HomeNews The creator of Ico and Shadow Of The Colossus is making a giant robot-piloting gameDoes it feel pain? Does it feel pain? Image credit:Epic Games / IGN Image credit:Epic Games / IGN Fumito Ueda is the august visionary behind ICO (small boy rescues small girl from evil castle), Shadow Of The Colossus (grieving boy murders several massive stone animals),The Last Guardian(small boy and huge, dopey dogcat escape from another evil castle)....

HomeFeaturesRematch The creators of Sifu and Absolver are making a football game, set many decades from now5v5 on the Holodeck 5v5 on the Holodeck Image credit:Sloclap Image credit:Sloclap SifuandAbsolverdevelopers Sloclap have announced Rematch, a 5v5 multiplayer football game with a gentle dusting of science fiction, out in summer 2025. If, like me, you really enjoyed the French developers' previous martial art sims, you might, like me, find this news deflating. Football?...

HomeNewsThe Witcher 4 The first Witcher 4 trailer is here, and Ciri is the star“There are no gods here. There are only monsters.” “There are no gods here. There are only monsters.” Image credit:CD Projekt Image credit:CD Projekt CD Projekt have screened the first trailer forThe Witcher 4, the next instalment in their fantasy monster-slaying series. It’s another single player open world RPG, andThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s Ciri is the protagonist....

HomeNews The Long Dark 2 announced with co-op multiplayer, new urban areas and sanity systemSurvival is a dish best served cold Survival is a dish best served cold Image credit:Hinterlands Image credit:Hinterlands The Long Darkcreators Hinterlands have announced The Long Dark 2, another helping of open-ended wilderness survival. Actually titled Blackfrost: The Long Dark 2 - a travestying of naming conventions that is surely more harrowing than any post-apocalyptic winter - it’s out in early access in 2026, and introduces urban environments together with a “Will to Live” sanity system and co-op multiplayer....

HomeNewsProject Century The makers of Yakuza are working on “Project Century”, a new third-person brawler set in 1915It looks great It looks great Image credit:RGG Studio Image credit:RGG Studio I’ve lost track of how manyYakuzagames are in development at any given moment, but it seems makers Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio have space for more on their plate. During this evening’s Game Awards, they announced “Project Century”, a new third-person brawler set in 1915....

HomeFeaturesHelldivers 2 The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 13thOpen the Super Door Open the Super Door Image credit:RPS Image credit:RPS Would you like to know more? Open the door and earn your citizenship today. It’sHelldivers 2! Graham:Ever had a weird, funny friend who one day cut off his long hair, started wearing shirts, and put all his Warhammer figures away? He’s being “a grown-up”, he says, and - totally coincidentally - he’s got a posh girlfriend now....

HomeNewsSonic Racing: CrossWorlds There’s a new Sonic Racing game in developmentAlthough we know nothing about it Although we know nothing about it I’m a big fan ofSonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, which pit Sonic and pals against a stable of characters from Sega’s other games, including Total War and Football Manager. I’m less of a fan of Sonic’s other kart racing exploits, but I’m still cautiously interested to learn he’s getting back behind the wheel....

HomeNewsTurok: Origins Turok: Origins will revisit the dinosaur hunter in a third-person shooter with co-opBut can you talk to the dinos? But can you talk to the dinos? Image credit:Saber Interactive Image credit:Saber Interactive Will the bulletting of my beloved dinosaurs never cease?Turok: Originswill revisit the dino-hunting archery of ye olde Nintendo 64, reimagining it as a story of three native huntsfolk out to lambast large lizards. The big new angle is that it’ll be a third-person shooter and you can play in online co-op as a team of T-rex wreckers....

HomeFeaturesThick as Thieves Warren Spector and Thief’s game director are making a multiplayer immersive sim called Thick As ThievesInside the Looking Glass-style extraction stealth game coming to PC in 2026. Inside the Looking Glass-style extraction stealth game coming to PC in 2026. Image credit:OtherSide Entertainment Image credit:OtherSide Entertainment Back in 1998, LoPiccolo was the game director who sawThief: The Dark Projectto completion. Today - after an 18 year detour to Harmonix to lead projects likeGuitar HeroandRock Band, among other adventures - he’s the game director of Thick as Thieves....

HomeNewsOkami We’re getting an Okami 2, with Hideki Kamiya at the reinsThe sun also rises The sun also rises Image credit:Capcom Image credit:Capcom Okami sequel - Project Teaser TrailerWatch on YouTube Okami sequel - Project Teaser Trailer There’s not much to share at this stage - the game doesn’t even have a formal title - but we do have a little blurb from Capcom. Here it be: “Okami is a game critically acclaimed for its unique world, heartwarming story, and exciting adventures....

HomeNewsThe Elder Scrolls Online While CEOs got dressed up for the Game Awards, 461 workers at Zenimax Online Studios unionisedSneaky in the best way Sneaky in the best way Image credit:Zenimax Image credit:Zenimax Stealth launching a game during an awards ceremony is cool. But you know what’s cooler? Stealth launching a union. As many in the games industry settled in for an evening of advertisements and blockbuster backslapping, one group of US workers quietly succeeded in organising something of their own....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1273): How to solve the Friday December 13 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for December 13? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 13? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Wednesday 8th January!...

HomeNewsSteel Hunters World Of Tanks creators reveal Steel Hunters, which isn’t quite World Of MechsPublic playtest for new free-to-play shooter underway now Public playtest for new free-to-play shooter underway now Image credit:Wargaming Image credit:Wargaming World of Tankscreators Wargaming are getting into the mech-bothering business with Steel Hunters - a new free-to-play Unreal Engine multiplayer shooter, in which Transformers-style juggernauts fight for control of an energy source called “Starfall” on smashable, post-apocalyptic maps....