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Autopsy Simulator Release Date Trailer

2024/03/22
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, Halloween, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

Woodland Games and Team17 Digital announced their medical-horror sim Autopsy Simulator will launch on 9 May for PC. Stepping into the shoes of a practising pathologist, players can expect an unsettling atmosphere and gruesome detail as they unravel the mysteries behind each autopsy.

In Autopsy Simulator, players will dissect anatomically accurate bodies to uncover the cause of death. Navigating the mysteries surrounding each deceased, while armed with authentic tools, detailed case files and accurate procedures created in collaboration with real-world forensic experts.

In Dead Memories, Autopsy Simulator’s standalone story mode, experience the haunting tale of Jack Hanman and journey through the psychological horror of Jack’s personal demons. The story mode offers a unique combination of simulation and horror, with engrossing gameplay mechanics and spine-chilling moments.

Autopsy Simulator Key Features: 

  • Gruesome anatomical detail and medically certified autopsy procedures: Dissect anatomically accurate bodies using a range of autopsy procedures and tools authentic to real-world practice.
  • Realistic true crime scenarios: Study a range of case files designed by real-life pathomorphologists and forensic doctors, then use what you learn to guide each autopsy.
  • Narrative-driven story mode with simulation gameplay: In Autopsy Simulator: Dead Memories, follow a gripping personal mystery while performing medically accurate autopsy procedures vetted by a certified pathologist.

Dead Island 2 Second Story Expansion SoLA Coming Next Month

2024/03/22
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, Halloween, News, PlayStation 5 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox Series X News

Dead Island 2’s second story expansion – SoLA – is bringing deadly beats to Xbox and PlayStation – and on PC via the Epic Games Store – on April 17.

Stage dive into the heart of SoLA, the ultimate Californian music festival, built upon ancient grounds. Stalking the pulsating heart of LA’s final rave is a psychedelic beat that has unleashed total chaos, leaving nothing but a rotting crater of gore and a malevolent presence haunting the shadows. Something is out there and it’s still hungry.

The SoLA DLC will contain the following:

  • New Storyline: A deadly virus sweeps through The Valley, turning its inhabitants into ravenous zombies as a chthonic rhythm calls from beyond: the beat of the Autophage. Lured to the festival by an enigmatic warning message, players must explore SoLA’s ruins and put a stop to this otherworldly menace.
  • New Location: A visceral, gore-drenched music festival in the heart of HELL-A echoing to the sound of The Beat which threatens to turn the living into zombies and could soon make its way out of the forsaken city and across the globe.
  • New Enemies: Including the Whipper, a new apex variant enemy, driven mad with self-loathing by the Autophage. Their compulsion to self-mutilate has turned them into a horrific nightmare of disemboweled intestines, allowing them to lash out at range. Along with this mangled creature is the Clotter, another new unsettling apex zombie, that can decompose into a revolting pile of gore, making it immune from damage in that form, and then reform elsewhere to continue the fight. Capable of firing a powerful jet of putrid blood from their heart, it’s deadly both up close and at a distance.
  • New Legendary Weapons: Tear the undead apart with the Ripper, a deadly fusion of a baseball bat and circular saw into a percussive machine of dismemberment. For slicing at a distance, try the Sawblade Launcher: a heavy weapon firing rotary sawblades, this is the perfect weapon for ranged decapitation and dismemberment.

Dead Island 2 is currently available on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC via the Epic Games Store. SoLA is slated to launch across the same platforms on April 17.

Gas Station Simulator Tidal Wave DLC Launch Trailer

2024/03/22
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

Gas Station Simulator, the critically acclaimed management game from developer and publisher DRAGO entertainment, invites eager gas jockeys to take a beach break in the highly-anticipated “Tidal Wave” DLC, available on PC via Steam today.

Oversee a prospective gas station and transform a nearly abandoned tropical island into a flourishing destination for locals and tourists. Manage building expansion and renovations to establish a fuel-driven empire. Earn the trust of temperamental god Chunchumachu through various tasks and by making offerings with coconuts, seashells, and other items. Anger Chunchumachu or neglect responsibilities to face the god’s wrathful flames.

Keep the island clean, maintain a thriving business, and minimize danger. Expand the scope of business with exploration services such as scuba diving and surfboard rentals. Protect patrons from a massive megalodon roaming the nearby waters by taking potshots with a hand cannon. Set sail for a tropical paradise and breathe new life into the island’s community.

Key features: 

  • Volcano Meter – Monitor the moods of volcanic deity Chunchumachu, appeasing the god by maintaining facilities and equipment, satisfying customers, and making offerings. Neglect the meter and watch the skies turn red with flames.
  • Gas Station Upgrades – Discover new amenities, decorations, and expansions, all accentuating the island’s aesthetic. In addition to scuba gear and surfboard rentals, boats and jet skis will also need their tanks filled with gas.
  • Weather – Instead of dealing with sandstorms, the island offers new dangers and events, including tides, waves, and thunderstorms, introducing new mechanics and also requiring shore clean up.
  • Accidents – Proper maintenance of facilities and equipment results in a safer environment, preventing customers from being harmed. Alongside safety protocols, keep a massive shark at bay by using hand cannons to deter its fiendish efforts.

Gas Station Simulator: Tidal Wave DLC is available now on PC via Steam, for $14.99 with a 20% launch discount and supports English, French, German, Spanish – Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Czech, Portuguese – Brazil, Ukrainian, Italian, and Portuguese – Portugal languages.

Midnight Ghost Hunt 1.0 Launch Date Trailer

2024/03/22
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

Coffee Stain Publishing, the company behind Valheim, Deep Rock Galactic and Satisfactory, and Vaulted Sky Games are excited to announce that the spirit-chasing prop hunt game, Midnight Ghost Hunt, launches into 1.0 today. After two years in Early Access, players will now be able to experience this ghostly frenzy in-full, and new thrill-seekers can join the hunt for free during the game’s free weekend on Steam right now!

Midnight Ghost Hunt is a multiplayer 4v4 prop hunt game with a haunting twist. Hunters seek out and destroy Ghosts before the clock strikes midnight, when the tables are turned and the hunters become the hunted! Midnight Ghost Hunt’s Early Access journey began on Steam in March 2022, before arriving on the Epic Games store in June 2023, and has continually progressed with consistent updates throughout the past two years.

Since the game’s successful launch in Early Access, a plethora of improvements and new features have been added. These include new hero-props, maps, skins, weapon and gadget improvements along with in-game challenges, a progression tier system, dedicated servers and the addition of an experimental game mode – all coming together to make the ghoul-busting action even more exciting to join in on.

Cities: Skylines II Map Editor Dev Diary

2024/03/21
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Windows PC News
Today, Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive released the second of three dev diaries covering the official Paradox Mods integration coming to Cities: Skylines II‘s modding beta on March 25th. Today’s diary covers the upcoming Map Editor and its capabilities.
Players can:
  • Sculpt and mold terrain with intuitive heightmap tools.
  • Customize every aspect of a map, from climate settings to water simulation.
  • Integrate roads and amenities using a unified editor.
Get all the details straight from the Paradox Mods team themselves here.

Broken Roads Release Date Trailer

2024/03/21
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, PlayStation 5 News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News, Xbox Series X News

Independent game studio Drop Bear Bytes are proud to reveal their upcoming isometric RPG Broken Roads is coming to Steam, PlayStation and Xbox consoles on April 10th, with the Nintendo Switch version to follow soon after that.

Broken Roads is a narrative-driven RPG that brings exploration, strategic turn-based combat and meaningful philosophical choices to an all-new Australian post-apocalyptic setting. Broken Roads skillfully blends traditional and all-new role-playing elements on top of a classless system offering near-unlimited character development options built around four philosophies: Humanist, Utilitarian, Machiavellian, and Nihilist. Furthermore the game presents players with an original morality system: the Moral Compass which sees dialogue options and questing decisions influence, and be influenced by, a character’s philosophical leaning and the tough decisions they make along the way.

Broken Roads’ locations are all authentic recreated from the team visiting towns and landmarks in West Australia and taking photos, videos and audio recordings for it to be as true as possible. Furthermore, even the game’s atmospheric soundtrack composed by Tim Sunderland is composed with instruments constructed from everyday objects which brings a wholly unique and distinctive tone to the game.

“We appreciate the community’s patience in allowing us to give Broken Roads the polish and attention it needed to get to the finish line,” said Craig Ritchie, Game Director at Drop Bear Bytes. “Broken Roads is now in its best state ever, with more polish, more voice acting, over 400,000 words of dialogue and more than 150,000 end-game permutations. We hope you all have an amazing time playing it.”

“Broken Roads is a damn big deal. Post apocalyptic, deep conversations, applied philosophy, weirdness wired in, and Australia? Yeah, this game has got it all,” said Colin McComb, Creative Lead on Broken Roads, who previously worked on Fallout 2, Planescape: Torment, Wasteland 2, and Torment: Tides of Numenera.

FOUNDRY Early Access Date Announcement Trailer

2024/03/21
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Windows PC News

Today, Paradox Interactive and Channel 3 Entertainment announced that Foundry, the highly anticipated 3D voxel procedurally-generated factory-building simulation and automation sandbox, will launch in Early Access on Steam on May 2, 2024.

Foundry gathered a dedicated following of 100,000 players during its alpha phase on Itch.io and its demo at Steam Next Fest in October 2023. The game combines grid-based construction and factory building simulations in a procedurally generated voxel world, playable solo or with friends.

EVE Vanguard Content Update Released

2024/03/21
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News

Today, CCP Games released the first content update for EVE Vanguard, the sci-fi sandbox FPS set in the EVE Universe currently in early development at CCP’s London studio. The update introduces a mining laser prototype, a new combat suit for the Vanguard warclones, and new contracts that give Vanguard mercenaries a choice between sides in the ongoing struggle between order and disorder in New Eden, deepening the game’s connection to EVE Online. Founder’s Access members can experience the new content from today until March 25, 2024. Founders Access is available for all EVE Online accounts with an active Omega subscription.

“We’re dedicated to developing EVE Vanguard hand-in-hand with our passionate community,” said Scott Davis, Lead Product Manager at CCP London. “Showcasing the prototype mining laser and evolution of the warclone suit reinforces our dedication to an open development process where players can tangibly impact the game’s direction.”

“As EVE Vanguard continues to evolve, the community’s feedback following each First Strike playtest has led us to make subtle yet impactful enhancements to gameplay,” said Emily Akland, Senior Brand Manager for EVE Vanguard. “The new mining laser prototype brings a strategic layer to resource gathering and is the first demonstration of our commitment to delivering our vision for the ultimate sci-fi sandbox FPS experience.”

Features of EVE Vanguard’s March update include:

  • Mining Laser Prototype: Seize valuable mineral resources with the mining laser. Carefully survey the environment to identify surface deposits and extract ore from nodes, essential for accomplishing contract objectives.
  • Mining and Salvage Contracts: Directly contribute to Suppression or Corruption efforts on the front lines of New Eden. Each completed contract feeds into the ongoing interstellar conflict, including skirmishes over territory in the warzones, the ongoing pirate insurgency and overarching territorial alignment, intertwining EVE Vanguard gameplay with the persistent world of EVE Online.
  • New Warclone Suit: Equip a sleek suit with a slimmer profile, designed with dexterity in mind. The new suit’s unique appearance enables Vanguard mercenaries to visually distinguish fellow players from hostile NPCs on the battlefield for enhanced tactical awareness.

As with all previous First Strike playtests, players can compete to gain rewards. By completing contracts and successfully extracting, Vanguard mercenaries will be placed on a leaderboard that will handsomely reward the top 10 players with up to 3000 PLEX.

This blog post provides further information about the March update, including rewards on offer, quality-of-life improvements, and more: Get Ready to Jump Into EVE Vanguard

Sea of Thieves 2024 Preview Event

2024/03/21
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News, Trailers / Videos, Xbox Series X News

Today, Sea of Thieves is celebrating its sixth anniversary by sharing some exciting secrets on the horizon for 2024. Sea of Thieves has so much planned for the next few seasons, and you can get a first look by tuning in to the special 2024 Preview Event video live on their YouTube channel.

In honour of the six-year anniversary, Sea of Thieves is throwing a special in-game event, the Sixth Anniversary Celebration, which will go March 20th-25th. The celebration continues an Anniversary Sale kicking off today, which runs from March 20th-28th with discounts on cosmetics from Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island and the Dark Warsmith collection.

Finally, the PlayStation 5 launch is just around the corner, which you can read more about in this recent article. Sea of Thieves Season 12 will launch on April 30th, and until then, you can enjoy the Preview Event, the Sixth Anniversary Celebration, and the time remaining to ramp up your Renown and unlock all Season 11 rewards!

For the latest information on Sea of Thieves, stay tuned to @SeaOfThieves on Twitter/X.

Dungeons & Dragons and Converse Unveil Upcoming Merch

2024/03/20
Jerry Paxton
Geek News, News

Dungeons & Dragons and Converse today revealed more information about the new footwear and apparel collection releasing next month that commemorates the world’s greatest roleplaying game and its 50th anniversary.

Leading the collection are two Chuck 70 iterations that feature first edition illustrations, graphics and characters seen within three stories – Advanced Dungeon and Dragons – Players Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and The Monster Manual – along with molded faceted stars on the Chuck patch harkening a D20.

The collection also includes Chuck Taylor All Star iterations, as well as an assortment of apparel inclusive of tees, a crewneck, shorts and a trucker hat. Additionally, fans in North American and Western Europe will be able to customize footwear styles on Converse By You, a digital experience which will enable them to craft their own unique design.

Crafted from the standpoint of adventurers playing the game, the Converse x DUNGEIONS & DRAGONS collection celebrates the heroes, villains, and interactions envisioned by the Dungeon Master and balances nostalgic style with nuanced detailing. Even the shoebox has been transformed into the iconic mimic!

The Converse x DUNGEIONS & DRAGONS collection will be available globally beginning April 11, 2024, at Converse.com and select retailers but will make its debut this weekend at Gary Con XVI, the ultimate DUNGEIONS & DRAGONS fan event that celebrates the life and works of the game’s co-creator, Gary Gygax.