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A new entry in the mucky driving sim series It’s rare for a game to have showy tech which is more than skin-deep and actually enables new types of play. Sure, the dynamic mud of driving simSpintireswas impressive to look at, and it also gave us a game where driving two metres through a puddle could become a serious puzzle. So I’m certainly interested in today’s announcement ofExpeditions: A MudRunner Game, this time sending us off-roading to conduct science....

Plus Alan Wake 2, Modern Warfare 3 and Fortnite to get DLSS 3 As withHalf-Life 2 RTX, Nvidia have taken toGamescomto make a heap ofDLSSannouncements. Chief among these is an upcoming new version, DLSS 3.5, which will add toDLSS 3’s existing toolkit of upscaling and AI frame generation with a new trick named Ray Reconstruction. And it sounds pretty clever, if currently limited in application. Basically, Ray Reconstruction promises to enhance how ray-traced lighting and reflection effects look, while also reducing their typically steep performance cost....

Home of Paul Blart: Mall Cop Across years of updates and new missions,Payday 2ultimately escalated to such a ridiculous degree that the gangbroke into the White House to stole pre-signed Presidential pardons for themselves. It was good ridiculousness. NowPayday 3is on its way, and the cooperative heisting looks far more down-to-Earth in a new trailer fresh out of Gamescom. Payday 3 will see the gang return from their hard-earned retirement to rob New York City....

Sad Cat are “very aware of traps of over-promising and under-delivering” Sad Cat continued: “we do understand the game’s scope, and we’re very aware of traps of over-promising and under-delivering. As of today, development is progressing at a steady pace. The majority of systems are functional now and we are in a super-intense asset production phase.” Elsewhere in the statement, the studio shared that our main protag has “more than 500 meticulously hand-painted animations made just for platforming,” and while those jumps, slides and rolls are finished, the team wants the whole game to reach that “same high standard....

Plus a headless bard with a beautiful voice Upcoming SoulslikeBlack Myth: Wukongreared its monkey head again at today’s Gamescom Opening Night Live show, where we got another look at its mythological beasts, lightspeed parries and, err, a headless bard. Interesting stuff all around. Take a peek below. For a man missing a face, a mouth, half a throat, and a number of other essential muscles, that guy sure has some solid pipes, huh?...

And it’s out in early access now Countless rivals have stepped up to challengeVampire Survivorsin the bullet heaven roguelite arena -Vtuber cats,Nic Cage’s Renfield,Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor- but the recently-releasedWhisker Squadron: Survivoris probably the most unexpected challenger yet. That’s because it’s brave enough to ask the mind-expanding question: what if Star Fox was a Vampire Survivors-like? Whisker Squadron: Survivor takes Star Fox’s on-rails shooting and anthropomorphic animals in space concept, and smashes it to fit within the Survivors formula....

And that’s not saying much If you’re keenly awaiting next month’s launch ofStarfield, Bethesda’s new open-world sci-fi RPG, you can skip the new trailer. It’s one of those live-action affairs with CG up the wazoo, complete with an ‘epic’ cover of Elton John’s Rocket Man that would bring a tear to the eye of Zack Snyder*, and only Zack Snyder. It does not show the game at all, nor does it capture the thrill of escaping our Earthly bonds to finda load of grey rocksjust like we have at home....

The extent of my interest in survival crafting is the 117 seconds of this trailer Graham said to me earlier today, “you’ve got a real soft spot for chintzy big swing fantasy”, and what can I say? The man is correct. Hence, though I have absolutely no interest whatsoever in open world survival crafting games like yerValheimsand what have you, I cocked my head like a dazzled magpie at theGamescomrelease date trailer forNightingale....

Make your own chibi avatar and explore an actual in-game arcade Tekken 8’s newest Arcade Mode is taking its name very literally. Come January, we’ll be able to create our own chibi avatars to run around an in-game arcade and play Tekken 8. Of course! It looks like we’ll be able to join tournaments and gain special cosmetics (hello, cat ears) as a reward. Definitely an unexpected change of pace from the main game (and clearly taking a leaf out of Street Fighter 6’s book, too), but the good vibes make it welcome one anyway, especially if there’s some other social element with the cute avatars, too....

Possibly the year Hey, come watch the best trailer from Gamescom. What follows is a “comedy slapformer”, mixing side-scrolling action vignettes and top-down exploration. I’ve watched the trailer several times and I don’t really care what you do in Thank Goodness You’re Here. I’m already enthralled by its characters, animation and voice acting, and so I’ll do anything that lets me spend more time in its world. Plus, I like theLocal Hero-ish setup, and Lily The Pink was the only song I ever enjoyed singing at school assemblies....

Microsoft’s attempt to appease UK regulators In an attempt to appease the UK’s Competition And Markets Authority (CMA), Microsoft have restructured theirproposed Activision Blizzard buyout. Should the deal finally close, cloud streaming rights to existing and future Activision Blizzard games released over the next 15 years will (surprisingly) fall under Ubisoft’s control. Those rights will then stay with Ubisoft “in perpetuity.” In astatementpublished today, Microsoft president Brad Smith said: “Under the restructured transaction, Microsoft will not be in a position either to release Activision Blizzard games exclusively on its own cloud streaming service - Xbox Cloud Gaming - or to exclusively control the licensing terms of Activision Blizzard games for rival services....

Stuck on Wordle word for August 22? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Getting up in the morning and feeling ready for the day is far easier if you have a routine, and the dailyWordlepuzzle adds a quick, fun puzzle to that routine.Strugglingto find the Wordle answer today can mess up your morning, though, so we’re here to help and ensure that you keep that streak going....

There was a game announcement in here somewhere, but you’ll need to watch two films first to find it As Geoff Keighley continues to use his gaming shows to parade his menagerie of film star friends, this year’s sacrifice was Batman vs Superman director Zack Snyder, who was mainly wheeled out at tonight’sGamescomOpening Night Live show to promote his new pair of sci-fi Netflix films - which, oh, by the way, also have a game attached to them....