Sandbox VR starts Squid Game Virtuals location-based VR experience on September 29

Profane has recently announced the return of its playtests on October 18th, 2023, in their latest Discord announcement. The game's developers recently shared the exciting news on their Discord channel, revealing that the tests are set to commence in 2023. Players eager to dive into the world of Profane can now sign up to participate.

A new report suggests that the video game industry’s struggles in 2023 run deeper than firing staff and closing studios.

Wizard With a Gun is an upcoming Co-Op Sandbox Survival Shooter set in the wild world comprised of arcane firearms, time travel hijinks, eldritch horrors, and a whole lot of chaos.It’s a game published by Devolver Digital and Galvanic Games (best known for other games like Some Distant Memory and Gurgamoth) that many indie game fanatics have been eagerly awaiting.

More than six years after it was first teased, Legacy, the ironically-titled new game from once-legendary designer Peter Molyneux, finally has a release date. The blockchain-based business simulator developed by Molyneux's 22 Cans studio is set to go live on October 26.

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Today, CCP Games unveiled EVE Vanguard, its next attempt at a first-person multiplayer shooter game integrated with EVE Online. Some players may still remember Dust 514, which attempted something similar but largely failed as a PlayStation 3 exclusive. CCP didn't stop trying and came up with the so-called Project Nova, though that one didn't even make it to launch.

In a very strange but very predictable move, Netflix has made a reality show version of the demented challenges from its 2021 breakout hit Squid Game. In the years since the series’ debut, plenty of content creators like MrBeast have organized their own real-life Squid Game, but Netflix is finally back with a trailer for its official version, called Squid Game: The Challenge, which boasts what Netflix says is the biggest reality show prize of all time: $4.56 million. Squid Game: The Challenge is set to premiere on Nov. 22.

Razer, a company famous for putting RGB in just about everything, sometimes as a joke andsometimes not, finally just went and made RGB lightbulbs. Well, not just lightbulbs, but a whole new product category called «Gamer Room,» a collection of Chroma RGB-infused lights «tailored to amplify every gamer's battlestation.» 

Publisher Paradox Interactive and developer C Prompt Games have announced Millennia, a turn-based strategy game in which you will lead a nation of your own design through thousands of years of history. It will launch for PC via Steam in 2024.

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!

Remember Squid Game? This pandemic-era streaming obsession gave us a gory, twisted take on the game show concept and generated more than a billion viewing hours on Netflix. It was enough that a Korean ISP sued Netflix in a bid to get the streaming service to pay for what it claimed was excessive data usage in the country caused by the popular Korean drama.

Spider-Man 2 just got a new gameplay trailer at the PlayStation State of Play event, held late Thursday, dropping new details about its exploration, side quests, and new tech. Game director Bryan Intihar kicked things off by comparing its open-world experience to the 2018 prequel, noting how the map has nearly doubled in size, expanding past the East River to include the Queens and Brooklyn boroughs. To compensate for the distance, both Spider-Men — Peter Parker and Miles Morales — are equipped with deployable Web Wings that let them swiftly glide across the city. Indeed, these can be used in tandem with web-swinging by alternating between the two for increased momentum.