Project: Mist looks like The Forest with flying whales and giant heads

Blizzard recently introduced its 39th Hero to its multiplayer shooterOverwatch 2, in the form of Mauga, a tall, thick-set Samoan tank who, players have noted, looks rather like Pixar’s portrayal of the Polynesian demigod Maui in its animated film Moana. Well, it appears there’s more of a link between the two than just a passing resemblance, as Mauga directly references Maui in his voice lines.

Heavily discounted PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X bundles have been spotted in Europe.

Players can preorder World of Warcraft: The War Within now and earn in-game rewards like the Algarian Stormrider mount, Traders Tender, Stormrider's Attire, and more! Preorder World of Warcraft: The War Within Prices range from $49.99 USD to $89.99 USD. Players can earn tons of in-game rewards depending on the edition they purchase — there's a package for everyone.

When purchasing the Epic Edition of The War Within expansion, you will receive access to the beta testing of the expansion, plus be able to play the expansion three days in advance. This early access will be limited as many endgame features won't be available then but will allow players to level up early. Click here to Pre-Order The War Within

The Quinfall is an upcoming MMORPG that boasts of the “largest open world” we have ever seen. The game is currently in development by Vawraek Technologies, a little-known company whose developers previously worked on a Turkish MMORPG called Kayra Online. We have only seen limited gameplay in trailers, and the social media handles for the game are slowly giving us a glimpse of what to expect. The game is promising in concept, and the studio has some very ambitious goals. 

When Intel Extreme Masters came back to Sydney for the first time since 2019, it came back hard. Over 20,000 fans attended the Counter-Strike 2 tournament in the Aware Super Theatre, making it both the largest and fastest-selling Australian esports tournament in history. That was just for the in-person attendance — online, the tournament saw a peak of over 460,000 viewers and a combined 6.6 million hours watched according to Esports Charts. 

The United Kingdom is hosting the AI Safety Summit, bringing politicians, computer scientists and tech executives to a site chosen for its symbolism: Bletchley Park, synonymous with codebreaking and the birth of computing. During World War II, a group of mathematicians, cryptographers, crossword puzzlers, chess masters and other experts gathered at the Victorian country house 45 miles (72 kilometers) northwest of London to wage a secret war against Nazi Germany. Their goal: cracking Adolf Hitler's supposedly unbreakable codes.

With Cyberpunk 2077's only expansion, Phantom Liberty, now firmly in the rearview, CD Projekt RED is free to look to the future. There's the new The Witcher trilogy, of course, but also the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel codenamed Project Orion.

The Forest is available on multiple platforms, but does it have cross-play or cross-progression? This would allow people to survive together in The Forest if the developers made this option viable.

Spirit of the North followed in the wake of indie darlings like Journey and Abzu as a quietly meditative single-player adventure through nature that laid out its moving story without a word of dialogue. Four years on from its release - and three years after it came to PC - developers Infuse Studio have revealed a full sequel.

Finnish clothing company Makia has teamed with Remedy to release a line of high-end unisex streetwear inspired by Alan Wake 2.

Starting this weekend, Hyundai is opening clinics in five US cities where drivers can take their vehicles for a software update it says will prevent the type of vehicle theft made popular on TikTok.