My colleague @cahva gifted me Risk of Rain 2 years ago when it was released (2019?) and I didn't play it that much back then as I had too many other games to play at the time. Well I gave it another go this week and really enjoyed it. So thanks @cahva! It was surprisingly difficult on the harder difficulty using the default character without any "power-ups", but I managed to get pretty far compared to my previous attempts. I think stage 6 was my best attempt, but I was pretty slow with some teleporters as the difficulty increased gradually. Some larger monster oneshot me on the last stage. 🥲 I also unlocked a new character that I haven't yet tried. Going to play it more when I'm not grinding Counter-Strike 2 or Escape From Tarkov. 😎

Congratz to NAVI for winning IEM Rio 2024! 😎 🎉

Unfortunately it's not looking too good for Shroud's new game Spectre Divide. Looks like the studio is letting go 13 employees only a few weeks after the game launched. Unfortunately making a new hit game remains to be difficult :/ https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/shrouds-spectre-divide-dev-team-hit-with-layoffs-weeks-after-launch-2911312/

IGN is reporting that a new Battlefield game is in the works by EA, and it will finally be returning to a modern setting. I'm pretty excited! https://www.ign.com/articles/exclusive-first-battlefield-concept-art-revealed-vince-zampella

GZ to Blinky for winning the GeoGuessr World Cup 2024! It was an absolutely insane grand finale. Script writers were definitely working overtime. WP to the silver medalist MK as well. https://liquipedia.net/geoguessr/Blinky

Looks like PlayStation 5 Pro has been finally revealed! Unfortunately console gaming seems to be getting quite expensive though. PS5 Pro prices are: $699.99 USD £699.99 GBP €799.99 EUR Fortunately I remain mainly a PC gamer 😎 https://blog.playstation.com/2024/09/10/welcome-playstation-5-pro-the-most-visually-impressive-way-to-play-games-on-playstation/

The War Within has surpassed my expectations by a lot! It finally made WoW feel like WoW once again. I guess I'm mostly impressed about the story and focus in the old and beloved characters, but all the new zones and quests are nice too. Good job Blizzard!

Deadlock is a pretty good game! I'm totally not addicted 😊

Will this one be the Battlefield killer? I have to say it's looking really good, and even though many people are excited about the extraction mode, I have to say I'm more interested in seeing how the Conquest mode performs instead. Super cool to see many great looking games popping up lately! 🤗

Wukong is coming out in just 3 days on August 20th! Looks like China has finally been able to make a proper AAA game. And this is not actually the only one because there is at least Delta Force: Hawk Ops in development by one of the Tencent studios as well. It has nothing to do with this game, but to me this looks like a new beginning for the Chinese AAA development. Bring me some good games China!