Scars Above is a sci-fi space shooter with big Returnal energy

A challenging sci-fi third-person action adventure shooter, you say? When I first played PlayStation exclusiveReturnallast year, I didn’t think it would be my jam. Let’s have a watch of the reveal trailer, shall we? Oh yes, that’s the good stuff. Weird alien artifacts hovering in outer space? A lone female astronaut stranded on a rocky alien planet with strange glowing monoliths? Big horrible beasties out to get her? like and thank you....

August 23, 2022 · 1 min · 97 words · Justin Knapp

Sonic Frontiers dashes onto PC in November

If that date sounds familiar then thatll be because its the one thats beenleakedfor ages. Sega have shown off some hints at the game’s story during today’s Gamescom Opening Night Live event. Gawp at the release date trailer below. Not liking the look of that spooky floating kid much. I had next to no interest in Sonic Frontiers for the longest time. Back in the days of the Sega Saturn, I yearned for a proper 3D Sonic game....

August 23, 2022 · 1 min · 96 words · Robert Elliott DVM

Steam Deck shipments are going out early for some Q4 reservations

Check your emails Valve continue to pump outSteam Decksat a pace that seems surprising even to them. This wasnt a mistake!

August 23, 2022 · 1 min · 21 words · Lorraine Tran

The Callisto Protocol has those good Dead Space deaths

I’m being a bit glib because it does sound a fair bit like an unofficial Dead Space sequel. It’s made by Striking Distance Studios, who are part of PUBG owners Krafton. For more on the game, seeEd’s interview with Schofieldfrom earlier this year. Alas, The Callisto Protocol is no longer a sequel to Plunkbat. This setting sounded extra weird when they revealed the game is in the spacefaring future.

August 23, 2022 · 1 min · 69 words · Steven Ward

The Cycle: Frontier season 2 goes spelunking on a new map this September

The new map brings a web connection of enemy-filled caves stuffed with loot to find. Pop on your helmet and grab your pickaxe to watch the trailer below. Tharis Island is riddled with caves, which are equally riddled with monsters. Oh, and theres something secretive and hidden down there too an alien artefact thatll change prospecting forever. Yager are promising more info in the lead up to the start of season two....

August 23, 2022 · 1 min · 134 words · Deborah Edwards

The Expanse: A Telltale Game's new trailer shows you can float around between ethical quandaries

Witness a revivified Telltale in action in the trailer below. Good to see youll be able to fire people out of airlocks and float around in zero-gravity too. Im only a recent convert to The Expanse, but its my kind of sci-fi. The Expanse: A Telltale Series has a launch window of summer 2023.

August 23, 2022 · 1 min · 54 words · Hunter Robinson

The Outlast Trials' closed beta will run over Halloween weekend

you’re able to head over to theSteam store pageto request access now. The Outlast Trialswasoriginally announceda couple of years ago. You’ll just have a friend by your side this time. Stay tuned to theofficial developer sitefor more info in the coming months, too.

August 23, 2022 · 1 min · 43 words · Jennifer Newton

The Subnautica devs are doing a turn-based, space-pirates, tabletop miniatures game called Moonbreaker

Also Brandon Sanderson is involved Imagine I have a weird alien squid pointed right at you. I need you to tell me what the developers of open-world watery survival gameSubnauticaare making next. Just, your best guess, or the squid’ll getcha with its weird alien ink. Okay, well congratulations to anyone who said “a turn-based strategy game inspired by tabletop miniatures”. Unlikely as it may seem you were right, and everyone else was wrong....

August 23, 2022 · 2 min · 360 words · Hannah Herring

The Surviving Mars devs are making a survival sim about marooned astronauts

Tap your instruments before checking out the sort-of-but-not-really live action reveal trailer below. This isntSubnauticathough youll have a whole colony to look after, effectively, rather than just one roving astronaut. Thats a big fall in living standards from easily accessible interstellar travel. There’ll be weather and enviromental dangers to contend with, too. Alec enjoyed the sustained fear of city building on an inhospitable planet in hisSurviving Mars reviewback in 2018....

August 23, 2022 · 1 min · 88 words · Robert Arnold

Tower of Fantasy banners: release date and featured character

We’ll also explain the required currency and potential rewards for each Tower of Fantasy banner. Current Tower of Fantasy event banners The current Tower of Fantasy event banners areAngel’s PathandSteelheart. These Matrices are Frigg: Soulblade, Frigg: Post-Cataclysm, Frigg: Stance, and Frigg: Doubt. title, and featured character for the event banner have not yet been specified. TheChoice Weaponsbanner has two caches, which offer the same weapons at slightly different drop rates....

August 23, 2022 · 1 min · 146 words · Cathy Carr

Wartime RTT Men Of War 2 has a trailer for a trailer

Hey, its actually pretty tense too. Get the advance intel by watching the trailers trailer below. At the start of this year, we pinpointedMen Of War2 as one of ourmost anticipated games of 2022. Its a WW2-era real-time tactics sequel with a campaign that stretches across the Eastern and Western fronts. Devs Best Way are touting improved AI and visuals, along with destructible environments. Rick Lanechattedwith the Men Of War 2 team for us back in November last year and came away impressed....

August 23, 2022 · 1 min · 83 words · Margaret Joseph

Wordle answer (Tuesday 23 August 2022): Wordle word of the day #430 and hints

Why not start your day off right and kickstart your brain with a quick game ofWordle? Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Tuesday 22nd April! Wordle August 23 hints Need a little help with the Wordle answer today? The word is… WOVEN. Thanks, kind reader. How to play Wordle Wordle is a very straightforward word guessing game. The aim is to guess the correct five-letter word in just six guesses....

August 23, 2022 · 2 min · 269 words · Robert Mccoy

Yep, Dead Island 2 is shambling onto PC in February 2023

Gaze in astonishment at the existence of a new trailer below. What a time to be alive, or otherwise living. You’ll also be able to chat with residents of a collapsing LA between zombie-destroying missions. Dead Island 2 is coming for your brains on February 3rd, 2023. Thats not something I ever thought Id throw in, frankly. I enjoyed the first one back in the day, so Im watching how this develops with interest....

August 23, 2022 · 1 min · 74 words · Alex Dawson