HomeNewsGears of War: E-day Gears of War: E-Day takes the series back to the start of the Locust War, complete with a nod to Mad WorldThe prequel will tell the origins of a young Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago The prequel will tell the origins of a young Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago Image credit:The Coalition Image credit:The Coalition Therumoursof a newGears of Warappearing at today’s Xbox Games Showcase were accurate - well, mostly....

HomeNewsLife is Strange: Double Exposure Life is Strange: Double Exposure brings back original hero Max Caulfield for a dimension-hopping murder-mystery this OctoberSolve a friend’s murder with their help in a parallel timeline Solve a friend’s murder with their help in a parallel timeline Image credit:Deck Nine Image credit:Deck Nine Max Caulfield is back! The time-bending protagonist of the firstLife is Strangeis returning in a new entry in the series,Life is Strange: Double Exposure....

HomeNewsMetal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater MGS Delta gameplay trailer gives a first eyeful of The Boss and earful of David Hayter in Snake Eater remakeStill no release date in sight Still no release date in sight Image credit:Konami Image credit:Konami TheMetal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eaterremake - akaMetal Gear Solid Delta- resurfaced during tonight’s Xbox Games Showcase. We still don’t have a release date,despite signswe might see the remake of the 2004 game this year, but we did get a pretty good look at a bunch of key moments from the original remade in the shiny Unreal Engine 5 do-over - including a look at The Boss and the familiar gravelly tones of Snake actor David Hayter....

HomeNewsMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2024 Microsoft Flight Simulator’s aviation career-focused sequel arrives this NovemberWith more than a dozen jobs to perform With more than a dozen jobs to perform I love me a Flight Simulator, but never more when there’s some dramatic structure to my flight. That’s why I’ve long been looking forward toMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2024. It takes the staggeringly detailed world and flight model of Asobo’s Flight Sim revival, and adds a job system on top....

HomeNewsIndiana Jones and the Great Circle New Indiana Jones And The Great Circle trailer shows snow nazis making train noises and not much elseChoo-choo Choo-choo Image credit:MachineGames Image credit:MachineGames Indiana Jones And The Great Circle, Indy’s upcomingFPSadventuregame, has a new ‘Official Showcase Reveal’ trailer, officially showcasing and revealing basically nothing about the game except that it features some pretty and decently acted cutscenes, which we already knew from theprevious reveal. It does have snow nazis in however, possibly the rarest flavour of Nazi after Cookies n’ Cream and Original....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, June 10)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #365 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #365 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint for Wednesday 8th January! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

HomeNewsPerfect Dark Perfect Dark reboot resurfaces with stealth, parkour, and spy gadgetryNo release date, alas No release date, alas Image credit:Crystal Dynamics / The Initiatives Image credit:Crystal Dynamics / The Initiatives I never played the originalPerfect Dark, but the trailer for the reboot shown during this evening’s Xbox Games Showcase instantly made it the most exciting game I’ve seen during not-E3. It’s first-person, it’s got stealth, it’s got parkour, it’s got hand-to-hand melee combat including slidekicks....

HomeNewsFable (2025) Playground’s Fable slated for 2025 release - here’s a trailer hinting at what it’s like to playAlbion’s greatest hero (retired) holds forth Albion’s greatest hero (retired) holds forth Image credit:Microsoft Image credit:Microsoft Microsoft and Playground’s genuinely long-awaitedFablereboot will launch in 2025, and they’ve released a new trailer which… seems… good? And is also quite informative about the moment-to-moment of the game. The video is framed as the memoir of a paunchy retired champion, Humphry, who once mentored a young heroine I presume will be the game’s main character, though it’s ambiguous....

HomeNewsStarfield Starfield’s Shattered Space expansion looks to amp up the horror later this yearFirst trailer looks almost Daedric First trailer looks almost Daedric Image credit:Bethesda Softworks Image credit:Bethesda Softworks We’ve known for a while thatStarfieldwas getting its first expansion later this year, but tonight’sXbox Games Showcasegave us its first trailer. My main takeaway? That Bethesda are leaning into cosmic horror, as the trailer features landscapes that look like they’re on the other side of an Oblivion gate than anything I saw during my time withStarfield....

HomeNewsState of Decay 3 State Of Decay 3’s latest trailer goes for the emotions with a big makeshift cleaverZombies still a thorn in the side of wily survivors Zombies still a thorn in the side of wily survivors Image credit:Microsoft Image credit:Microsoft Those undead just keep on coming back from the grave as Microsoft screen a new trailer for State Of Decay 3, your latest helping of sorrowful yet bloodthirsty zombie-bopping survivalism....

HomeNewsDragon Age: The Veilguard The very first Dragon Age: The Veilguard trailer makes it look like a Fortnite heist movieBioWare’s fourth and firmly single player Dragon Age RPG breaks cover BioWare’s fourth and firmly single player Dragon Age RPG breaks cover Image credit:EA Image credit:EA Microsoft have published the very first trailer for EA and BioWare’sDragon Age: The Veilguard, formerly known asDragon Age: Dreadwolf, at their summer Xbox Game Showcase. It accompanies the first details of this “immersive single playerRPG” - pause for ecstatic applause from Anthem haters - “where you become the leader others believe in”....

It’s still due for release on September 5th 2024 Image credit:GSC Game World Image credit:GSC Game World S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Серце Чорнобиля — Трейлер «Час Можливостей»Watch on YouTube S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Серце Чорнобиля — Трейлер «Час Можливостей» In stark contrast to the previous trailer, this one is all action. Standard human enemies soon give way to mutated beasties, and some sort of electrical interference that I don’t know anything about crackles and bursts throughout....

HomeFeatures What’s on your bookshelf?: author and games writer-abouter Alice Bellread-only read-only Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome back to Booked For The Week - our regular Sunday chat with a selection of cool industry folks about books! You likely already know that books are made from trees, but did you know that Kindles are made from discarded tree asset packs? My uncle, who is a tree, told me that....