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Baldur's Gate 3 Adds Jason Isaacs To Cast, New Collector's Edition Revealed

By Gabe Gurwin - Gamespot | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:43

Larian Studios is finally nearing the end of development on Baldur's Gate 3, and the studio showcased the game during Summer Game Fest on June 8. The presentation gave us a fresh look at one of the mo...

Here’s our first clip of Twisted Metal TV adaptation. Uh oh.

By Chris Moyse - Destructoid | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:42

Clownin' Around We now have our debut footage of Peacock's upcoming live-action adaptation, Twisted Metal. As debuted during this afternoon's Summer Game Fest, the clip featured our ragtag protagonis...

New Alan Wake 2 gameplay shows off creepy cultist, cop mishandling evidence

By Alice Bell - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:39

Today at the Summer Game Fest Max Payne Sam Lake from Remedy came on stage to talk a bit about the studio's second most famous son Alan Wake (2). After 13 years the sort of Twin Peaksy, sort of Steph...

Action-Packed Trailer Showcases Immortals Of Aveum's Magical FPS Gameplay

By James Carr - Gamespot | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:39

A new gameplay trailer for Immortals of Aveum was shown during Summer Games Fest. The trailer focused on a battle taking place on a mech in the middle of the ocean, showing off a variety of magic abil...

Fae Farm is bringing the cozy farming to Switch and PC on September 8

By Zoey Handley - Destructoid | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:37

Don't ever trust the fae Previously announced during the September 2022 Nintendo Direct, Fae Farm is again in the spotlight at Summer Game Fest. On top of a September 8, 2023 release date, it's also...

Palworld's mashup of Pokémon and machineguns will enter early access in 2024

By Graham Smith - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:36

We've been writing about Palworld for a couple of years, but soon we'll be able to play its unusual combination of Pokémon-like creature taming with machinegun combat. There's a new trailer below tha...

Marvel Snap gets a new Conquest mode next week

By Christian Donlan - Eurogamer | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:36

Second Dinner's chief development officer Ben Brode's just taken the stage at Summer Game Fest to announce that Marvel Snap's getting its "biggest update ever" next week, and it will contain a ne...

Finally, a game all about Akira Toriyama's obsession with cute tanks and motorcycles

By PC Gamer | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:35

Sand Land, revealed at Summer Game Fest, looks like a dream project for Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Out For PS5 In October, Teases Cool New Art

By Ethan Gach - Kotaku | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:32

Sony’s big first-party PlayStation exclusive for 2023 finally has a release date. Insomnaic Games announced Spider-Man 2 will arrive on October 20, and revealed some new art and clues about Venom’s or...

Star Trek: Infinite Trailer Teases A Showdown Between Galactic Empires

By Cameron Koch - Gamespot | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:31

Star Trek: Infinite, a new game set in the iconic sci-fi franchise from Nimble Giant Entertainment and Paradox Interactive, has been announced as part of Summer Game Fest.Details are extremely light s...

Watch the first gameplay footage of Alan Wake 2

By Ed Nightingale - Eurogamer | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:31

A glimpse of Alan Wake 2 was shown at the recent PlayStation Showcase, but at tonight's Summer Game Fest first gameplay footage was shown. Ahead of the reveal, Remedy's Sam Lake shared some ex...

Yes, Final Fantasy 7 mobile game Ever Crisis is still on the way

By Ed Nightingale - Eurogamer | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:30

Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis is now available for pre-registration on iOS and Android. Ever Crisis is the remake of the original game for mobile platforms that was announced a few years back but...

Here's Your First Look At Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

By Blake Hester - Gameinformer | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:30

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Custom Porsche Xbox Series X Looks Great, But You Probably Can't Get One

By Alessandro Barbosa - Gamespot | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:29

To celebrated Porsche's 75th anniversary and its imminent participation in the 24-hour Le Mans race this weekend, the sports car brand has collaborated with Xbox on 75 special edition Xbox Series X co...

King Arthur: Legends Rise Is Out Later This Year

By Darryn Bonthuys - Gamespot | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:28

At Summer Game Fest, mobile developer Kabam Entertainment announced that its next game, King Arthur: Legends Rise, will be headed to PC and mobile platforms later this year. Originally revealed at the...

Marvel Snap's new Conquest mode arrives on Tuesday

By Alice O'Connor - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:27

Get ready to bam, biff, and snikt through a new form of ritual combat, as Marvel Snap's new Conquest mode will launch next Tuesday, the 13th of June. That's hot news today fresh from Geoff Keighley's...

John Carpenter has a new Left 4 Dead-like game with zombies that ‘blow up real good’

By Cass Marshall - Polygon | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:27

Image: Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando revealed at Summer Game Fest A neat fact that you may not know about horror film director John Carp...

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Comes Out This October

By Charles Harte - Gameinformer | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:25

Brian Intihar, Creative Director at Insomniac Games, took to the Summer Game Fest stage today to reveal some new details about Marvel's Spider-Man 2. While we didn't get any new gameplay foot...

“Pokemon but with guns” Palworld is coming January 2024

By Zoey Handley - Destructoid | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:25

That’s overt As part of Summer Game Fest 2023, Pocketpair has shown off more of Palworld, a “multi-player, open world, survival, crafting game,” that is definitely looking just like “Pokemon with gun...

Fantasy Farm Sim And Dungeon Crawler Fae Farm Gets Release Date On PC And Switch

By Grace Benfell - Gamespot | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:23

At Summer Game Fest, a new trailer announced a release date for Fae Farm, a cutesy farming sim and dungeon crawling game. Players can explore and cultivate the island of Azoria on September 8 on PC an...

I absolutely cannot wait to jet pack stomp xenos in Space Marine 2 with my mates

By PC Gamer | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:23

If one space marine is worth an army, what about three?

Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis now accepting pre-registrations on iOS and Android

By Chris Moyse - Destructoid | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:21

So we know Sephiroth? Do we want to? Square Enix, having not learned much from the past, is apparently taking on the mobile market again with another Final Fantasy VII spin-off.  During today's Summe...

Marvel’s Spider Man 2 will launch on October 20

By Timothy Monbleau - Destructoid | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:21

We got the box art too The fun part of a showcase like Summer Game Fest is seeing how each game handles its reveals. Some opt for grandiose trailers to tingle our imaginations. But in the case of Mar...

New Ghost-Fighting Game Banishers: Ghosts Of New Eden Shown At Summer Game Fest

By Luis Joshua Gutierrez - Gamespot | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:20

Focus Entertainment has revealed new footage for its upcoming game Banishers: Ghosts Of New Eden at Summer Game Fest.The trailer opens up with a woman calling the protagonist a "Banisher" and explains...

Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis Pre-Registration Begins Today, Closed Beta Coming

By Jason Fanelli - Gamespot | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:20

Today at Summer Game Fest, Square Enix unveiled a new trailer for Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis, while also confirming a closed beta test with pre-registration beginning today.The trailer focused on S...

Dragon Ball Z Creator's Other Classic Manga Finally Gets A Game

By Isaiah Colbert - Kotaku | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:17

During today’s Summer Game Fest kickoff showcase, Bandai Namco revealed a trailer for a game based on Dragon Ball Z creator Akira Toriyama’s classic manga, Sand Land.Read more...

Hopefully Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria can top the Gollum game

By Chris Carter - Destructoid | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:17

Fourth Age spelunking Last year we got word that The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria was in the works, and will deal with events taking place in the Fourth Age of the Lord of the Rings timeline (b...

Baldur's Gate 3 Gets Lucius Malfoy Actor As A Bad Guy

By Marcus Stewart - Gameinformer | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:15

Larian Studios clearly wanted another easily detestable bad guy for Baldur’s Gate 3, so it turned to Harry Potter’s Lucius Malfoy to play one of the game's newly revealed antagonists.  That...

Here's our first look at Henry Cavill's final turn as Geralt in The Witcher Season 3 on Netflix

By PC Gamer | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:14

The first trailer for The Witcher Season 3 was revealed during today's Summer Game Fest.

Jason Isaacs voices a baddie in Baldur's Gate 3

By Alice O'Connor - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:13

Professional villain Jason Isaacs will voice a character of questionable morality in Baldur's Gate 3, developers Larian announced today at Geoff Keighley's Level Up Pool Party. The English actor who...

Palworld Catches A January Early Access Launch Date

By Marcus Stewart - Gameinformer | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:11

Palworld has always seemed too good to be true, given its vibrant world and amazingly absurd premise of inserting guns and survival features into a Pokémon-inspired open-world game. After a l...

MMO Black Desert Online's new expansion trailer shows off spirits and monsters galore

By Alice Bell - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:11

Black Desert Online, that Korean MMORPG you might remember for having a really detailed character creator that everyone lost their minds over a few years ago, debuted a new trailer for its upcoming e...

Toxic Commando is a new zombie masher from produced by John Carpenter

By Chris Moyse - Destructoid | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:11

(And a bad Bon Jovi cover) During Summer Game Fest, Saber Interactive revealed brand new monster shooter Toxic Commando, which is headed to PC and Gen9 consoles in 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch...

LOTR: Return To Moria Delayed To Fall, New Trailer Released

By Eddie Makuch - Gamespot | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:11

As part of Summer Game Fest, a trailer for The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria debuted and a new release window for the title was announced.The survival-crafting game was previously scheduled to de...

Dragon Ball creator's manga Sand Land is getting a video game adaptation

By Graham Smith - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:10

Akira Toriyama is best known for creating Dragon Ball, which I haven't read or watched, and for contributing character designs to Chrono Trigger and the Dragon Quest series, which I haven't played. H...

Pokémon-with-guns game Palworld delayed to 2024, here’s more of its violence

By Michael McWhertor - Polygon | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:10

Image: Pocketpair Gotta kill ’em all! Palworld, the game that dares to ask “What if Pokémon could carry guns, and you fought giant Pokémon like a game of Monster Hunter, and oh...

Palworld, Pokemon With Guns, Enters Early Access In January 2024

By James Carr - Gamespot | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:09

Palworld, developed by Pearl Abyss, previous went viral online for taking the Pokemon formula of creature collecting and battling and adding guns into the mix. Palworld is entering early access in Jan...

Quantic Dreams Reveals New Adventure Game Under The Waves

By Demi Williams - Gamespot | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:08

Quantic Dreams has unveiled the first look at its new narrative adventure game Under the Waves, from developer Parallel Studios. Set to release on August 29 for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, the game is...

Prince of Persia is coming back with a cartoony 2.5D platformer, and it's the 2003 throwback I didn't know I wanted

By PC Gamer | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:08

I missed the old Ubisoft.

Spider-Man 2 Releases October 20, Features Venom

By Steve Watts - Gamespot | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:06

Spider-Man 2 creative director Bryan Intihar took the stage at Summer Game Fest to share more details on the upcoming Insomniac game, including a release date. After sharing some story details, Intiha...

Alan Wake 2 Gets Unedited Gameplay And New Story Details

By Marcus Stewart - Gameinformer | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:06

Alan Wake 2 got its first unedited gameplay showing during Summer Game Fest, with Remedy head Sam Lake divulging more details on the upcoming survival horror title. Sam Lake offered further...

Alan Wake 2 Horror Gameplay Debuts At Summer Game Fest

By Steve Watts - Gamespot | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:04

Alan Wake 2 is coming this October, adding another entry in the growing Remedy universe. The studio recently showed a new cinematic trailer at the PlayStation showcase, and now has followed up with ou...

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Co-op Campaign Revealed

By Sam Pape - Gamespot | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:02

A new trailer for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment's upcoming hack-n-slash shooter, just dropped at Summer Game Fest. The trailer shows off the game's co-op...

Toxic Commando Is A New Horror Shooter From The Mind Of John Carpenter

By Alessandro Barbosa - Gamespot | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:02

John Carpenter is well-known for his contributions to horror film history, but he is yet to make a mark on the videogame industry in the same way. That could change next year with John Carpenter's Tox...

Warhaven will be playable as part of Steam Next Fest

By Zoey Handley - Destructoid | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:02

That's a lot of armor As part of Summer Game Fest, Nexon has shown off a slice of their upcoming smashy medieval-fantasy multi-player game, Warhaven. They have also revealed that it will be free to t...

Alan Wake 2 footage debuts at Summer Game Fest

By Chris Carter - Destructoid | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:01

Yep, it still looks great Live at Summer Game Fest 2023, Remedy Entertainment game director Sam Lake took the stage to give us the elevator pitch for Alan Wake 2: one of the least necessary pitches o...

John Carpenter's Toxic Commando Is A Zombie Vehicle First-Person Shooter

By Kyle Hilliard - Gameinformer | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:00

Set to the tune of "You Give Love a Bad Name" by Bon Jovi, John Carpenter's Toxic Commando is a game about fighting zombies in, presumably, the apocalypse. The trailer showed a group of four...

Fantasy FPS Witchfire gets early access launch in September

By Victoria Kennedy - Eurogamer | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:00

Witchfire, the upcoming roguelite shooter from the developer of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, will be available in early access on 20th September via the Epic Games Store. First announced all t...

Alan Wake 2 Seems Like The Next Big Horror Game In New Footage

By Zack Zwiezen - Kotaku | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:00

Today during Geoff Keighley’s big not-E3 video game extravaganza, Summer Game Fest, we got our first real, in-depth look at Alan Wake 2, Remedy’s long-awaited sequel to its moody, Pacific Northwest-se...

Marvel Snap's New Conquest Mode Ups The Stakes Next Week

By Steve Watts - Gamespot | Jun 08, 2023 - 22:00

Marvel Snap will introduce a new game mode next week, the challenging single-loss tournament Conquest Mode. The new mode will open on June 13, letting you compete for tickets to trade for a series of...