Writing to let you know that the Minecraft Dungeons & Dragons DLC, an adventure set in the iconic Forgotten Realms, is available now on the Minecraft Marketplace.
A collaboration with Wizards of the Coast and developer Everbloom Games, Minecraft’s Dungeons & Dragons DLC lets players experience their very own D&D adventure within Minecraft’s blocky world. Alongside an unlikely dragon ally, you’ll be immersed in a high-stakes, story-driven journey. Explore five iconic locations from Forgotten Realms like Icewind Dale and Candlekeep, while battling Beholders, Mimics, Mind Flayers, and more. Will you be a sneaky rogue, or a raging barbarian? Choose your class, upgrade your stats, and unlock classic spells like Fireball and Magic Missile. Run into battles or ace ability checks to escape sticky situations. Prepare for an adventure!
Whether you’ve been rolling D&D dice for decades, or you’re new to the idea of facing up to a Mind Flayer, this action-packed RPG has something for everyone! With a custom soundtrack, new never-before-seen combat and a bucket-load of strategy opportunities, the only questions left now are which class will you choose? And how many natural 20s will you roll along the way?
Learn more about the Dungeons & Dragons DLC at Minecraft.net.
Philosophical stalwarts Croteam and Devolver Digital are proud to announce The Talos Principle 2, the long-awaited sequel to 2014’s smash hit metaphysical puzzler, will launch for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X on November 2, priced $43.95 AUD. Introspective savants can benefit from a 10% pre-order discount from now until launch. In addition, the original Talos Principle and its Road to Gehenna DLC is 90% off on Steam until October 3.
The Talos Principle 2 greatly expands on the beloved original with more mind-bending puzzles to solve, new puzzle mechanics, a richer storyline, more secrets to uncover, and the biggest, weirdest world Croteam has ever built.
Set in a distant future where humankind has long been extinct, human culture lives on through interminable robots made in our image. Embarking on a quest to investigate a mysterious megastructure, you will be confronted with questions about the nature of the cosmos, faith versus reason, and the fear of repeating humankind’s mistakes.
Familiar puzzles will return in The Talos Principle 2, accompanied by unique new gameplay including mind transference and gravity manipulation. There’s also a deep character-driven story with multiple endings to lose yourself in, and a series of strange, stunningly beautiful environments to explore—including a city on the brink of a paradigm shift and an island holding the keys to the future.
The Talos Principle 2 is the biggest, most ambitious, most thought-provoking game Croteam has made yet, and you can play it on November 2.
Watch as we try to go stealth in our first bank and fail miserably so we resort to guns blazing aproach. After that we hijack an armored transport and steal some jewelry to wrap it up
PAYDAY 3 is the much anticipated sequel to one of the most popular co-op shooters ever. Since its release, PAYDAY-players have been reveling in the thrill of a perfectly planned and executed heist. That’s what makes PAYDAY a high-octane, co-op FPS experience without equal.
PAYDAY 3 Developer: Starbreeze Studios Publisher: Deep Silver Platform: Windows, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 Release Date: 22 Sep, 2023 Price: $39.99 USD
Not Recommended – “Two steps forward with the gunplay and graphics, a hundred steps back with pretty much…everything else. Absolutely not for recommendation in this current state.”
For the first time both Zombies Classic and Undead Siege are coming to Call of Duty®: Mobile Season 9: Graveyard Shift which launches on October 4th at 5pm PT. With a spooktacular season packed full of scary content, Call of Duty: Mobile players will be able to play the new Patrol Mode on the Halloween-themed Haunted Hacienda map.
The Call of Duty: Mobile – Season 9: Graveyard Shift reveal trailer can be found here:
Call of Duty: Mobile – Season 9: Graveyard Shift gives players the opportunity to earn 50 tiers of chilling Battle Pass rewards with a new supply of free and premium content, including operators such as Witch Doctor – Lethal Cure, Demir – Lurking Dread, Portnova – Funny Bone, or Misty – In the Spirit, as well as the CX-9 SMG, Launcher Plus Perk, Weapon Blueprints, Calling Cards, Charms, Call of Duty® Points, and more launching throughout the season!
Fear not though, as we have all the details below for Call of Duty: Mobile – Season 9: Graveyard Shift coming to Android and iOS:
New Mode: Patrol – First featured in Call of Duty®: Vanguard, the Patrol MP Mode is a variant of Hardpoint where the capture point is continuously moving around the map. Players will need to keep up and move with it to score big for their team.
Two Zombies Modes – For the first time ever in Call of Duty: Mobile, two Zombies modes will appear in Season 9 – complete with new updates. Classic round-based Zombies on the Shi No Numa map with the new addition of a Missile Tower class, plus the always-moving Undead Siege returns to Isolated with a new Camo award.
Call of Duty: Mobile – Season 9: Graveyard Shift will also include a variety of updates and improvements to the game on top of new Seasonal Challenges, Draws, a Themed Event, and more, releasing in the store at launch and throughout the season.
Go 48 levels deep in this supernatural slow-motion hip hop shooter from Xalavier Nelson Jr.
El Paso, Texas (Sept. 26, 2023) – James Savage comes back home today. Developer and publisher Strange Scaffold welcomes you to El Paso, Texas as the highly anticipated third-person neo-noir shooter El Paso, Elsewhere launches on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and itch.io for $19.99. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1546310/El_Paso_Elsewhere/
Watch a new, exclusive gameplay reveal for El Paso, Elsewhere here:
Taking notes from one of the most iconic third-person shooters in gaming, Max Payne, El Paso Elsewhere applies modern technology and gameplay sensibilities to a stylized retro foundation. The game features a complex narrative exploring loss, grief, relationship abuse, and addiction. Woven into the game’s dark aesthetics is a completely original hip-hop horror soundtrack featuring vocals from Xalavier Nelson Jr. himself. Pop pills to keep the pain away, dodge through the hordes while unloading your weapons with bullet-time mechanics and don’t stop running. Your life depends on it.
Hunt the monsters protecting your ex, Draculae, the lord of the vampires, who now seeks to perform a ritual that will end the world as we know it and place it under her reign. Armed with shotguns, pistols, uzis, stakes and more, the only choice players have is to keep moving forward, one slow-motion dive after another, to preserve reality itself.
El Paso, Elsewhere features:
Badass bullet time mechanics that let Savage weave between enemies while filling them with holes.
A meaningful collection of weapons; tear through Draculae’s army with a shotgun, an uzi, a hunting rifle, pistols, and more.
Battle through a wide variety of horrific creatures, from werewolves and vampires to damned brides and biblically accurate angels.
Environments filled with interactive objects – shoot ‘em up to get a better vantage point or snap a wooden table in half to resupply your stakes.
An original hip-hop horror soundtrack made in a collaboration between Xalavier Nelson Jr. and RJ Lake.
A fully-voiced cinematic neo-noir story starring Xalavier Nelson Jr. and content creator Negaoryx (Emme Montgomery).
40+ level campaign set in the ever-changing bowels of a motel in El Paso, Texas, with biomes ranging from medieval castles to blood-spattered meat lockers.
Welcome home, James Savage.
Get El Paso, Elsewhere now on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and itch.io for $19.99. Keep up with the creatures from El Paso, Elsewhere by following Strange Scaffold on X, Instagram, or TikTok @StrangeScaffold.
The first part of Sonic Superstars: Fang’s Big Break, a digital comic book developed by Sonic Team, has been released on official Sonic social channels.
Sonic Superstars: Fang’s Big Break predates the story of Sonic Superstars and recent animation Trio of Trouble, reintroducing Fang’s character and his initial adventures on the Northstar Islands. The story was penned by writer Ian Flynn and drawn by illustrator Evan Stanley. For more, check out the first four pages on Sonic socials!
Sonic fans can sign up for our newsletter by the 31st of January 2024 to earn a classic, redefined skin for Amy Rose in Sonic Superstars when the game is released on the 17th of October, Please visit the Sonic Superstars official website for full terms and conditions.
CD PROJEKT RED has announced that the expansion to Cyberpunk 2077, Phantom Liberty is now available digitally on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and on PC through Steam, GOG, the Epic Games Store, and GeForce Now.
Phantom Liberty is an action packed, spy-thriller expansion to Cyberpunk 2077, offering a complex story, a new district to discover, a powerful new skill tree, fresh gigs and side quests, new weapons and items, and infinitely replayable open world activities.
“Phantom Liberty is the culmination of years of hard work on the part of all of our teams,” said Game Director, Gabe Amatangelo. “During our first foray into Night City, we couldn’t have expected how much that experience would affect us. Since then, we’ve learned plenty, but one thing never changes — our passion for creating games. Phantom Liberty is the best example of that passion.”
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Players will once again become V, a cyberpunk for hire who is thrown into the shadowy world of spies. They will cross paths with a new cast of characters, including veteran secret agents, cunning political players, and bloodthirsty mercenaries. V will be joined by NUSA secret agent Solomon Reed (Idris Elba) for their most difficult mission yet, one filled with tough choices and many twists and turns.
Phantom Liberty brings the players to Dogtown — the most dangerous district of Night City ruled by arms dealer and warlord, Kurt Hansen. As well as new gigs and characters, the district also offers new boss fights, infinitely replayable open world activities in the forms of airdrops and courier missions, and much more to discover.
As part of the expansion, players will also gain access to over 100 new items (vehicles, weapons, clothing, and cyberware) as well as a whole new Relic skill tree with unique Relic perks, which bring even more freedom and flexibility to playstyle curation.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is available now on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC through GOG, Steam, the Epic Games Store, and GeForce Now. For more information about Cyberpunk 2077 and Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, visit the official website, Facebook, and X.
About Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 is a narrative-driven, open-world RPG set in Night City, a megalopolis obsessed with power, glamour, and body modification. The game tells the multilayered, mature story of cyber-enhanced mercenary V. Players are faced with choices and consequences as they customize their character and playstyle, take on jobs, and build their reputation. The game has sold over 20 million copies and won over 200 awards, and is also the inspiration for the award-winning Netflix anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, created by CD PROJEKT RED in collaboration with Studio Trigger. Its spy-thriller expansion, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, is slated for release in September 2023. Cyberpunk 2077 is set in the universe of the classic pen & paper RPG system, Cyberpunk 2020.
About CD PROJEKT RED
CD PROJEKT RED is a game development studio founded in 2002. It develops and publishes video games for personal computers and video game consoles. The studio’s flagship titles include The Witcher series of games, Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, GWENT: The Witcher Card Game, and the futuristic AAA role-playing game — Cyberpunk 2077, upon which the Netflix anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, created by CD PROJEKT RED and Studio Trigger, is based. Together with GOG.COM, a game store offering hand-picked titles for PC and Mac, CD PROJEKT RED is part of the CD PROJEKT Group. CD PROJEKT S.A. is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (ISIN: PLOPTTC00011).
Patches 6.51 and 6.55 Coming Late October and Mid-January Respectively
26 September 2023 – During a special broadcast of the 79th Letter from the Producer LIVE from Tokyo Game Show, Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida announced FINAL FANTASY™ XIV Online’s Patch 6.5: “Growing Light” will launch on Tuesday, 3 October 2023 (AEDT).
A brand-new trailer offered players a first look at the adventures still to come when the patch launches, including new main scenario quests, an alliance raid, trial, and more.
You can view the trailer for Patch 6.5 below.
Details on Patch 6.5 can be found below:
New Main Scenario Quests (Part 1) – The next chapter in the story of the Warrior of Light.
New Dungeon – New challenges await in the Lunar Subterrane.
New Trial: The Abyssal Fracture – A challenging new battle against Zeromus awaits in both Normal and Extreme difficulties.
New Unreal Trial –Fight in the Singularity Reactor (Unreal) against the fearsome Thordan.
New Alliance Raid: Myths of the Realm #3 – Explore the mysteries of Thaleia.
Duty Support Expansion –With the addition of Duty Support to the Drowned City of Skalla, the Burn, and the Ghimlyt Dark dungeons, it is now possible to play through all main scenario dungeons from A Realm Reborn™ to Endwalker™ solo.
Various Job Adjustments
Player Versus Player Updates
PvP Series 5 Begins
Crystalline Conflict Minimap and UI Updates
Island Sanctuary Updates – New sanctuary ranks, visions, and gathering area, as well as new materials, craftable items, crops, animals, isleworks handicrafts, structures, and more!
New Custom Deliveries Client: Margrat
Miscellaneous Updates – Ability to store optional items in the armoire, as well as new fashion accessories, mounts, minions, emotes, and more!
During the broadcast, Yoshida also shared further details on new content to come in Patches 6.51 and 6.55, which include:
New Variant Dungeon – Aloalo Island (Patch 6.51)
New Criterion Dungeon – Another Aloalo Island / Another Aloalo Island (Savage) (Patch 6.51)
Crystalline Conflict – New Arena: The Red Sands (Patch 6.51)
More information on the recently announced fifth expansion, Dawntrail will be shared at the FINAL FANTASY XIV Fan Festival 2023 in London on 21 – 22 October 2023 (AEDT), as well as during the Fan Festival 2024 in Tokyo, scheduled for 7 – 8 January 2024 (AEDT). For future updates on how to watch the livestreams of these events, please keep an eye on the Lodestone: https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/
With more than 27 million total registered players, there has never been a better time for newcomers to begin their adventures in the critically acclaimed FINAL FANTASY XIV Online saga. The expanded Free Trial now includes all content from A Realm Reborn™ and the Heavensward™ expansion (and updates through Patch 3.56), as well as an additional playable race (Au Ra), and three additional playable jobs (Dark Knight, Astrologian, and Machinist). Free Trial players can enjoy hundreds of hours of award-winning gameplay and story experiences equivalent to two full FINAL FANTASY titles, without limit on playtime. More information can be found at: http://sqex.to/FFXIVFreeTrial
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – 25 Sept. 2023 – LunarLux, the action-adventure pixel RPG set in the distant future from developer CosmicNobab Games and publisher Freedom Games prepares for an otherworldly escapade as it blasts off to PCs via Steam today!
In the year 30XX, humanity’s survival hinges on the lunar world of Luna, the only sanctuary remaining after a devastating comet forced the community to abandon their once home planet Terra. With the same comet responsible for Terra’s demise returning, set forth alongside the Lunar Warrior Bella on a perilous mission to annihilate it before Luna meets the same fate.
Embark on this extraordinary quest, where science, truth, and justice pave the path to salvation. Traverse the lunar terrain and engage in intense battles against enigmatic foes known as the Murks, using a unique hybrid turn-and-action-based battle system. Dive deep into the Moon’s enigmas, unveiling the secrets of a lost civilization, and rise as its savior.
Accompanied by Tetra, Bella’s trusty robotic sidekick, explore the rugged lunar landscape by foot, soar through the skies in a sleek jet suit, or pilot a highly customizable spaceship, all while interacting with Bella’s surroundings – pet adorable dogs, befriend the locals, and unearth hidden easter eggs at every turn.
Master an array of battle mechanics, boasting 40 active skills and 30 support skills. Amplify the Lux Meter by skillfully stacking abilities into thousands of special sequences, unleashing up to 30 powerful Lux Combos. Venture into malfunctioning networks with Tetra’s guidance, conquering mini-game challenges specific to each network.
“Venture through this masterfully woven anime-inspired tapestry of adventure in LunarLux, where the power of Lux awaits your command. ” said Benjamin Tarsa, Director of Publishing, Freedom Games. “Get ready to reach for the stars on an interstellar journey like no other on PCs now!”
LunarLux saves the galaxy on PC on Monday, 25 September 2023 for $19.99 via Steam, Epic and GOG. For more information on LunarLux, visit the official CosmicNobab itch.io page, follow @LunarLuxGame, and search for #LunarLux on social media.
About CosmicNobab Games
CosmicNobab Games is a one-developer studio specializing in retro-inspired RPGs. Previously developing the MegaMan Battle Network fangame MegaMan Cosmic Network, LunarLux is their first original title.
About Freedom Games
Freedom Games is a publisher dedicated to offering best-in-class services to partners and providing players around the world with unique and memorable experiences. With over 50 years of combined industry experience at the executive level, Freedom Games seeks to leverage its expertise to facilitate great games and even better publishing experiences.
From September 27-30, the annual conference will showcase voices of color in the games industry
September 25, 2023 – The 2023 Game Devs of Color Expo begins its eighth annual online event this Wednesday, September 27, featuring discussions, panels, interviews, and game announcements from creators of color in the games industry.
The event kicks off at 11 a.m. EDT with a commencement from the organizing team, as well as hosts DaPurpleSharpie and Josh Boykin. At 1 p.m. EDT, the GDoCExpo Direct, an exhibition of more than 25 new game announcements from creators of color, will be broadcast on the GDoCExpo YouTube and Twitch channels. Also returning this year is the Game Devs of Color Expo Steam Sale, featuring game demos and discounts until September 30. The 2023 GDoCExpo will conclude that Saturday with a closing ceremony where two grants – The Game Devs of Color Expo “Made in NY” Grant and The Game Devs of Color Expo Grant, sponsored by Humble Bundle – will be awarded.
The 2023 Game Devs of Color Expo Online schedule can be found here.
Game Devs of Color Expo is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to amplifying the creative power held by people of color in games. Creators of color make great games but are often pushed to the margins. We fight to create a better games industry that is intersectional and equitable by organizing revolutionary events, uniting our vibrant community, and building access to knowledge, funding, and opportunities.
