If you were hoping to do resource-gathering in the Terminator universe by October, you’ll have to wait a bit longer. Nacon announced Monday that Terminator: Survivors‘ early access period has been delayed to 2025.
The game was originally slated to enter Steam early access on October 24, but the developers said in a statement posted to X (formerly Twitter) that they need more time “to realize our vision, and make sure to deliver the game that fits your expectations.”
“We know that this will be a disappointment to many, but we want to do right by this universe, its fans, and our community,” the statement continued. “In the long term we believe this is the right call… We’ll be back.”
The Steam release was set to release first, with console versions coming at a later date.
Dear Survivors, we have an important update about Terminator: Survivors. pic.twitter.com/LkVJyEHriX
— Terminator: Survivors (@SurviveTheT800) August 12, 2024
Terminator: Survivors was originally announced during Nacon’s 2022 showcase, simply as a survival game set in the Terminator universe, but got a longer cinematic trailer during its 2024 presentation.
Players will roam its open world scavenging for supplies like food and water, and having to survive the machines and other people. It takes place after Judgment Day, when Skynet became self aware and started nuclear war, and before John Connor started organizing a human resistance. In an FAQ, said this time period will explore a point in time fans haven’t seen before, and will allow the players to discover the history of this world alongside the characters. Nacon also said it would have offline single-player, along with co-op for up to four players.
Nacon has also released some artwork, along with basic descriptions of how resource gathering will work, but hasn’t shown off any gameplay or machine designs.
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.