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We're mere days away from Summer Game Fest — an event that now strives to fill the rather large hole that E3 left behind. Geoff Keighley's big summer bash may not have the grandeur of those legendary stage shows, but it's still prominent enough to attract announcements and updates from publishers all over the world.

Surprise! The next Horizon game after Zero Dawn and Forbidden West is also the next Lego game. Revealed during today's Summer games Fest showcase, Lego Horizon Adventures lets series heroine Aloy romp around with a pal in two-player co-op, and it’s coming to PC on the same day as it hits PlayStation.

Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends.

Summer Game Fest 2024’s kick-off show is taking place on Friday and you’ll be able to watch it live here.

Today is officially Friday and it's time to end the work week right by getting that Perfect! streak in . Luckily, with a few tips, it's not hard to get that perfect score today. There are a few odd words that could go in another category, but this has a little less crossover than other recent puzzles and that should make it faster to spot the differences.

The strange tale of MultiVersuscontinues. The game was odd enough to begin with: a free-to-play Smash Bros.-inspired fighter featuring the multifarious intellectual property of the Warner Bros. Discovery corporation, in which Looney Tunes icons can battle DC heroes and characters from the likes of Adventure Time and Game of Thrones — there’s even LeBron James.

Summer Game Fest is fast approaching, and while many speculate on the world premieres we are bound to see, creator and host Geoff Keighley is attempting to reign in some expectations ahead of Friday's show.

I spent way too many hours knocking together my hands on for Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree, so I'll just let today's deals speak for themselves. My quick personal pick: that Humble Bundle that includes LEGO 2K Drive Awesome Edition for $15. Even the non-Awesome-edition is well worth that price. My kids and I love that game.

It's been one month since the sound of engines began. The hardest track ever created in Trackmania was published by a team of mappers on May 4th, bringing an intimidating 16-floor tower called Deep Dip 2 into the racing game. It became a magnet for competitive drivers after a prize pool of over $30,000 was offered to the first three players to conquer its hellish heights. The prize has yet to be claimed. Even today, determined racers continue to bang their heads against the brutally designed course, featuring icy surfaces, curving rails, and perilous loop-the-loops that hang kilometres about the ground. Some players have parked their hopes and given up. But others persevere. The top three players have reached the final floor and currently stand shoulder to shoulder, eyes focused on the prize.

Ever heard of Pudgy Penguins, the adorable little NFT characters? Well, they are gearing up to waddle into mobile gaming. Teaming up with Mythical Games, Pudgy Penguins will drop a blockchain-enabled AAA mobile video game in 2025.

Astro Bot will have "over 150" cameos from across the PlayStation pantheon, restoring hope that Sony might finally acknowledge Bloodborne again.

Microsoft and OpenAI have a close relationship, and it appears that the latter is now planning to team up with the iPhone maker. Apple has been working to build a relationship with OpenAI and Google for their generative AI technology, which could potentially be part of the company's next big iOS 18 update. However, the idea of Apple and OpenAI working together has Microsoft worried.