Blog Archive: January 2023

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Redfall Pre-Order

Long anticipated and repeatedly delayed - descriptors which apply to many major gaming titles releasing this year - open world vampire hunter shooter Redfall yesterday announced a firm (probably) May 2 release date.

Also showing us more gameplay. Following that up today is their official pre-order trailer to let us all know that we can start throwing money at them.

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Very Problematic

This year's Critics' Choice Best Animated Series winner Harley Quinn is gifting us all with A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special. For which there is a trailer.

Oh my. Definitely not safe for work.

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Shazam 2 Trailer 2

A second trailer for Shazam! Fury of the Gods is out showcasing this film's two divine villains, daughters of Atlas Hespera (Helen Mirren) and Kalypso (Lucy Liu).

While we found the first Shazam film to be a bit ordinary, this trailer gets off to a flying start.

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Hi-Fi Rush

While we got the Redfall release date (May 2) with Microsoft's Developer_Direct today which many were hoping for, the bigger news was an entirely new game called Hi-Fi Rush.

Releasing today.

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Before The Day Before

What had previously been Steam's second most wishlisted game, open world zombie apocalypse multiplayer shooter The Day Before, has delayed its launch from March 1 to November 10.

Why? Steam had delisted their game following receipt of a trademark dispute claim.

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Ion Sci-Fi 24 January

We’re back for 2023! This week a look ahead to Foundation S2, Dead Space is the year’s first triple-A sci-fi game, new superpower dramedy Extraordinary, NASA’s James Webb telescope bags its first exoplanet, big new sci-fi out of Asia and cancellation carnage for sci-fi over the holidays.

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Making Scars

The majestically named developers at Mad Head Games have produced a making of video for their upcoming third-person adventure shooter Scars Above.

This one caught our eye during last year's Gamescom and last month they released a gameplay trailer.

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Razzie Noms

The less prestigious sister to The Academy Awards are The Golden Raspberries, shining an embarassing spotlight on film industry misses.

While sci-fi led in Oscars nominations, its worst only came in fourth at the Razzies - Morbius (5) followed by Jurassic Park Dominion (3) and Firestarter (2).

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Oscar Noms Abound

The 95th Academy Award nominations have been announced and colour us tickled pink because Everything Everywhere All at Once leads with 11 nominations.

Other sci-fi nominees are Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (5), Avatar: The Way of Water (4) and The Batman (3).

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SteamWorld Build

Developer Thunderful have released a trailer and a developer diary for their next game set in the genre diverse post-apocalyptic steampunk SteamWorld series.

This one titled SteamWorld Build will focus on construction and management but also resource gathering in a more involved manner than other titles of that style.

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