Rock-climbing game Jusant could be the chill-out experience of the year

Fancy getting hooked on another football management sim?

AI Roundup: Adobe is introducing generative AI features and new pricing plans, with subscription costs rising from $2 to $5 per month starting in November. On the other hand, EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen called for a global panel of experts to address the challenges of AI regulation, involving scientists, tech companies, and independent experts. All this, and more in today's AI roundup.

Yesterday (Tuesday, September 12), it was announced that the game engine Unity will soon begin charging developers a monthly fee based on the number of installs their games have, in a move that has left many indie studios upset and frustrated.

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It’s a new era for EA Sports’ football games, with the long-running FIFA series no more. EA FC 24, due out later in September, is EA Sports’ first non-FIFA game, and with it comes a fresh assessment of the real-life footballers whose virtual counterparts star in the game.

We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of «Playing the Edge.» Apply to speak here and learn more about sponsorship opportunities here. At the event, we will also announce 25 top game startups as the 2024 Game Changers. Apply or nominate today!

Microsoft announced that the Xbox Digital Broadcast is returning for Tokyo Game Show 2023 after last year's debut. The Xbox Digital Broadcast is set to air on Tokyo Game Show’s official YouTube channel and select Xbox social channels in Japanese, English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Malay, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, French, German, and Castilian Spanish starting September 21st at 6 PM JST / 9 AM UTC / 2 AM PDT. The broadcast will also be available with Japanese Sign Language (JSL), Australian Sign Language (AusLan), and audio descriptions in both Japanese and English.

By Ash Parrish, a reporter who has covered the business, culture, and communities of video games for seven years. Previously, she worked at Kotaku.

Early access action RPG Last Epoch has just received update 0.9.2, which adds a new class of mage called the Runemaster. The Runemaster has five new spells they can use to tear through the game's monsters, and each spell can be customised via its own skill tree.

Castlevania: Nocturne, the sequel series to the Netflix animated series based on Konami’s action role-playing game franchise, is nearly upon us. The new show will break from its predecessor with a new setting, a new protagonist — series’ favorite Richter Belmont — and a new creative team of showrunners. Netflix released a new trailer for Castlevania: Nocturne on Thursday ahead of the show’s premiere on Sept. 28th, offering a glimpse at Richter’s magic-wielding allies and a host of bloodsucking vampire aristocrats.

Considering how much the cast would later expand, growing to include various factions and hierarchies of leadership, returning to the first few seasons ofThe Walking Dead can feel a bit refreshing. The premiere episode especially, which saw series figurehead Rick Grimes trying to survive in a zombified hellscape, is a remarkably stripped-down approach in comparison to what would come later. It’s a feeling Greg Nicotero, special makeup effects expert and co-founder of KNB EFX Group, would try to recapture when working on the latest spinoff, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, which premieres Sept. 10 on AMC.

The Slender: The Arrival “10th Anniversary Update” will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on October 18 for $19.99, developer Blue Isle Studios announced. It will support English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, and Portuguese language options. All pre-orders will include a free copy of Valley. Xbox Series pre-orders are available today, while PlayStation 5 pre-orders will begin on September 19.