Ark 2 is out in 2023 and it’s all about dads, dinos and Vin Diesel

Diesel is made from dinosaurs, if you think about it More footage of online survival sequelARK 2was shown off at today’s Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase, and we got to see another glimpse at the bizarre sight of Vin Diesel riding a dinosaur. Who does he think he is, Chris Pratt? Gawp in awe at the Unreal Engine 5 trailer below and try not to remember Babylon A.D. or any of the pants Riddick movies, I dare you....

June 12, 2022 · 1 min · 138 words · Anna Patton

Bethesda reveal Starfield with 15-minute explain-o-gameplay video

Fallout with spaceships innit Bethesda today gave a first look atStarfieldin motion with the “official gameplay reveal” for their upcoming interstellar RPG. It does indeed look likeFallout 4with spaceships, though a little less colourful than Fallout 4. Watch the 15-minute presentation here below. Starfieldis set in 2330, casting our little wizard as an explorer searching the galaxy for mysterious artifacts. Once again, we’ll be exploring big worlds, doing quests, levelling up and unlocking perks, siding with factions, gathering resources, building outposts, crafting, and shooting people, but this time not confined to one world....

June 12, 2022 · 2 min · 308 words · Ronald Benson

Citizen Sleeper will get three free DLC story packs starting in July

Flux is the first freebie episode on the game’s new roadmap Citizen Sleeper’s developers Jump Over The Age have revealed a roadmap of free DLC story episodes for their tabletop-esque science fiction RPG. It was announced at today’s PC Gaming Show that the first of three episodes, Flux, will be out in July. Watch the trailer below for a glimpse of what’s to come in Citizen Sleeper’s cyberpunk future. Flux continues the sc-fi story of Citizen Sleeper, with a flotilla of refugee ships arriving at outer space outpost Erlin’s Eye....

June 12, 2022 · 2 min · 221 words · Kevin Weiss

Comedy sci-fi FPS High On Life’s talking weapons will chat you up

Coming this year from Rick And Morty co-creator Justin Roiland If you’re a fan of the comedy stylings of Rick And Morty and its co-creator Justin Roiland then you’ll probably be all over the wacky sci-fi shooterHigh On Life. The game was announced at today’s Xbox & Bethesda Showcase, and it seems Roiland is voicing its main character. Feel free to chuckle at the trailer below. Roiland’s Squanch games is making something that’s not too far from the scientific zaniness of Rick And Morty, and his other show Solar Opposites....

June 12, 2022 · 1 min · 213 words · Shelly Davis

Diablo 4 is out next year, confirms Necromancer class and makes it sound rad as hell

Plus a deeper look at some new features of character building and the open world It must be a relief to ActiBlizz to have some goodDiablo 4news, given how everyone on Earth is ragging onDiablo Immortal24/8 (when we are not open-mouthed at the stream of terrible news about the company, fromnumerous allegations of harrassment, misconduct and discrimination, to the companyadvising shareholders to not approve a proposalto report on harassment and discrimination)....

June 12, 2022 · 2 min · 401 words · Amy Price

Don't Starve devs Klei announce dungeon crawler Rotwood

Beat ‘em up action with online co-op Klei Entertainment, the makers of an unlikely number of good games includingDon’t Starveand Mark Of The Ninja, today announced their next.Rotwoodis its name, and cartoony dungeon-crawling is the game. Up to four players can join together for online hack ‘n’ slash action, or you can play it on your lonesome if you’d rather. Here, check out the announcement trailer below. “Explore and fight through a labyrinthian maze of dense forest and vicious vegetation with up to 3 of your friends....

June 12, 2022 · 2 min · 231 words · Todd Armstrong

Every League Of Legends champion will soon be available via Game Pass

Plus content from all Riot’s other games Here’s the video announcing the move: There’s not an exact date for when the content will be available via Game Pass, though apost from Riot on the Xbox sitesays they’ll share info about how to access it “in the coming months.” It’s worth also noting that while all of the champions or agents might be unlocked, that doesn’t mean all of the skins or other cosmetics for those characters will be unlocked....

June 12, 2022 · 1 min · 98 words · Emma Garrett

Every new trailer from the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase 2022

From Silksong to Starfield All the new Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase announcements and trailers Xbox and Bethesda showed over 30 games at this year’s Not-E3 showcase, so there’s a lot to cover. If you’re looking for something specific, you can use the list below to hop to the game you’re most excited about. If you want a full round-up of every single trailer and announcement from the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase, simply scroll down a little further....

June 12, 2022 · 10 min · 1964 words · Gregory Gibson

First Victoria 3 gameplay shows the strategy game in action as a "deep social simulation"

A hundred years is a long time in politics There was a lot going on in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and Paradox’s grand strategy gameVictoria IIIaims to simulate pretty much all of it, starting in 1836 and giving you a century to play with. A big selling point is that every inhabitant of your nation is simulated, from lowly farmer to high rolling capitalist, each having preferences and beliefs....

June 12, 2022 · 3 min · 468 words · Paige Riley

Forza Horizon 5 is getting a Hot Wheels expansion in the skies of Mexico

Up and down, round and round, watch you don’t hit the ground The next expansion for open-world racerForza Horizon 5will once again feature the gravity-defying stunts and tracks of the Hot Wheels toys. The expansion launches on July 19th and it’s the second such DLC, following on from similar orange loop-de-loops made forForza Horizon 3. Buckle up and try not to chuck when you watch the trailer below. Belting along to a bloody awful ska-punk rendition of Somewhere Over The Rainbow, the shiny metallic supercars and pimped-out hot rod racers zoom around the day-glo tracks....

June 12, 2022 · 2 min · 273 words · Jennifer Hernandez

Forza Motorsport will return with shiny cars and classic tracks in 2023

Horizon’s nerdier sibling Racing games are often technological powerhouses, and the announcement trailer for the new Forza Motorsport spent time talking about ray tracing, refined surfaces and fancier trees. It looked… fine? It looked fine! Check it out below. Here’s the video shown during tonight’s Xbox showcase: That track is Maple Valley, a favourite from past Forza Motorsport games stretching back to the original. It was specifically chosen to show how far the series has come in terms of visual fidelity, with time in the trailer spent dwelling over rocks and trees that do, indeed, look better than before....

June 12, 2022 · 1 min · 156 words · Allison Baxter

Give Stardew Valley a giant tractor mech and you've got Lightyear Frontier

Cute 3D farming in space, coming next year It also looks quite a bit like earth, don’t it? A very picturesque and ideal version, with weird plants. The showpiece here is your big mech, obviously, which looks like a transformer that turns into a John Deere. In the trailer you see it change to have, for example, caterpillar tracks. It is with this machine that you build your homestead, create raised beds and grow your crops....

June 12, 2022 · 2 min · 224 words · Angela Caldwell

Grounded’s garden survival co-op is sprouting from early access this September

Obsidian’s kids are getting a full-story campaign Obsidian have announced that their co-op garden survival gameGroundedwill burst forth from early access into a full 1.0 release like a seed in your backyard this September. A story campaign playable in co-op or solo will explain how Grounded’s kids were shrunk by a mad scientist, and probably persuade me to finally give it a go. Watch out for colossal bugs in the trailer below....

June 12, 2022 · 1 min · 185 words · Linda Turner