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We first learned about Mina the Hollower, the Game Boy Color-inspired follow-up to Yacht Club Games’ popular Shovel Knight, back in 2022. Now, the studio has finally revealed its release date, and it’s coming this year. More specifically, Mina the Hollower will launch on PC on October 31, AKA Halloween.Yacht Club revealed this during today’s Summer Game Fest showcase, where it unveiled a world premiere look at Mina the Hollower’s fast-paced, combat-driven gameplay. Alongside the Halloween release date, the team also surprise-launched a limited-time demo that’s available on PC via Steam right now. Plus, the game will be part of…
Kyle Crane makes his big return in Dying Light: The Beast, a standalone adventure originally envisioned as an expansion to Dying Light 2. A new trailer that premiered during Summer Game Fest revealed the game is coming on August 22.Original Dying Light protagonist Kyle Crane has been captured and experimented on by the Baron. He escapes, but has gained new powers from the zombie DNA now coursing his veins. Set in the new world of Castor Woods, players must utilize their new abilities and Kyle’s parkour prowess to take down the Baron, either alone or in four-player co-op. Dying Light: The…
Scott Pilgrim is making a comeback via video game. The film came out years ago, and the comic has also been complete for some time, but the recent Netflix anime has shown that there is still an appetite for Scott and pals’ adventures. When it was shown on stage at the Summer Game Fest presentation, Geoff Keighley stopped short of calling it a sequel, but a new pixelated Scott Pilgrim beat ’em up is coming soon. Scott Pilgrim EX features music from Anamanaguchi (the creators of the soundtrack for the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World video game), and has a story…
IO Interactive has revealed that Mads Mikkelsen’s Le Chiffre, the villain from the 2006 James Bond film, Casino Royale, has been added to Hitman: World of Assassination as a new elusive target to kill. Le Chiffre is available as an elusive target in Hitman right now through July 6, so you’ll need to hop into the game within the next month if you want to take him down. Doing so will earn you a reward for use in 007 First Light, the upcoming James Bond game from IO Interactive launching next year. Check it out for yourself in the new elusive target…
Hot off the character’s success in last year’s big Marvel movie, Deadpool is coming to the video game world with Deadpool VR. Neil Patrick Harris is stepping into the leading role, and based on the banter from this reveal, he’s got a strong handle on the irreverent tone of the sometimes-hero. It’s a surprise to see a VR title for such a high-profile Marvel superhero franchise, but the involvement of developer Twisted Pixel gives good reason to be hopeful. Through titles like ‘Splosion Man and Comic Jumper, the team established solid cred for doing goofy humor, and that same team has…
Mundfish Powerhouse, the publishing arm of the studio behind Atomic Heart, has revealed ILL, a first-person survival horror game from developer Team Clout. It takes place in a dark, abandoned fort overtaken by a mysterious entity. It promises unpredictable monsters, a visceral dismemberment system, and realistic physics to “create an atmosphere of relentless horror.”Revealed during today’s Summer Game Fest showcase, Team Clout says ILL “challenges even the most seasoned fans of the genre with its disturbingly realistic horrors,” thanks to an Unreal Engine 5-powered physics system. These physics allow grotesque monsters to be mutilated and torn apart, Team Clout says…
The Year 3 DLC roster for Street Fighter 6 was revealed during Summer Game Fest. All Elite Wrestling’s own Kenny Omega does the honors of introducing the new fighters the only he knows how: cosplay. Joining the Street Fighter 6 roster are Sagat, Ingrid, C. Viper, and Alex. You can see how Omega looks in their garb in the trailer above (spoilers: fantastic) or just watch them in action by playing yourself. The Year 3 characters arrive on the following release windows:Sagat – Summer 2025C. Viper – Autumn 2025Alex – Early Spring 2026Ingrid – Late Spring 2026For more on Street Fighter…
Today is an important day. Game Informer magazine subscriptions are back! And so is the Game Informer Show podcast! We recorded our first episode earlier this week before all the Summer Game Fest announcements and before we had Switch 2s in our hands. Apologies for not talking about the absolute latest in video game news, but this first episode back was always meant to be a catch-up and a rundown of what to expect.Join Alex Van Aken, Marcus Stewart, Charles Harte, and me as we talk about bringing the magazine back, share what we did during our “time off”, and…
Devolver Digital has revealed Ball x Pit, a brick-breaking, base-building survival roguelite that looks like the next indie time sink I can’t wait to jump into. There’s a demo out today on PC, and it’s launching on Xbox Series X/S, Switch, and PC sometime this year (here’s hoping it makes its way to PlayStation 5 one day, too). This was revealed as part of today’s Devolver Direct, which went with a different approach to its summer showcase this year. Instead of the zanier off-the-wall antics of the annual summer Devolver Direct, which usually contains multiple announcements, it released a documentary called…
Drinkbox Studios has a strong track record at this point from prior releases like the Guacamelee games, Severed, and Nobody Saves the World. Studio co-founder Graham Smith claims that the newly announced Blighted is the team’s “largest and most ambitious game to date.”Revealed for the first time during today’s Summer Game Fest presentation, Blighted is an isometric action/RPG that calls to mind games like Hades at first glance, but the developers actually cite Metroidvania games as a core direction. Playable either solo or cooperatively, the game focuses on a lone survivor who must retrieve the lost memories of his destroyed village…