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- Lollipop Chainsaw is getting a remake, out 2023
- Yakuza 0, Kiwami 1 & Kiwami 2 are back on Game Pass and balance has been restored
- The last Zachtronics game, Last Call BBS is out now in early access
- Firaxis' Jake Solomon says even he gets frustrated when he misses a shot in XCOM
- Snow War is an FPS that's snowballed from an 18-year-old Half-Life mod
- Overwatch 2's second closed beta still hasn't given us any answers
- Netflix's Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime series has an extremely stylish intro
- Indie Bundle For Abortion Funds is also raising money with 700+ games
- Genshin Impact 2.8 will launch on July 13th with a detective and a revamped archipelago
- Deus Ex and Guardian Of The Galaxy's lead writer has joined BioWare
- Deus Ex's official desktop wallpapers were so perfectly 1999
- Itch.io's Worthy Of Better, Stronger Together bundle aims to raise $150,000 for reproductive rights
- Tangle Tower's art gallery is a cool window into great character design
| Lollipop Chainsaw is getting a remake, out 2023 Posted: 05 Jul 2022 08:30 AM PDT  The bombastic hack-and-slasher Lollipop Chainsaw is making a return, ten years after the original’s release. Yoshimi Yasuda, former CEO of Kadokawa Games (the original publishers of Lollipop Chainsaw) vaguely teased the game's return last month during its 10-year anniversary, but it's now been confirmed that the remake is definitely happening and that Yusada will be returning to the series alongside his new studio, Dragami Games. If you never had the pleasure of playing Lollipop Chainsaw, watch the trailer below for a taste of the chaos. |
| Yakuza 0, Kiwami 1 & Kiwami 2 are back on Game Pass and balance has been restored Posted: 05 Jul 2022 05:19 AM PDT  In the dead of night I've been hearing things. At first, I thought it was the neighbours next door enjoying a bit of karaoke. Maybe some twigs banging off a discarded Tesco trolley, creating a beautiful tune. No, I'm convinced it was the dulcet tones of Kiryu singing "Dame da ne dame yo dame na no yo!", as a signal from the nether that Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami, and Yakuza Kiwami 2 would be back on Game Pass having been removed last year. And by God, they're there! They're live! That's rad! |
| The last Zachtronics game, Last Call BBS is out now in early access Posted: 05 Jul 2022 05:17 AM PDT  The most prolific indie studio of the last decade are preparing to bow out, with today bringing the early access launch of "the last game from Zachtronics", Last Call BBS. It's a puzzle-o-rama firing up a mysterious old computer to download pirated software from a BBS, letting us play everything from logic puzzles of circuits and flesh to a model kit-building simulation. I've played a wee bit and am keen to explore more, even as someone who is the absolute worst at Zachlikes. |
| Firaxis' Jake Solomon says even he gets frustrated when he misses a shot in XCOM Posted: 05 Jul 2022 04:30 AM PDT  Anyone who's played one of Firaxis' XCOM games in the last ten years will have a story about missed shots. Shots that, even with a 90% chance of hitting their target, still end up going wide and punching a hole in your carefully laid plans. In the moment, they induce feelings of white hot injustice, but for many, they're an integral part of what makes XCOM, well, XCOM. Looking back on his time making XCOM 2, however, Firaxis' creative director Jake Solomon tells me that he, too, now feels the pain players have felt for close to a decade. "It was really interesting for me to return back and play XCOM a couple of years ago, and man, when I missed shots, I was unbelievably frustrated. I felt the ghosts of everybody everywhere looking over my shoulder," he says. |
| Snow War is an FPS that's snowballed from an 18-year-old Half-Life mod Posted: 05 Jul 2022 04:20 AM PDT  After an FPS game that's not all about which assault rifle has the best vertical foregrip? Well, Snow War looks to fill that gap. As a modern revamp of an 18-year-old Half-Life mod by the same name, it's an FPS where bullets are spheres of snow and guns are human arms... and snowball-launching crossbows. Not to mention it's set in the 80's with a synthwave backing track. I'm sold. |
| Overwatch 2's second closed beta still hasn't given us any answers Posted: 05 Jul 2022 04:00 AM PDT  Liam and I thought Overwatch 2's first PVP beta was fine! It was just hard to say just how much of that came down to the "2" in its title. We jumped back into its ongoing second beta, in the hopes that we'd finally wrap our heads around the game. Maybe we'd got it all wrong the first time around? It's the sequel to the biggest hero shooter out there! This time, this time we'd feel the "2" part come alive beneath our fingertips as we insta-locked Torbjorn on attack. Dear reader, Liam and I emerged from our Overwatch 2 session having had a marvellous chat. We caught up on life, talked about Monster Hunter Rise, and how nice it is that the RPS Treehouse is complete again. Everything except Overwatch 2 itself was discussed... Which says it all, really. |
| Netflix's Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime series has an extremely stylish intro Posted: 04 Jul 2022 03:31 PM PDT  I like anime, but I possibly like anime intros even more. At their best they're a rush of style and energy, they often feature better animation than the show that follows, and they are regularly scored by first rate Japanese jazz, rock or blues tracks. Netflix just posted the intro to the upcoming Cyberpunk anime, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and it's got a Franz Ferdinand track over the top - but hey, it's still pretty good. |
| Indie Bundle For Abortion Funds is also raising money with 700+ games Posted: 04 Jul 2022 02:47 PM PDT  Earlier today we posted about a bundle on Itch.io raising money for reproductive rights. Well, it's not the only one. The Indie Bundle For Abortion Funds is offering over 750 items, most of them games, for a minimum donation of $10. All the money raised will go directly to National Network for Abortion Fund's Collective Power Fund. |
| Genshin Impact 2.8 will launch on July 13th with a detective and a revamped archipelago Posted: 04 Jul 2022 02:15 PM PDT  Genshin Impact's 2.8 update will launch on July 13th, and a new trailer has introduced the characters and locations that will be added, re-added or refreshed. That includes a makeover for the Golden Apple Archipelago, and a new character called Shikanoin Heizou, who is a young detective. |
| Deus Ex and Guardian Of The Galaxy's lead writer has joined BioWare Posted: 04 Jul 2022 01:00 PM PDT  Mary DeMarle, narrative designer and lead writer on Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Mankind Divided, and on the more recent Guardians Of The Galaxy, is now senior narrative director at BioWare. The switch comes just a couple of months after Embracer Group bought Eidos Montreal and said they saw potential for Deus Ex spin-offs, sequels and remakes. |
| Deus Ex's official desktop wallpapers were so perfectly 1999 Posted: 04 Jul 2022 09:42 AM PDT  While writing a post about the Deus Ex randomiser mod last month, I tried to find a high-resolution clean version of the venerated immersive sim's box art to use as a header image. I trawled through archives of official sites hoping to discover that the marketing department had released it as a wallpaper or something, to no avail. But I did find a load of other official Deus Ex wallpapers which are so delightfully turn-of-the-millenium. Scanlines! Lensflare! Photoshop Difference Clouds filters! Come, admire, enjoy. |
| Itch.io's Worthy Of Better, Stronger Together bundle aims to raise $150,000 for reproductive rights Posted: 04 Jul 2022 07:37 AM PDT  A new bundle of discounted indie games on Itch.io is aiming to raise $150,000 towards reproductive rights and women’s charities following the US Supreme Court’s overturn of federal abortion rights last month. The Worthy Of Better, Stronger Together bundle is organised by streamer and musician Abbey ‘Scruncho’ Smith of horror game publisher Dread XP, and features 169 games. Picking up the bundle aids the National Organization For Women and the Center For Reproductive Rights in equal measure. |
| Tangle Tower's art gallery is a cool window into great character design Posted: 04 Jul 2022 07:30 AM PDT  Katharine has been raving about Tangle Tower ever since she reviewed it a couple of years ago, and I finally sat down and played it this weekend. I can confirm it's really good! A lovely point and click mystery with some tricksy puzzles, but unlimited goes so you still get to feel clever - plus the story plays with some mystery tropes in really fun ways. But the real joy is its characters. It's a cast of suspects that are both wacky and relatable, and I love them. |
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