Our weekly news liveblog
Happy new year all.
What’s the weather like where you are?
Fingers crossed we can build up some kind of momentum.
Our live coverage of this event has finished.
IT ISMONDAY(Ed:TUESDAY).
Spin up the August Journoplasmic Apparatus!
Top up the hamster’s water bottle!
Oh, and FEED THE MAW.
Some morning pick-me-up music.
Sounds like A Lot.
Somebody’s joined together a lot of dots relating to NCsoft’srumouredMMO based on the Horizon series from Guerrilla Games.
Management was too busy reacting to wildly vacillating direction and decisions that made zero sense."
No, it doesn’t have Jim Carrey in it.
Hopefully this heralds a more concrete confirmation from Ubisoft themselves very soon.
The winners of the Steam Awards 2023have been decided.
And… hoo boy.
Frogwares are nowthe sole publisher of Lovecraftian RPG The Sinking City.
The developer had been embroiled in public conflict and litigation with publisher Nacon back in 2020.
Itnow has a January 17th release date.
…IT IS WEDNESDAY.
Sorry for the lack of updates here - I managed to lock myself out of the CMS overnight.
Or rather, my computer did.
It’s logged me out of everything.
Ugh, how I loathe computers.
I’d hate to write about them for a living or something.
Anyway, FEED THE MAW.
Who could it be aimed at?
I suspect the answer rhymes with “eraser”.
A late Xmas present:the full 1.0 release of The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall’s Unity remaster.
The forthcoming Minecraft movie will apparently star Jack Black as Steve, as rumoured byDeadline.
Don’t worry, I’m sure they have Chris Pratt on speed-dial if Black changes his mind.
It’s the work of a solo dev and is out 22nd January.
We Happy Few is in the middle - lots of promising ideas but a bit of a mess.
Here’san interview with horror shooter GTFO developers 10 Chambers about their new heist thingy Den Of Wolves.
I would say that only adds to its mystery, wouldn’t you?
Not bad for an indie game from an unknown publisher!
(kindly, kindly, I swear it’s a joke)
IT IS THURSDAY.
Just one more day and we can end this sick charade and go back to being on holiday.
We’ve been following the story around this.
That aside, the game just doesn’t seem particularly intriguing beyond its headline gimmick.
I’m interested to see what other devs do with Steamboat Willie, however.
Look at that, mech piloting in Starfield, care of modder Jared Kohr.
Twitch’snew policywhich prohibits “implied nudity” goes into effect today.
Here’s a video of the Unity one.
It’s all totally unofficial, obviously.
Robocop: Rogue City is probably getting a New Game+ mode.
Many citizens have been asking about a New Game + for RoboCop: Rogue City.
They cost $1000 a bean, cash upfront.
I’m happy to pay for postage.
Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy is currentlyfree to keep from the Epic Games Store.
You’ve got a week to grab this one.
“‘Power through simplicity, simplicity through generality’ was the name of the game.
He made programming better for everyone.”
Over14,000 games were released on Steam in 2023.
The wrong kinds of games?
They say they’ll continue to add to the beloved co-op haunting even after that point, however.
All our compass needles are pointing in different directions and the walls have begun to sweat.
There’sanother Tribes 3 playtesthappening, if you missed the last one.
It’s only running for 24 hours, however.
MSI are teasing a hardware announcement of some kind.
More competition for Steam Deck?
Asynchronous multiplayer dungeon-delver Phantom Abyss hits the big 1.0 on January 25th.
I haven’t played the early access build but was impressed by the announcement trailer.
It’s earned itselfa Very Positive steam rating.
I like the cut of those isometric visuals.
Many are citing the fact that the developers prioritised the Switch version first as the reason behind this.
Wow.pic.twitter.com/JnMCOAhxxy
It does lookrather cool.
Tangential to PC, but I find this v. funny.
Imagine having to contact support.
“Can you make fantasy bear pornography come on my telly c’mon?”
I’d rather get a new Xbox.
There have been19 job losses at Bossa Studios- best of luck if you’re one of the people affected.
I had no idea this was a thing.
I mean, what possible better options could there be?
I can’t think of any!
End your week with a beautiful example of how video games bring people together and create memories.
Areyouready to take another shot at love?
Because there’s a Tribes 3: Rivals playtest available now, if you want to get a headstart.
Edwin mentioned this yesterday but the test has been extended and you canget access via Steamuntil 8pm EST today.
