As part of Patch 6.2 As a non-player, the trailer forFinal Fantasy14’s Patch 6.2, Buried Memory, is indistinguishable from every other patch trailer. There’s enormous boss monsters, several types of void, an incongruous cat creature, Death maybe… Where it differs is that there are also a few glimpses of the Island Sanctuary, FFXIV’s new solo farming content. Watch it below ahead of the newly announced release date: August 23rd. If it’s farming you want, producer Naoki Yoshida showed the Island Sanctuary in-game for the first time during yesterday’s Letter From The Producer livestream....

Or so I’m told Gothicwas one of those PC games I dismissed as being for nerds. Me? I was too busy makingHalf-Lifelevels and reading Championship Manager fanfic to be interested in some game about mages in a hole. I’ve since realised the errors of my ways, and I quite fancy the chance to correct my previous wrongs via the Gothic 1 remake. There’s a new trailer for it and its big modern hole below....

Gimme that dynamic campaign map THQ Nordic announcedJagged Alliance 3during theirSeptember showcase last year. It’s only fitting that it returned during this year’s showcase, bringing a much more detailed trailer to show off how combat will work. I’m not hot onJagged Alliance, but there’s a lot to like in the trailer above. It’s neat that you can spend AP points to increase the accuracy of your shots; I like the sound of an enemy “mishap chance”, because mishaps are always fun; and there generally seems to be a lot of granularity, from how you pose your mercenaries (stand, crouch, prone), to what body parts they target, to what type of shot they’re taking (single, burst, auto, etc....

Return to Adelpha Outcast 2: A New Beginningwasannounced last Septemberwith a cinematic trailer. We got a glimpse of the game itself this week, including jetpacking, combat, and Cutter Slade’s thick eyebrows. They’re as thick as slugs: Straight sequel Outcast:A New Beginninglooks to be making more concessions towards modernity, at least in terms of the slickness of its combat. There’s still plenty in the trailer above that makes clear it’s still Outcast, though....

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word To keep today’s Wordle from casting a pall upon your weekend, below we’ll revealed the Wordle answer and an explanation of the word’s meaning for those who have never heard of it before. We’ve also got some hints and clues to help make discerning the answer a little easier for those who want to figure out the solution for themselves. Looking for today’s solution?...

I can’t stop staring at this trailer’s monster-filled ruins Pixel art Souls-likeMoonscarshas announced that it’ll be releasing on September 27th. Protagonist Grey Irma will set off into a gorgeous world to search for the sculptor who made her and find answers to her existence. And also to absolutely whack some monsters with a gigantic sword along the way. The new trailer lays out the fantasy set up that motivates Grey Irma as well as demonstrating just how hard and in what sort of ways she can hit things....

A modern reimagining of the 90s classic, but it has its own original story Surprise! Survival horror seriesAlone In The Darkreturns - again! This time it’s a reimagining of the original 1992 game, where you’ll delve into Derceto Manor as returning characters Emily Hartwood and Edward Carnby in an attempt to figure out what’s happened to Hartwood’s missing uncle. As you’d expect, it does not go terribly well. But hey, it looks like it makes for a pretty good time....

First impressions of the ROG Swift PG48UQ and PG42UQ If you’ve drooled over the OLED panel in your phone or TV and decided you’d like the same tech for your PC games, you basically have the choice of a single model each from Gigabyte and Alienware. Asus, then, are about to increase the number of OLED gaming monitors on the market by 100%, with the ROG Swift PG48UQ and ROG Swift PG42UQ....

From the ex-Burnout devs that brought you Dangerous Golf and Dangerous Driving Three Fields Entertainment are responsible for lots of games with “dangerous” in their title:Dangerous Driving,Danger Zone, andDangerous Golf. But now they’ve got a new racing game in the works which eschews their previous naming convention for something that’ll make you say with a wry smile and a shake of the head, “I see what you did there”. It’s calledWreckreation(you know, like ‘recreation’, not Wreck-reaction, or Wreck–eation) and its reveal trailer looks a bit like if Burnout and Hot Wheels went for a joyride together....

Tempest Rising wants to hark back to the 90s with its sci-fi-infused real-time tactics What qualifies as a “next-gen” RTS game? Is it shinier graphics? More in-depth tactical choices? Well,GhostrunnerandGravendevs Slipgate Ironworks hope to provide an answer with their latest real-time tactics base-building game,Tempest Rising. Revealed earlier this evening during THQ Nordic’s summer showcase, Tempest Rising is a retro-inspiredstrategy gamewhere you’ll take control of three factions fighting for a rare mineral....

Shockingly good value With theNetflix Resident Evilseries going down like a blood-filled lead balloon, you may be thinking it’s high time you revisited theResident Evilgames to wipe the show from your memory banks. Handily, Humble have a pretty goodResident Evil bundlegoing on right now, which nets you 10 Resident Evil games - including the excellentResident Evil 2 Remakeand ResidentEvil 7- for a very agreeable £24.70. It runs from now until August 24th, and is raising money in support of charity Direct Relief and their efforts to help the people of Ukraine....

Along with some information on how it was designed Infinity Ward have shared a small peek at an upcomingCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2map, Farm 18. The TikTok mostly gives some design details from a couple of the developers who worked on it, but does also show about five seconds of gameplay at the beginning. According to multiplayer design director Geoffrey Smith, Farm 18 is an adaptation on the Shoothouse idea, with one central warehouse where chaos will concentrate....

“The squad needs a bit more time in the shop to prepare for the battles ahead” According toa Tweetposted by publishers Dotemu, they’re giving the game some extra time so that it can be “as explosive as possible on release.” Fair enough! They haven’t yet been more specific than next year as to when it’ll be ready. The game’s a twist on the older run and gun arcade series Metal Slug, with more focus on - as the name might suggest - tactics....