• Journey to the Savage Planet (3 July)
• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (3 July)
• Cricket 24 (9 July)
• The Case of the Golden Idol (9 July)
• Neon White (11 July)
• Tchia (11 July)
• Magical Delicacy (16 July)
• Flock (16 July)

When using my home instance, lemm.ee, the user avatars and community images of all communities and users of other instances are not loading. Instead they show a infinity spinning icon.

Since the release of lemmy 0.19.4 images can be loaded via the new image proxy. Connect seems to append format=webp&thumbnail=64 to an image URL. However, when this is added to a proxy image URL, it it not working. These query parameters are only working for /pictrs images.

Example of url that fails: https://lemm.ee/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Flemmy.world%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2Fc6d6b005-8790-4d12-a11e-ef2cba2cb397.png?format=webp&thumbnail=64

Edit: as far as I can see in the json API, the icon/avatar url is delivered without the query parameters, and Connect is adding them. For users/communities on my home instance the url is always with /pictrs, so after adding the query parameters it still works. But for users/communities on another instance the url is with /image_proxy and then adding the query parameters leads to an error.

I've observed two issues with certain type of images on lemm.ee.

The first issue relates to external avatars, both user and community. In the Android app Connect they are no longer loading and just show a spinner. Only the avatars of users and communities on lemm.ee itself are loading. It doesn't occur on web. And when using my lemmy.world account in Connect, all external avatars do load correctly. I think this started after the upgrade to 0.19.4.

The second issue is with metadata image, the og:image a page declares. This isn't always shown on lemm.ee. As an example a post I made with my lemm.ee account on a lemmy.world community.

https://lemm.ee/post/31969605 - Next to the title it just shows a generic external link icon.

https://lemmy.world/post/15406863 - Same post but now via lemmy.world shows the image that the target webpage defined as its og:image correctly.

• Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (Available today)
• Chants of Sennaar (15 May)
• EA Sports NHL 24 (16 May)
• Immortals of Aveum (16 May)
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (21 May)
• Galacticare (23 May)
• Hauntii (23 May)
• Moving Out 2 (28 May)
• Humanity (30 May)
• Lords of the Fallen (30 May)
• Rolling Hills (4 June)

• Superhot: Mind Control Delete (Available today)
• LEGO 2K Drive (3 April)
• Lil Gator Game (4 April)
• EA Sports PGA Tour (4 April)
• Kona (9 April)
• Botany Manor (9 April)
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition (11 April)
• Harold Halibut (16 April)

• NBA 2K24 (Available today)
• Lightyear Frontier (Available today)
• MLB The Show 24 (Available today)
• The Quarry (20 March)
• Evil West (21 March)
• Terra Invicta (26 March)
• Diablo IV (28 March)
• Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 – Turbocharged (28 March)
• Open Roads (28 March)
• Ark: Survival Ascended (1 April)
• F1 23 [cloud] (2 April)
• Superhot: Mind Control Delete (2 April)

• Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (Available today)
• PAW Patrol World (7 March)
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated (12 March)
• Control Ultimate Edition (13 March)
• No More Heroes 3 (14 March)
• Lightyear Frontier (19 March)
• MLB The Show 24 (19 March)

I updated to the latest beta, 1.0.175, bit this seems to have a major bug. When scrolling down in a lost of posts, after maybe 20 posts there is no more content. When this happens the app completely freezes and o have to force-quit. And when scrolling really fast through the list of posts, the whole screen turns grey and the all also freezes.

• Return to Grace (Available today)
• Tales of Arise (Available today)
• Bluey: The Videogame (22 February)
• Maneater (27 February)
• Madden NFL 24 (27 February, cloud)
• Indivisible (28 February)
• Space Engineers (29 February)
• Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (5 March)
• Diablo IV (28 March)

• Anuchard (Available today)
• Train Sim World 4 (7 February)
• Madden NFL 24 (8 February)
• Resident Evil 3 (13 February)
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (14 February)
• A Little To The Left (15 February)
• PlateUp! (15 February)
• Return to Grace (20 February)

Tales of Arise is mentioned in the title, but not in the text.

Rekindling memories of the Xbox 360’s famous Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox Indie Selects features a monthly, curated collection of six indie games in the Xbox Store, dashboard, and on Xbox social channels. Microsoft added that it will not include indie games already in Game Pass, “even if they’re fantastic”, because Game Pass games are already featured in the Game Pass hub.

• Those Who Remain (Available today)
• Turnip Boy Robs a Bank (18 January)
• F1 23 (18 January)
• Palworld (19 January)
• Go Mecha Ball (25 January)
• Brotato (30 January)
• Persona 3 Reload (2 February)
• Anuchard (6 February)

• Close to the Sun (Available today)
• Hell Let Loose (4 January)
• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (9 January)
• Figment (9 January)
• Super Mega Baseball 4 (11 January)
• We Happy Few (11 January)
• Resident Evil 2 (16 January)
• Those Who Remain (16 January)

And according to a Game Pass app notification Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 are also added. (Not the recent Baldur's Gate 3)

• Remnant: From the Ashes (Available today)
• Remnant II (Available today)
• Spirit of the North (1 December)
• SteamWorld Build (1 December)
• Clone Drone in the Danger Zone (5 December)
• Rise of the Tomb Raider (5 December)
• While the Iron’s Hot (5 December)
• World War Z: Aftermath (5 December)
• Goat Simulator 3 (7 December)
• Tin Hearts (12 December)
• Far Cry 6 (14 December)

• Coral Island (Available today)
• Persona 5 Tactica (17 November)
• Dune: Spice Wars (28 November)
• Rollerdrome (28 November)

Hi-Fi RUSH is nominated in five categories (Best Art Direction, Best Score And Music, Best Audio Design, Innovation In Accessibility, Best Action Game) and Forza Motorsport is nominated in two (Innovation In Accessibility, Best Sports / Racing). Starfield is nominated for Best RPG (but has no chance of winning).

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is a multi-platform release, but that isn't stopping Xbox from giving it the full first-party treatment. Xbox users booting up their console today were greeted with a large splash screen prompting them to buy it now that the new campaign is out, and some of them aren't too happy about it.

• Headbangers: Rhythm Royale (available today)
• Jusant (available today)
• Wartales (available today)
• Thirsty Suitors (2 November)
• Football Manager 2024 Console (6 November)
• Dungeons 4 (9 November)
• Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (9 November)
• Wild Hearts (9 November)
• Spirittea (13 November)
• Coral Island (14 November)

Microsoft is promoting Matt Booty to president of game content and studios, including the new responsibility of ZeniMax, and Sarah Bond to Xbox president, overseeing all Xbox platform and hardware work.

The Xbox changes mean Booty will now lead an expanded organization inside Microsoft Gaming that now includes ZeniMax and Bethesda. Booty’s expanded role should help Microsoft Gaming avoid scenarios like Redfall in the future, with Microsoft clearly focusing on better collaboration between the teams it acquired with the ZeniMax / Bethesda acquisition.

Bond will now take over the hardware and software platforms of Xbox. She will now be responsible for the future of Xbox, both in hardware and software.

These Xbox leadership changes mean there will be more women in gaming leadership roles at Microsoft than men once Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, departs at the end of 2023.