State of Decay 3 to Receive New Trailer During Today’s Xbox Showcase; Undead Labs Rebrands With New Logo
State of Decay 3 will receive a brand-new trailer during the highly-anticipated Xbox Showcase later today, it's been revealed.
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If you're also desperate to pad out your Honkai: Star Rail funds after that livestream, Summer Game Fest has you covered with a little treat
Honkai: Star Rail came out swinging earlier today with a bombastic livestream, teasing a staggering number of upcoming waifus and husbandos that are no doubt going to entice me back into the game and bleed my bank account beyond dry. As someone who's thirsty for some Stellar Jade—Honkai's currency of choice for pulling on character banners—it seems Geoff Keighley could sense my desperation.
Bare bones Steam item generator Banana rakes in over 100,000 concurrents in the span of a few days—reaches top 10 on Steam's 'most played'
Dear reader, I made the mistake of having a day off this week—and, like a time traveller stepping on a butterfly, I might have set a series of dominoes in motion. Either that or we've just collectively lost our grip on reality. Banana, a game I covered last week, has completely exploded in popularity.
NYT Connections: hints and answers for Friday, June 7
Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends.
Alienware gaming headsets are on sale at Dell today
Dell has some excellent gaming headset deals today with substantial discounts on the Alienware Wired Gaming Headset as well as the Alienware Tri-Mode Wireless Gaming Headset. If you’re looking for a new way to listen while you play, you’re going to love these. Covering different budgets, we’re here to take a deeper look at what both headsets offer. Check them out now before the deal ends.
A book about text adventures is the latest essential addition to your videogame history library
Last year, Aaron A. Reed published 50 Years of Text Games, a fascinating history of the kind of games where you have to «get lamp» or «float down the Columbia river». It covered ancient classics like Hunt the Wumpus and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy through to more modern games doing fascinating things with letters on a screen like Dwarf Fortress and 80 Days. Now he's published a companion volume called Further Explorations, which covers stuff that had to be left out of the original—which focused on one exemplary game from each year from 1971 to 2020—but is no less interesting.
Why Silent Hill 2's Maria Change Is So Controversial
The long-awaited remake of finally received a release date and a new trailer during the PlayStation State of Play on May 30. The title, releasing on PS5 and PC on October 8, will offer players the same story with some significant changes. While certain adjustments, like those made to protagonist James Sutherland, aren’t particularly noteworthy, Maria’s outfit change removes much of her character’s symbolism.
Microsoft and CWA forge labor neutrality agreement covering all ZeniMax workers
Microsoft and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) have forged a labor neutrality agreement for all ZeniMax workers. The CWA says the deal is similar to the one from 2022 covering Activision Blizzard’s workforce, which went into effect in April of this year.