Apogee (@Apogee_Ent) and Strollart announced that Below the Stone, a retro-style roguelike, will launch in Early Access on Steam for PC and GOG in Q4 2023. A new demo is also available now on both platforms. The game will dig its way to Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4|5 and Nintendo Switch in 2024.
After earning a top-three “favorite indie” at OTK Games Expo 2022, and voted top-two favorite indie games at TooManyGames of 2022 and 2023, the highly-anticipated roguelike unveils what lurks beneath the surface of the Dwarven Kingdom, home to a long lineage of valorous and bearded miners ready to sacrifice it all to acquire the endless riches that lie below the surface. Grab a pickaxe and hack a path of endless adventure through procedurally generated caverns, caves and ancient ruins across more than 50 biomes.
Dive into the Dwarven Kingdom of Draggas and pickaxe a path through procedurally generated biomes. Craft tools to mine for raw materials, and merge rare metals and gems to unlock special stat-boosting items. Keep cave-dwelling gremlins at bay with magic powers, master melee and ranged weapons, and collect ancient artifacts and treasures laying deep within the mines.
Start out with the essentials of any fine dwarven explorer, a pickaxe and hardhat, and journey through five increasingly challenging underground layers. Complete missions from your dwarven allies to amass wealth and raw materials, and smelt dozens of unique metals and alloys to craft tools, weapons and gear for plundering the earth. Unearth rare metals such as Arcanium, Mithril, and Adamantine as well as mythical gems to spiff up and strengthen armor, or merge gems for powerful runes!
Outright Games released a new gameplay trailer for their upcoming action-adventure title Dragons: Legends of the Nine Realms, which releases on September 23rd for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Stadia and PC. The ultimate dragon adventure is ready to begin!
Taking players on an exciting adventure across the Realms of the Hidden World, including the twilight world of the Dark Valley and the cave of crystals in the King’s Realm, this trailer reveals more about the four unique dragons and their skills and abilities, as well as the powerful Dragon bosses they must defeat. See Thunder, Plowhorn, Feathers and Wu & Wei fly into battle and unleash some of their amazing powers, including ice and steam on Dragon bosses such as Fault Ripper, who can battle back with his blazing stream of fire!
Inspired by the DreamWorks Animation original series DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms, players will be able to soar and dive through the different Realms as one of this new generation of dragons on an epic quest to save Thunder’s family and rescue dragon-kind. Experienced players can also put themselves to the ultimate test in ‘Challenge Mode’, featuring replayable levels that become even more difficult after they have been completed.
Team17 announced a partnership with Rekka Games to publish the upcoming, up-to-four-player, co-operative beat ‘em up dungeon brawler, Bravery & Greed for Xbox
One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC later in 2022.
Evoking classic adventure video games of the 1980s and 1990s, Bravery & Greed offers four classes to choose from; the agile Rogue, the valiant Warrior, the eccentric Wizard, and the mighty Amazon, each with their own unique skills and abilities to help them survive long enough to loot everything (and anything) they can get their hands on. Bravery & Greed features
several unique game modes for players to jump into including Adventure mode – a traditional campaign with a variety of environments and enemies for players to tackle; Horde mode – an increasing challenge with waves of unrelenting enemies; and PvP modes for players to settle their grudges in head-to-head combat.
Check out the official trailer below.
Bravery & Greed Key Features
Multiplayer: Jump into the fun with up to four-player online and local co-operative gameplay, with a variety of both PvE and PvP game modes
Robust Combat System: Parry, dodge, and juggle abilities to unleash destructive spells on mighty foes, bosses, and even unsuspecting allies
Classes: Choose from four different and unique classes; Rogue, Warrior, Wizard, and Amazon, all boasting their own skills and specialities
Gameplay Altering Perks: Four different paths await, each offering up perks that will affect gameplay, but beware, once a path is chosen the player is committed to it until death
Items: The cavernous dungeons of Bravery & Greed are littered with items for players to pick up and equip; gloves, boots, amulets, and wands all share affinities with one of the four paths, use them correctly to devastating effect
NPC Followers: Hidden throughout the levels, humanoid and animal followers can be acquired to fight alongside players, helping usher them towards the glorious gold and treasure that awaits.
Featuring on multiple “most anticipated lists” for 2022, including for the likes of Eurogamer and Polygon, Cursed to Golf is a genre-twisting 2D roguelite golfer that features outlandish special abilities, diverse biomes, challenging bosses and a soundtrack that slaps harder than any heard in a golf game before.
In Cursed to Golf, you play as a would-be golf champion who tragically dies just as he’s about to win a tournament. Instead of making it to heaven (or hell), you find yourself in Golf Purgatory. If you can golf your way through the ever-changing 18 hole course spread across four biomes (Purgatory, The Oasis, The Caverns and Hell), you’ll be able to ascend back to life. Prepare for dungeon-like holes, often with multiple paths to the flag, littered with Grave Grabbers, deadly spikes, explosive TNT boxes and all manner of other traps and hazards.
Fear not, cursed golfer. For all the hazards that stand in your path, consider Chuhai Labs your friendly caddy, handing you a host of helpful tools to give you a chance of overcoming them. Shot Idols are a blessing from the golf god, awarding you extra shots for smashing through them, teleporters will take you closer to the flag, even TNT boxes can sometimes hide shortcuts, should you detonate them properly! On top of that, ACE CARDS offer you awesome single-use abilities that you could never use in real life. Rewind time with a Mulligan, freeze water with the Ice Ball,
guide your ball to its target with the Rocket Ball, get out of sticky situations with a Portal and blast your ball into three with the Scattershot. These are just a few of the over 20 power ups you’ll have access to.
In between holes, you’ll be able to drive around the map in your Golf Cart. You might discover some treasure chests, card packs, or come across a totally-not-shady-at-all guy who will meet you at forks in the road and help you choose a path to take. It’s always a good idea to stop by the Eterni-Tee shop to buy card booster packs, switch up your outfit, or store a few special cards in your binder so they can survive in between runs.
Cursed to Golf will be launching August 18th on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
On Xbox 360, starting Sunday, January 1st, The Cave ($14.99 ERP) will be free for Xbox Live Gold members through January 15th. Then on January 16th, Xbox Live Gold Members can download Rayman Origins ($14.99 ERP) for free through January 31st.
*Titles are available as free downloads for qualifying Xbox Live Gold members in all markets where Xbox Live is available. Some regions may offer different titles depending on market availability.
A massive "Winter Patch" for Battlefield 4 is now rolling out to players worldwide, adding a new game mode, improvements for soldier traversal, better collision detection, and a bunch of other fixes for the game. Check out the complete list of updates for Battlefield 4!
Grab your first look at some of the new helicopter psychics and maneuvers the "Winter Patch" adds to Battlefield 4. If you've ever wanted to do a barrel roll or a back flip in the helicopters, now you can. Check out this exclusive Xbox One Helicopter Gameplay and read on for the complete list of updates for Battlefield 4.
SOLDIER TRAVERSAL AND COLLISION
Significant improvements have been madeto how the soldier traverses the world. Walking over smallobjects, inclines and lips is now handled gracefully by the engine – it really has to be played to feel the immense difference this makes
NETCODE IMPROVEMENTS
Major improvements have been made to the Battlefield 4 network layer.
Improved long range network updates by adding a cone to the High Frequency Update
Network prioritization and filtering has been improved, now prioritizes health/damage, enemy players and vehicles above all.
The High Frequency Update now uses half a sphere and a 45 degree cone for players on foot
Vehicles now use a larger (front) hemi-sphere shape for collision improvements
Aiming down sights/zooming in sitting in a vehicle or on foot utilizes an even longer range cone for better target acquisition at a distance
Vehicle hemisphere shown in combination with zoomed view which use a more narrow longer range cone
Required bandwidth close to cut in half - Players with less stellar network connections should get a significant improvement, now able to
use the High Frequency Update.
Dune: Awakening Shows Off Stunning Unreal Engine 5 Gameplay & More Funcom (@Funcom) revealed a stunning new gameplay trailer and featurette for Dune: Awakening, the first episode of the new Dune: Awakening Direct series. Embark on a breathtaking journey across Arraki..
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