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Get your lass to Mars Sci-fi sequelDeliver Us Marsis preparing to touch down on September 27th, publishers Frontier Foundry have announced. The adventure puzzler will move the environmentally disastrous story on from the Moon to the fourth planet in the solar system, replete with dust storms and literally ruddy giant canyons. Space yourself out by watching the first gameplay trailer below. Developers KeokeN Interactive say Deliver Us Mars follows Kathy Johanson, who you might remember as the little girl from the first game, as she escapes terra firma....

(Based on its merits, players hate it) Diablo Immortalis being pilloried by players for the price of its microtransactions, and for how closely tied your progress is to spending real money. One player on the game’s Reddit page has suggested that it would cost between $50k-$80k (around £39k-£64k) to fully max out a character in the free-to-play action RPG. Meanwhile, the game’s director has been responding to feedback on Twitter in an attempt to address those “not liking a game based on misinformation surrounding it....

Fast and deadly arcade dodging action, yet friendly if you want help You play a cute little explorer venturing into a vast alien disc which appears near Jupiter in the future (nicely,it’s coded to always take place 69 years from now). Turns out, this disc is filled with more discs, little and big jagged spinning disc which crave your blood. Each level is a small room where you simply have to survive as buzzsaws bounce and whirr around....

The ESA has yet to confirm dates for next year’s show Largely online-focused alternatives such as Summer Game Fest have sprung up to replace what was once gaming’s tentpole annual event, which had run relatively uninterrupted since the summer of 1995. What would have been prime E3 season is about to kick off tomorrow with the Summer Game Fest presentation, followed by a weekend of publisher streams. However, Summer Game Fest organiser and host Geoff Keighley hasadvised viewersto “manage your expectations” for new game announcements....

Dead lasso Well shucks pardner, Focus Entertainment are lassoing vampiric cowboy third-person action gameEvil Westonto PC on September 20th. The tagline is “Evil never sleeps… but it bleeds”, which makes it sound like the undead really need to get some well-earned rest. You’ll be able to shoot up and smack down loads of very awake demonic adversaries. Watch a flaming church erupt with bats in the trailer below. There’s a decent action pedigree behind Evil West as it hails from the Polish development studio responsible for theShadow Warriorreboot, Flying Wild Hog....

Another stab It turns out that, while broadly correct, I wildly underestimated Torn Banner’s reversal of fortunes. In the five years between the launch of Mirage and Chivalry 2’s impending Steam release, Torn Banner has gone from a studio on the brink to being more successful than its leadership ever imagined. From the outside, it’s not clear why Mirage went so awry, although there are clues. The setting is less authentic and less immediately engaging than Chivalry’s straightforward medievalism, while the addition of magic into Mirage’s combat sat awkwardly alongside the swordplay....

After many delays If you’re one of those still reading this metaphorical magazine, you can get beta access to the co-op mode this July if you sign up to Halo Insider. The official Halo account put out the news as a tweet: With#HaloInfinitecampaign network co-op arriving later this year, we’re planning to flight it to Halo Insiders in July. Register and make sure your Halo Insider profile is up to date for a chance to participate!...

Kojima Productions don’t seem pleased about the rumour There’s rumblings that Hideo Kojima and his studio Kojima Productions are developing a new horror game featuring actor Margaret Qualley, who portrayed Mama in Kojima’s postie simulatorDeath Stranding. A site called Try Hard Guides say they’ve allegedly received early footage of the game, which is called Overdose. Details are very thin on the ground otherwise, but hey, Koj has been teasing a new horror game for months now, so maybe we’ll see something emerge from the mists during one of this week’s notE3 streams....

Super comfy and great sound, it’s no wonder it’s our current ‘best premium headset’ pick. Logitech make some of the best gaming kit in the business, and right now their G Pro X wired gaming headset is going cheap on Amazon. It debuted at £110 but now costs £57, nearly half-off its UK RRP. This headset distinguishes itself with a comfortable design, good neutral sound and a choice of leatherette or velour ear pads - with the latter being a godsend for spectacle-wearers like myself....

Explore, scratch furniture and knock stuff over to your heart’s content When I look outside my window, I often see our two cats scrabbling up our back wall as they hop over the fence to visit the neighbour’s garden. Up and down they go, covering distances seemingly impossible for their tiny, wiry frames, yet without coming to any harm whatsoever. It’s an instinct the team at BlueTwelve Studio know all too well, having modelled their unnamed cat protagonist in their debut adventure gameStrayafter a couple of their own feline companions - and colleagues, it turns out....

The compact version of our ‘best wireless keyboard’ pick for three years running. One of my favourite gaming keyboards is discounted at Amazon UK today. The Logitech G915 Lightspeed TKL is an ultra-slim, low profile mechanical keyboard that feels like the best laptop keyboard you’ve ever used. Lightspeed means Logitech’s reliable 2.4GHz wireless, while ‘TKL’ stands for tenkeyless, a compact design that ditches the numpad for superior ergonomics and longer battery life....

Time to love the monster mash again This review mentions that you get three do-overs to save a character’s life. This is only available in your first play through in the deluxe version of the game, which I wasn’t aware I was reviewing. The feature unlocks in the standard version after you’ve completed a full play through. I’m going to do my absolute best to tell you aboutThe Quarrywith no spoilers, but it will be hard because a lot of what marks it out as better and cleverer and funner than comparable horrorventure romps is all tangled up in the plot....

The quest to find the single best thing in video games continues Last time, you decided thatcontrolled critical hits are better than random critical hits. It was a mistake to compare similar things, but we tried, and I did get to make some very expensive graphics. Then a load of things happened and disrupted this process for several weeks, and… I return partially inspired by all that plan-breaking mess. Tell me, what’s better: friendships, or interrupting conversations?...