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When will the 5-star Dan Heng unit debut in HSR? When will Imbibitor Lunae debut in Honkai: Star Rail?Honkai: Star Railhas thrown us a bit of a curveball with the announcement of Imbibitor Lunae, a 5-star playable character whose story is deeply intertwined with that of existing character Dan Heng. At this point, almost everything about Imbibitor Lunae is as mysterious as their name, but we’re expecting more information to come out over the next few weeks....

One gadget for all your needs Ever since played theGunbrellademo at the Devolver Digital booth atPAX Westlast year, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it again. I don’t usually go for nailsMetriodvanias, but there’s something about Gunbrella’s slick, parkour platforming and scrappy world that made me wanna give it a chance. Oh, and the deadly brolly, of course. I mean, it’s a gunbrella. What else is there to say?...

Plus a playable dog? Two years ago, a team made up of former Silent Hill developers announced a horror game of their own calledSlitterhead. The debut trailer was full of creepy shape-shifting monsters and evocative cityscapes, but relatively light on concrete details. We now have a clearer picture thanks to a recent dev diary that shows a few pre-alpha clips. Slitterhead seems to have a heavier focus on combat and a cute playable dog....

Found items I was gone but now am here again to join my co-hosts on this week’sElectronic Wireless Showpodcast, much like the hundreds and hundreds of of hours of interviews, press briefings and old presentations salvaged by Noclip and heaved onto YouTube. We were going to talk about children’s games this week, but given the game for children I was going to talk about was once Stadia exclusive Gylt it seemed a time to talk about the precariousness of digital media a bit (and also make James explain Stadia)....

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for July 7? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Buck up, it’s nearly the weekend! And what better way to celebrate the impending free time than to use some of it up playingWordle? Every day, Wordle presents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses? All you have to help you in finding the Wordle answer are the contextual clues you gain from each guess - but often, that’s not enough....

Egg egg egg egg egg Against The Stormis a fantasy citybuilder in which you’re challenged to construct not a sprawling metropolis, but a series of small settlements scattered across a world map wilderness. Recent updates have focused on making that world map more interesting and dynamic, including another released today. The straightforwardly-named World Events update adds five new choosy, consequence-rich encounters to stumble across, as well as polishing older events, improving the UI, and more....

Killer music, too Dying Breedis an upcoming real-timestrategythat pays homage to the “first generation” of RTS games, such as your earlyCommand & Conquers- only this time there are naked zombie hordes and demonic sandworms to fight against. Killer music, a double entendre’d name, and live-action FMVs? Lay your eyes on the announcement below. Apart from that, you’ll get up to other classic RTS stuff: build a base, gather resources, and order groups of soldiers to set everything on fire....

Photo reel big fish Creepy trawler adventureDredge’s second major update is out now, and it adds a photo mode and new wildlife events to snap. It also adds a passive mode, if what you really want is to experience its story and fishing without the trouble of its terrors from the murky depths. Here’s a trailer that introduces the additions: Every game gets a photo mode these days, but it’s not a mere menu option in Dredge....

Much the same as Helldivers 1, really There must be no games but third-person action games, said Sony. And so it was.Helldivers 2is the next victim, trading the co-op sci-fi shooter’s from-above camera view for a from-behind perspective that really screams ‘hey it’s every other game’. A new post and a new trailer from developers Arrowhead explaining how Helldivers 2’s combat and co-op works is, at least, an opportunity to differentiate itself....

Returning as the game’s first post-launch fighter Rashid whirlwind kicks his way ontoStreet Fighter 6’sroster on July 24th, publisher Capcom have announced. The airbourne brawler originally popped up in Street Fighter 5 but he’s now Street Fighter 6’s first post-launch fighter, automatically available to owners of the Deluxe and Ultimate editions of the game. Otherwise, you can grab the Year 1 Character Passon Steamto access Rashid and three more fighters over the next year....

From the developers behind The Messenger There’s something so comforting about old-school turn-based RPGs. Maybe that comfort comes from a childhood spent playing the genre until 2AM - muffling the sounds of an epic adventure by stuffing my DS under a pillow anytime an adult walked by the room. EnterSea Of Stars, a love letter to the genre that’s full of both nostalgic charm and fresh new ideas. Unfortunately, you can’t play Sea Of Stars until the wee hours of the morning since the full game doesn’t come out until late August....

Let’s unpack this charming puzzle game Now that we’ve all escaped the clutches of The Tartarus Key, it’s time for anotherRPS Game Clubpick! This month’s game has been chosen by yours truly and I’m very much in the mood to revisit a comfy, cosy puzzle game so I’ve chosenUnpacking. Cue the confetti! Unpacking is a puzzle game that’s all about pulling your homewares and personal items out of cardboard moving boxes and placing them in a new home....

A new low-water mark for a high-end gaming SSD. The Solidigm P44 Pro 1TB is one of my favourite SSDs, as it offers PCIe 4.0 speeds and excellent power efficiency while also being quite affordable. Recently we covered thedrive hitting $65, and now we’ve reached a new milestone at Newegg - $60! The Solidigm P44 Pro is the creation of SK Hynix, a Korean flash memory manufacturer best known for producing components for RAM and SSDs....