Perfect for newcomers and committed fans alike, Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary adds refined visuals and some completely redesigned and revised sections to all content that launched in both the original release, and 2014’s Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut - including the latter’s story mode, written by award-winning writer Rob Yescombe.

This latest version of the game also includes some additional, completely fresh content, including an entirely brand-new chapter called Sector 8, featuring an additional 4-6 hours of gameplay unlocked after the main campaign has been completed.

Also in development for PlayStation and Nintendo Switch - with launches on those platforms set to follow in 2023 - You Suck at Parking™comprises both single-player and online multiplayer modes, offering players the world’s most extreme parking experience and the only racing game where, uniquely, the goal is to come to a stop. Success is all about racing against the clock as players dash, drift, and drag their handbrakes as they slam into parking spots in quick time.

The game’s aforementioned multiplayer mode - which will allow four players to take on each other in a full-on parking party - features a total of 60 wild multiplayer levels on rotation on top of the 100 solo levels with ever-increasing difficulty also on offer. Happy Volcano can also confirm its intention to refresh the levels on offer in play every two weeks, with fresh ones delivered for the foreseeable.

Based in part on learnings from the community, along with Infinity Ward’s commitment to making a broader and more explorative weapon builder, this Gunsmith’s initial features can be defined by the following bullet points:

• Weapons Platforms. Grow and upgrade a weapon far beyond its class to truly customize your loadout. Evolve your weapon platform from an assault rifle to an SMG, DMR, and/or LMG by swapping Receivers on a specific platform, using a full suite of attachments to support your weapon’s role.
• Progression Overhaul. Thanks to Weapons Platforms and branching progression, attachments are shared within and between Weapons Platforms. Depending on the attachment, it is either unlocked for all weapons within a Platform, or unlocked for ALL weapons in the entire game. Expect reduced repetitiveness and reasonable challenges to unlock attachments and camouflage… And if you crave a journey towards Mastery, don’t worry: we have that planned, too.
• Firing Range. Test your creation without sacrificing K/D within the Gunsmith. More intel to come at Call of Duty: Next.

Inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, The Wandering Village is a unique city-builder set atop the back of a giant roaming creature known as Onbu. Combining city-building and resource management with rogue-like and survival elements, players will need to forge a close relationship with the giant creature if they’re to endure the dangerous, post-apocalyptic world. From farming crops and gathering rare resources, to scouting the environment and expanding their settlement, players must maintain the creature’s health while balancing the needs of their villagers if they’re both to survive.

Ahead of its highly anticipated launch, The Wandering Village has been sweeping social media with its awe-striking aesthetic and unique spin on the city-building simulation genre. Critics have been reacting positively as well, praising the game’s beautiful hand-drawn art direction and stand-out approachability compared to other titles in the genre. Celebrating the warm reception, Stray Fawn Studio game designer Philomena Schwab reflects on the team’s development journey thus far and lightly teases what lies ahead.

Renovate, equip and restore the shine of the food truck that belonged to your father. Then drive around the city and find the best spots to serve customers of different tastes.

Create recipes, cook the food, and manage both your resources and time. Customize and upgrade your food truck to reach more customers and expand your menu.

The truck belongs to you, so adjust anything from the exterior's color to the interior layout, the bumpers, lights, and wheels. But before you can set your stalls up, you have to actually get from your garage to wherever you decide to vend for the day.

In short, here’s what’s cool in Timberborn Update 2:

• Golems - robotic beavers that can take on the job of any beaver. They’re unique for each faction, they are produced, powered up, and can even be supercharged.
• Terraforming - the ability to remove terrain and put up new terrain blocks to reshape the map. The new feature works great paired with Timberborn’s signature water physics and the vertical architecture system.
• Negative statuses - effects such as work injuries and broken teeth are now in. The player can work around them using tools such as Medical Beds and Teeth Grindstones.
• Other new content such as Gravity Batteries, a rework of wellbeing mechanics, quality-of-life changes (including automated district migrations), and more!

Cities: Skylines - Plazas and Promenades introduces pedestrian areas, allowing players to create walkable cities and car-free areas around their ideal metropolis. This expansion also brings specialized districts and city service buildings to Cities: Skylines, deepening the city simulator’s management gameplay.

With a heavy combination of platforming and RPG elements, Second Stone: The Legend Of The Hidden World paints a colourful and vibrant world taking inspiration from well-loved platforming titles such as Crash Bandicoot and Banjo-Kazooie and blending them together with timeless robust action-RPGs like The Legend of Zelda and Bloodborne, to bring a unique world to life.

In Second Stone: The Legend Of The Hidden World, brace for a heroic adventure set in a vast fantasy world where forces of good and evil are in conflict. Players will step into the shoes of a fearless young hero and set forth on an epic journey where they will traverse through a dark parallel world to understand their true purpose.

Turnip Boy Robs a Bank has players once again take control of the mischievous turnip on a quest to create mayhem. This time the career criminal is teaming up with the fearsome Pickled Gang to plan and execute the weirdest heist of all time! Shake down hostages, steal precious valuables, and explore the deep, dark depths and history of the Botanical Bank.

To pull off the perfect heist, players will need to purchase an array of dangerous and wacky tools from the dark web, including a diamond pickaxe, C4, and a radio jammer. However, bank robbing isn’t easy, so be prepared for intense shootouts with security guards, the police, elite swat teams and more.

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• G4TV Hit With Major Layoffs Less Than A Year After Coming Back.
• "Halo" Begins S2 Production, S1 Hits UHD.

• World of Warcraft Hotfixes- September 13, 2022.
• World of Warcraft — The Wrath of the Lich King Classic Pre-Patch Now Live.
• September Updates for the Xbox App on PC: HowLongToBeat and More.

• Assassin's Creed 15th Anniversary Tribute.

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive » Majors and Music.
• EA reveals Apex Legends Global Series Year 3 plans.

• BMX Comes to Riders Republic Today in Season 4: Freestylin’.

• Xbox Insider Release Notes - Alpha (2210.220911-2200).
• Xbox Insider Release Notes - Alpha Skip-Ahead (2308.220912-1900).

• Ligado 5G could be ‘harmful’ to older Pentagon satellites, report says. Thanks DSLReports.
• Halide explains exactly how iPhone 14 Pro cameras have changed.
• The 2-in-1 laptop is dead, long live the detachable.

• BBC streaming Queen Elizabeth II lying in state.

• Newegg has so many extra GPUs that it’s bundling them with free monitors.
• Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25201.
• Visual Studio 2022 version 17.3.4.
• Visual Studio Code version 1.71.1.

• US govt wants a guarantee of secure application development.
• CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog.

• California sues Amazon for preventing third-party sellers offering cheaper prices elsewhere.
• HP continues to pay for abruptly blocking third-party ink from its printers.

We’re excited to continue to welcome in more players than ever to create new stories, and explore without boundaries. The Sims has always been about celebrating new ways to play and offers so many possibilities to discover. Beginning on October 18, 2022, The Sims™ 4 base game will be available to all new players to download for free* on PC via EA app or Origin™, Mac® via Origin, Steam®, PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One systems.

With The Sims 4 going free to play, our team is more dedicated than ever to developing new and meaningful The Sims 4 experiences for our players and we will continue to develop and release packs, kits and Sims Delivery Express drops into the foreseeable future. We’ll be sharing more about what’s in the works during a special-edition stream, Behind The Sims Summit on October 18, 2022 at 10 am PDT via The Sims YouTube and Twitch channels, also available on demand!

Developed by Bandai Namco Studios Inc., TEKKEN 8pushes the envelope for fighting games and takes full advantage of the power of the latest generation of consoles by creating one of the most visually stunning and immersive titles in the genre yet. TEKKEN 8 picks up after the gruesome battle that ended in Heihachi Mishima’s defeat, focusing on a new rivalry pitting father against son as Jin Kazama stands in defiance against Kazuya Mishima’s quest for world dominance.

Like a Dragon 8 will arrive in 2024 for PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Steam!

Stay tuned for more info regarding the larger-than-life turn-based RPG sequel to Yakuza: Like a Dragon.

Like a Dragon: Ishin is an action-adventure historical thriller set uniquely in 1860s Kyo, a fictionalized version of Kyoto. While other games tell earlier stories in Japanese history, Ishin lets you experience the story of how the iconic samurai era vanished. Our hero, Sakamoto Ryoma, is a true historical figure largely credited with overthrowing the shogunate and taking Japan into a radical reformation.

Like a Dragon: Ishin brings in familiar faces to tell this epic historical tale. Fans will recognize our protagonist as Kazuma Kiryu from earlier entries in the franchise. In Ishin, Kiryu is cast as Sakamoto Ryoma and brings the rest of his crew along too. Goro Majima and other Yakuza celebrities join Ryoma as friends and foes in this fictional world that trades the flashy streets of Tokyo for the chaotic bustle of 1860s Kyo. These new character dynamics are as thrilling as they are unexpected, with a series of mind-blowing twists and turns in a story only RGG studio can tell.

Kiryu returns in Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, launching in 2023!

This classic high-octane RGG action-adventure sheds light on Kiryu’s perspective following the events of Yakuza 6: The Song of Life leading up to Like a Dragon 8.

RGG Studio proudly presents Judgment, an action-adventure detective game that follows twisted crime running deep beneath the surface of Tokyo. Play as Takayuki Yagami, a disgraced defense attorney turned detective, as you claw your way through Kamurocho’s underground crime network and uncover the truth behind a string of grisly murders. In this legal thriller, the balance between justice and mercy teeters on the edge.

When a convicted police officer discloses the murder of the student teacher who bullied his son to suicide, the dark secrets of a Yokohama high school rise to the surface. Fight for the truth as detective Takayuki Yagami and go undercover at a prestigious high school to solve a string of twisted bullying cases. But as victims pile up, caught in a cycle of bullying and revenge, will the scales of justice tip in favor of defending the law or enacting vengeance? Crack skulls to crack the case in this action-packed legal thriller.

Born from the rhythm of an engine, Pacific Drive is a run-based first-person driving survival game. As you explore the Zone, your car is your lifeline: scavenge resources to maintain and improve your car — as long as you keep it running, it will protect you from the surrounding dangers.

In 1955, the United States government seized a region of the Pacific Northwest by eminent domain. The Olympic Peninsula became the staging ground for promising new technologies, but these utopian creations came at great cost: severe radiation, environmental collapse, and supernatural horrors. The government walled off the area and established the Olympic Exclusion Zone. What happened inside was never disclosed.

Developed by Game Studio, SYNDUALITY is a Sci-Fi shooter set in a dystopian futuristic world where humans and AI must co-exist and cooperate to survive.The gamewill be released on PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

SYNDUALITY takes place in 2222, years after a mysterious poisonous rain called “The Tears of the New Moon” wiped out most of humanity and birthed deformed creatures that now hunt the population. Amidst the calamity, humans are forced to build an underground haven named Amasia, where they discover and begin to collaborate with forms of artificial intelligence called Magus.

After several months of waiting, Microids and Tower Five studio present you the long awaited update of XIII Remake.

You will find significant improvements and fixes along with the much anticipated online multiplayer mode.

The update is free and available today to meet your expectations whether technical corrections, AI or artistic direction the whole game has been reworked by the studio to provide you with the most fluent gaming experience possible.

In Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key, lead writer Yashichiro Takahashi, who delivered the script for the original Atelier Ryza game, returns to the franchise to deliver an unforgettable third chapter in the Secret series. The latest summer escapade finds Ryza and friends enjoying their peaceful lives on Kurken Island when they hear news that a mysterious group of islands have appeared in nearby waters. It turns out that these islands, known as Kark Isles, are having a negative effect on their homeland, so Ryza and her friends quickly set out to investigate. But when their investigation leads to an enormous gate deep within strange ruins, Ryza hears a haunting voice in her head that wants to lead her to the ‘Code of the Universe’. Who is talking to her and what lies beyond the gate?

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• China Approves 73 Games Including Ones Belonging to NetEase and a Tencent Subsidiary.
• Halo studio 343 is reportedly losing another member of its leadership team.
• Andrew Reiner leaving Game Informer after 30 years to become a game developer. Thanks Neutronbeam.

• Euro Truck Simulator 2 1.46 Update.
• Steam Client Beta.

• Atari Mania- New Footage.
• Sonic Frontiers - TGS Trailer.
• The Chant - Behind the Music and Sound with Paul Ruskay.
• Wanted: Dead - Official Gameplay Trailer.

↑ Official trailers. ↓ Content creator videos.

• When the controller dies in combat - Viva La Dirt League. Thanks Ant.

• Returning to Monkey Island with its legendary creators - Eurogamer.net.
• Meet: Philip Olsson - Environment Artist at IO Interactive.

• Photomode, Ubisoft’s in-game photography contest - Trackmania. Thanks Frans.

• GamesIndustry.biz - Nobody really wins when a video game leaks.
  "But outside of personal preference, I believe that a game reveal is far more significant than just a beat in a marketing plan. The announcement is the first time the player ‘experiences’ that game. The first time people touch a piece of entertainment isn’t when they boot up the title, it happens far earlier… with that first trailer, or that keyart, or that opening statement form the director. This is why I think it’s vital that the developers themselves are always involved in a game’s marketing. It’s more than just selling a product, it’s setting the scene and the tone and hinting at the adventure ahead. You can’t get that from a blurry off-TV photo or a tweet from a social media influencer."

• Revealing Rise of the Ronin, a new action/RPG from Team Ninja.
• Looks like Deathloop is set to release on Xbox relatively soon.
• Demeo reinvents game night on PlayStation in 2023.
• The God of War Ragnarök Story Trailer is now live.
• Blockbuster Games promotion comes to PlayStation Store.

• Tesla delays Steam integration but still plans full video game library in its electric vehicles.
• Waze's new 'Biz Jargon' voice pokes fun at your commute. Thanks Neutronbeam.
• Samsung Could Remove All Buttons from Future Galaxy Phones.

• Extreme California heat knocks key Twitter data center offline. Thanks Slashdot via Ant.

• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 & RTX 4080 16GB-12GB max TGP and GPU clocks specs have been leaked.
• We Bought the Cheapest DDR5 RAM Modules We Could Find, Are They Any Good?
• The SSD Edition: 2022 Drive Stats Mid-year Review - BackBlaze. Thanks Max.
• Highly skilled tech workers are becoming a rarity, and companies have tough decisions to make.
• New Windows Terminal Preview Boasts Themes and Colors Galore.
• Oracle reports 18% revenue growth after Cerner deal closes.
• Raspberry Pi Pico Runs on Steam-Powered Engine.
• Forget Silicon. This Computer Is Made of Fabric (may require registration or subscription). Creating technology out of whole cloth.

• Microsoft Patch Tuesday- 64 new vulnerabilities, including five critical ones.
• Chinese-linked cyber crims nab $529 million from India. Thanks DSLReports.
• One month after Black Hat disclosure, HP enterprise kit still unpatched. Thanks DSLReports.

• The FTC Is Closing in on Runaway AI (may require registration or subscription). We've known for years that Runaway AI is dangerous.
• Chairman of FromSoftware's parent company arrested in Olympic bribery case.
• Google and Meta fined $70m for privacy violations in Korea.
• Nikola founder Trevor Milton stands trial on fraud charges.

• It's not Half-Life 3, BUT... - ADACA - Indie Ramble (video).

• Laptop: HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook review- incredible, with one big problem - The Verge.
• Laptop: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 10) Review- Great Productivity, Disappointing Endurance - Tom's Hardware.
• Misc: Two Intel Core i7 Fanless 6x 2.5GbE Firewalls Surprisingly Different - STH.
• Mouse: AQIRYS T.G.A. Alpha Gaming Mouse Review - TechPowerUp.
• Mouse: SteelSeries Aerox 3 Wireless review- A fantastic budget gaming mouse - Dexerto.

• Diablo Immortal whales in ‘orb debt’ will be banned from PvP…
• Wil Wheaton is trying to become a god in Star Trek Online…

Official Round-up
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Breakfast Link

• Boy in Ocala, Florida, runs a snow cone business called Ice Ice Dreyton.

Story

• D&D publisher requests injunction against newly resurrected TSR.

Science
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• Do It for Your Brain: 3 Habits That Improve Learning.
• Ultra-processed foods- it's not just their low nutritional value that's a concern.
• Newly developed ice-shedding coating is 100 times stronger than others.

Image

• Astronomers “Blown Away” by First Breathtaking Webb Space Telescope Images of Orion Nebula. Thanks The Flying Penguin.

Media

• Rick and Morty - S6E3 Sneak Peek- Jerry's Thanksgiving Toast.
• The Most Incredible Attempts at Perpetual Motion Machines.

The Funnies

• Afterburner - Penny Arcade. Thanks The Flying Penguin.