‘Humankind’ will be available on Xbox Game Pass for PC at launch

Katy Perry is such a doting mom! The 36-year-old headed to her hometown of Santa Barbara in Southern California to celebrate her daughter Daisy Dove‘s first birthday — see all the pics here. The “Teenage Dream” chart topper was spotted carrying her mini-me into the Santa Barbara Natural History museum on August 27, alongside her parents Mary and Keith Hudson. The tiny tot’s dad Orlando Bloom, was out of town filming a movie in Prague, so it was a girl’s day out for the mother-daughter duo!

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Humble Games has announced Into The Pit, a fast-paced retro-FPS roguelite where instead of guns players cast dark magic, similar to classic dark fantasy FPS Heretic.Revealed during Xbox‘s Gamesom showcase yesterday (August 24), the game developed by Nullpointer Games is set in a gothic village, the Victorian stylings similar to Bloodborne, where a “demonic pit” has appeared.

Xbox livestream at Gamescom 2021, Humble Games has said that ten of its indie titles will release on Xbox Game Pass on day one. All ten will be available on console, PC, and the cloud, and a round-up of the games can be seen in the video below.

Police on Saturday released a surveillance video of the fatal shooting of Ice-T pal and filmmaker Joseph "Taheim" Bryan in the hopes of identifying the triggerman. Footage showed the suspect, wearing black track pants, a white sweatshirt and a hat and mask, pacing around the entrance to a garage in Long Island City, Queens while talking on the phone Thursday night.

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Oculus Quest exclusive Myst remake, which launched at the end of last year, is now coming to PC, Mac and Xbox.Developer Cyan Worlds rebuilt the game from the ground up for Oculus Quest last year, but now that version is launching on PC, Mac and Xbox Series S|X later this month. It features the same islands, but with completely new visuals.Myst features new art, sound, supersampling, ray-tracing, and VR compatibility.

Xbox Phil Spencer has said in a recent interview that Xbox Game Pass won’t be coming to other consoles in the near future.In a GamesRadar interview, Spencer was asked about the potential of Game Pass on Nintendo Switch, and he replied: “We have no plans to bring it to any other kind of closed platforms right now, mainly because those closed platforms don’t want something like Game Pass.”“There’s a ton of open platforms out there for us to grow in: the web, PC, and mobile.

Sizing up Disney’s pivot to streaming during the company’s fiscal third-quarter earnings call, CEO Bob Chapek said, “We’re in the first inning of the first game of a long season.”

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Stardew Valley is coming to Xbox Game Pass.The announcement came during yesterday’s ID@Xbox livestream showcase (August 10), although the developer Eric Barone did not confirm a release date, adding it would be “probably [arrive] sometime in the fall.”Conceived as a spiritual successor to the Harvest Moon series, Stardew Valley first launched in early 2016 on Steam where it became a surprise success.Following publisher Chucklefish’s involvement, the game was ported over just about every other

Jennifer Yuma editorOutfest announced on Monday that Elliot Page will be honored at this year’s edition of the LGBTQ film festival with the Achievement Award.“The Umbrella Academy” star came out as transgender on his social media platforms last November. Page, in a heartfelt message wrote, “I love that I am trans.

The Ascent‘s first patch has been released and introduces ray tracing for PC players using Xbox Game Pass, amongst other performance and stability fixes.Released just over a week after the game’s launch, the patch fixes the lack of ray tracing and DLSS that PC users of Xbox Game Pass were very unhappy about.

Xbox and Twitch indie showcase is happening on August 10 at 5pm BST (9am PT).The announcement was made on Xbox Wire, and the show can be watched on Twitch at either the Twitch Gaming or Xbox channels.Plenty of upcoming indie titles are going to be showcased, including The Artful Escape, OlliOlli World, Library of Ruina, and RPG Time.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefCecilia Marino has been hired to launch Lionsgate Play, the South Asia-focused platform of Lionsgate’s premium subscription service Starz, in The Philippines. She will become GM of Lionsgate Play Philippines and report to Rohit Jain, MD South Asia, and networks – emerging markets Asia.The service recently launched in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, after a successful rollout in India last year.