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The Maw - 17th-22nd June 2024This week’s least pestiferous PC game releases, plus our weekly news blogLive
This week’s least pestiferous PC game releases, plus our weekly news blog
Image credit:Thomas Rowlandson / Rock Paper Shotgun
Image credit:Thomas Rowlandson / Rock Paper Shotgun
Beloved friends, hated enemies - last week, we let the side down. Due to ashortage of hands at the pumpandpersistent clouds of Geoff Keighley activity, there was no weekly Maw liveblog, and this has bred disaster. Shaken, stirred and finally ignited for want of two-sentence updates aboutDragon Age, the Maw emitted a full 13% of its cosmo-puissance into Mundus and took a grievous bite out of the ailing and fearful lasagne of reality itself. Hated friends, beloved enemies - I am very sad to say that the proud nation of Dimplexland is no more.
Never heard of Dimplexland? Ah, but this is what happens when the Maw escapes containment and gets its infinitesimal, polychromatic fangs into something other than a news story about video games. Whatever the creature devours is stripped from the empirical realm and becomes the merest fantasy, be it a person or an entire country with 15 ethnic groups, a prosperous silver mining industry, and a royal family that traces its history back to the early 1200s. Why, I could almost have made Dimplexland up while writing this post, based on the logo of the radiator behind my desk! Pray for Dimplexland. You shall be avenged, just as soon as I’ve had my coffee.
Let us strike the drum and proceed to this week’s most ravishing new PC games releases with an air of appropriate solemnity and despair. Actually, let’s not do that, because it’s a pretty attractive haul this week. On Monday 17th June we’ve gotEl Dorado: The Golden City Builder, one of Alice B’s (RPS in peace) ones-to-watch, whose name very much sums it up. On Tuesday 18th June, we’ve got The Chinese Room’sStill Wakes The Deep, a game about Scottish oilmen dealing with an undersea threat in the 1970s, together with the early access launch ofPax Dei, which Matt Cox describes as “an attempt to pull offEVE Onlinein medieval Europe”, and theForges Of Corruptionexpansion for cherished Space Marine shooterWarhammer 40,000: Boltgun. Wednesday 19th June bringsScars Of Mars, a first-person real-time RPG which looks likeUltimaUnderworld put through the teleporter with Cosmic Encounters, andMurky Divers, which looks likeLethal Companybut underwater. On Thursday 20th June, there’s a regular meteor strike in the shape ofElden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree. Assuming there’s any games industry left after Erdtree makes landfall, we’ll be simmering down on Friday 21st June with offworld newspaper intern simTimes And Galaxyand cyberpunk citybuilderDystopika.
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Key points08:03 amJune 21 2024FRIGEDÆG AGAIN08:02 amJune 20 2024ÞUNRESDÆȜ DAWNS08:03 amJune 19 2024NOW FOR WODNESDÆG07:46 amJune 18 2024TĪWESDÆG ALREADY?09:02 amJune 17 2024IT IS MŌNANDÆG
Key points
08:03 amJune 21 2024FRIGEDÆG AGAIN
08:02 amJune 20 2024ÞUNRESDÆȜ DAWNS
08:03 amJune 19 2024NOW FOR WODNESDÆG
07:46 amJune 18 2024TĪWESDÆG ALREADY?
09:02 amJune 17 2024IT IS MŌNANDÆG
13:26 pmUTCBalatro creator localthunk xeeted this earlier (Balatro already contains two banana Jokers, the Gros Michel and the extremely hard-to-obtain Cavendish). If I didn’t know better, I’d say this is a reference to a certain other banana game that has been doing the rounds on Steam lately.Balatro: Potassium Edition 🍌pic.twitter.com/jWylvoNVVd— localthunk (@LocalThunk)June 21, 2024To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings
Balatro creator localthunk xeeted this earlier (Balatro already contains two banana Jokers, the Gros Michel and the extremely hard-to-obtain Cavendish). If I didn’t know better, I’d say this is a reference to a certain other banana game that has been doing the rounds on Steam lately.Balatro: Potassium Edition 🍌pic.twitter.com/jWylvoNVVd— localthunk (@LocalThunk)June 21, 2024To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings
Balatro creator localthunk xeeted this earlier (Balatro already contains two banana Jokers, the Gros Michel and the extremely hard-to-obtain Cavendish). If I didn’t know better, I’d say this is a reference to a certain other banana game that has been doing the rounds on Steam lately.
Balatro: Potassium Edition 🍌pic.twitter.com/jWylvoNVVd— localthunk (@LocalThunk)June 21, 2024
Balatro: Potassium Edition 🍌pic.twitter.com/jWylvoNVVd
18:18 pmUTCThere’s something in the water (19th-century literature, clearly), asPowerWash Simulator’s trippy Alice in Wonderland DLC arrives on July 2nd. You’ll be able to douse down five new maps - including a dapper frog - dressed in a fresh outfit, gloves and water gun.
There’s something in the water (19th-century literature, clearly), asPowerWash Simulator’s trippy Alice in Wonderland DLC arrives on July 2nd. You’ll be able to douse down five new maps - including a dapper frog - dressed in a fresh outfit, gloves and water gun.
There’s something in the water (19th-century literature, clearly), asPowerWash Simulator’s trippy Alice in Wonderland DLC arrives on July 2nd. You’ll be able to douse down five new maps - including a dapper frog - dressed in a fresh outfit, gloves and water gun.
17:56 pmUTCSouthfield, the physics-y farming game perhaps best described as Gang Beasts meets Stardew Valley,has delayed its release date three days before launchin order look after its devs’ ‘health and wellbeing’.
Southfield, the physics-y farming game perhaps best described as Gang Beasts meets Stardew Valley,has delayed its release date three days before launchin order look after its devs’ ‘health and wellbeing’.
Southfield, the physics-y farming game perhaps best described as Gang Beasts meets Stardew Valley,has delayed its release date three days before launchin order look after its devs’ ‘health and wellbeing’.
17:29 pmUTCI have been enjoying Champion Shift, an early access Vampire Survivors-like that lets you play as King Arthur (and other mythical figures) and transform them into cars with machine guns, for the last few weeks. As it happens,it’s now hit 1.0 on Steam, too.
I have been enjoying Champion Shift, an early access Vampire Survivors-like that lets you play as King Arthur (and other mythical figures) and transform them into cars with machine guns, for the last few weeks. As it happens,it’s now hit 1.0 on Steam, too.
I have been enjoying Champion Shift, an early access Vampire Survivors-like that lets you play as King Arthur (and other mythical figures) and transform them into cars with machine guns, for the last few weeks. As it happens,it’s now hit 1.0 on Steam, too.
16:57 pmUTCAs Edwin shared earlier,Elden Ring is suffering a new bug on Steam Deckthat makes the game inoperable if left inactive too long - watch out if you’re playing Shadow of the Erdtree!
As Edwin shared earlier,Elden Ring is suffering a new bug on Steam Deckthat makes the game inoperable if left inactive too long - watch out if you’re playing Shadow of the Erdtree!
As Edwin shared earlier,Elden Ring is suffering a new bug on Steam Deckthat makes the game inoperable if left inactive too long - watch out if you’re playing Shadow of the Erdtree!
15:43 pmUTCHere, have a live action turtle pope, courtesy of yet another Elden Ring trailer:Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree - Official ‘United in Shadow’ TrailerWatch on YouTube
Here, have a live action turtle pope, courtesy of yet another Elden Ring trailer:Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree - Official ‘United in Shadow’ TrailerWatch on YouTube
Here, have a live action turtle pope, courtesy of yet another Elden Ring trailer:
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree - Official ‘United in Shadow’ TrailerWatch on YouTube
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree - Official ‘United in Shadow’ Trailer
15:30 pmUTCThe Guardian’s Keza MacDonald hasan interviewwith Hidetaka Miyazaki which digs a bit deeper into Miyazaki’s preoccupations than some of the other recent interviews. One standout is that he thinks (to paraphrase a bit crudely) the world today feels more like a Souls game than it did when he started making Souls games: “I don’t think what we’ve been doing in our games has changed, but perhaps the world has come closer to that type of feeling.” Try hope.
The Guardian’s Keza MacDonald hasan interviewwith Hidetaka Miyazaki which digs a bit deeper into Miyazaki’s preoccupations than some of the other recent interviews. One standout is that he thinks (to paraphrase a bit crudely) the world today feels more like a Souls game than it did when he started making Souls games: “I don’t think what we’ve been doing in our games has changed, but perhaps the world has come closer to that type of feeling.” Try hope.
The Guardian’s Keza MacDonald hasan interviewwith Hidetaka Miyazaki which digs a bit deeper into Miyazaki’s preoccupations than some of the other recent interviews. One standout is that he thinks (to paraphrase a bit crudely) the world today feels more like a Souls game than it did when he started making Souls games: “I don’t think what we’ve been doing in our games has changed, but perhaps the world has come closer to that type of feeling.” Try hope.
13:57 pmUTCViaReddit, Sony appear to have leaked a new Helldivers 2 stratagem. It’s some kind ofquad-barrel launcher thingy.
ViaReddit, Sony appear to have leaked a new Helldivers 2 stratagem. It’s some kind ofquad-barrel launcher thingy.
ViaReddit, Sony appear to have leaked a new Helldivers 2 stratagem. It’s some kind ofquad-barrel launcher thingy.
11:52 amUTCX4: Foundations update 7.00 is the space sim’s “most comprehensive evolution” yet, according to the devs, with new ships, an observation deck module for your capital craft, accessibility features and technical improvements. It accompanies a new DLC pack, Timelines, with a new storyline following border trader Harper Donel. Nic was ambivalent about the game’s depth of simulation back in 2018, noting that “it provides a framework for a good time if you approach it completely dead set on having a good time, but you’re going to have to do much, if not all, of the work yourself”. I wonder how it’s come along since? Fanks toPCGamesNfor circulating.X4: Timelines - Story Trailer 🪐 Major 7.00 Update + New Expansion OUT NOW!Watch on YouTube
X4: Foundations update 7.00 is the space sim’s “most comprehensive evolution” yet, according to the devs, with new ships, an observation deck module for your capital craft, accessibility features and technical improvements. It accompanies a new DLC pack, Timelines, with a new storyline following border trader Harper Donel. Nic was ambivalent about the game’s depth of simulation back in 2018, noting that “it provides a framework for a good time if you approach it completely dead set on having a good time, but you’re going to have to do much, if not all, of the work yourself”. I wonder how it’s come along since? Fanks toPCGamesNfor circulating.X4: Timelines - Story Trailer 🪐 Major 7.00 Update + New Expansion OUT NOW!Watch on YouTube
X4: Foundations update 7.00 is the space sim’s “most comprehensive evolution” yet, according to the devs, with new ships, an observation deck module for your capital craft, accessibility features and technical improvements. It accompanies a new DLC pack, Timelines, with a new storyline following border trader Harper Donel. Nic was ambivalent about the game’s depth of simulation back in 2018, noting that “it provides a framework for a good time if you approach it completely dead set on having a good time, but you’re going to have to do much, if not all, of the work yourself”. I wonder how it’s come along since? Fanks toPCGamesNfor circulating.
X4: Timelines - Story Trailer 🪐 Major 7.00 Update + New Expansion OUT NOW!Watch on YouTube
X4: Timelines - Story Trailer 🪐 Major 7.00 Update + New Expansion OUT NOW!
11:47 amUTCViaPCGamer, you can getall three existing Dragon Age games for $10 or £8.50. The fourth game, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, is out later this year.
ViaPCGamer, you can getall three existing Dragon Age games for $10 or £8.50. The fourth game, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, is out later this year.
ViaPCGamer, you can getall three existing Dragon Age games for $10 or £8.50. The fourth game, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, is out later this year.
11:44 amUTCViaVGC, Beyond Good & Evil’s 20th anniversary remaster contains a mission that connects to the long-awaited Beyond Good & Evil 2, which Ubisoft offer as proof of their “enduring commitment to the franchise”.
ViaVGC, Beyond Good & Evil’s 20th anniversary remaster contains a mission that connects to the long-awaited Beyond Good & Evil 2, which Ubisoft offer as proof of their “enduring commitment to the franchise”.
ViaVGC, Beyond Good & Evil’s 20th anniversary remaster contains a mission that connects to the long-awaited Beyond Good & Evil 2, which Ubisoft offer as proof of their “enduring commitment to the franchise”.
08:14 amUTCThere’s some manner of Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree bug out there that stops the game accepting inputs if you leave it alone for five minutes.Note: a Steam Deck related issue has been identified and a hotfix is being worked on.Leaving your Steam Deck inactive for more than 5 minutes may stop the game from accepting inputs.We apologize for inconvenience.The date and time of the hotfix will be announced separately.— ELDEN RING (@ELDENRING)June 20, 2024To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings
There’s some manner of Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree bug out there that stops the game accepting inputs if you leave it alone for five minutes.Note: a Steam Deck related issue has been identified and a hotfix is being worked on.Leaving your Steam Deck inactive for more than 5 minutes may stop the game from accepting inputs.We apologize for inconvenience.The date and time of the hotfix will be announced separately.— ELDEN RING (@ELDENRING)June 20, 2024To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings
There’s some manner of Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree bug out there that stops the game accepting inputs if you leave it alone for five minutes.
Note: a Steam Deck related issue has been identified and a hotfix is being worked on.Leaving your Steam Deck inactive for more than 5 minutes may stop the game from accepting inputs.We apologize for inconvenience.The date and time of the hotfix will be announced separately.— ELDEN RING (@ELDENRING)June 20, 2024
Note: a Steam Deck related issue has been identified and a hotfix is being worked on.Leaving your Steam Deck inactive for more than 5 minutes may stop the game from accepting inputs.We apologize for inconvenience.The date and time of the hotfix will be announced separately.
08:13 amUTCLXD Red Honeyis a free metroidvania created for theMetroidvania Month 2024game jam. It’s pretty good - spacey yet precisely designed with terrific audio.
LXD Red Honeyis a free metroidvania created for theMetroidvania Month 2024game jam. It’s pretty good - spacey yet precisely designed with terrific audio.
08:12 amUTCPVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandantis Papers, Please, but instead of a rubber stamp you have an orbital defence cannon.
PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandantis Papers, Please, but instead of a rubber stamp you have an orbital defence cannon.
PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandantis Papers, Please, but instead of a rubber stamp you have an orbital defence cannon.
08:03 amUTCFRIGEDÆG AGAINGoodness writing the day names in Old English sounded like such brilliant japes at the start of the week but it has been such a pain tracking them down and capitalising them, argh. FEED THE MAW.
FRIGEDÆG AGAINGoodness writing the day names in Old English sounded like such brilliant japes at the start of the week but it has been such a pain tracking them down and capitalising them, argh. FEED THE MAW.
FRIGEDÆG AGAIN
17:02 pmUTCSteam lied. Business as usual. No Erdtree 4 Nic. Resume normally scheduled release expectations.
Steam lied. Business as usual. No Erdtree 4 Nic. Resume normally scheduled release expectations.
13:51 pmUTCIn a bizzare second phase of the boss that is waiting for Shadow Of The Erdtree, the game’sSteam pageis currently saying the DLC releases in 3 hours, despite the global map showing otherwise. What sorcery is this?
In a bizzare second phase of the boss that is waiting for Shadow Of The Erdtree, the game’sSteam pageis currently saying the DLC releases in 3 hours, despite the global map showing otherwise. What sorcery is this?
09:19 amUTCComicbookhave alerted me to the reannouncement of 1C SeaWolf’s Captain Blood, a hack-and-slash pirate game originally revealed for Xbox in… 2004. “The game underwent several iterations throughout the 2000s and was last showcased in 2010 before vanishing for years,” reads a note from publisher SNEG onthe Steam page. “Now, we are excited to bring it back, combining its original glory with a series of modern improvements for today’s gamers.”
Comicbookhave alerted me to the reannouncement of 1C SeaWolf’s Captain Blood, a hack-and-slash pirate game originally revealed for Xbox in… 2004. “The game underwent several iterations throughout the 2000s and was last showcased in 2010 before vanishing for years,” reads a note from publisher SNEG onthe Steam page. “Now, we are excited to bring it back, combining its original glory with a series of modern improvements for today’s gamers.”
Comicbookhave alerted me to the reannouncement of 1C SeaWolf’s Captain Blood, a hack-and-slash pirate game originally revealed for Xbox in… 2004. “The game underwent several iterations throughout the 2000s and was last showcased in 2010 before vanishing for years,” reads a note from publisher SNEG onthe Steam page. “Now, we are excited to bring it back, combining its original glory with a series of modern improvements for today’s gamers.”
08:20 amUTCRusted Moss, a nice-looking twin-stick Celeste-o-shmup we haven’t covered much before, has receiveda chunky updatewith an estimated 7-8 hours of new stuff.Rusted Moss - Major Content Update Release TrailerWatch on YouTube
Rusted Moss, a nice-looking twin-stick Celeste-o-shmup we haven’t covered much before, has receiveda chunky updatewith an estimated 7-8 hours of new stuff.Rusted Moss - Major Content Update Release TrailerWatch on YouTube
Rusted Moss, a nice-looking twin-stick Celeste-o-shmup we haven’t covered much before, has receiveda chunky updatewith an estimated 7-8 hours of new stuff.
Rusted Moss - Major Content Update Release TrailerWatch on YouTube
Rusted Moss - Major Content Update Release Trailer
08:09 amUTCUbisoft have started yanking Beyond Good & Evil from digital stores ahead of an announcement about the 20th Anniversary Edition of the game today, Thursday 20th June. AsVGCpoints out, this suggests they’re going to release the new edition (which wasaccidentally released early to certain playerslast year) today. But what about the legendarily long-in-development Beyond Good & Evil 2?
Ubisoft have started yanking Beyond Good & Evil from digital stores ahead of an announcement about the 20th Anniversary Edition of the game today, Thursday 20th June. AsVGCpoints out, this suggests they’re going to release the new edition (which wasaccidentally released early to certain playerslast year) today. But what about the legendarily long-in-development Beyond Good & Evil 2?
Ubisoft have started yanking Beyond Good & Evil from digital stores ahead of an announcement about the 20th Anniversary Edition of the game today, Thursday 20th June. AsVGCpoints out, this suggests they’re going to release the new edition (which wasaccidentally released early to certain playerslast year) today. But what about the legendarily long-in-development Beyond Good & Evil 2?
08:07 amUTCElden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree has got a final trailer in the run-up to launch (11pm tonight UK time on PC.) It does show what looks very much like several bosses and distinctive enemies though, so gaze into it at your own peril.ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree – Official Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube
Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree has got a final trailer in the run-up to launch (11pm tonight UK time on PC.) It does show what looks very much like several bosses and distinctive enemies though, so gaze into it at your own peril.ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree – Official Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube
Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree has got a final trailer in the run-up to launch (11pm tonight UK time on PC.) It does show what looks very much like several bosses and distinctive enemies though, so gaze into it at your own peril.
ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree – Official Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube
ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree – Official Launch Trailer
08:02 amUTCÞUNRESDÆȜ DAWNSThe Maw’s outermost appendages are engaged in a slowly escalating game of “rock-paper-X” with three of our wiliest cosmo-engineers. The current variation is “rock-paper-Gjallarhorn”. Keep your distance. But also, FEED IT.
ÞUNRESDÆȜ DAWNSThe Maw’s outermost appendages are engaged in a slowly escalating game of “rock-paper-X” with three of our wiliest cosmo-engineers. The current variation is “rock-paper-Gjallarhorn”. Keep your distance. But also, FEED IT.
ÞUNRESDÆȜ DAWNS
17:46 pmUTCAs Edwin shared earlier,Call of Duty is following Fortnite in adding Fallout skins- and they’re out this week. Anything except news on Fallout 5, eh Todd?
As Edwin shared earlier,Call of Duty is following Fortnite in adding Fallout skins- and they’re out this week. Anything except news on Fallout 5, eh Todd?
As Edwin shared earlier,Call of Duty is following Fortnite in adding Fallout skins- and they’re out this week. Anything except news on Fallout 5, eh Todd?
17:21 pmUTCFinal Fantasy 14 is bracing for new expansion Dawntrail’s login queueswith plans to limit travel and crack down on AFK players, promising that “precautionary measures” have been taken since Endwalker’s gruelling launch almost three years ago.
Final Fantasy 14 is bracing for new expansion Dawntrail’s login queueswith plans to limit travel and crack down on AFK players, promising that “precautionary measures” have been taken since Endwalker’s gruelling launch almost three years ago.
Final Fantasy 14 is bracing for new expansion Dawntrail’s login queueswith plans to limit travel and crack down on AFK players, promising that “precautionary measures” have been taken since Endwalker’s gruelling launch almost three years ago.
16:48 pmUTCA new Marvel vs Capcom collectionis bringing all-time fighting game great MvC2, plus six more classic brawlers - including the first home port of The Punisher’s arcade game - to PC with rollback netcode later this year.
A new Marvel vs Capcom collectionis bringing all-time fighting game great MvC2, plus six more classic brawlers - including the first home port of The Punisher’s arcade game - to PC with rollback netcode later this year.
A new Marvel vs Capcom collectionis bringing all-time fighting game great MvC2, plus six more classic brawlers - including the first home port of The Punisher’s arcade game - to PC with rollback netcode later this year.
16:06 pmUTCIt looks like the original Resident Evil - the 1996 classic, not its later remake that was remastered in 2015 -is headed (back) to PC, per a recent PEGI rating.
It looks like the original Resident Evil - the 1996 classic, not its later remake that was remastered in 2015 -is headed (back) to PC, per a recent PEGI rating.
It looks like the original Resident Evil - the 1996 classic, not its later remake that was remastered in 2015 -is headed (back) to PC, per a recent PEGI rating.
15:44 pmUTCShawn Layden, the former boss of PlayStation Worldwide Studios, has been chatting toGamesIndustry.bizabout game length, generative AI, photorealism and console warz. Excerpt: “we’ve got to the point now where you have advanced ray-tracing and most of the platforms can do 60 frames per second, some can do 120, which your eye can’t register anyway. I think we’re at the edge of that universe now, we’re in the realm of differences that only dogs can hear.”
Shawn Layden, the former boss of PlayStation Worldwide Studios, has been chatting toGamesIndustry.bizabout game length, generative AI, photorealism and console warz. Excerpt: “we’ve got to the point now where you have advanced ray-tracing and most of the platforms can do 60 frames per second, some can do 120, which your eye can’t register anyway. I think we’re at the edge of that universe now, we’re in the realm of differences that only dogs can hear.”
08:53 amUTCAnother slice from thatMrMattyPlays interview with Todd Howardthat’s been doing the rounds, viaPCG- Bethesda have no plans to remake the first two Fallout games. Quoth Howard: “I could argue that some of the charm of games from that era and the original Fallout is a little bit of that age. I would never want to sort of paste over some of that with, ‘Well we changed how this works so it’s more modern.'”
Another slice from thatMrMattyPlays interview with Todd Howardthat’s been doing the rounds, viaPCG- Bethesda have no plans to remake the first two Fallout games. Quoth Howard: “I could argue that some of the charm of games from that era and the original Fallout is a little bit of that age. I would never want to sort of paste over some of that with, ‘Well we changed how this works so it’s more modern.'”
Another slice from thatMrMattyPlays interview with Todd Howardthat’s been doing the rounds, viaPCG- Bethesda have no plans to remake the first two Fallout games. Quoth Howard: “I could argue that some of the charm of games from that era and the original Fallout is a little bit of that age. I would never want to sort of paste over some of that with, ‘Well we changed how this works so it’s more modern.'”
08:27 amUTCThis is what Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s skill trees look like, care ofGame Informer.Image credit:EA
This is what Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s skill trees look like, care ofGame Informer.Image credit:EA
This is what Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s skill trees look like, care ofGame Informer.
Image credit:EA
08:23 amUTCcaff says:Bey Edwin! Bad Viking, creators of the much-loved-around-these-parts Strange Horticulture, have recently put up some info about a successor - Strange Antiquities.I had a poke around earlier and couldn’t find anything mega-new beyondthis brief Steam updateabout the game’s mysterious cat, who is apparently based on Robin Jarvis’s demonic moggy Jupiter from the Deptford Mice books - which I adore.
caff says:Bey Edwin! Bad Viking, creators of the much-loved-around-these-parts Strange Horticulture, have recently put up some info about a successor - Strange Antiquities.I had a poke around earlier and couldn’t find anything mega-new beyondthis brief Steam updateabout the game’s mysterious cat, who is apparently based on Robin Jarvis’s demonic moggy Jupiter from the Deptford Mice books - which I adore.
I had a poke around earlier and couldn’t find anything mega-new beyondthis brief Steam updateabout the game’s mysterious cat, who is apparently based on Robin Jarvis’s demonic moggy Jupiter from the Deptford Mice books - which I adore.
08:16 amUTCCall of Duty has “teamed up” with Fallout in the shape of someFallout bodysuit COD skins.Image credit:Microsoft
Call of Duty has “teamed up” with Fallout in the shape of someFallout bodysuit COD skins.Image credit:Microsoft
Call of Duty has “teamed up” with Fallout in the shape of someFallout bodysuit COD skins.
Image credit:Microsoft
08:10 amUTCThem wot did Danganronpa and Zero Escape have announced The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-. Maddening English title punctuation aside, it looks to be a visual novel with Fire Emblem-style grid-battling. Here’s theSteam page. “100 Extreme Despair-Filled Endings”!
Them wot did Danganronpa and Zero Escape have announced The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-. Maddening English title punctuation aside, it looks to be a visual novel with Fire Emblem-style grid-battling. Here’s theSteam page. “100 Extreme Despair-Filled Endings”!
08:08 amUTCSquare are remastering Romancing SaGa 2, one of the heroic high fantasy RPGs I spent approximately 30 minutes with back in the 90s. I’m sure I’ll find time to play it now, ho ho.Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven – Announce Trailer – Nintendo SwitchWatch on YouTube
Square are remastering Romancing SaGa 2, one of the heroic high fantasy RPGs I spent approximately 30 minutes with back in the 90s. I’m sure I’ll find time to play it now, ho ho.Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven – Announce Trailer – Nintendo SwitchWatch on YouTube
Square are remastering Romancing SaGa 2, one of the heroic high fantasy RPGs I spent approximately 30 minutes with back in the 90s. I’m sure I’ll find time to play it now, ho ho.
Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven – Announce Trailer – Nintendo SwitchWatch on YouTube
Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven – Announce Trailer – Nintendo Switch
08:03 amUTCNOW FOR WODNESDÆGThe Maw? The Maw. FEED IT.
NOW FOR WODNESDÆGThe Maw? The Maw. FEED IT.
NOW FOR WODNESDÆG
11:39 amUTCValve have sharedSteam’s most popular Next Fest 2024 demos. There are a few surprises.
Valve have sharedSteam’s most popular Next Fest 2024 demos. There are a few surprises.
Valve have sharedSteam’s most popular Next Fest 2024 demos. There are a few surprises.
10:11 amUTCA video about the future direction of space sim Nebulous: Fleet Command, which I think is stonkingly good, and also, very hard.NEBULOUS Development Update - June 2024Watch on YouTube
A video about the future direction of space sim Nebulous: Fleet Command, which I think is stonkingly good, and also, very hard.NEBULOUS Development Update - June 2024Watch on YouTube
A video about the future direction of space sim Nebulous: Fleet Command, which I think is stonkingly good, and also, very hard.
NEBULOUS Development Update - June 2024Watch on YouTube
NEBULOUS Development Update - June 2024
10:10 amUTCYou may have noticed that banana-clicker Banana Game is wildly popular on Steam. It is wildly popular because unlocked bananas can be sold for pennies - I have no idea how much of the active playerbase is bot traffic, but I assume it’s a fairly large chunk. The creators are now introducing some quality control. “We’re reviewing all the bananas that are public, because things blew up faster than any of us could dream off and we are taking this very seriously, we have 3 artists working on the new re-designs, and we will be extra cautious and strict about what we allow to be uploaded in the future,” readsa dev update.
You may have noticed that banana-clicker Banana Game is wildly popular on Steam. It is wildly popular because unlocked bananas can be sold for pennies - I have no idea how much of the active playerbase is bot traffic, but I assume it’s a fairly large chunk. The creators are now introducing some quality control. “We’re reviewing all the bananas that are public, because things blew up faster than any of us could dream off and we are taking this very seriously, we have 3 artists working on the new re-designs, and we will be extra cautious and strict about what we allow to be uploaded in the future,” readsa dev update.
10:07 amUTCDwarf Fortress Steam Edition’s latest adventure mode betais now live, adding an ability menu while also permitting NPCs to sleep and run, these being two fairly important verbs in a game of crumbling sanity and monster attacks.
Dwarf Fortress Steam Edition’s latest adventure mode betais now live, adding an ability menu while also permitting NPCs to sleep and run, these being two fairly important verbs in a game of crumbling sanity and monster attacks.
08:09 amUTCViaMrMattyPlays, Todd Howard has responded to Starfield player upset over Bethesda selling a DLC mission for $7. “We need to evaluate both pricing, what we put out for free, how we communicate what’s in something, and really hear from the community there,” he said. Wait and see, then.
ViaMrMattyPlays, Todd Howard has responded to Starfield player upset over Bethesda selling a DLC mission for $7. “We need to evaluate both pricing, what we put out for free, how we communicate what’s in something, and really hear from the community there,” he said. Wait and see, then.
ViaMrMattyPlays, Todd Howard has responded to Starfield player upset over Bethesda selling a DLC mission for $7. “We need to evaluate both pricing, what we put out for free, how we communicate what’s in something, and really hear from the community there,” he said. Wait and see, then.
08:03 amUTCBandai Namco have suddenly released the Steam version of theirBaten Kaitos 1-2 HD Remastercompilation. Plenty of RPG to get your teeth into there.Baten Kaitos Ⅰ & Ⅱ HD Remaster – Steam Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube
Bandai Namco have suddenly released the Steam version of theirBaten Kaitos 1-2 HD Remastercompilation. Plenty of RPG to get your teeth into there.Baten Kaitos Ⅰ & Ⅱ HD Remaster – Steam Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube
Bandai Namco have suddenly released the Steam version of theirBaten Kaitos 1-2 HD Remastercompilation. Plenty of RPG to get your teeth into there.
Baten Kaitos Ⅰ & Ⅱ HD Remaster – Steam Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube
Baten Kaitos Ⅰ & Ⅱ HD Remaster – Steam Launch Trailer
07:50 amUTCThe original 1996 Resident Evil has beenrated for PC in Europe, leading to speculation it could be coming to Steam.
The original 1996 Resident Evil has beenrated for PC in Europe, leading to speculation it could be coming to Steam.
07:46 amUTCTĪWESDÆG ALREADY?Dimplexland 5eva
TĪWESDÆG ALREADY?Dimplexland 5eva
TĪWESDÆG ALREADY?
17:41 pmUTCStarfield will get at least one more expansion after Shattered Space, Todd Howard has confirmed - as Edwin shared earlier - but don’t expect the DLC to answer every question from the sci-fi game’s universe.
Starfield will get at least one more expansion after Shattered Space, Todd Howard has confirmed - as Edwin shared earlier - but don’t expect the DLC to answer every question from the sci-fi game’s universe.
Starfield will get at least one more expansion after Shattered Space, Todd Howard has confirmed - as Edwin shared earlier - but don’t expect the DLC to answer every question from the sci-fi game’s universe.
17:13 pmUTCRemember that A Quiet Place video game, based on the pretty-good horror films, announced back in 2021? Me neither, butit’s resurfaced under a new name and new developers, with a first look at its sneaky survival-horror gameplay and plans for a release in 2024.
Remember that A Quiet Place video game, based on the pretty-good horror films, announced back in 2021? Me neither, butit’s resurfaced under a new name and new developers, with a first look at its sneaky survival-horror gameplay and plans for a release in 2024.
Remember that A Quiet Place video game, based on the pretty-good horror films, announced back in 2021? Me neither, butit’s resurfaced under a new name and new developers, with a first look at its sneaky survival-horror gameplay and plans for a release in 2024.
16:43 pmUTCBaldur’s Gate 3’s upcoming mod update will be Larian’s ‘final handover’ to players, CEO Swen Vincke has confirmed, emphasising that the studio “don’t want to keep on doing the same thing, we really want to move forward and do new things”.
Baldur’s Gate 3’s upcoming mod update will be Larian’s ‘final handover’ to players, CEO Swen Vincke has confirmed, emphasising that the studio “don’t want to keep on doing the same thing, we really want to move forward and do new things”.
16:18 pmUTCAs Edwin shared earlier, there’s a third Lords of the Fallen - after the original Lords of the Fallen and its reboot, Lords of the Fallen -on the way in 2026. It’ll probably be called Lords of the Fallen.
As Edwin shared earlier, there’s a third Lords of the Fallen - after the original Lords of the Fallen and its reboot, Lords of the Fallen -on the way in 2026. It’ll probably be called Lords of the Fallen.
As Edwin shared earlier, there’s a third Lords of the Fallen - after the original Lords of the Fallen and its reboot, Lords of the Fallen -on the way in 2026. It’ll probably be called Lords of the Fallen.
16:17 pmUTCI haven’t played much ofExogate Initiative, but “Stargate base management sim” is a combination of words that surely yanks my crank, and now they’readding 4X-style mechanics to the gamein the form of alien races who have bases of their own.
I haven’t played much ofExogate Initiative, but “Stargate base management sim” is a combination of words that surely yanks my crank, and now they’readding 4X-style mechanics to the gamein the form of alien races who have bases of their own.
I haven’t played much ofExogate Initiative, but “Stargate base management sim” is a combination of words that surely yanks my crank, and now they’readding 4X-style mechanics to the gamein the form of alien races who have bases of their own.
15:47 pmUTCPCGamercall our attention tothis 8-bit demake of Baldur’s Gate 3, which you will seemingly need a TRS-80 Model 100 to run.
PCGamercall our attention tothis 8-bit demake of Baldur’s Gate 3, which you will seemingly need a TRS-80 Model 100 to run.
PCGamercall our attention tothis 8-bit demake of Baldur’s Gate 3, which you will seemingly need a TRS-80 Model 100 to run.
13:11 pmUTCThere is at least one more Starfield expansion on the way aftercosmic horror outing Shattered Space, according to Bethesdabossman Todd Howard via YouTuber MrMattyPlays andEurogamer.
There is at least one more Starfield expansion on the way aftercosmic horror outing Shattered Space, according to Bethesdabossman Todd Howard via YouTuber MrMattyPlays andEurogamer.
There is at least one more Starfield expansion on the way aftercosmic horror outing Shattered Space, according to Bethesdabossman Todd Howard via YouTuber MrMattyPlays andEurogamer.
13:09 pmUTCThe shadows (our friends in PR) whisper of a Steam demo forLeximan, which Katharine (RPS in peace) played in 2023 andfound scintillating. It’s something to do with words and wizards and nutritional slime.Leximan | Release Date TrailerWatch on YouTube
The shadows (our friends in PR) whisper of a Steam demo forLeximan, which Katharine (RPS in peace) played in 2023 andfound scintillating. It’s something to do with words and wizards and nutritional slime.Leximan | Release Date TrailerWatch on YouTube
The shadows (our friends in PR) whisper of a Steam demo forLeximan, which Katharine (RPS in peace) played in 2023 andfound scintillating. It’s something to do with words and wizards and nutritional slime.
Leximan | Release Date TrailerWatch on YouTube
Leximan | Release Date Trailer
10:06 amUTCEmbracer appear to have shut down Pieces Interactive, the studio behind the recent Alone In The Dark reboot, viaGame Watcher.
Embracer appear to have shut down Pieces Interactive, the studio behind the recent Alone In The Dark reboot, viaGame Watcher.
09:16 amUTCSome more Dragon Age: The Veilguard intelligence, care of a Discord Q&A with BioWare which I believe some of you sat in on. Some highlights: there’s a max of two active party members this time, there’s no campaign progression blocker akin to Inquisition’s power mechanic, you’ll be able to revisit areas, and you can pet the griffin.Dragon Age: Veilguard | New Discord Q&A Details🔷Asked about the world🔷▪️Takes place 10 years after Dragon Age: Inquisition▪️The Inquisitor will definitely be part of the story▪️You can go back to previous locations you visited, do side content, etc▪️Everything is…pic.twitter.com/413CWAlL5y— Shinobi602 (@shinobi602)June 14, 2024To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings
Some more Dragon Age: The Veilguard intelligence, care of a Discord Q&A with BioWare which I believe some of you sat in on. Some highlights: there’s a max of two active party members this time, there’s no campaign progression blocker akin to Inquisition’s power mechanic, you’ll be able to revisit areas, and you can pet the griffin.Dragon Age: Veilguard | New Discord Q&A Details🔷Asked about the world🔷▪️Takes place 10 years after Dragon Age: Inquisition▪️The Inquisitor will definitely be part of the story▪️You can go back to previous locations you visited, do side content, etc▪️Everything is…pic.twitter.com/413CWAlL5y— Shinobi602 (@shinobi602)June 14, 2024To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings
Some more Dragon Age: The Veilguard intelligence, care of a Discord Q&A with BioWare which I believe some of you sat in on. Some highlights: there’s a max of two active party members this time, there’s no campaign progression blocker akin to Inquisition’s power mechanic, you’ll be able to revisit areas, and you can pet the griffin.
Dragon Age: Veilguard | New Discord Q&A Details🔷Asked about the world🔷▪️Takes place 10 years after Dragon Age: Inquisition▪️The Inquisitor will definitely be part of the story▪️You can go back to previous locations you visited, do side content, etc▪️Everything is…pic.twitter.com/413CWAlL5y— Shinobi602 (@shinobi602)June 14, 2024
Dragon Age: Veilguard | New Discord Q&A Details🔷Asked about the world🔷▪️Takes place 10 years after Dragon Age: Inquisition▪️The Inquisitor will definitely be part of the story▪️You can go back to previous locations you visited, do side content, etc▪️Everything is…pic.twitter.com/413CWAlL5y
09:11 amUTCElden Ring is getting a free update ahead of Shadow Of The Erdtree’s release on the 20th or 21st, depending on where you’re based. It adds some new QOL features, like a exclamation mark to highlight recently acquired items. Also, five new hairdos. I have to wonder if the number was decided on first, or FromSoft were inspired to create exactly five before the well of inspiration ran dry. Thanks,Eurogamer.
Elden Ring is getting a free update ahead of Shadow Of The Erdtree’s release on the 20th or 21st, depending on where you’re based. It adds some new QOL features, like a exclamation mark to highlight recently acquired items. Also, five new hairdos. I have to wonder if the number was decided on first, or FromSoft were inspired to create exactly five before the well of inspiration ran dry. Thanks,Eurogamer.
09:07 amUTCThe beginnings of this week’s Elden Bingeing: FromSoftware’s own Fell Omen Hidetaka Miyazaki hastold PCGamerhe respects people who mod co-op into Elden Ring and that while Elden Ring being a singleplayer game was a design choice, rather than the effect of some technical constraint, “that’s not to say we won’t consider ideas like that with our future games.”
The beginnings of this week’s Elden Bingeing: FromSoftware’s own Fell Omen Hidetaka Miyazaki hastold PCGamerhe respects people who mod co-op into Elden Ring and that while Elden Ring being a singleplayer game was a design choice, rather than the effect of some technical constraint, “that’s not to say we won’t consider ideas like that with our future games.”
09:05 amUTCShovel Knight is getting a Definitive Edition for its 10th anniversary this year, named Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX. Dig the trailer below.Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube
Shovel Knight is getting a Definitive Edition for its 10th anniversary this year, named Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX. Dig the trailer below.Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube
Shovel Knight is getting a Definitive Edition for its 10th anniversary this year, named Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX. Dig the trailer below.
Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube
Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX Announcement Trailer
09:02 amUTCIT IS MŌNANDÆGIonise the parapets and FEED THE MAW.
IT IS MŌNANDÆGIonise the parapets and FEED THE MAW.
IT IS MŌNANDÆG
