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MARVEL Cosmic Invasion

After an unprecedented attack is launched across the galaxy, all life hangs in the balance. Nova, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Phyla-Vell, Captain America and many more heroes, both earth-born and cosmic, will join forces in a star-spanning brawling adventure against the deadly Annihilation Wave. From New York City to the depths of the Negative Zone, the future of the Universe will be fought for across the stars.​



SLEEP AWAKE

SLEEP AWAKE is an immersive first-person psychedelic horror narrative experience that explores the realm between sleep and death. From Blumhouse Games and led by Cory Davis (Spec Ops: The Line) and Robin Finck (Nine Inch Nails), SLEEP AWAKE blurs the boundaries between reality and imagination.

In a desperate attempt to remain awake, the denizens of the last known city on Earth are reaching a panic crisis of reckless experiments in their effort to avoid The HUSH, the inexplicable disappearance of those who sleep.

Playing as Katja, you must survive the devotees of various depraved death cults and try to stay awake. Solve the puzzles of this mysterious world to shatter the horrors of the past.

In a unique setting, where an unfathomable phenomenon means that humans are disappearing when they fall asleep. The result is a warring world where dogmatic factions insist they have the one true solution for staying awake.​



Effulgence RPG

Effulgence RPG is a party-based, turn-based RPG where enemies are more than obstacles – they're raw material. Defeat creatures to break them into particles, then feed those particles into a matter printer to create weapons, gadgets and mechanisms. All of this plays out in a world built from shimmering text symbols arranged in 3D space.

Explore a stylized ASCII 3D globe of locations. Fight as a small squad in turn-based, party-focused combat. Break enemies into particles and print gear mid-run. Watch the world shift as text symbols reconfigure into new shapes and animations.

It's easy to transmit a video signal when you're just the distance of a satellite away. Go beyond the solar system and it may take hours to send a regular image to Earth. But when the signal comes from a galaxy a million light-years away, only fragmented symbols make it to us. Sometimes, they can be decoded and assembled into an animation made from text characters. Effulgence RPG imagines what happens when that signal is interactive – when you can walk inside the shimmering sea of symbols, and the creatures made of text don't intend to stay static.

This Early Access build is a vertical slice that will grow over time. The overall target is a 3-5 hour campaign with room for experimentation and replay.​



OCTOPATH TRAVELER 0

Experience a story of restoration and retribution over the divine rings-an epic saga that unfolds across the realm of Orsterra. You are the protagonist of the story. Choose your appearance, voice, motions, and favorite dish with the new character creation feature! Restore your hometown through town building. Invite companions and allies to live in a town of your creation!​



FEROCIOUS

Stranded on a deadly island, survival is all that matters.
Every step challenges you with savage predators, treacherous terrain, and limited resources.
Explore carefully to uncover hidden paths, secrets, and essential gear. Turn the wild to your advantage: control dinosaurs to attack enemies, open paths, or infiltrate guarded areas.
Every encounter is an opportunity - or a threat.​



ROUTINE

ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror title set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Curious exploration turns into a need for survival when a lunar base goes completely quiet. Searching for answers puts you face to face with an enemy who is certain the main threat is you. Discoveries lead to deeper unknowns and the only way to go is forward.​



American Truck Simulator - Louisiana

Discover the subtropical climate of the state which has provided the magnificent brooding scenery of the coastal bayous, and the lush, dank vegetation. Truckers can look forward to the beautiful and iconic landscape of this southern state, historical cities like New Orleans and Baton Rouge, miles and miles of long stretching roads, and also the Mississippi River delta that has helped shape how the area looks today.​



Skate Story

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 Emptylands as you take on a seemingly impossible quest. Learn to master your weight and motion to conquer the weeping concrete. Savour the ritualistic beauty as you set your feet to pop a perfect kickflip.

Skate fast to destroy vicious demons, help a forgetful frog, and save other tortured souls on your journey from fragile beginner to hardened skater. Push through hell and discover The Devil's greatest weakness: humility, perseverance, and a disgustingly sweet backside tailslide.

Skate through nine layers of The Underworld. Cruise through streets and surreal landscapes full of waxed ledges, unholy gaps, and tortured demons.​



Yakuza 0 Director's Cut

Fight like hell through Tokyo and Osaka entertainment districts as yakuza Kazuma Kiryu and cabaret club manager Goro Majima in an epic crime drama of intertwined fates that created legends.

Kiryu and Majima each have three unique fighting styles to dynamically switch between to creatively crack skulls with your fists, makeshift weapons and more.

Fighting isn't the only way to kill time in 1988 Japan: from discos and darts to classic SEGA arcades and cabaret clubs, there's endless distractions to pursue in the immersive, neon-lit city.

Director's Cut content gives deeper insight into key incidents and character backstories with never-before-seen cutscenes.​



UNBEATABLE

UNBEATABLE is an anime-juiced rhythm adventure where you (figuratively) destroy on stage while you (literally) destroy on stage. During rhythm gameplay, you only need two buttons: a button for up and a button for down. The pink-haired girl is Beat, and she is you, and you have a lot of things to worry about. The cops are everywhere, and they are mad at you for what feels like no good reason. Though it doesn't help your case that you keep making friends with people that the cops are mad at for slightly better reasons. Talk to people, help them out (or don't, I'm not your mom!), play huge concerts, and punch cops. And then run away from the cops you punched. Also there are monsters or something. The music got you here. It'll get you through it. All of this culminates in massive setpieces where everything is at stake.​



The Temple of Elemental Evil

An evil demoness founded a cult dedicated to exploring evil in its most elemental forms. This cult was based in a temple just outside the village of Hommlet in a vile shire known as Nulb. Soon, this cult ruled the region with tyranny; times of chaos and violence ensued. Hard-fought battles were waged and the war was eventually won by the good armies of nearby lands. The temple was razed, the villains were imprisoned, and order was restored. The temple itself faded into distant memory...until now.

Recently, bandits have begun patrolling the roads outside Hommlett and wicked forces are rumored to be afoot, converging on the ruined temple at Nulb. Their purposes for such meetings are as yet unknown. The identity of these people are equally a mystery. Some claim they are bent on slaying monsters and maintaining order within the region, but no one can be sure.

It is an adventure that will lead to the source of a deep and abiding mystery, to the very core of evil itself.​



The Last Ninja Collection + Bonus Games

The Last Ninja Collection brings together seven iconic titles for the first time, celebrating the golden era of retro gaming and the preservation of pioneering games from the '80s & '90s. The Last Ninja series is known for its innovative gameplay, memorable graphics, atmospheric music, and groundbreaking reviews that captivated gamers worldwide, setting a new standard for action-adventure games.

This collection includes The Last Ninja, Last Ninja 2, Last Ninja 3, Ninja Remix, International Karate, IK+ and Bangkok Knights. These games were milestones in the gaming industry, pushing the boundaries of technology and making them available to play on Windows PC. The Last Ninja was developed and published by System 3 in 1987, navigating through beautifully hand-crafted environments, solving puzzles, and engaging in combat. It was a global commercial and critical success, earning numerous awards, including 'Game of the Year,' 'Best 8-Bit Graphics,' and 'Best Music Soundtrack.' Last Ninja 2, developed and published by System 3, follows Armakuni's quest for vengeance in modern-day New York against the evil Shogun Kunitoki, featuring atmospheric, isometric environments and challenging gameplay. Last Ninja 3 received a perfect 100% review score, marking an unprecedented achievement. Ninja Remix enhances the original experience with new soundtracks, updated graphics, and gameplay tweaks.

International Karate (rebranded as World Championship Karate in the USA) was the first European game to top the Billboard charts on the C64, setting the standard for martial arts games. IK+ is a multi-award-winning sequel with improved graphics and gameplay, featuring a three-player mode. Bangkok Knights was the first fighting game to feature large, distinct characters, inspiring Street Fighter's development. These games represent a pioneering time for video games and for System 3, a games company founded in 1982 by Mark Cale. Preserving these games is crucial, not only for nostalgic reasons but also for understanding the roots of modern gaming and the legacy of System 3's contributions, including The Last Ninja series, which sold over 23 million copies across the trilogy and influenced action-adventure games for decades.​



BioMenace Remastered

Explore the original 3 episodes (36+ levels) plus a brand new 4th episode (15+ levels), spanning a range of diverse environments including cities, forests, underground caves, and secret high-tech labs. Rescue hostages and encounter a variety of dangerous enemies and hazards, putting your fighting and platforming skills to the test. Snake Logan is a top-secret operative for the CIA ordered to complete missions that others would regard as suicidal. One day, Snake is called into headquarters and briefed on a situation that has arisen in Metro City. It seems that thousands of monster-like creatures are on a rampage of destruction through the city. Many thousands have already died, and Metro has declared martial law just before losing all communications. Right before the city was overrun, authorities received a message from a man calling himself Dr. Mangle. He stated that Metro is to be an example of what will happen to the rest of the world unless all factions of government comply with his wishes. Snake is ordered to take a plane, fly recon over the city and then return. While circling over the area, he is suddenly attacked by some kind of laser weapon, and the plane loses engine power! He's forced to make an emergency landing and explore the ravaged city on foot. It's now up to Snake - and you! - to save any survivors, find the source of this destruction, and stop Dr. Mangle.​


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Two people can look at the same sdr/hdr comparison and one goes "the lights are abit brighter but honestly pretty much the same image"

It's also very hard to convey the actual experience on the web. Most modern browsers support wide colour gamut, but the end user will still need to enable the flag manually. Even Steam doesn't have the ability to capture screenshots with HDR metadata, so again it's up to the end user to capture HDR screenshots with ReShade or whatever else.
 
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Micron exiting the consumer market is bad news. Consumer RAM prices are going to keep getting worse for a while before they can get better and it leaves the market even closer to a small cabal of manufacturers (which was arguably already the case). Sad times for PC builders.

This is big enough to actually hit the entire PC market even for normal no gaming stuff. Very bad news.
 
Micron exiting the consumer market is bad news. Consumer RAM prices are going to keep getting worse for a while before they can get better and it leaves the market even closer to a small cabal of manufacturers (which was arguably already the case). Sad times for PC builders.

This is big enough to actually hit the entire PC market even for normal no gaming stuff. Very bad news.
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What genius thought that a Legacy of Kain reboot would have better commercial prospects than finishing off the Deus Ex trilogy?
To be honest I don't blame them. The lead writers, lead producer, one of lead designers of Adam Jensen Deus Ex, all left Eidos Montreal long ago.
So they tried to do something different.
 
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To be honest I don't blame them. The lead writers, lead producer, one of lead designers of Adam Jensen Deus Ex, all left Eidos Montreal long ago.
So they tried to do something different.

They had already tried something different with Guardians of the Galaxy and it bomba'ed. It was time to listen to what their audience was asking for. There was a tweet from Elias Toufexis recently where he said that he gets asked about when a new Deus Ex is coming to this day.

Total War Direct happening in a little under 7 hours, it's gonna be crazy

They already most explicitly announced an End Times DLC for Total Warhammer 3

And they are most likely going two announce two full sized projects, one by the Fantasy Team and one by the History Team

Wasn't it confirmed that they're working on another Three Kingdoms game?
 
Wasn't it confirmed that they're working on another Three Kingdoms game?

They cancelled DLC's for 3K, saying that they want to roll them into a sequel, but there were a bunch of rumos that it was cancelled, so nobody really knows anything official.
 
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Wait, isnt the point with netflix games that you just use your subscription to play stuff? You have to pay extra?
No, the issue with their mobile games is that they're set up dumb on app stores. They show up as free-to-play on Google Play and Apple, but after downloading them, you're blocked from playing unless you log into a Netflix account with an active subscription. So people are downloading RDR without knowing it's a Netflix game.

My mom couldn't wrap her head around it at all, when I tried showing her that there were some games attached to her Netflix she might like.
 
No, the issue with their mobile games is that they're set up dumb on app stores. They show up as free-to-play on Google Play and Apple, but after downloading them, you're blocked from playing unless you log into a Netflix account with an active subscription. So people are downloading RDR without knowing it's a Netflix game.

My mom couldn't wrap her head around it at all, when I tried showing her that there were some games attached to her Netflix she might like.
Oh right, it is as I assumed then! I actually kind of liked having some games to play on my phone when I had netflix, used to play Oxenfree 2 on the metro!
 
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Fuck, just took a month of GDrive in a hurry but this looks coolio.
I suppose I need to try a month to see how their app behaves.
About that...
I registered to Hetzner website and then every other menu options seemed to load as fast as when you don't have an internet connexion but didn't realize it yet.
I think I will keep GDrive for now.

I'm ALL for an European GDPR compliant service that doesn't treat my data like it's free meal. But when your IT solution is cloud backup, the last thing I want to see are strange slowdowns.

That and they broke my balls at invoice. I could Paypal them but they had a needlessly alarming warning that I would have to authorize the transaction every fucking time. Or I could CC them and conveniently let them keep the credentials. Given that hacks are so frequent they are soon to enter the Olympic Games, err, thanks but no thanks.
 

They’re focussing their energy on the Ray Bans.

That’s why they hired the useless schmuck from Apple who ruined all their OSes with Liquid Glass - he’s got a background in marketing and fashion and will probably be a good fit in Meta.

I think Meta has been quite good and also very bad for VR, and this news doesn’t bring me much joy because it’s one less place for developers to release their games. Though I am glad Zuck has lost a bunch of money.
 
They’re focussing their energy on the Ray Bans.

That’s why they hired the useless schmuck from Apple who ruined all their OS’s with Liquid Glass - he’s got a background in marketing and fashion and will probably be a good fit in Meta.

I think Meta has been quite good and also very bad for VR, and this news doesn’t bring me much joy because it’s one less place for developers to release their games. Though I am glad Zuck has lost a bunch of money.
pretty much all of this, yup
 
Micron exiting the consumer market is bad news. Consumer RAM prices are going to keep getting worse for a while before they can get better and it leaves the market even closer to a small cabal of manufacturers (which was arguably already the case). Sad times for PC builders.

This is big enough to actually hit the entire PC market even for normal no gaming stuff. Very bad news.

This is my take on the whole everything around PC Component inflation:

From my perspective, What's Old is New Again

This is all Wave 2 of forcing The Cloud on everyone. The endgame is making it so that devices actually capable of "Computing" are too expensive for regular consumers, and the "saviors" swoop-in with "affordable" Cloud Computers that are essentially a return to the old model of Dumb Terminals and Mainframes, Now with Rent Seeking! - Just like during the DotCom Bubble when there was a glut of cheap Rental Computers that came with Contracts or outright being locked to specific services.

Local Compute will be the privilege of those who can afford Enterprise-priced components.
 
This is my take on the whole everything around PC Component inflation:

From my perspective, What's Old is New Again

This is all Wave 2 of forcing The Cloud on everyone. The endgame is making it so that devices actually capable of "Computing" are too expensive for regular consumers, and the "saviors" swoop-in with "affordable" Cloud Computers that are essentially a return to the old model of Dumb Terminals and Mainframes, Now with Rent Seeking! - Just like during the DotCom Bubble when there was a glut of cheap Rental Computers that came with Contracts or outright being locked to specific services.

Local Compute will be the privilege of those who can afford Enterprise-priced components.
Dont forget, mandatory ID checks online. You are tracked, known and listened to. Means no words can even be written in secret, even if it is your password protected diary.
 
This is my take on the whole everything around PC Component inflation:

From my perspective, What's Old is New Again

This is all Wave 2 of forcing The Cloud on everyone. The endgame is making it so that devices actually capable of "Computing" are too expensive for regular consumers, and the "saviors" swoop-in with "affordable" Cloud Computers that are essentially a return to the old model of Dumb Terminals and Mainframes, Now with Rent Seeking! - Just like during the DotCom Bubble when there was a glut of cheap Rental Computers that came with Contracts or outright being locked to specific services.

Local Compute will be the privilege of those who can afford Enterprise-priced components.
I think this is what a lot of Big Tech secretly wants, but I don’t think component inflation is part of some grand scheme to force everyone onto the cloud. It’s basically that companies with deep pockets are willing to pay more for components than consumers, so it all goes to AI data centres.

We saw it with crypto too, but that bubble burst very quickly.

Give it a few years and affordable ex-server hardware will be flooding the market like cheap crypto mining APUs are right now.

I think over centralisation of compute always leads to some sort of financial meltdown and rebalance because it is inherently unsustainable and, unlike say someone’s home, no one wants or even needs to rent compute.
 
End Times DLC for TW:WH3
Summer 2026

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In the future you won't need to own ANY Total Warhammer Game to play the Immortal Empires campaign.

Just buying any one DLC is enough and you can play Immortal Empires with whatever content you have


New Total War "Warcore" Engine with Dynamic Destruction for future titles 👀
 
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Bro really?

The Third Project will be announced during the Game Awards...

Anyone recognize this? This isn't Warhammer40k i think

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If you still have doubts about the actual impact of the crazy gaas chase (in this case CA and Hyenas)
Promises of a totally new engine this time for real
Medieval III is in the early pre development phase with nothing to show and probably years away
Next TW game got an announcement of an announcement for TGA and who knows when it will release
 
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