Free The Sims Rival, Indy on PS5 and Gamescom: see news summary

The second half of the year brought new air to the Voxelwhich now also has weekly live meetings with you, our dear audience. One of the big projects for this new phase is the return of our classic Checkpointa program focused on bringing you the main news about the world of games!

The new Checkpoint It has a tablecast format and brings a summary of the main news about the world of games every Friday — of course, also expect the participation of the in-house team and big names in the gaming media.

Today’s program takes place at 5:30 pm on our official channel at YouTube. In the meantime, how about catching up on the best gaming news here on the site? Check out a summary of the week’s main gaming news that were featured on the site and on the social networks. Voxel!

InZOI, rival to The Sims, gets free character creator

InZOI’s character creation tool is now available for free on Steam.Source: Steam

Social simulation games are much loved by fans of the genre — being The Sims the largest representative among them. Krafton, the South Korean company behind the franchise PUBGis working on InZOIa game from the same segment with ultra-realistic visuals and which gained a free character creator this week on Steam.

Black Myth Wukong becomes the biggest singleplayer game in Steam history

Those looking forward to Black Myth Wukong are already venturing with the Monkey King through Chinese mythology on PS5 and PC. Despite having been involved in controversies with some content creators around the world, the game has already arrived in the Steam window, becoming the biggest single-player game of all time on Valve’s platform by reaching more than 2 million players just a few hours after its debut.

Phil Spencer talks about Indiana Jones’ PS5 debut

Indiana Jones game will be released for PS5 in the first half of 2025.Fonte:  Voxel

Before Gamescom’s Opening Night Live last Tuesday (20), several rumors took over the networks stating that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle would be released in December for Xbox Series X|S and PC — with a PS5 version available in the first half of 2025.

Well, the hammer has been struck and Microsoft has indeed confirmed that the temporary exclusive will arrive on the competing console, even earning comments from Xbox boss Phil Spencer himself.

Gamescom 2024 brought a flood of announcements last Tuesday (20)

Last Tuesday (20), Geoff Keighley presented the Opening Night Live of Gamescom 2024. The German event, of course, brought a flood of intriguing announcements — and you can check out the summary of the showcase at the link below!

Horizon Forbidden West and 11 other games are leaving PS Plus in September

According to the PlayStation LifeStylewhich mined data from the PlayStation Store to find all the games leaving PS Plus Extra and Deluxe, it seems that the Japanese giant has already defined which titles will leave the service in the coming days. With that, Horizon Forbidden West and 11 more titles are already in the “Last Chance to Play” tab. See when they leave Sony service at the link below!

Game Pass to get Black Ops 6 open beta in September, plus more games

Black Ops 6 will have an open beta in September on Xbox Game Pass.Fonte:  Activision

The Xbox Game Pass catalog continues to expand — and now it’s going to get even bigger soon. Microsoft revealed, last Tuesday (20), the games that will arrive on the company’s subscription service in the final stretch of August and early September. Among them, subscribers can look forward to the open beta of Black Ops 6 and three more titles. Check it out below!

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