Rebellion has released a comprehensive trailer of its upcoming co-op shooter Strange Brigade, which launches later this month. Inspired by classic adventure fiction, Strange Brigade sees up to four players joining forces as a group of early twentieth-century explorers. The trailer also reveals more information about Strange Brigade’s playable characters, each of whom has access to unique supernatural abilities. I do like that Strange Brigade gives a little nod Rebellion’s Sniper Elite series, in

But THQ Nordic isn’t giving up: The publisher announced today that Cliffhanger Productions is working on a new game in the series, Jagged Alliance: Rage!, set 20 years after the original. Jagged Alliance: Rage! The game itself will feature turn-based tactical combat, as you’d expect from Jagged Alliance, “mixed with adventure elements,” which is less clearly defined. Along with the debilitating effects of age and mileage, characters will also have access to unique “Rage” skills that will grow mo

No Man’s Sky player Long_Nose_Jim is making a list, checking it twice, and gifting really shiny doodads to players low on cash. Stasis devices are valued at over 15 million units and require considerable resources to craft, but they’re only used as fodder for vendors. Some players were worried that Long_Nose_Jim’s generosity might rob some new players of the No Man’s Sky experience by obviating their early-game efforts. He says he’ll keep giving out stasis devices every evening until he’s out of

My Memory of Us caught my attention early last year with a trailer revealing a visual style reminiscent of old-fashioned Disney animated shorts. “The story of My Memory of Us is a personal one to us, as our grandparents faced similar oppression World War 2. “So when it came time to cast a narrator, Patrick Stewart was the perfect choice. His talent and skill provides the right mixture of gravitas and hope, and his performance resonates perfectly with our game.” Mechanically, the game will be bui

Fortnite’s latest season is all about the wild effects of the time rifts that appeared in the game’s map, from teleporting burgers to the second coming of the dinosaurs. However, according to Fortnite Battle Royale Leaks , the same source which recently uncovered Fortnite’s new heavy sniper rifle, those time rifts are closing. According to tweets from the Fortnite data miner, the time rifts in Fortnite’s sky will start closing later this week, and will totally vanish on or before Tuesday, August

Human Head Studios announced today that the open world Viking RPG Rune, the game that lets you use hacked-off limbs as crude (but probably really funny) weapons, will go live on Steam Early Access in September. Rune is set on Midgard (aka Earth, but Norse) during the time of Ragnarok, the end of days, when the sun becomes black and the world sinks into the sea. Norse trappings aside, Rune is probably best known (at least around these parts) for being the game that lets you kill people with other

Fortnite-forged Twitch streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins recently stated that he avoids streaming with women on Twitch because he doesn’t want to bring drama or gossip down on himself, his wife, or other women. Blevins said that “there hasn’t been a single female gamer or streamer on Twitch or anything like that who’s been upset about that.” But in the past few days, several women, including many Twitch streamers and YouTubers, have openly disagreed with Blevins’ view. Likewise, others agreed that

Following the official reveal of Rainbow Six Siege’s newest defender, Clash, fans have already been digging for even more info. There are already a few things that are adding credence to this theory, the main one being video tags that can be found in the reveal video for Clash on Ubisoft’s YouTube channel. Well, not anyone—YouTube hides these tags on the normal video page, so they’re only visible when viewing the page source in another tab. We know from leaks back in May and the Operation Grim S

Maybe if more educational films were like Bethesda’s Fallout 76 instructional videos, I would have actually learned something in school. The premise of today’s film, Let’s Work With Others, is that the wasteland is a deadly place and making some pals will increase your chances of survival. You can watch the video above. Along with friends, the film suggests you might also encounter some not-so-friendly types in Fallout 76, both of the monster variety and those occasional hostile players who want

Activision announced today that the second Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 public beta test will begin on September 10. On the PlayStation 4, that is—the rest of us will have to wait a little longer. An Activision rep said that date hasn’t been confirmed yet, but I’ll update if and when it is. The first Black Ops 4 public beta featured six conventional multiplayer modes and introduced a few major changes to the series, most notably the end of auto-regenerating health. Round two, as the tweet makes cle

The Dishonored games were great—not perfect by any means, but very much the kind of thing I’d love to see more of. Sadly, that’s not going to happen anytime soon, and may not happen at all, as Arkane lead designer Ricardo Bare told VG247 that the series may or may not be back. “I can’t say definitively what might happen down the road, anything could happen, but [Dishonored] is resting for now,” Bare said. Even more importantly, Bare said that regardless of what happens with Dishonored specifical

Solid state drive pricing continues to trend downward, especially if you can score one at a discount. If that’s what you’re looking to do, head over to Rakuten and check out this deal on an Adata Ultimate SU650 950GB SSD. The drive is on sale for $149.99, down from $199.99, and that in and of itself is a good price. That works out to just under 13 cents per gigabyte, making it one of the more affordable SSDs out there. At this price, it is also significantly less than our top budget pick, Corsai

Other MMOs often excel at just one or two things, but World of Warcraft is a jack of all trades. World of Warcraft also has some very popular roleplay servers where players are expected to speak and behave as their character would. It’s a very different experience, as you’ll treat World of Warcraft more like a Dungeons & Dragons campaign. These three highly detailed compendiums tell the entire story of Warcraft from the very beginning of the cosmos all the way up to mid-way through World of Warc

“The forges here at Blizzard are burning hot” said community manager Brandy Camel last week, letting us know that multiple new Diablo games are afoot. Blizzard job adverts a month or so ago asked for environmental, technical and dungeon artists in service of more Diablo games, and we might get our first glimpse of something new later this year—maybe at Blizzcon in November. Blizzard has reiterated several times that it still cares about the Diablo series even as Hearthstone and Overwatch continu

Nvidia has made available a GeForce hotfix driver (version 398.98) to address a couple of issues gamers have been experiencing. One of them is a stability issue when running LA Noire VR with the latest GeForce driver. The hotfix is supposed to correct that, along with a separate stuttering issue for “some configurations in the Call of Duty Black Ops 4 beta.” Nevertheless, some users in the thread have voiced frustration at still experiencing issues with G-Sync. “So this doesn’t fix the G-Sync bu

Cooler Master has chosen the former with its new MasterLquid ML360R, its largest all-in-one liquid cooler with a 360mm radiator to help keep temperatures in check. Cooler Master says it’s “certified compatible with Asus, MSI, and ASRock” motherboards. “The MasterLiquid ML360R RGB features Cooler Master’s newly designed pump with 12 addressable RGB LEDs on the water block and eight addressable RGB LEDs on each fan, capable of 16.7million color options. Beyond the lighting effects, the MasterLiqui

It also rolled out a series of Quadro RTX cards based on the new architecture, with the RTX branding intended to signify the new cards’ ray-tracing capabilities. In addition to the numerous leaks and rumors suggesting as much, Nvidia’s teaser video provides as close to a confirmation as we are going to get ahead of the official launch. 1) The video was posted to YouTube by “Nvidia GeForce” with the hashtag “BeForTheGame,” and points to Nvidia’s scheduled event on August 20. Put it all together a

Nick (left) and Kevin (right) Kocheff, streamer and manager, son and father. Like a lot of parents, Kevin Kolcheff didn’t quite know how to react to his teenage son Nick’s apparent gaming addiction. NickMercs Nick Kolcheff streams as NickMercs on Twitch, largely sticking to Fortnite. Eventually, Nick’s rampant gaming got to the point where Kolcheff destroyed his Xbox, and Nick left home for a bit. You’re sending your son to Missouri for gaming?’ Kevin KolcheffStreaming was barely in its infancy

Paradox Interactive has announced that Europa Universalis IV’s latest expansion, titled Dharma, will launch on September 6. Dharma adds more complexity to European trade companies and Indian estates, letting you upgrade provinces tied to your trade companies with the former, and introducing five new castes to the latter. We’ve failed to address the elephant in the room, however, which is that Dharma will also introduce…monsoons. Oh, and the expansion adds elephants as well. That way Europa Unive

At QuakeCon this weekend I got to see a demo of the upcoming Murkmire expansion for The Elder Scrolls Online coming later this year. After tracking the missing treasure hunters to a dungeon, a trap caves in the floor, dropping the investigators deep into the cavern below. These dungeon traps aren’t there just to give the players a hard time, either. After over a dozen updates to Elder Scrolls Online, I ask Lambert which gets fans more excited, to see the recreation of an area well-known in previ