizations IV has been announced by Stardock, and it's due out in 2022. The new deep space strategy game expands on the series' template by a number of factors, bringing multi-sector maps and a huge cast of characters to what was already a chunky series. Here’s what we know.
Nintendo Switch doesn't have Netflix, but it will soon have a calculator app.
The application, simply named Calculator, launches on the Nintendo Switch eShop tomorrow,12th May, priced £8.09.
Calculator is a third-party app, not made by Nintendo, and one of the rare few non-gaming applications to make it onto the eShop. Of course, some people do find maths fun - perhaps even a game! I am not one of these people.
Galactic Civilizations 4 is due out on PC in 2022, Stardock has announced.
The space 4X strategy sandbox sequel goes into early access later this spring. The announcement trailer is below:
The player begins with only their home planet and must research new technologies, explore the known galaxy and colonise new worlds while keeping their people at home happy. At the same time, players engage in trade, diplomacy, intrigue and war with alien civilisations.
The new NieR Re[in]carnation English trailer is here, right as pre-registration opens for the game outside Japan.
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Click to watch embedded media Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is a 2D action-adventure game about a troublesome root vegetable that has a penchant for ripping up legal documents and generally causing mischief around town. This recently released pixel art game, independently developed by Snoozy Kazoo and published by Graffiti Games, tasks you with solving “plantastic” puzzles, collecting new weapons and equipment, running errands for townsfolk, and eliminating massive beasts - all in the name of paying off Turnip Boy’s taxes to a corrupt vegetable government.
On this episode of New Gameplay Today, join Alex Van Aken, Marcus Stewart, and Ben Reeves as they complete the first major quest from Mayor Onion, who Turnip Boy is indebted to, which culminates in an epic boss fight against the mighty Pig King! Like many of the boss fights in the game, the crew has to utilize a number of mechanics to effectively take down the gargantuan hog.
The Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid Chun-Li Ranger trailer is here to show what the Blue Phoenix Ranger can do in the game.
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This year's EA Play Live event will not only be dodging E3, but doing it by a whole month. Electronic Arts announced today that EA Play Live is coming back on July 22, 2021.
EA Play Live is coming back July 22nd. Save the date! pic.twitter.com/qh9OOGhPTm
— Electronic Arts (@EA) May 11, 2021
Last year, EA hosted a brief Play event, with new Dragon Age looks and the reveal that a new Skate in the works. It also took place in June, right around the time that E3 would've normally been happening.
This year looks to be a bit different though. Along with E3 2021 moving ahead with a digital event, there was also a recent tease that the next Battlefield will have something to share in June. Couple that with Respawn's constant growth, BioWare working on both a new Dragon Age and the next Mass Effect, plus Skate, and this could be a larger show—and maybe why the event is putting some distance between itself and June.
We'll see what EA has in store on July 22.
