CES 2023 came and went while I was burning through a statutory holiday entitlement in the Welsh countryside, so these highlights of the Vegas tech show’s PC gaming gear reveals may be as much news to me as they are to you. Unless you caught Katharine’s writeup on the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, which I did once I found a smidge of 4G signal. Cheers, chief.
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Ex-Striking Distance devs say they were omitted from The Callisto Protocol’s credits
The Callisto Protocol have spoken out after not being credited for their work on the game. Five people who used to work for developers Striking Distance spoke to GamesIndustry.biz, and said that they didn’t make it onto The Callisto Protocol’s credits. Other sources told the site that around 20 staff from several departments were omitted, including senior developers, leads, and directors, some of whom had worked at the studio for more than a year.
We could see more of Redfall, not Starfield, at an Xbox and Bethesda showcase this month
Redfall is revealed. Windows Central report that an Xbox showcase could be lined up for January 25th at 8pm GMT/9pm CET/12pm PT, but that might still change. It’s believed that this stream will focus on Arkane’s co-op horror shooter, which was originally due to launch in summer last year before a delay into 2023.
Forspoken’s cinematic trailer shows a world the demo suggests it might not live up to
Forspoken, Square Enix’s upcoming action RPG with magic-infused parkour. A demo did indeed come out in December, but only on PS5 – and to very mixed reviews. It’s a shame, because the world on show in its latest cinematic trailer looks appetisingly stylish.
The game comes out on January 24th, so we’ll know for sure soon enough.
Sons Of The Forest will have a three-limbed mutant companion and enemy monsters with personalities
Sons Of The Forest may have been delayed, but they’re still very much coming to get you. We’re creeping ever closer to the hit survival sequel’s February 23rd release date, but IGN have lead the foray with a hands-on preview that reveals a little more about what to expect. Expect mutants with improved AI and individual tastes, better building, and companions you can boss around.
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Come watch this streamer simultaneously beat two Elden Rings with a controller and a dance mat
Elden Ring with both a dance mat and a controller. That’s two instances of Elden Ring at once, to be clear, with Mikaa slaying the final boss on a PS5 with a controller mere moments before killing his counterpart on a PC hooked up to a dance mat. Two old rings, coming right up.
Half-Life 2 mod Evacuation lets you pit antlions vs Combine in the woods
Half-Life 2 mod Evacuation. There are zombies, too. Maybe today was not the best day to go down to the woods.
Intriguing pixel Metroidvania Animal Well has found a publisher
Animal Well has been picked up by Bigmode, the indie publishing company set up last year by YouTuber Videogamedunkey. The Metroidvania is being developed by Shared Memories, another name for solo dev Billy Basso. Basso is crafting a multi-layered puzzle horror platformer that he hopes will keep people playing the game for years, and collaborating to solve its mysteries. You can see a bit more of what to expect from Animal Well in the preview video below.
Why did no one tell me PowerWash Sim has actual lore
PowerWash Simulator like it was my job. When I wrote that, I was about two thirds of the way through the story in Career mode, which turns out to be just before PowerWash Simulator goes as bananas as everyone’s home baking in the summer of 2020. I can’t believe I need to say this but: this article contains spoilers for the PowerWash Sim story.