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High on Life 2 continues the absurd tendencies of the original and will feature a playable version of Sega's Bible Adventures game. Creative director Mikey Spano from developer Squanch Games revealed at Gamescom that Richard Kind's character, Senator Muppy Doo, can factory reset your game, prompting a Bible Adventures takeover. The three games included with Bible Adventures--Noah's Ark, Baby Moses, and David and Goliath--are playable during this takeover. You can see how this unfolds in the...
Tales of Xillia Remastered launches for PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on October 31. This remaster brings the 2011 PS3 action RPG to modern platforms for the first time, and upgrades the experience with higher-resolution visuals, a new auto-save system, and other gameplay tweaks. It also includes most of the DLC content released for the original PS3 version--minus a few licensed costumes. Tales of Xillia Remastered will be available digitally on all platforms, but physical...
What do you have when you take cozy cooking games with monster fighting? You have the cleverly titled Beastro, from Timberline Studios. This upcoming game combines cooking game mechanics, laidback farming, and strategic deckbuilding combat to deliver a fresh take on the adventure genre. In Beastro, the idea of saving the world begins with preparing the perfect meal. Set to launch in 2026 on Steam and Xbox Series X|S (available day one with Xbox Game Pass), Beastro follows Panko, a young fox...
The Battlefield 6 open beta has ended, and now Battlefield Studios has published a blog post that runs through some of the key changes for launch--and that includes a big nerf for the shotgun. The M87A1 shotgun was too powerful in the beta, many said, and now Battlefield Studios will make a change to it so it "requires more pellets to secure a kill." The developer was made aware of the shotgun issues almost immediately after the beta went live, and the studio said on August 10 that the...
In a brief developer preview, Bethesda showed off the upcoming C.A.M.P. Revamp update for Fallout 76. This update is geared towards making improvements to the game's CAMP-building mechanics as well as refining the workshop menu system. As seen in the video below, Bethesda's creative director Jon Rush discussed the CAMP Revamp update, showing off the new streamlined menus to help make finding specific items faster. There are also new tools and new building rules. "We're getting rid of our...
It's become a tradition for Overwatch 2 to tease upcoming collaborations when previewing new seasons. The latest trailer for Overwatch 2 Season 18 is no exception. After laying out some of the new features heading to the game, the video concluded with a silhouette of Joker from Persona 5. Assuming the Overwatch 2 x Persona crossover follows the example set by the game's previous collaborations, a handful of the former's characters will get new costumes based on the latter's iconic heroes...
Last year, Keepsake Games had to re-title its upcoming co-op game Jump Space because its previous name, Jump Ship, had trademark issues. Now, Jump Space is heading to early access next month, and the trailer for the game offers a glimpse of the interstellar adventures that lie ahead. As noted in the trailer, early access for Jump Space will begin on September 19. The gameplay may remind some fans of Left 4 Dead and Sea of Thieves. Jump Space can bring together up to four players to act as...
When the Nintendo Switch 2 was properly revealed, a perhaps-unsurprising reveal was the fact that Elden Ring would be coming to the platform. The console is more powerful than the original Switch after all, though there was still the question of how it might run given just how big Elden Ring is. Well, as it currently stands, performance might be quite bad, as a demo for the port of the game at Gamescom is reportedly running at a low frame rate. Not only that, but Bandai Namco staff running...
When you first boot up Okomotive's latest game, Herdling, it may seem like the mystical vistas you encounter are something out of fantasy. But that’s not the case. The development team drew inspiration from hikes they took while creating the game. “We went on a few hikes in the Swiss mountains, before and while developing Herdling," Herdling creative director Don Schmocker tells GameSpot via email. "From Medels to the Suretta Lakes, three picturesque mountain lakes located close to the...
Hollow Knight: Silksong isn't even out yet and its developers, who have been reluctant to speak about the game over the last six years, are already talking about expansions to the heavily anticipated game. In a Bloomberg interview about Silksong's lengthy development cycle, Team Cherry's founding duo--co-directors Ari Gibson and William Pellen--admitted that while the game's imminent launch on September 4 "is obviously exciting," they are just as excited for what it is set to come to come...
Rockstar Games has announced a nice bonus for GTA 5 players that might encourage people to jump back in to GTA Online. Now through September 17, everyone who logs in to GTA Online will receive $1,000,000 worth of GTA$. GTA+ members, meanwhile, will get an additional $1,000,000. This also applies to anyone who signs up for GTA+ now through September 17. Players can expect the GTA$ bonuses to hit their accounts within 72 hours. GTA+ costs $8/month and, in addition to various perks for GTA...
Hollow Knight Silksong will officially launch for PC and console on September 4. In a special presentation, developer Team Cherry revealed the official release date for its long-in-development game. While the last couple of years have been full of rumors--and summoning circles--regarding the game, recent months have seen new updates for the follow-up to the hit indie game Hollow Knight. Tied to the release of the game is the ROG Xbox Ally, a handheld gaming PC set to launch on October 16...
It's not long until Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 finally comes out--something that seems like an achievement in its own right given its almost-cancellation, multiple delays, and layoffs at developer The Chinese Room. That impending release does appear to come with a small caveat, however. As reported by Eurogamer, while the base game will feature four clan types, there are two more that will be available at launch--as long as you're willing to pay for them. These two extra clans...
Glen Schofield, the director of 2022's The Callisto Protocol, has shared the one thing he would have changed for the game--and it was not delaying the game. Speaking to The Game Business, Schofield said his bosses at Korean publisher Krafton mandated that The Callisto Protocol launch in December so it could release at a strategic time for its shareholders. "I don't like when the politics get in the way, which they did with Krafton," he said. "There was no doubt about it. They told me that...
Some of the best games of recent memory have been deceptively simple, and Kill the Brickman looks like it might just scratch that itch for arcade-inspired fun. Published by Vampire Survivors developer Poncle and developed by Doonutsaur, Kill the Brickman is a turn-based roguelike brick-breaker game, and it's out now on PC and Xbox consoles. The goal here is simple, as each run will see you blasting your way through chapters, powerful bosses, and bricks featuring leering faces on them. How...
Remember earlier this week when The Pokemon Company put out a teaser image for Pokemon Legends: Z-A that looked like it could legitimately be from something like the Blair Witch Project? Well, the full trailer is out now, and unsurprisingly it isn't actually all that scary--apart from that one bit with the Espurr. That thing still is terrifying. Still, the trailer is a fun riff on the found-footage genre, and it even revealed a completely new Mega Evolution Pokemon. Titled The Case of the...
This week Steam made a small change to how it displays reviews and will now show a score for reviews in your language instead of an "all reviews" score. One game that has benefited from the change is Palworld, which now shows Overwhelmingly Positive for all English reviews. Palworld has been the source of some controversy since it first came to the public's attention, with some claiming the monster-collecting title is a direct rip-off of Pokemon--an opinion that seems to be shared by...
Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time has a new patch on all platforms, bringing a brand-new photo mode, new abilities for mounts, a wide camera angle for the Base Camp, and a heap of other quality-of-life upgrades. Version 1.5.0 is out now, bringing with it a brand-new photo mode that can be accessed directly from the Weird Pad. The photo mode looks pretty thorough, including plenty of options for posing multiple characters in a scene, as well as a multitude of emote expressions. The...
Hell Let Loose is getting a sequel that takes place during the Vietnam War. At Gamescom, Team17 and Expression Games announced Hell Let Loose: Vietnam, a platoon-based "hardcore" FPS featuring 50v50 multiplayer battles focused on team play and strategy. "Retaining the gameplay base that fans loved from the first title, this is a brand-new experience, utilizing combined arms, with air, water, armor, infantry, and support weapons that encapsulates the theatre of war feeling beloved by fans of...
California governor Gavin Newsom has reacted to the PlayStation 5 price hike in the US, jokingly thanking US President Donald Trump for making it happen via his controversial tariff strategy. Re-sharing a news story about the PS5 price hike, Newsom, a Democrat, posted on social media, "Great work, Donald Trump!!" On August 20, Sony announced a price hike for the PS5 in the US, with all models of the console going up by $50 effective today, August 21. PS5 accessories, however, will hold...