Today, Disney+ released the teaser trailer for “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” giving fans an exciting first look at the highly anticipated limited series, which launches exclusively on the streaming service on May 25.
The story begins 10 years after the dramatic events of “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” where Obi-Wan Kenobi faced his greatest defeat—the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side as evil Sith Lord Darth Vader.
The series stars Ewan McGregor, reprising his role as the iconic Jedi Master, and also marks the return of Hayden Christensen in the role of Darth Vader. Joining the cast are Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell and Benny Safdie.
“Obi-Wan Kenobi” is directed by Deborah Chow and executive-produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Deborah Chow, Ewan McGregor and Joby Harold.
Today we’re excited to announce that PC Building Simulator 2, the sequel to the 2018 cult hit build ‘em up, will launch in 2022 exclusively on the Epic Games Store.
Developed by veteran Liverpool, UK development team Spiral House, and published by Epic Games, PC Building Simulator 2 pushes the limits of virtual PC creation to new heights, rendering players’ dream machines in more detail than ever before. Launching with over 1200 officially-licensed parts from industry giants like AMD, Intel, NVIDIA and enthusiast brands like Thermal Grizzly, players will be able to customize and optimize their rigs to a new level. Oh – and there might be some more RGB.
Alongside a challenging new 30+ hour career mode, PC Building Simulator 2 brings improved graphical fidelity, a host of new features to deepen the PC building experience, and steps up the realism of hardware and software simulation.
PC Building Simulator 2 is set for release in 2022 exclusively on the Epic Games Store. Fans can now head over to the official store page to wishlist the game. For more information, check out PCBuildingSim.com.
Frontier Developments plc (AIM: FDEV, ‘Frontier’) today unveiled F1® Manager 2022, their major new management simulation game coming this summer. Following a licensing agreement signed in early 2020 with F1®, Frontier is creating a major new game franchise to join a successful portfolio which includes Elite Dangerous, Planet Coaster, Jurassic World Evolution 1 & 2 and Planet Zoo. The F1® Manager franchise will be Frontier’s first foray into an annual sports license, as part of a long term, multi-title agreement with F1®. F1® Manager 2022 will launch in summer 2022 on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation® 5, Xbox One, PlayStation® 4, Steam and the Epic Store.
Step into the shoes of a team principal and lead your drivers, engineers and fans to glory in the 2022 FIA Formula 1 ® Drivers’ World Championship and FIA Formula 1 ® Constructors’ World Championship. With unparalleled authenticity and broadcast-quality presentation, F1® Manager 2022 delivers a challenging experience for new and die-hard F1® fans alike, while showcasing the intricacies of the world’s most prestigious racing brand.
Ross Brawn, Managing Director – Motorsports, Formula 1®, said, “It’s great to see F1 Manager 2022 take shape and for people to see this exciting title come to life. I know from personal experience that leading a team can be challenging, but it’s certainly rewarding. The F1 Manager franchise is a great opportunity for fans to put themselves in the shoes of a team principal and experience some of that for themselves. I am confident that with their own successful track record in management gaming, Frontier will deliver an enjoyable and engaging experience for fans.”
The first entry in this exciting series of games will invite players and F1® fans to own every aspect of leading a team to victory, upgrading cars and race facilities, hiring drivers and engineers, balancing budgets and driver demands, all before the race weekend kicks into gear. Once the race gets underway, stay calm under pressure and make critical decisions as you manage your team to victory.
Game Director Andy Fletcher, said, “There’s never been a better time to be a Formula 1 fan, and we’re excited to deliver a new way for F1 fans to immerse themselves in the biggest racing spectacle in the world. F1 Manager 2022 will deliver an experience for both new and long-term fans that is as authentic as it is exciting. Our commitment to the ever-changing world of Formula 1 will build a strong foundation for a long and special series that will evolve over time.”
Frontier CEO and founder, David Braben, said, “We are delighted to partner with the great team at Formula 1. We’ve been working closely with them to deliver a truly authentic experience, and they have provided us with extensive access to all aspects of the sport to enable us to do this. We feel this is the start of something special – we’re looking forward to bringing F1 Manager 2022 to players in summer 2022.”
Drive clients through Barcelona, build a reputation, and expand your business. Simteract has the pleasure to announce their new upcoming game, Urban Venture, a realistic urban driving and tycoon simulation set in Barcelona, Spain. Experience the pulse of a buzzing metropolis with all the good (and not so good) stuff that happens: the traffic jams, harsh weather, bumpy roads, impatient passengers, and the occasional accident. Urban Venture will task players to drive clients, hire personnel, maintain a fleet of cars and manage the business to build their transportation empire.
Off to new adventures, Simteract, the Polish studio behind the beloved Train Life: A Railway Simulator game, is hard at work developing the first-ever realistic ride-hailing tycoon: Urban Venture. Their most ambitious game to date will feature an open-world 1:1 recreation of Barcelona using advanced city building, real-world data, and complex AI traffic simulation systems. Find out more information on the website and Steam page.
An authentic taxi driving experience.
In Urban Venture, you assume the role of a driver who starts working in the ride-hailing industry. At the onset, you only have one cheap car and can take up jobs for existing companies to earn more money and experience. You can open your own company and compete with others for market share in the long run.
Taxi jobs, food delivery, obeying driving rules, and random passengers’ wishes (fast trips to the city or slow and chatty to the mall) are just scratching the surface of what Urban Venture has in store for you.
Urban Venture in Barcelona
Offering a 1:1 recreation of the famous city of Barcelona — the second-largest city in Spain, after Madrid — the game features a playable area of at least 20 km2, with recreated parts of the real city and over 200 of its most famous landmarks, historical buildings, parks, and sculptures. If you never had the chance to visit Barcelona, this is your ticket there — but you might just have to earn your keep.
The world of Urban Venture is a living and breathing place, with realistic traffic and
pedestrians walking on the streets. The pedestrians aren’t only there for show; they influence gameplay. The weather is also a factor in how the world reacts. There are fewer people on the streets when it rains, and cars drive slower to prevent accidents.
Off the streets, and under the hood.
Deep customization and management tools will help you custom-build the looks of your character, brand, cabin and maintain and upgrade your vehicles for better performance. Customers will rate the cleanliness of your vehicle and extra services, while the streets will punish you for carrying cheap tires. You’ll want to do a quick stop at the garage shop during lunch break to check your car’s vitals.
Expand your ride-hailing empire.
The life of a taxi driver can get tiresome. Once you know the streets, the rules of business, and have earned enough money and reputation, you can step aside to handle the corporate expansion; let your employed drivers bring home the bounty. Being a boss will come with challenges, such as dealing with problematic drivers, company finances, and real estate management. There’s no recipe for succeeding in a start-up; you’ll have to make adjustments along the way to compete for your market slice.
It is your world; play how you want.
Urban Venture is a sandbox game where you get to choose how to play. You can decide to be a modern-day taxicab driver to earn money and experience points, or you can take on other challenges that the city has to offer while roaming in “free drive.”
In “free drive” mode, you can drive through the city without an official destination and gather collectibles while you explore.
Urban Venture is coming to Steam in early access in Q4 2022 – Q1 2023 and will continue to expand features and world size. Make sure to wishlist the game on Steam, and join the conversation on Discord, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
CORSAIR® (NASDAQ:CRSR), a world leader in high-performance gear for gamers, today announced a partnership with world-renowned publisher 2K, bringing immersive in-game RGB lighting integration for all CORSAIR iCUE RGB devices to Gearbox Software’s highly anticipated Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands®. PC players with CORSAIR iCUE products can enjoy exclusive real-time lighting effects that extend the game’s action across their entire iCUE setup in the upcoming spinoff of the Borderlands® franchise.
Developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands lets players create their own multiclass hero and embark on an epic adventure full of whimsy, wonder, and high-powered weaponry. Level up your party to defeat the tyrannical Dragon Lord in a chaotic fantasy world brought to life by the unpredictable Tiny Tina, your disorderly guide through an extraordinary tabletop realm where rules rarely apply. Dropping “first-person looter shooter” mayhem into a fantastical tabletop RPG setting, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands dares adventurers to be Chaotic Great.
Compatible CORSAIR hardware owners running CORSAIR iCUE software will see the creative environments and larger-than-life effects in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands spill out beyond the screen through all of their connected iCUE-compatible components and peripherals. Whether you’re exploring the land looking for loot, casting devastating spells on enemies, or delving deep into dungeons, your entire iCUE ecosystem will light up, reflecting in-game events in real time.
“We’re excited to partner with 2K and bring greater in-game immersion to Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands,” said Lauren Premo, Sr. Director of Software and Services at CORSAIR. “iCUE integration makes for an incredibly engrossing gaming experience that can’t be found anywhere else, and we’re thrilled to enhance Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands’ whimsical action with it.”
The Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands iCUE game integration will be available March 25th, alongside the launch of the game. To celebrate the partnership with 2K, CORSAIR will host a sweepstakes for the chance to win a custom PC inspired by Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, along with a copy of the game and a set of CORSAIR peripherals. For terms and conditions of the giveaway, visit www.corsair.com/tiny-tinas-wonderlands.
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Independent games publisher Versus Evil in partnership with award winning development studio Mad About Pandas today announced that the atmospheric first-person mystery game, Hitchhiker – A Mystery Game, is coming to Meta Quest VR via the Quest Store on March 10th.
In Hitchhiker, players find themselves on a mysterious journey along a dusty highway with no recollection of who they are or where they are going. Players piece together their memories by catching rides with strangers across the country who provide clues to your character’s past and solutions to various environmental puzzles.
“Bringing Hitchhiker into the VR gamespace made perfect sense from a narrative standpoint, particularly in the way we’ve been able to elevate the surreal road trip adventure with a player experience that feels like you’re actually inside the car.” Said Patrick Rau, Founder of Mad About Pandas.
Hitchhiker: A Mystery Game revolves around five distinct Hitch-hiked rides players take trying to recover lost memories through dialogue with an eclectic mix of drivers, each with their own quirky character traits.
Hitchhiker: A Mystery Game is the winner for Best Story at Game Connection and Gold Prize for Best Narrative at NYX.
Hitchhiker is also available on PC, PlayStation 4, XBox One, Nintendo Switch and mobile.
Publishers 505 Games, alongside developers and partners One More Level, All In! Games, 3D Realms, and Slipgate Ironworks™, today launch Project_Hel, a prequel DLC for the million-selling first-person cyberpunk action game Ghostrunner. Return to the dystopian Dharma Tower as a brutally powerful antihero in a new campaign for $14.99/€14.99/£12.49 across console and PC platforms globally. Stay tuned to Ghostrunner’s official Twitter channel for updates on the Nintendo Switch version’s upcoming release.
Just prior to the events of the original Ghostrunner storyline, a combat android known as Hel begins her own violent mission: quelling a rebellion at the base of the tower-city. Yet Hel’s true motivation takes root in hatred toward the creators keeping her chained between assignments. Internal programming keeps her from slaughtering them outright, so she begrudgingly follows orders while looking for loopholes to disrupt her creators’ grand plans.
Unlike regular Ghostrunners, Hel contains no biological parts, instead driven by a cobbled-together AI rendering her unstable, impulsive, and angry. These traits manifest in Project_Hel’s new Rage bar. Fill it up by killing enemies to gain abilities injecting fresh blood into Ghostrunner’s one-hit-one-kill combat. Reject death with the attack-negating Shield, bypass enemy defenses with Unblockable strikes, and strike from afar with devastating energy Surges.
Instead of using a Gap Jammer grappling hook like original protagonist Jack, Hel’s powerful Super Jump provides aggressive movement capabilities both for traversal and combat. She can also air dash significantly further and use a Sensory Boost to quickly visualize their trajectory. These differences give Hel her own feel and style appealing to Ghostrunner veterans and newcomers alike. Upgrade her capabilities even further with a revamped progression system.
Face off against new challengers, including four enemy types and two bosses. Carve through the seven imaginative levels while mastering Hel’s intricacies and rebelling against her creators. Ascend the neon cityscapes to the tune of additional tracks from electronic artist Daniel Deluxe. Uncover more context in this action-packed prequel story by gathering hidden collectibles. Learn how Hel rises to become one of the toughest bosses in the original Ghostrunner plot.
Project_Hel is available now on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store, and GOG. The Nintendo Switch version will launch in the near future.
The Ghostrunner base game is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Amazon Luna, and PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store, and GOG. Throughout March, Ghostrunner on PlayStation 5 will be free for PlayStation Plus members.
Ghostrunner is published by H2 Interactive for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation in Asia, release date of PS4 and PS5 in Asia is March 4th, while that of Nintendo Switch to be communicated by H2.
For more information about Ghostrunner, including full language support, visit the official website.
Indie Publisher Sometimes You is very proud to announce that 35MM, the first game from Sergey Noskov – the developer behind the 7th Sector and In rays of the Light – is now available on consoles. This remastered version of the original PC game comes with updated graphics and an exclusive photo mode.
About 35MM
A post-apocalyptic story about two travelers who set out on a long journey in the wasteland, left by people after the pandemic. The disaster destroyed much of the world’s population, the infrastructure went wrong and the common life remained only in memories. The times when a human has adapted the environment for himself have ended and now, in order to survive, he will have to adapt to changes. You will have to play the character whose path runs through the deserted towns and cities in Russia, fields and forests of a vast country and even a secret underground facility. Who are we, where are we from and where do we go – we will be lucky to know it only at the end!
This adventure story will let you explore in more detail a number of interesting locations of post-apocalyptic Russia, filled with a variety of items and secrets. During the journey you will collect supplies, food, batteries and weapons, solve quests and move forward on the plot, which has several variations in the final, depending on your action.
Smashing swordspeople and overpowered witch baddies, Devolver Digital today unleashed gigantic, murderous birds into the homes of millions of people today with the release of Shadow Warrior 3 across PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Shadow Warrior 3 is also available now at no extra cost to PlayStation Now subscribers.
Shadow Warrior 3 is the long-awaited brand-new entry in the Shadow Warrior franchise, which has sold millions of copies since being rebooted by Devolver Digital and Flying Wild Hog in 2013. The series is notable for its offbeat, irreverent tone and incredible first-person action gameplay that has earned swaths of critical acclaim over the years.
SQUARE ENIX® today announced that BABYLON’S FALL™ is now available on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, PlayStation®5 computer entertainment system and PC (Steam®).
Developed in partnership with renowned action specialists, PlatinumGames Inc., and featuring fluid co-op-combat, powerful weapons and a unique, striking art style, the epic world of BABYLON’S FALL can be played solo or in parties up to four*. Following the launch, BABYLON’S FALL will continue to be supported with new game modes, ongoing story content, and additional weapon types at no additional cost. SQUARE ENIX also previously announced that all players of BABYLON’S FALL will get the Premium Battle Pass for free during Season 1.
A free demo is available that gives PlayStation®5 and PlayStation® 4 players access to the opening section of the game where both single player and four player cross-play co-op can be experienced for free. All progress and achievements can be carried over to the full version of the game.
BABYLON’S FALL is now available on the PlayStation®5 (PS5™) console, PlayStation® 4 and PC (Steam).
* Requires a persistent broadband internet connection in order to play the game. Free Square Enix account required.
ABOUT BABYLON’S FALL
In BABYLON’S FALL players become a group of warriors known as the sentinels, bonded with special equipment called Gideon Coffins, and throw themselves into an odyssey to overcome the titanic Tower of Babylon, within which sleeps a great legacy. In addition to weapons wielded in both hands, characters can use the power of their Gideon Coffin to equip two more, allowing for combinations of up to four weapons at once. The capabilities of different equipment will also bring endless variation to the strategy that can be employed. The game’s visuals are achieved using a newly developed “brushwork style” to create a unique fantasy setting with a medieval oil painting aesthetic.
