Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty's system requirements have been announced and affect the base game

HomeNews Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty’s system requirements have been announced and affect the base gameNo more support for HDDs No more support for HDDs CDPR also say they’re amending the system requirements to the base game and will no longer supporting hard disk drives. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty — Official TrailerWatch on YouTube Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty — Official Trailer This is one of those instances where a picture of a table is worth a thousand words, so here are the system requirements in full (click to embiggen):...

June 11, 2023 · 2 min · 246 words · Melissa Hancock

Don't Starve devs announce spaceship survival game Dread Pilots

HomeNewsDread Pilots Don’t Starve devs announce spaceship survival game Dread PilotsEntering early access in 2024 Entering early access in 2024 Image credit:Klei Entertainment Image credit:Klei Entertainment The studio behindDon’t StarveandOxygen Not Includedtoday announced their next survival game, a sandbox spaceship game namedDread Pilots. Klei Entertainment this time will send us into a hostile pocket dimension known as the Dread, aimed with only our wits and our wee ship. It’s on you to explore, trade, steal, upgrade, avoid, befriend, ally, and murder your way to survival....

June 11, 2023 · 2 min · 282 words · Ryan Wong

Every announcement from the Xbox Games Showcase 2023

HomeNews Every announcement from the Xbox Games Showcase 2023Every last trailer and new game reveal Every last trailer and new game reveal Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Xbox Games Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Xbox Games Studios Arguably the main event of this year’s NotE3 andSummer Game Festseason, tonight’s Xbox Games Showcase had more fresh game announcements than you can shake a Series X at. If you missed it or just want a handy recap of every new trailer that went down, we’ve got you covered....

June 11, 2023 · 10 min · 2092 words · Holly Sullivan

Hellblade 2 has a new trailer, a release window, and a creepy cave

HomeNewsSenua’s Saga: Hellblade II Hellblade 2 has a new trailer, a release window, and a creepy caveComing next year, probably! Coming next year, probably! Image credit:Ninja Theory Image credit:Ninja Theory 2017’sHellblade: Senua’s Sacrificedid well critically and commercially, and it wasn’t a huge surprise whenSenua’s Saga: Hellblade IIwasrevealedthree years back. It’s been a little while since we heard more from it, but a cinematic trailer cropped up at tonight’sXbox Games Showcase, and wouldn’t you know it, but we got a release window for 2024....

June 11, 2023 · 2 min · 233 words · Michelle Ayers

InXile's new time-travelling steampunk RPG looks like a lost BioShock Infinite sequel

HomeNewsClockwork Revolution InXile’s new time-travelling steampunk RPG looks like a lost BioShock Infinite sequelCheck out Clockwork Revolution’s trailer and you’ll see what I mean Check out Clockwork Revolution’s trailer and you’ll see what I mean Image credit:Xbox Game Studios Image credit:Xbox Game Studios WhenClockwork Revolution’s announcement trailer started playing in the Xbox Games Showcase today, I almost thought was a follow-up toBioShock Infinite. An opulent oversaturated city with a hanging railway, heaps of gadgets, a taunting antagonist, a protagonist with reality-altering powers, and a giant baddy with a gunarm?...

June 11, 2023 · 2 min · 363 words · Greg Zhang

Jumplight Odyssey is just the right balance of spaceship pressure cooker

HomeFeaturesJumplight Odyssey Jumplight Odyssey is just the right balance of spaceship pressure cookerThis roguelike colony sim will have you hot (but not too hot) under the collar This roguelike colony sim will have you hot (but not too hot) under the collar Image credit:League Of Geeks Image credit:League Of Geeks Jumplight Odyssey - SDF Catalina Tour - Guerilla Collective 2023Watch on YouTube Jumplight Odyssey - SDF Catalina Tour - Guerilla Collective 2023...

June 11, 2023 · 2 min · 354 words · Emily Thomas

Metaphor: ReFantazio is a new "high fantasy" RPG from the makers of Persona

HomeNewsMetaphor: ReFantazio Metaphor: ReFantazio is a new “high fantasy” RPG from the makers of PersonaWith lovely menus, as always With lovely menus, as always Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega Atlus have become a Persona factory in recent years, producing not only the mainline urban fantasy RPGs but spin-offs likePersona 5 Strikersand the recently announcedPersona 5 Tactica. Thankfully they’re working on something entirely new, too. During tonight’s Xbox Games Showcase, Atlus announcedMetaphor: ReFantazio, a new “high fantasy” RPG fromPersona 5’s director and character designer....

June 11, 2023 · 2 min · 272 words · Stephen Clark

Microsoft Flight Simulator sequel adds more than a dozen new aerial jobs in 2024

HomeNews Microsoft Flight Simulator sequel adds more than a dozen new aerial jobs in 2024Plus Dune DLC coming this year Plus Dune DLC coming this year It’s probably quite difficult, after you’ve mapped more or less the entire planet, to work out what to add to aMicrosoft Flight Simulatorsequel. The answer turns out to be: jobs. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024was revealed at tonight’s Xbox Showcase and it’ll include the ability to not only fly all sorts of aerial vehicles, but to fly them with purpose - whether an air ambulance, aerial firefighting, crop dusting, hot air ballooning, or about a dozen other roles....

June 11, 2023 · 2 min · 309 words · Taylor Ramsey

Not-so-sneaky heist 'em up Payday 3 will launch this September

HomeNewsPayday 3 Not-so-sneaky heist ‘em up Payday 3 will launch this SeptemberShooting its way out Shooting its way out At tonight’s Xbox showcase, there was a first proper look at upcoming heist ‘em up sequelPayday 3. To skip to the end: it looks a lot like past Paydays, inasmuch as it’s a co-op first-person shooter that’s less about clever breaking and entering and more about mowing down waves of cops....

June 11, 2023 · 1 min · 199 words · Erica Stephenson

Oblivion's Adoring Fan and his chronically bad hairstyle are in Starfield

HomeNewsStarfield Oblivion’s Adoring Fan and his chronically bad hairstyle are in StarfieldGo away! Go away!! Go away! Go away!! Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios If you ever became Grand Champion in the combat arena inThe Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, then you will recognise the little cone-headed gimp who made a surprise cameo in tonight’sStarfielddeep dive, streamed as part of theXbox Games Showcasefor not-E3. In the case of the upcoming space-themed mega-RPG, he’ll attach to your character if you choose the trait Hero Worshipped....

June 11, 2023 · 2 min · 302 words · Victoria Stewart

Players will get to join a rag-tag group of space explorers in Starfield

HomeNewsStarfield Players will get to join a rag-tag group of space explorers in StarfieldConstellation want to answer humanity’s biggest questions Constellation want to answer humanity’s biggest questions Image credit:Bethesda Image credit:Bethesda You’ll be meeting lots of NPCs on your jaunt around space inStarfield, but during the dedicated Starfield presentation as part ofnot-E3, we got a look at one group of rag-tag space folks in more detail - Constellation. Described in the showcase as a team that’s sort of a “mythical group” and “the last true explorers in the galaxy....

June 11, 2023 · 2 min · 337 words · Anthony Gomez

Starfield's character creator is so versatile, Bethesda used it to create the game's NPCs

HomeNewsStarfield Starfield’s character creator is so versatile, Bethesda used it to create the game’s NPCsThose beards are looking a bit iffy, mind Those beards are looking a bit iffy, mind As promised, Bethesda gave us an extended look atStarfieldthis evening as part of a dedicated presentation attatched toMicrosoft’s larger not-E3 showcase. Alongside a fresh look at the game’s 1000 planets, combat and skill trees, we were given a closer peek at arguably the most important part of the whole game: itscharacter creator....

June 11, 2023 · 3 min · 514 words · Kenneth Diaz

The Banner Saga devs announce a side-scrolling brawler that's not as depressing as The Banner Saga

HomeNewsTowerborne The Banner Saga devs announce a side-scrolling brawler that’s not as depressing as The Banner SagaSlay monsters in light-hearted co-op adventure Towerborne Slay monsters in light-hearted co-op adventure Towerborne Image credit:Stoic Image credit:Stoic Looks like I won’t be regretting every in-game decision I’ve ever made with Stoic’s new gameTowerborne. It’s an action RPG that looks much more light-hearted than the studio’s previous Viking-ish trilogyThe Banner Saga, where I killed every character I loved and made a host of bad choices....

June 11, 2023 · 2 min · 224 words · Jeffrey Jackson