Today, Xbox announced Xbox Design Lab is launching in 11 new countries: Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Norway, Slovakia, and Switzerland, and we’ll add Taiwan later this summer.
Xbox Design Lab gives players across the globe the opportunity to express their personalities through customising their own Xbox Wireless Controller. Fans can personalise nearly all the external parts of the controller from the body to the buttons to match their style, tell a story or celebrate a special moment.
Today, Xbox also unveiled new pastel colors – Soft Orange, Soft Pink, Soft Green, and Soft Purple – and new Camo Top cases with matching side caps, including Mineral Camo, Arctic Camo, Forest Camo, Sandglow Camo and Blaze Camo.
A curse is brought upon Heathmoor, bringing an overhaul of new content in For Honor
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — June 10, 2022 — Today, Ubisoft announced that For Honor’s Year 6 Season 2, Curse of the Scarab, will release on June 16. After the Great Cataclysm, Bolthorn used the stolen relics’ power in an attempt to save his people, but he unknowingly released a terrible curse upon Heathmoor in the process. Inspired by Egyptian mythology, this season introduces a new Hero Skin, a new Battle Pass and Battle Bundle, the Justice of the Pharaohs event, and brings back the Testing Grounds from June 30 to July 7 focusing on Guardbreak vulnerability changes.
The Curse of the Scarab will bring forth new in-game environment changes to reflect the curse brought over Heathmoor. Players can look forward to the three-part short story “Sands of Ruin,” which will reveal Bolthorn’s motivations for using the stolen relics and inadvertently dooming the land, and part one releases on June 17. The new event, Justice of the Pharaohs, has a new variation of the Dominion game mode, lootable weapons, a free event pass, and new orders. The playable event is on the Riverfort map, including ambiance and art updates, and takes place from June 16 until July 7th. More surprises will be revealed later in the season.
Year 6 Season 2’s Battle Pass will be available at launch with 100 tiers of different rewards reflecting the season’s theme. Players can grab the traditional Battle Pass for $14.95, or the Battle Bundle is available for $36.95, which includes the Battle Pass and instantly unlocks 25 tiers. Also, the new Hero skin, Bolthorn the Cursed, will be available at season launch for 25,000 Steel or $29.95.
With over 30 million players, For Honor is available to play now on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC with Xbox Game Pass, as well as on PlayStation®4 and Ubisoft+, the Ubisoft subscription service. For Honor is also playable on PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series X | S through backward compatibility.
For the latest about For Honor and other Ubisoft games, please visit news.ubisoft.com.
About For Honor
Developed by Ubisoft Montreal in collaboration with other Ubisoft studios,** For Honor offers an engaging campaign and thrilling multiplayer modes. Players embody warriors of the four great factions – the bold Knights, the brutal Vikings, the deadly Samurai and the fearsome Wu Lin – fighting to the death on intense and believable melee battlefields. The Art of Battle, the game’s innovative combat system that puts players in total control of their warriors, allows them to utilize the unique skills and combat style of each hero to vanquish all enemies who stand in their way.
**Associate Ubisoft studios include Quebec, Toronto and Blue Byte. Additional development from Studio Gobo.
About Ubisoft
Ubisoft is a leading creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services, with a rich portfolio of world-renowned brands, including Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, For Honor, Just Dance, Watch Dogs, and Tom Clancy’s video game series including Ghost Recon®, Rainbow Six and The Division. The teams throughout Ubisoft’s worldwide network of studios and business offices are committed to delivering original and memorable gaming experiences across all popular platforms, including consoles, mobile phones, tablets and PCs. For the 2020-21 fiscal year, Ubisoft generated net bookings of €2,241 million. To learn more, please visit: www.ubisoftgroup.com.
After plenty of rumors that it was being developed, Sony and Naughty Dog have made things official by announcing that The Last of Us Part I is indeed getting remade and will be releasing this year for the PlayStation 5 and sometime for the PC. The exact release date for the PlayStation 5 version of the game is September 2nd while the PC version is currently being developed with no set release date. The game will launch at $69.99 and a special “Firefly Edition” priced at $99.99 that includes a number of early in-game unlocks, a steelbook case, and The Last of Us: American Dreams Comics #1 to #4 with new cover art for each comic.
The Last of Us Part I is being stated to “push the limits of the visual fidelity and interactivity” with the development team implementing modernized gameplay, improved controls, and expanded accessibility options with effects, exploration, and combat all being enhanced. The reveal trailer as well as a number of screenshots for the game can be found below.
A new trailer for Street Fighter 6 has been released by Capcom and it introduces an old fan favorite that will be once again part of the core roster of fighters. Guile returns with a slightly modified look but still sports most of of his classic arsenal and introduces new attacks that continue his legacy of intensity and power. This includes some of his classic moves like Sonic Boom, Sonic Blade, and Sonic Hurricane as well as a few other moves such as Somersault Kick, Solid Puncher, and a brand new powerful “Super Art” called Crossfire Somersault.
The video highlighting Guile’s moveset can be found below alongside a number of other screenshots while Street Fighter 6 is set to be released for the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, and PC sometime in 2023.
Sydney, Australia – June 10th, 2022: Warner Bros. Games and DC today premiered a character trailer for upcoming open-world action RPG Gotham Knights, in development by Warner Bros. Games Montréal. Showcasing the agile acrobatic defender Nightwing, the video shows off some of his suitstyles, which players can craft and customise throughout the game. Nightwing’s unique combat abilities are also on display, which include fierce elemental melee attacks using his signature escrima sticks and wrist darts, as well as his traversal abilities which include parkour, grappling and his glider, the Flying Trapeze.
Dick Grayson is Nightwing. As a teenager, he was Batman’s protégé and the first Robin, before striking off to become a hero on his own terms. An incurable optimist, Nightwing often relies on his natural charisma to try and get out of trouble. Though he often tends to hide his depths by clowning around, his friends know that Dick values close personal bonds and strongly believes that above all else, people are worth fighting for.
Vew theGotham Knights – Official Nightwing Character Trailer here:
Gotham Knights is scheduled to launch worldwide on Oct. 25, 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Fans can pre-order now via the PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store, Steam and Epic Games Store to receive the 233 Kustom Batcycle Skin at launch, based on the vehicle’s first appearance in DC’s Detective Comics #233.
Gotham Knights features the Batman Family as players step into the roles of Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood and Robin, a new guard of trained DC Super Heroes who must rise up as the protectors of Gotham City in the wake of Batman’s death. From solving mysteries that connect the darkest chapters in the city’s history to defeating notorious villains in epic confrontations, players will confront an array of challenges as they evolve into their own version of the Dark Knight.
Action Packed Co-Op Trailer Revealed at Summer Game Fest, New Endgame to Be Revealed Tomorrow
SYDNEY, AU (June 10th, 2022) – SQUARE ENIX® today revealed the OUTRIDERS™ WORLDSLAYER Co-Op Trailer at Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest, and also announced that a new episode of the OUTRIDERSBroadcast will air on June 11th.
Facing the challenges of Enoch in co-op takes the intense action to the next level. Drop-in and drop-out at any time and experience the new environments, new enemies and new features of OUTRIDERS WORLDSLAYER in single player or in co-op with your friends.
The OUTRIDERS ‘Endgame’ Broadcast will air on Saturday June 11th, at 4:45AM AEST. Watch it at www.twitch.tv/squareenix
Players can look forward to full details on the WORLDSLAYER endgame and long-term progression systems, and gameplay footage that gives a closer look at just some of the powerful enemies and twisted and beautiful guns and gear featured in OUTRIDERS WORLDSLAYER.
GOAT SIMULATOR 3 LAUNCHES THIS SPRING WITH 4 “PERSON” ONLINE MULTIPLAYER
Gaming’s favourite goat-shaped wrecking ball returns with friends to cause udder mayhem in a brand new simulator experience releasing on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC
Sydney, Australia. June 10th — For the Summer Game Fest 2022, Coffee Stain Publishing, Coffee Stain North and Koch Media are udderly proud to announcethe long-dreaded sequel to the global annoyance ‘Goat Simulator’. Goat Simulator 3 releases this spring on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 and on PC exclusively on the Epic Games Store.
Watch the reveal trailer of Goat Simulator 3:
This follow up to 2014’s Goat Simulator starts an all-new adventure, once again featuring Pilgor the goat. This time she’s found new pastures on the sprawling sandbox island of San Angora, a place where mysteries and chaos follow wherever you go. Players are free to roam around and discover the island’s secrets or, well, just destroy stuff. This is a Goat Simulator, after all.
Built from the gravel up, this next generation of goat simulation has it all; Goats, goats wearing hats, goats riding a goat wearing a hat. There are also unnatural disasters, secret animal societies, triple jumping and probably any other nonsense you could think up. But truly, what is all this exciting newness without friends to explore it with? In Goat Simulator 3, you can gather as a herd of up to 4 friends to be the goats of your dreams, together. Yes, Goat Simulator 3 has online multiplayer!
Key features:
GOATS: You play as a goat! Pilgor, to be exact. However, you’ll also have the chance to wear the skins of many other ‘goats’. Tall goats, tasty goats, angry goats – all the goats you expect and more.
MULTIPLAYER: Your friends play as goats too! Goat Simulator 3 has 4 player co-op, locally or online. You’ll be able to travel through the world together, cause cooperative mischief aplenty, and compete in 7 fun multiplayer mini-games, and then not be friends anymore.
EXPLORATION: Goat Simulator 3’s giant new sandbox has plenty to discover – hidden secrets, quests, collectables and the devs actually bothered to make an ending this time! Use your own four hooves to get around, grind on your butt or buckle up for the ride of your life as all goats can drive cars*.
CHAOS AND REACTIVITY: Cause all manner of mayhem as you lick, headbutt, crash and explode your way across the map, leaving no NPC unannoyed. Toy with the universally recognised four elements (Fire, Electricity, Oil and Alien Goo), test the limits of the world’s physics, and interact with suspicious objects for… surprising results.
CUSTOMISATION: Players can fully customise their goat’s Head, Back, Feet, Body, Horns and Furs with over 300 different gear parts to choose from – from toilet rolls to tea trays… and other actual clothing items, if you want to be like that. Some gear parts will mutate your playstyle by giving you new abilities, all will alter your perceived sense of style.
Santiago Ferrero, Creative Director at Coffee Stain North said “Since the release of the first Goat Simulator, it’s come to our attention that it did not really represent reality and how it actually feels to be a goat. So, for the past couple of years, we’ve been doing some googling, and I am pleased to say – we’ve made it. Goat Simulator 3 is by far the greatest goat experience out there. Is it worth the money? Who knows? But will you regret it? Probably.”
Goat Simulator 3 is a direct sequel to Goat Simulator, a silly game that started life as an April Fool’s joke born out of a game jam. In 2014, Goat Simulator became a true goat simulation sensation, selling millions of units across consoles and PC, as well as ‘earning’ ports to Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, and most-recently Apple Arcade.
Goat Simulator 3 builds on everything fans of the first game loved, raising the baa to brand new heights (sometimes literally). Goat Simulator 3 is coming to Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 this this spring on the Southern Hemisphere and for PC exclusively on the Epic Games Store.
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About Coffee Stain:
Coffee Stain is a game developer, publisher and investor with offices in Skövde, Stockholm, Malmö, Trollhättan and Gothenburg. Founded in 2010, Coffee Stain is responsible for Goat Simulator, the Sanctum Games, A Story About My Uncle, Huntdown, and Satisfactory, currently in Early Access. Coffee Stain is also the publisher of popular games such as Deep Rock Galactic, Valheim, and Midnight Ghost Hunt, made by external developers. To support diversity in the industry, Coffee Stain launched Leveling the Playing Field (LTPF) which offers funding to smaller and start-up development teams where at least half of employees are underrepresented minorities.
Coffee Stain North have their offices in Stockholm and is the team behind first-person platforming adventure A Story About My Uncle, and Goat Simulator DLC’s GoatZ & Waste of Space. Now, they are committed to delivering pure goat simulation to yet another generation of unsuspecting gamers.
To find out more about Coffee Stain North and Goat Simulator 3, visit:
The Koch Media Group is a global developer, publisher and distributor of video games, VR games, gaming hardware and merchandise. The group’s publishing, marketing and distribution activities extend throughout Europe, America, Australia and Asia. Koch Media has more than 25 years of experience in the digital media business and has risen to become a leading global publishing partner.
The Koch Media Group runs a multi-label strategy, with fully owned publishing units, such as Deep Silver, Prime Matter, Milestone, Vertigo Games and Ravenscourt; publishing games for consoles, PC and VR platforms across all physical and digital channels.
Additionally – as a global publishing partner – Koch Media has formed long-term multinational publishing collaborations with numerous game publishers including; Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, Capcom, Focus Multimedia, Giants Software, Koei Tecmo, Paradox, Sega, SNK, Square Enix, Techland, THQ Nordic, Tripwire, Warner Bros and many others.
With its parent company in Höfen / Austria – and the HQ in Munich / Germany – Koch Media owns local publishing companies in Germany, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Australia, the United States as well as Japan and Hong Kong.
The Koch Media Group owns 10 game development studios: Deep Silver Volition (Champaign, IL / USA), Deep Silver Dambuster Studios (Nottingham / UK), Deep Silver Fishlabs (Hamburg / Germany), Warhorse Studios (Prague / Czech Republic), Milestone (Milan / Italy), Voxler (Paris / France) , Digixart (Montpellier / France), Flying Wild Hog (Warsaw, Kraków, Rzeszów / Poland), Free Radical Design (Nottingham / UK) and Vertigo Games (Rotterdam / the Netherlands). Additionally, the Koch Media Group collaborates with numerous independent development studios around the world.
Part of the Koch Media Group is also Koch Films; a leading European independent film distributor with business primarily in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy as a cinema, TV, online and Home Entertainment distributor.
The Koch Media Group also owns leading video game merchandise companies Gaya Entertainment (Munich / Germany) and DPI Merchandising (Denver, Roseburg / USA) and a Quality Assurance Facility in Olomouc / Czech Republic.
Magic: The Gathering meets Dungeons & Dragons for the second instalment of Commander Legends
Friday 10 June, 2022 — Wizards of the Coast today released Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate, the latest set for the world’s oldest and best trading card game, Magic: The Gathering (MTG). Expanding from 2020’s Commander Legends, Battle for Baldur’s Gate further innovates the Limited format by integrating iconic characters and thrilling mechanics from the popular role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). The set contains 361 cards and releases for tabletop today.
Journey to Baldur’s Gate, the most influential metropolis in the Forgotten Realms. A city-state flourishing with commerce, Baldur’s Gate attracts wealth-seeking merchants, penniless refugees and other characters from all over Faerûn seeking opportunity within its massive walls. Featuring D&D icons such as Tasha the Witch, Elminster, and fan-favourite duo Minsc and Boo, Battle for Baldur’s Gate allows players to weave a tale of power and intrigue as you battle your friends in Magic’s most popular multiplayer format.
The latest instalment to Commander Legends offers more freedom than ever for players to build their own legend. A set specifically designed to be drafted, Battle for Baldur’s Gate breaks the Singleton rule of traditional Commander play by allowing for two or more of the same card to be included in a deck.
Elements of roleplay adapted from D&D are also seen in Backgrounds, a new type of enchantment. Legendary Background cards represent the story that brought your commander to the point where we find them now. Each one gives your commander a bonus. Most often, this bonus comes in the form of an ability your commander gains or a boost to their power and/or toughness.
Veterans of D&D can tell you that initiative is important, and it’s important in Battle for Baldur’s Gate as well. Initiative, a new keyword ability, enables three significant bonuses: First, whenever a player takes the initiative, they venture into Undercity (Undercity is a new dungeon card). Second, the player with the initiative ventures into Undercity again at the beginning of their upkeep. Third, several cards in the set get better if you have the initiative.
True to the lore of Baldur’s Gate, the second Commander Legends set sees the return of Rulebook frames. Every Legendary Creature card receives a frame styled to the look and feel of the Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual, evoking the classic rulebook aesthetic cherished by fans of the tabletop game.
Stunning Borderless frames are also available for certain Mythic Rare Planeswalkers, artifacts and creatures, including five new Mythic Elder Dragons that each embody a colour and a powerful ability.
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate will be available as Draft Boosters, Set Boosters and Collector Boosters, as well as Precon Commander Decks, a Prerelease pack, and a special Commander Legends Bundle containing an oversized D20.
Magic: The Gathering’s compelling characters, fantastic worlds, and deep strategic gameplay have entertained and delighted fans for more than 25 years. Fans can experience Magic through the tabletop trading card game, the digital game Magic: The Gathering Arena, a New York Times bestselling novel, and a critically acclaimed comic book series. With more than 40 million fans to date, Magic is a worldwide phenomenon published in 11 languages in more than 70 countries.
About Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., is an award-winning developer and publisher of tabletop and digital games that ignite a sense of adventure in passionate players around the globe. Best known for publishing groundbreaking fantasy franchises, MAGIC: THE GATHERING® and DUNGEONS & DRAGONS®, Wizards is dedicated to bringing together world-class talent to create unforgettable play experiences at its headquarters in Washington and studios in Austin and Montreal. Learn more at www.wizards.com.
Devolver’s annual press conference took a backseat to the pre-show this year – a hype-filled 30-minute countdown to an industry-shattering singularity that leaves the world wondering how in the hell digital marketing showcases will ever be the same again.
There were also some game announcements. Cult of the Lamb is launching on August 11 and there’s a demo on Steam! Anger Foot has a demo on Steam, too! Skate Story and The Plucky Squire don’t have demos but they do have slick trailers that you can watch again and again. Did you know that Card Shark is also available now, too?
Check a look below for more information on the hottest video game lineup since the Sega Saturn, or head directly to devolverdirect.com
Cult of the Lamb | Massive Monster | August 11 2022 | PC, Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox S/X, XB1 Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland worshippers and spread your Word to become the one true cult. Coming to PC, Switch, PlayStation & Xbox on August 11. cultofthelamb.com
Anger Foot | Free Lives | 2023 | PC Anger Foot is a lightning fast hard bass blast of kicking doors and kicking ass. Crash through the caffeine-fueled fever dream of Shit City, putting the boot to a menacing menagerie of merciless gangsters.
Unleash the world’s deadliest feet on a colourful cast of anthropomorphic enemies. Clearing out slums, sewers, and skyscrapers as you grab new weapons, unlock new sneakers, and upgrade your powers in absurd and wonderful ways. Kick and shoot your way to the exit as you leave behind a smouldering trail of shattered doors, broken bones, and crumpled energy drinks. angerfoot.com
Skate Story | Sam Eng | 2023 | PC You are a demon in the Underworld, made out of glass and pain. The Devil has given you a skateboard with a simple deal: Skate to the Moon and swallow it — and you shall be freed.
Ollie, kickflip, and grind your way through the ash and smoke of the Underworld as you take on a seemingly impossible quest. Skate fast to destroy demons and save other tortured souls on your journey from fragile beginner to hardened skater. skatestory.com
The Plucky Squire | All Possible Futures | 2023 | PC, Switch, PS5, Xbox S/X The Plucky Squire follows the magical adventures of Jot and his friends – storybook characters who discover a three-dimensional world outside the pages of their book. When the malevolent Humgrump realises he’s the villain of the book – destined to lose his battle against the forces of good for all eternity – he kicks the heroic Jot out of its pages and changes the story forever.
Jump between 2D and 3D worlds in this charming action-adventure – solving puzzles, boxing badgers, flying with a jetpack, and enjoying many more delightful and surprising mini challenges as you become the hero of a living storybook. thepluckysquire.com
Devolver Direct Post-Show Website (Including VOD of the showcase) devolverdirect.com
Watch as we set foot into the desert town of Sandrock and learn about some of the unique rules that players will need to workaround while developing their workshop. Join us over the next hour and a half as we meet plenty of townsfolk, gather plenty of resources, and even fight a few enemies.
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
My Time at Sandrock Developer: Pathea Games Publisher: Pathea Games Website: https://sandrock.pathea.net/ Platform: Windows Release Date: 26 May, 2022 Price: $24.99 USD
Recommended – “My Time at Sandrock capitalizes on its status as a sequel by making numerous quality of life improvements to a familiar formula that are already evident despite the game still being in early access. While numerous elements are still in development, the groundwork that has already been laid is showing great promise for a release window of sometime in 2023 if Pathea Games holds true to their development window.”
