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Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap Announced [7:57 pm ET] – Share – 4 Comments
Robot Entertainment announces Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap, a new installment
that shows previous Orcs Must Die! efforts must have left some survivors. This
is a third-person shooter/"trap defense" game, but the
Official Reveal Trailer
is all cinematics, concluding with an early 2025 release Window. A
Steam Listing is online, featuring a
news post with a brief history of the franchise. Here's a description of the
new game:
Step into the role of a powerful War Mage, defend the rift from the grotesque mob, and embrace the chaos of orc annihilation. The castle doors are thrown wide open to exciting new features, including:Continue here to read the full story.
- Four-player Co-op
- Deeper Progression Systems
- Rogue-lite Build Options
- Expanded level variety and vast outdoor fantasy environments
- Spectacular physics and more ridiculous orc deaths
- Visceral third-person shooter and melee combat
EA SPORTS FC 25 in September [7:57 pm ET] – Share – 4 Comments
EA officially announces
EA SPORTS FC 25, a new installment in its newish association
football/soccer series. This is coming on September 27th to PC and consoles, and
since preordering is generally a bad idea, there are limited-time rewards for
overcoming your better judgment and doing so. Here's the
Official Reveal Trailer
with a first look, and here's more:
Experience more ways to win for the club in EA SPORTS FC™ 25. Team up with friends in your favourite modes with the new 5v5 Rush and manage your club to victory as FC IQ delivers more tactical control than ever before. http://x.ea.com/80654Continue here to read the full story.
Pre-order EA SPORTS FC 25 Ultimate Edition by August 20 to get an untradeable Football Ultimate Team™ Hero Item in EA SPORTS FC™ 25 with an upgraded 'Prime' version arriving in November, and receive an untradeable Hero or ICON Player Item in FC 24 Ultimate Team™ from the Greats of the Game campaign: http://x.ea.com/80655
Kaiserpunk Playtest Signups [7:57 pm ET] – Share – 1 Comment
Overseer Games announces a weekend-long playtest for Kaiserpunk will get
underway on Friday. The developers expresses eagerness to get player feedback,
so everyone interested in this grand strategy city-builder are encouraged to
sign up on
Steam. The news is illustrated by the previous
5 Gameplay Pillars Trailer
with alpha footage. Here's more in this chance to reshape the war-torn 20th
century:
Welcome to Kaiserpunk, the ultimate city builder and grand strategy game set in an alternative 20th century world. With a focus on production management and logistics, this game challenges you to build and manage your city-state while expanding your influence across a dynamic and ever-changing global map.Continue here to read the full story.
Shape your own city-state from the ground up, where every street, factory and skyline tells the story of your strategic decisions.
Din's Champion Announced [7:57 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Soldak Entertainment announces Din's Champion, an upcoming new
installment in the action/RPG series coming to Early Access in Q3 of this year.
But while predecessors Din's Curse and Din's Legacy were both played from a
Diablo-style isometric perspective, Din's champion is a 2D side-scroller. First
details are on the
official website along with
more screenshots
showing the game's new look. Its
Steam
Listing is also online if you want to add it to your wishlist. Here are some
details on what's described as a dynamic, evolving, fantasy world:
The ever devious goddess, Valta, has declared war! She is going to raze the world to the ground and build a new civilization in her dark image. Your choices and actions, or lack of, have real consequences in this dynamic, evolving, living world. This makes the world of Aleria a very dangerous place. Monsters can form uprisings, start wars, set up ambushes, and attack your town. Town NPCs can get plagues, curses, and be killed. Explosions destroy terrain. Liquids flow. Poisonous and explosive gases can build up. Sand, mud, and other loose solids can collapse. The evil gods can even unleash massive area wide cataclysms if they build up enough power!
To survive this dangerous world, you need to explore carefully, collect resources through mining, gathering, and looting, slay hundreds of types of dangerous monsters, build a town for protection, improve your character, craft cool items, dodge deadly traps, quell uprisings, flush out traitors, kill assassins, cure plagues, purge curses, end wars, and complete other dangerous quests or the danger WILL escalate. Every game is unique with different bosses, biomes, monsters, items, traps, objects, and quests.
On Sale [7:57 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
- Blender Market's Essential Game Modding Toolkit (pay what you want and help charity) - Humble.*
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- Microsoft Flight Simulator Summer Sale: 2550+ Items On Sale Now in the Marketplace.
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Evening Patches [7:57 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Unofficial games, patches, and mods.
Evening Multiplex [7:57 pm ET] – Share – 2 Comments
- Brawlhalla: New Legend Imugi Launch Trailer. Can you smell what Imugi is cooking?
- Over the Top WWI - Commented Gameplay Trailer.
↑ Official trailers. ↓ Content creator videos.
Evening Tech Bits [7:57 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
- U.S. closing critical gap in domestic chipmaking supply chain — GlobalWafers given $400 million to make wafers in the U.S. - Tom's Hardware.
- US initiative to produce semiconductors in Latin America announced by Antony Blinken - South China Morning Post.
- Chip stocks shed over $500 billion in value on China trade fears - Reuters.
- New "SCALE" Software Allows Natively Compiling CUDA Apps For AMD GPUs - Phoronix. Thanks Simon.
- Audacity version 3.6.0. Thanks DSLReports via Ant.
Evening Legal Briefs [7:56 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
etc., etc. [7:56 pm ET] – Share – 1 Comment
Into the Black [7:56 pm ET] – Share – 11 Comments
Last Link of the Day:
Emmy nominations 2024: 'Shogun' leads, 'The Bear' sets record - AP News.
The Bear was actually season 3, right?
Nocturnal 2 Announced [12:37 pm ET] – Share – 6 Comments
Sunnyside Games reveals plans for another nocturnal emission, announcing
Nocturnal 2 will come next year to PC and Switch, offering 2D metroidvania
sequel to the action/adventure. This promises "a fully hand-drawn, 2D animated
world," and while there's no announcement trailer, there are screenshots on the
Steam Listing.
Here's more on the follow up and its "unique core feature":
Nocturnal 2 is a hand-drawn Metroidvania with a unique core feature: as a master of the Enduring Flame technique, a single blow on a fire source sets your sword ablaze, allowing you to push back the darkness and unleash stylish abilities. Use your Flame wisely, as it can be swiftly extinguished by the many foes trying to keep you in the dark.
No Man's Sky Worlds Part I Update [12:37 pm ET] – Share – 14 Comments
The No Man's Sky
Website announces the release of a version 5.0 patch for No Man's Sky, also
described as Worlds Part I.
This trailer takes a
look at the latest addition to the game, which has received considerable
attention from developer Hello Games following a rocky launch. Word is the new
update "ushers in an entire universe refresh." It also seems to add the
chance to do some hell diving. Would you like to know more?
Engage in a galactic bug hunt in No Man’s Sky’s fourteenth community expedition. A vile brood is spreading corruption across the universe – join the Liquidator Vanguard to do your part and purge the rot from the stars!Continue here to read the full story.
Report for duty alongside other Travellers to liquidate biological horrors and hosts of giant insects in a high-paced combat expedition full of custom-balanced swarm combat.
An exclusive selection of rewards await those that do their part in the war on bugs, including mounted bug trophies, new posters, and a complete set of organic armour parts forged from the bodies of the brood themselves.
Nobody Wants to Die Released [12:37 pm ET] – Share – 7 Comments
Nobody Wants to Die is now available for Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox
Series X|S, transporting players to 2329 and a dystopian version of New York
City where The Lion King has closed but it's harder than ever to find parking.
The PC edition of this single-player adventure is
on
Steam and it carries a 10% launch discount for the next week. Here's the
Launch Trailer along
with more on this noir cyberpunk thriller:
Nobody Wants to Die is a thrilling, narrative-driven adventure inspired by neo-noir films that takes place in futuristic New York City. Playing as Detective James Karra, you investigate crime scenes using time manipulation and advanced technology to uncover clues and unmask a killer in an era where death is a thing of the past and the dangers of transhumanism are prevalent.Continue here to read the full story.
DROVA - Forsaken Kin This Year [12:37 pm ET] – Share – 1 Comment
Deck13 Spotlight and Just2D serve up a
Release Window Trailer
for DROVA - Forsaken Kin, an upcoming "grim dark Pixel" action/RPG for
Windows and consoles. Such announcements often pin a launch down to a year,
month, season, or quarter, but this one narrows the release down to the last
third of this year, saying it will arrive in "***BER 2024." The clip has a look
at what to expect, and the announcement has more details:
Welcome to the promised land of Drova, where the priests have praised this new world. Full of hope you travel through a portal into this new otherworld - just to realize that you are on your own and no one seems to appreciate the paradise. Instead, Drova is a grim world where every man is for himself.Continue here to read the full story.
Two factions - one trying to enslave the spirits of nature, one trying to save the spirits to keep the world alive - which path will you choose? And more importantly, will you be able to survive in a world which will always try to kill you?
Enotria: The Last Song Delayed [12:36 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Jyamma Games announces Enotria: The Last Song is now expected to launch
on September 19th for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5. This is a delay of
about a month, as an announcement in
March told us this would arrive on August 21st. The announcement does not
acknowledge the setback, so there's no explanation. It's probably safe to assume
this is to make it better, rather than worse. A new
Dev Diary #2 Video
comes with the news, promising to uncover "Secrets of Enotria." Here's more on
the diary and the game:
Unveiled in the latest developer diary, prepare to face numerous adversaries demanding swift tactics and mastery of your diverse abilities. Explore the sun-drenched world and confront Vermiglio, the boss of the Mantelloni Garden area, one of the many Italian folklore-inspired bosses that await your challenge and the cloaks that populate the cursed monastery in which he resides.Continue here to read the full story.
Jyamma Games sought out to bring the dark yet captivating characters of Italian folklore to life with the world of Enotria: The Last Song. From cloaked figures playing tricks to condemned monks following a cataclysmic event, Vermiglio and the Mantelloni Garden mobs draw inspiration from these tales of betrayal and intrigue. Delve further to learn more about the inspirations behind these two menacing monsters.
The Precinct Delayed [12:36 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
The announcement that The Precinct would arrive next month is so
last month, as Fallen Tree Games already
announces a new fall release window for this police procedural game. The August
launch turned out to be too ambitious, as word is: "we've decided to give it a
little more time for some final polishing and bug fixing." A new
Delay Trailer
accompanies the news with a look at the game in action. Here's the overview:
Averno City, 1983. Gangs rule the streets and your father lies restless in his grave. Clean up the city, uncover the truth, and embark on thrilling vehicle chases through destructible environments in this neon-noir action sandbox police game.Continue here to read the full story.
PPA Pickleball Tour 2025 Released [12:36 pm ET] – Share – Post a Comment
PPA Pickleball Tour 2025 is now available for PC and consoles, and the
Windows edition of this simulation of the increasingly popular paddle sport is
on Steam. Developer FarSight Studios provides an
Official Launch Trailer
along with a Features and
Highlights Video with more gameplay. Here's the pitch:
Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in America and is now coming to gamers across the world with today’s launch of PPA Pickleball Tour 2025. Developer FarSight Studios worked closely with the Professional Pickleball Association (PPA Tour) to create the most realistic, authentic and fun Pickleball videogame on the market.Continue here to read the full story.
PPA Pickleball Tour 2025 is the only officially licensed Pickleball game available and the first to feature the world’s best players in real PPA Tour venues. Get ready to hit dinks, drives, ernes, ATPs, overhead smashes and test your reflexes in dink battles and fire fights!
Demos & Freebies [11:58 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
- The Deadly Path on Steam (Windows). "Aid the Deities of Dread in their quest for vengeance and pave the way for their ascension. Gather grim materials, construct defences and expand the underworld to appease the rage of the gods in The Deadly Path, a unique building management and roguelike strategy game."
Morning Patches [11:58 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Official patches.
Danger Zone [11:58 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
Virtual Reality Check [11:58 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
- On Point on Steam. Playable demo for this VR FPS.
Morning Multiplex [11:58 am ET] – Share – 1 Comment
- Call of Duty: Warzone & Modern Warfare III - Season 5 Launch Trailer.
- Fiesta Online - Reflection of Memories.
- DEVELOPING AN INDIE GAME: THE TECHNOLOGY OF MARS 2120 #04.
- XDefiant- Review Accolades - 15.
↑ Official trailers. ↓ Content creator videos.
Morning Tech Bits [11:58 am ET] – Share – 5 Comments
Thanks Console General.
Morning Legal Briefs [11:58 am ET] – Share – 2 Comments
- The US Supreme Court Kneecapped US Cyber Strategy - WIRED (may require registration or subscription).
- Trump allies want to “Make America First in AI” with sweeping executive order - Ars Technica.
- Sam Altman Sues Over $27 Million 'Batcave' Mansion Sale. Thanks Matthew.
Hardware Reviews [11:58 am ET] – Share – Post a Comment
- CPU/GPU/AIO/SSD Cooler: Alphacool Core 1 LT CPU Water Block Review - TechPowerUp.
- CPU/GPU/AIO/SSD Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 G2 Review - Big Performance, Bigger Price - TechPowerUp.
- Graphics Card: ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7800 XT OC Edition Graphics Card Review - ThinkComputers.org.
- Keyboard: MOUNTAIN EVEREST 60 Compact RGB Gaming Keyboard With Numpad & Displaypad Review - Nikk Tech.
- Speakers/Soundbar: Creative Pebble X Plus Speaker Review - Hardware Asylum.
- SSD: Crucial P310 2TB Handheld Gaming SSD Review - When QLC beats TLC - TweakTown.
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Out of the Blue [11:58 am ET] – Share – 16 Comments
Well I've finally got a little peace here in the BlueTower again. This ongoing
siding project I mentioned is taking longer than I anticipated. That's fine, but
the crew ended up setting up their circular saw right outside my patio doors to
do the cutting for all eight townhouses in our row, so I've had about a week of
sawing going on out there. It's also a relief that they're out of sight right
now, because this crew is like a living OSHA training video demonstrating what
not to do, which is a little nerve-wracking. But despite their seeming
recklessness, they just keep trucking along without mishap, so I guess
experience counts for something.
Peaceful Round-up
Thanks Ant, Neutronbeam, and Max.Breakfast Link
- If George R. R. Martin doesn’t want to write Winds of Winter, that’s OK - Polygon. Seems like it's going to have to be okay.
Stories
- Meteor thought to have exploded over midtown Manhattan, Nasa says - New York - The Guardian.
- Thailand: Cyanide poisoning likely killed six found dead in Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel, including two US citizens, police say - CNN.
- I Use Cross Ventilation and Turn Down the AC to Save Big Bucks on Electric - CNET.
Science
- Climate Change Is Slowing Earth’s Rotation - SciTech Daily.
- When a cruise liner-size asteroid zips by Earth, two spacecraft may follow it - CNN.
Media
- We Need to Rethink Exercise – The Workout Paradox - Kurzgesagt.
- Glume. Maybe not the "best prank ever" but it sure amused the cameraman. Thanks VideoSift.
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