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Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Guacamelee 2 Release Date, Pricing Announced

DrinkBox Studios' Guacamelee! 2 is coming to PC and PS4 on August 21.

Guacamelee! 2 retains the vibrant colors and art style of the original, and moves its Metroidvania gameplay forward with the addition of "drop-in 4 player local co-op," as well a new upgrade system, an improved graphics engine, and a new rendering engine.

Guacamelee! 2 was first announced during Sony's PlayStation Media Showcase pre-show at Paris Games Week last October, with an expected release date of "soonish."

The sequel comes over 5 years after the original Guacamelee! hit PC, PS3 and PS Vita. Eventually, the original Guacamelee! would see several expanded editions, including Guacamelee!: Gold Edition and Guacamelee!: Super Turbo Championship Edition, as well as limited edition physical releases of the game and the Super Turbo Championship Edition for PS4.

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GTA Online: After Hours Update Goes Live

This week on GTA Online, the free After Hours update officially goes live and players can now manage their own nightclub in Los Santos.

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Jungle Survival Sim Green Hell Releasing Next Month

The hyper-realistic survival sim Green Hell has announced it will be releasing on PC into Early Access late next month on August 29.

Green Hell drops you in a deadly jungle where you'll need to manage three different kinds of hunger meters, fend off wildlife, and check your arms and legs for wounds and disease. Its Early Access announcement also says it will have "psychological thriller" elements as your character wakes up with no memory of why they are there.

You can watch the newly released Early Access trailer here:

Green Hell is single-player and will launch only on PC to start. For its Early Access launch, half of the final map will be available. While the focus will initially be on the survival mode, the beginnings of the story mode will also be playable.

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Fortnite Birthday Challenges: Dance in Front of Different Birthday Cakes Locations

Fortnite's one year anniversary kicks off today with a set of Birthday Challenges and we have location tips for all three.

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Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 Review

The Mega Man X Legacy Collection is an absolutely fantastic compilation that contains the first four Mega Man X games. The first three alone are some of the best video games ever made for the Super NES and are still coveted by fans. Mega Man X4 was a bit more divisive when initially released, but I found myself enjoying it despite the surprising evolution in the art style. I'm incredibly happy to have this well executed compilation in my library of modern consoles and available on the go.

Not only is this a collection of superb ports, but it also adds several features that will be a pleasant surprise for longtime fans. The Museum features artwork, the original Japanese Rockman X trailers, photos of Mega Man X collectibles, all the music from each game, and even the Day of Sigma animated short that shipped with Maverick Hunter X on the PlayStation Portable. You can also choose to play either the US or Japanese versions of any of the included games.

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Monday, July 23, 2018

Indie Publisher Surprise Attack Games Relaunches as Fellow Traveller

Australian independent games publisher Surprise Attack Games has today announced a new name and a new emphasis for the business. Rebranding as Fellow Traveller, the label will have "a new focus on funding, supporting and publishing unusual games, especially those with narrative at their core."

Fellow Traveller also confirmed two new signings to the label alongside the relaunch: cyberpunk taxi-driving adventure Neo Cab (from Chance Agency) and alien ocean exploration game In Other Waters (by Jump Over the Age). Neo Cab, which casts players as one of the last remaining human taxi drivers in an almost entirely automated world, was spotlighted here on IGN last month as one of 10 great-looking games from E3 2018 which may have flown under your radar.

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The Rise of Streamed Gaming Is 2018's Scariest New Trend

Update: This article was originally published during E3 2018 after several developers announced plans for a push toward streamed gaming. We are refreshing and republishing it now after recent rumors surfaced that Microsoft may be developing a dedicated streaming Xbox alongside its regular next-gen console.

E3 2018 was full of vague references to the rise of streamed gaming. EA announced a push toward it at its press conference, followed by Microsoft announcing similar plans of its own (which are now being backed up by recent rumors). Those both came hot on the heels of the very unexpected release of Resident Evil 7: Cloud Version, an exclusively streamed version of a game that assumedly wouldn't have been able to run on the Switch's hardware natively.

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