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Gizmodo
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
‘The Expanse' Does a ‘Mass Effect' With New Game ‘Osiris Reborn'
Prime Video's The Expanse ended a few years ago, but the sci-fi franchise hasn't completely gone away. During Saturday's Future Games Show, viewers were treated to the reveal of Osiris Reborn, a new video game. Developed by Owlcat Games and set during the show's first two and a half seasons (and featuring some returning cast members reprising their TV roles), Osiris puts players in the boots of a Pinkwater mercenary enjoying shore leave on Eros Station. After things go to hell, the merc gets caught up takes a ship and puts a team together to uncover a system-wide conspiracy. Your merc, or the Captain, has three backgrounds to choose from (Earther, Martian, or Belter), different abilities depending on their class, and is playable in a third-person perspective while issuing squad commands to two teammates in combat. Sound familiar? Yeah, Osiris Reborn sounds pretty Mass Effect, something design producer Yuliya Chernenko admitted in an IGN interview. Much of the Owlcat team first played BioWare's RPG franchise when they were young, and it 'left a lasting impression. We're building on that legacy and expanding what players on what players anticipate from this experience.' Despite the comparisons, creative director Alexander Mishulin went on to stress this would be would be an Owlcat title through and through, with 'more choices and…more focused on a modern approach where you can make your own playstyle, make your own experience through the game.' He considers The Expense a 'perfect universe' to bring the studio's ideas for a sci-fi action-RPG to life, calling its world 'grounded in realism and complexity, perfect for telling a story how we like — mature and character-driven, where your choices truly matter.' If this sounds cool to you, The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is 'coming soon' to PlayStation 5, PC, and Xbox Series X|S.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
11 Big Announcements From The Warhammer Skulls Showcase That Have Us Excited
If you were worried that Warhammer's crossover into gaming may have peaked, I've got good news. The Warhammer Skulls 2025 video game showcase was full of teases, trailers, and announcements for tons of new stuff. The tabletop miniatures franchise and its deep, bloody universe of sci-fi and fantasy storytelling continues to thrive across every genre imaginable, from real-time strategy to, uh, retro typing boomer shooters? Also the original 40K: Space Marine is back with a 4K glow-up. Here's every big Warhammer announcement we got today. The latest Lords Pack arrives in summer 2025 alongside new units, gameplay mechanics, and additional free content. The excellent pixel art boomer shooter returns with Boltgun 2. It's coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC in 2026. In the meantime fans can sink their armored fists into Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun – Words of Vengeance, a free-to-play shadow drop that turns the FPS into an old-school typing game. A Master Crafted Edition of the Xbox-360-era cult classic will arrive on June 10 (available through Xbox Game Pass) with 4K graphics, modern controls, and improvements to the interface, characters, and audio. First-time fans of last year's Space Marine 2 can see where it all started while they bide their time for a promised sequel. Lex Imperialis is the next DLC and it's coming out June 24. The 2023 CRPG will have a new 15-hour storyline campaign focused on the Adeptus Arbites faction. The studio behind Rogue Trader, Owlcat Games, also revealed Dark Heresy, its next role-playing game in the Warhammer 40K universe, a party-based investigation of grand conspiracies about waging 'a secret war against heresy.' There's no release date yet but it's coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Siege mode pits players against wave after wave of Tyranid and Chaos on Kadaku. Teams of up to three players will be able to earn new rewards in the horde onslaught as well as rank up just like they would through existing Operations. They can also call in Dreadnought mechs for support during matches. Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks just hit its 1.0 release on Steam. The full launch brings player-hosted servers, solo play, 150 new items to unlock and the end of in-game, shop-based microtransactions. The vehicular chaos sim is moving to discrete DLC packs instead. Relic Entertainment has resurrected its beloved 2000s-era real-time strategy game with a Definitive Edition that's coming to PC later this year. It sounds like there might be some graphical upgrades and usability tweaks, but otherwise it will mostly be the same game operating under the hood. Old-school RTS fans are eating well right now, and hopefully it can serve as inspiration for an eventual Dawn of War 4. It seems like it will be a Warhammer 40K-coded version of Supremacy 1914, a map-based strategy game about high-level army management. It'll take place on the brutal battlefields of Vigilus and players can pre-register on the App and Google Play stores starting today. Fatshark's 2022 multiplayer FPS that swaps Vermintide 2's bloody castles for the industrial hellscape of Atoma Prime has finally turned a corner after a rough launch and a long rebuilding phase. With a good foundation now underfoot, the loot shooter is adding the Arbitrator class, a ruthless enforcer with a cyborg hound at its side. It goes live June 23. The sequel to Bulwark Games' 2018 XCOM-style turn-based tactics RPG is out on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC later this year, and we now have a better look at what's new this time around. The trailer shows a glimpse of tactical skirmishes and unit customization. Mechanicus 2 will also be the first Warhammer video game to feature the Leagues of Votann. For the latest news, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Digital Trends
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Digital Trends
The Warhammer 40K universe announced the most brutal typing game we've ever seen
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun — Words of Vengeance is a new typing action game that's free to play on Steam, and it challenges the player to enter words and phrases from the Warhammer 40K universe to slaughter your way through an environment filled with foes and Doom-like graphics. The game was announced as part of today's Warhammer Skulls 2025 games festival, alongside other titles including Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy I and an expansion to Space Marine 2. A typing game might not sound challenging, but spelling is unpredictable 40,000 years in the future. Just take the main character's name: Malum Caedo. Boltgun: Words of Vengeance is available to play now on Steam, but be warned: a single typo could spell the end. Recommended Videos Several classic Warhammer games are making their return through remasters. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is getting a Definitive Edition that includes all its expansions and upgraded visuals. Following the success of Space Marine 2, the original Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is back in the form of the Master Crafted Edition. On the new release front, Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy is an upcoming RPG from Owlcat Games, the developers of the excellent Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader. Fans of old-school shooters will get more of what they love in Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun II, a sequel that is dropping on Steam, Xbox Series, and PlayStation 5. There's also a new mobile grand strategy title called Supremacy: Warhammer 40,000, and you can pre-register now on Android. Players who want a taste of Twisted Metal action can play Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks, a combat racing game that's now leaving early access on Steam. Space Marine II is also getting a new Horde mode, while more new content has been added to a lineup of existing Warhammer games, including Tacticus, Vermintide II, Battlesector, Gladius, Blood Bowl III, and more.
