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AppWizard

June 5, 2025

Playdate Season 2 unearths the best game about digging since Minecraft

Dig Dig Dino is a game from Playdate's Season 2 that allows players to excavate dinosaurs and treasures using a team of anthropomorphic animals. Players dig through layers of soil with limited energy, using a shovel and drill to overcome obstacles like rocks. After each excavation, players can use their finds to purchase upgrades that enhance gameplay. The game features multiple areas to explore, offering a variety of skeletons and artifacts, and incorporates puzzle elements that require strategic thinking. It is designed to encourage repeated play and showcases the potential of the Playdate handheld device.

AppWizard

April 4, 2025

South of Midnight

South of Midnight is a video game developed by Compulsion Games for PC and Xbox Series X/S, set to release in early 2025 at a price of .99. It features a coming-of-age story centered around Hazel Flood, a teenage track star who embarks on a quest to rescue her mother after a hurricane separates them. The game incorporates elements of Southern Gothic folklore, including characters like a talking catfish and the child thief Huggin' Molly. Hazel, an African-American teenager, navigates themes of generational poverty and historical struggles faced by Black individuals in the South. The gameplay includes platforming, puzzles, and combat, reminiscent of action-adventure titles from the PlayStation 2 era, with a total playtime of around 10 hours. The game showcases a rich visual style with detailed environments and a stylized aesthetic, supported by a soundtrack composed by Olivier Deriviere. South of Midnight has received the Editors' Choice accolade and is noted for its narrative depth and cultural significance.

AppWizard

February 3, 2025

GeForce NOW celebrates 5 years of cloud gaming, library grows to over 2000 PC games

NVIDIA's GeForce NOW is celebrating its fifth anniversary since exiting Beta in February 2020, now supporting over 2,000 titles and featuring high-performance options like 4K resolution, DLSS, and ray-tracing. In February, it will introduce 17 new titles, including: - Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Feb. 4) - Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator (Feb. 6) - SWORN (Feb. 6) - Sid Meier's Civilization VII (Feb. 11) - Legacy: Steel & Sorcery (Feb. 12) - Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered (Feb. 14) - Avowed (Feb. 18) - Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Feb. 18) - Abiotic Factor (Steam) - Alan Wake (Xbox) - Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation (Xbox) - The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics (Xbox) - HUMANITY (Steam) - Murky Divers (Steam) - Somerville (Xbox) - Songs of Silence (Steam) - UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes (Steam) Additionally, in the last week of January, games like Space Engineers 2, Eternal Strands, and Dead Island 2 were added to the platform.

AppWizard

December 6, 2024

The Biggest Announcements From PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted 2024

Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault is scheduled for release in 2025 on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown features turn-based battles and a Paper Mario-style aesthetic. Sol Mates will enter early access on Steam next year. Cairn has a free demo available on Steam, with a full release planned for next year. The Legend of Baboo is set for release in 2025. MainFrames will launch on Steam on March 6, 2025, with a demo available. Merchants of Rosewall is set to release on Steam in the first quarter of 2025. Starlight Re:Volver will enter early access on Steam in 2025. SpaceCraft is expected to have early access next year. Abyssus is planned for release next year on Steam. Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap will be released on January 28, 2025. Robots at Midnight is set for release on January 29, 2025. Blue Prince will release in Spring 2025, with a demo available for early access. Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream is planned for release in 2025. Eternal Strands is set for release on January 28, 2025. Copa City is anticipated for release in 2025. Drivers of the Apocalypse has no announced release date. Legends of Awen: Rise of the Fianna has an unspecified release date. Spine does not have a revealed release date yet. The entire showcase is available on the official PC Gamer YouTube channel, and a dedicated PC Gaming Show page on Steam allows gamers to wishlist the newly announced titles.

AppWizard

December 6, 2024

Eternal Strands: Official Release Date Trailer | PC Games Show: Most Wanted

Eternal Strands is a third-person action-adventure game set to launch on January 28, 2025, available on PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. Players will engage in battles against towering creatures using magical abilities and powerful weapons.

AppWizard

December 5, 2024

How to watch the PC Gaming Show Most Wanted 2024 for another look at Avowed, The Thing: Remastered, and more

The PC Gaming Show Most Wanted is scheduled for December 5 at 12pm PST / 3pm EST / 8pm GMT / 9pm CET. It will be streamed on platforms like Twitch and YouTube, featuring localized subtitles in Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic. Highlights include a Q&A with Avowed game director Carrie Patel, insights into Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, a look at Killing Floor 3, details on The Thing: Remastered, and information about Mike Laidlaw's title, Eternal Strands. A group called "The Council," consisting of over 80 industry figures, will vote on 25 PC games to spotlight for the upcoming year. Notable members include John Romero and Brian Fargo.

AppWizard

November 15, 2024

Here are the nominees for PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted

The PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted will be broadcast on December 5 at 12 pm PST / 8 pm GMT across platforms like Twitch and YouTube. The show will feature a countdown of the 25 Most Wanted games, selected by a panel called The Council, which includes game developers and content creators. The selection process begins with a long list of over 100 unreleased games, narrowed down based on criteria such as game profile, premise, and creative direction. Only games set to release before January 1, 2025, or currently in Early Access are eligible. The final list is determined through a voting process using a 1-5 scale, factoring in Release Certainty and total votes. The nominees for the Most Wanted 2024 include titles such as Path of Exile 2, Deltarune, Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, and Grand Theft Auto 6, among others.

AppWizard

October 17, 2024

The 2025 game release calendar is going to tower over this year with constant major launches

The gaming landscape is set for significant changes in 2025, with many new titles expected to be released. Notable upcoming games include Avowed, scheduled for February 18, 2025, alongside Civilization 7 and Assassin's Creed: Shadows on February 11, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. GTA 6 is anticipated for a 2025 launch, though no specific date has been confirmed. The January 2025 release schedule includes: - January 16: Assetto Corsa EVO (Steam) - January 16: Dynasty Warriors: Origins (Steam) - January 28: The Stone of Madness (Steam) - January 28: Warside (Steam) February 2025 releases include: - February 11: Civilization 7 (Steam) - February 11: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (Steam) - February 14: Assassin's Creed: Shadows (Epic) - February 14: Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered (Steam) - February 18: Avowed (Steam) - February 28: Monster Hunter Wilds (Steam) March 2025 will see: - March 4: Two Point Museum (Steam) - March 20: Atelier Yumia (Steam) - March 25: Tales of the Shire (Steam) Several games are generating interest without specific release dates, including Grand Theft Auto 6, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. Other notable upcoming games include Control 2, Fable, and Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater.

AppWizard

August 20, 2024

Nvidia reveals over 20 future PC games with support for its RTX and DLSS graphics tech

Nvidia announced over 20 upcoming PC games that will feature its RTX and DLSS graphics technologies during Gamescom 2024. Notable titles include Black Myth: Wukong, which has over 2 million concurrent players on Steam and utilizes DLSS 3 and full ray tracing. The list of upcoming games includes: - Arena Breakout: Infinite (DLSS 3 and Reflex) - Avowed (DLSS 3, Reflex, and Ray Tracing) - Black State (DLSS 3, Reflex, and Ray Tracing) - Concord (DLSS 3 and Reflex) - Dragon Age: The Veilguard (DLSS 3, Reflex, and Ray Tracing) - Dune: Awakening (DLSS 3 and Reflex) - Empire of the Ants (DLSS 3 and Reflex) - Eternal Strands (DLSS 3 and Reflex) - FINAL FANTASY XVI (DLSS 3, DLAA, and Reflex) - FragPunk (DLSS 3, Reflex, and Ray Tracing) - Funko Fusion (DLSS 3 and Reflex) - Greedfall II: The Dying World (DLSS Super Resolution) - Killing Floor 3 (DLSS 3 and Reflex) - Kingmakers (DLSS 3 and Reflex) - Marvel Rivals (DLSS 3 and Reflex) - Mecha BREAK (DLSS 3 and Reflex) - Once Human (DLSS 3, Reflex, and Ray Tracing; patch available now) - Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap (DLSS 3 and Reflex) - Retrieval (NVIDIA RTX Dynamic Illumination) - SPINE (DLSS 3) - Test Drive Unlimited (DLSS 3 and Reflex) - Solar Crown - Unawake (DLSS 3 and Reflex) Additionally, Nvidia is offering a promotion where customers who purchase a new GeForce RTX Series 40 graphics card or a new PC/laptop with this series will receive a digital code for the PC version of Ubisoft's Star Wars Outlaws, which supports DLSS 3.5, Reflex, Ray Tracing, and RTX Dynamic Illumination.

BetaBeacon

June 28, 2024

The New York Times’ excellent word search game is now in its Games app

Strands, a word search game by The New York Times, has been added to the NYT's Games app on iOS and Android, allowing users to play crossword, Wordle, Connections, and Strands without leaving the app.