A challenging sci-fi third-person action adventure shooter, you say? When I first played PlayStation exclusiveReturnallast year, I didn’t think it would be my jam. I’ve never been one for bullet hell shooters, and especially not super difficult ones that also double up as roguelikes. Turns out, it absolutely was my jam, and I thinkScars Above, the new third-person sci-fi action shooter from Mad Head Games that was revealed tonight at Gamescom Opening Night Live, will be, too....

Much-leaked date confirmed at today’s Gamescom Opening Night Live Greetings, fellow kids!Sonic Frontiersis out on November 8th. If that date sounds familiar then that’ll be because it’s the one that’s beenleakedfor ages. Sega have shown off some hints at the game’s story during today’s Gamescom Opening Night Live event. Gawp at the release date trailer below. Not liking the look of that spooky floating kid much. I had next to no interest in Sonic Frontiers for the longest time....

Check your emails “Production has outperformed our estimates,” according to Yang, who sometimes uses his personal Twitter to share Steam Deck news orwarn people against DIY Deck mods. Hence, a few lucky souls who’d otherwise have to wait until late autumn for their orders can expect theirs much more imminently. As with all orders, Valve send a confirmation email when someone’s Steam Deck is ready to be paid for and shipped out; Yang clarified that those previously in the Q4 windows aren’t now receiving their emails by accident....

One of the other best bits of Dead Space was making monsters walk into machines and devices that gibbed them, so I’m glad to see that represented too. Give me a haunted house in space where every lifeform constantly explodes into its constituent organs and I’m happy. The Callisto Protocol is a third-person sci-fi shooter set on the Jovian moon of Callisto, where some Thick McRunfast fella is trying to escape from a prison after space spookiness causes everyone to mutate into monsters....

Explore the dangerous caves of Tharis Island Free-to-play extraction shooterThe Cycle: Frontieris heading underground for its upcoming The Depths Of Tharis Island expansion, arriving in the game with the start of season two on September 28th. The new map brings a network of enemy-filled caves stuffed with loot to find. Pop on your helmet and grab your pickaxe to watch the trailer below. Tharis Island is riddled with caves, which are equally riddled with monsters....

Take a look at some gameplay, welwala It’s been some time since we heard anything new about Telltale and Deck Nine’s game based on James S.A. Corey’s The Expanse sci-fi universe. At today’s Gamescom Opening Night Live though, the episodic experts showed off some new gameplay footage from the upcomingThe Expanse: A Telltale Game, along with a behind-the-scenes chat. Witness a revivified Telltale in action in the trailer below. The Expanse: A Telltale Game wasrevealedduring last year’s The Game Awards, and stars the telly show actor Cara Gee....

Survive terrifying ordeals with a friend Outlastis filled with creepy doctors performing horrifying surgeries in the dark, but upcoming co-op sequelThe Outlast Trialsis now going to let you share that trauma with a friend. A new trailer debuted at Gamescom Opening Night Live this evening, and revealed that the closed beta will run over Halloween weekend, from October 28th to November 1st. You can head over to theSteam store pageto request access now....

Also Brandon Sanderson is involved Imagine I have a weird alien squid pointed right at you. I need you to tell me what the developers of open-world watery survival gameSubnauticaare making next. Just, your best guess, or the squid’ll getcha with its weird alien ink. Ready? Go!…. Okay, well congratulations to anyone who said “a turn-based strategy game inspired by tabletop miniatures”. Unlikely as it may seem you were right, and everyone else was wrong....

Stranded: Alien Dawn goes into early access in October Stranded: Alien Dawnis a new sci-fi survival sim coming from the developers ofSurviving Mars, Haemimont Games, announced at today’s Gamescom Opening Night Live event. It’s set on a planet that’s a teensy bit greener than the red one near us, and heads into early access on Steam in October. Tap your instruments before checking out the sort-of-but-not-really live action reveal trailer below....

Learn more about the current and upcoming Tower of Fantasy banners Want to learn more about the current and upcoming Tower of Fantasy banners?Tower of Fantasyis a gachaRPGthat features a range of unlockable characters, known asSimulacra. You can obtain new Simulacra by spending a premium currency in one of Tower of Fantasy’s Special Orders. Special Orders are more commonly known as banners in the gacha community, as that’s the term used in the immensely popularGenshin Impact....

Yo dawg, I heard you like real-time tactics games A teaser trailer for inbound World War 2 strategyMen Of War 2has been released that promises a full reveal on September 1st. Hey, it’s actually pretty tense too. Get the advance intel by watching the trailer’s trailer below. Rick Lanechattedwith the Men Of War 2 team for us back in November last year and came away impressed. He was particularly enamoured with the game’s interesting ‘frontline’ approach, the new first-person camera options and its spiffy visual and audio improvements....

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Wordle August 23 hints Need a little help with the Wordle answer today? Here are a few hints to point you towards the correct solution: It’s time to reveal the answer to today’s Wordle. The word is… WOVEN. Woven fabrics are created by interlacing strands of material, but weaving can also take place on a metaphorical level....

First look at gameplay from the zombie-slaying sequel that couldn’t die Tonight’s double-whammy of new trailers began with plenty of the ever classy brutal melee thwacking nonsense that the first game was known for, which I can’t bring you here due to YouTube’s age-restrictions. Along with the standard trailer introducing the idea of an undead-ridden Los Angeles, Deep Silver also showed some gameplay. Deep Silver Dambusters Studio are the devs who’ve resurrected the once-deceased, shambling corpse of Dead Island 2....