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Vampire Survivor’s next free update drops tomorrow
By CJ Andriessen - Destructoid | Jun 12, 2023 - 01:33GOLD-FINGER (he sang in his most Shirley Bassy voice) Vampire Survivors continues to be the indie gift that keeps on giving. After a stellar debut last year, in which it won Best Game at the British...
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Animal Crossing meets My Time At Portia in archipelago life-sim Critter Cove
By Rachel Watts - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 12, 2023 - 01:30Who would have thought a bathtub would make a great little tugboat, but after seeing Critter Cove's protagonist toot his way around a sunny archipelago, it makes perfect sense. Announced during the P...
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Vampire Survivors is getting even more reasons why you should absolutely play it
By Rachel Watts - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 12, 2023 - 01:26RPS' coveted game of the year 2022, Vampire Survivors, is getting another update, which means there are now even more reasons why you should play this game if you haven't already. Like, seriously. Th...
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Starfield’s ship building still threatens to produce the most cursed crafts in sci-fi
By James Archer - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 12, 2023 - 01:25Of the many Starfield elements deep-dove into during the Xbox Games Showcase's Starfield Direct, the ship building was one that we’d previously seen a decent amount of. Yet it also cemented, in quite...
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What you actually need to know from the PC Gaming Show 2023
By Katharine Castle - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 12, 2023 - 01:23Cheery RPS fanzine PC Gamer has their own NotE3 show, don't you know, which this year was packed with almost two and a half hours of fresh(ish) PC gaming announcements. There sure was a lot to get in...
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Metaphor: ReFantazio is a new "high fantasy" RPG from the makers of Persona
By Graham Smith - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 12, 2023 - 01:22Atlus have become a Persona factory in recent years, producing not only the mainline urban fantasy RPGs but spin-offs like Persona 5 Strikers and the recently announced Persona 5 Tactica. Thankfully...
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Starfield Direct recap: sandwich heists, cowboy towns, space magic, and other things we learned
By PC Gamer | Jun 12, 2023 - 01:15The Starfield presentation covered a lot of familiar ground, but we got a deeper look at Bethesda's space RPG.
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Sure, why not, a metroidvania where you play as Ebenezer Scrooge
By CJ Andriessen - Destructoid | Jun 12, 2023 - 01:12Bah fun(?)-bug A Christmas Carol is a timeless classic that remains a staple of the holiday season, with producers in film and television taking advantage of its public domain status every couple of...
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The Hardspace: Shipbreaker dev's new game is a sci-fi deckbuilder with Battlestar Galactica vibes
By Alice Bell - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 12, 2023 - 01:06Okay, so you're not being chased by an army of murderous robots that are only seconds behind you, but you're still jumping around trying to find a new home for the last of humanity who managed to esc...
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Another Call Of Duty Streamer's Skin Getting Removed Over Anti-LGBTQ Controversy
By Ethan Gach - Kotaku | Jun 12, 2023 - 01:00Timothy “TimTheTatman” Betar is getting his wish. Activision will remove the streamer’s cosmetic bundle from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Warzone, a spokesperson for the publisher confirmed. Be...
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I can't wait to play Frostpunk 2 in 2024, because apparently I hate myself
By Rachel Watts - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 12, 2023 - 00:34I honestly thought that 11 Bit Studios would have a tough time making Frostpunk 2 stand out from the original game, but from the looks of the sequel's new trailer, it certainly stands out all right....
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Try the new Warhammer RTS with an open beta in July
By Alice O'Connor - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 12, 2023 - 00:33If owning forty thousand hammers sounds ludicrous to you, come have a peek at the new trailer for Warhammer Age Of Sigmar: Realms Of Ruin. This accompanies news that the fantasy RTS will run a multip...
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Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty's system requirements have been announced and affect the base game
By Graham Smith - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 12, 2023 - 00:32Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty got a new trailer and release date earlier this evening. Developers CD Projekt Red then followed up by sharing the expansion's system requirements, which includes a Ge...
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Shadow Gambit and its undead stealth pirates are hitting PC in August
By Katharine Castle - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 12, 2023 - 00:30When Mimimi Games announced their latest stealth strategy game Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew back in January, I was pretty darn stoked. You can also imagine my excitement when they said it would be...
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Don't Starve devs announce spaceship survival game Dread Pilots
By Alice O'Connor - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 12, 2023 - 00:25The studio behind Don't Starve and Oxygen Not Included today announced their next survival game, a sandbox spaceship game named Dread Pilots. Klei Entertainment this time will send us into a hostile...
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Our 9 biggest unanswered questions after the Starfield showcase
By PC Gamer | Jun 12, 2023 - 00:22I've got all kinds of questions about the NASA-punk future.
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Oblivion's Adoring Fan and his chronically bad hairstyle are in Starfield
By Alice Bell - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 12, 2023 - 00:20If you ever became Grand Champion in the combat arena in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, then you will recognise the little cone-headed gimp who made a surprise cameo in tonight's Starfield deep dive...
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All the premieres and reveals from the Xbox Games Showcase
By PC Gamer | Jun 12, 2023 - 00:16Every trailer from Microsoft's big event.
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Dune: Awakening's combat 'is much more second-to-second and intense than you would find in an MMO'
By PC Gamer | Jun 12, 2023 - 00:04The survival MMO will, appropriately for a game set on a desert planet, have what its creators call "sandbox combat."
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Look at this little green goo guy, shooting his guns an endless clone army, just having a great time
By PC Gamer | Jun 12, 2023 - 00:02Take the fight to an army of poorly-grown human clones in this survive-'em-up.
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Vampire Survivors 1.5 Update Announced, Out Tomorrow
By Charles Harte - Gameinformer | Jun 12, 2023 - 00:00Vampire Survivors just can't seem to die, but it's unclear whether that's due to its attentive development team or the immortal nature of vampires. Whatever the case, developer Poncle put out...
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Citizen Sleeper 2 is real and I couldn't be happier
By Katharine Castle - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 12, 2023 - 00:00When solo developer Gareth Damian Martin started teasing they were working on another project together with Citizen Sleeper's composer Amos Roddy and character artist Guillaume Singelin last month, I...
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New Frostpunk 2 Trailer Teases A Reborn Oil Rush, Release Window Set For 2024
By Darryn Bonthuys - Gamespot | Jun 12, 2023 - 00:00Frostpunk 2 developer 11 Bit Studios has announced that the game will launch in 2024 for PC, and has debuted a new trailer for its city-building sequel. Set 30 years after the original game, which saw...
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In Sand, you'll explore the wastes of a dead planet colonized by the Austro-Hungarian empire
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:59Hologryph is immortalizing the history of Western Ukraine—while developing its game in a war-stricken country.
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Bloomtown looks like Stardew Valley, but with more kidnappings and psychic duels
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:58Stranger Things meets Persona in this cutesy and creepy adventure.
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Breathedge 2 is the funniest take on floating through an uncaring void I've ever seen
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:56Check out the new trailer and an exciting development regarding that immortal chicken.
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F1 Manager 2023 lets you rewrite history in its new mode
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:55Think you can do it better than Toto? Frontier's sim lets you find out.
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Xbox boss Phil Spencer is 'confident' that the Activision Blizzard acquisition will go through
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:54"We're out there to find solutions with the regulators," says Xbox Game Studios CEO Phil Spencer.
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Build your own Roman city with this new citybuilder next year
By Alice O'Connor - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:54The Roman Empire may have fallen long ago but Rome has stood for almost three millenia. Think you can do better? Newly announced citybuilder Nova Roma will challenge you to start your own new Roman c...
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My Friendly Neighborhood asks: what if Resident Evil happened on Sesame Street?
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:53The quirky FPS just got a release date that's right around the corner.
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Baldur's Gate 3 shows off, uh, Baldur's Gate
By Alice O'Connor - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:51Though Baldur's Gate 3 has been in early access for almost three years, it hasn't yet given us, uh, Baldur's Gate. The city which gave the series its name will be a big location in the full game when...
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Thread a train through the chaos of a civil war in this chilly new RTS
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:50Battling bitter conditions in a turbulent Russia split by war, these Czechoslovakian soldiers' lives are in your hands.
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Nova Roma is a Roman city builder with colorful catastrophes
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:49Seasonal, water, and supply chain mechanics bring the Pax Romana period to life.
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Earthless is a new sci-fi deck builder from the creators of Homeworld 3 where you'll need to come up with ludicrous 'game-breaking' combos and win over your crew to have a chance at saving humanity
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:46In Earthless, you're a "single ship against the many" after the Sun has engulfed humanity's home.
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Great! Macabre has given us *another* thing to fear in the Australian outback
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:44The studio behind the multiplayer stealth horror gives us their tick list for developing a distinctly Australian creature feature.
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TerraTech Worlds is a sandbox vehicle-building game that looks great in Unreal 5
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:43You will brave new planets, their unforgiving hazards, and opportunistic bandits for the greatest prize: technology.
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It's a good thing Ember Knights has co-op because its boss battles are ridiculous
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:41Four-player co-op adds flare to an already polished roguelite experience.
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Check out Baldur's Gate's three densely-packed districts in this dev diary
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:38The city at the heart of Baldur's Gate 3 has had a glow up.
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The making of the PC Gaming Show's Baldur's Gate 3 animated short
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:36Don't worry, Astarion is just as enchanting in two dimensions.
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Vampire Survivors is getting a surprise free update with gameshow flair
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:34Poncle announced the latest addition to the game at the PC Gaming Show.
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'Select' PC Game Pass games coming to Nvidia's GeForce Now streaming
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:34Nvidia's cloud streaming service racks up another batch of games.
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Thirsty Suitors Preview – Heartbreak Feels Good In A Place Like This
By Wesley LeBlanc - Gameinformer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:34...
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Starfield's character creator is so versatile, Bethesda used it to create the game's NPCs
By Liam Richardson - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:33As promised, Bethesda gave us an extended look at Starfield this evening as part of a dedicated presentation attatched to Microsoft's larger not-E3 showcase. Alongside a fresh look at the game's 10...
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The new RTS from former StarCraft 2 devs looks a lot like StarCraft 2
By Alice O'Connor - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:31What happens when some folks who previously worked at Blizzard on games including Warcraft 3 and StarCraft 2 go independent with a new studio to make a new real-time strategy game? They make a game w...
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All the games in the PC Gaming Show 2023 montage segment
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:30If the games in the PC Gaming Show montage caught your eye, here's a bit more on each.
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Somehow I now know even less about Yakuza 8 after that name reveal
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:28Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth is coming in early 2024, but otherwise this new teaser trailer gave me more questions than answers.
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WW2 shooter Hell Let Loose is adding a shorter-session mode for 25 players
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:28Update 15 Devotion to Duty is for short of time soldiers.
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Our favorite upcoming cyberpunk FPS will let you explore satellites and get crossed over on the court this September
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:27You can try Fortune's Run's new one-on-one basketball minigame and dual shotguns in its free demo right now.
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Microsoft has "turned the corner" on first-party game launches, Xbox says
By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:26Matt Booty, the boss of Xbox Game Studios, has said that Microsoft has now "turned the corner" on its first-party output, following tonight's announcement-filled Xbox Games Showcase. In a post-...
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The Xbox Games Showcase's biggest reveal is that Microsoft's now the PC publishing monster it always should have been
By PC Gamer | Jun 11, 2023 - 23:24Redmond finally feels like it's roaring.
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