After a month full of gaming news thanks to E3, gaming fans everywhere have a lot to look forward to. But blockbusters like Gears of War 4 and Last Guardian are still months away. Fear not: There’s still plenty to play that’s just days away. Whether you’re impatient, or just too excited to wait, the likes of Rocket League and even Batman can help keep you occupied in the upcoming month.
In this video, Joshua Smith breaks down the top five major video game releases scheduled for July. Find out what’s new and when to expect titles like Batman: Return to Arkham and Monster Hunter Generations . There’s sure to be plenty available for PC, Xbox, PlayStation and even Nintendo 3DS fans. Don’t miss out on a thing!
Updated 6/28 with news of the delay in release of Batman: Return to Arkham.
Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 finally has a US release date and price, several months after the company first showed off the handheld in May. The highlight is the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip inside, which has been adopted by only a couple of other consoles besides the Atlas 8. This version will go on sale exclusively at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,299.99.
Acer originally said the Atlas 8 would arrive in North America in October, but left pricing open at the time. The launch came amid the ongoing DRAM crunch, which has made memory more expensive across the PC industry and complicated pricing for hardware makers.
Gaming laptops and I have a complicated relationship. One of my first gaming rigs was an Acer Predator that was already outdated when I bought it. I was a broke college kid, and that was the best I could afford. So trying out high-end gaming laptops is always fun. But ASUS' ROG Zephyrus G14 is a lot more than a laptop that can run AAA games. It is portable, so you're not lugging around a 2.5kg machine everywhere you go. It is built well, none of that plastic chassis, and can even function as a normal laptop outside of just gaming.
Google Play is borrowing one of the Nintendo Switch’s most useful little tricks. A new Sidekick tool called Playbacks captures a short clip after something interesting has already happened, sparing players from running a screen recorder throughout an entire game.
Playbacks is part of Google Play Store v53.8 and keeps saved clips on the phone. Google first announced it earlier this month, but the new Play Store update marks its arrival for players. Anyone who has watched a perfect win vanish because the record button came too late already understands the appeal.