Saturday, 8 June 2024
Game News Round-Up Special Edition — Summer Games Fest
Special edition games-industry round-up: Summer Games Fest (8 June 2024).
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Astro’s Playroom has received new content and trophies ahead of Astro Bot’s release
- The free update adds new gatchas and new "special bots"
Nightdive revives a cult 2002 survival horror with The Thing: Remastered
- The remaster will be released on PS4/5, Xbox One / S/X, Switch, and PC (via Steam) later this year
Lego Horizon Adventures has been officially confirmed for PS5, Switch and PC
- Created by Studio Gobo; a Keywords studio and Guerrilla Games
- PS5, Switch and PC holiday 2024
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions dated and confirmed for PlayStation Plus day one
- PS4/4, Xbox One /X/S, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store on September 3rd
Stanley Parable and Tacoma creators fight back against onslaught of coffee games with tea-themed Wanderstop
- "Coming 2024" for PS5 and PC (Steam)
Sonic x Shadow Generations get release date
- October 25th
- Pre-orders get a SA1 skin for Sonic
- Shadow doesn't seem to have guns this time, but he gets edgy wings instead (Editor's Note: a decent compromise?)
Alan Wake 2's deliciously bizarre Night Springs DLC out this weekend, physical version finally due later this year
- Physical version releases "this fall"
- Night Springs DLC launches Saturday, allows you to play as Jesse Faden (Control), Shaun Ashmore (Playing Himself?) and Rose, the Waitress
StarCraft 2 dev David Kim’s RTS hybrid Battle Aces debuts at Summer Game Fest
- Mixes "RTS elements with deckbuilding"
- No release date given
Horror film production company Blumhouse marks its arrival with SIX game announcements
- “We’re going to do independent games, we’re going to look for creators and give them a platform, and encourage these creators to be weird and subversive, and find the most F’ed up, scariest things they can, and put them into really cool games.”
Digital Eclipse is making a new Power Rangers beat ’em up
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind will be released later this year
Terry and Mai from Fatal Fury are coming to Street Fighter 6
- Joined by M Bison and Elena
Civilization VII has officially been announced for 2025
- Civilization VII will be released in 2025, and will be released on PC, PS4/5, Xbox One / S/X and Switch