Join the chaos of war and be a part of the most iconic battles of the Eastern and Western Fronts, including Carentan, Omaha Beach, Stalingrad, Kursk and more. Hell Let Loose drops you into the action, where you will have to fight across fields, bridges, forests, towns and more war-torn environments! Lumbering tanks will be dominating the battlefield and crucial supply chains fuelling the frontlines, you are essential to the colossal, combined arms warfare.

Your team of prisoners is dropped into the Rundown when a new Work Order is issued by The Warden, the mysterious entity holding you captive. The Rundown is a series of expeditions, each one taking you deeper into a decayed research facility called The Complex. You descend level by level, scavenging tools and resources that help you survive in a perilous network of tunnels where gruesome creatures lurk in every shadow. Complete all the expeditions to fulfill the Work Order and clear the Rundown.

Willy’s Wonderland – The Game is a 2.5D beat ‘em up game based on the film of the same name, in which a group of Animatronics come to life and slaughter people who dare visit Willy’s Wonderland.

Players take control of either The Janitor or Liv as they face the hordes of evil commanded by the nefarious Animatronics - Tito Turtle, Siren Sara, Arty Alligator, Cammy Chameleon, Willy Weasel and more!

Current gen console players will be able to join the fray with their PC counterparts as Medieval Dynasty expands its dominion cross-platform, expanding their co-op adventures in the Middle Ages. Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 console gamers will now get a chance to experience Piastovia for themselves, the heart and soul of the Oxbow where their epic journey and exciting new quests will begin.

Not only does the co-op mode introduce a whole new player experience for current gen console players to enjoy with their friends, but they’ll also notice that villages within the Oxbow come alive with a newfound vibrancy, teeming with activity as village folk go about their daily lives and conduct their chores.

• Skatemasta Tcheco on Steam (Windows). "Tcheco is back! Be prepared to survive even crazier stages! Smash, pulverize and destroy - but never lose your gorgeous smile."
• Seed of Pandora: Legend of the Gaia Tree on Steam (Windows). "Join Bastien and his friends as they traverse across the continent of Pandora in this epic RPG adventure. Discover the many secrets of this fully realized 16 bit style world."

Use your Time Powers, combat, and platforming skills to perform deadly combos and defeat time-corrupted enemies and mythological creatures.

Discover a cursed Persian-inspired world filled with larger-than-life landmarks and explore a variety of highly detailed biomes, each with their own identity, wonder, and danger.

Immerse yourself in a Persian mythological​ fantasy through an intriguing and original story as you use your wits to solve puzzles, find hidden treasures, and complete quests to learn more about this corrupted place.

A new chapter of Melvor Idle unfolds with Into the Abyss! The defeat of Bane has had unforeseen consequences, shaking the very foundations of the world. This disruption has caused a massive fracture on the world’s surface – and drawn the attention of a powerful new adversary. Xon, the Abyssal King, has answered the call of chaos…

Seizing the opportunity to bridge his Abyssal Realm with the overworld, Xon’s goal is clear: to conquer the overworld with all the might of his vast and fearsome armies. You stand at the frontline of this new conflict, tasked with the monumental challenge of stopping Xon before his dark ambitions come to fruition!

• Fable is Reportedly Targeting Q4 2025 and Gears of War- E-Day May Arrive Before That.

• Hidetaka Miyazaki 'knows for a fact' other FromSoftware devs want a Bloodborne PC port- 'If I say I want one, I'll get in trouble, but it's nothing I'm opposed to.'

• Movavi & Easeus: Media Mastery Pack (pay what you want and help charity).*
• Save 50% on Sifu on Steam.
• Save 20% on Ghost Watchers on Steam.
• Save 75% on Journey To The Savage Planet on Steam.

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• Saying Farewell to Refer a Friend - Humble Bundle Blog.

• Senior Riot devs say the League of Legends playerbase is getting older, with fewer newbies jumping in.

• Mercy for A Cause – Pink Mercy Returns in Support of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation! — Overwatch 2.

• Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut Patch 4 Release Notes.
• HELLDIVERS 2 - PATCH 1.000.400 explained.
• Hunt: Showdown -- Developer Update - New UI & Feature Changes.
• Microsoft Flight Simulator June 13th, 2024 Development Update.

• Cities: Skylines 2 kills off its (virtual) landlords to save players from the cruelty of soaring rent prices.

• Video games linked to better neuropsychological performance in adults with multiple sclerosis.

• For Honor - Content Of The Week - 13 June.
• Miquella's Treehouse Trailer - Elden Ring - Carbot. Thanks Ant.

• STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl Hands-On Impressions - Good Hunting, S.T.A.L.K.E.R - Wccftech.

• Congress unconvinced by Space Force GPS resiliency plan.

• Publishers Target Common Crawl In Fight Over AI Training Data (may require registration or subscription).
• The battle for Gen Z social shoppers.

• "Is AMD (Radeon) Actually Screwed"- ft. Steve of Hardware Unboxed - Gamers Nexus (video). Thanks RedEye9.
• Musk’s X demands money from laid-off employees, claims they were overpaid.
• Wells Fargo fires workers over fake keyboard activity.
• Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk’s Big Payday (may require registration or subscription).

• Sonos removes restriction on selling personal data & forces users to accept new TOS🤦 - Louis Rossmann (video). Thanks RedEye9.
• Wells Fargo fires workers over fake keyboard activity.

Redout 2 is a tribute to classic arcade racing games and the sequel to the critically acclaimed Redout, where racing through the dystopian wastelands of a semi-abandoned Earth is one of the galaxy’s most popular sports. Reach impossible speeds in exhilarating futuristic races across an extensive single-player campaign and competitive multiplayer. Deep control systems, robust hovership customization and a killer soundtrack make Redout 2 the premier anti-gravity racer.

All players who log into Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms through the Epic Games Store between Thursday, 6/13/2024, at 11 AM Eastern and Thursday, 6/20/2024, at 11 AM Eastern will receive Duke Ravengard's Champions of Renown Pack. This pack is worth over $100 USD and can be yours for FREE, just by logging in! Get ready to level up your game with this exciting offer!

Players can bend the rules of combat to their advantage, as they pick their heroes, customize their weapon loadout, and choose from a selection of shard cards that shift every round in this free to play experience. FragPunk is developed by Bad Guitar, a subsidiary studio of ThunderFire which is one of the primary studios under NetEase. The game will come to Xbox Series X|S and PC in 2025.

FragPunk's Closed Alpha Test will feature 70 of shard cards with varied rule bending powers, 10 playable heroes with unique abilities, 4 playable maps and 15 usable weapons, some of which feature unique abilities! Apart from that, a multitude of in-game rewards have been prepared for players to discover and enjoy during the first closed alpha test.

You are an offshore oil rig worker, fighting for your life through a vicious storm, perilous surroundings, and the dark, freezing North Sea waters. All lines of communication have been severed. All exits are gone. All that remains is to face the unknowable horror that’s come aboard.

3...2...1...takeoff! Get your rockets and space suits ready as Space for Sale launches into Early Access on Steam this summer! Start your very own space realtor adventure, solo or with a friend! All of this is topped off with a new dev diary entry.

In today's dev diary, Mirage Game Studios' Lead Artist Toby talks with Simon, their Game Director, about the changes the studio had to make for Space for Sale to pivot it into an early access title, how Space for Sale is moving towards becoming a more replayable game, about finishing planets, and their bigger focus on community building while introducing their new Community Manager, Masha!

• ASKA on Steam (Windows). "Lay claim to unspoiled lands and pave the way for a fierce Viking tribe. Craft the ultimate settlement solo or together with up to x3 friends. Trust in the Gods and the power of the Eye of Odin and summon intelligent NPC villagers to provide camaraderie and relief from the toils of survival."
• Dungeon Clawler on Steam (Windows). "Dungeon Clawler is a Roguelike Claw Machine Deckbuilder. Build your unique deck, fight enemies by grabbing weapons and items from a claw machine and find special artifacts that help you on your quest to reclaim something you lost... Aim carefully to claw your way through this dungeon!"
• Edge of Sanity on Steam (Windows). "Set in the unforgiving lands of Alaska, Edge of Sanity is a Cthulhu-inspired, 2D survival horror game. Uncover a disturbing story while madness claws at your mind. Lead a group of survivors and explore, scavenge and survive together - against untold eldritch horrors." Here's a trailer.
• Once Human on Steam (Windows). "Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world."
• Wizard of Legend 2 on Steam (Windows). "Face perilous magical trials in the fast-paced rogue-lite follow-up to the acclaimed original, featuring up to 4-player co-op and vibrant new 3D visuals. Master new Arcana and elements, experiment with spell combinations, and become the next Wizard of Legend!"

Since 2019, A Disco Elysium sequel, a sci-fi RPG in a new setting, and a full-size Elysium spin-off game have been canceled or "paused," while a heated personal and legal dispute between founding members hangs over ZA/UM's every move. That last canceled game, described as "a spin-off about one of the most beloved characters in Disco Elysium" and spearheaded by one of the first game's principle writers, wowed other teams at the studio in an internal demo at the end of last year. It could have been on our SSDs as early as 2025.

This project was cancelled in February, much to the shock of most ZA/UM employees, and nearly the entire team⁠—including that Disco Elysium writer, Argo Tuulik⁠— was laid off. I spoke with 12 current and former employees, including Tuulik and fellow X7 lead writer Dora Klindžić, to find out what went wrong. Studio ZA/UM itself did not respond to a request for comment in time for publication.

• THQ Nordic to attend Gamescom 2024 with two unannounced playable titles.

• Midori Might Be The Most Unhinged Video Game Leaking Drama Ever.

• Obsidian CEO responds to worries Xbox could shut them down, too- 'I'm not worried about tomorrow.'
• Dragon Age's original creator David Gaider praises The Veilguard reveal.

• V Rising tops UK charts in May - UK Monthly Charts.
• Elden Ring Raised Masochists, and They’re Back for More. Thanks Neutronbeam.

• Gears Of War- E-Day Trailer Was Done Entirely In-Engine.

• Bootstrap Island - Major Update #1 - Building and Inventory! Live Now.
• Deep Rock Galactic - Season 05- Drilling Deeper is OUT NOW.
• HELLDIVERS 2 - PATCH 01.000.400.
• The Tribe Must Survive - Explorer Update (v 1.1.7) - Patch Notes.
• World of Warcraft Hotfixes: June 12, 2024.

↑ Official patches. ↓ Unofficial games, patches, and mods.

• This Fallout New Vegas Mod Adds Physically-Based Vehicles.
• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Just Got an AMD FSR 3.0 Frame Generation Mod.

• GFN Thursday: ‘Sea of Thieves’ on GeForce NOW.

• 'We did not set everyone up for success': VRChat cutting 30 percent of jobs after overhiring.
• NEON Squad Tactics - Release Trailer! (Meta Quest 2/3/Pro).

• What do Apple and Google’s direct-to-consumer changes really mean for game developers?

• Deep Rock Galactic- Season 05 - Release Trailer.
• DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO - Game Mode Showcase.
• Warframe - TennoCon 2024 Official Countdown Trailer.

• Counter-Strike 2 - Thunderpick's Path To The Pros Powered By HEROIC.
• Trackmania - XPEvo becomes the European Major Tournament. Thanks Frans.

• Game Industry Conference, OCT 24th-27th, Poznań. Early bird ticket discount ends in two weeks.

• PlayStation Rolling Out Update To Allow Players To Join Discord Chat Directly From PS5.
• Ark- Survival Ascended is the worst optimised Unreal Engine 5 game we've seen on console.
• Xbox Update Preview Release Notes - Alpha Ring (2408.240610-2200).
• Xbox Update Preview Release Notes - Alpha Skip-Ahead Ring (2408.240610-2200).

• iOS 18 ensures you’ll always know the time, even when your iPhone 15 is out of battery.

• A Billionaire Has a Plan to Save the Internet—Buying TikTok Is the Next Step (may require registration or subscription).

• Microsoft to force-update to Windows 10 22H2 as 21H2 support reaches end of life.
• If Ray Kurzweil Is Right (Again), You’ll Meet His Immortal Soul in the Cloud (may require registration or subscription).
• No, an AI bot isn't running for mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Thanks DSLReports via Ant.
• How to turn off Windows’ aging activity tracker. Aging activities include pigeon feeding and mall walking.
• Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26236 (Canary Channel).
• StreamFab 6.1.8.3.
• How to watch Tesla’s 2024 annual stockholder meeting livestream. Bring your popcorn?

• Google faces GDPR complaint over Privacy Sandbox.
• Why it’s time to leave passwords in the past.
• Here’s how Apple’s AI model tries to keep your data private.
• Time to zero in on Zero Trust?
• Hacker Accesses Internal ‘Tile’ Tool That Provides Location Data to Cops. Thanks DSLReports via Ant.

• Sellers Call Amazon’s Buy Box ‘Abusive.’ Now They’re Suing (may require registration or subscription).
• Turkish student creates custom AI device for cheating university exam, gets arrested. And probably simultaneously hired. Thanks Neutronbeam.

• Lunar Lander Beyond - Christ Centered Gamer.

• CPU/GPU/AIO/SSD Cooler: ID-Cooling FROZN A620 Black CPU Air Cooler - TweakTown.
• CPU/GPU/AIO/SSD Cooler: ID-Cooling FX360 PRO CPU Liquid Cooler - TweakTown.
• Laptop: Gigabyte Aorus 16X gaming laptop review - PC Gamer.
• RAM: Acer Predator Hermes 6800 MHz CL32 2 x 16 GB - Guru3D.
• Sound Card/DAC: Creative Sound Blaster X5 review- Unique extras that don't ultimately make a difference - Android Central. Thanks Neutronbeam.

• 2025 already has too many video games…

Snacky Round-up
Thanks Ant, Neutronbeam, and Max.

Breakfast Link

• How 2 backyard pool drownings prompted Ontario teen to develop life-saving idea.
• Brand new ten-story Tokyo condo to be demolished for blocking Mt. Fuji view.

Stories

• Florida sees rare flash flood emergency with more heavy rain ahead- ‘We are in trouble.’
• ‘The Blair Witch Project’ Actors Call Out ‘Reprehensible Behavior’ After Missing Out on Profits for Decades. Thanks RedEye9.
• Taylor Swift Eras Tour shows trigger earthquake readings in Scotland. Thanks Matthew.

Science

• Pupil size revealed to be a key indicator of cognitive fatigue. It's your birthday. Someone gives you a calfskin wallet.
• 95% Success Rate: Scientists Develop New, More Effective, and Non-Toxic Way To Kill Termites. Non-toxic. Except for the insecticide.

Media

• SpaceX's Starship Literally Melted! But It Kept Flying To A Miraculous Landing. Thanks VideoSift.

Creature Features

• Hilarious squirrel keeps spying on woman in her house.
• Great Dane Crowned World's Tallest Dog.

Follow-up

• Colorado Man Died From Venomous Gila Monster Bite, Autopsy Confirms. Thanks RedEye9.

The Funnies

• The Titan Submersible Disaster Shocked the World. The Exclusive Inside Story (may require registration or subscription). A dead Ars link yesterday was based on this.