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This week’s most auspicious game releases, plus our weekly news liveblog

Image credit:Gibson & Co / Wikimedia Commons / Rock Paper Shotgun

Image credit:Gibson & Co / Wikimedia Commons / Rock Paper Shotgun

A lion tamer in a cage holding off several lions with a remarkably chilled-out expression

This week is the week ofSummer Game Fest 2024. Ah, SGF! The Geoffers, as they call it down Los Angeles way. The Not-E3s. The Midsomer Keighleys. Jumping G.K’s Game-a-Palooza. The AAAArghs. The Second Fall Of Babel. Trailarmageddon. The Sparkling Stink. SGF is sort of already in motion - last week, Sony kicked off the proceedings withtheir latest State of Play showcase, but you can expect the majority of new videogame announcements from Friday 7th June with the Summer Game Fest 2024 Opening Showcase, a two-hour livestreamed event which starts at 10pm UK, 5pm ET and 2pm PT. I’ll be out there covering the whole sorry affair in LA from Thursday to Monday while the remainder of Rock Paper Shotgun hold the fort on London time.

It’s a period of frightful bounty for the Maw, our resident Hadean icon of videogame news consumption. Look forward to trailers, celeb cameos, surprise demo releases, around a million hours of interlude music, and hands-on impressions fresh from the creaking furnace chambers of my jetlagged brain. Still, SGF isn’t All She Wrote this week. A few brave developers and publishers are releasing new games alongside the event, like individual rockets plunging into Uncle Geoff’s Fervid Fireworks Show. Here are a few that have caught our eyes.

As ever, let me know if we’ve missed anything I would feel deeply embarrassed about missing, and enjoy the week. You can follow our routine news coverage in the liveblog below, which I’m going to extend into Sunday so you can follow the deterioration of my writing abilities in real-time. Onward, to SGF! Keighley & Friends! The Endless June! The Geoffervescent Circus!

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Key points08:19 amJune 07 2024FOR FRIDAY!08:00 amJune 06 2024COR, THURSDAY!08:21 amJune 05 2024SORE WEDNESDAY08:01 amJune 04 2024LORE TUESDAY10:11 amJune 03 2024MAW MONDAY

Key points

08:19 amJune 07 2024FOR FRIDAY!

08:00 amJune 06 2024COR, THURSDAY!

08:21 amJune 05 2024SORE WEDNESDAY

08:01 amJune 04 2024LORE TUESDAY

10:11 amJune 03 2024MAW MONDAY

22:23 pmUTCLost And Found Co. is a delightful, animated hidden object adventure in the Where’s Wally/Waldo mode,and there’s a demo to play now.

Lost And Found Co. is a delightful, animated hidden object adventure in the Where’s Wally/Waldo mode,and there’s a demo to play now.

Lost And Found Co. is a delightful, animated hidden object adventure in the Where’s Wally/Waldo mode,and there’s a demo to play now.

22:22 pmUTCThe Finals' third season takes players to 16th-century Kyoto and adds katanas, bows and Scorpion-from-Mortal-Kombat’s big get-over-here chainon June 13th.

The Finals' third season takes players to 16th-century Kyoto and adds katanas, bows and Scorpion-from-Mortal-Kombat’s big get-over-here chainon June 13th.

The Finals' third season takes players to 16th-century Kyoto and adds katanas, bows and Scorpion-from-Mortal-Kombat’s big get-over-here chainon June 13th.

22:21 pmUTCTheWholesome Direct 2024 showcase happenedwith dozens of delightful, colourful games to peruse.

TheWholesome Direct 2024 showcase happenedwith dozens of delightful, colourful games to peruse.

TheWholesome Direct 2024 showcase happenedwith dozens of delightful, colourful games to peruse.

21:24 pmUTCOpening Summer Geoff Fest,Lego Horizon Adventures follows Forbidden West with a co-op spin-off- and we won’t have to wait for it on PC.

Opening Summer Geoff Fest,Lego Horizon Adventures follows Forbidden West with a co-op spin-off- and we won’t have to wait for it on PC.

Opening Summer Geoff Fest,Lego Horizon Adventures follows Forbidden West with a co-op spin-off- and we won’t have to wait for it on PC.

20:51 pmUTCAs teased yesterday, Nightdive Studios are remastering 2002’s The Thing video game, withSteamandGOGpages live now. No date yet, but as someone who has replayed it twice (!) in the last year, I’m delighted to see one of the best movie-to-game adaptations get a proper re-release.🩸❄️ Get ready to rejoin Cpt. J. F. Blake at Outpost 31 because The Thing is BACK with… The Thing: Remastered! ❄️🩸pic.twitter.com/ok2iYtbA40— Nightdive Studios (@NightdiveStudio)June 7, 2024To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings

As teased yesterday, Nightdive Studios are remastering 2002’s The Thing video game, withSteamandGOGpages live now. No date yet, but as someone who has replayed it twice (!) in the last year, I’m delighted to see one of the best movie-to-game adaptations get a proper re-release.🩸❄️ Get ready to rejoin Cpt. J. F. Blake at Outpost 31 because The Thing is BACK with… The Thing: Remastered! ❄️🩸pic.twitter.com/ok2iYtbA40— Nightdive Studios (@NightdiveStudio)June 7, 2024To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings

As teased yesterday, Nightdive Studios are remastering 2002’s The Thing video game, withSteamandGOGpages live now. No date yet, but as someone who has replayed it twice (!) in the last year, I’m delighted to see one of the best movie-to-game adaptations get a proper re-release.

🩸❄️ Get ready to rejoin Cpt. J. F. Blake at Outpost 31 because The Thing is BACK with… The Thing: Remastered! ❄️🩸pic.twitter.com/ok2iYtbA40— Nightdive Studios (@NightdiveStudio)June 7, 2024

🩸❄️ Get ready to rejoin Cpt. J. F. Blake at Outpost 31 because The Thing is BACK with… The Thing: Remastered! ❄️🩸pic.twitter.com/ok2iYtbA40

18:22 pmUTCDusk publisher New Blood have shelled out the big, based bucks for this downtown L.A.billboard tribute to some of the studios shuttered recently:“We love you. We miss you. We hate money.”An electronic billboard from New Blood Interactive in downtown LA mourns the closure of Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Roll7, Sony’s London Studio, Volition and more“Gone but not forgotten”pic.twitter.com/1zCeD4KEEw— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo)June 7, 2024To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings

Dusk publisher New Blood have shelled out the big, based bucks for this downtown L.A.billboard tribute to some of the studios shuttered recently:“We love you. We miss you. We hate money.”An electronic billboard from New Blood Interactive in downtown LA mourns the closure of Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Roll7, Sony’s London Studio, Volition and more“Gone but not forgotten”pic.twitter.com/1zCeD4KEEw— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo)June 7, 2024To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings

Dusk publisher New Blood have shelled out the big, based bucks for this downtown L.A.billboard tribute to some of the studios shuttered recently:

“We love you. We miss you. We hate money.”An electronic billboard from New Blood Interactive in downtown LA mourns the closure of Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Roll7, Sony’s London Studio, Volition and more“Gone but not forgotten”pic.twitter.com/1zCeD4KEEw— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo)June 7, 2024To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings

“We love you. We miss you. We hate money.”An electronic billboard from New Blood Interactive in downtown LA mourns the closure of Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Roll7, Sony’s London Studio, Volition and more“Gone but not forgotten”pic.twitter.com/1zCeD4KEEw— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo)June 7, 2024

“We love you. We miss you. We hate money.”An electronic billboard from New Blood Interactive in downtown LA mourns the closure of Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Roll7, Sony’s London Studio, Volition and more“Gone but not forgotten”pic.twitter.com/1zCeD4KEEw

10:40 amUTCHuge big large Fallout 4 mod project Fallout: London has a new release date,although the devs aren’t saying what it is yet. Look, if the industry at large can announce announcements for announcements still to come, I say let the modders do it too. In other news, I know exactly what day you’re going to die on. Stay tuned for more.

Huge big large Fallout 4 mod project Fallout: London has a new release date,although the devs aren’t saying what it is yet. Look, if the industry at large can announce announcements for announcements still to come, I say let the modders do it too. In other news, I know exactly what day you’re going to die on. Stay tuned for more.

10:36 amUTCIf someone mails me an egg butty I will 100% write about ur Next Fest demo. I don’t care about collusion or whatever I just really want a fried egg.

If someone mails me an egg butty I will 100% write about ur Next Fest demo. I don’t care about collusion or whatever I just really want a fried egg.

10:29 amUTCEsquireran an articleabout Geoff fest and the Geoffies. According to one anonymous source, “running a trailer during Summer Game Fest’s main show this year cost $250,000 for one minute, $350,000 for one and a half minutes, $450,000 for two minutes, and $550,000 for two and a half minutes. They also say that last year’s edition of the Game Awards featured the same pricing tiers.”

Esquireran an articleabout Geoff fest and the Geoffies. According to one anonymous source, “running a trailer during Summer Game Fest’s main show this year cost $250,000 for one minute, $350,000 for one and a half minutes, $450,000 for two minutes, and $550,000 for two and a half minutes. They also say that last year’s edition of the Game Awards featured the same pricing tiers.”

08:19 amUTCFOR FRIDAY!I did it all for the Friday! The Friday! So you can take that tray-tray, and shove it in the Maw! Shove it in the Maw! Shove it in the Maw!

FOR FRIDAY!I did it all for the Friday! The Friday! So you can take that tray-tray, and shove it in the Maw! Shove it in the Maw! Shove it in the Maw!

FOR FRIDAY!

20:55 pmUTCSuicide Squad: Kill The Justice Leaguefailed for all the reasons you guessed it failed, a new report says.

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice Leaguefailed for all the reasons you guessed it failed, a new report says.

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice Leaguefailed for all the reasons you guessed it failed, a new report says.

20:55 pmUTCAnd here’s a full post aboutDragon Age 4 getting a name that reflects its protagonists, not an antagonist.

And here’s a full post aboutDragon Age 4 getting a name that reflects its protagonists, not an antagonist.

And here’s a full post aboutDragon Age 4 getting a name that reflects its protagonists, not an antagonist.

20:54 pmUTCHere’s a full poston the new games coming to Game Pass in June.

Here’s a full poston the new games coming to Game Pass in June.

Here’s a full poston the new games coming to Game Pass in June.

15:58 pmUTCThe next Dragon Age game is named The Veilguard, and its apparently getting a 15 minute gameplay reveal next Tuesday, June 11th.So spaketh Geoff.

The next Dragon Age game is named The Veilguard, and its apparently getting a 15 minute gameplay reveal next Tuesday, June 11th.So spaketh Geoff.

12:12 pmUTCOctopath Traveler 1 and 2 are now on PC Game Pass, after Square Enix shadow dropped them on all platforms alongside a new ‘battle mode’ update for 2.Thanks, IGN!

Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 are now on PC Game Pass, after Square Enix shadow dropped them on all platforms alongside a new ‘battle mode’ update for 2.Thanks, IGN!

12:09 pmUTCNightdive Studios could well be taking a re-crack at cult PS2 classic The Thing next,according to a teaser tweet. Thanks,Pushsquare!

Nightdive Studios could well be taking a re-crack at cult PS2 classic The Thing next,according to a teaser tweet. Thanks,Pushsquare!

08:01 amUTCBeef Cat Ultrais a Vampire Survivors-like I’m mainly highlighting because I find the word ‘beef’ incredibly funny in certain contexts, such as this one. No release date yet, but you can’t rush a Beef Cat.

Beef Cat Ultrais a Vampire Survivors-like I’m mainly highlighting because I find the word ‘beef’ incredibly funny in certain contexts, such as this one. No release date yet, but you can’t rush a Beef Cat.

08:00 amUTCCOR, THURSDAY!Shine your shoes for a Maw-worthy news nugget, guvna?

COR, THURSDAY!Shine your shoes for a Maw-worthy news nugget, guvna?

COR, THURSDAY!

21:17 pmUTCPolyarismight be the first dedicated survival skiing game. Can a polar bear outrun a skier? Can polar bears ski? Pressing questions to which I currently have no answer.POLYARIS Announcement Teaser | Upcoming Survival GameWatch on YouTube

Polyarismight be the first dedicated survival skiing game. Can a polar bear outrun a skier? Can polar bears ski? Pressing questions to which I currently have no answer.POLYARIS Announcement Teaser | Upcoming Survival GameWatch on YouTube

Polyarismight be the first dedicated survival skiing game. Can a polar bear outrun a skier? Can polar bears ski? Pressing questions to which I currently have no answer.

POLYARIS Announcement Teaser | Upcoming Survival GameWatch on YouTube

POLYARIS Announcement Teaser | Upcoming Survival Game

Cover image for YouTube video

18:31 pmUTCICYMI:Baldur’s Gate 3 will add official mod tools this September, making it even easier to play dungeon master.

ICYMI:Baldur’s Gate 3 will add official mod tools this September, making it even easier to play dungeon master.

ICYMI:Baldur’s Gate 3 will add official mod tools this September, making it even easier to play dungeon master.

17:53 pmUTCThe Last of Us Part II will reportedly follow Part 1 onto PC, but potentially not until next year - development apparently finished months ago, according to reliable leaker Billbil-kun, suggesting it might wait until the next season of the HBO show in 2025.

The Last of Us Part II will reportedly follow Part 1 onto PC, but potentially not until next year - development apparently finished months ago, according to reliable leaker Billbil-kun, suggesting it might wait until the next season of the HBO show in 2025.

The Last of Us Part II will reportedly follow Part 1 onto PC, but potentially not until next year - development apparently finished months ago, according to reliable leaker Billbil-kun, suggesting it might wait until the next season of the HBO show in 2025.

17:23 pmUTCFucksweeperis not Minesweeper, not just porn, and not safe for work. “UNEMPLOYED ADULTS ONLY (25+)”

Fucksweeperis not Minesweeper, not just porn, and not safe for work. “UNEMPLOYED ADULTS ONLY (25+)”

Fucksweeperis not Minesweeper, not just porn, and not safe for work. “UNEMPLOYED ADULTS ONLY (25+)”

17:17 pmUTCSony has official unveiled its PlayStation VR2 PC adapter with a release date, price and confirmation of SteamVR compatibility, but a lot of the headset’s best features won’t work on PC - raising the question of whether it’s worth the price if you don’t already own one.

Sony has official unveiled its PlayStation VR2 PC adapter with a release date, price and confirmation of SteamVR compatibility, but a lot of the headset’s best features won’t work on PC - raising the question of whether it’s worth the price if you don’t already own one.

Sony has official unveiled its PlayStation VR2 PC adapter with a release date, price and confirmation of SteamVR compatibility, but a lot of the headset’s best features won’t work on PC - raising the question of whether it’s worth the price if you don’t already own one.

16:44 pmUTCSummer Game Fest may not be abundant in Big New Game Announcements but it will at least give us more of Slitterhead, the horror-me-do from Bokeh and erstwhile Silent Hill, Siren and Gravity Rush developer Keiichiro Toyama.Don’t miss the gameplay world premiere of SLITTERHEAD, from the mind of Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama and@BokehGameStudioduring#SummerGameFestlive this Friday.Catch the global livestream athttps://t.co/59xiIzf5ANat 2p PT / 5p ET / 10p BST / 11p CEST.pic.twitter.com/qxTQhO9DcS— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley)June 5, 2024To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings

Summer Game Fest may not be abundant in Big New Game Announcements but it will at least give us more of Slitterhead, the horror-me-do from Bokeh and erstwhile Silent Hill, Siren and Gravity Rush developer Keiichiro Toyama.Don’t miss the gameplay world premiere of SLITTERHEAD, from the mind of Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama and@BokehGameStudioduring#SummerGameFestlive this Friday.Catch the global livestream athttps://t.co/59xiIzf5ANat 2p PT / 5p ET / 10p BST / 11p CEST.pic.twitter.com/qxTQhO9DcS— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley)June 5, 2024To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings

Summer Game Fest may not be abundant in Big New Game Announcements but it will at least give us more of Slitterhead, the horror-me-do from Bokeh and erstwhile Silent Hill, Siren and Gravity Rush developer Keiichiro Toyama.

Don’t miss the gameplay world premiere of SLITTERHEAD, from the mind of Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama and@BokehGameStudioduring#SummerGameFestlive this Friday.Catch the global livestream athttps://t.co/59xiIzf5ANat 2p PT / 5p ET / 10p BST / 11p CEST.pic.twitter.com/qxTQhO9DcS— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley)June 5, 2024

Don’t miss the gameplay world premiere of SLITTERHEAD, from the mind of Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama and@BokehGameStudioduring#SummerGameFestlive this Friday.Catch the global livestream athttps://t.co/59xiIzf5ANat 2p PT / 5p ET / 10p BST / 11p CEST.pic.twitter.com/qxTQhO9DcS

09:02 amUTCThe fourth annual Queer Games Bundle islive now on Itch, encompassing 489 individual items for $60.

The fourth annual Queer Games Bundle islive now on Itch, encompassing 489 individual items for $60.

08:56 amUTCWarden’s Willis a flippy-divey third-person shooter with roguelite and bullet hell elements. It’s got a demo live for Steam Next Fest.

Warden’s Willis a flippy-divey third-person shooter with roguelite and bullet hell elements. It’s got a demo live for Steam Next Fest.

Warden’s Willis a flippy-divey third-person shooter with roguelite and bullet hell elements. It’s got a demo live for Steam Next Fest.

08:55 amUTCBaltic Folkis about managing a pub for forest gods. Forget the brews - what flavours of overpriced gastro-crisp would you serve?

Baltic Folkis about managing a pub for forest gods. Forget the brews - what flavours of overpriced gastro-crisp would you serve?

Baltic Folkis about managing a pub for forest gods. Forget the brews - what flavours of overpriced gastro-crisp would you serve?

08:36 amUTCHades 2 done got patched again. This one’spretty comprehensive- I fear I must summon the dark god Brendy to make sense of it.

Hades 2 done got patched again. This one’spretty comprehensive- I fear I must summon the dark god Brendy to make sense of it.

Hades 2 done got patched again. This one’spretty comprehensive- I fear I must summon the dark god Brendy to make sense of it.

08:29 amUTCBungie have apologised for connection issues that are preventing Destiny 2 players getting their fill of The Final Shape expansion. The responses to the tweet below dig into a few of the problems they’ve encountered and fixed.Hey everyone, if connection issues have blocked you from playing or enjoying The Final Shape today, we want to apologize. We’re hard at work trying to resolve each of these issues as quickly as possible, and many of the connection issues from this morning have already been fixed.— Destiny 2 Team (@Destiny2Team)June 5, 2024To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings

Bungie have apologised for connection issues that are preventing Destiny 2 players getting their fill of The Final Shape expansion. The responses to the tweet below dig into a few of the problems they’ve encountered and fixed.Hey everyone, if connection issues have blocked you from playing or enjoying The Final Shape today, we want to apologize. We’re hard at work trying to resolve each of these issues as quickly as possible, and many of the connection issues from this morning have already been fixed.— Destiny 2 Team (@Destiny2Team)June 5, 2024To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings

Bungie have apologised for connection issues that are preventing Destiny 2 players getting their fill of The Final Shape expansion. The responses to the tweet below dig into a few of the problems they’ve encountered and fixed.

Hey everyone, if connection issues have blocked you from playing or enjoying The Final Shape today, we want to apologize. We’re hard at work trying to resolve each of these issues as quickly as possible, and many of the connection issues from this morning have already been fixed.— Destiny 2 Team (@Destiny2Team)June 5, 2024

Hey everyone, if connection issues have blocked you from playing or enjoying The Final Shape today, we want to apologize. We’re hard at work trying to resolve each of these issues as quickly as possible, and many of the connection issues from this morning have already been fixed.

08:27 amUTCMicrosoft arerumoured to be announcinga portable Xbox at their SGF showcase on Sunday. I can offer no corroboration, but this makes a lot of sense to me - the company are under pressure to grow their Game Pass subs, and invading Steam Deck’s turf would be one way of doing that.

Microsoft arerumoured to be announcinga portable Xbox at their SGF showcase on Sunday. I can offer no corroboration, but this makes a lot of sense to me - the company are under pressure to grow their Game Pass subs, and invading Steam Deck’s turf would be one way of doing that.

08:21 amUTCSORE WEDNESDAYGood lord, we didn’t feed the Maw much yesterday. I guess that explains all the colliding moons directly over my flat. (We are of course a bit understaffed right now and given that we’re about to pack the Maw full of SGF announcements, I hope you’ll forgive us a quiet spell before the plunge.)

SORE WEDNESDAYGood lord, we didn’t feed the Maw much yesterday. I guess that explains all the colliding moons directly over my flat. (We are of course a bit understaffed right now and given that we’re about to pack the Maw full of SGF announcements, I hope you’ll forgive us a quiet spell before the plunge.)

SORE WEDNESDAY

14:55 pmUTCLemming-alike puzzler Humanity is on Game Pass. This ranks pretty highly on my backlog of shame. Backlog of shame? Backlog of ripening in the fullness of time, more like. My backlog is so ripe I’m pretty sure it’s alcoholic. Anyway! Humanity is on Game Pass!HUMANITY Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube

Lemming-alike puzzler Humanity is on Game Pass. This ranks pretty highly on my backlog of shame. Backlog of shame? Backlog of ripening in the fullness of time, more like. My backlog is so ripe I’m pretty sure it’s alcoholic. Anyway! Humanity is on Game Pass!HUMANITY Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube

Lemming-alike puzzler Humanity is on Game Pass. This ranks pretty highly on my backlog of shame. Backlog of shame? Backlog of ripening in the fullness of time, more like. My backlog is so ripe I’m pretty sure it’s alcoholic. Anyway! Humanity is on Game Pass!

HUMANITY Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube

HUMANITY Launch Trailer

Cover image for YouTube video

13:59 pmUTCSongs Of Silenceis out now in early access. Olliereally liked the look of this one.

Songs Of Silenceis out now in early access. Olliereally liked the look of this one.

09:04 amUTCJust Cause developers Avalanche haveannounced50 layoffs and the closure of two studios, encompassing roughly 9% of their workforce.

Just Cause developers Avalanche haveannounced50 layoffs and the closure of two studios, encompassing roughly 9% of their workforce.

Just Cause developers Avalanche haveannounced50 layoffs and the closure of two studios, encompassing roughly 9% of their workforce.

08:01 amUTCLORE TUESDAYTo the archives! I have mislaid the operations manual for the Journaballistic Whisk. FEED THE MAW.

LORE TUESDAYTo the archives! I have mislaid the operations manual for the Journaballistic Whisk. FEED THE MAW.

LORE TUESDAY

13:43 pmUTCSuper VHSlooks fun.a VCR but it shoots VHS tapes and the tapes are gravity detonatorshttps://t.co/VacwV4Co4ypic.twitter.com/SY2oVGDxyP— jon | super vhs (@reaction105)June 2, 2024To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings

Super VHSlooks fun.a VCR but it shoots VHS tapes and the tapes are gravity detonatorshttps://t.co/VacwV4Co4ypic.twitter.com/SY2oVGDxyP— jon | super vhs (@reaction105)June 2, 2024To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings

Super VHSlooks fun.

a VCR but it shoots VHS tapes and the tapes are gravity detonatorshttps://t.co/VacwV4Co4ypic.twitter.com/SY2oVGDxyP— jon | super vhs (@reaction105)June 2, 2024

a VCR but it shoots VHS tapes and the tapes are gravity detonatorshttps://t.co/VacwV4Co4ypic.twitter.com/SY2oVGDxyP

13:31 pmUTCOne we missed from last week: you can now play theoriginal text adventure prototype for Outer Wildsin a browser.

One we missed from last week: you can now play theoriginal text adventure prototype for Outer Wildsin a browser.

One we missed from last week: you can now play theoriginal text adventure prototype for Outer Wildsin a browser.

13:28 pmUTCTake-Two are reportedlyabout to sell off or close their Private Division label, whose publishing projects include Moon Studios' No Rest for the Wicked and Wētā Workshop’s Tales of the Shire.

Take-Two are reportedlyabout to sell off or close their Private Division label, whose publishing projects include Moon Studios' No Rest for the Wicked and Wētā Workshop’s Tales of the Shire.

Take-Two are reportedlyabout to sell off or close their Private Division label, whose publishing projects include Moon Studios' No Rest for the Wicked and Wētā Workshop’s Tales of the Shire.

13:22 pmUTCHere’sa demo for Hollowbody, “a tech-noir survival horror” from Chasing Static developers Headware Games, whose influences include Ghost in the Shell, Blade Runner Silent Hill, Kuon and Haunting Ground.

Here’sa demo for Hollowbody, “a tech-noir survival horror” from Chasing Static developers Headware Games, whose influences include Ghost in the Shell, Blade Runner Silent Hill, Kuon and Haunting Ground.

Here’sa demo for Hollowbody, “a tech-noir survival horror” from Chasing Static developers Headware Games, whose influences include Ghost in the Shell, Blade Runner Silent Hill, Kuon and Haunting Ground.

13:17 pmUTCBaldur’s Gate 3’s official modding toolsland in Septemberalongside the game’s next major update.

Baldur’s Gate 3’s official modding toolsland in Septemberalongside the game’s next major update.

Baldur’s Gate 3’s official modding toolsland in Septemberalongside the game’s next major update.

10:39 amUTCEl Dorado: The Golden City Builderhas a release date- 17th June. Alice Bplayed a bit of the free prologue version in Januaryand liked it, though she deemed its handling of Mayan mythology “a bit sus”.

El Dorado: The Golden City Builderhas a release date- 17th June. Alice Bplayed a bit of the free prologue version in Januaryand liked it, though she deemed its handling of Mayan mythology “a bit sus”.

10:19 amUTCMegacopteris a satirical sci-fantasy homage to EA’s old Desert Strike games. I’ve played the demo and there’s much to like.

Megacopteris a satirical sci-fantasy homage to EA’s old Desert Strike games. I’ve played the demo and there’s much to like.

Megacopteris a satirical sci-fantasy homage to EA’s old Desert Strike games. I’ve played the demo and there’s much to like.

10:17 amUTCViaKotaku, Ubisoft may add Rabbids and Assassin’s Creed characters to their free-to-play shooter XDefiant, which is apparently not too bad.

ViaKotaku, Ubisoft may add Rabbids and Assassin’s Creed characters to their free-to-play shooter XDefiant, which is apparently not too bad.

10:16 amUTCViaThe Gamer, Starfield players havespotted a bunch of changelogson SteamDB which imply that another big patch is in the offing.

ViaThe Gamer, Starfield players havespotted a bunch of changelogson SteamDB which imply that another big patch is in the offing.

10:11 amUTCMAW MONDAYLet’s get this party started. FEED IT.

MAW MONDAYLet’s get this party started. FEED IT.

MAW MONDAY