4J Studios – the award-winning developer best known for bringing Mojang’s Minecraft to consoles – has shared details on its next game: Reforj.
Reforj is described as a creative survival sandbox game, and one the studio will develop with a community-focused approach. But no, Reforj is not Minecraft 2.
“Reclaim the future. Rewrite the past. Reforj the world,” reads the Reforj social media account.
Eurogamer Newscast: When it costs £700, who exactly is the PS5 Pro for?
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Following a difficult year for Immortals of Aveum developer Ascendant Studios, a “core team” of around 20 employees has now decamped to Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser’s Absurd Ventures, establishing a new studio that’ll be known as Absurd Marin.
Immortals of Aveum, a “single-player first person magic shooter”, launched to mixed reviews last August, and it failed to make much of an impact commercially. As a result, just a month later, Ascendent Studios announced it had made the “painfully difficult, but necessary” decision to lay off 45 percent of its staff, equating to around 40 employees.
And things didn’t get much better from there; earlier this year, it was reported a “large portion” of the remaining team had been furloughed, leaving the future of Ascendant in doubt. But now, Houser’s Absurd Ventures has announced it’s taken at least some of the studio under its wing, with a “core team” of around 20 former employees forming new developer Absurd Marin.
Immortals of Aveum – Official Colossal Assault Gameplay Trailer
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After a stint in beta, Valve has opened up Steam Families to the wider public.
Steam Families replaces both Steam Family Sharing and Steam Family View, giving users a one stop shop to manage who can access what and when.
Up to five family members can be added to a user’s Steam Family account, making for a total group of six maximum. These members can be managed from the Steam Client, mobile device or browser. Alas, it can’t help you manage your children enough to get them to brush their teeth before bed, though.
Introducing Steam Families
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Vampire: The Masquerade’s trilogy of New York themed visual novels is set to conclude next Tuesday, 10th September, with Reckoning of New York on PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Reckoning of New York, from developer Draw Distance, wraps up a tale that began with 2019’s Coteries of New York and continued a year later in Shadows of New York. This time around, the story unfolds against a backdrop of the modern-day city, where “the delicate balance of power hangs by a thread”.
“Navigate the treacherous waters of vampiric politics as you contend with the ever-shifting landscape between the Camarilla and Anarchs,” teases Draw Distance. “In a city where every move could mean the difference between unlife and final death, will you carve out your own destiny amidst the chaos or will your ambition spell your doom?”
VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE – Reckoning of New York Reveal Trailer
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Steam’s next fest wants to take you out of this world.
Steam Space Exploration Fest will go live on Monday 2nd September, offering discounts and demos “by the spaceship-full” until the fest closes a week later on 9th September.
You can get a taste of what’s included in the sale in the teaser below:
Steam Space Exploration Fest 2024: Official Trailer
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Square Enix has announced its free-to-play mobile game Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius will end global service on 30th October.
The game was released worldwide in 2016, following its Japanese launch in 2015. The Japanese version will remain in service.
Brave Exvius included cute pixel art and gacha mechanics along with turn-based battles, though was perhaps best known for including Ariana Grande as her third album’s Dangerous Woman alter-ego.
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