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Has anyone heard of this? It's a new Atari console, that seems to re-create the 7800, but updated for modern times. As well, they are releasing a new game with it called Bentley Bear’s Crystal Quest, which is a sequel to the 7800 game Crystal Castles. I don't know who wants this, and I can't imagine it's going to sell very well compared to other retro style consoles. The new console will connect via HDMI, have USB C connections, and will play 2600 and 7800 games. If interested in picking up this, it'll set you back $129.99. It's currently available for pre-order, and will ship in winter of 2024. So right in time for the holidays! You can view the console here - https://atari.com/products/atari-7800

I had no idea about this, but Valve has a new online multiplayer game, or MOBA, coming soon called Deadlock. I guess it's been hugely popular as of late with people getting invites to play from developers, so much so that it has already reached a 90K player count, and it's not even released officially yet. You can read about that bit of news here if interested: https://www.videogamer.com/news/new-valve-moba-deadlock-close-to-reaching-90k-peak-player-count-mere-days-after-reveal/ Anyway, I can't seem to find a trailer even, but there has been some people releasing videos on YouTube of the gameplay. You can get an idea for what the game will be like via the video below. This of course is an early build and there is a ways to go, but many are comparing to battleborn, overwatch and some other style of shooters. Here's the steam page if you're even more curious about it: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1422450/Deadlock/

Has anyone here ever heard of this one? It's an upcoming action RPG. It kinda looks like one of those souls-like games, similar to Dark Souls, Bloodborne, etc. There currently is no release date, but I imagine sometime in 2025 or later. Check the trailer out below and discuss your thoughts on the game.

Has anyone here played a game called SCUM? It seems to be another one of those open world zombie games similar to DayZ. But on Steam it's been getting good reviews. It's been in early access since 2018, but I assume an official release is coming soon. Check out the trailer below.

Atomfall is an upcoming action adventure game from the good people at Rebellion. This game looks quite ambitious. I am getting kind of a Fallout vibe from it for some reason. It is supposed to release March 2025 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Epic Games.

This game looks awesome, it's from the people at Motion Blur. They say it's like a combination of Metal Gear Solid and Portal, and honestly that sounds like a great combination. There is no official release date yet, but I assume sometime in 2025-2026. Check out the original trailer below: And a new gameplay video showing off the game in 4K and RTX.

Dying Light is back and from the looks of it, you may have some special abilities. This was another announcement at Gamescom recently. The trailer doesn't show much, but it does tease some gameplay throughout the second half of the trailer. According to the synopsis in the description of the YouTube video, you play as someone who has gone through experiments. I assume it results in some zombie like powers being given to the player. Check the trailer out below and give us your thoughts: https://youtu.be/nlRgYzaPAjY

The team that brought you MudRunner and SnowRunner are now brining us a game called RoadCraft. It takes what Saber has done with those popular games to this one. The only difference is that in this one, it looks like you're responsible for a construction crew and have to build roads. Hence why it's called RoadCraft. Is this something you can see yourself playing? It will release sometime in 2025 for the PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC (via Steam).

Towerborne was recently shown off at Gamescom. It's an upcoming action RPG from Stoic coming to Xbox in 2025 sometime. It looks like it'll have some online co-op as well, the trailer shows up to 4 people. I hope you can play with others, that'd be fun. The fun thing is that they are doing early access for the game September 10th 2024. Check the newest trailer below. It looks graphically stunning.

Mafia is back baby, and it will be going back in time. A new trailer was revealed during Gamescom, and The game is titled Mafia: The Old Country, and it's expected to release in 2025. Do you think this will be one of their best since Mafia II? I know Mafia III didn't do so hot, and wasn't a well received game, so I hope this turns the franchise around to being a good series again. Check the trailer out below.

This game looks very similar to The Sims in that it looks exactly like a life simulator. But the graphics are more realistic. I saw one of the comments on YouTube compare it to The Sims and GTA combined. It's also from the team who brought out PUBG it seems. There currently is no release date, but I assume it will probably drop sometime in 2025. Check the trailer below.

Borderlands 4 has officially been announced. They released a new cinematic trailer, but it doesn't show a whole lot. Which is to be expected being a tease. So now that Borderlands 4 is official, who is ready for it? But it's expected to drop sometime in 2025. So not far too go either.

This one looks like an interesting platformer. You play as a floppy disk inside of a PC's operating system. You have to jump between windows on a desktop screen to go to the next area. I'm doing a horrible job explaining it, so will let the trailer better explain what the game is like: It drops sometime in 2025 for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam.

Source - https://twistedvoxel.com/microsoft-to-bring-deadpool-other-marvel-games-back-on-sale/ Seems that Xbox might be bringing back some previously de-listed games. So far the discussion has brought up games like Deadpool and Marvel Ultimate Alliance, which is said to be happening as Microsoft is actively trying to renew the licenses to bring them back. If this happens, we could potentially see more de-listed games. I think it's better not than ever considering games like Deadpool are expensive physically. This at least will give games the ability to grab these games for cheaper digitally. I hope Xbox continues to work out the licenses for these games.

Has anyone here played Cattie? I see it was recently released on the Switch, but it's been available on Steam since Nov 2023, and just released on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series X|S and now the Switch this month. The game reminds me a lot of Super Meat Boy and Celeste I think it was, in how you navigate levels and obstacles. But it's even more in a retro style. It's been out since the 7th of Aug on consoles. Has anyone here played it at all? Worth checking out?

Crime Scene Cleaner is exactly like it sounds, you play as someone tasked with cleaning up crime scenes for money. It reminds me a lot of games like Power Wash simulator, where the point is to essentially clean stuff. Seems simple enough. Not really much of a challenge from what I see, but neither was something like Power Wash Simulator. It was just more a relaxing game to play if anything, so I wonder if this could be similar in that way. If this something you see yourself playing? It just released on steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1040200/Crime_Scene_Cleaner/

The PlayStation VR 2 just got a new game called Compound today. It looks like a lot of fun. It's said to be a randomized rogue-lite, free-roaming FPS. The cool thing I like about it, is the old retro style 3D graphics. It's going to be interesting playing something like this in VR. Check the trailer out below. It's out now for the PS5 on PSVR 2.

The people over at Cultured vulture did a top 10 list of forgotten PS1 games that you should consider seeking out. Do you recognize any of the games in the video? I own a copy of Einhander, it's one of my personal favorites growing up. I have heard of Silent Bomber, One and maybe MDK. But I don't recall many of the others listed. Check out the list here as well - https://culturedvultures.com/forgotten-ps1-games/ Out of the ten mentioned. Which ones are your faves?

Grit and Valor: 1949 is an upcoming mech action roguelite with some real-time tactics in the mix. It takes place in an alternate history where world War II continues on into 1949. It won't be coming out until 2025, but looks to be dropping for the PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch consoles.

I am so glad they are doing a sequel to this. I feel the first game was kinda overlooked. So maybe more people will check out this one. For those wondering, it's a game that takes place in 15th century Medieval Europe. It's an action RPG like the first game was. It's supposed to drop sometime this year to.

Dead By Daylight is still going strong, and I think it's mainly due to the many collabs this game has gone through over the years. Hell they're even getting a film adaptation, so that's saying something. So far they have 26 collabs under their belt, with two more coming this month with Castlevania and sometime in 2025 they are getting a Five Nights at Freddy's collab, making it out to 28 total collabs since the game launched in 2016. You can view all of the collabs or crossovers as they put it, at this link here: https://fictionalcrossover.fandom.com/wiki/Dead_by_Daylight What collabs would you like to see them do next? I'd be down for something like The Thing would be great. Maybe a twist of it could be that the thing could disguise itself as another player. That'd be cool. What do you think? Discuss what collabs you'd like to see.

For some reason I've been on a Dexter's Laboratory kick, maybe it's due to Cartoon Network going through changes as of late. Last I heard they closed their original site down and anyone who access it are asked to sign up for a WB streaming account or something. Anyway, that's not the point of this topic. I'm curious about the only Dexter's Laboratory games, those being: Dexter's Laboratory: Robot Rampage (GBC) - Released in 2000 Dexter's Laboratory: Deesaster Strikes! (GBA) - Released in 2001 Dexter's Laboratory: Mandark's Lab? (PS1) - Released in 2002 But, the Cartoon Network site also had flash games. I remember playing one in particular back when I was a kid. All I can remember about it, is that it's a puzzle game where you play as Dexter having to collect computer chips or something in order to unlock a door to go to the next level. I think you also had to move blocks around to navigate a the level better. If anyone can recall the title, that'd be great, because it was my favorite game about Dexter's Laboratory. Anyway, out of the three big games above, which one is the more enjoyable? The PS1 game looks kind of awful, mainly the 3D graphics don't look to have aged all too well. But I am curious about the GBA and GBC game. Is either worth checking out? I can probably go searching at thrift stores or ebay for a copy of both.

Impaler is an FPS arena shooter that reminds me a lot of Doom and Wolfenstein. It's been out for a while already, so has anyone played it? It's available on Steam under Impaler Gold now, which includes some extras to the base game. It seems this new update just dropped. If you have played it, how is it? Worth checking out? https://store.steampowered.com/app/1573090/Impaler_Gold/ It's also available for GOG

This is sad news. Ready At Dawn is shutting down at the hands of Meta, who bought up the studio back in 2020. The studio lasted for 21 years and produced games like; Daxter, God of War: Chains of Olympus & God of War: Ghost of Sparta for the PSP. They also helped develop the Wii version of the popular Okami. Their last major release was with the PS4 exclusive, The Order: 1886. Which didn't do so hot. Ever since, they moved on to doing VR with Lone Echo for the Oculus Rift in 2017. And that's essentially where things end for the studio, as their last release, Lone Echo II, came out in 2021. You can read about this news here: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/meta-shuts-down-quest-developer-ready-at-dawn

With the recent release of Fallout: London, the big mod released for Fallout 4 that adds a completely new area (London) and a whole new story and cast of characters. And this is all made by fans of the game. But, are there other fan projects similar to this one, where someone has made a mod that is like a completely new game? I like when fans and gamers keep an old game alive, whether that means to add new story missions, quests, characters, locations, etc. Are there any fan communities that have put out massive mods like Fallout: London, but for other games? If so, what games are being kept alive like this by fans?