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The Gayming Awards are back for the second time in 2022 to celebrate LGBTQ+ video gaming and queer geek culture and honor the video games, tabletop games, comic books, and esports players that best championed diversity and inclusivity globally in 2022.
IGN will be hosting the Gayming Awards 2022 livestream, and this watch guide will provide you with everything you need to watch the show, including when it starts, where you can watch it with us, and what you can expect to see from the award show.
Gayming Awards 2022 Date and Start Time
The Gayming Awards 2022 will stream live from the Troxy Theater in London on Monday, April 25, 2022, at 11:45am PT/2:45pm ET/7:45pm BST. If you live in Australia, that translates to Tuesday, April 25...
Developer Orion Games has announced Arto, an action-RPG with a visually unique graphical style. It's in development for PC.
Arto features, as you'd expect from an action-RPG, plenty of weapons to unlock and upgrade as well as over two dozen enemy types to fight. But what makes it stand out is obvious by looking at the screenshots below or the announcement trailer above: it's the distinct art style, which Orion describes as breathing life into a word devoid of color. Each of the six biomes will deliver its own unique look.
The single-player story also promises a branching narrative with multiple endings, an open world to explore, and plenty of challenging boss fights.
You can wishlist Arto on Steam if you're interested.
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Borderlands 3 is finally getting cross-play after PlayStation initially blocked the feature.
As reported by GameSpot, developer Gearbox announced at PAX East that cross-play would arrive this spring, meaning players on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC can all play together.
The studio revealed last year that full cross-play was ready for Borderlands 3 but it was told to pull the feature from PlayStation consoles.
Cross-play was available in Gearbox's latest game, however, as Tiny Tina's Wonderlands included the feature from the moment it launched last month, allowing up to four players to play online together regardless of platform.
Sony has been historically resistant to letting its players join those on its competitors' platforms but...
Rocket League is getting a limited-time deathmatch mode.
Developer Psyonix is removing the ball in its new Knockout Bash mode as destroying other players becomes the only objective.
The eight-player free-for-all mode was revealed in a PlayStation Blog post and will introduce new mechanics including attack, block, and grab.
The event will only run for two weeks from April 27 to May 10, but features a number of tailor-made maps with various obstacles such as giant spiky pillars.
Maps also feature a "kill zone" where players must force their opponents in order to win using the new attacking, grabbing, and blocking mechanics, inspiration of which was taken directly from fighting games.
"We thought it would be fun if each move set...
A God of War: Ragnarok developer has reassured fans that the game will definitely be released this year.
To celebrate the last God of War game's four-year anniversary, director Cory Barlog had released a video saying, "I just wish that we could share [Raganarok footage] with you but it's just not ready to be shown."
That led to some concern among fans that the game would see another delay but, after a fan on Twitter asked Sony Santa Monica animation director Bruno Velazquez, he simply said: "Ragnarok is coming this year."
Originally due to be released in 2021, the game was pushed back "to ensure that Santa Monica Studio can deliver the amazing God of War game that we all want to play," PlayStation said at the time.
Some fans have...
An Elden Ring fan is travelling 30 years back in time by creating a Game Boy demake of the FromSoftware open world hit.
Twitch user shintendoTV is streaming the game's development live after announcing their plans in a Reddit post (below), where they said the game will be designed to work on real hardware – presumably the likes of Analogue Pocket, rather than an original Game Boy.
While they're currently unsure how much of the game they'll recreate (as Elden Ring is truly massive) Shintendo is at least hoping to make the complete opening area of Limgrave.
The demake is being made in GB Studio 3.0, something Shintendo calls "a really impressive and brand new piece of software" that's still in development itself.
This means that...
The Steam Deck's Dock will now have three USB 3.1 ports when it launches.
This comes instead of the previously advertised single USB 3.1 port and two USB 2.0 ports, as revealed on the Steam Deck's tech specs page and spotted by Review Geek.
The upgraded, faster ports essentially mean that most accessories, including storage drives, will be more compatible and effective.
The tech specs page also clarifies that the Steam Deck dock comes equipped with a gigabit ethernet port to go alongside the three USB 3.1 ports, plus further ports for the power-in USB-C, HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort 1.4 and the USB-C cable to the Steam Deck itself.
The docking station – which allows players to plug their Steam Deck into a TV or monitor and play it like a...
Dr. Dre was at the centre of Grand Theft Auto Online's The Contract expansion, but the hip-hop icon initially had no intention of getting involved.
Speaking to BET Music, rapper, producer, and GTA Online co-writer DJ Pooh said that Dre, not fully understanding what GTA was, didn't want to make music or appear in something intended for kids.
"Initially it was just 'no', but that's the normal answer you get from Dre," he said. "Dre's not a gamer. He just didn't play any of the games. It's not like he dislikes them or something, he just didn't play them. He was like, 'I don't make things for kids'."
As a big fan of gaming himself, Pooh took his PlayStation to Dre's mansion and showed him the game in action.
"He was blown away. He...
The director of the Star Wars: Rogue Squadron series wants to see a lot of Nintendo Wii features in any remaster for Switch.
A conversation was sparked on Twitter (below) after a fan asked Aspyr - the developer behind other Star Wars Switch remasters, including Jedi Knight II and The Force Unleashed - if it would ever make a new version of Rogue Squadron.
Aspyr said it would love to if fan demand was there, prompting Rogue Squadron series director Julian Eggebrecht to reel off his wishlist for the ultimate version.
It includes a lot of features from the unreleased Wii version of Rogue Squadron, the fourth and final iteration that was in development but cancelled due to legal issues between LucasArts and its game developers.
"The...
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Gearbox has announced that a brand new Tales from the Borderlands game will be released in 2022 from Gearbox and 2K, and it promises a new adventure, new characters, and "new tales."
Announced during Gearbox's Pax East 2022 panel by CEO Randy Pitchford, this new game will be fully revealed in the summer but, in the meantime, the first teaser image was shared.
Tales from the Borderlands was released in 2014 by Telltale Games told a story between the events of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3 and followed two unreliable narrators - Rhys and Fiona - as they searched for a vault and ran into fan-favorite Borderlands characters like Claptrap.
In our review of the first of five episodes of Tales from the Borderlands, we said, "With only...
Gearbox Publishing has announced Eyes in the Dark: The Curious Case of One Victoria Bloom, an atmospheric roguelite coming to PC on July 14.
Players take on the role of Victoria as she searches for her lost grandfather in the ever-changing Bloom family mansion, fighting all manner of monsters with a flashlight and slingshot in 2D twin-stick shooter style gameplay.
The game is being developed by indie developer Under the Stairs and will be available on both Steam and the Epic Games Store for $14.99.
"Eyes in the Dark creates an atmosphere of loneliness and isolation, all while giving you the tools to ultimately come out of the experience as a stronger person," said game designer Filip Neduk said.
"Victoria's trial - going through...
A new psychological horror game, No Return is coming on October 30, 2022… and it looks to be trying to pick up where P.T. left off.
The debut game from Chinese studio BlameTech follows in the footsteps of Silent Hills teaser, P.T. in that it’s about a man caught in an infinitely looping version of his own home. There are never-ending corridors, but with lashings of Chinese folklore, and mysteries to solve.
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The game, set in modern-day China, sees a man returning to his home and becoming stuck in a never-ending loop that reflects a mysterious family tragedy. “No Return tells a story of a broken home,” says the official description. “As one recollects memory fragments, not all memories are welcoming. Just...
Square Enix and People Can Fly have announced Outriders Worldslayer, an expansion to 2021’s chaotic looter shooter, will launch this June.
Outriders Worldslayer pushes the action into the further reaches of the world of Enoch, to regions where frost storms and blizzards have coated the landscape with snow and ice. This is the setting for Worldslayer’s new campaign, which sees the leader of the human insurgence faction, the incredibly powerful Ereshkigal, plotting her own future for humans on Enoch.
The expansion’s campaign features new additions to all of the key aspects of Outriders; there’s new zones, enemies and enemy variants, two new five-piece legendary armor sets per class, new multiclass three-piece legendary armor sets...
Forever Entertainment announced today that The House of the Dead: Remake is heading to PC (Steam & GOG), PS4, Xbox One, and Google Stadia on April 28 — 21 days after the game was released exclusively on Nintendo Switch.
Based on the 1996 arcade on-rails shooter, The House of the Dead: Remake has players assuming the role of AMS agents Thomas Rogan and G as they traverse across a mansion filled with zombies and other infected creatures.
The game was announced back in 2021 during the Nintendo Indie Showcase. It was slated to launch sometime in 2021 but was quietly delayed to 2022, with the publisher announcing in March that it would release on April 7.
The announcement of additional platforms comes as no surprise. Panzer Dragoon...
Overwatch 2’s Beta test is coming up on the 26th and I got to play a couple of hours of Closed Alpha time beforehand. While I didn’t get to play any PvE modes, I did get to experience how the new 5v5 PvP matches feel. There are quite a few hero changes and new maps coming with Overwatch 2 and while the Closed Alpha was very limited in what I could play, I got the general feel for how Overwatch 2 would play out in the PvP mode and got to try the new game mode: Push. Here are my impressions after participating in the Closed Alpha test.
First, Overwatch 2 does look absolutely gorgeous. The environments are clean and sharp and the hero looks are updated and refreshed. Opening Overwatch 2 felt like opening Overwatch at launch for the...
F1 22 is coming to PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X/S, and PC on July 1.
Publisher EA has promised the new game will bring the biggest shake-up in over a decade, with new features including VR support on PC through Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.
F1 22 will also include "expanded gameplay options" including sprint races, new customisation options for altering formation laps, safety car periods, and pit stops, and adaptive AI that matches player skill level.
An immersive, customisable hub world called F1 Life will let players show off and take in their collection of supercars, clothing, and accessories that are earned throughout the game.
Tracks have also been updated to match the 2022 season including updates to Abu Dhabi...
Bandai Namco has announced that Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series will launch on July 8 globally for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. This will happen alongside the previously announced Nintendo Switch launch.
This series collection, will launches a day earlier on July 7 in Japan, includes remastered versions of Klonoa: Door to Phantomile and Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil. There are also new features in this collection as well, such as easy and normal difficulty settings, and a hard mode that unlocks after clearing the game. Two player co-op is also available, as well as a challenging new Stopwatch mode.
Unfortunately, it looks like North American customers won't be able to purchase a physical copy of the game. However, boxed...
A fan of the post-apocalyptic RPG series Fallout recently shared a new PC he built with an atomic twist: the case was made out of the plastic mini-nuke replica that was included in the Fallout Anthology.
First spotted by PCGamer, The Fallout Collector, an individual known for sharing all things and memorabilia related to the RPG series, told IGN that the build is not incredibly powerful. It uses parts from a small form factor sixth-generation Intel NUC, which has been repurposed for a bomb-shaped rig that sports an i3 CPU and integrated Intel 520 graphics.
As you can see from the picture below, The Fallout Collector modified the insert of the mini-nuke to mount the motherboard. Those that own this collectible know the inside is used...
I’m kind of obsessed with handheld gaming. It’s the best, because you can fit it in no matter where you are or who’s using the TV. The problem with devices like the Nintendo Switch or Steam Deck (for anyone lucky enough to have one) is that storage space is limited. Thankfully, you can grab a hefty 1TB microSD card right now for $124.99, a huge and rare discount. That ought to give you plenty of room to install big games like Red Dead Redemption 2, NBA 2K22, The Witcher 3, and so on.
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Storage doesn’t come cheap, but it wasn’t long ago that these 1TB cards cost $400. This is the second-lowest price this card has ever gone. And you almost never find 1TB cards from reputable companies for lower than $125...
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga had the best LEGO game launch in history.
Publisher Warner Bros. Games revealed in a press release that the game has sold through 3.2 million copies in its first two weeks and surpassed sales records worldwide.
"The game has sold through 3.2 million units globally in its first two weeks and has exceeded sales records across every platform, region, and edition," said the publisher.
Breaking the franchise record means The Skywalker Saga's launch outperformed other titan entertainment franchises that have also had the LEGO treatment including Marvel, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and more.
The game was first revealed at E3 2019 and experienced delay after delay before launching earlier this...
Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries has revealed three new modes coming in Season 2: Lone Wolves.
These are headlined by the classic Halo mode King of the Hill, which arrives on May 3 alongside two brand new modes: Last Spartan Standing and Land Grab.
King of the Hill dates back to the original Halo game in 2001 and, while players can recreate the original mode in Custom Games, the standard mode is returning to Infinite with a twist.
Instead of just having one part of the battleground that players fight over, a new hill will spawn when the previous one is captured. Whoever takes the hill by spending uncontested time on it earns a point, and the team with the most points at the end of the match wins.
The Lone Wolves themed Last...
If you enjoyed tossing fireballs and teleporting around like a ninja in Outriders last year, then do I have some great news: developer People Can Fly is giving you just about every reason to return with its upcoming expansion, Worldslayer. Imperfect as it was, Outriders largely hit all the right notes with me when it launched, but some of that momentum was lost amid the utterly tragic server issues right out the gate and a story that largely fell flat. With Worldslayer, Outriders seems poised for a comeback, and if what I’ve played of it so far is any indication, this 2.0 upgrade to the memorable looter shooter might be just what the doctor ordered.
Worldslayer seems laser focused on making everything about Outriders bigger. New areas...
Ash Williams and the rest of the Evil Dead gang haven’t been resurrected to star in a video game since 2005’s Evil Dead: Regeneration, but that’s all about to change when S-Mart’s top of the line returns on, fittingly, Friday the 13th next month, in the aptly-named Evil Dead: The Game. After playing it, it’s clear that the new Evil Dead game draws heavily from the survival-focused shooting and looting established in the Left 4 Dead series in addition to the character-centric, skill-based horror survival of Dead By Daylight. This monster mashup certainly nails the right beats for frenetic fun between friends, and at launch, Evil Dead: The Game will support out-of-the-box crossplay for all modern Xbox and PlayStation consoles, as well as...
Atari is continuing its endeavor to revitalize a number of its arcade classics, this time with the reimagining of space exploration game Gravitar in Gravitar: Recharged.
Gravitar: Recharged is a remake of the original 1982 Gravitar, an arcade title that took the "rotate-and-thrust" controls from games like Asteroids and applied them to control of a tiny spacecraft exploring a solar system. Players navigate to a planet, and then must destroy bunkers on said planet while being fired upon and fighting against the pull of gravity. In its time, Gravitar was notorious for its extreme difficulty.
This remake joins a number of other games in the Recharged series that Atari has been using to bring back its arcade classics, including Breakout...
Torchlight: Infinite is the latest entry in the ARPG Torchlight franchise coming to PC, iOS, and Android. This title, a sequel to Torchlight 2, enters its latest closed beta on April 24th, 2022, and brings with it a slew of new content for fans to experience.
Jump into the Era of ember Tech in this Cinematic Trailer from the initial reveal.
Players can sign up now using their Gmail account or pre-register on TapTap to participate in the latest closed beta, which will be open to mobile players all across the world!
While the closed beta access so far has only been available for mobile players, the full game will feature cross-play and cross-save across all platforms, including the in-development PC version!
Torchlight Infinite...
One of Elden Ring's toughest bosses, Malenia, Blade of Miquella, is now automatically self-healing when players summon help.
While healing herself is one of Malenia's normal abilities, she is only meant to do so when her attacks hit the player. A bug in Elden Ring's latest update, however, seemingly means she can self-heal at any point of the fight and for no apparent reason.
Elden Ring's leading Malenia expert Let Me Solo Her spotted the bug when he was summoned to fight the boss.
His YouTube video shows it off clearly: even when there are no players near Malenia, never mind taking damage from her, chunks of her health bar shoot back up.
Other players have noticed it too, with reddit user Demonboy995 saying that it happened every...
Kao the Kangaroo left me nostalgic for a series I’d never heard of. I’m always searching for new platformers, I’ve gone through all the big names across the years and many smaller ones too, but if you’d asked me last month who Kao was, I couldn’t have told you. Like many mascots, Kao fell into obscurity but thanks to Tate Multimedia’s surprise reboot, he’s back in fighting form with a fresh story. Going hands-on with a preview build, it’s pretty easy but so far, I’m enjoying what I’ve seen.
Kao’s journey kicks off with a familiar premise, rescuing family members who disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Both his sister and father are missing, while an unknown foe called the Eternal Warrior’s begun corrupting the world with a...
Lost Ark's rumoured Battle Pass is now official and already available.
Amazon Games confirmed in a blog post that the Ark Pass would be included in the action-RPG as part of the April update that released today.
The Battle Pass works in the same way as Fortnite's or Call of Duty's: players will progress through levels for different rewards by simply playing the game or, in some cases, completing specific objectives.
The regular Ark Pass is free and grants several rewards across 30 levels including a mount, pirate coins, and honing material selection chests.
Two other versions of the pass are available at an additional cost. The Premium Ark Pass costs 1,500 Royal Crystals and adds extra rewards at each level including a Vertus Pet...