Happy week, everyone? After last week’s dry (and perhaps slightly editorialized) stretch, there’s a non-zero amount of promising new PC games on the horizon, and they cover a good spread of genres.
On Tuesday July 9, we have Once Human, a free-to-play survival-world multiplayer shooter set in a world polluted by mind-eroding Stardust. On Wednesday, July 10th, it will begin with the early entry of Time Treker (sic), aka Vampire Survivor, but with anime mechanics. Thursday July 11 unleashes the first-person foot stomp of fury and gardening thrills adjacent to Horticular’s Viva Pinata. And on Friday July 12, the SNES-style horror maze of Super Dark Deception, the cyberpunk deck building of Zero Division, and the mushroom-fingered scholarship of The Last Alchemist.
As always, you can keep track of the latest developments in the tumultuous realm of PC gaming via the live blog below, and make wicked jokes about our gamers in the attached comment thread. Also as always, the live blog is sponsored by Maw, the wild and raging embodiment of an endless hunger for News, whose million lumps we try to fill, as the case may be, with articles about dogs in Zenless Zone Zero, or humans who get mad at Call of Duty. Please let us know if you stumble upon anything that would make good Maw food.
Played Mushroom Musume a bit and loved it. Here is my mushroom girl Alia.
– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
I believe it was Samuel Johnson who once wrote that “the great pest of speech is the stupid bloggers who try to make it happen.”
– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
“Sorry, we all have to go back to saying ‘hail’ – I’m not sure my nerves can take another ‘hello’ actually.”
Language EVOLVES Edwin. It’s here to stay—stay, I’m afraid.
– Nic Ruben
There’s some movement in the 2K Cloud Chamber, suggesting a new Bioshock project in the works. They are hiring for roles including animation, cinematography, engineering and narrative, according to a Linkedin post.
– Nic Ruben
Nic/treelo – Not sure my nerves can take another tray
– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
Elden Ring is getting a fan-made anime adaptation, and it has a launch pad. Cheers, Eurogamer!
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– Nic Ruben
Tech-Noir Tactics All Walls Must Fall is now free to own on Steam. “A very good time-worrying tactical shooter,” decreed Adam Smith (RPS in Peace).
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– Nic Ruben
The 2024 Summer Games ended last night, raising a total of $2.5 million for Médecins Sans Frontières. Well done, fast runners!
– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
The Folon team is extremely close to releasing their Fallout: London Total Conversion mod. The final builds are even now in the GOG inbox.
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– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
Forbes is of the opinion that The First Descendant has all but the icon designs copied directly from Destiny 2.
– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
Nic is weak on modders adding short boat races to The Witcher 3.
– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
On a related note, Ubisoft executive producer Mark Rubin has responded to complaints that XDefiant is too busy right now, commenting that unlike Call Of Duty (one of Rubin’s previous gigs), the new game is made by used an engine that was not designed. for first-person shooters.
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– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
Hooded Horse CEO Tim Bender has widely contradicted Hinterland CEO Raphael van Lierop, characterizing Hooded Horse’s city builder Manor Lords as “a pretty interesting case study in the pitfalls of Early Access development.” In his LinkedIn post, Van Lierop comments that the game hasn’t been updated significantly since it first topped the charts. “Early Access is a marathon, and when you start, you should have the next big content expansion almost in line,” he writes. Bender’s take is that “this is exactly the kind of perverse infinite growth/burden of expectations/line-to-grow perspective that causes so many problems in the gaming industry.”
– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
A new story trailer for Metaphor: ReFantazio.
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– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
Lethal Company’s latest update – the Cruising Update – adds a cool new car for you to transport scrap. Also two new creatures and herb killers.
– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
Via MP1st, a LinkedIn page indicates the existence of an unannounced remake by 2K Games.
– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
HOLD BACK, MONDAY
The tentacles have been reinserted into the cooling system. FEED THE MAW.
– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell