Twisted Metal debuts on Peacock on July 27 as latest game-to-streaming adaptation

Once the planet is finally set on fire or a global pandemic wipes out most of humanity, it's easy to imagine the world will look like something from The Last of Us or Fallout 5. It doesn't have to be though, according to early access game I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival.

Starfield is the first new IP from renowned developer Bethesda Game Studios since The Elder Scrolls debuted in 1994. That alone comes with lofty expectations, not to mention that the space-set RPG has become a critical release for Xbox following the disappointment of Redfall and the sparse first-party Xbox Series X|S lineup before it.

During today's THQ Nordic Digital Showcase, we learned about a new game starring everyone's favorite raunchy Colorado kids. South Park: Snow Day looks to carry on the series' legacy of over-the-top and mature-rated humor while still viewing life through the eyes of children. 

Substantiating a Bloomberg report from earlier this year, Netflix has quietly released a new «game controller» app for iOS intended to make it possible for subscribers to play its games on their TV. The major wrinkle in all this, however, is that it currently doesn't actually do anything.

Millions of players have been enjoying Splatoon 3 since it dropped in 2022, and one of the biggest “outlets” for them to funnel their joy through has been the Splatfests. To be fair, unlike past titles, the Splatfests haven’t always been consistent in their release within the new game. Sometimes they took a back seat to the new “Big Run” events or other things going down. However, Nintendo and the people at Squid Research Labs have felt the need to have back-to-back months with Splatfests again. The good news for you is that Splatoon 3 is hosting the next Splatfest later today.

Video game adaptations have been on quite a roll lately, with both movies and TV shows proving that you can bring a video game story to life with the proper budget, the right team behind the camera, and the right actors in front of it. Naturally, that leads to people going to extremes and picking some wackier gamers to try and adapt. If not obvious, we’re talking about the recent Twisted Metal series that landed on Peacock late last month. The car-apocalypse story has been popular on Sony systems in the past, and many were curious how it would do in live-action.

Twisted Metal is Peacock’s “most binged” comedy premiere to date, NBCUniversal claims.

Today we’re happy to reveal the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for July 2023. The lineup includes two hotly anticipated indies available with Game Catalog on their respective launch days – Sea of Stars and Moving Out 2. Sea of Stars will be available when it launches on Tuesday, August 29, with all other titles available starting Tuesday, August 15. Let’s dive in.

There are a lot of arcade-influenced racers on the market, but few that would actually completely work in an arcade. New Star GP is one such game. In the vein of classics like Virtua Racing and Daytona USA for arcade fans and Hotshot Racing, it’s a checkpoint racer with some twists because it’s a PC game. As a result of the platform it’s on, it’s available in early access for a lower price point – $17.99 gets you the game with all of its current content and future free updates as well. One problem a lot of the classic arcade racers have had was a lack of content – outside of games like the OutRun games and home conversions of Daytona adding in more tracks, they usually are a bit lean while Hotshot had some big free content updates over the years to keep it fresh.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed August 2023’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalogue and Classics Catalogue titles.

A current Apple Arcade exclusive is apparently on its way to Steam.

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