Stormgate, a next-gen free-to-play RTS from developer Frost Giant Games, has entered its early access preview phase today, a full 2 weeks before its release onAugust 13, 2024. Kickstarter backers, closed beta testers, and those who purchase a Steam early access version of the game can get in early and start playing before anyone else. There is a range of early-access versions ofStormgatethat fans can pick up on Steam if they want to hop into the game right now....

More Suda is always good Goichi Suda (51) stopped by the PlayStation E3 set yesterday to chat about his upcomingLet it Die, and revealed more information about the game than he’s ever had in the past. In regards to the story — in 2027, “something happens” and Tokyo gets destroyed. Sometime after that a tower appears and the player is fighting naked from the bottom of it for loot. Suda referencesAkira, in that it’s a big influence on the game’s “gritty and dark” world....

2700 people in the Main Theater will remember that At PAX East’s big opening panel, Telltale Games co-founders Dan Connors and Kevin Bruner talked about how Telltale came into being. They began by following the storytelling path through the ages, from telling stories around a campfire toChoose Your Own Adventurebooks toDungeons & Dragons. The panel focused on the studio’s desire to craft malleable stories for players to enjoy. Connors and Bruner worked together on the unreleasedSam & Max: Freelance Policetogether at LucasArts, but as the developer was shifting focus towardStar Wars, the two decided to start Telltale....

Check out everything Destructoid did today It’s that time of the year when a fraction of the people you interact with are off having a great time together, and the rest of us just grumble and groan because we’re not there for whatever reason. Have fun at PAX, you jerks! Today on Destructoid, Dale brought us some great preview coverage of Quantic Dream’s upcoming gameBeyond: Two Souls, Chris heaped praise uponLuigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, the Podtoid crew released their latest episode, and so much more....

We’ll find out at PlayStation Experience PlayStation Experience takes place in Las Vegas in early December, and it’s sure to have plenty of announcements and surprises. One of those is getting teased today with a rabbit hole of information (starting with this notebook trailer), and all signs point to a new game by David Jaffe. A sharp eye will notice a URL in the teaser that points to a site forBartlet Jonesthat only contains a video titled “Haunted” (below)....

Are you PlayStation Experienced? Sony recently announced thetwo day “PlayStation Experience” fan event. Tickets to the December 6-7 Las Vegas event aregoing on sale tomorrow. There’s going to be hands-on time for upcoming games, some brand new announcements, things to buy, panels by some cool developers, and you’re allowed to drink on the street! That is the only good thing about Las Vegas, At least it won’t be a million degrees....

Attention to fluff As a general rule, I’ve enjoyed most of theTotal Wargames over the years, andWarhammerlooks like it’s going to be great. As a fan of the tabletop game (mostly40Kthough) it seems like a lot of the fluff has been incorporated into the upcoming title, which you can see above in the “Axe and Hammer” video, focusing on the dwarf army. Developer Creative Assembly is teasing an upcoming trailer focusing on the dwarves “soon” if you’re keen on checking out more gameplay....

Huh? [Update:TheJapanese messageabove reads, “The update cannot be completed with an overseas Wii U GamePad.” In other words, it seems that youcanuse an imported GamePad to play games, you simply can’t apply firmware updates without the original. Apparently, GamePads have their own firmware that is unique per region, hence this uncommon hurdle.] Apparently region locking the console wasn’t enough: Rocket News has learned that Nintendo has gone a step further andregion locked the actualGamePadsas well....

I’ll be damned! Remote Play on the PS Vita actually does something now. A new update, out today, will let you play both theGod of War Collectionand theIco and Shadow of the Colossus Collectionon your PS Vita via Remote Play. This means that you’ll be able to stream-play either title over WiFi from your PS3 to your Vita’s screen through Sony’s space-age magic. Sonysays that both games feature customizable controls, suggesting that you might want to map R2 and L2 to the Vita’s rear touchpad....

Fortnitehas over 1,000 skins for players to pick and choose from. However, rather than have them all in the shop all the time where I could spend ridiculous amounts of money, Epic Games has decided to rotate them. By introducing FOMO, players have a sense of urgency to often check the shop rotations and nab skins they’re thinking about. Should they fail to do so, there is a chance it won’t be available for (checks notes) roughly six years....

“We are investing in the long term by investing in our fans.” Why would a developer offer a free 1.6GB expansion pack to its game? Steve Piggot, Torn Banner president and lead designer ofChivalry: Medieval Warfare, asks why not? “For us, our primary goal — and I know people say this a lot but it’s actually true — it’s not to make money; it’s to make awesome games,” Piggot said, in a Skype interview....

…or any other game for that matter? [Update:Jools Watsham of Renegade Kid has clarified that ‘No’ votes do not directly cancel out ‘Yes’ votes on Greenlight, but it’s not clear if ‘No’ votes have any other impact on a game’s chances to make it onto Steam. In fact, it is not 100% unclear what effect either ‘No’or‘Yes’ votes have on the Greenlight process, as some games that have reached the top 20 on Greenlight have not yet officially been “Greenlit”, and vice versa....

Introducing the Home Gold program A bit more positive news has come out of Microsoft’s camp today. Xbox outlined the details of itsHome Goldprogram, and it’ll ultimately result in decreased costs for households that keep several Xbox Live Gold accounts on a single console. On Xbox 360, Gold is granted only to the gamertag that paid for the subscription. Under the new program, every account that’s created on an Xbox One will be given the premium status if just one of them has Gold....