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HomeNewsFinal Fantasy VII Rebirth Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is heading to PC in January, a year after its console launchWith some graphical enhancements With some graphical enhancements Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Square Enix Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Square Enix Final Fantasy VII Rebirthlaunched on console back in February, and if I’d had to guess, I’d say it would arrive on PC about a year later. Hey - guess what! Square Enix just gave Rebirth a PC release date: January 23rd, 2025....

HomeNewsElden Ring From Software reveal Elden Ring: Nightreign, a three-player co-op spin-off"As Night Falls, We Rise." “As Night Falls, We Rise.” Image credit:Bandai Namco / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Bandai Namco / Rock Paper Shotgun Remember when From Software’s Hidetaka Miyazaki saidthey weren’t thinking about Elden Ring 2, but they were thinking about the continuation ofElden Ringin general? Well, who had “three player co-op musou” on their bingo card? Announced at the annual winter Geoff Awards just now, Elden Ring: Nightreign is a multiplayer-focussed spin-off that pits a trio of Elden Ringers against tides of foes in a world that reshuffles every time you play....

HomeNewsHelldivers 2 Helldivers 2’s update adds the dreaded Illuminate faction, plus city maps and bouncy jeepsThe squids, they are here The squids, they are here Image credit:Sony Image credit:Sony Arrowhead and Sony have released a newHelldivers 2update that introduces the long-rumoured third faction, the Illuminate. Titled Omens of Tyranny, the update also stirs in city maps and a driveable jeep with a mounted gun that immediately reminds me of Halo’s Warthog, and is hopefully just as fragile and bouncy....

HomeNewsThe Outer Worlds 2 Here’s the first look at The Outer Worlds 2 gameplayWill not type Outer Wilds. Will not type Outer Wilds. Will not type Outer Wilds. Will not type Outer Wilds. Image credit:Obsidian Entertainment Image credit:Obsidian Entertainment The Geoffies have delivered us a first look at the gameplay for Obsidian’s spacefaring RPG sequel,The Outer Worlds 2. It looks, as you might expect, very much like the first one, but a bit nicer....

HomeNewsNINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound Here’s the trailer for Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, from Koei Tecmo, Dotemu, and the Blasphemous teamOne hell of an opener One hell of an opener Image credit:The Game Kitchen Image credit:The Game Kitchen NINJA GAIDEN: Rageboundis the next entry in the venerable series ofactionslice-em-ups, revealed tonight at pre-Geoffies. It’s arriving in 2025 as a joint effort between Koei Tecmo,Blasphemousdevelopers The Game Kitchen, and retro revivalists Dotemu. Trailer below.NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound | Reveal Trailer | Coming Summer 2025 | The Game Awards 2024Watch on YouTubeHere are a few ninja secrets for you:From the acclaimed team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound successfully unites the classic lore and gameplay of the Tecmo-developed (now KOEI TECMO GAMES) NINJA GAIDEN series from the 8-bit era with the depth and intensity of the modern 3D entries....

HomeNewsSplit Fiction It Takes Two devs are making a new co-op game called Split Fiction, coming March 2025It mashes up sci-fi and fantasy It mashes up sci-fi and fantasy Image credit:Hazelight Image credit:Hazelight It’s the Game Awards this evening, which means another year of Josef Fares appearing on stage to performatively say “fuck” like he thinks it’s naughty. Thankfully this year he also had a game to show: Split Fiction, a new co-op action adventure....

HomeNewsIntergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Naughty Dog are making a sci-fi bounty hunter game called Intergalactic: The Heretic ProphetAlthough no PC release planned yet Although no PC release planned yet Image credit:Naughty Dog Image credit:Naughty Dog Naughty Dog have announced their long-gestating new game, and their first in a long while that’s not a sequel. Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is a science fiction bounty hunter game set on a mysterious isolated planet, and the first cinematic trailer is below....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Fri, December 13thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #550. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #550. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint for Wednesday 8th January! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 13th December?...

HomeNewsOnimusha: The Way Of The Sowrd Onimusha Way Of The Sword is the Capcom action-RPG’s first new instalment in almost 20 yearsKatana you believe it Katana you believe it Image credit:Capcom / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Capcom / Rock Paper Shotgun Here’s one I didn’t see coming: a new Onimusha game. It’s called Onimusha Way Of The Sword, and is the first new entry in Capcom’s samurai action-horror series since… well, that upcoming VR game doesn’t count, and nor does the Warlords remaster in 2018....

HomeNewsCrimson Desert Open world sword-swinger Crimson Desert horse-powerslides to a late 2025 releaseThe sand turns red next year folks The sand turns red next year folks Crimson Desertfirst galloped onto the scene in 2020, with a bombastic trailer at Gamescom 2023 showcasing some particularly beautiful medieval open world action adventuring. It’s got horses, fishing, plate armour and roving heroism, but one thing it lacks is a release date. Now, thanks to The Geoff Awards, that’s changed!...

Pity the ghosts in this one Image credit:Bandai Namco Image credit:Bandai Namco The Geoffening has begun! Catch all the latest Game Awards announcements on ourGame Awards 2024hub page. You can also get the news hot from ourliveblog.

HomeNewsSolasta II Solasta: Crown of the Magister is getting a sequel starring Baldur’s Gate 3’s narratorThe sequel is called Solasta II The sequel is called Solasta II Image credit:Tactical Adventures Image credit:Tactical Adventures RPGSolasta: Crown Of The Magister is getting a sequel.Solasta IIlaunches in early access next year, and they’re aiming to have a demo out sometime earlier. Like its predecessor, this one’s a party-based CRPG with tactical combat, featuring single player and online co-op....

HomeNews Tekken 8’s next fighter is Clive, actuallyWe over-Annalysed We over-Annalysed Image credit:Bandai Namco Image credit:Bandai Namco Earlier this week we heard rumblings of a new character announcement forTekken 8, and at the same time a trailer droppeda big unmistakable hintfor red-dressed rabble rouser Anna Williams. Turns out that unmistakable hint was mistakable. My mistake. At last night’s Game Awards we learned that the next fighter to come to the game will be… Clive?...