Sunday Gold blends turn-based combat and point-and-click adventure with London and comics

HomeNewsSunday Gold Sunday Gold blends turn-based combat and point-and-click adventure with London and comicsWeeeeey apples and pears! Weeeeey apples and pears! Sunday Gold, revealed at the Future Games Show tonight, has a lot going on under the hood, so bear with me. In Sunday Gold you play a team of three crims and… well, I can’t explain it better than the steam blurb, which says “experience a unique hybrid of escape room style puzzles, turn-based combat, and RPG mechanics tied together with a dark and cinematic storyline....

June 11, 2022 · 7 min · 1448 words · Lindsay Perry

The Entropy Centre is a puzzler with a talking gun that shoots science

HomeNewsThe Entropy Centre The Entropy Centre is a puzzler with a talking gun that shoots scienceMore weapons should be so cute More weapons should be so cute Upcoming sci-fi puzzle gameThe Entropy Centrehas a gun that, at first glance, seems to rewind time, and that’s probably one of the most useful inventions ever. The Entropy Centre’s due out this year. Although it could probably be out whenever it likes if it fires at a calendar of games releases....

June 11, 2022 · 5 min · 995 words · Paul Burke

Tinykin is a Pikmin-like adventure coming this August

HomeNewsTinykin Tinykin is a Pikmin-like adventure coming this AugustGravity Falls meets Pikmin Gravity Falls meets Pikmin It looks great, and after being announced last year, Tinykin now has a release date of August 30th. Here’s a new trailer to mark the release date: Tinykin | Release Date Reveal | Future Games Show June 2022Watch on YouTube Tinykin | Release Date Reveal | Future Games Show June 2022 It’s a good time for fans of being wee....

June 11, 2022 · 1 min · 167 words · Angela Porter

Annapurna Interactive's summer showcase is coming July 28th

HomeNews Annapurna Interactive’s summer showcase is coming July 28thFingers crossed for more No Code news Fingers crossed for more No Code news Last night’sDay Of The Devsstream closed out with an announcement from Annapurna Interactive, confirming that their annual summer showcase is happening again this year. Pop July 28th in your diaries, or feel free to mark it on your decorative floral-print wall calendar if you so wish. There’s a very short preview trailer of past Annapurna-published games to pique your interest below....

June 10, 2022 · 5 min · 973 words · Casey Freeman

Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 2 is finally coming to PC this summer

HomeNews Baldur’s Gate Dark Alliance 2 is finally coming to PC this summerVenturing forth on Steam, GOG and the Epic Games Store after 18 years Venturing forth on Steam, GOG and the Epic Games Store after 18 years Interplay’s formerly console-exclusive action RPGBaldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance 2is being re-released this summer 18 years after it spawned, marking its first appearance on PC. It’s obviously the follow up toBaldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance, which was similarlylate in coming to PC(and modern consoles) at the end of last year....

June 10, 2022 · 2 min · 290 words · Emma Rogers

Dragon Age: Absolution is a new animated series coming to Netflix

HomeNews Dragon Age: Absolution is a new animated series coming to NetflixThis December This December Videogame publishers look at animated series like I look at air fryers: everyone else seems to have one, so I want one too. I assume that’s why BioWare are working with Netflix to produceDragon Age: Absolution, a new animated series coming this December. Here’s the trailer: Dragon Age: Absolution | Official Teaser | NetflixWatch on YouTube...

June 10, 2022 · 2 min · 245 words · Brooke Schultz

Former Bethesda staff allege that working on Fallout 76 was a “twisted nightmare”

HomeNewsFallout 76 Former Bethesda staff allege that working on Fallout 76 was a “twisted nightmare”Criticisms of severe crunch have been aimed at ZeniMax management Criticisms of severe crunch have been aimed at ZeniMax management Image credit:Bethesda Softworks Image credit:Bethesda Softworks Staff who worked for Bethesda on post-apocalyptic multiplayer RPGFallout 76have come forward to share their stories from its development, and they don’t make for pleasant reading. Developers who spoke anonymously toKotakusaid they’d crunched in ten-hour shifts over six days a week prior to Fallout 76’s launch, with some saying they fantasised about being injured to avoid having to come into work the following day....

June 10, 2022 · 6 min · 1269 words · Kathleen Simon

How much does it cost to play Diablo Immortal?

HomeGuidesDiablo Immortal How much does it cost to play Diablo Immortal?The controversial monetisation model of Diablo Immortal explained The controversial monetisation model of Diablo Immortal explained What is the real cost of Diablo Immortal, and is it in fact pay-to-win?Diablo Immortalis already infamous for its microtransaction monetisation model, which many players have pointed out are effectively loot boxes under a not-even-that-different name. You might have seenreportsgoing around that it costs somewhere in the region of £88,000 / $110,000 to fully upgrade a character (and that an F2P player would need to grind for ten years to earn the same upgrade materials for free)....

June 10, 2022 · 11 min · 2166 words · Shari Kemp

PC Building Simulator 2 now has an open beta on the Epic Games Store

HomeNewsPC Building Simulator 2 PC Building Simulator 2 now has an open beta on the Epic Games StoreUntil June 20th Until June 20th What is building a PC but piecing together an elaborate, electronic jigsaw? Equally, what is building a jigsaw but piecing together an analogue cardboard PC you can’t do anything with after it’s finished? These similarities are why building a PC isn’t as strange a subject for a videogame as it first appears....

June 10, 2022 · 2 min · 328 words · Mitchell Smith

Shoulders Of Giants is an action co-op game about a frog riding a robot

HomeNewsShoulders Of Giants Shoulders Of Giants is an action co-op game about a frog riding a robotAn Epic Games Store exclusive arriving in autumn An Epic Games Store exclusive arriving in autumn Guns and swords are a useful combination, so imagine having a gat-toting frog riding on top of a blade-wielding robot. That’s essentially the cut and thrust of Moving Pictures Interactive’s roguelite co-op action adventureShoulders Of Giants, coming to the Epic Games Store later this year....

June 10, 2022 · 2 min · 328 words · Priscilla Barber

Summer Game Fest suggests it's monsters in space time, and I'm all for it

HomeFeatures Summer Game Fest suggests it’s monsters in space time, and I’m all for itYou know what they say about screaming in space You know what they say about screaming in space One time in the office (so, a hundred years ago) a hypothetical was posed: if you were given the chance to go to the moon, with a guarantee that nothing would go wrong, would you take it? “No,” I said....

June 10, 2022 · 2 min · 407 words · Rebecca Miller

There’s a Final Fantasy VII 25th anniversary livestream on June 16th

HomeNews There’s a Final Fantasy VII 25th anniversary livestream on June 16thWill we see Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 2? Will we see Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 2? Final Fantasy VII Remake’s official Twitter account havetweetedto announce a 25th anniversary livestream for Square’s classic JRPG, which they’ve scheduled for June 16th. The stream will last for ten minutes and we’re asked to “Please be excited.” Okay then, I will. But only if it’s not about anotherFinal Fantasy VIIspin-off....

June 10, 2022 · 2 min · 361 words · Autumn Rivera

Wordle answer (Saturday 11 June 2022): Wordle word of the day #357 and hints

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (Saturday 11 June 2022): Wordle word of the day #357 and hintsHints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Looking for the Wordle answer for Saturday 11 June 2022?It’s the weekend - time to fill your day with the general opposite of what occupied your weekdays: namely, sleep. And opening the front door, perhaps....

June 10, 2022 · 6 min · 1238 words · Martin Chapman