In Centum, a new game from Serenity Forge on display during Xbox’s spring indie showcase, you’re trapped in a computer game...or are you? The vibes of Centum are certainly spooky and the art style is reminiscent of Lucas Pope’s Papers, Please and just as bleak.
Imagine a roguelike MMO that’s just fighting raid bosses. In 33 Immortals, your job (along with 32 others) is to make it through ever-changing dungeons, preserving as many of your party members as possible, to face a massively difficult boss that gets easier the more players you have.
The Fallout TV show has everyone and their father (no seriously) wanting to try out the games. This should be great news if not for one teensy weensy little problem — these newcomers have no idea the world of Bethesda jank-flavored hurt they’re in for. Those mods? Crashed. Those textures? Never gonna display. That’s just how it goes in the Wasteland.
A sampling of the four modern games in the series for those jumping in after the Amazon show.
Stellar Blade launches tomorrow on PS5 and just in time for release day, PlayStation is sharing a new launch trailer and information on the game’s New Game + mode. Eve’s weapons, HP, and healing items will get level boosts. Skill trees will be expanded and there will be harder difficulties for players looking for a challenging fight. But most importantly, New Game + will add over 30 new outfits to collect.
Earlier this month, Bethesda announced that Fallout 4 would be getting a next-gen update (y’know because everybody wants to play a Fallout game now). That update is out today granting console players performance and quality modes along with other bug fixes and PC players get wide and ultra-widescreen support and the much-coveted Steam Deck verification.
While the combat is challenging and rewarding, it takes far too long to get to the good stuff.
Strange Scaffold, a studion know for a ton of really fun, really weird, indie games has been sitting on some of the coolest news I’ve heard all year:
El Paso Elsewhere, its Max Payne-style indie shooter that has you gunning down vampires and their queen who happens to be your ex-girlfriend, is getting a movie adaptation with Lakeith Stanfield tapped to play the main character.
