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Road 96 Launch Date Announced For Steam & Nintendo Switch

22Jul

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Road 96 Launch Date Announced For Steam & Nintendo Switch

August 16th sees the launch of Road 96 on both Steam and Nintendo Switch. Road 96 is the First ever procedural story-driven game. Developed and Published by DigixArt you control the story as you decide to flee your home country of Petria. Petria is a country in conflict the regime has made it impossible and the country has gone to Hell. It's time to escape and head for the free world, you grab the last of the savings from your parents and stuff it into your pockets. Hitchhiking your way across a thousand miles with one goal in mind, crossing the border ALIVE. Along your journey, you will meet lots of memorable characters, learn new skills and discover secrets that may help you cross the border. With an evocative soundtrack with tracks from artists including Cocoon ...

Konami Launches eFootball™ – PES, Evolved!

22Jul

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Konami Launches eFootball™ – PES, Evolved!

An exciting announcement for fans of PES! Konami launches eFootball™ this Autumn. Excitingly, it'll be free to play across consoles, PC and mobile. With eFootball™, Konami is breathing a fresh sense of identity into the long-running franchise previously known as Pro Evolution Soccer and Winning Eleven. Looks-wise, eFootball™ has had a complete overhaul in Unreal® Engine. Using 'Motion Matching' technology, player animations and expressions have had a major makeover! Implemented across all platforms, it plans to deliver the title's most realistic and engaging gameplay to date. Konami launches eFootball™ with some specialist input in its development: KONAMI is honoured that Lionel Messi and Neymar Jr., two of the greatest footballers of all time, will become global ambassadors fo...

22Jul

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CS:GO Launches A $1 Million Contest

One of the biggest ever contests in gaming is being opened up today (July 22nd). CS:GO launches a $1 Million content contest for artists worldwide. To take part, entrants are asked to create original and shippable, dream-themed weapon finishes for CS:GO. Each of the 10 winning entries will earn $100,000. In addition, teams of more than one person can enter the contest. If you're feeling extra creative then you're in luck as artists with multiple submissions can win more than one prize! The theme of the contest is Dreams & Nightmares. You can check out CS:GO's dedicated contest website to get an idea of the type of finishes they're looking for. More importantly, you'll also find all the small print about rules and entry requirements. Entrants must submit their design to the CS:GO ...

Splash King’s Tournament Is Coming To Steam

21Jul

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Splash King’s Tournament Is Coming To Steam

Splash King's Tournament has officially been announced by Jesper Peterson. The epic action-packed battle royale style title will be available exclusively to PC via Steam on the 30th July 2021. "Splash King's Tournament is a hardcore multiplayer shooter challenging you to be the last man standing!" Splash King's Tournament is a 3rd person title and takes place in the unlikeliest of places, the ocean! Not only will you have your enemies to fight and conquer but you may also come across deadly sea creatures that you need to take down. Obviously, as you are in the deep, the devs have been nice enough to develop a back-pack engine for you to advance around the map. However, not only is this a backpack it also allows you to breach the surface and go airborne. "Top Tip - You have 5 lives per s...

ManyDev Studio Announces The New Game Parasight

21Jul

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ManyDev Studio Announces The New Game Parasight

ManyDev Studio announces the new game Parasight. Parasight has been described as having a "souls-like mechanism" but within a 2D environment. The title is an action RPG with a game as you like to feel. It is up to you, you can take the social path and be nice to your enemies. However, you can also step it up and jump into fights, which one would you choose? Parasight is set on an island whereby you are seeking to find out what has actually happened. There are various characters to choose from such as a wizard, king and many more. Levelling up along the way you become a stronger character with different weaponry and wearables available. Obviously your gameplay type with bring consequences with it and with various ending to the game there is a lot for the gamer to get on board with. ...

Hunt: Showdown New Map ‘DeSalle’ Now Available On PC

21Jul

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Hunt: Showdown New Map ‘DeSalle’ Now Available On PC

Hunt: Showdown, the stealth-based horror title that most people have now heard due to its release on console has had a huge update. Crytek yesterday announced that the all-new Hunt: Showdown map 'DeSalle' is now available for the PC version of the title only. Unfortunately for console players, the new map will hit the Playstation and Xbox servers sometime in early August. Hunt: Showdown, as a game has grown vastly over the years. For quite some time it was a game that not many people had heard of. For those Hunt veterans, this is a moment we have all been waiting for. The new DeSalle map looks visually stunning and brings a new type of gameplay into the title. The map has two main areas Upper and Lower DeSalle with a ton of new content on the way, including some easter eggs. So far t...

Evercade Announces Renovation Collection 1

21Jul

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Evercade Announces Renovation Collection 1

If you're British, then you can be forgiven for not knowing who Renovation Products are. That's what makes this announcement exciting. Renovation Products were a US publishing company in the 90s that would publish Telnet Japan's games, which in effect never made it to European soil. So what Blaze, the creator of the Evercade has done, is take twelve 16-bit retro games that have never been released before in Europe, and popped them all onto one cartridge! Some unusual are rare imports make up the list, so let's see what the Renovation Collection 1 has to offer: Arcus Odyssey Beast Wrestler Dino Land El Viento Exile Final Zone Gaieres Grenada Sol-Deace Traysia Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Valis 3 Fair enough Sol-Deace was released in Europe as Sol-Feace...

Ubisoft Delays Release Dates for Rainbow Six Extraction and Riders Republic

20Jul

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Ubisoft Delays Release Dates for Rainbow Six Extraction and Riders Republic

Ubisoft recently announced a change in release dates for both Rainbow Six Extraction and Riders Republic. Originally slated to be released on September 16, 2021, Rainbow Six Extraction has been pushed back to January 2022. Riders Republic will now see an October 28, 2021 release date instead of its September date. According to Ubisoft, these delays will allow players more time to test and give feedback on these games. This will also give the developers more time to polish the games prior to release. In a press release, Ubisoft shared these insights into the Rainbow Six Extraction delay: “Our ambition with Rainbow Six Extraction is to deliver a full-fledged AAA experience that changes the way you play and think about cooperative games. With unique features like Missing In Action or T...

Flame Fatales all-women speed running schedule

16Jul

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Flame Fatales all-women speed running schedule

The all-female speedrunning event starring the Flame Fatales is due to take place online through August 15th-21st. You will be able to catch this event on the Games Done Quick Twitch page which is linked here. The Flame Fatales speedrunning team will be raising money in support of Malala Fund, a non-profit organization that works to secure free, safe, and quality education for young girls. Flame Fatales raised over $80,000 in 2020 alone! Below I will list the speedruns taking place from the PR email we received A 15-card run of Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories by Skybilz A Warframe speedrun by KrusKader An expert run of Tetris Effect Connected by Kirby703 Fans of tough-as-nails platformers should also mark their calendars for Fell’s run of Quickie Mountain 2 (an ultra-hard mod ...

Play Tokyo 2020 at the Team GB Fanzone in London

16Jul

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Play Tokyo 2020 at the Team GB Fanzone in London

The video game giants Sega will be launching the official video game for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 with leading Team GB Olympic athletes Iwan Thomas, Bianca Williams, Linford Christie and Joanna Rowsell at an exclusive event at the Team GB fan zone in Shepherds Bush, London later this month. Meet a Team GB athlete and enjoy the sporting activity-themed day with an action-packed day at the TeamGB fan zone. Seeing the release of a new Olympics game takes us back to the days on the PlayStation 1 playing International Track and Field, trying to beat family members and friends to throw the farthest shot putt, jump the farthest distance in the long jump, run the fastest, and more, all whilst not breaking your fingers! Are you old enough to remember that game? We kind of hope so. If not, che...