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Dawn of Defiance – Official Announcement Trailer

2024/05/08
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

The age of the Gods ends here: independent video game studio Traega Entertainment today revealed Dawn of Defiance, an open-world, crafting-survival game inspired by ancient Greek mythology. Launching in early access later this year on Steam and the Epic Games Store, Dawn of Defiance combines all the essentials of the survival genre with divine powers, expansive crafting, and co-op multiplayer for up to four players.

You are the Defier of Gods. Ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero, venturing across the ruined Isles, building impressive temples, and vanquishing the Gods’ followers to gain their mythic abilities. Gather resources, construct a base, craft and upgrade your gear, and face down the legendary challenges of the Gods with friends or on your own to survive.

Key Features

  • Survive the Isles: You awaken on a forgotten shore. Starting from nothing, you must hunt for resources and arm yourself against the many dangers of the Isles.
  • Explore the Ruins: Venture across the Isles, explore landmarks, discover treasure, and take on the Gods’ challenges. Grow in strength with each victory through new recipes and upgrades.
  • Customized Crafting: Select the design of your weapons, craft with a range of ingredients, and build impressive structures that rival the very halls of Olympus.
  • Defy the Gods: Face off against the mighty followers of the Gods, complete altar challenges, and prevail on the Isles. Only then will you prove yourself in the name of Defiance.
  • Band Together: Undertake this deadly odyssey on your own, or recruit up to three friends to aid your journey at any time in online cooperative multiplayer.

#DRIVE Rally Official Launch Trailer

2024/05/08
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox Series X News

Pixel Perfect Dude has the 3-2-1 GO to announce that #DRIVE Rally will be sliding onto PC, Mac into Early Access this autumn, with PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch coming swiftly behind in 2025, bringing with it a wave of ’90s rally racing nostalgia! The 1990s are widely considered to be the golden era of rally racing, and the team is excited to bring that radical nostalgia back with a modern twist. Be sure to catch the high-octane action by checking out the trailer below!

See the release window trailer for #DRIVE Rally here!

#DRIVE Rally isn’t just a trip down memory lane; it’s an arcade-inspired rally-driving experience set in the golden racing era of the ‘90s. From the lush, evergreen forests of Holzberg in Germany, to the twisty, arid roads of the American southwest, #DRIVE Rally offers a variety of iconic tracks and legendary rally cars that players can tune and customize. Whether you’re a newcomer or a seasoned pro, the game ensures that every race is challenging and rewarding. Plus, co-drivers aren’t just there for the ride—they bring personality to the journey with their unique brand of humour and insightful driving directions!

Twisters Gets Second Official Trailer

2024/05/08
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, Movie News, News, Trailers / Videos

This summer, the epic studio disaster movie returns with an adrenaline-pumping, seat-gripping, big-screen thrill ride that puts you in direct contact with one of nature’s most wondrous—and destructive—forces.

From the producers of the Jurassic, Bourne and Indiana Jones series comes Twisters, a current-day chapter of the 1996 blockbuster, Twister. Directed by Lee Isaac Chung, the Oscar® nominated writer-director of Minari, Twisters stars Golden Globe nominee Daisy Edgar-Jones (Where the Crawdads Sing, Normal People) and Glen Powell (Anyone But You, Top Gun: Maverick) as opposing forces who come together to try to predict, and possibly tame, the immense power of tornadoes.

Twist

Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi (Golden Globe nominee Anthony Ramos, In the Heights) to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. There, she crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Powell), the charming and reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures with his raucous crew, the more dangerous the better.

As storm season intensifies, terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed, and Kate, Tyler and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.

Twisters features an exciting new cast, including Nope’s Brandon Perea, Sasha Lane (American Honey), Daryl McCormack (Peaky Blinders), Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Nik Dodani (Atypical) and Golden Globe winner Maura Tierney (Beautiful Boy).

From Amblin Entertainment, Twisters is directed by Lee Isaac Chung and is produced by Oscar® nominee Frank Marshall (Jurassic and Indiana Jones franchises) and by Patrick Crowley (Jurassic and Bourne franchises). The screenplay is by Mark L. Smith, writer of the Best Picture nominee The Revenant. Twisters will be distributed by Universal Pictures domestically and by Warner Bros. Pictures internationally.

  • Genre: Disaster Epic
  • Cast: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Maura Tierney, Brandon Perea, Daryl McCormack, Sasha Lane, Kiernan Shipka, Nik Dodani
  • Director: Lee Isaac Chung
  • Screenplay by: Mark L. Smith
  • Producers: Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley

Stellaris: The Machine Age Expansion Out Now

2024/05/08
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

Today, Paradox Interactive launched The Machine Age, the new major expansion for its sci-fi strategy game Stellaris. The Machine Age is available on PC for €24.99/$24.99/£16.45 or is part of Stellaris Season 08, which encompasses three upcoming additions for Stellaris and the exclusive “Rick the Cube” portrait. Additionally, it is part of the Expansion subscription offer that includes all additional content for Stellaris for a monthly fee. The Machine Age is coming alongside the free update 3.12 “Andromeda” featuring numerous bug fixes and updates for machine worlds and empires.

NEW ENDGAME CRISIS AND CRISIS PATH
Players will face a new synthetic threat in a brand-new Endgame Crisis, or will themselves become the threat to the balance of the universe in a new Crisis Path.

INDIVIDUALISTIC MACHINES
Your machine empires are no longer limited to gestalt consciousness and can have individual personalities and more diverse stories and origins. Further customize your empire with 3 new Machine Ascension Paths.

NEW SITUATIONS AND ADVANCED AUTHORITY SWAP
As you delve ever closer to the mind of the machine, you will have to face new challenges for your society. Every decision matters and the only certainty is that your empire will not be the same after its Ascension.

3 NEW ORIGINS

    • Cybernetic Creed: Your empire pursues a divine calling: the holy fusion of the body and cybernetics. Augmentation is worship.
    • Synthetic Fertility: Once a thriving society, a novel genetic disease leaves your empire unable to reproduce biologically. Digital salvation seems the only option to avoid extinction.
    • Arc Welders: Hailing from a world starved for space, a robotic society turns to the stars for resources.

D&D – Vecna: Eve of Ruin Early Access Starts Today

2024/05/07
Jerry Paxton
Book News, Geek News, News

Prepare to save existence from the notorious lich Vecna as Wizards of the Coast releases Vecna: Eve of Ruin! The fate of the multiverse hangs in the balance beginning today with the start of early access on D&D Beyond and with physical copies available exclusively at local game stores. The adventure will be widely available on May 21, 2024.

Players who pre-ordered Vecna: Eve of Ruin will not only gain early access on D&D Beyond today but will also receive Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye, a one-shot adventure for 3rd-level characters that serves as a prequel, introducing players to the lich-god’s cultists and their evil machinations.

Fans can otherwise purchase Nest of the Eldritch Eye for $4.99 when Vecna: Eve of Ruin becomes available everywhere on May 21.

About Veca: Eve of Ruin

The notorious lich Vecna is weaving a ritual to eliminate good, obliterate the gods, and subjugate all worlds. To stop Vecna before he remakes the universe, the heroes work with three of the multiverse’s most famous archmages, travel to far-flung locales, and rebuild the legendary Rod of Seven Parts.

Vecna: Eve of Ruin™ is a high-stakes DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® adventure in which the fate of the multiverse hangs in the balance. The heroes begin in the Forgotten Realms® and travel to Planescape®, Spelljammer®, Eberron®, Ravenloft®, Dragonlance®, and Greyhawk® as they race to save existence from obliteration.

A DUNGEONS & DRAGONS adventure for characters of levels 10–20.
For use with the fifth edition Player’s Handbook®, Monster Manual®, and Dungeon Master’s Guide®

Gothic Classic Khorinis Saga Announced for Nintendo Switch

2024/05/07
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Nintendo Switch, Trailers / Videos

Prepare to embark on an unforgettable journey to the mystical island of Khorinis, where two of the most beloved RPGs of all time await your discovery. Introducing the Gothic Classic Khorinis Saga, a captivating bundle featuring the timeless classics Gothic and Gothic II Complete. Immerse yourself in over 100 hours of epic RPG adventures, perfectly optimized for Nintendo Switch™, starting June 27th, 2024. The Gothic Classic Khorinis Saga will be available at an SRP of €39.99 / $39.99 / £34.99 and is a retail exclusive edition, so be sure to check with your favorite game vendor!

Check out the trailers for both games:
Gothic Classic Release Trailer:

Gothic II Complete Classic Release Trailer:

Gothic & Gothic II Complete Classic are individually available, too:
Gothic Classic is available on Nintendo Switch™ at an SRP of € 29.99 / $ 29.99 / £ 24.99.
Gothic II Complete Classic is available for Nintendo Switch™ at an SRP of $ 29.99 / € 29.99 / £ 24.99.

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6 – Release Date Trailer

2024/05/07
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 4 News, PlayStation 5 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

D3Publisher Inc., a leading Japanese games publisher, is happy to announce that EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6, will release for PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, and PC via Steam and the Epic Store on July 25, 2024, for $59.99 (£49.99 / €59,99) for the Standard Edition, and $89.99 (£73.99 / €89,99) for the Deluxe Edition. Fans can pre-order the game now with a 10% discount on the PlayStation Store to earn unique launch bonuses.

Pre-order rewards for North American and EU PlayStation and PC users include an exclusive set of auxiliary equipment for Wing Divers called the “Reverse Core Type-N” and three decoys based on popular Vtubers Takanashi Kiara, Gawr Gura, and IRyS. Players who purchase the title will be eligible to receive the Hololive bonus items up to five months after launch. PlayStation pre-orders will include a metal-coated version of the “Nix” combat frame for the Standard Edition and a specially painted combat vehicle for the Deluxe Edition.

In the year 2024, humanity won the war against the unknown invaders known as “Primers”, and peace returned to the planet. As a result of the conflict, 90 percent of Earth’s population was destroyed and civilization was on the brink of collapse. EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6 picks up three years after the events of EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5, in the year 2027. The survivors continue their efforts to rebuild but threats to the world’s safety remain persistent.

The Guyver starring Mark Hamill Arriving on 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD

2024/05/07
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, Movie News, News
On June 25th, Unearthed Films brings the Sci-Fi/Fantasy classic The Guyver, starring Mark Hamill, to Limited Collector’s Edition 4K UHD and Collector’s Edition Blu-ray for the first time. Each edition features a new 4K restoration packed with bonus materials.
When college student Sean Barker (Jack Armstrong) finds the Guyver, an alien device that transforms him into a cyborg fighting machine, he inadvertently makes himself a target of the evil Chronos Corporation, who will stop at nothing to get the Guvyer back, including kidnapping Sean’s girlfriend Mizuki (Vivian Wu). Sean’s only hope is a mysterious CIA agent named Max Reed (Mark Hamill). Together they fight to save Mizuki, keep the Guyver out of Chronos’ hands and stop their ultimate goal of world domination. Directed by Screaming Mad George (Freaked) and Steve Wang (Drive) and produced by Brian Yuzna (Re-Animator, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids) The Guyver is an epic superhero action adventure that you won’t soon forget.
The 4K UHD + Blu-ray + CD Soundtrack Limited Collector’s Edition includes new commentary with co-directors Screaming Mad George and Steve Wang, a new interview with producer Brian Yuzna and co-director Screaming Mad George, outtakes with commentary by co-directors Screaming Mad George and Steve Wang, a new gag reel, a new production and artwork gallery, an alternate title sequence, trailers, and The Guyver soundtrack, composed by Matthew Morse.
The Blu-ray Collector’s Edition includes new commentary, a new interview with producer Brian Yuzna and co-director Screaming Mad George, outtakes with commentary by co directors Screaming Mad George and Steve Wang, a new gag reel, a new production and artwork gallery, an alternate title sequence, and trailers.
The DVD Edition special features include a commentary with co-directors Screaming Mad George and Steve Wang, moderated by Dom O’Brien, the author of Budget Biomorphs: The Making of The Guyver Films.

Heading Out Official Launch Trailer

2024/05/07
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

Saber Interactive and indie developer Serious Sim are releasing the highly stylized narrative driving game Heading Out today on PC via Steam for 17.99 USD|17.99 EUR|14.84 GBP after a 10% launch discount until May 14. Heading Out – Soundtrack Edition, which includes the base game and a digital copy of its eclectic original soundtrack, will be available soon for 22.49 USD|22.49 EUR|18.44 GBP after a 10% launch discount. Check out the launch trailer and get ready to race down your fears, outrun the law, and find out what awaits you at the end of the road.

Heading Out is a narrative adventure with roguelite elements inspired by cult-classic road movies like Thelma & Louise and Vanishing Point. It’s you, your car, and the asphalt as you take off down America’s cities, highways, and backroads on an emotional trip of discovery blending white-knuckle racing, strategy, and storytelling. Grab the wheel and choose your own route across the USA on an unpredictable thrill ride shaped by the decisions you make. It’s not about the destination – it’s about your journey.

Key Features

  • Your Adventure: Each trip offers a unique balance of high-speed chases and races, treacherous hazards and challenges, and colorful characters and stories, brought to life with stylish graphic novel visuals. Outrun your fears and the law, pursue your dreams, and risk the consequences at the end of the road.
  • Your Choices: Every journey is yours to define. Strategically plan out your route and resources on the map in advance, or hit the gas and fly by the seat of your pants. Each decision shapes the road ahead, including your narrative encounters, fuel consumption, car condition, and wanted level.
  • Your Legend: Your unique story unfolds with every pit stop across the heartland. Meet strangers, oddballs, and lost souls who will influence your tale, but don’t linger too long – you’ve got to keep moving. Listen to radio hosts spread your myth to the people as it grows while an eclectic Americana soundtrack carries you down the horizon.

The Invincible – Voyager Update Trailer

2024/05/07
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

11 bit studios and Starward Industries have officially launched the Voyager Update for their sci-fi adventure, The Invincible, based on the Stanislaw Lem novel of the same name. Releasing today for Steam and for console versions, this update provides a ton of improvements based on player feedback and a few other little surprises.

In celebration of the update, players can find the game on Steam right now with a 33% discount up until May 16.

Here’s a list of some of the major improvements:

  • Immerse Yourself in the Story With New Slides – The mysteries of Regis III have expanded with additional slides scattered across the planet. Discover these hidden treasures to delve deeper into the rich lore and mysteries, bringing players closer to unraveling the planet’s mind-boggling phenomena.
  • Dynamic Camera Views During Rover Ride – Experience the thrill of exploring Regis III from a new perspective. With this update, players can switch their camera from First-Person (FPP) to Third-Person (TPP) during Rover rides, offering a fresh angle on the stunning landscapes.
  • Enhanced Walk and Sprint Speed in Some Locations – Following player feedback, the speed at which Yasna traverses Regis III has been adjusted. While further enhancements are constrained by the expanded dialogue system and pacing considerations, players will notice improvements to gameplay experience as Yasna moves a bit faster in certain areas.
  • Experimental Feature: Wider FOV in Accessibility Settings – An experimental feature has been added to widen the Field of View (FOV) in Accessibility Settings, providing players with more customization options.