Set between Judgment Day and the rise of John Connor’s resistance Today’sNacon Connectevent had a bunch of licensed games starring pop culture figures both old and older, but one standout among them was Nacon Studio Milan’s upcoming Terminator survival game. Will you be able to play as Terminators? It’s not yet clear. Heck, it’s so early on the game doesn’t even have a proper name yet. Feel free to recoil in fear from the announcement teaser trailer below....

In the wake of the overturn of Roe V. Wade Activision Blizzard employee group A Better ABK have called for a new staff walkout. The employee-led Committee Against Sex And Gender Discrimination are demanding Activision Blizzard take action to support employees in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe vs. Wade. “We are calling for protection of several communities of marginalized workers. Employees are actively facing state legislation that is putting women, LGBTQ+ employees, and their families at risk, with other vulnerable groups on the horizon,” says A Better ABKin a Twitter threadabout their demands....

The ‘Of Valour And Lore’ update tweaks the pace of combat, and hairstyles Eurovision is always held in May, so it’s a bit random thatBaldur’s Gate 3developers Larian decided to theme today’s Panel From Hell stream after the popular-yet-cringeworthy song contest. From another angle, it makes total sense when you consider that the outcome of it all was info about BG3’s musically-tinged eighth patch, arriving later today. We’re finally getting those gnome bards, fam....

California, here we come “With the support and endorsement of the ESA, we’re going to build a world class event to serve the global gaming industry in new and broader ways than we already do at ReedPop through our portfolio of world leading events and web sites,” president of Reedpop Lance Fensterman said in a statement. What does this means for RPS and E3 going forward? Well, we’ll still cover the event as usual, much like we currently cover EGX andPAX, but beyond that even we’re not sure how it’s all going to shake out right now....

Play as the Merry Men in a co-op PvE action game Today’sNacon Connectevent included gritty antiheroes such as theTerminatorand RoboCop, but I never would’ve expected to see Robin Hood there too. Appeal Studios’Gangs Of Sherwoodis an upcoming third-person PvE co-op action game that puts you in the dainty shoes of the Merry Men. This time though, it’s set in a dystopian future instead of Ye Merry Olde England. Watch the announcement teaser below to see what you think of that....

$120 for DDR4-3600 or $85 for DDR4-3200. With DDR5 RAM the current standard - even if it remainsincredibly poor valueat the moment - DDR4 RAM is getting cheaper and cheaper, making it a good time to upgrade your PC or build a new one at a fraction of the price it would have cost you just a year or two ago. Today we spotted two great deals on DDR4-3600 and DDR4-3200 RAM on Amazon US, where you can get 32GB kits for $120 and $85, respectively....

Luke Ross could be forced to shelve several popular VR mods A modder working to overhaulGTA V,Red Dead Redemption 2andMafia: Definitive Editionwith VR support says he’s received an unexplained DMCA takedown notice from publisher Take-Two Interactive. Known as LukeRoss, he says the DMCA will force him to remove all content relating to games produced by Take-Two’s subsidiaries such as Rockstar and 2K, including his VR mods. However, he also states the notice provides no clarification from Take-Two about how he’s actually breaching their copyright....

The early access action roguelite has just received a big update, too Year Two of RPS' relaunchedsupporter programis well and truly underway, and to celebrate, we’ve got another free game key giveaway lined up for our premium supporters. That game isHave A Nice Death, the gorgeous 2D action roguelite from Magic Design Studios where you step into the robes of the Grim Reaper himself - and it’s just received a big chunky update today to boot....

Amid tiny scraps of info At today’sNacon Connect, we got a little more info on upcoming action adventure gameHell Is Usfrom its creative director Jonathan Jacques-Belletête. In-between agonising jargon like “narrative layers” and “high-level directives”, there’s some neat concept art and info on what we can expect from the story, combat, and exploration. The theme of the game is “human emotions and passions” and specifically “how they relate to human conflicts”....

Even adults love making their bicycle look cool Knights And Bikes (seeour reviewfor more) is the tale of two 1980s kids getting into adventures and mischief in the hunt for lost treasure. Nessa and Demelza whip around the Cornish island on bikes and have the best time. Bicycles give them freedom to go where they want, whenever they want. This is about the most relatable cycling experience in video games, a big puddle splash of joy and nostalgia....

This spec also features a Core i7 11800H CPU, 16GB RAM and 512GB NVMe SSD. The Lenovo Legion 5 is one of the best value mid-range gaming laptops, and today you can pick up a model with an RTX 3070 and a Core i7 11800H processor for £999 - an awesome value for this specification and £445 below its UK RRP. The discounted laptop also includes a 15.6-in 165Hz screen, 512GB NVMe SSD and 16GB of RAM - a very nice loadout that should see you covered for PC gaming or content creation for the foreseeable future....

The Competition and Markets Authority are on the case The UK government’s competition regulator is to investigate Microsoft’s $68.7 billion (£57 billion) buyout of Activision Blizzard, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced yesterday. A provisional deadline to decide whether the merger will be referred for a more in-depth investigation has been set for September 1st, and the CMA has invited “any interested party” to comment on the merger up until July 20th....

The SK Hynix Platinum P41 is a performant and great value NVMe SSD - and now it’s even cheaper. SK Hynix are one of the biggest memory and flash storage manufacturers in the world, and after many years of mostly supplying the ‘raw materials’ like NAND and controllers to other people, they’re now starting to make their own SSDs under their own brand name. Consequently, their stuff is often very competitive on price, and today we have a new low water mark for their P41 SSD thanks to a 15% off coupon at Amazon US....