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Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023: all the news and announcements from the event
This year’s first Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event will take place in front of an audience in San Francisco’s Masonic Auditorium, marking the first in-person event for Samsung in three years. It kicks off on Wednesday, February 1st, at 1PM ET / 10AM PT, and we’re expecting some exciting announcements.
Unlike Galaxy Unpacked events in the recent past, Samsung’s product reservation page suggests that the company’s also planning to release several new laptops instead of new earbuds or smartwatches. We could see up to five variations of its brand-new Galaxy Book 3 laptops, featuring thinner and lighter OLED panels with sensors embedded directly into the touchscreens.
If you’re looking to stay up to date on this year’s Galaxy Unpacked, The Verge will keep you posted on all the news and product announcements from the event.
Apple’s Website Suggests M2 and M2 Pro Mac Announcements Were Originally Set for Fall 2022
Information embedded within Apple’s website suggests that this week’s new Mac announcements, including the M2 Pro and M2 Max chips, were initially set to be unveiled in October or November of last year.
As reported by Daring Fireball‘s John Gruber, the file name for a short mini keynote-styled video that Apple released following the announcement of the updated 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini includes the year 2022, suggesting the video may have been initially set to premiere last year. The video, over 18 minutes long, looks like the digital Apple events the company has been holding for the previous few years.
Some have speculated the 18-minute video was a segment cut out from a larger event the company was planning to hold in October or November 2022 that included more than the announcements of new M2 Pro and M2 Max Macs. Also spotted on Twitter, the AR files for the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models were compiled in October 2022, three months before the new Macs were announced.
Typically, every fall, Apple holds an event in September to announce its latest iPhones and Apple Watch models. In the run-up to the fall of 2022, rumors were increasingly suggesting that Apple was planning to hold two events between September and December: one for the iPhone and Apple Watch and another for the Mac and iPad.
The latter event was to be focused entirely on updated Apple silicon Macs and iPads, including updated 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros and the next-generation iPad Pro, according to rumors circulating at the time. In September, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reported that Apple had canceled plans to hold a second digital event in the fall and would instead release the remaining products for 2022 through press releases on its website.
In October, Apple announced an updated iPad Pro with M2 and the redesigned 10th-generation entry-level iPad via press releases. In mid-Decemeber, Gurman reported that the new Macs were now slated for a launch in “early” 2023.
The new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros have options for either the M2 Pro or M2 Max chip, building on the performance of the M1 Pro and M1 Max. The new chips allow for even faster performance and a higher 96GB capacity of unified memory with the M2 Max. The new Macs also now support 8K external displays thanks to a more advanced HDMI port, and the 16-inch model has the longest battery life of any Mac.
Apple this week also announced a new Mac mini, featuring the same design as the previous-generation model but now with M2 or M2 Pro. The new Mac mini and MacBook Pros are available for pre-order on Apple’s website and will begin arriving to customers on Tuesday, January 24.
Intel’s 13th-Gen Announcements Give Us 5 Clues About Future Laptops
Welcome to CES, where Intel routinely drops a boatload of new processors. Periodically, we’ll also see some important capability upgrades to go with them as well. 2023 is one of the lower-key years, and after plowing through the details surrounding all 40-plus new choices, I’ve concluded that Intel’s latest 13th-gen announcements can be pretty much summed up in five key points.
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Only a few laptop CPUs promise significant speed gains
That’s because the Core i9-13980HX, i9-13950HX, i9-13900HX and i7-13850HX — the premium CPUs intended for gaming and CPU-intensive graphics (like rendering) — have double the efficient cores (E cores) to hit a total of up to 24 cores and support faster DDR5 memory than 12th-gen offerings. The rest just have tweaks and optimizations, which allow for a gentle bump in clock speeds and battery life. For Chromebooks, the Core i3 N series updates to the latest hybrid P core/E core architecture, which means you may experience notable performance improvements in higher end Chromebooks as well.
You’ll be able to overclock with any of the HX processors, which you were previously only able to do with the HK versions. All SKUs shown support CPU, GPU, and memory overclocking. Intel’s Iris Xe integrated graphics will also be able to take advantage of a new Endurance Gaming setting, intended to extend battery life while gaming. It does this by kicking in Intel’s XeSS upscaling and capping the frame rate at 30fps, for all your desperation gaming needs.
The company highlighted laptops from the usual suspects — Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI, Asus and Razer — as partners for 13th-gen HX series laptops.
You’ll likely see a quick jump to 13th-gen based offerings
The new laptop CPUs and supporting chipsets can generally drop right into the existing motherboards and have the same power and cooling requirements. It’s always a faster manufacturing switchover when companies don’t need to significantly redesign the hardware.
Intel
Desktops toddle on
Intel launched its flagship 13th-gen desktop CPUs in September, leaving the mainstream, low power (for all-in-ones and other compact desktops) and inexpensive chips for CES, as it usually does. They’re not terribly interesting, since they, too tend to be variations on last year’s theme. One bright spot is that Intel’s bringing Bluetooth LE audio to desktops via motherboards which use its Killer Wireless modules.
Read more: Best Desktop PCs
Evo expands beyond Intel graphics
Intel’s Evo program is its marketing imprimatur for laptops which meet specific criteria that highlights all the wunnerful things you can get when you put Intel inside. These types of programs — AMD Advantage is another — usually require that the laptops incorporate all the latest and greatest hardware the sponsoring company makes. So it’s notable that Intel now allows laptops with third-party discrete graphics (in other words, Nvidia and AMD) to qualify, in addition to its own Arc graphics. Also, with noting: Of the laptops launching at CES, I don’t remember any incorporating Intel Arc discrete graphics that I heard about prior to the show.
Previously announced features will begin to roll out
The 13th-gen Core chips support the current 40Gbps Thunderbolt 4 data transfer technology, as did the 12th-gen processors, but with some improvements on the laptop processors that aren’t on the desktop equivalents. First, they support DisplayPort 2.1 video for running dual 4K monitors at 60 frames per second, and second, their USB speeds are doubled to 20Gbps. (The latest version of that technology, USB 4, will reach 80Gbps and 120Gbps in some conditions when it arrives as soon as this year.)
Other features include Intel’s Unison, which lets iPhone or Android devices send and receive texts, view and transfer photos, videos and files and more with your PC or laptop. We’ll also see the Engineered for Evo compatibility program expanding to Bluetooth mice, keyboards and Wi-Fi access points, and Intel’s addition of Bluetooth LE Audio (for better, less battery sucking headphone operation) to its Killer Wireless modules. Some laptops will also start to incorporate Intel’s Movidius vision processing unit, which Windows can use for improving videoconferencing experiences.
You can expect a lot more laptop, desktop and component PC news at CES 2023, much of it built around these Intel chip announcements.
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Metal Gear Solid Producer Says 2023 Will Be ‘A Year Of Many Announcements’
Metal Gear Solid creator and Death Stranding director Hideo Kojima and Metal Gear Solid publisher Konami parted ways with each other back in 2015 and since then, there hasn’t been a mainline entry in the famed MGS series (although there was the not-so-great Metal Gear Survive in 2018).
While there’s no reason to believe Kojima and Konami are teaming up again anytime soon, it seems the latter might be preparing for some kind of return to MGS. Longtime MGS producer Noriaki Okamura wrote in a recent issue of Famitsu that “2023 will be a year of many announcements,” as reported by Gematsu.
In this special end-of-the-year issue of Famitsu, multiple Japanese developers and producers wrote quick teases about what 2023 might hold for them. It’s here where Okamura teased that 2023 will be a year of announcements for Konami Digital Entertainment. More specifically, he said “Other than [the educational edition of Momotaro Dentetsu announced last year], 2023 will be a year of many announcements,” and that his keyword for 2023 is “long-awaited,” as noted by Gematsu.
Now, this could just be his way of saying that Konami, as a whole, will make some announcements and that maybe some of them will be long-awaited by fans. However, given that it’s Okamura – a longtime MGS producer – saying this, there’s reason to believe that maybe he’s teasing a return to the MGS series. Perhaps we’re getting a remake of one of the games, or maybe a new mainline entry. Only time will tell.
In the meantime, read Game Informer’s ranking of the Metal Gear Solid series.
[Source: Gematsu]
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British pound rises as finance minister brings forward policy announcements
Jeremy Hunt arrives at his home in London after he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer following the resignation of Kwasi Kwarteng. Picture date: Friday October 14, 2022.
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LONDON — Sterling rose against the dollar on Monday morning after new U.K. Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt announced he would deliver parts of his medium-term fiscal plan later in the day.
The pound was up around 0.8% to $1.1259 by around 9 a.m. London time, extending gains after the statement from the U.K. Treasury. Within the hour, the currency had started to settle at $1.1170.
Yields on long-dated U.K. government bonds, known as gilts, have also fallen after an unprecedented sell-off which prompted the Bank of England to intervene and stabilize the market in the two-week period leading to Oct. 14. Yields move inversely to prices.
Yields on 10-year gilts fell 30 basis points to trade around 4.029% by 9 a.m. London time. Yields on the 5-year fell to 4.013% and 2-year gilts slipped to 3.663%.
The market moves follow a dramatic day in British politics on Friday, which included big fiscal U-turns from Prime Minister Liz Truss and the sacking of Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng. He was swiftly replaced by Hunt, who is expected to make a statement at 11 a.m. local time on Monday.
The announcements Monday would come two weeks ahead of schedule. However, the full medium-term fiscal plan is still set to be published on Oct. 31, accompanied by a forecast from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility — something that was lacking in the original mini-budget announced on Sept. 23 which roiled U.K. bond markets.
Hunt said over the weekend that his priority as finance minister is growth, much like his predecessor, but he highlighted it would be “underpinned by stability.”
“The drive on growing the economy is right – it means more people can get good jobs, new businesses can thrive and we can secure world class public services. But we went too far, too fast,” Hunt said in a statement released Saturday.
In a research note Monday morning, Kit Juckes from Société Générale said the message the U.K. government now wants to send to the markets is “nothing to see here, please go about your normal business.”
“I’m not sure it will be quite that simple, but gilt yields should fall, sterling volatility should melt away and all we’ll be left with will be recession, austerity, higher rates and a lingering sense that this sterling crisis, more than its predecessors, was homemade and avoidable,” he added.
Biden: Original plan was ‘a mistake’
The International Monetary Fund gave a damning verdict on the swathe of debt-funded tax cuts after they were first announced in late September. U.K. bonds saw a sharp sell-off and the pound hit a record low in the days afterward.
In a rare statement, the IMF said the plans laid out by the U.K. would “likely increase inequality” and it stressed it does “not recommend large and untargeted fiscal packages at this juncture.”
U.S. President Joe Biden weighed in on the British economy over the weekend, describing Truss’s now-abandoned tax cut plan as a “mistake” and expressing concern that other nations’ monetary policies could hurt the United States.
“I wasn’t the only one that thought it was a mistake,” Biden said. “I disagree with the policy, but that’s up to Great Britain.”
Biden also said it was “predictable” that Truss had to backtrack the plans. He spoke to reporters at an ice cream shop in Oregon on Saturday.
Pressure on Truss
On Friday, Truss announced a partial reversal of her so-called mini-budget, including the scrapping of a pledge to reverse a corporation tax hike. Corporation tax will now increase from 19% to 25% as originally planned by her predecessor Boris Johnson’s government.
“It is clear that parts of our mini-budget went further and faster than markets were expecting,” Truss said in a brief and hastily-arranged press conference on Friday.
Markets weren’t reassured by the move though, and the pound fell by around 1.1% against the dollar following Truss’s speech, trading at around $1.1205. Many political observers highlighted her poor performance Friday, piling yet more pressure on Truss with some lawmakers calling for her to step down, including members of her own party and leader of the opposition party, Keir Starmer.
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Biggest PlayStation State Of Play September 2022 Announcements
The September PlayStation State of Play livestream has concluded, featuring announcements related to nearly a dozen upcoming games. The biggest reveal was undoubtedly the big closer: a new gameplay trailer for God of War Ragnarök. That said, we got to see a lot of cool-looking projects coming from some of PlayStation’s Japanese partners, as well as more titles scheduled to launch for PSVR 2 in 2023. You can check out our full coverage by clicking the headlines below:
Bandai Namco kicked the show off with a first look at Tekken 8, the next installment of the long-running fighting game franchise.
Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge Enhanced Edition is coming to PSVR 2 in 2023–a new trailer for the game reveals plenty of familiar faces from the Star Wars universe, including everyone’s favorite pirate, Hondo.
Yakuza Like A Dragon: Ishin is a spin-off set in 1860s Kyo. It’s coming to PS4 and PS5 in February 2023.
On PlayStation, Hogwarts Legacy will have an exclusive mission, in which players will explore a shop in Hogsmeade.
PlayStation revealed the first look at what some of the digital rewards are going to be for its upcoming PlayStation Stars loyalty program.
Shift Up’s action-packed PS5 game Project Eve got a new trailer, as well as an official title: Stellar Blade.
Alongside a new trailer, PlayStation revealed a first look at a God of War: Ragnarok-branded DualSense controller.
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MTV VMAs 2022: Winners announced at raucous ceremony of shock cameos and surprise announcements
Johnny Depp appears as Moonman astronaut at MTV VMAs 2022
The MTV VMAs took place Sunday 28 August at a live ceremony at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
This year’s event was hosted by LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow, with performances from Eminem and Snoop Dogg, Lizzo, K-pop group Blackpink, and Italian rock band Maneskin.
Taylor Swift announced her brand new album, Midnights, at the ceremony after making a surprise appearance.
Johnny Depp also made a (more controversial) appearance, with his head superimposed onto one of the Moon Person trophies.
As well as winning Video of the Year, Swift was spotted enthusiastically rapping along with Nicki Minaj’s ‘Super Bass’ from her seat in the crowd.
And though Harry Styles was nominated for a host of awards, he failed to attend the ceremony due to performing at one of his own concerts in New York.
Bad Bunny won the coveted Artist of the Year prize, shortly after driving fans wild when he kissed one of his male backing dancers during his performance.
See the full list of winners here.
Follow the liveblog below
MTV VMAs 2022 to kick off in Newark, New Jersey
Good evening and welcome to The Independent’s liveblog for the MTV VMAs 2022.
This year’s ceremony is taking place tonight (Sunday 28 August) in Newark, New Jersey, with not one but three hosts to keep you entertained through the evening: Jack Harlow, Nicki Minaj and LL Cool J.
Organisers have also booked a number of stars for live performances, including Lizzo, K-pop group BLACKPINK, Eminem and Snoop Dogg, and Italian rock band Maneskin.
Harlow and Maneskin are slightly controversial appearances due to the fact that they both dropped out of Reading and Leeds festivals in the UK to make it to the VMAs. I guess money (and primetime TV slots) talk…
Let’s take a look at this year’s nominees, shall we?
MTV VMAs 2022 announce Foo Fighters, Kendrick Lamar, and Billie Eilish among nominees
This year’s ceremony will be held on Sunday, 28 August at 8pm ET
Roisin O’Connor28 August 2022 20:25
Predictions for best-dressed at the MTV VMAs 2022
OK, who’s gonna wear what at the red carpet? I’ve seen a lot of predictions for “naked” dresses because Megan Fox wore one last year… personally I’m always excited to see what Lizzo rocks up in, plus the Maneskin lot (even if they are in my bad books for pulling out of a UK festival to attend), Rosalia, Bad Bunny (incredible style), and Billie Eilish. Nicki Minaj will probably be sporting at least three outrageous outfits.
Roisin O’Connor28 August 2022 21:14
Here’s the lifestyle team’s report on that Megan Fox dress from last year
The internet can’t stop talking about Megan Fox’s VMAs look
The actor wore a sheer Thierry Mugler dress and an embellished thong
Roisin O’Connor28 August 2022 21:17
Jack Harlow and Maneskin pull out of Reading and Leeds festivals to perform at MTV VMAs
Reading and Leeds bosses were probably quite disgruntled to learn Italian rock band Maneskin and US rapper Jack Harlow were pulling out of the festivals last minute.
Both acts were lured away by the promise of some primetime TV spots at the MTV VMAs 2022, with Harlow both performing and co-hosting with fellow rappers Nicki Minaj and LL Cool J.
“We are saddened to hear that Jack Harlow and Måneskin have decided to perform at an award show the same weekend they were confirmed to play Reading & Leeds,” festival organisers wrote in a statement posted to their Instagram Stories.
“We are working on some exciting replacements to join Arctic Monkeys, Dave, Bring Me The Horizon, The 1975, Halsey, Megan Thee Stallion, D-Block Europe, PinkPantheress, Joy Crookes, Fontaines DC, Bastille, Willow, Wolf Alice, Glass Animals, Hybrid Minds and many others at Reading & Leeds Festivals this August Bank Holiday weekend, watch this space!”
Check out critic Mark Beaumont’s report on the first day of Reading festival here, and his review of Day 2 at Reading festival here.
Roisin O’Connor28 August 2022 21:18
Remembering Taylor Swift’s MTV VMAs red carpet look in 2019
Remember this Versace look from Taylor Swift in 2019? I adored it (I’m such a Versace fan) – it was colourful, bold and had a perfect nod to classic power dressing.
Taylor Swift onstage at the VMAs with the stars of her music video ‘You Need to Calm Down’
(Getty Images for MTV)
Roisin O’Connor28 August 2022 21:20
Nicki Minaj, LL Cool J and Jack Harlow to co-host MTV VMAs 2022
This weekend’s MTV VMAs will have three hosts; rap stars LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow.
The trio will introduce and present Sunday’s (28 August) ceremony at The Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey and will appear alongside the evening’s performers, which include Eminem and Snoop Dogg in a first-of-its-kind appearance, as well as Lizzo, Anitta, BLACKPINK, J Balvin, Måneskin and Kane Brown.
You can find a full list of performers here.
Having multiple hosts is nothing new to the VMAs, which were first anchored by Bette Midler and Dan Aykroyd in 1984. Other previous hosts include Katy Perry, Arsenio Hall, Jack Black, Russell Brand, Chris Rock and last year, Doja Cat.
LL Cool J is a three-time nominee who won in 1991 for best rap video for “Mama Said Knock You Out,” and was a recipient of the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award in 1997.
Read more about this year’s co-hosts below:
Roisin O’Connor28 August 2022 21:42
What will we see from Eminem and Snoop Dogg?
It has been 12 years since Eminem last performed at the VMAs, and 17 years since Snoop Dogg’s last performance at the awards ceremony.
In February, the pair joined forces with Dr Dre, Mary J Blige, and Kendrick Lamar for a star-studded Super Bowl halftime show.
As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, MTV has said the show will be a “first of its kind” performance of “From the D 2 The LBC” inspired by the world of the Otherside metaverse.
Otherside – an American video game developer based in Boston – describes itself as “a gamified interoperable metaverse currently under development. The game blends mechanics from massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPGs) and web3-enabled virtual worlds.
“Think of it as a metaRPG where the players own the world, your NFTs can become playable characters, and thousands can play together in real time.”
Eminem and Snoop Dogg to perform in ‘first of its kind’ show at the VMAs
Event takes place on Sunday 28 August
Roisin O’Connor28 August 2022 22:02
How to watch the 2022 MTV VMAs
The MTV VMAs will take place at 8pm ET on Sunday, 28 August at New Jersey’s Prudential Center. This means that, in the UK, the ceremony will air at 1am on Monday, 29 August.
Here’s how to tune in… (I’ll be in bed, darlings, handing over to my fabulous colleagues in the US for the main event).
How and when to watch the MTV Video Music Awards 2022
Billie Eilish and Lizzo are among the top nominees at this year’s ceremony
Roisin O’Connor28 August 2022 22:31
Madonna proves the MTV VMAs have never been short on controversy
Earlier this month, Madonna reflected on how a wardrobe malfunction early in her career – at the very first MTV Awards in 1984 – that led her manager to say her “career was over”.
The 63-year-old music icon said the moment happened when she performed her hit single “Like A Virgin”.
“I walked down these very steep stairs of a wedding cake, and I got to the bottom, and I started dancing around, and my white stiletto shoes fell off,” Madonna remembered on a recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
“And I was trying to do like this smooth move like dive for the shoe and make it look like it was choreography and my dressed flipped up, and my butt was showing. Can you imagine?
“Those were the days when you shouldn’t show your butt to have a career,” she quipped. “Now it’s the opposite.”
Madonna says manager told her ‘career was over’ after onstage wardrobe malfunction
‘Those were the days when you shouldn’t show your butt to have a career,’ pop star said
Roisin O’Connor28 August 2022 23:01
The best dressed stars at the 2022 MTV VMAs
The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards is expected to be full of iconic fashion.
This year’s red carpet begins at 6:15pm (ET) with a 90-minute MTV VMAs Pre-Show hosted by Nessa, Kevan Kenney, and celebrity correspondent Tate McRae. The red carpet livestream can be watched on MTV’s Youtube channel.
The stars have already begun to arrive on the red carpet. Lizzo, who is nominated for four awards tonight, arrived at the Prudential Center in a couture Jean Paul Gaultier gown. Meanwhile, co-hosts Jack Harlow and LL Cool J wore matching black leather looks.
MTV VMAs 2022: The best dressed stars on the red carpet
Celebrities attend the 2022 MTV VMAs in their boldest fashion looks
Meredith Clark has all the best dressed stars from the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.
Meredith Clark28 August 2022 23:16
Gamescom 2022: The Biggest Announcements, Trailers, and Previews
Gamescom is always one of the biggest conventions of the year, and 2022 was no different. While there weren’t any megaton announcements, we were treated to reveals and updates for some truly exciting games like Dead Island 2, Gotham Knights, Hogwarts Legacy, Sonic Frontiers, The Callisto Protocol, and more.
Gamescom 2022 kicked off its multi-day show with Opening Night Live, and it (and IGN!) continued to reveal big news and previews from the showfloor as the days went on. To help ensure you didn’t miss any of the biggest moments from Gamescom 2022, we’ve gathered the best announcements, trailers, and previews below for you to check out in one convenient place.
Dead Island 2 Gets a New Trailer, 8 Years After the Last One – and It’s Out Next Year
After eight long years, Dead Island 2 has finally been re-revealed with a new trailer and the news that it will be released on February 3, 2023. The cinematic trailer starred Jacob, one of the six playable characters in the game, and showed him slaughtering his way through Los Angeles with both a gun and a katana.
In our Dead Island 2 hands-on preview, we said that “while it may have risen from the grave, though, it still has a lot to prove. Dambuster has made a solid first impression, but it comes coupled with a distinct sense of familiarity.”
Sonic Frontiers: New Trailer Reveals More Story, Confirms Release Date
Gamescom Opening Night Live not only confirmed that Sonic Frontiers would be speeding its way to a November 8 release date, but it also shared a new trailer that showcases Sonic running around various environments, some mysterious new characters, and even a glimpse of Amy.
Gotham Knights Gets New Release Date, Will Include Harley Quinn and Clayface As Major Villains
Our upcoming trip to Gotham City was moved up a bit as Opening Night Live revealed that Gotham Knights will now be released on October 21, 2022. The trailer that helped share the news also confirmed Harley Quinn and Clayface will be appearing as major villains alongside Mr. Freeze, the Penguin, and the Court of Owls.
Hogwarts Legacy: New Trailer Shows Off Slytherin, Dark Magic, and Zombies
Following its delay, Hogwarts Legacy received a new trailer at Gamescom Opening Night Live that features a new look at gameplay, students digging into Salazar Slytherin’s past, and a slightly terrifying choice involving the torture curse Crucio.
The Callisto Protocol’s New Gameplay Trailer Is a Gorefest
The Callisto Protocol got a new trailer at Gamescom Opening Night Live and it can really only be described as a gorefest. Alongside seeing enemies being pushed into weird meat grinder-like machines and a deadly spinning giant fan at the end of a long sewer-like waterslide, we also were given a glimpse of the new mutations mechanic. That basically means that some enemies have tentacles coming out of them, and if you don’t kill them quickly enough, they will mutate and become even more powerful.
DualSense Edge Controller Revealed at Gamescom Opening Night Live
Sony has finally announced its answer to Microsoft’s Xbox Elite Controller with the DualSense Edge, a premium-grade PS5 wireless controller that has customizable controls, the ability to save multiple control profiles, changeable stick caps, back buttons, and more.
Street Fighter 6: New Gameplay Mechanics Explained
Learn some of the new gameplay mechanics coming to Street Fighter 6 and more details on Juri and Kimberly.
Forspoken Gameplay Overview Trailer Showcases Combat, Exploration, and Frey’s Magical Abilities
A new Forspoken gameplay overview trailer has been released and it showcases the game’s combat, exploration, and Frey’s magical abilities. Speaking of abilities, Forspoken will include over 100 spells and abilities and it will even grade you on how you are doing with a Devil May Cry-style combo grading system.
Where Winds Meet Is Like Ghost of Tsushima in Medieval China
Developer Everstone Games has unveiled its new open-world RPG, Where the Winds Meet that looks to be very much like Ghost of Tsushima in Medieval China. It is set in the beautiful Ten Kingdoms period at the end of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the main character looks to be a mysterious swordsman who will be tasked with surviving this tumultuous time.
New Lies of P Trailer Shows Geppetto and More at Gamescom Opening Night Live
Souls-like Pinocchio story Lies of P showed off a new gameplay trailer at Opening Night Live, and it gave fans a glimpse of the game’s lying system, Geppetto, and quite possibly Jiminy Cricket.
Subnautica Devs Announce Moonbreaker, a Warhammer-Like Strategy Game (Including the Model Painting)
Subnautica developer Unknown Worlds has announced Moonbreaker, a digital tabletop strategy game that has a universe that’s been co-created with Mistborn and Wheel of Time novelist Brandon Sanderson. Furthermore, the game is built around miniatures and it encourages players to paint them to their heart’s content as they would in real life. Moonbreaker will enter Early Access on September 29, 2022.
In our preview, we said that it mixes exciting Hearthstone strategy with chilled Warhammer painting.
New Tales From the Borderlands Officially Announced
New Tales From the Borderlands received its full reveal at Gamescom Opening Night Live and it was confirmed that it will be launching on October 21, 2022. This new story will follow three new characters – Anu, Octavio, and Fran – alongside familiar faces from the wider Borderlands universe.
High on Life Gets an Exclusive New Trailer at Gamescom Opening Night Live
High on Life, which is being developed by Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland’s Squanch Games, received a new trailer that gave a look at the first-person shooter that sees the game’s weapons talking to you as you progress through the story. The trailer also featured a boss fight against a clone named 9-Torg.
After getting our hands-on High on Life, we realized there was much more to this shooter than we saw at Opening Night Live. In our High on LIfe preview, we said, “If these 25 minutes included enough jokes, neat touches, references, and combat ideas for me to write this much about, how will it feel once I’m hours into the game? If it keeps up that pace, High on Life will be far from a shooter with a jokey veneer – it could be something truly new.”
Wo Long: How Team Ninja’s New Soulslike Differs from Nioh
Team Ninja’s highly anticipated Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty finally got a gameplay trailer and IGN sat down with producer Fumihiko Yasuda and development producer Masaaki Yamagiwa to discuss the game and how it differs from Nioh.
No Rats, No Game” – How A Plague Tales’ Rat Swarm Was Created
Alongside a look at how A Plague Tales’ Rat Swarm was created, we were also treated to a new gameplay trailer for A Plague Tale: Requiem ahead of its October 18, 2022, release date.
Hideo Kojima Is Starting a Podcast Called Brain Structure
Beginning on September 8, Hideo Kojima will be launching his very own podcast on Spotify called Brain Structure, which will be a “deep dive into his brain and shed light on his creative process.” Episodes will be released each Thursday and the show will be available in both Japanese and English.
Return to Monkey Island Gets a September 2022 Release Date
Return to Monkey Island will be released on Nintendo Switch and PC on September 19, which just so happens to also be International Talk Like a Pirate Day. The release date announcement was joined by a trailer that featured, among other things, a horse armor joke.
Dune: Awakening Is a New Open World Survival MMO
Funcom revealed Dune Awakening at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live, an open-world survival MMO that is set on Arrakis and teased giant spice-harvesting vehicles, giant sand worms, and sand worm riding.
AEW Fight Forever – A Much Needed Alternative to the Mainstream
AEW Fight Forever just may be a return to the “Golden Age of wrestling games,” as it plays exactly like WWF No Mercy. While that has us very excited, it also stung us with “little rocks and pebbles of things that hold up less well to a modern standard.”
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Is the Shooter 40K Deserves
Following our 30-minute, four-player co-op session of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, we’ve proclaimed that that game “may be the rarest of rares: a genuinely good 40k FPS.”
Park Beyond Hands-On: A Park Simulator That Lets You Build The Impossible
Following a new trailer at Opening Night Live, we had the chance to try out Park Beyond, a new game that aims to let you build the impossible in the world of theme parks. In addition to building larger-than-life rides, Park Beyond also puts you in control of managing the park. This combo has us hopeful for its release in 2023.
Pentiment Is the Latest Pleasant Surprise From Xbox’s Most Prolific New Studio
Pentiment, which is set to be released on November 15, 2022, is the latest pleasant surprise from Obsidian Entertainment. It follows a medieval artist named Andreas Maler who is looking to become a master artist but unfortunately gets caught up in a murder mystery when his friend is accused of killing someone.
In our Pentiment hands-on demo, we said that “Just 30 minutes left me with plenty of opinions on the circumstances that led to the nobleman’s murder – I can’t wait to spend hours with these grim, quirky villagers and find out what other secret crimes they, and I, might artfully commit.”
In Atlas Fallen You Play as a Sand Thanos Whose Mission is to Punch a God
After 20 minutes, Atlas Fallen has given us a lot of hope for a game that basically lets you play as a sand Thanos whose mission is to punch a god. In our behind closed door demo, we came away with the impression that “Atlas Fallen shows flashes of Monster Hunter, Control, and the Horizon series, while also introducing some intriguing new ideas of its own.”
The Dark Pictures: The Devil In Me Is the Goriest Game in the Series
The Dark Pictures: The Devil In Me is not only the final installment in season one of Supermassive Games’ Dark Pictures Anthology, but it also looks to be the goriest entry yet.
In our hands-on preview of The Dark Pictures: The Devil In Me, we said that the game’s “playfulness, combined with a truly horrifying real-life backdrop, and a willingness to try some new gameplay ideas has me excited to check in for another stay when The Devil in Me releases on November 18.”
Wreckreation Knows You Want Another Burnout, So It’ll Let You Build It (and Thousands of Other Things)
Wreckreation is an upcoming open-world racing game that is so focused on customization and player choice that it will allow you to build another Burnout alongside thousands of other things if you so choose.
Planet of Lana Feels Like a Playdead Game That Doesn’t Hate You
Planet of Lana is a game that will feel familiar to those who’ve played Playdead’s Limo and Inside, but it features a “much more beautiful, naturalistic, and crucially hopeful viewpoint” than those wonderful games.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space Is Becoming a 3v7 Multiplayer Game
The 1988 film Killer Klowns from Outer Space is becoming a 3v7 asymmetric multiplayer game that will see humans facing off against a team of titular alien Klowns. There will also be character classes, a randomly generated map, and more. Killer Klowns from Outer Space is set to be released in early 2023.
Dredge Is a Relaxing Fisherman Simulator Hiding a Very Sinister Heart
At first glance, Dredge may seem like a relaxing fisherman simulator, however, there is much more going on behind the scenes that hid a very sinister heart. In our preview, we said that “It’s a magical set-up – the kind of compelling, acquisitive management game that can accidentally hold attention for hours, but intrinsically tied to a much stranger storyline, that promises to lead us into truly unknown waters.”
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Gets a New Gameplay Trailer After a Year of Waiting
The Suikoden spiritual successor Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes has received a new gameplay trailer more than a year after the last one. The new footage showed off a small selection of the game’s 100+ characters, story moments, and the gorgeous artstyle in action.
Ex-GTA Boss Reveals More About His New Open-World Game at Gamescom Opening Night Live
Former Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies and his studio Build a Rocket Boy have revealed more about Everywhere, an open-world game that is being described as blending together gameplay, adventure, creativity, and discovery in a multi-world gaming experience.
Vikings on Trampolines Is a “Blast” That’s Taken Two Decades to Make
Owlboy developer D-Pad Studios have been working on Vikings on Trampolines for 20 years, and our first hands-on demo gave us hope that it may have been worth it as it looks to be “a blast in the right environment.”
The Expanse: A Telltale Series First Gameplay Revealed at Gamescom Opening Night Live
Fans of The Expanse were treated to the first gameplay footage of The Expanse: A Telltale Series at Opening Night Live that shared a look at the new narrative adventure that will even let players traverse the vast space in zero-g.
Gord Is Aiming to Cross The Witcher with Rimworld (and the Signs are Good)
Gord is a new game from ex-CD Projekt developers that takes place in a grim, pastoral fantasy world inspired by Slavic folklore. While this draws comparison from The Witcher games, developer Covenant also said that Rimworld has been another huge inspiration.
Nobody Saves the World Announces DLC Expansion, Frozen Hearth
Nobody Saves the World is getting a new expansion called Frozen Hearth on September 13, and it looks to add new areas, challenges, and forms to shapeshift into.
The Lords of the Fallen Is a Reboot of the 2014 Souls-Like
The Lords of the Fallen is a reboot of the 2014 dark fantasy action RPG Souls-like that takes place over a thousand years after the first game in a world that is said to be “more than five times larger” than the original.
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