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A new From Software game was announced at this year's Game Awards, but it's not another iteration of the Soulsbornes we've come to expect from the studio. Instead From is going back to its roots with a new entry in its mecha shooter series, called Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon. The brief teaser trailer showed a ruined world followed by some glamor shots of big stompy robots, as well as other giant mechanized behemoths, which is what you would want from a mecha game. Source
Cyberpunk 2077's Phantom Liberty expansion will feature actor Idris Elba. CD Projekt Red announced during The Game Awards that the Luther and The Wire actor will appear in the expansion as Solomon Reed, an FIA agent for the NUSA. The expansion is themed around espionage and survival, and it takes players to a new part of Night City. The add-on launches in 2023 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. You can check out the teaser reveal in the video below. Phantom Liberty will not be released for...
If you had a dream that Vanilla Ice and Chuck Norris were starring in a first-person crime shooter together, you'd probably laugh when you woke up. However, that game is real, and it's called Crime Boss: Rockay City. Announced during The Game Awards, the co-op game comes from Ingame Studios and 505 Games, and those two stars are just the tip of the iceberg. Michael Masden (Reservoir Dogs) stars in the lead role as Travis Baker, a career criminal attempting to take power in the mob after a...
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is getting a free content update on December 14, which will include a new Raid mode. Announced during The Game Awards 2022, players can expect Season One: Reloaded to feature Raids next week, starting with Episode 1: Atomgrad, with even more Raid episodes on the way. Activision has previously confirmed that the first raid will be narrative-focused as it continues the Modern Warfare 2 storyline. Season One will also add a brand-new Spec Ops mission, as well...
Bandai Namco has announced more details about the English-language release of its anime-inspired MMORPG Blue Protocol. The game will be releasing in 2023 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, with Amazon Games in partnership for the western release. Blue Protocol is a free-to-play MMORPG developed in tandem by Bandai Namco Online and Bandai Namco Studios. It was announced today that Amazon Games will be publishing the English version of Blue Protocol in the west. The new trailer showed off a...
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2's gameplay trailer premiered at The Game Awards. In it, Captain Titus went head-to-head with wave after wave of alien lifeforms called Tyranids. Space Marine 2, developed by Saber Interactive, is a long-awaited sequel to the 2011 Space Marine game. The trailer mostly showcased the fast-paced action, as well as the huge buildings Captain Titus will fight aliens in. It's available to wishlist on Steam right now. Space Marine 2 was actually first announced at...
A new clip from the Super Mario Bros. Movie debuted during tonight's Game Awards, putting a spotlight on Toad, Mario's plucky mushroom sidekick. The clip shows Chris Pratt's Mario following Toad--voiced by Keegan-Michael Key--as they traverse the Mushroom Kingdom toward Peach's Castle. Toad is familiar with all of the obstacles, while Mario has a bit of trouble. A variety of obstacles seen in Mario games are shown, including the clear pipes from Super Mario 3D World, and if you listen...
During The Game Awards, Don't Nod revealed its next game, and it's a brand-new IP that looks nothing like Life is Strange, the series that made the French dev house famous. Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is a third-person action-adventure game with role-playing elements that takes place in an original story universe where players are tasked with banishing spirits from their lands. Banishers is called an action-RPG by the team making it. In it, players will take on the roles of two ghost...
Company of Heroes 3 is officially coming to console. Developer Relic announced during The Game Awards that the strategy game will come to console in 2023. This isn't a big surprise, as a recently discovered rating revealed that Company of Heroes 3 would be released on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Whether or not the game comes to last-generation consoles remains to be seen. Company of Heroes 3 will be the first entry in the series to come to console--2006's Company of Heroes and...
As part of The Game Awards, Behaviour Interactive has revealed Meet Your Maker, the long-awaited follow-up to its popular PvP slasher, Dead By Daylight. A wholly new IP, Meet Your Maker is described as "a unique first-person building and raiding game" that will see players both creating and defending their own bases of operations while also heading out into the world and raiding enemy players' bases, each one as intricate and devilish in design as their creators can accomplish. The game is...
Skydance Interactive debuted a new cinematic trailer for their upcoming game, Behemoth, at The 2022 Game Awards. The trailer gave players their first good look at the game since the release of its announcement trailer back in October. The VR adventure challenges players to traverse the remains of a once-glorious empire using non-traditional travel methods, like a grappling hook. Set just after a plague has ravaged the world, the game see players facing off with enormous monsters called...
Transformers Reactivate, a new title from developer Splash Damage, got a mysterious trailer at The Game Awards. The trailer shows a team of scientists working to awake a Transformer, who appears to be Bumblebee. Most of the trailer is shown from the perspective of the Transformer, as the team of humans work around it to repair it. One talks about loading its memory core, upon which footage of a crowd in a city plays. The masses of people are fleeing a giant, red, and spiky spaceship that...
Remnant II, the sequel to the third-person action game Remnant: From the Ashes, was announced for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC at The Game Awards. Developed by Gunfire Games, the sequel has players fight against deadly creatures and powerful bosses, either alone or with up to three friends. The trailer shown during The Game Awards showed an emphasis on guns and third-person shooting, while giving brief glimpses of some of the desolate environments players will be able to explore, like...
Celeste developer Extremely OK Games has revealed its first look at Earthblade, the new game first announced over a year ago. The trailer shows off a lush, fantasy-inspired world, showcasing the title's "seamless" 2D exploration. Also featured is Earthblade's horned protagonist and a secondary character who welcomes them to the world after they appear out of a portal. The trailer confirmed that Earthblade will release in 2024. This story is developing Source
Bungie has shared another look at the highly-anticipated next entry in the Destiny 2 saga, Lightfall. Revealed at The 2022 Game Awards, the new trailer shows off the game's newest power, Strand, as well as the neon-lit city of Neomuna. The expansion is slated to release on February 28, 2023. Heavily featured in the new trailer is the next Darkness subclass Strand, which is available to Guardians with the coming expansion. Equipping the Strand ability turns Warlocks into telekinetically...
After tweeting about starting a "new journey" earlier this month, veteran game designer Hideo Kojima has officially unveiled his next game at The Game Awards. It is Death Stranding 2, a game that Norman Reedus announced himself many months ago. Kojima himself appeared on stage at The Game Awards to hype the game, saying the announcement trailer was filled with secrets about the project that fans can dig into as they await new information. The story for Death Stranding 2 was written before...
Revealed during The Game Awards, a new trailer showed off Arrakis in Dune: Awakening, the upcoming survival-MMO based on the sci-fi novel. The new trailer is pre-alpha footage, showing off the many treasures and dangers that can be found on Arrakis as players fight for spice and survival. The trailer shows the many different aspects of Arrakis, from the open sand dunes to mountain ranges and even the small parts of a city. Players appear to be able to explore the many different parts of...
Naughty Dog has announced that The Last Of Us Part 1 is coming to PC on March 3, 2023. During The Game Awards 2022, it was confirmed that the game will be making its way to PC after the current-gen version was released for PS5 in September. The Last Of Us Part 1 is a remake and features a variety of modern features including several display modes with 60 FPS and 4K resolution. Brand new game modes, a collection of accessibility options, an improved photo mode, and difficulty customizations...
The Ghostbusters renaissance continues, as the debut trailer for Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord was revealed during The Game Awards. Developed by nDreams, Rise of the Ghost Lord will be coming to Meta Quest 2 and PlayStation VR2 in 2023, and takes place in San Francisco. As the newest Ghostbuster on the block, you'll have access to all the usual tools of the trade--PKE meters, proton packs, and neutrona wands that fire beams which you definitely should not ever cross--as you hunt...
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League focuses on baddies fighting against the Justice League, and it wouldn't be the Justice League without Batman. But in one last surprise, a new trailer at The Game Awards revealed that the late Kevin Conroy, who voiced Batman for decades across animated movies and video games, has reprised the role at least once more for the upcoming Suicide Squad game. The trailer featured the Suicide Squad on its mission to take down a corrupted Justice League, with a...