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"I'm a massive fan of Aliens, but it is a very different beast": Why Creative Assembly are still ignoring every movie but the original in Alien Isolation 2, despite heading planetside
Creative Assembly have themselves a particular constraint when making Alien: Isolation 2. The sequel to their 2014 horror title would only reference their first game and the original 1979 Ridley…

Ghost Of Yōtei Roguelike DLC Makes Jin From Ghost Of Tsushima Playable
Ghost of Yōtei, one of our favorite games from last year , is getting new content in October . We already knew it would include new story content and a roguelike mode, but today's State of Play…

Gundam Rogue Orbit Launches Into Action On March 2027
Earlier this summer, at Summer Game Fest 2026, we got a first look at Gundam Rogue Orbit, a new action-driven Gundam game. And today, during Sony's September State of Play, we've got a release date…

New Metro 2039 Gameplay Trailer Confirms February Release Date
Developer 4A Games debuted a new console gameplay trailer for the upcoming sequel to its long-running survival shooter series, Metro 2039, during this morning’s Sony State of Play presentation. The…

Wolverine Gets A Final Trailer Ahead Of Its September 15 Release
Insomniac's Wolverine is coming very soon and ahead of its release, Sony has offered up one final trailer. The footage shows Marvel's short king slicing up bad guys on airplanes, fighting giant…

Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance Trailer Spotlights Fearsome New Monsters To Fight
A new expansion is on the way for Monster Hunter Wilds. While you'll have to wait until next year to ascend, we did get a trailer at today's Sony State of Play for the upcoming Monster Hunter Wilds…

Planet Coaster and Jurassic World devs Frontier have teamed up with Disney to make what is probably a Disneyland tycoon game
Planet Zoo and Jurassic World Evolution creators Frontier Developments have signed a deal with Disney to make a game based on one of Disney's many entertainment worlds. Some immediate possibilities…

The mishap-strewn warfare of Worms: Galactic Tactics gives hope it’s not just a comedy XCOM
Gawd, everyone’s doing an XCOM these days. Star Wars is doing an XCOM . Rainbow Six is doing an XCOM . Warhammer 40K has done, like, four XCOMs. Those squeaky wiggletubes of Worms are at it…

The Witcher Remake is currently on the back burner because progress on it depends on The Witcher 4's development, CD Projekt Red confirm
CD Projekt Red and Fool's Theory might have used Gamescom to make clear that they've got a Witcher thing in the pipeline for this year and the next two , but they've also had to put one of their…

"A game for everyone is a game for no one": Don't expect an easy ride in Carcass Clad, the co-op tank horror game from the makers of Mouthwashing
On my final day of Gamescom, strolling (running) around the indie area to make sure I don't miss anything good, I stumble upon Wrong Organ’s upcoming Carcass Clad. Set in a wartorn Soviet city…

There's already a The Blood of Dawnwalker mod which triples the length of its main quest timer, ensuring saving your family from vampires isn't stressful
Why the rush, The Blood of Dawnwalker ? Your protagonist Coen's family have only been kidnapped by a vampiric dictator who's slowly draining them of blood. Let the kid take his sweet time in finding…

You can't pet the talking rat wall in Ontos, the new space horror game from Soma's creators, but surely it can run Doom
When Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Soma developers Frictional announced Ontos , their philosophical horror game set in a mad science hotel on the moon, the internet's jimmies were rustled by the…
Rockstar unveil the "next evolution" of modded GTA 5 roleplaying, while staying totally mum on when PC pretenders might be able to migrate to their next game
Yep. I know. GTA 6 is still on the list of storied crime games without a PC release date . GTA 5 , though, is out on PC and has long been the place folks who love Rockstar's crime sandboxes so much…

Ninja Gaiden III, Ikari Warriors, And R.C. Pro-Am II Join Nintendo Switch Online Classics Library
The NES library of the Nintendo Switch Online Classics has three new titles: Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom, Ikari Warriors, and R.C. Pro-Am II. Each title is available now to…

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Just Got A Switch 2 Update, Adding Local 8-Player And More
Mario Kart World was the Switch 2's big launch title, finally providing a sequel to the biggest Mario Kart game of all time. However, today Nintendo updated Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, originally released…

"I just want to go back inside": How Creative Assembly use weather to make you crave claustrophobic interiors in Alien Isolation 2
As I stand on the lee side of the wrecked haz lab, all I can hear is the rain pelt its metal roof and the feral wind howl about me. Planet LV-921 may have a breathable atmosphere, but it's not a safe…

"The internet we once loved is gone": SteamDB founders announce the community-run database has been acquired by Nexus Mods' owners
The owners of Nexus Mods have acquired community-run backend database SteamDB from its founders, the two sides in the deal have announced. The folks behind the former, who've held its keys for 13…

In Dungeon Settlers, you build a colony on top of a teeming RPG labyrinth in a trim take on Rimworld
The first time I lost my whole party in Dungeon Settlers, it was to a swarm of rats. I think we can all agree that getting killed by rats in anything remotely fantasy RPG-ish is an enormous faux pas…

Former Dragon Age lead says Baldur's Gate 3 studio Larian is taking a "risk" by making Divinity right after its 2023 RPG hit, but he applauds the devs for it
The company won't be pulled in multiple directions

Yet another faux CRT TV just hit Kickstarter, but I'm not convinced it'll actually help you "relive the glory days of console gaming"
The TRAVELLER ULW10 is a faux CRT for retro gaming that just landed on Kickstarter, but there's more to emulating old tube displays than a 4:3 aspect ratio.

Overwatch Is Getting the Critical Role Treatment With Upcoming TTRPG Adventure
Overwatch and Critical Role combine in the first TTRPG event, Questwatch, featuring Matthew Mercer leading four heroes through the world of Overland.

Baldur's Gate 3's Mizora becomes a fully-fledged companion thanks to a new mod, just in case you fancy adding a calculating cambion to your crew
Not content with just adding to the questlines and interactivity of Baldur's Gate 3 's established gang of companions or working on their own for custom campaigns , modders have even started turning…

10 Mario Bros. Games That Are Perfect From Start to Finish
From Super Mario Galaxy to Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, these games starring Nintendo's favorite Italian plumber are truly perfect throughout.

New Lego Harry Potter sets based on the HBO series are coming "so, so soon"
A whole new range of Lego Harry Potter HBO sets have been revealed in the Back to Hogwarts livestream, and it sounds as though they're arriving in time for the show
