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Warframe’s been fully embracing its weird side over the course of its last couple of expansions, but if you thought its mood-world westerns and long-lost dimension-shifting labs were as far as the free-to-play shooter was willing to go, then you might want to brace yourself: developer Digital Extremes has revealed first gameplay of its upcoming 1999 story expansion and, well, let’s just say you get to go into space to kill a 90s boyband.

We’ve known 1999 was likely to be an odd ‘un ever since its tease at last year’s TennoCon utterly stole the show – catapulting players away from Warframe’s usual far-future sci-fi aesthetic to an eerily familiar Earth-like world of grungy subways stations and retro tech. And now, with TennoCon 2024 underway, Digital Extremes has shared more on its audacious new expansion.

To get a few burning questions out of the way first, yes it’s really set in 1999 (New Year’s Eve to be exact) and no, this isn’t quite the Earth we know – but it’s close enough, full of extremely familiar era-appropriate artefacts that feel gleefully incongruous within Warframe’s wider world. And that starts with 1999’s new hub area: an abandoned 90s…

Nintendo has announced plans for a big September in-game event for Splatoon 3, accompanied by the launch of new amiibo figurines.

Fans say this autumn’s Grand Festival will likely mark the end of new content for the paint-based shooter threequel, akin to Splatoon 2’s Final Fest – though the possibility of other, returning Splatfests remains.

Nintendo will launch four new amiibo figures on 4th September, divided into two specific packs: the Side Order Set featuring Pearl and Marina, as well as the Alterna Set featuring favourites Callie and Marie.

Splatoon 3 – Grand Festival (Nintendo Switch)

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PowerWash Simulator’s all-new free update, Muckingham Files 3, is now available.
Available for free on PC via Steam, Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and last-gen consoles, Muckingham Files 3 introduces two new maps selected by the PowerWash community itself.

PowerWash Simulator The Muckingham Files 3 Release Trailer

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If you’ve been hoping for another No Mans’s Sky universe refresh, today’s your day. The exploratory space sim’s latest update is all about bringing more variety to planets – and it’s chucking in angry Starship Troopers-esque bug hunts and a flamethrower mech too.

No Man’s Sky’s new Worlds Part 1 update owes at least some of its existence to developer Hello Games’ upcoming fantasy planet sim Light No Fire. “Over the last five years making the game, ” it explains, “we’ve learnt new things, and we’re feeding that back into No Man’s Sky”.

Some of No Man’s Sky’s freshly expanded variety comes from the way its new simulated systems combine. There’s new cloud tech that creates skies based on weather conditions, with planets now featuring their own wind patterns. Water has also had a significant overhaul, featuring dynamic waves that react to weather, reflections, and improved oceans.

No Man’s Sky Worlds Part I Update Trailer

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Just shy of two years since the release of Two Point Campus, the Two Point Studios team has begun teasing its next project, suggesting an announcement is on the horizon.
A post on the Two Point County site shared a few days ago informed the community that Two Point’s fictional and eccentric millionaire Wiggy Silverbottom was in need of some assistance.
“As you know, our beloved intrepid explorer is always on the lookout for his next adventure. So a few months ago, he assembled a team of newly graduated (so-called) experts in his field to embark on a top-secret and extremely important mission. There they made a remarkable discovery…” the site teased.
“Unfortunately, there was a slight hiccup before this discovery reached its destination… the whole thing went missing! This caused quite a stir, as you’d imagine.”

Newscast: Does the loss of day one launches make Xbox Game Pass pointless?

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Sony has opened up the early access beta for its upcoming 5v5 sci-fi shooter Concord to all PlayStation Plus users.
Initially, this beta access was only going to be available to those who had already pre-ordered the game (you can find out more about the editions available and pricing in Matt’s story here).
Those in the UK interested in trying out the early access beta can get it pre-downloaded from 6pm this evening (11th July). It will then be available to play from 6pm tomorrow, with cross play support for PS5 and PC. Sony said PS Plus users should look out for the option to download and play the Concord beta when they start up their PlayStation 5s.

Concord – Gameplay Trailer | PS5 Games

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Chinese and Russian Pokémon Go players have reported a brief window of regular gameplay this week – despite long-standing geo-blocking that typically makes the game inaccessible across most of these regions.

Reports collated on top Pokémon Go reddit TheSilphRoad show players able to send in-game postcards from Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, site of the 1989 student protest and massacre now subject to strict censorship by the country’s government.

For years, Pokémon Go has been unplayable in large swathes of China – and various tourists have recorded their experiences trying to load the smartphone game when visiting. No Pokémon will appear to catch, and no locations will appear on the map.

This changed, briefly, on Sunday evening, as an apparent glitch brought the game back to life across the country.

In Russia, where developer Niantic suspended Pokémon Go gameplay in March 2022, the same glitch saw gameplay return there too.

Intriguingly, in-game locations remain in Niantic’s database for both of these countries – although it seems unlikely either will return normally any time soon.

“We stand with the globa…

Update, Saturday 6th July: Epic Games has updated its statement to confirm that Apple has now accepted its submission.
In a brief addendum, Epic said: “Update: Apple has informed us that our previously rejected Epic Games Store notarisation submission has now been accepted”.
Update: Apple has informed us that our previously rejected Epic Games Store notarization submission has now been accepted. https://t.co/tl5LY1aQD6— Epic Games Newsroom (@EpicNewsroom) July 5, 2024…

Following the release of Tomb Raider 1 – 3 Remastered earlier this year, Aspyr is now continuing Lara’s adventures by also remastering the next three games in the series.
Tomb Raider 4 – 6 Remastered, as this collection is called, includes Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (1999), Tomb Raider: Chronicles (2000), and Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (2003).
As with the original trilogy, each of the next three games will feature improved visuals that bring new life to environments, characters, and artefacts. There will be the option to toggle between classic and modern graphics as well, much like with Tomb Raider 1 – 3 Remastered. You can check out the announcement trailer below.

Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered – Announce Trailer

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With Stalker 2’s November release looming, anyone looking to acquaint (or reacquaint) themselves with the series’ acclaimed post-apocalyptic horror action ahead of its arrival will soon be able to do so on the go, with the original Stalker trilogy now set for a Switch release on 31st October – a little earlier than developer GSC Game World had initially announced.

Stalker comes to Switch with a choice of purchasing options. First, there’s the Legends of the Zone bundle that launched for Xbox Series X/S and PS5 earlier this year, packaging together 2007’s Shadow of Chernobyl, 2008’s Clear Sky, and 2009’s Call of Pripyat. That’ll set you back £32.99/39.99 EUR/39.99 USD, but players looking for a slightly less concentrated dose of Stalker can alternatively buy each game individually, for £15.99/19.99 EUR/19.99 USD apiece.

All three games whisk players to an alternate version of the real-word Chornobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine, which – thanks to a second nuclear disaster in 2006 – has become rife with mutants and anomalies, tempting adventures known as Stalkers to enter its boundaries. The series’ acclaimed mix of bleak FPS survival horror an…