We got another glimpse at Lords of the Fallen in the PC Gaming Show, and it looks like the Bloodborne sequel I’ve been dreaming of-
While the original Lords of the Fallen took after Dark Souls, this new 2023 reboot looks like it’s walking close behind the swishing cloak of Bloodborne. The latest trailer, revealed at the PC Gaming Show, shows off a Soulsbourne game polished to a high sheen. It’s certainly captured my interest.
Games journalists get a lot of flack for saying a game is “the next Dark Souls,” and calling yet another game “the new Bloodborne” is getting very old-tricorn-hat at this point. Still, honestly, if you’d shown me this trailer in isolation and told me it was a new Bloodborne sequel from Bluepoint Games, the people who remade Demon’s Souls, I’d believe you.
Confusingly, Lords of the Fallen is a sequel to 2014’s Lords of the Fallen (now called “Lords…
Vampire Survivors is getting a surprise free update with gameshow flair-
At the 2023 PC Gaming Show, Vampire Survivors developer Poncle announced the hit bullet heaven’s 1.5 update, complete with a fresh map, character variation, and chaotic new pickup. Patch 1.5 of Vampire Survivors is set to go live tomorrow, June 12.
The latest map, “Astral Stair,” will feature “seemingly endless corridors, flying paintings, and a gameshow-like spinning wheel that triggers random events.” I’m curious to see how that gameshow wheel shakes up Vampire Survivors’ already chaotic pace of play, and what’s more, the new feature’s not limited to Astral Stair—it can be activated on any map thanks to the new “Trisection” relic, opening up new frontiers in pixel-popping on screen chaos reminiscent of Vampire Survivors’ chaotic viewer voting Twitch streaming mode.<…
Ultros is a psychedelic metroidvania set in a cosmic uterus-
I don’t always play surrealistic metroidvanias about escaping the clutches of ancient demonic beings, but when I do, I prefer for them to be set in giant cosmic uteruses. A difficult scratch to itch, but that’s the setting for Ultros, developed by Swedish studio Hadoque, and due for release in 2024.
Above is a new trailer shown during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted livestream, offering further proof—in case you need it—that Ultros is a gorgeously distinct adventure. Its setting and themes are embedded in sci-fi, but the art style avoids any of the cliches associated with that tag. No, Ultros looks fecund, ornate, alive. No surprise then, that Ultros’ dextrous hack-and-slash combat is balanced by a meditative farming component, which appears to be how the pro…
Win a Terra Nil-inspired custom-built recyclable gaming PC!-
Anyone fancy a supremely detailed, custom-built gaming PC themed around Terra Nil, the environmentally conscious “reverse city builder”?
Well, now’s your chance as we partner with publisher Devolver Digital and developer Free Lives—yep, the makers of Genital Jousting—for a gaming PC giveaway worth $4,500.
I’d not heard about the game until now, myself, but as an avid city builder you can bet I had a little snoop. Frankly it’s an adorable little solo clicker, and with the sheer intricate craft that PC builder Stefan Ulrich has put into this custom PC design, I’ve been irreversibly drawn down the terraforming rabbit hole, with all its cute little puzzle moments.
Combine the game’s utterly darling aesthetic charm with this PC’s spec and the contest winners wil…
You’re telling me Fortnite is just now getting a ranked mode–
Tis the season for substantial competitive updates to the biggest battle royale game around: Fortnite is getting a fully-fledged ranked mode in its next update, and Zero Build fans are getting in on the fun too. Fortnite’s ranked mode will follow a traditional divisional structure with players climbing from Bronze through Diamond, with three upper-division ranks in Elite, Champion, and finally Unreal.
It’s basically your bog-standard battle royale competitive mode, which is why I’m surprised it’s taken Fortnite five years to implement it. Fortnite technically already has a competitive mode in Arena, a tournament-style playlist with separate rules from Battle Royale and Zero Build, but Epic has decided to discontinue Arena at the end of the season in favor of the new Ranked.
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YouTuber who deliberately crashed plane for content then lied about it is jailed for six months, even he admits it’s the ‘right decision’-
YouTuber Trevor Jacob, a former Olympian and self-styled adventurer and entrepreneur, has been sent to jail for six months for deliberately crashing a plane in 2021, filming the whole thing for views, and putting the cherry on top by lying to US investigators about what happened. Even Jacob himself admitted after the sentence that this was the “right decision,” per the BBC.
Jacob posted the video titled “I crashed my airplane” on December 23, 2021, during which you can see him taking off before apparent problems with the front propeller (the original video has been removed: this slightly edited version was uploaded one day later and remains live). Jacobs swears a bit before climbing out of the plane’s door, with his parachute and the even-more-essential selfie stick,…