The 2023 Future Games Show Summer Showcase from our friends at GamesRadar is happening today—Saturday, June 10—at 10 am PT. If you're not sure when that is in your time zone, here's a handy guide.
The videogame showcase will be streamed on Twitch, YouTube (embedded above), GamesRadar, among other channels, and will feature 10 world premieres, plus new looks at a bunch of games, including:
- Lords of the Fallen (I'm excited about this one ever since I saw it at GDC)
- Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
- Life By You (Another cool one I checked out at GDC)
- Layers of Fear
- Pacific Drive
- C-Smash VRS
- VR Skater
Explore the spectral streets and haunted rooftops of Ghostwire: Tokyo. Survive the twisted otherworldly realms of Remnant: From the Ashes – Complete Edition. And much more….*Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item
June’s Humble Choice games have arrived from places beyond, and this month’s mix will take you on an otherworldly journey through a haunted metropolis, alternate dimensions, cursed temples, across time—and to a crazy golf/race course too for good measure. Eight supernaturally great games are waiting, all yours to own and add to your PC gaming library forever when you’re a Humble Choice member this month!
Intel Arc graphics have dedicated AI hardware built-in. Leveraging those capabilities for gaming gets the most performance possible out of Arc GPUs, and that’s exactly what Xe Super Sampling does. Let’s look closer: when you turn on XeSS, every frame the GPU renders starts at a lower size than your target resolution. That smaller image renders quickly, then XeSS steps in. XeSS uses a trained AI model combined with motion vectors and frame history to intelligently upscale frames to full HD, 1440p, or 4K. Got all that? The sausage-making can get pretty technical, but the important thing is turning XeSS on scales games to high resolutions faster than traditional rendering could.
FPS numbers aren’t the only thing we’re increasing: over fifty games now include XeSS, from the biggest franchises to your niche favorites. When we launched the Intel Arc A750 and A770, we showed how XeSS works to boost FPS in nine popular games with over a dozen more on the way. Now with our high-performance desktop GPUs out for half a year, our game developer friends have helped deliver even more AI-fueled upscaling to over fifty new and existing games. A full list of every game and demo with XeSS included is at the bottom of this article.
Coming soon from the collective brains of Suda51 and the Grasshopper Manufacture team in collaboration with Engine Software - Shadows of the Damned: Remastered!
Also be sure to check out our very first Grasshopper Direct on June 14th at 9:00pm PST/June 15th at midnight EST/June 15th at 9pm JST right here on the Grasshopper Archives!
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↑ Official trailers. ↓ Content creator videos.
Cleared-up Round-up
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- 4 children lost for 40 days after plane crash found alive in Colombian jungle.
- Snakehead, aggressive, air-breathing fish, invades Louisiana.
- Florida's 'Dr. Deep' resurfaces after a record 100 days living underwater.
Science
- Study shows promising treatment for tinnitus. Thanks Cutter.
- Largest explosion since the Big Bang was powered by a bizarre energy jet unlike any other.
Media
- What would Craiyon have been like in 1988.
- Largest Glass Observation Platform Gives Stunning Views.
- Rick Rubin: The 60 Minutes Interview. Thanks RedEye9.
Follow-up
The April three-judge ruling upheld a 2021 order in California federal court in Epic's lawsuit which accused Apple of unlawfully requiring software developers to pay up to 30% in commissions on consumers' in-app purchases.
The trial judge found that Apple violated a California state unfair competition law, but not U.S. antitrust provisions. Apple's new filing challenged a nationwide injunction over conduct Apple said was "procompetitive and does not violate the antitrust laws."
Epic's 9th Circuit filing argued that its claims against Apple directly implicate the "core purpose" of U.S. antitrust law to foster competition. Epic also argued that the appeals court did not conduct a "rigorous" balancing between asserted asserted consumer benefits and anticompetitive effects of Apple's practices.
Descent ModeContinue here to read the full story.
Leaving all your gear and SHD tech behind may seem like a daunting challenge for seasoned Division 2 Agents, but that's just what you'll do in the new rogue-lite mode, Descent. Starting anew on each run, you'll work your way through a high-tech bunker and fight against AI enemies and bosses in a special training simulation. Along the way, you'll build up your loadout with new weapons, skills, and talents as you fight your way deeper and deeper toward the ultimate foe. Descent is available now for all Division 2 players to test their mettle in either solo or co-op play, and the soundtrack will be released tomorrow, June 9.
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the development of Assassin's Creed Mirage and discover how the development team created an experience that pays tribute to the beginnings of Assassin's Creed by revisiting its core pillars: parkour, stealth and assassinations.Continue here to read the full story.
This is the first episode of our series that takes you behind the scenes! And stay tuned for our upcoming videos to learn more about Basim's journey and 9th century Baghdad.
Developed by Bandai Namco Studios Inc., TEKKEN 8 promises to be the most visually stunning and visceral TEKKEN™ title yet. The game is introducing major new changes to combat that include a new “aggressive” fight system that encourages an offense-first play style, keeping the action at a high level by rewarding players who stay on the attack. Another first for the series is cross play, raising the level of competition by allowing players to fight each other regardless of which platform they prefer. With the upcoming CNT, players are invited to experience “Ranked Matches” and play a part in helping influence key game mechanics and features coming to the sequel.Continue here to read the full story.
The TEKKEN 8 CNT will feature online head-to-head competitive play with cross-platform matching. Testers will be able to choose from 16 playable characters including those previously revealed, with Jin, Kazuya, Jun, Paul, Law, King, Lars, Jack 8, Xiaoyu, Nina, Leroy, Lili, Asuka, Hwoarang, and Bryan, along with a new fighter made available for the CNT: Claudio. There will be five available stages with Urban Square, Yakushima, Rebel Hangar, Sanctum, and Arena.
Human Fall Flat 2 is the bigger, better and clumsier sequel to the puzzle platformer global sensation featuring brand new levels, customisable characters, and even wilder physics-based fun.Continue here to read the full story.
Each intricate level comes packed with new toys and devices to fiddle with as you'll solve a range of fiendish puzzles on your own or in teams of up to eight friends.
A new physics-engine, new gameplay interactions and new mechanics will make every session uniquely silly and more dynamic than ever before. Along with refined controls, visuals and music, Human Fall Flat 2 is a slapstick experience unlike any other!
InGreyhill Incident , players equipped with only a baseball bat and a revolver – with limited ammo – must run, hide from, and fight the grey extraterrestrial invaders to uncover an alien conspiracy, save their son and make it out alive. Playing as Ryan Baker, survivors will meet weird, and often wacky, fellow Greyhill residents along the way and communicate with walkie-talkies, receiving advice on escaping from the out-of-this-world visitors. Justifiably paranoid, calling the police is out of the question fear of being sent to the psychiatric ward, leading residents to band together and take matters into their own hands.Continue here to read the full story.
Wizard with a Gun is an online cooperative sandbox survival game set in a magical wilderness wrought with dangerous creatures and arcane mysteries. Embark on a journey alone or with friends to collect, craft, and outfit your wizard however you see fit as you explore the unknown. Carefully design weapons, bullets, and furnishings for your tower home but try not to burn it all down as the magic you wield escalates beyond your control...Continue here to read the full story.
Born of a love for traditional computer role-playing, Broken Roads provides a rich, engaging narrative in which players make their way across a desolated future Australia. Blending together traditional and all-new role-playing elements on top of a classless system offering nearly unlimited character development options, Broken Roads presents players with an original morality system: the Moral Compass. This novel design sees dialogue options and questing decisions influence, and be influenced by, a character's philosophical leaning.Continue here to read the full story.
Art vandals Terri Vellmann and DOSEONE are beyond pumped to bring SLUDGE LIFE 2 to Steam on June 27!Continue here to read the full story.
Big Mud is missing! Everyone's favorite rapping frog has vanished, and his closest homie Ghost (that's you) is on a mission to find him. SLUDGE LIFE 2 whisks you away to Ciggy City Suites, a luxurious multi-floor hotel heaving with secrets, gadgets, gags, peculiar characters, and ugly corporate architecture to makeover with your spray can.
Also, SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD SESSIONS is now available to demo! Chop it up with BIG MUD and crew to get small glimpse of what went down prior to the events of SLUDGE LIFE 2.
Pure, thrilling, and wonderfully cruel, Bleak Sword DX is a dark fantasy action game challenging warriors to fight their way through compact, cursed diorama battlefields.Continue here to read the full story.
Newly updated for PC, Bleak Sword DX expands on the critically acclaimed Apple Arcade version with elegant controls, three new game modes, and multiple gameplay and graphical improvements.
Through twelve tense and deeply atmospheric chapters, you must lift the curse of the legendary Bleak Sword by striking down all manner of horrifying creatures across an oppressive world wielding fierce weaponry and powerful magic.
Baby Steps is coming in 2024 on PC and PlayStation 5, and tells the story of Nate, an unemployed failson with nothing going for him until one day he discovers a power he never knew he had: Putting one foot in front of the other.Continue here to read the full story.
Explore a world shrouded in mist, one step at a time. Hike the serene mountains by placing each footstep yourself, in original physics-based gameplay from the minds behind Ape Out and Getting Over It. Take in the sights, fall in love with the local fauna and try to find meaning in a wasted life.
This is not just a sandbox. You have to compete with neighboring settlements with their own desires and ambitions. This means that your task is to become the best. Choose one of the strategies you will stick to for the rest of the game. You can go the military route, becoming a conqueror, turning your neighbors into vassals and instilling fear in everyone. Or you can choose the trade path - you'll get unique opportunities for mass production of goods and different tricks to sell valuable resources. Or the cultural path - you will create various masterpieces and explore ancient ruins in the surrounding wild world to increase the cultural value of your civilization.Continue here to read the full story.
↑ Official patches. ↓ Unofficial games, patches, and mods.
↑ Official trailers. ↓ Content creator videos.
In-Focus Round-up
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Science
- Brightest Cosmic Explosion on Record Is Even Weirder Than First Thought.
- 1st mission to 'touch' the sun discovers a mysterious source of solar wind.
Media
- Illinois woman’s pants ripped down after treadmill fall. Thanks Console General.
- Ouch! He set a world record but that's gonna hurt 😬. Should get a medal from President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho.
- How to Break Bones! Cheese Rolling Festival 2023 - Ozzy Man Reviews (NSFW).
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