Starfield developer Bethesda has issued an end of year update for the space game, outlining what players can expect in 2024.
01.12.2023 - 01:49 / rockpapershotgun.com / Space
Homeworld 3 will launch on March 8th 2024, completing a development journey that began with crowdfunding back in 2019. To give some insight into that journey, developers Blackbird are going to release a documentary this December, a clip from which you'll find below.
There's plenty that looks great in the video above: hulking great space monoliths, tactical pause, battleships that maintain their damage scars throughout the campaign... And then a developer will call it a "love letter to fans of the franchise" and I remember, yeah, this is marketing and not a real documentary, isn't it.
Nevertheless, I'm pumped for Homeworld 3. The previous games are beloved for being fun strategy games with stylish spaceships and an atmospheric setting and story, and much of that seems to be present in the trailers released so far for the sequel. I'm also curious about its new cooperative mode, War Games, which apparently like roguelike elements.
Blackbird Interactive have a good pedigree, too, having been founded by former Homeworld 1 and 2 developers, and having since worked on land-based spin-off Homeworld: Deserts Of Kharak and the wonderful space salvage sim Hardspace: Shipbreaker.
This is the first time Homeworld 3 has had a specific day for a release date, but it has been delayed several times already, into the first half of 2023 and then to February 2024. Hopefully this time it sticks and I get to play with cool spaceships in March.
Starfield developer Bethesda has issued an end of year update for the space game, outlining what players can expect in 2024.
Developer Eyeguys and publisher Santa Ragione released the “treacherous visual novel” Mediterranea Inferno on PC in August 2023, and now it has a date for consoles. The latest announcement has the game hitting PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch on March 5, 2024.
The rumours of Nvidia's refresh of its RTX 40-series of GPUs have been steadily building for months and although the final specifications have yet to be set in stone, the dates when you can buy them all have been leaked. The RTX 4070 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super, and RTX 4080 Super will reportedly be announced 8 January 2024 and will reach retailers' shelves by 17, 24, and 31 January respectively. Oh, and the wholly unnecessary RTX 3050 6GB will be available in February, too.
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IGN and TCM Superstreamer are proud to unveil Fear Fest Re-Animated, a brand-new showcase that promises to deliver a hauntingly wonderful preview of the best horror games headed our way next year on March 20, 2024.
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A year or two ago I interviewed an actual, practising witch, the wonderful Damien Crawford of Purgatory Dungeoneer fame, about how videogames represent magic. I badly need Crawford's thoughts on Emberstorm Entertainment's Reka, published by Fireshine Games, which has just been slapped with a Steam early access release window of Q2 2024.
The Outlast Trials has an official release date and confirmation that it is coming to consoles. The Outlast Trials will be released on March 5th, 2024 for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. It has also been confirmed by Red Barrels that there will be two versions of the game to purchase when it releases.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 was supposed to be out by the end of 2023, but in November publisher Focus Home Interactive mashed the brakes hard, pushing it into the second half of 2024. We noted at the time that the vague launch window could mean a full year of extra waiting, but as it turns out, it's not quite that bad.
The Outlast Trials has an official release date and confirmation that it is coming to consoles. The Outlast Trials will be released on March 5th, 2024 for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. It has also been confirmed by Red Barrels that there will be two versions of the game to purchase when it releases.