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Streaming on September 26th There seem to be an infinite number of video game showcase streams these days, each one promising to be full of exciting indie games. Whatever my feelings about the entertainment value of these streams, I can’t deny I watch all of them, or that they introduce me to games I might have otherwise missed. Next on the calendar is the Convegence games showcase on September 26th, which is a new event that - hey, what a twist - promises to feature exciting indie games....

No, thank you An upcoming “survival experience” from the makers ofEve Onlinegot its first trailer today, teasing spaceships against stellar backdrops.Eve Frontierwas previously known as Project Awakening and is set in a faraway sector of the Eve universe. The developer calls it “a sandbox which focuses on self-reliance, skill-based tactical gameplay and third-party development”. Huh? Third party development? Oh, I see. It has a bunch of blockchain cryptocurrency horseshit attached to it....

No shades of grey, just black sunshades and punching Sometimes we play video games to plunder the silty depths of our emotions, sometimes we play them to sharpen our wits and try the alchemy of engrossing systems, sometimes we play them to mud-wrestle with questions of power and responsibility, and sometimes we just want to wear cool sunglasses, have big arms, and fly around hitting stuff very hard. Fly real fast with streaky lines and break the sound barrier...

Grappling still included Pablo, the protagonist from the first game, returns with some new powers including fire-dashing, but players can also switch on the fly to a secondary pup, Luna. Luna seems to be Shadow to Pablo’s Sonic: an edgy anti-hero with an arsenal of guns that might be better suited to certain enemies or challenges. Otherwise it seems to closely follow the formula of the first game. That won’t please everyone....

Very good train tickets, though Hollowbody’s introduction is masterful, and not just for a sallow skyline that captures the life-sapping dreariness of British coastlines. Thehorrornous required to impart unease in the middle of the day are somewhat eased up on when you’ve got all that serotonin-begone drizzle to work with, sure. But this feels more poignant than that. There’s a soulful drearines and utterly heartbreaking inevitability to the vibe here, as your character and rubber suited activist pals try to get the bottom of a horrific incident....

A play and a chat with GSC Game World Oh,S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Mere weeks from release after years of delays, plopped in front of me at a cramped, lightly vibratingGamescombooth, and you still won’t reveal your secrets. I did get to play a brief whizz through GSC Game World’s eerieFPS– enough to feel encouraged, even – but be it time constraints or the darkness of my nighttime raid into the radioactive Zone, I would have liked to have quite literally seen more....

No game cancellations or studio closures involved “For the past year, our goal has been to minimize disruption while welcoming new teams and enabling them to do their best work,” Xbox chief Phil Spencer explained to Microsoft employees in an internal memo, sent this week and obtained byIGN. “As part of aligning our post-acquisition team structure and managing our business, we have made the decision to eliminate approximately 650 roles across Microsoft Gaming - mostly corporate and supporting functions - to organize our business for long term success....

Quarter-circle reloads sound great on paper Every man has his breaking point, and mine is the DP motion, aka the D-pad input used to perform Ken’s Shoryuken uppercut in Street Fighter, and moves like it in otherfightinggames. I’ve never been able to perform it consistently. It’s one of many moderately fiddly special attacks - written down for posterity in a tear-stained journal I keep sorrowfully beneath my pillow - which have walled me out of enjoying fighting games, much as I love thinking about them....

and you call them that despite the fact they are obviously grilled Steam’s family sharing feature Steam Families is now available to everyone on the platform, letting up to six total people share games from a single library, with each individual having access to their own saved games, achievements, and workshop files. This means that, yes, when you all sit down together in the evening, you can enjoy a hearty family meal in the knowledge that between you, you technically own six copies of the Cities SkylinesBig Butt Skinner Balloon....

Bring back summer, please If roller coasters are humanity’s way of injecting ourselves with a dose of fear just to stay on our toes, then water parks are our way of turning our old enemy, the sea, into a captive entertainer (or is that aquariums?) Either way, Frontier are hoping to cater for all humankind’s quirky day-out desires withPlanet Coaster 2, by adding water slides and wave pools to the teacups and train rides of their management sim....

Look closer Earlier today, Nic coveredthe full release of Steam Families, a feature which makes it easier for families to share a game library and for parents to manage kids' purchases and playtime on the digital storefront. It’s a neat improvement over the old system. Unfortunately I can’t think about anything other than the Steam Families logo, which is pictured above and is clearly a shocked, possibly aghast face. Or so I thought at first....

“After deep consultation with our community, customers, and partners, we’ve made the decision to cancel the Runtime Fee for our games customers, effective immediately. Non-gaming Industry customers are not impacted by this modification,“says the announcementfrom Unity CEO Matt Bromberg. “I’ve been able to connect with many of you over the last three months, and I’ve heard time and time again that you want a strong Unity, and understand that price increases are a necessary part of what enables us to invest in moving gaming forward....