Planet Coaster 2 Announced, Now With Water Parks

Frontier announced the sequel to its theme park builder management game Planet Coaster. Planet Coaster 2 adds water parks as an option for theme parks. Pools, water slides and new water park-themed rides are being added to the sequel. The water slides are modular in the same way … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Satisfactory Hits 1.0 This September

Coffee Stain Studios’ long-in-development factory builder game, Satisfactory, will be leaving Early Access this September. Framed as a “Satisfactory Announcement”, the trailer sees a factory worker answering the call of nature, sprinting across conveyor belts to go to the toilet. … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Astro’s Playroom Updated – Four Secret Special Bots To Find And Bring Over To Astro Bot

If you’re already excited to play Astro Bot this September, why not boot up Astro’s Playroom. The PS5 pack-in game (if you have a PS5, you have that game) has been updated with some new stuff to hype the upcoming release of Astro Bot. In particular, developers Team Asobi have hid … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

The Finale Of Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree Is Definitely Designed For Hardcore Players And That’s Fine

When I published the review of Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree, I haven’t seen everything the expansion had to offer. I was 40 hours in and I’m entering the late game phase of the DLC, so my thoughts on it has more or less solidified. A few weeks later, I finally completed the s … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Game Pass Prices Going Up Worldwide – New Xbox Game Pass Tier Excludes Day-One Releases

Xbox is increasing its price on Game Pass, the game subscription service, worldwide. This also affects the pricing of PC Game Pass, the one tier available in most of Southeast Asia. The price change will affect new subscribers on July 10, today. By September 12, 2024, all existin … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

iRacing To Publish Next Game From Circuit Superstar Devs

iRacing announced a partnership with Circuit Superstar developers Original Fire Games for a new game, under the working title “iRacing Arcade”. The game is expected to release in 2025 for PC and consoles. iRacing Arcade, as the working title implies, will feature a more arcade ex … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Gundam Breaker 4 Open Network Test Goes Live Next Week

Bandai Namco is scheduling a beta test, or an Open Network Test as they officially call it, for the upcoming title Gundam Breaker 4. Gundam Breaker 4 Open Network Test begins on July 19-21. Pre-download for the beta begins the day before. The test is split into three sessions. He … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

New Sonic X Shadow Generations Trailer Is A Teaser For Shadow’s Animated Prologue

Sega really is showing off that Sonic X Shadow Generations is more than just a port, or even a remaster, of Sonic Generations to newer consoles. This upcoming release will include a brand-new campaign starring Shadow The Hedgehog, and to hype it up even further, there’s a special … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Gran Turismo 7 July 2024 Update Adding Six Cars, New Track And More

There was no Gran Turismo 7 content update in June 2024, and now we know why. There will be one coming on July 25, on the last Tuesday of the month like most content updates for the racing game usually are released. Unusually, the reveal trailer isn’t revealed a day before the up … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Gran Turismo 7 July Update Adding Six Cars, New Track And More

There was no Gran Turismo 7 content update in June 2024, and now we know why. There will be one coming on July 25, on the last Tuesday of the month like most content updates for the racing game usually are released. Unusually, the reveal trailer isn’t revealed a day before the up … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Metaphor: ReFantazio Reveals More About The Story, Lore And Characters In New Trailer, Showcase

Atlus revealed another info drop for the upcoming RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio, the new IP from a new team headed by veterans of the Persona series. This month’s info drop shares more info about the story and the unique fantasy world that was created from scratch for this title. Ther … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Even With A New GOG Release, Metal Gear Rising Revengeance Remain Unavailable In Southeast Asia

GOG announced that a DRM-free version of Metal Gear Rising Revengeance is now available. The 2013 character action game by PlatiumGames and Kojima Productions has been celebrated for its hype action scenes and memeability, yet even 10 years since release the game is region-locked … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

New Class Dusa (Dosa) Now Added In Black Desert

Black Desert has added a new male character class. The Dusa is the 28th class available for this still-ongoing MMORPG. First revealed during the annual Heidel Ball event, the Dusa fights with the Hwando sword as his primary weapon and uses the Gombangdae pipe as his sub-weapon. T … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

New Info On What To Expect On New Shadow Campaign In Sonic X Shadow Generations

Sega has given a glimpse of what to expect of Sonic X Shadow Generations, the new release of Sonic Generations which includes an all-new campaign starring Shadow The Hedgehog. The new campaign, titled Shadow Generations, will see players control the ultimate lifeform. Shadow’s ne … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Astro Bot Hands-On Impressions – Putting The “Play” In PlayStation

It was a wondrous delight to see Team Asobi is working on a full-blown Astro Bot game. The cute little mascot that was the star of Astro Bot Rescue Mission (the PS VR exclusive platformer) and Astro’s Playground (the pack-in PS5 game that’s a bite-sized platformer) is indeed gett … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

The Elder Scrolls Online:  The Gold Road Review – Mirroring The Oblivion

Called me out if you have heard of this before, okay. A mysterious thing has happened within a town nearby that spouts out of nowhere, then suddenly you are working with both sides of a conflict that includes a spot of tower defense, multiverse traversals, and somehow, involves a … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

The Elder Scrolls Online:  The Gold Road Review – Mirroring The Oblivion

Called me out if you have heard of this before, okay. A mysterious thing has happened within a town nearby that spouts out of nowhere, then suddenly you are working with both sides of a conflict that includes a spot of tower defense, multiverse traversals, and somehow, involves a … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Cataclismo Releases In Steam Early Access This Month

After signing to publish Digital Suns’ upcoming RTS with brick-by-brick castle building Cataclismo, publisher Hooded Horse has now provided more details on what to expect when the game launches later this July. First off, there’s now a concrete date, July 22. And second, this wil … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

New Resident Evil Game In Development

Capcom has confirmed that a new entry to the Resident Evil series is in the works. At the tail end of the Capcom Next July 2024 livestream, Koshi Nakanishi, Director of Resident Evil VII revealed the he’s working on the next entry, which should be Resident Evil 9. “We’re making a … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess Gets A Demo Ahead Of Launch

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, the cool-looking but also unorthodox strategy-action game now has a demo, available today on all platforms. The demo has no time limit, and allows players to try the opening portions of the game and wrap their heads around this unique blend of s … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Releases This September

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, the second remaster for the 2006 zombie horde survival game, is releasing this September. Teased last week, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster is really pushing the boundaries of what’s considered a remaster and a remake. This game, only for 9th-gen consoles … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Football Manager 25 Changes Game Engine, Overhauls UI And Cutting Some Features

Sports Interactive shared a blog post on the development of this year’s Football Manager game, Football Manager 25. The next entry to the annual football management strategy game will see “the biggest tech change in more than 20 years”, wrote Sports Interactive sturio manager Mil … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 months ago

Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree Expansion Review – Messmerising

There are many ways a game can be expanded with DLC. From adding a new chapter to a story to simply adding new features grafted onto the main game. With Shadow Of The Erdtree, the one and only expansion for Elden Ring, developer FromSoftware decided to make another Elden Ring nes … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

The Sims 4 Lovestruck Expansion Brings More Intimacy This July

The Sims 4 is getting another expansion pack, the first this year, with the Lovestruck Expansion Pack. The theme of this pack is of romance, as it adds more ways for Sims to find and express love via new mechanics, a new romantic world and various additions. The new world, Ciudad … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree Sales Pass 5 Million In Three Days Of Release

It didn’t take that long for Elden Ring’s new DLC, Shadow Of The Erdtree, to pass a million copies sold. In fact, it sold more than five million in just three days of its release. The base game was previously reported to have sold more than 25 million copies. Based on prior stati … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Assetto Corsa Evo New Screenshots And Info Tease What To Expect From The Upcoming Sim Racing Game

505 Games and Kunos Simulazioni have now opened a Steam page for Assetto Corsa Evo, the new entry to the sim racing game series recently teased and announced. The Steam page features new, likely in-game screenshots showing a selection of cars and tracks. As for the cars, there’s … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Conor McGregor Is The New Hitman World Of Assassination Elusive Target, Now Live

Hitman sure has some high-profile targets, from Hollywood actors to famous DJs. And now, Agent 47’s next target is MMA Fighter Conor McGregor. The new Elusive Target mission for Hitman World Of Assassination is an MMA Fighter simply known as The Disruptor in-game. But the likenes … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Frostpunk 2 Delayed To September 2024

Frostpunk 2, the much-anticipated story-driven survival city builder sequel by 11-Bit Studios, will not be released on July 26. It has now been delayed to September this year. This delay allows the developers to work on addressing the feedback it has gained from a previous beta t … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

GTA Online Bottom Dollar Bounties Update Out Now

A new free update to GTA Online, Bottom Dollar Bounties, is out now. As the name implies, the update adds a new bounty hunts for players to track down and take down, preferably alive and not dead, as part of the Bottom Dollar Bail Enforcement, a new business available for purchas … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Destiny 2 : The Final Shape Expansion Review – Finality, Conditional

Fun fact for those New Lighters reading this review amongst the many others in circulation right now. Destiny 2 was a paid game in 2018, nearly a decade ago, costing around 50 Malaysian Ringgit, including the base game and a few raids, sealed and unopened. I sold it to a retailer … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Teased, See More In Capcom Next Livestream

Capcom has announced and teased a new remaster of Dead Rising. Titled Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, this is the 2006 original game remastered again following the release of a HD Remaster in 2016 for PS4, PC and Xbox One. The teaser shows the opening cinematic of protagonist, the p … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Farthest Frontier Unveils Roadmap To 1.0 With Outlines Of Upcoming Updates

Crate Entertainment’s survival city-builder Farthest Frontier is on its way out of Early Access, as the developers have now provided a roadmap of what’s coming as the game readies for a 1.0 release. The updates mostly focuses on performance improvements and quality of life additi … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

New Elden Ring Update Buffs Shadow Realm Blessings Scaling

A new minor update to Elden Ring, update 1.12.2, is now live. The update mainly addresses the way the level scaling works for the Shadow Of The Erdtree expansion. With this update, “the first half of the maximum amount of Blessing enhancements” have been increased. Essentially, t … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Forza Horizon 4 To Be Delisted This December

Looks like Horizon Festival UK is packing up. Playground Games announced that Forza Horizon 4 will be delisted on December 15, 2024. After December 15, the game and its DLCs will be removed from all digital stores as well as from Game Pass. Those who owned the game will continue … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Shin Megami Tensei V Series Sales Pass 1.6 Million Worldwide

Sega has announced that the sales for Atlus’ Shin Megami Tensei V series, both the original game and the recently released Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, has exceeded 1.6 million worldwide. The figure includes sales from physical and digital releases. The original game was rele … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree Dancing Lion Boss Is Two People Doing A (Menacing) Lion Dance

Elden Ring’s new DLC, Shadow Of The Erdtree, is out now. And players are discovering the many new locales and more importantly, bosses, that comes in this one-and-only expansion to FromSoftware’s 2022 open world RPG. A new video by BonfireVN has shed some light on a particular de … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Senua’s Saga Hellblade II Review – Intense Cinematic Experience Propelled By A Simple Game

When Ninja Theory dropped Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice in 2017, it was lauded by many. An indie game with the production of a AAA blockbuster. A gripping story that tackles the surreal yet grounded in historical facts and real psychology science. It’s the best game the UK develop … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Umamusume: Pretty Derby Gallops Towards English Release Soon

After 3 years since it’s launch in Japan, Cygames have officially announced that their hit gacha game, Umamusume: Pretty Derby, is heading to the English market on both iOS and Android devices, this was revealed via their official Twitter/X post. The game itself is a mix of a man … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree’s Blackgaol Knight Highlights The New Level Scaling And How Players Are Coping With It

Elden Ring’s new expansion, Shadow Of The Erdtree, poses an interesting problem for developer FromSoftware: how do you accommodate players who are not prepared as well as over-prepared for the new content in this new DLC? The player character’s level in Elden Ring is very importa … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Nivalis Delayed To 2025, New Trailer Shows More Of Its Stunning Cyberpunk City

Nivalis, the cyberpunk slice-of-life life sim and restaurant management game won’t be ready for 2024, publisher 505 Games announced. The game, developed by Ion Lands, is now targeting a Spring (Q2) 2025 release window. It’s not all gloom though, we got another new trailer that gi … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Acer Predator Helios 16 (2024) (PH16-72) Review – Powerhouse Laptop

Refreshed and ready to take anything software down, the new Acer Predator Helios 16 doesn’t play around with how it’s packing major hardware to compete with it’s rivals. With an RTX ready GPU and a competitive i9 core in it, can it beat its lofty benchmark set by its NEO counterp … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Acer Predator Helios 16 PH16-72 Review – Powerhouse Laptop

Refreshed and ready to take anything software down, the new Acer Predator Helios 16 doesn’t play around with how it’s packing major hardware to compete with it’s rivals. With an RTX ready GPU and a competitive i9 core in it, can it beat its lofty benchmark set by its NEO counterp … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Life By You Cancelled

Paradox Interactive has cancelled the release of its life sim game Life By You. The game had received multiple delays prior to this, and now the publisher is pulling the plug on Paradox Tectonic’s first game. Deputy CEO Mattias Lilja provided a statement on the Paradox Forums: “T … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

The Cool Demos Of Steam Next Fest – June 2024

Steam Next Fest continues to be a treasure trove of potentially good games being showcased on a demo. But there’s just so many of them for one media outlet, let alone one person, to cover the entire breadth of what’s available every time a Steam Next Fest pops up. So we won’t. Ra … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Puzzle Game Fruit Mountain Now Available On PS5, Switch

Fruit Mountain, the 3D fruit-stacking puzzle game by indie devs BeXide Inc, is now available on PS5 and Nintendo Switch. The game first launched on PC early this year as a new 3D twist to fruit-stacking puzzle game like Suika Game. In Fruit Mountain, you throw fruits around a fru … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

New PS5 Update Lets You Join Discord Calls Straight From The Console

The PS5 is further improving its Discord integration with the ability to join voice chat from within the console itself. Previously, to use Discord while connected on PS5 (and Xbox consoles), users have to initiate the voice call from PC or mobile app, then transfer the call to t … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Are You Ready For Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree? Less Than 40% Of Players On PC and PlayStation Have

Are you ready? O are you ready? With Elden Ring’s one and only expansion, Shadow Of The Erdtree, releasing in a week’s time, publisher Bandai Namco has gently remind players to get ready by completing a specific portion of the game ahead of the expansion’s release in two weeks ti … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago

Streets Of Rogue 2 Releasing On Steam Early Access This August

Streets Of Rogue 2, the open-world sandbox RPG now has a release date, as revealed during the PC Gaming Show 2024 showcase. It will launch this August in Early Access. The game is developed by one Matt Dabrowski and published by TinyBuild. While the original game was constrained … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 5 months ago