Get ready for the most musical Christmas in the history of Let’s Sing. Just in time for the holidays, the latest VIP Pass track update sees 15 more songs added today.
This new collection ranges from smash hits to gems you might discover for the first time – but all of them are guaranteed to turn your silent night into a karaoke party for the ages.
Tracks will be available across all game modes for VIP Pass owners. The update for the VIP Pass library includes the following songs, bringing the total number of VIP Pass tracks to 85:
Lizzo – Good As Hell
Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?
Charlie Puth feat. Jung Kook of BTS – Left And Right
Pretenders – I’ll Stand by You
Mattafix – Big City Life
Topic & A7S – Breaking Me
Extreme – More Than Words
Bastille – Pompeii
Fall Out Boy – Sugar, We’re Goin Down
Lizzy McAlpine – ceilings
Roxette – It Must Have Been Love
Weezer – Say It Ain’t So
Technotronic – Pump Up The Jam
TONES AND I – Dance Monkey
Falco – Der Komissar
Open for all players are the Let’s Sing Music Awards, which kicked off their Christmas season Dec. 7. Earn new, festive customization options for your avatars and try to earn your spot on the top of the real-time leaderboards in the online multiplayer.
Earlier this year, as part of the summer edition of the PC Gaming Show, Creepy Jar, the Polish studio behind the highly acclaimed survival simulator, Green Hell, revealed their anticipated next title, Chimera. An ambitious cross between base building, exploration, combat, and resource management on an alien planet torn by a catastrophic cycle of destruction caused by its life-giving star, Creepy Jar is excited to finally be able to reveal the game’s new title—one that the studio feels to be much more representative of the unique world they’re creating—calling it StarRupture.
Being built from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5, the development team decided that the name Chimera and its mythological connotations didn’t accurately fit their vision. Speaking on this, Creepy Jar founder and CEO, Krzysztof Kwiatek said, “We wanted to come up with a new title that more accurately described the dangerous sci-fi world we’re creating.”
Kwiatek continues, stating, “We had to break away from the mythology-based roots of Chimera and we landed on StarRupture. Originating from the base word ‘rupture’—as in a break or a disturbance—the new name also closely ties to the name of the planet’s star which is aptly named, Ruptura.”
The unique name ‘StarRupture’ also facilitates the promotion of the game and its online positioning, as well as enables better global protection of the verbal trademark. For a deeper look into the name change and everything that the team’s been working on since the game’s reveal, Creepy Jar has released the first in what will be an ongoing series of devlogs for StarRupture:
As the developers work towards StarRupture’s Early Access PC launch, Creepy Jar will release further devlogs in the coming months for exclusive behind-the-scenes looks at the development process. Everything from production milestones to sneak peeks at some of the game’s many mechanics, enemies, and mysteries are all on the table. Known for their eagerness to be transparent with their community, Creepy Jar is excited to continue sharing updates with fans of StarRupture as much as they focused on doing so with Green Hell.
StarRupture sets itself in the story of man versus nature taking place in an otherworldly and breathtaking sci-fi environment where elemental cataclysms of extreme temperatures loom as a constant danger. The player takes up the mantle of a convict exiled from the Earth to serve their sentence by mining and expanding industrial production alongside researching new technology on a seemingly hospitable new planet rife with mystery and danger. Tasked with surviving the waves of fiery inferno or extreme cold—not to mention facing down against hostile enemy monsters in tense combat—each cycle spells destruction yet ushers in a new era of growth and rebuilding. Whether solo or as part of an up-to-4-player co-op experience, players will explore, adapt, mine, gather resources, and build complex machinery to survive and prosper.
Though by definition it is a base-building simulator, StarRupture is much more. The game will invite players to push beyond, to stay resilient and sharp against every assault, building and forming prior to the cycling eviscerating conditions on an otherwise beautiful planet. For fans of builders, management, sci-fi action, and combat StarRupture will challenge all comers to utilize the technology at their fingertips and weather both the extremities and fierce enemies in order to survive and create a prosperous industrial complex.
Not For Broadcast: VR, the chaotic television producer simulator from developer NotGames and publisher tinyBuild, delivers the hardest-hitting satirical news to PlayStation VR 2 today.
Brew a pot of coffee and get the creative juices flowing for a day’s work at the National Nightly News Show. As the program’s editor, prepare to run a series of hectic broadcasts, keep the audience engaged, and make oppressive government bodies squirm.
Surprise the audience with hand-selected guests ranging from fan-favorite celebrities to shady politicians to generate the most eye-catching headlines. Strategize the timing of ad breaks to keep viewers glued to their TVs and the profits rolling in. Keep it PG-13 and censor out crude opinions and cuss words to protect Channel One’s reputation.
Thanks to PlayStation VR 2, working a day in the editor’s office has never felt more alive. Ignore the chatter of co-workers and the rumbles of electrical surges from category-five storms brewing outside of the window. Always stay focused on delivering the most engaging shows.
Allow creativity to run rampant when simultaneously editing programs and deciding what makes the cut. Spend every minute of the work day to keep the nation’s favorite talk show up to standards. Adjust the volume levels for the perfect mix, smash that “Live” button, and let the show begin.
Not For Broadcast: VR is available today on PlayStation VR 2 for $24.99. It supports English, French, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese languages.
To learn more, visit the game’s official website, purchase Not For Broadcast: VR on PlayStation, follow @NotGamesUK on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and Instagram, and join other TV editors on Discord.
Best-selling gaming headset and accessory maker Turtle Beach Corporation (Nasdaq: HEAR), today announced its critically acclaimed and highly-anticipated wireless controller, the Designed for Xbox Turtle Beach® Stealth™ Ultra Wireless Smart Game Controller, is now available. Since its unveiling weeks ago, Turtle Beach’s new king of wireless controllers has quickly set the new standard for what gamers should expect in a top-of-the-line gamepad. The Stealth Ultra uses Turtle Beach’s proprietary low-latency wireless technology for connecting with Xbox consoles and Windows PCs, and Bluetooth for gaming on compatible Smart TVs and Android mobile devices. An abundance of class-leading features begins with magnetic AntiDrift™ Hall Effect thumbsticks, precise and tactile microswitch buttons, and the innovative Connected Command Display dashboard that provides deep customization options. Adjustable short and long-pull triggers, four mappable buttons on the back, RGB lighting, plus the option to receive social notifications on the controller create the ultimate package for gamers who demand the absolute best. Turtle Beach’s Stealth Ultra Wireless Controller is available for $199.99 MSRP on www.turtlebeach.com and at participating retailers worldwide.
Already recognized as a top-tier premium controller, critics are raving about the Stealth Ultra. Windows Central said the Stealth Ultra “feels like a prestigious and covetable Xbox accessory” and their initial impressions made it clear that the Ultra “would make an epic holiday gift for the Xbox gamer in your life.” CG Magazine gave it a 9.5/10 score and awarded it an Editor’s Choice badge while saying it was “an exceptionally well-designed and crafted controller. Turtle Beach has gone above and beyond regarding function and quality of life features.” IGN has already added it to their coveted Top Xbox Series Controller list while noting that the Stealth Ultra is “a pro-level controller ready to be tuned to your ideal settings.”
“After garnering so much initial critical acclaim and becoming the fastest-selling controller in Turtle Beach history, the Stealth Ultra has clearly become the must-have controller,” notes Cris Keirn, Interim CEO & SVP of Global Sales, Turtle Beach Corporation. “Our team has once again expertly delivered the premium components, build quality, and features to elevate the Stealth Ultra above other controllers in the market today, raising the bar for the whole category. This milestone underscores our commitment to providing gamers with cutting-edge technology and an unparalleled gaming experience.”
An immediately noticeable key feature that sets Turtle Beach’s Stealth Ultra controller apart from the competition is a first-of-its-kind, integrated 1.5” full-color Connected Command Display. Through the Connected Command Display dashboard gamers can customize the Stealth Ultra’s performance aspects like button mapping, thumbstick response, dead zones, vibration intensity, game and chat audio, and power settings, as well as adjust its 16.8 million RGB colors for aesthetics, notifications, and low battery warnings. The Connected Command Display also gives players on-the-fly access to adjustments for 10 onboard profiles that can be created for different games, genres, or character loadouts. Plus, patented Turtle Beach technology, exclusive to the Stealth Ultra, allows gamers to send social notifications from their phone to the Connected Command Display on the controller.
ARROW kicks off the New Year on January 5 with a deep dive, courtesy of the star of The Stylist and After Midnight as well as the director of 12 HR Shift and Torn Hearts.
Brea Grant Selects (UK/ IRE/ US/CA): “I am thrilled to be teaming up with Arrow to share some of my all-time favorite horror movies with you. From the delightful to the horrifying, these movies remind me of why I wanted to make movies in the first place (yes, including Basket Case).”
Titles Include: Ringu, The Stylist, The Leech.
Also on January 5, audiences in every territory can discover a new short homage to the Spaghetti Westerns of years gone by.
They Call It… Red Cemetery (UK/IRE/US/CAN): Among the crosses of an old cemetery, two outlaws have a dispute over honor, companionship and greed.
On January 12, look back at genre-bending cinema history with Cult Classics (UK/ IRE/ US/CA).
ARROW have been championing Cult for over twenty years. They love everything that’s interesting and alternative and they think you will too. They’re going to show you what you’ve been missing. They’re going to show you that Cult is not just horror, it’s about alternative storytelling and iconic filmmaking. It’s about viewing that challenges you and that is not like what anyone else is offering.
Titles Include: Children of the Corn, Re-Animator, Hellraiser.
On January 15, prepare to be buried with a cultural icon, anti-establishment statement, sadistic lord of carnival horror in Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe: Part One (UK/ IRE/ US/CA). A host of Coffin Joe titles are available in Part One of the collection with brand new restorations.
With his iconic long fingernails, top hat and cape, Zé do Caixão (Coffin Joe) was the creation of Brazilian filmmaker José Mojica Marins, who wrote, directed and starred in a series of outrageous movies from 1964 to 2008.
An unholy undertaker in search of the perfect woman to propagate his bloodline, Zé do Caixão made his screen debut with the first Brazilian-produced horror film, At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul. Three years later, his quest would continue in This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse, with Zé embarking on an even more brutal campaign of terror, aided and abetted by his hunchbacked assistant.
The Strange World of Coffin Joe, meanwhile, is an anthology of three short horror films featuring a strange dollmaker, a necrophiliac balloon seller with a foot fetish, and a psychotic professor involved in sadistic rituals. Sex, perversion and sadism abound in The Awakening of the Beast as a psychiatrist experiments on four volunteers with Lsd in this surreal examination of 60s drug culture.
Diverging from horror toward satirical black comedy, The End of Man sees a naked stranger emerge from the sea to perform miracles in a nearby town and become a modern messiah whose deeds will affect the whole world.
Newly restored from the best available elements and packed with new and archival extras, Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe is a love letter to one of the great iconoclasts of horror, who forged his films in the face of military dictatorship and religious censorship to become Brazil’s national Boogeyman. Keep your eyes peeled for Part Two.
Titles Include: At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul, This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse, The Awakening of the Beast.
Gearbox Publishing and Blackbird Interactive released the full versions of their new documentary providing a behind-the-scenes look at the development of Homeworld 3, the highly anticipated new chapter in the award-winning sci-fi strategy series due out March 8, 2024.
Filmed on location at the studio in Vancouver, this documentary explores key moments during the game’s development, following the veteran team’s 20 year journey to bring a long-held vision for the game and the series to life. It’s a never before seen look behind the curtain of how music, art, narrative, and innovative game design are driving the development of 2024’s most epic space adventure.
Additionally, Blackbird Interactive and Gearbox Publishing just released a developer update blog which provides an in-depth update on the game including a deeper dive into the roguelike War Games mode, and a first look at longtime fan-favorite Skirmish Mode. You can check out the full text of the latest developer blog here and some additional information about Skirmish Mode in Q&A form here.
Today, the free content update 1.4 for Jagged Alliance 3, codenamed “Wolf”, is going live on PC and consoles! The update includes numerous fixes and a complimentary DLC for Jagged Alliance 3 owners, introducing a new mid- to late-game questline named “U-Bahn”, as well as a new underground transportation system! The team chose the German name “U-Bahn” (translation: subway) as you will get the chance to uncover secrets that have been hidden beneath Grand Chien since WW2! Are you ready to confront the adversaries? Check out the new trailer here:
Colossal Order shared a Journey to Launch video recapping the launch of Cities: Skylines II, discussing the development of the game and sharing updates about the game’s future.
The video gives fans a behind the scenes look at the game’s development, Colossal Order’s vision, and how they are responding to fan feedback as development continues. It’s an honest, and transparent, look at the game and is something studios rarely share with their players.
Additionally, Colossal Order recently released a significant patch for Cities: Skylines II, granting players two new maps, adding LODs for characters and select assets, optimizing geometry layouts for all assets, and other significant performance, gameplay and graphics patches.
My husband and I visited Six Flags Great Adventure to celebrate the Holiday in the Park, and we had a fantastic time! The moment you walk into the park, the holiday decorations and festivities immediately draw you in, with holiday music playing everywhere you go. Many took advantage of the bonfires throughout the park to warm up by or roast a marshmallow for their s’more, while others walked with hot cocoa in mittened hands.
Six Flags does an excellent job of making you feel like the holidays are all around you instead of keeping its decorations solely around its entrance area. The musicians were also decked out in holiday attire as they played holiday music, and their reindeer dancers kept the fun going later in the evening with festive performances of classic and unexpected songs reworked with holiday themes.
We spent time in the arcade playing old games we loved, and we rode the Buccaneer ride, laughing and screaming with the other patrons. We were mostly there to enjoy the ambiance this time around, and Six Flags didn’t disappoint. Getting a spiked eggnog drink within a giant igloo was the perfect way to end our evening as we watched the fake snow fall outside.
This was a wonderful experience, and those with kids would also have a blast enjoying the many rides and attractions throughout the park. Don’t forget to say hi to Santa! Holiday in the Park runs from now until January 1st, 2024. Check out the official website for ticket information and event scheduling.
Get ready to embark on an ever-rewarding scientific journey! Expeditions: A MudRunner Game, the latest creation from Saber Interactive, the acclaimed studio behind MudRunner and SnowRunner, has announced its official release date of March 5, 2024, for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. Pre-orders are now live, allowing eager adventurers to secure their spot on the starting line of this groundbreaking off-road trek. Expeditions is a real call to adventure, with new gadget-packed vehicles to help you overcome any obstacle on missions where success depends on being prepared.
For Every Obstacle, a Solution. For Every Task, a Tool.
Drive a variety of all-terrain vehicles through treacherous paths, utilizing advanced technologies and high-tech tools to overcome obstacles. Equip your vehicles with essential gadgets like drones and scanners to ensure success in the wild, or use tools like metal detectors to locate caches of valuable equipment. Build and manage your base, hire a team of top-notch experts to improve your skills, and unlock new possibilities for exploration.
From arid deserts to rugged forests and the steepest mountains, Expeditions offers a tech-filled journey brimming with hidden treasures and forgotten ruins.
