A Switch version of Goat Simulator 3 was announced at the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase August 2024. The announcement also revealed that the game is out today.

A digital version of Goat Simulator 3 releases today for Switch. A physical edition has been confirmed and will be released sometime in November 2024. The Switch version comes packaged with all content updates released for other versions. This includes the Easter, Summer and Holiday updates.

Goat Simulator 3 is the sequel to goofy indie hit Goat Simulator, where you play as a goat in a chaotic physics-based open world. It also contains multiplayer features that allows players to battle their friends in a series of quirky mini-games, both online and in local co-op. Players can choose a wide variety of goats to play as, including tall, angry and bipedal goats.

Goat Simulator 3 is out now digitally for Nintendo Switch. A physical edition will release in November 2024. The game is also available for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and mobile devices.

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Konami will be bringing three DS games to modern systems today in Castlevania Dominus Collection . The collection was announced at the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase August 2024 and will recieve a surprise release today.

The Castlevania Dominus Collection features Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin and Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. Since these games originally released for the Nintendo DS, the collection will include the ability to customize how the two screens appear together on one, along with options for controller input for touch controls. The collection also includes features such as a rewind and a quick save, along with a gallery and music player. The collection also contains Haunted Castle Reiminaged, a remake of the Castlevania-adjacent arcade game from 1988.

This is the third Castlevania collection to be released by Konami in recent years. The Castlevania Classic Collection contained early 8-bit and 16-bit games, while the Castlevania Advance Collection focused on games released for the GBA. These included Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, the predecessor to Dawn of Sorrow featured in the new collection.

The Castlevania Dominus Collection is out now for Nintendo Switch.

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A release date for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has been announced. The game will be released for PC and Xbox Series X/S on December 9, 2024, plus a PS5 release in 2025.

The release date for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was announced alongside a new trailer led by Troy Baker. The ubiquitous voice actor will be portraying the famous archaeologist in the game. In the trailer, we got to see snippets of gameplay, including the combat making use of brawling, shooting and Indy's iconic whip. Some puzzle gameplay was also shown off, including the use of photgraphy to help solve these challenges.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was first announced in a teaser by developer MachineGames in 2021. The game initally appeared to be an Xbox exclusive following Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda, and since been shown off in Xbox presentations such as the January 2024 Developer Direct and Xbox Games Showcase in June 2024. It is the latest of a long line of Indiana Jones games, from LucasArts point-and-click adventures in the 1980s to the Lego Indiana Jones games of more recent years.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will release on Xbox Series X/S and PC on December 9, 2024. It will also release on PS5 in Spring 2025.

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A new land vehicle, the REV-8, is coming to Starfield in a free update. This was revealed at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024 in a teaser trailer.

The REV-8 is a land vehicle that will allow players to drive around on planets at high speed. While the vehicle looks a lot like a moon buggy, it appears to handle like a sports car. The trailer shows the REV-8 drifting around moons and alien planets. It also has jet boosters underneath that allow it to jump and the ability to shoot while driving. The new vehicle will be coming to Starfield in a free update later today.

While the Gamescom announcement focused on the new vehicle, there was also a teaser for the Shattered Space DLC expansion at the end. While little was shown in this latest look, a release date of September 30, 2024 was confirmed. More news is likely to arrive during Xbox's own streams, where Starfield is confirmed to appear on August 21, 2024.

Starfield is out now for PC and Xbox Series X/S. The REV-8 vehicle update arrives today.

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2K Games and Gearbox announced that Borderlands 4 is in development at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024. It's set for release in 2025, and will be coming to PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

Borderlands 4 was revealed in a teaser trailer that opened the show. The trailer featured a mysterious planet that opens a rift and causes meteors to fall to a planet. When a mysterious figure with a robotic arm investigates the wreckage, they find an iconic Psycho mask, revealing the franchise.

The announcement comes immediately after the release of the Borderlands movie to theaters worldwide. However, it has suffered from negative reviews and poor ticket sales. The previous game in the series, Borderlands 3, was also recently a free PlayStation Plus game in June 2024, alongside Among Us and NHL 24.

Borderlands 4 is set for release sometime in 2025 for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

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A new story trailer has been released for the Silent Hill 2 remake, with Maria, Mary, James, and Eddie appearing prominently throughout it. The trailer shows off a range of scenes recreated from the original game.

The story trailer opens on a remake of the famous scene of Maria inside a jail cell, initially in a 4:3 aspect ratio to emulate the original game. This scene appears throughout the trailer, with much of the original dialogue intact. Other scenes shown off in the Silent Hill 2 remake trailer include flashbacks to Mary in a hotel room, scenes of James meeting Eddie and Angela lying next to a mirror. All these scenes appear to be faithful to the original scenes, with changes to some character designs and entirely new voice acting.

The story trailer also shows off a range of locations from Silent Hill 2, with some being the streets of Silent Hill, the pavilion in Rosewater Park where James first meets Maria, and a jukebox in a bar (possibly Heaven’s Night). We also get to see a clearer shot of the initial rest stop that’s been seen in previous trailers. In addition, the trailer features a new arrangement of “Promise” from original Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka. No new gameplay was shown off in the trailer, however.

The full trailer can be seen here:

The Silent Hill 2 remake was first announced in 2022 through a Silent Hill Transmission live stream, and a gameplay trailer was seen earlier this year at Sony’s State of Play presentation in January 2024. The remake is being developed by Bloober Team, who previously developed Layers of Fear and The Medium. Original team members Akira Yamaoka and Masahiro Ito are also involved in the game’s production.

The Silent Hill 2 remake will release on October 8, 2024 for PC and PS5.

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Cat Quest 3 is the latest in a series of adorable little action RPGs that have attracted a small but loyal audience. For the third game, the typical medieval setting has been ditched in favor of one based on pirates. And this high seas swashbuckler is one that you’ll want to get your paws on.

In Cat Quest 3, you play as an unnamed young cat pirate heading out on his first adventure with the ghost of veteran pirate Captain Cappey. Your adventure starts on a small island in the Purribean where you steal a ship and set off to find the mysterious North Star Treasure. Along the way, you have to deal with rival pirate captains all with their own plans for the booty.

This start sets a great impression. You’re immediately introduced to the various aspects of combat, which mainly consists of a melee weapon, a ranged weapon and a spell. Then you get a ship and can head off into the world after breaking the flimsy barrier between you and freedom. And I do mean freedom, as the world is fully explorable from the start of the game, although certain corners of the map will likely stomp you into a fur rug without a little levelling.

The Purribean Sea of Cat Quest 3 is small but dense. It’s an assortment of islands dotted around the ocean, all containing their own secrets and treasures. The ability to sail around all these places right out the gate offers a huge amount of freedom. Even within the story, you never fully feel like you’re being funneled into a specific direction. While there is a direct line of events that need to be followed, many of your objectives branch off into multiple locations that can tackled in any order, whether that’s collecting keys for a tower or defeating different pirate captains.

Tucked away between these main objectives are a ton of additional side stories, such as a lovelorn rat whose ghost still haunts his castle or a convoluted mail delivery chain that involves a wedding and a deep-seated rivalry. These side stories make exploring the world of Cat Quest 3 a joy. While you’re journeying to find where the game wants you to go, you’ll trip over countless side activities along the way. There is never a dull moment here.

The game is also determined to immerse you in its map, avoiding a lot of the tedium and bloat that can sometimes infect the open world genre. While your objectives will be marked on your map in the menu, the main game has no non-diegetic markers aside from an optional one you can place yourself. This forces you to use the environment around you to navigate, which I’m always a fan of. It helps that the map is small enough to become familiar without feeling too limited.

It manages to introduce the world to you without holding your hand too much. Your initial guides around the world are star towers that point vaguely where you need to go, but you have to triangulate with multiple towers to find your objective. In the process, you quickly become aware of which islands are where, and soon navigating this map becomes second nature. It happens to organically that I didn’t notice how little I was using the map for navigation until about halfway through the game. I simply headed off in whatever felt the natural direction at the time.

Combat in Cat Quest 3 is something you’ll find yourself spending a lot of time doing. It’s simple action-adventure fare, with a single attack button, a weapon switch and some optional spells, but the way these elements are brought together is surprisingly deep. There are multiple types of melee and ranged weapon, creating a range of combinations. You can attack with a sword, a shield or claws. The shield is slow and heavy, but offers more defense, while the claws are risky but speedy.

Meanwhile, ranged weapons include guns and wands, which offer different combat styles. Equipping the Meowchine Gun will give you weaker damage per shot but a massive clip, while the blunderbuss type weapons are powerful but can only fire a couple of shots before needing to be reloaded. Clothing and other equipment also adds a wide range of additional abilities, such as the ability to heal while attacking. The result of this is a combat system with a heavy amount of customization, making it suitable for anyone’s play style.

Combat also offers plenty of challenge. It’s not Dark Souls by any means, but there will be times where boss encounters will cause you some difficulties. Some fights might crush you unless you swap out your equipment to combat elemental damage, while others require alertness and liberal use of the dodge mechanic. This goes for ship combat too, especially as you get to more unique ships within the Meowtallica and Captain Takomeowki fleets. Ship combat against the captains’ flagships is especially stressful, as some of them can become slow-moving bullet hells. And every single one of these fights is a lot of fun, even when you’re beaten.

The story adds to the fun too. Cat Quest 3 has a simple plot, where you are racing against other pirates for a vague treasure that hides secrets, but the execution is fantastic. This is not a game that takes itself too seriously, most obvious in how many puns are baked into the game’s writing. Your enemies are actually called “pi-rats” and “meow” and “purr” are tossed liberally into any sentence that will fit them (and even a few that don’t). Every character you meet is goofy and charming, often with absurd quirks. But there’s also heart here too, as your protagonist and Captain Cappey develop a close friendship. You’ll fall in love with every single member of this cast.

Visually, Cat Quest 3 has a lot going for it too. It’s reminiscent of Square Enix’s HD-2D style, with layered 2D sprites mixed with 3D models in a diorama-style view. The characters sprites are adorable, especially the main character. He’s got a happy little face on him and seems to be having the time of his life in every animation. Even the save animation, where he hops into an immediate nap for recovery, is aggressively cute.

Cat Quest 3 is an excellent game, so much so that I’m scrambling to find criticism of it. It could maybe benefit from a fast travel system or a method to improve the speed of your ship. It could be seen as a little too short, clocking in at around ten hours if you really explore the world. The cat puns may become a little excessive at times. And that’s really all I can find to criticise it. Even then, many of these aren’t an issue for me, as the game’s density of content makes up for the length, the lack of fast travel may contribute to how intuitive the world is and the cat puns were all part of the charm.

I loved my time with Cat Quest 3. Exploration is joyful, combat is a lot of fun and the story is silly and charming in all the right ways. If you want a small but dense pirate adventure full of good humor, Cat Quest 3 is for you.

Cat Quest 3 is out now for PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One.

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The gameplay trailer for Beetlejuice in MultiVersus has been revealed, along with his release date. He will be joining the roster on August 20, 2024.

The new gameplay trailer shows off Beetlejuice’s MultiVersus moveset, which should be familiar to anyone who has watched the original 1988 Tim Burton movie. He can summon a sandworm through a door, turn his arms into bendy hammers and shapeshift into horrifying forms. In addition, other characters will receive Beetlejuice-inspired alternate costumes featuring his iconic black and white stripes and pale skin. Characters shown wearing these outfits include Joker, The Iron Giant and Harley Quinn.

Here's the full trailer:

While not featured in the gameplay trailer, Player First Games has confirmed that Beetlejuice will be voiced by Christopher Swindle in Multiversus. He previously played the character in Lego Dimensions. His other voice acting credits include Genshin Impact and Starfield.

Beetlejuice is the latest character to be added to Multiversus, a Super Smash Bros style fighter starring various Warner Bros characters. Other fighters on the roster include Bugs Bunny, Batman, Shaggy from Scooby-Doo and Agent Smith from The Matrix. Beetlejuice’s appearance in the game comes just ahead of the film’s sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which arrives in theaters on September 6, 2024.

MultiVersus is out now for PS5, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC. Beetlejuice will be added to the game on August 20, 2024.

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The release date for the Until Dawn remaster has been revealed in a new comparison trailer. The remaster will release on October 4, 2024.

As well as the release date, the new trailer also shows comparisons between the original Until Dawn on PS4 and the upcoming PS5 remaster. The new visuals have been rebuilt from the ground up, using the original game as a reference. Comparison shots show improved facial animations in a number of scenes, with the characters of Mike and Sam being highlighted.

Other scenes in the remaster have seen changes to the cinematography. A scene where Mike gets his finger caught in a bear trap is shown with a new depth of field putting more emphasis on his injury. Meanwhile, the Ouija board scene features new reaction shots from the cast that weren’t in the original game. Some gameplay sequences show a more active camera, often moving closer to the character in scenes that previously had fixed wide angles. The soundtrack is also being reworked.

Until Dawn originally released in 2015 for the PS4, developed by Supermassive Games. It starred Hayden Panettiere, Rami Malek and Peter Stormare in an interactive slasher movie, as a group of teens try to survive in an isolated mountain cabin. The remaster of Until Dawn was announced at the January 2024 State of Play showcase, although at the time its release date was only listed as 2024. It will be developed by new studio Ballistic Moon.

The Until Dawn remaster will release on October 4, 2024 for PS5 and PC.

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Tiana from The Princess and the Frog is the next addition to Disney Dreamlight Valley. She will be coming the game on August 21, 2024, along with additional new content.

Tiana had previously been confirmed as part of the Disney Dreamlight Valley roadmap, but the latest developer update has provided more details. Two new locations will be added alongside her: Tiana’s Palace and Tiana’s Meal Stall. Tiana’s Palace will be the setting of a quest where you help Tiana cook meals for her customers, while the meal stall will be a place to purchase meals on the go.

New costumes and furniture based on the 1920s setting of The Princess and the Frog will also be added. These include a flapper dress and a sweater vest. Donald Duck will also gain a Dream Style which dresses him in a patterned jacket and straw boater.

In addition to Tiana, the latest Disney Dreamlight Valley update will also feature the latest story expansion, "A Rift in Time Act 3: Treasures of Time." The story follows on from the end of Act 2, where Jafar opened a rift above the valley. This is causing time anomalies, such as turning Mickey Mouse into his Steamboat Willie iteration. Completion of this storyline will add Jafar to the valley.

The latest update will also add a number of improvements to Disney Dreamlight Valley. These improvements include the ability to favorite or hide outfit pieces and furniture, and outfit presets will allow you to save your custom outfits for later use. Cross-platform play is also being added for PlayStation systems.

Tiana will release for Disney Dreamlight Valley on August 21, 2024. The game is available now for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, iOS, Nintendo Switch, and PC

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Capcom has released a trailer showing off the Mega Man costume in Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster. The outfit will be available as part of the Digital Deluxe pre-order edition.

The Mega Man outfit is a costume available for Frank West to wear as he battle zombies in the Willamette Parkview Mall in the Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster. Despite being labeled as Mega Man, the outfit is more directly based on MegaMan.EXE from the Mega Man Battle Network series. The outfit will come with a music track, “Running Through the Cyber World” taken from the original Battle Network game.

The Mega Man costume is part of a selection of outfits available with the Digital Deluxe Edition. Many of these outfits are based on other Capcom games, including Leon Kennedy from Resident Evil 2, Ken from the Street Fighter series and Tron Bonne from Mega Man Legends. Each character will come with a music track that will play over the mall sound system while wearing it. While these outfits are part of the Digital Deluxe Edition, they will also be available separately as DLC.

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster will release on September 19, 2024 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC. Physical editions of the console versions will release on November 8, 2024.

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New Twitch Drops for Zenless Zone Zero are available now, offering Polychromes and other rewards. The streaming promotion will be running until September 3, 2024.

To take advantage of the Zenless Zone Zero Twitch Drops, players will need to link their Twitch account to their game account via the event page. After this, we will need to watch streams in the game’s category for set periods of time in order to claim the five different kinds of rewards.

Here are the Twitch Drops available for each duration of time watching streams of the game:

• 15 minutes – 12,000 Dennies
• 30 minutes – 2 Senior Investigator Logs
• 45 minutes – 3 W-Engine Energy Modules
• 60 minutes – 2 Bangboo System Widgets
• 120 minutes – 50 Polychromes

The event is currently active and will be running until September 3, 2024. Players who do not link their Twitch account with their Zenless Zone Zero account will still be able to claim their rewards within seven days of the end of the event if they connect within that time. To claim the rewards, hit the Claim button on Twitch, and an in-game mail will be sent within 24 hours. The email will be valid to claim for 30 days.

The Twitch Drops coincide with the launch of the 1.1 update of the game. Along with new Story Commissions, the new Agent Qingyi and her signature Ice-Jade Teapot W-Engine are now available through Signal Search.

Zenless Zone Zero is available now on PC, PS5 and mobile devices, and the Twitch Drops event will continue until September 3, 2024.

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A PC release of Red Dead Redemption may have been teased, thanks to an unexpected source. This game’s PlayStation Store listing briefly displayed some extra text mentioning a PC version of the title. [Thanks, @Wario64!]

The change to the Red Dead Redemption listing stated that the game was “now on PC for the first time ever” despite there being no official announcement of this release. This is also notable for being on PSN, despite this not being a PC storefront, and because the PS4 version of the game has been out for almost a year.

While the description was similar to the standard PSN listing for Red Dead Redemption, there were mentions of PC-specific features. These included increased options for greater resolutions and framerates, alternate display options and spatial surround sound. Screenshots have been circulating on social media after the description was first noticed, although this new description has since been reverted back to the original from 2023.

A PC release is highly anticipated for Red Dead Redemption. Despite the game’s critical and commercial success since its initial release in 2010, the game has remained a console exclusive. The game originally released for the PS3 and Xbox 360, with a re-release in 2023 for PS4 and Nintendo Switch. Its sequel, Red Dead Redemption 2, did release for Steam and the now-defunct Stadia streaming service.

Red Dead Redemption is out now for PS4 and Nintendo Switch. A PC version may be in the works.

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A PC benchmark tool for Black Myth: Wukong has been released on Steam. The program will allow players to test the game on their system ahead of the full game’s release on August 20, 2024.

The Black Myth: Wukong benchmark tool allows players to test the game’s various graphical settings to ensure the game runs smoothly on their PC. The tool is not a playable demo, and instead will feature examples of visual effects to test performance. The benchmark tool is only available for Steam, although the final game will also be launching on PC through the Epic Store and WeGame for Chinese players.

In addition to the benchmark tool, Game Science has released the final pre-release trailer for Black Myth: Wukong. This 4-minute trailer features all-new gameplay featuring new weapons and characters. We also get to see a range of locations, including a snowy mountain, a harsh desert and a forest containing living tree beings.

Game Science also announced a new pre-order bonus. Players who order now will obtain the Trailblazer’s Scarlet Gourd item. However, this item can be obtained normally within the game. Three special editions are also available to pre-order, as revealed at Summer Game Fest 2024. The Digital Deluxe Edition adds a few additional in-game items and a digital soundtrack, the Deluxe Edition comes with additional merch and the Collector’s Edition comes with a 40cm figure of the game’s protagonist.

Black Myth: Wukong will release for PC via Steam and PS5 on August 20, 2024.

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A new timed event for Zenless Zone Zero focused on unique coffee bonuses called Coffee Sorcery: Tuning is about to begin. HoYoVerse noted it will involve bonuses for drinking special event coffee in-game between August 7-12, 2024.

Two new coffee varieties will be available from Coff Cafe during the Zenless Zone Zero event, each of which will offer special bonuses. Ginseng Americano will allow players to obtain double Drive Disc rewards during Routine Cleanup missions. Meanwhile, Mint Espresso will award double Plating Agent drops in Combat Simulation missions. Due to the rewards on offer, the event will only be open for players who have unlocked the Routine Cleanup missions. As with all coffees in the game, only one coffee can be purchased a day, and its effects will last the whole day.

The "Coffee Sorcery: Tuning" event will run almost up until the release of the first major update for Zenless Zone Zero. The 1.1 Update will release on August 14, 2024 and feature new Agents Jane Doe, Qingyi and Seth Lowell. These Agents will feature heavily in a new storyline featuring the Criminal Investigation Special Response Team.

Zenless Zone Zero is out now for PC, PS5 and mobile devices. The "Coffee Sorcery: Tuning" event will run from August 7-12, 2024.

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