Take a walk through Haven Springs’ Record Store with Alex in this exclusive first look at gameplay from Life is Strange: True Colors. Explore the store, browse records, and meet two potential new friends along the way. Life is Strange: True Colors is slated for release on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam, and Google Stadia on September 10th, and Nintendo Switch later this year.
CD Projekt Red today announced the latest patch for Cyberpunk 2077 — Patch 1.3 — is now available for the game across all platforms.
The patch includes an array of improvements and fixes, both stability- and performance-wise, geared toward enhancing the overall gameplay experience for all players. The full, detailed patch notes can be found in a dedicated article on the official Cyberpunk 2077 website.
Patch 1.3 also includes the first batch of free additional content for Cyberpunk 2077. These include the brand new Archer Quartz “Bandit” car, two new jackets for V to wear around Night City, and an alternate appearance for rebel rockerboy Johnny Silverhand. To find out more, including how these free pieces of content can be accessed in-game, visit this website.
2K today unveiled the first NBA 2K22 Player Ratings, highlighting the top rated players across the NBA. The first NBA 2K22 Player Ratings to be unveiled include Luka Dončić (94), Kevin Durant (96), Steph Curry (96), Giannis Antetokounmpo (96), Khris Middleton (88), Jrue Holiday (85) and Nikola Jokić (95), with many more to come on social media throughout the day on August 18th.
Later in the day, NBA 2K22 will unveil all of the player ratings grouped by Top 10 Rated Players, Top 5 3PT Shooters, Top 5 Rookies, Top 5 Dunkers, Top Jordan Brand Players and more. And celebrating 25 years of the WNBA, 2K will also introduce Candace Parker’s rating (93) and the top 5 WNBA players: Breanna Stewart (95), A’ja Wilson (94), Jonquel Jones (94), and Brittney Griner (93).
Bandai Namco have announced that a free demo of Tales of Arise is available for download today. Players will be introduced to the game’s cast of characters, combat, and story through the demo’s battle tutorial, camping, cooking, and skits.
Players can control any of the game’s six characters to fight through different sub-quests and battle with the powerful enemy “Gigant.” Each character also unlocks a different version of the demo’s final skit. As an added bonus, players that download the free play demo will get the “Vacation Hootle” attachment that can be used when the full game launches on September 10th for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam.
Mortal Shell’s roguelike expansion, The Virtuous Cycle, is now available with a special limited-time 100% discount now underway. Between now and August 23rd, fans can download and keep The Virtuous Cycle – a fully fledged expansion complete with a new roguelike mode, new playable shell, and new transforming axe-katana weapon – at no cost. Once this promotional period ends, the DLC will return to its MSRP of $7.99 USD.
Today, Square Enix announced that Marvel’s Avengers Expansion: Black Panther – War for Wakanda is now available as a free update to all owners of the core game. In addition to adding Black Panther, the ninth playable Super Hero for the game, the War for Wakanda Expansion also brings with it two new villains, a brand-new environment to explore, new enemies, the Birnin Zana Outpost, new solo or multiplayer Drop Zone and Threat Sector missions and more, adding the most content to Marvel’s Avengers since the game’s launch.
Amplitude Studios today announced that their historical 4X strategy game, Humankind, is now available on Steam, the Epic Games Store, Google Stadia, or play via Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Today, Ubisoft revealed Crystal Guard, the third season of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Year 6, and its new Operator, Osa, a military engineer coming from Croatia, in addition to light reworks of the maps Coastline, Bank and Clubhouse and many other updates.
In Crystal Guard, players will discover a brand-new attacker, Osa, equipped with Talon-8 Clear Shield: a transparent bulletproof shield that she can deploy on the ground, in doorframes, or in window frames. She can navigate with the shield in her hands if needed, albeit with certain restrictions (weapon stored, no sprint, no prone). Osa is a medium speed, medium armor Operator, equipped with 556 Xl or PDW9 as primary weapon and the PMM as a secondary weapon.
In addition, the Bank, Coastline, and Clubhouse maps have been rebuilt from the ground up to enhance balancing, environmental destruction, sound propagation, and lighting. Crystal Guard introduces numerous balancing adjustments to these maps including a 1F Reception bomb site replacing the 1F Service Entrance site on Coastline, new locations, and more entryways – for example, a new alleyway in Bank and a new path in Clubhouse have been edited. In terms of environmental destruction, the Bank and Coastline maps feature new destroyable walls: on Bank, the Railing on 2F Skyline and on Coastline, the exterior wall in 2F VIP lounge.
Additional updates coming with Crystal Guard include:
Finally, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege is welcoming its second Elite skin from Capcom’s survival horror franchise Resident Evil: Lion “Leon S. Kennedy” Elite. This Elite skin will be available on August 17th.
At 1:30pm ET / 10:30am PT on August 19th, the Battle of Verdansk will begin in Call of Duty: Warzone. Those who join the battle will experience the worldwide reveal of Call of Duty: Vanguard live in-game. Head to the Call of Duty blog for additional Vanguard reveal intel.
Annapurna Interactive released a new trailer of the interactive thriller Twelve Minutes, launching August 19th on Xbox Game Pass, PC via Steam and the Windows Store, Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One.
The events of Twelve Minutes unfold during the man’s romantic evening with his wife as it is interrupted by a violent home invasion, featuring performances by James McAvoy (“the man”), Daisy Ridley (“the woman”) and Willem Dafoe (“the intruder”). Players find themselves trapped in a real-time twelve minute time loop, doomed to relive the same terror again and again – unless they can find ways to use the knowledge of what’s coming to change the outcome and break the loop.
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