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Payday 3 Gameplay Trailer Reveals September Release Date
By Grace Benfell - Gamespot | Jun 11, 2023 - 19:14The release date for Payday 3, and the first extensive look at gameplay, were revealed at the Xbox Showcase. The trailer showed off abilities both old and new in a multi-tiered urban map. Payday 3 wil...
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Compulsion Games Reveals South of Midnight
By Marcus Stewart - Gameinformer | Jun 11, 2023 - 19:14Compulsion Games, makers of We Happy Few and Contrast, has announced a fascinating new project called South of Midnight. The stylish trailer begins with a strange musician strumming his guit...
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Richard Ayoade stars in new Fable trailer
By Ed Nightingale - Eurogamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 19:14Richard Ayoade will star in Fable, as revealed in a new teaser trailer at the Xbox Games Showcase. The UK comedian narrates the trailer as 'Dave, vegetable enthusiast', injecting a healthy dose...
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Giant Richard Ayoade kicks off Xbox Games Showcase with Fable
By Chris Moyse - Destructoid | Jun 11, 2023 - 19:08Fee Fi Green Thumb The Xbox Games Showcase is underway, and the show kicked off with a cinematic for the next title in the Fable franchise, titled, funnily enough, Fable. The trailer starred comedian...
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Ubisoft's Open-World Star Wars Game Is Out Next Year
By Charles Harte - Gameinformer | Jun 11, 2023 - 19:07Today during the Xbox Showcase, we finally got a look at the open-world Star Wars game Ubisoft has been working on for the last few years. The game is being developed by Massive Entertainment...
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Fable Unveiled At Xbox Showcase With Impressive New Trailer
By Eddie Makuch - Gamespot | Jun 11, 2023 - 19:07It has been a few years since Playground Games' Fable reboot was announced by Xbox, but the game is finally ready for its time in the spotlight. As part of the Xbox Games Showcase on June 11, the upco...
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South Of Midnight Is A Gorgeous-Looking Third-Person Magic Adventure
By James Carr - Gamespot | Jun 11, 2023 - 19:04Compulsion Games announced its new game, South of Midnight, during the Xbox Games Showcase. The third-person action-adventure game takes place in the American South, with a striking clay-like art-styl...
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New Trailer For Like A Dragon 8, Now Called Infinite Wealth, Shown At Xbox Showcase
By Michael Higham - Gamespot | Jun 11, 2023 - 19:00The Yakuza train keeps on rolling as Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, previously called Like A Dragon 8, was shown at the Xbox Games Showcase with a new and bizarre trailer. The game was revealed durin...
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Richard Ayoade Stars In New Fable Trailer
By Kyle Hilliard - Gameinformer | Jun 11, 2023 - 18:51The new Fable from Playground Games was previously announced, but the latest trailer gives us a better sense of the game's comedic tone. The trailer (but not the full game, presumably) stars...
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How to watch the PC Gaming Show
By Michael McWhertor - Polygon | Jun 11, 2023 - 18:45Image: PC Gamer PC Gamer’s annual games showcase promises to be a big one On Sunday, the folks at PC Gamer return with another PC Gaming Show that’s all about upcoming PC game...
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Alan Wake 2 Isn't Cutting Corners In Being A Weird Detective Survival Horror Game
By Kurt Indovina - Gamespot | Jun 11, 2023 - 18:38Alan Wake 2 is not cutting corners on its commitment to being a detective survival horror. It's a game that has a clarity of vision that looks to be executed by a Remedy that is firing on all cylinder...
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Sea Of Thieves: The Legend Of Monkey Island Crossover Revealed At Xbox Games Showcase
By Mark Delaney - Gamespot | Jun 11, 2023 - 18:31Five years since it arrived, Sea of Thieves has become one of Xbox's biggest new franchises in a long time, so it's no wonder the game is still getting a prime spot at the Xbox Games Showcase. Today t...
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Come Burn Your Dread with the Xbox Games Showcase live stream
By Chris Moyse - Destructoid | Jun 11, 2023 - 18:00Try and look surprised As Summer Game Fest continues, the black-and-green brand is preparing to take the stage, as Microsoft's Xbox brand prepares to regale us with all of the titles headed to Xbox S...
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What If Max Payne, But Shooting Vampires In Slo-Mo Instead?
By Claire Jackson - Kotaku | Jun 11, 2023 - 17:00When the original Max Payne was ported to consoles in late 2001, I couldn’t get a copy fast enough. I wasn’t a PC gamer at the time, and so for a while I could only enjoy Max Payne through the interne...
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Warhammer 40K’s 10th edition still has political satire in its pages
By Cass Marshall - Polygon | Jun 11, 2023 - 17:00Image: Games Workshop There is only war in Ba Sing Se In Warhammer 40,000, there is only war. Still, Games Workshop has always sprinkled a healthy dose of satire through the Im...
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PC Gaming Show 2023 liveblog
By James Archer - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 11, 2023 - 16:41Welcome to our PC Gaming Show liveblog, where we’ll be bringing you some extremely live coverage of PC Gamer’s contribution to the current NotE3/Summer Game Fest proceedings. If it’s anything like la...
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Xbox Games Showcase 2023 and Starfield Direct liveblog
By James Archer - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 11, 2023 - 16:41We’re rolling out the liveblog widget once again for today’s Xbox Games Showcase, as well as the Starfield-focused Starfield Direct, which will follow immediately after. And will be about Starfield....
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PlayStation is reportedly not making the trip to Gamescom
By Chris Moyse - Destructoid | Jun 11, 2023 - 15:00Sony brand not booking its flight to Cologne As we reach the tail-end of Summer Game Fest 2023, already developers and publishers are preparing their itineraries for the next major show of the summer...
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Watch today's Xbox and Starfield showcase right here with us
By Robert Purchese - Eurogamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 15:00With the PlayStation Showcase and Summer Game Fest Opening Showcase out of the way, attention now turns to Microsoft and Bethesda's dual-purpose Xbox Showcase and Starfield Direct later today.This, r...
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Cyberpunk: Phantom Liberty adds new Edgerunners-inspired Cyberware limit
By Chris Tapsell - Eurogamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 13:00When you think about it, a spy thriller is a perfect fit for CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077. The original game was, if nothing else, a game swimming in uncertainty and conspiracy. It's riddled wit...
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I wish Mortal Kombat 1 had a modern control scheme like Street Fighter 6
By Ed Thorn - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 11, 2023 - 13:00Mortal Kombat 1 is surely going to delight fans of fighting games and fans of Mortal Kombat. Having given it a whirl for around 45 minutes at Summer Game Fest, I'm convinced it's gorgeous, gory, and...
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Alan Wake 2 is just as much a detective story, as it is survival horror
By Ed Thorn - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 11, 2023 - 12:30Behind an ominous door next to a pizza joint, I bore witness to 30 minutes of Alan Wake 2 in an extended presentation based on the trailer you might have seen at the sumSummer Game Fest showcase. I d...
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How to watch the Starfield Direct
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 12:25Bethesda is dedicating its 2023 summer showcase to Starfield with a showcase airing right after the Xbox event on Sunday.
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Cocoon is easily one of the best games at Summer Game Fest 2023
By Ed Thorn - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 11, 2023 - 12:00Right folks, listen up: from just 30 minutes of Cocoon, I'm already convinced it's one of the best games here at Summer Game Fest 2023. It's the Annapurna one masterminded by Jeppe Carlsen, the lead...
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How to watch the Xbox Games Showcase 2023
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 11:25Microsoft's bringing out its first-party games this Sunday, followed by a deep dive into Starfield.
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How a slightly wonky Transformers show gave us a proper videogame classic
By Caelyn Ellis - Eurogamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 11:00Hello! Just to say: yes, Graeme wrote a lovely retrospective of this game almost a decade ago and it's a terrific read. But with the game on people's minds again it felt like a welcome opportunity t...
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At last, Midnight Suns got a New Game+ update that lets you keep your cards
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 07:15Now you can choose which progress carries over, and which doesn't.
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You can play a demo of the 'Aussie Fallout' CRPG Broken Roads on Steam
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 06:13Grab your gun and a lump of unidentified meat, it's time for a post-apocalyptic adventure.
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Today's Wordle hint and answer #722: Sunday, June 11
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 06:07A hint to help you out and today's Wordle answer if you need it.
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Balan Wonderworld co-dev Arzest is "leading development" on Sonic Superstars
By Chris Tapsell - Eurogamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 03:52Talking to Eurogamer at Summer Games Fest today, Sonic Team vice president of product development Takashi Iizuka has clarified the question of the newly unveiled Sonic Superstars' main developer: it'...
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The greatest hat in all Diablo has surfaced in Diablo 4
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 02:03Shako's back, baby.
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Watch 10 minutes of Sonic Superstars and see exactly how faithful it is
By Graham Smith - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 11, 2023 - 01:58I've never been a Sonic fan, but I thought Sonic Superstars looked pretty good at Geoff Fest earlier this week. It's an old-fashioned sidescrolling platformer rendered in a 3D art style faithful to t...
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In 1997, horror game Haunted Casino tried to scare us chipless
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 01:35We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
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Flying citybuilder sequel Airborne Empire will attack you with sky pirates
By Graham Smith - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 11, 2023 - 01:02Airborne Kingdom was about constructing a floating city in the sky; you figuratively and literally balanced your construction of homes and industry as you floated around and interacted with settlemen...
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Here's what to expect from the updated D&D rulebooks coming next year
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 00:40There'll be more capitalization, for one thing.
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Resistor is an open world vehicular combat RPG
By Graham Smith - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 11, 2023 - 00:29Resistor is a narrative racing game. That alone is enough to intrigue me, but it's also got vehicular combat, a slick art style, and it's from a new games studio founded by the creator of some really...
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Our 11 favorite trailers from the 2023 Future Games Show Summer Showcase
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 00:23Catch up with the neatest PC game trailers from this year's Future Games Show summer livestream.
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I told you guys Lords of the Fallen looked cool
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 00:12The rebooted action RPG got an extended gameplay trailer at the Future Games Show today.
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Three Gorgeous, Unreleased Games We Just Played That Should Have Your Attention
By Alyssa Mercante - Kotaku | Jun 10, 2023 - 23:50The Day of the Devs showcase at Summer Game Fest is a colorful, diverse collection of indies offering up a wide variety of gaming experiences, and Kotaku got to play a handful of them.
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Today's Wholesome Direct was a ball pond of fascinating fun
By Christian Donlan - Eurogamer | Jun 10, 2023 - 23:47I remember talking to a developer almost twenty years ago about where they thought games were headed, and they told me that one day they imagined a game about an old guy just trying to get across...
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Cocoon Preview – An Excellent First Impression
By Wesley LeBlanc - Gameinformer | Jun 10, 2023 - 22:47...
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I have no idea what to make of this 'motorvania' about a biker coyote on a quest for vengeance, but I think I like it
By PC Gamer | Jun 10, 2023 - 22:33A demo for Laika: Aged Through Blood is coming to Steam next week.
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Diablo 4 review
By PC Gamer | Jun 10, 2023 - 22:29A live service action RPG that almost buries everything that makes it great.
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Wallace and Gromit VR game headed to Meta Quest 2
By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Jun 10, 2023 - 22:27Lovable plasticine pals Wallace and Gromit are getting a new video game - and this time, it's a VR title for Meta Quest 2. Wallace and Gromit in the Grand Getaway was announced tonight via a qu...
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I was not expecting how much I'd dig this surreal adventure game where I've somehow broken 'Writer's Law' and have to escape my punishment
By PC Gamer | Jun 10, 2023 - 22:20The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales offers an interesting mix of adventure game and turn based combat.
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Assassin's Creed Mirage will include a 'desaturated blue/gray' mode for people who are stuck in 2007
By PC Gamer | Jun 10, 2023 - 22:17(But it won't run on Windows Vista.)
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The world's angriest Metroidvania is out soon and would probably make the Doom Guy flinch
By PC Gamer | Jun 10, 2023 - 22:14Cookie Cutter's heroine is on a bloody rampage to save her girlfriend.
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Ruffy And The Riverside Lets You Change The World By Rearranging Textures
By Marcus Stewart - Gameinformer | Jun 10, 2023 - 21:36If you enjoy classic 3D platformers and games that let you creatively tinker with their worlds, you may want to put Ruffy and the Riverside on your radar. This open-world adventure gives play...
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Square Enix’s sudsy shooter Foamstars could be onto something
By Eric Van Allen - Destructoid | Jun 10, 2023 - 21:33Bubbly fun Foamstars feels a bit out of left field for Square Enix. A multiplayer shooter may not be all that strange; after all, the publisher did make a battle royale based on Final Fantasy VII. Bu...
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Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel "paused" due to writer's strike, Chris Pratt says
By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Jun 10, 2023 - 21:30Mario voice actor Chris Pratt has discussed the inevitable sequel to the box office-breaking Super Mario Bros. Movie, and said that news on what comes next should be coming "soon". Exactly how...
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