Kickstarter announced Tuesday that it would elevate board game designer and publisher Jon Ritter-Roderick to be its new director of games. Ritter-Roderick has been with the company since 2020, serving as the senior outreach lead for tabletop. He’s best known for Dragonthe beautifully appointed strategy game. He’ll be joined by Nicole Amato, who will take on the role of games outreach lead in his place.

“Back in 2015 we ran our first game [on Kickstarter],” Ritter-Roderick said in an interview with Polygon. “I said, ‘What the hell, why not do this game thing and see what happens?’ And I made plenty of mistakes, advised people, and then slowly over the years my advice became better. And then a job opportunity happened on Kickstarter. It was the one place where I would probably accept a full time job, and I was like, this seems like the right fit. So let’s

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Sony has confirmed the new PS Plus Extra and Premium games that will be released in August 2022. We already knew about three Yakuza games that were being added into PlayStation Plus this month, but the trio will be joined by nine more PS5 and PS4 games in Extra. Fans will be disappointed to learn there are no more games being added to the PS Plus Classics Collection this month, though.

PS Plus Extra and Premium August 2022 new games

Dead By Daylight

There will be 12 new games added to PS Plus Extra with no additional PlayStation Plus Classic games added to PS Plus Premium. The games will join the service on August 16, 2022, as predicted, and it looks like new games will be added to the PS Plus collection on the third Tuesday of every month. Some of the games are surprises, such as the aforementioned Dead By Daylight, but

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We’d wake you up when September ends, but then you’d miss out on a whole new set of games coming to GeForce NOW.

Gear up for 22 games joining the GeForce NOW librarywith 19 day-and-date releases including action role-playing game Steelrising. Playing them all will take some serious strategy.

And build the perfect Minifigure Fighter in LEGO Brawlsone of 10 new additions streaming this week.

Finally, did you hear? The 2.0.44 update, starting to roll out now and continuing over the next week, is bringing new audio modes to the PC and Mac apps. Priority members can experience support for 5.1 Surround sound, and GeForce NOW RTX 3080 members can enjoy support for both 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound.

Vive les Video Games

The revolution is streaming from the cloud. GeForce NOW brings 22 new titles in September to nearly all devices. Steel yourself for the challenging action-RPG

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Ubisoft has officially revealed Assassin’s Creed Infinity, a new platform and hub for Assassin’s Creed games. It has also revealed the first two games that will be part of Infinity: one that will follow the life of a Shinobi in feudal Japan, and another helmed by Watch Dogs: Legion director Clint Hocking.

Revealed today as part of Ubisoft Forward’s Assassin’s Creed Showcase, vice president executive producer of Assassin’s Creed, Marc-Alexis Côté, explained that “Infinity is not a game, per-se. It’s going to be the single entry point for our fans into the Assassin’s Creed franchise into the future. Infinity is going to be a hub that will unite all our different experiences and our players together in meaningful ways.”

That hub will be a place where different games will exist, and that appears to start with Assassin’s Creed Codename Red. Described by Côté as being the “next premium flagship title

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TGIGFNT: thank goodness it’s GFN Thursday. Start your weekend early with seven new games joining the GeForce NOW library of over 1,400 titles.

Whether it’s streaming on an older-than-the-dinosaurs PC, a Mac that normally couldn’t dream of playing PC titles, or mobile devices – it’s all possible to play your way thanks to GeForce NOW.

Get Right Into the Gaming

Test your tactical skills in the new authentic WW1 first person shooter, Isonzo.

Isonzo
The Great War on the Italian Front is brought to life and streaming from the cloud.

Battle among the scenic peaks, rugged valleys and idyllic towns of northern Italy. Choose from six classes based on historical combat roles and build a loadout from a selection of weapons, equipment and perks linked to that class. Shape a dynamic battlefield by laying sandbags and wire, placing ammo crates, deploying trench periscopes or sniper shields, and more.

Lead to

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On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in the deluge of new things to play unless you sort through every single game that is released on Steam. So that’s exactly what we’ve done. If nothing catches your fancy this week, we’ve gathered the best PC games (opens in new tab) you can play right now and a running list of the 2022 games (opens in new tab) that are launching this year.

The Outbound Ghost

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Release:‌ September 21
Developer:‌ Conradical Games
Launch price:‌ $16 |‌ £12.39 |‌ AU$23.16

The Outbound Ghost is a Paper Mario-style RPG about freeing ghosts from the meatspace plane. In other words, the ghosts you’ll encounter in

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