Just like any automobile enthusiast, farmers know: a garage just can’t be big enough. Developer and publisher GIANTS Software releases a new trailer to provide agricultural machine lovers with a foretaste of what’s to come on November 14th with the Premium Expansion and Premium Edition of Farming Simulator 22.
In the official Garage Trailer, selected machines are highlighted in style, while the company’s video department resuscitated their fondness of electronic freestyle hip-hop of the mid-80s and early 90s.
Plenty of New Brands & Machines
Atop more than 400 machines of the base game, the Premium Expansion adds over 35 new items from newcomer manufacturers Dewulf, Gorenc, Agrio & WIFO, plus even more machines by BEDNAR, Fiat, GRIMME, Kverneland, SaMASZ & others. The new additions also push the number of available real-world brands and their authentically digitized machines in Farming Simulator 22 to over 150.
More Authentic Than Ever
To prepare the fields in Zielonka, the Premium Expansion’s new map, and care for the new crops, GIANTS Software adds a variety of machines to sow, harvest and tend to the soil. Carrots, parsnips, and red beet have special requirements, so rotary hillers like the GRIMME GF 800 to create ridges before sowing, and various harvesting machines like the highlight machine Dewulf ZKIVSE vegetable harvester are required to care for them.
All of them, as usual, are authentically digitized – with even more care applied to moving parts and other mechanical details, resulting in even more realistic machinery. A complete list of all machines, various placeables, and other items included in the Premium Expansion is available at farming-simulator.com.
Your home court is calling! Pickleball: Smash launches today for PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. Get ready to serve, dink, and smash your way to victory in the exciting world of pickleball! Can you handle the heat?
Experience the excitement of America’s fastest-growing sport on video game consoles for the first time! Hone your skills in single-player or challenge your friends in local multiplayer fun where every match is a test of skill, strategy, and agility. Compete across multiple venues, jump into challenging minigames, and upgrade your player’s stats to increase speed, accuracy, power, and more. Plus, with the Nintendo Switch version, get into the physical swing of things with active motion controls for your swings!
Turn on those TVs as the family-favorite Saturday morning puppet-fest My Friendly Neighborhood graces headlines once again!
Last week, during The Indie Horror Showcase, DreadXP announced that its all-ages survival horror game My Friendly Neighborhood will keep the googly-eyed fun going with the release of the kooky and spooky free “Neighborhorde Mode” update. Prepare for so many HUGS that you’ll BURST!
The new Neighborhorde Mode content update brings a terrifying new challenge: survive an onslaught of puppets! Terrorize the masses as one of four playable characters, each with their own unique mechanics in four new combat arenas based on environments from the story campaign. The update also includes bug fixes, as well as other quality-of-life changes.
Featuring a mix of action and adventure, My Friendly Neighborhood is the perfect game for horror fans looking for solid scares over grisly visuals.
Back in the day, children’s television show The Friendly Neighborhood lit up TV screens and the smiling faces of tots all across the world. Fans loved the show’s colorful cast of friendly fuzzy pals who took them on educational adventures, teaching them valuable life lessons and delighting them with fun games.
Sadly, the show’s popularity waned over time, and the studio ultimately had to shut its doors. Then one night, years later, the show suddenly reappears for a surprise encore… are those puppets eating each other!?
EQ Studios, the creators behind The Painscreek Killings, are excited to launch their newest investigative mystery game, Scene Investigators, available now on Steam for $24.99 USD. This game immerses players in deep investigations across 8.5 unique crime scenes. As budding detectives, players are tasked with deciphering each scenario.
In Scene Investigators, players will navigate meticulously reimagined crime scenes, sift through clues, speculate on motives, and employ logical thinking to piece together the real story. It’s a perfect match for aficionados of detective cinema, true crime, escape room challenges, and anyone with a passion for cracking cases.
In a near-future setting, you step into the shoes of an apprentice in pursuit of becoming a certified investigator who has been handed a compilation of intricate and puzzling reconstructed case files. To succeed, you must crack them using only your sharp observational skills, critical thinking, and intellectual prowess. Will you unravel every mystery?
Scene Investigators places a strong emphasis on observational acuity and deductive logic, pushing players to fill in elusive details, detect underlying motives, and formulate multiple viable theories to advance in their inquiries. While it shares thematic elements with The Painscreek Killings, this game pivots more towards pure deduction and less on narrative depth.
“SpongeBob! SpongeBob! SpongeBob!” The crowd is cheering, the cameras are flashing – it’s time to become the hero Bikini Bottom needs! SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake is releasing on next-gen consoles today, including new features like photo mode, brilliant new costumes and overall game improvements. Watch the trailer here:
With all that fame and glory at hand, don’t forget about the important part: SpongeBob and Patrick’s shenanigans have caused magical WishWorlds to open up everywhere, and they are causing chaos throughout the city. What started out as harmless fun with magic Bubble Soap has turned into a cosmic catastrophe! But there’s no harm in taking cool pictures in fun new costumes while on an adventure to save SpongeBob’s friends!
Those who own the game already will get a free Gen9 upgrade.
The BenQ X3000i is a 4K HDR gaming projector with a great balance of performance and features. Coming in at about $1900 Dollars, it’s certainly not the cheapest projector on the market, but it’s also not the most expensive. And, for its heft price, it offers a metric ton worth of value. Opening the BenQ box and placing the X3000i on the shelf, it is a sizeable product, measuring 7.8 by 10.7 by 10.2 inches. It’s also weighty at just over 14 lbs! The BenQ X3000i exudes excellent build quality as its weight and stability scream “well-made” from on high. The X3000i is also fairly easy to set up. It comes with a remote control and all of the necessary cables. Once I plugged it in and pointed it at a 100-inch screen across the room, I was off and running. It should be noted that the X3000i only connects to home networks via Wi-Fi meaning there is no LAN connection port to be found. Whether this is a factor would be up to you and your home theater setup.
As far as image quality, the X3000i’s picture is excellent. It produces a sharp, clear image with accurate colors and good contrast. The projector also has a wide viewing angle so that you can enjoy the image from anywhere in the room. One of the things that makes the X3000i’s image quality so good is its 4K resolution. With 8.3 million pixels, the X3000i is able to produce a level of detail that is simply not possible with lower-resolution projectors. This is especially noticeable in games and movies with many fine details, such as fur, grass, and skin textures. The BenQ X3000i also has a high brightness of 3000 lumens. It can produce a bright image even in rooms with some ambient light. This is a big plus for gamers who want to play in a well-lit room without having to sacrifice image quality. The X3000i also supports HDR, which stands for high dynamic range. HDR is a technology that can produce images with a wider range of contrast and brightness levels than traditional SDR images. This results in more realistic and immersive images. While the projector shines with 4K content, it also does an outstanding job upscaling 1080p content to a 4K output. It’s not as clear as a true 4K image, of course, but it is more than passable.
The X3000i is a great projector for gaming. It has a low input lag of 4ms while playing in 1080p@240Hz mode, and all the way up to 16ms at 4K@60Hz modes. This means that there is very little delay between the time you input a command on your game controller or keyboard and the time you see it on the screen. This is important for competitive gamers who need to be able to react quickly to what they’re seeing. The BenQ X3000i 4K HDR Gaming Projector also has a dedicated game mode that optimizes the projector’s settings for gaming. This mode reduces input lag and enhances image quality for gaming and I found it to work very well. There is also the ability to engage a wider color gamut at the expense of some peak brightness, but I found the color gamut to be just fine with this disabled – it’s a personal preference. One issue with the image that I did note was that, sometimes there was a slight rainbow effect. It didn’t happen all the time, but it did pop up now and again. This can be a distraction for some viewers – although, I know that several others watching with me did not seem to see it. Are my eyes just special? Possible.
Something to consider is that this projector is very much geared towards larger spaces like your living room, etc. for the ultimate home theater/gaming experience. While the X3000i can throw a 100-inch image out at around 9 feet, the projector truly shines when sending the light from its four projection LEDs out to a 150-inch screen at around 15.5 feet! The image is glorious and, unfortunately, too much for my small living space. I did test it out at a friend’s house with a large room and, again, it was simply glorious…. This being the case, if you are dealing with a smaller room, you might consider a projector with a shorter throw distance.
Additionally, the BenQ X3000i has built-in Android TV, which means you can access all of your favorite streaming apps without connecting an external device. The projector has a built-in speaker, but you’ll probably want to use an external sound system for the best audio experience. The big drawback of this is that the Android TV dongle will only output a 60Hz signal to the projector, so you’re missing out on the full potential of the X3000i. But, the tradeoff is that you get access to all the streaming services offered by the dongle. I used not only the dongle in my working with the projector, but also my 4K UHD player. My copies of John Carpenter’s Halloween, Michael Dougherty’s Trick ‘r Treat, and Top Gun: Maverick all proved to be excellent pairings on this projector.
The BenQ X3000i is a great projector for movies and gaming. If you’re looking for a 4K HDR gaming projector that offers great performance, features, and image quality for the ultimate home theater/gaming experience, the X3000i is a great option – just be prepared to pay for it and make sure you have the space to accommodate its throw distance.
As it continues its theatrical run, the chilling new horror film from Blumhouse and Morgan Creek, THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER, will be available exclusively on digital platforms where you can rent or buy tomorrow, October 24, 2023, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. 50 years after the most terrifying horror film shocked the world, THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER is a brand-new chapter in the saga, directly following on the groundbreaking original 1973 film.
Since his wife’s death, Victor (Leslie Odom Jr.) has raised his daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett) alone. After Angela and her friend (Olivia O’Neill) return from a three-day disappearance with missing memories, they begin displaying frightening behavior. Victor’s best hope is to find the only person who has seen anything like this before: Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn), whose haunting experience with her daughter Regan may be the key to combating ultimate evil.
From Blumhouse and director David Gordon Green (Halloween, Prince Avalanche), THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER stars Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton, One Night in Miami), Ann Dowd (Hereditary, Compliance), Jennifer Nettles (Harriet), Norbert Leo Butz (Dan in Real Life, Give or Take), Lidya Jewett (Hidden Figures, Good Girls), and reprising her iconic role as Chris MacNeil, Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist, Requiem for a Dream).
Today on Xbox Wire, we announced Xbox Partner Preview, our latest broadcast event, is set for Wednesday, October 25. This new show format will deliver 30 minutes of trailers and new gameplay footage from our third-party partners with games coming to Xbox and Windows as well as some upcoming Game Pass titles. Expect to get a fresh look at content from partners including Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio (Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth), Remedy Entertainment (Alan Wake 2), Studio Wildcard (Ark: Survival Ascended), and Microbird Games (Dungeons of Hinterberg).
The event will be digitally broadcast on Wednesday, October 25, at 10 a.m. PT across Xbox owned channels. Please note that the Xbox Partner Preview will not feature any additional news, game reveals, or Game Pass information related to the recent acquisition of Activision Blizzard King.
For more information and to stayed tuned on all things Xbox, please check out Xbox Wire.
The Epic Store gains a creepy new addition today, as Limerick: Cadence Mansion is now available on the platform for $14.99. Created by solo developer Daniel Hall, Limerick: Cadence Mansion is a 12+ hours, action-horror adventure game full of cryptic puzzles, horrific creatures and a dark secret that you must uncover in order to escape Cadence Mansion alive.
Dive into a sinister story of manipulation and dark science where you must solve puzzles, outwit hair-raisingly evil creatures and, sometimes, simply hide until you can gather your wits again. Guided (and hunted) by Limerick, a creepy, maniacal marionette, your only hope of survival is to stay a few steps ahead of him and the malevolence within Cadence Mansion.
In Limerick: Cadence Mansion, explore an abandoned mansion inhabited by monsters, both beast and man, and discover its secrets in your attempts to escape. Solve puzzles to progress through increasingly haunting environments, scavenge for resources to fend off evil creatures – or use Panic Closets to hide from them, and tear through the fabric of reality in cinematic boss fights.
Independent developer Free Range Games and publisher North Beach Games are happy to announce that their highly-anticipated co-op survival crafting title, The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, has finished the final stages of development and has officially gone ‘Mithril’ (Gold) for PC ahead of its Oct. 24 launch via the Epic Games Store. The digital PlayStation®5 version of the game has been delayed and will now launch on Dec. 5. 2023 alongside a physical release at retail, with the Xbox Series X|S version planned for early 2024.
Recently, the developers shared a first look at the in-game Dwarf Creator, which allows players to create and customize their own unique Dwarven character for their playthrough in The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria. The Dwarf Creator gives players numerous options to customize their Dwarf however they see fit, including distinct choices for beards and hair, accessories and jewellery, facial features, tattoos, scars, body type, and even the Dwarf’s origin, voice, and personality type.
The story of The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria takes players beyond the books and into the Fourth Age of Middle-earth, the fantastical world created by J.R.R. Tolkien. Summoned to the Misty Mountains by Lord Gimli Lockbearer (voiced in-game by actor John Rhys-Davies), players band together as a company of Dwarves tasked to reclaim the lost spoils from the Dwarven homeland of Moria—known as Khazad-dûm or Dwarrowdelf—in the depths below their very feet. Their quest will require fortitude and teamwork, delving deep into the Mines of Moria to recover its treasures and in the hopes of one day restoring them to their former glory.
In The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria players will create their own custom Dwarf before venturing into the cavernous mines of Moria alone or together with a company of fellow Dwarves online. Each adventure into the depths will bring unique challenges and opportunities through the use of procedurally generated environments, creating nearly endless possibilities as players seek the deepest delves of the Dwarves. As they venture ever deeper, the Dwarves will need to ensure their metal is ready to meet the dangers that lie within, crafting resilient armours and finely honed weapons capable of protecting against and defeating all manner of goblin, arachnoid, or more mysterious foes they may encounter. Excavate the mysteries of the Misty Mountains, extract precious metals prized by Dwarves, rebuild and refire forges that have long since gone cold, and learn the secret of the Shadow that lurks within.
Developed by Free Range Games and Published by North Beach Games, The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria will launch on Oct. 24 for Windows PC via the Epic Game Store with an MSRP of $39.99 USD / €35.99 EUR, and T for Teen ESRB and PEGI 16 ratings. The title will release on the PlayStation®5 both digitally and at retail on Dec. 5 2023, with the Xbox Series X|S version planned to launch in early 2024. Eager fans can pre-order the game digitally on PC via the Epic Games Store and wishlist on PlayStation®5 via the PlayStation® Store. For more information about The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, visit ReturnToMoria.com, join the community Discord, follow the game on Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube.
