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Category: gamescomAugust 22, 2024 How Ara: History Untold Rewrites the Age-Old Rules of Strategy Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor SummaryAra: History Untold is introducing some innovative and refreshing ideas in the strategy space that seem focused around two key tenets: respecting your time and giving you tremendous choice.With a wealth of strategic options for players, there are numerous ways to guide your nation to potential victory. Ara: History Untold is launching September 24, 2024, and is now available for pre-order on Steam and the Microsoft Store. Or play it day one in PC Game Pass. Stepping foot for the first…
Category: gamescom Starfield: Shattered Space Is a Narrative-Driven, Horror-Inflected Expansion to the Galaxy Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief Published August 22, 2024 “Don’t board,” are some of the first words you’ll hear as part of Starfield: Shattered Space, the new story expansion arriving on September 30. You’re being hailed by someone trapped in The Oracle, a beleaguered space station. Of course you board, despite the warning. Shattered Space simultaneously offers a swathe of new missions set almost entirely across a single planet, plays with new tones and genres in a horror-inflected mystery story, and answers questions about the mysterious House…
Category: gamescomAugust 21, 2024 Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – How Your Character Becomes Unique to You John Bedford, Marketing Support, Plaion SummaryBuild a unique character that reflects your in-game choices and personality.Explore an authentic medieval world that reacts to your words and deeds.Specialize your combat prowess to develop your character further. Warhorse Studios has meticulously crafted the open world of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II to give its players a historically authentic, deeply immersive portrayal of medieval Europe. One of the truly exciting features is the personal journey you’ll take through this world as Henry, the humble blacksmith’s son of the…
It’s bad enough to end up in the afterlife – and probably much worse to immediately be banished on arrival! No less when you’re just a cute little kitty. Crypt Custodian is the latest game from veteran developer Kyle Thompson, the developer of prior titles Sheepo and Islets. Just as with his other titles, Crypt Custodian is a top-down metroidvania with an extra focus on tight combat and movement, and represents a fun middle ground between quirky, meticulously crafted humor and visual flair next to tight, action-packed gameplay. You’ll play as Pluto, a mischievous cat-turned-janitor, and in your afterlife exile,…
Hello, PlayStation community! I’m Zane, the Lead Game Designer of Floatopia. Today, we’re thrilled to show you the World Premiere trailer for a new life simulation game where you travel in a superpowered world and meet new friends. We look forward to bringing Floatopia to the PlayStation community and joining you on your journey above the clouds. Play Video Embark on a journey in the clouds Our story is set in a fantastical world filled with superpowers that can be acquired through just a phone call. Unfortunately as the protagonist, you find that all the best superpowers in the world…
Category: gamescom Atomfall: The First Hands-On Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief Published August 21, 2024 Announced at Xbox Games Showcase earlier this year, Atomfall is the surprise new title from Rebellion (Sniper Elite, Zombie Army) that, on first glance, feels like a very British Fallout. A retro-future, post-apocalyptic setting, first-person RPG mechanics, and a world stuffed with weirdos all hearken back to Bethesda’s epochal series. But in my time with a first-ever hands-on build of Atomfall, it quickly became clear that there’s much more to this game than a location transplant. Set in an alternate timeline following the real-life Windscale…
Category: gamescomAugust 21, 2024 Let’s Build a Dungeon: The Game Dev Sim That Lets You Build Entire Games Yourself James Barnard, Game Designer and CEO @ Springloaded SummaryLet’s Build a Dungeon is coming to Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC in 2025. Run a game studio making a virtual MMO in this multi-layered game dev simulator. Announcing Creative Mode – a game-making sandbox brimming with all the tools you need to make and play your own game. Have you ever wondered what it takes to design and build your own RPG? Or your own cozy farming adventure? Our game development…
Category: gamescomAugust 21, 2024 Return to the Savage Planet for the First Time, Again Alex Hutchinson, Creative Director, Raccoon Logic Hello brave explorers! It’s been a few years since we last spoke and a lot has happened! Our old company Typhoon Studios was devoured, digested and then spit out by a much larger company on the very same day we released the final update to our last game: Journey to the Savage Planet: Employee of the Month edition. Fortunately for you, as we all sat around suddenly without a job and with no clear plan in the middle of a…
Joining us today is the main producer of the highly anticipated game Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Jun Furutani. This game has generated a lot of buzz in the gaming community, and we are thrilled to talk with him about it. In Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, the team has taken this legacy series to new heights. Today, we have the privilege of peeking into the creative process behind the game, exploring the inspirations and challenges the team faced during development, and getting an inside look at what makes this installment so unique. To understand the challenges behind this project, we will…
Category: gamescomAugust 21, 2024 Xbox Unveils Four New Accessibility Offerings Gaming Accessibility Team At Xbox, we are committed to empowering everyone to play the games they want, with the people they want, anywhere they want, in a way that works for them. This includes our mission of making gaming accessible for the more than 425 million players with disabilities worldwide. Today, we’re excited to share that three new accessibility devices and 3D printable files for adaptive thumbstick toppers will join our current lineup, giving players even more accessibility options to support their gameplay with Xbox. These new options – created…