Its final early access update is in public testing now The info came in the form of a video by game director Adam Brennecke: Today marks two years for Grounded!💚We love you all and are thankful to share this journey with you. 🙏As a special treat, Game Director Adam Brennecke is here to share some exciting news, such as what’s coming in the next flight and the release date! Give it a watch!...

Steph’s Story is authored by Rosiee Thor and published by Titan Books The first everLife Is Strangetie-in novel, subtitled Steph’s Story,has been announcedfor next year. The novel will be a prequel to last year’sLife Is Strange: True Colors, and will follow recurring character Steph Gingrich and her bandmate-slash-girlfriend Izzie on the tour that will eventually lead them to Haven Springs, the game’s setting. There are a few factors that have contributed to Steph becoming unexpectedly well-regarded among the LIS fandom....

The game is ahoof Hear me out a minute. Imagine Sherlock Holmes, but instead of a pompous eccentric, he’s a well-mannered, top hat-wearing… giraffe. And in replacement of his partner John Watson, there was instead a plump hippo in a dapper suit who is constantly quaffing tea. No, you’ve not accidentally picked up the famous detective’s opium huffing habit, these two curious characters are Sherlock and Watson’s animal counterparts in zoological adventureLord Winklebottom Investigates....

The lowest price we’ve ever seen for an RTX laptop. Apart from the Linux trick, this G15 is a relatively lean machine with room for upgradeability - there’s only one 8GB stick of RAM, for example, so you’ll probably want to spendanother £30 or soon a second stick to unlock dual-channel memory. Likewise, you only get a 256GB NVMe SSD out of the box, but you can get a1TB drive for less than £70these days....

Mojang defend update 1.19.1, but players aren’t happy about the new player reporting system An update toMinecraft: Java Editionis causing frustration among players over the possibility of being kicked out of their own private servers. Minecraft’s 1.19.1 update released yesterday, but its introduction of a player reporting tool has been worrying players since the update went into pre-release in June. While you’re pondering the future of Minecraft, you can watch a really awkwardly timed, tongue-in-cheek video from Mojang below....

Will Creepy Watson return though? The world’s greatest detective who isn’t Batman will once again tangle with the many-tentacled forces of darkness in an upcoming remake of Frogwares’Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened. It serves as a sequel of sorts toSherlock Holmes: Chapter One, although they’re calling it a “full remake and substantial rewrite” of the original. There isn’t a trailer just yet, so feel free to anticipate that while you refresh your memory of exactly who Sherlock Holmes is by watching one for Chapter One below....

Make your N64 controller dreams a reality Last year, Nintendo announced an N64 controller for use with the Nintendo Switch, andI announced my intention to use it on PC. Narrator’s voice: he didn’t. I’ve less of an excuse not to do it now however, because a Steam client update released yesterday added Steam Input support for “Nintendo Online classic controllers.” Steam Input is Valve’s platform for enabling players to use more or less any controller with more or less any game....

Just try not to get into a cat fight A lot of people love cats, as cyberpunk moggy simStrayshowed us when it launched last week. Now, you can enjoy Stray together with some buddies and/or pals thanks to a new multiplayer mod for the game. This is classic stuff people, because we’re talking splitscreen local co-op. Stray’s multiplayer mod was created by KangieDanie. It’s not purr-fect, because only one player can see the HUD....

Isn’t Doomguy more of a dog person? Indie cat adventureStrayhas been doing well for itself since it was released last week. Now, it seems other games want to get in on that cute factor. Cue Stray In Doom, which sends Doomguy off for a rest to let a sweet little kitty frag some demons in his stead. Creator Edy Pagazatweetedfootage from the mod earlier this week, and you can now try it for yourself by downloading it fromModDB....

Of any gender Alice is away this week, leaving the lads to their own devices to discuss the best nice blokes in video games. A coincidence? Who can say. What isn’t a coincidence is the lateness of this herepodcastpost, which is a week late. That’s my bad, folks, which I think automatically disqualifies me from any kind of ‘nice’ list from here on out. Ah well. You win some, you lose some....

Nightmarishly rapid ageing and a desire to commit incest being the worst ones The Sims 4 High School Yearsis launching today, but its release looks set to be overshadowed by a couple of major bugs introduced by its supporting update, Patch 132. The patch came out on Tuesday and, if you’ve playedThe Sims 4since then, you’ll have automatically downloaded it unless you’ve been playing offline. While the patch’s release coincides with the High School Years expansion and supports a number of its features, it also added several new elements to the ever-evolving base game....

The Lost Wild proves there’s no such thing as an ‘Annapurna game’ First-person indie survival horrorThe Lost Wildwas one of the standout games featured in today’sAnnapurna Interactive showcase. It has plenty of that most scary of things: big, toothy dinosaurs. Watch the trailer below to see for yourself, but bring along some anti-lizard flares. UK and Australian devs Great Ape Games credit classic survival horror series such as Capcom’sResident Eviland, of course,Dino Crisisfor their inspiration to make The Lost Wild....

They want more action taken to address alleged abuse A year ago today, employee group A Better Ubisoft posted an open letter demanding more substantial action from Ubisoft management to tackle alleged abuse within the publisher and its many studios. Today, A Better Ubisoft offered an update in which they say that none of their demands have been met and reiterate what they want. A Better Ubisoft was formed in the aftermath ofabuse allegationsmade by several current and former Ubisoft employees, including against senior staff at the publisher....