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After revealing the game with a CGI trailer back in December last year, Focus Entertainment and Saber Interactive have now followed up with their first developer update trailer of Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 over at Games Workshop‘s Warhammer Skulls event. Featured above, the new clip offers fans glimpses of previously unreleased footage and screenshots of the game’s various environments, highlighting iconic machines of war and Imperial emblems such as the Thunderhawk Gunship that we saw Captain Titus ride into battle on back in the announcement trailer and a massive statue of an ancient Ultramarine. While little is known about the game’s main plot for now, players can expect Space Marine 2 to continue from the original 2011 title, with Titus returning to battle after his ...

EA and Codemasters will be releasing F1 22 at the end of this month, but for those who aren’t so much into driving but prefer the technical and strategic parts of Formula 1, Frontier is now gearing up for the launch of F1 Manager 22 this August. As the first officially-licensed Formula 1 management game outside of mobile titles for over two decades, the upcoming title offers fans a truly immersive experience to lead a racing team at the pinnacle of motorsports. Featuring all 20 drivers and 10 constructors from the current season, you’ll be able to pick your favorite team and lead them to victory through the game’s Career mode, where you’ll set targets for the season as well as long-term goals for the board. Throughout the season, you’ll also be able to build your team by scouting...

After missing two consecutive years, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has announced that E3 will be officially returning both in-person and online next summer for the first physical event since 2019. E3 was first established in 1995, and over the years, it has become the video game industry’s premier convention globally, with its annual showcases typically attracting more than 50,000 people. While game publishers have largely shifted towards hosting their own digital showcases to adapt to the pandemic climate, E3’s organizers believe there is still a desire for gamers in the community to come together for face-to-face events. “We’re excited about coming back in 2023 with both a digital and an in-person event,” ESA president and CEO Stan Pierre-Louis told The Washington Post in ...

With the release window for Sonic Frontiers still some time away, SEGA has now announced an animated prologue for the long-awaited platformer. The reveal was made during the gaming company’s Sonic Central livestream event where it showed off a quick snippet of Knuckles standing in front of and seemingly protecting the Master Emerald in the midst of a storm. While other details revolving around Sonic Frontiers Prologue remain scarce at the moment, the animated project will no doubt set up the premise for the upcoming game. No release date has been provided yet either, but it’ll probably come out before the game itself, which is currently slated to arrive this holiday season. Sonic Frontiers aside, SEGA also took the opportunity to highlight some of the other Sonic the Hedgeho...

Nintendo is making an example out of Gary Bowser, a member of the hacking group Team-Xecuter, who was sentenced to 40 months in prison over pirating activity in February. The famed video game company described the sentencing as a “unique opportunity” to send a message regarding piracy, with the transcript of Bowser’s sentencing providing rare insight about the company’s stance on the issue. Nintendo’s lawyer Ajay Singh told the court that “this is a very significant moment for us,” adding, “It’s the purchase of video games that sustains Nintendo and the Nintendo ecosystem, and it is the games that make the people smile. It’s for that reason that we do all we can to prevent games on Nintendo systems from being stolen.” Singh also pointed out that Team-Xecuter could allow players t...

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has publicly slammed the Fortnite Tokens making its round on social media, calling the crypto currency “a scam” and threatening legal action against it. Taking to Twitter to share his thoughts, the CEO confirmed that the Fortnite Tokens are not created nor supported by Epic Games. “There isn’t a Fortnite cryptocurrency. The Twitter accounts promoting such a thing are a scam,” Sweeney tweeted. “Epic’s lawyers are on it. Also, shame on the cryptocurrency marketplaces that enable this kind of thing.” Sweeney also replied to the Twitter account promoting the Fortnite Tokens, directly and simply calling it a scam. The creators of the Fortnite Tokens responded with claims that their cryptocurrency is “a fair-launch, community-driven, Fortnite game fans-created cry...

At Sony Playstation‘s recent State of Play presentation, fans were treated to an announcement trailer for Street Fighter 6. Despite the latest addition to the Capcom fighting series being set to release 2023, leaks for the game have already surfaced. A series of artwork images appeared on Reddit revealing the full character roster for Street Fighter 6. Aside from already revealed characters Ryu, Chun-Li, Luke, Jamie and Kimberly, the leaks show almost 20 individual characters set to be playable in the game. Returning faces include Ken, Zangief, Dhalsim, E. Honda, Blanka, Guile, Cammy, Dee Jay, Rashid, Juri, Ed, and Akuma. While new characters come in the form of Marisa, Mimi, Lilly, JP and A.K.I. Head over to Reddit to check out the leaked Street Fighter 6 character roster. For more gaming...

Following a first look trailer released last summer, Annapurna Interactive and developers BlueTwelve Studio share another gameplay trailer and announce an official release date for the highly-anticipated cat simulator game, Stray. Stray is a third-person adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic cybercity in which players roam the murky world through the eyes of a stray cat who must untangle an ancient mystery to find its way home. Along the way, the cat will be joined by a drone companion that goes by the name B-12. The drone will allow players to talk to the city’s residents who happen to be unassuming droids with screen faces. While making its way through abandoned subway stations, underground canals, and neon-lit urban sprawls, the cat will be faced with puzzles and dangerous creatures ...

In celebration of the release of the newest season of Stranger Things on Netflix, Microsoft has unveiled a new Xbox Series S. Paying homage to the show which heavily relies on the ’80s pop culture reference, Microsoft has produced an Xbox to look like a cassette player from the Upside Down, rooted in 1980s nostalgia. Microsoft finds itself playing into the Stranger Things cultural phenomenon, creating an exclusively designed Xbox Series S. Called the Upside Down Xbox Series S, the special console features cassette player like buttons below the fan grill, as well as the Stranger Things logo on the side. The controller and the console also feature a weathered look, as if it has been entrapped in the tendrils, vines and the vicious floral and fauna found in the Upside Down. To complete the lo...