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Puppet Combo has announced PlayStation 2-style fixed camera survival horror game The Glass Staircase for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch.

F1 24 is promising several key gameplay improvements both on and off the track, and when it comes to the former, it’s placing particular emphasis on a suite of new features and systems that are collectively dubbed the new Dynamic Handling System.

Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch, and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Switch are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game releases.

Dead Cells was blessed with several excellent animated trailers, each one produced by French animation studio Bobbypills. Now the slick metroidvania is getting a full animated television series from the same folks, and the first trailer is below.

The next Call Of Duty will arrive on Game Pass on day one, according to anonymous sources. Microsoft's strategy has long involved releasing all their first-party games on Game Pass, but there had been doubt over whether the same would be true of the first Call Of Duty to be released since Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of publishers Activision.

Fallout fever has been running rampant for over a month, thanks to the immense popularity of Amazon Prime’s acclaimed Fallout show. Not only has that sparked renewed interest in Bethesda’s Fallout titles, the franchise is seeping its way into other games as well.

Since its announcement last month, Thunderful has shared new details on SteamWorld Heist 2 at a pretty consistent clip, and more of those have now emerged courtesy of a new deep dive trailer. Following up on the previous deep dive trailer, which detailed the game’s combat, jobs system, and more, this new one sheds further light on the tactical RPG’s story, world, and more.

It’s been several months since Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard was finalized, and even though the latter’s catalog of titles has started making its way over to Game Pass with Diablo 4 kicking things off in March, there hasn’t been any real clarity on whether Call of Duty in particular is going to follow suit. Now, however, it’s being reported that concrete details on that front will be officially shared soon.

War never changes, and either does Fortnite's love of a crossover. Thus, Fallout and Fortnite are colliding as the post-apocalyptic RPG heads to the battle royale shooter’s upcoming next season.

Publisher Thunderful Games and developer Image & Form Games have released a “story deep dive” trailer and screenshots for turn-based RPG sequel SteamWorld Heist II.

Player First’s MultiVersus is launching on May 28th for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, PS4, Xbox One and PC, bringing new fighters, mechanics and more over last year’s open beta. However, perhaps the most eagerly-awaited new content is PvE, and the developer has finally revealed it in a new trailer.

While Grand Theft Auto 6 is launching in Fall 2026, Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto 5 is still selling quite well despite its age. Take-Two Interactive’s fourth quarter fiscal year 2024 earnings report revealed that the latter had sold approximately 200 million units in its lifetime, up from 195 million.

Developer Phoenix Labs has announced that it is cancelling development on all titles at the studio aside from Dauntless and Fae Farm. The studio took to LinkedIn to make the announcement, where it revealed that it is being reorganised to focus more on its live service titles.

I've clocked up nearly 400 hours playing BioWare's big fantasy RPG Dragon Age: Inquisition, which is not a stat I'm particularly proud of. I'm not ashamed either, partly because, as has been identified by artist Corey Brickley, via the Maw, there's a lot of filler. Brickley has collated a list of suggested mods to slim down Dragon Age: Inquisition from a potentially 80 hours-long epic to a trim 40 hour story-focused romp, which means you might be able to play through it again in time for the launch of Dragon Age: Dreadwolf - which is a direct sequel to Inquisition.

Grand Theft Auto 5 has now sold approximately 200 million copies.

Publisher 2K will reveal the next iteration in one of its “biggest and most beloved franchises” at Summer Game Fest on Friday, June 7, it’s been revealed.

Developer Pugstorm’s mining adventure Core Keeper has been going strong in Early Access, and it is en route to releasing in full on August 27, 2024. The news comes from a recent blog post by the developers, and you can check it out in its entirety through here and check out the release date trailer down below.

Epic Games Publishing and developer Aquiris Game Studio have announced that Horizon Chase 2 will be coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on May 30. Alongside the announcement, the game also got a new trailer that you can check out below.

Fans of odd games with multiple endings and themes of identity and oppression, rejoice! Or, maybe, not rejoice. Time will tell. In the latest issue of Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, Yosuke Saito, the series producer for Nier, teased that he might be working on something new with Yoko Taro and Keiichi Okabe, the director and composer for the Nier series, respectively.

Cozy mining adventure game Core Keeper will leave Early Access and launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam on August 27, publisher Fireshine Games and developer Pugstorm announced.

Epic Games Publishing and developer AQUIRIS will release Horizon Chase 2 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on May 30, the companies announced.

Fallout games took three of the top 10 places on the European sales chart last month.

Our Edders, the RPSer I’d most trust to help me gank a rival covenant member with hammers, reckoned Pinocchio soulslike Lies Of P was an “instant must-play” in his review, and I was pretty fond of it myself. We already know that we’re due a sequel at some point the future, thanks to impressive sales. Director Jiwon Choi previously teased some DLC concept art, and now it looks like we’ll be seeing that DLC by the time the year’s out, according to a fiscal report.

Microsoft has announced the Xbox Proteus Controller, a new customisable controller aimed at gamers with accessibility issues.

Amid all the news and details about Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Ubisoft revealed that it’s stopped development on The Division Heartland. Its full-year 2023/2024 earnings report stated that resources were “redeployed” for “bigger opportunities” like XDefiant andRainbow Six.

Saints Row might have been the worst-performing game in the franchise. As caught by X user Timur222, a LinkedIn post Tyrin Stevenson—formerly a social media and community manager at developer Volition—states that Saints Row only sold 1.7 million copies.

Frontier Developments has announced that F1 Manager 2024 will be coming to PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One on July 23. The game will be available digitally, and is priced at $34.99. Pre-orders for the game have also been started.

After teasing an upcoming chapter inspired by Dungeons & Dragons, Dead by Daylight has revealed its next killer pulled from the pages of the fantasy pen-and-paper RPG: Vecna, long-running mega-baddie and inspiration for the Stranger Things villain. He’ll be voiced by Critical Role dungeon master Matthew Mercer and haunt a new dungeon map, where you’ll be able to do battle as new elf and bard survivors able to roll a literal d20 when they crack open treasure chests.

Ubisoft has canceled development on the Red Storm Entertainment-developed free-to-play multiplayer survival action game Tom Clancy’s The Division Heartland, the company announced in its latest financial report.

The PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC (Steam) versions of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Sweep the Board! will launch on July 16 in North America and Europe, publisher SEGA announced. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series versions will be available both physically and digitally.

Developer Airship Syndicate’s MMO Wayfinder hasn’t been going at the smoothest pace, and the upcoming Echoes update will be making some big moves to turn its fates around for the better. Post the release of the update on May 31, Wayfinder’s online requirements for play will no longer exist.

F1 Manager 2024 will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on July 23 for $34.99, Frontier Developments announced. Pre-orders are now available.

Sword of the Necromancer 3D remake Sword of the Necromancer: Resurrection will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam at the end of summer, developer Grimorio of Games announced.

Bungie has released new trailers for Destiny 2: The Final Shape, revealing three new Exotics for each class. These are Mataidoxia, a Warlock chest piece; Gifted Conviction, a Hunter chest piece; and Hazardous Propulsion, a Titan chest piece. Check them out in action below.

The Sims 4 is nothing if not a teetering jenga tower of updates and add-ons and DLC packs, and the latter half of 2024 will be no exception for EA's life sim king. Yesterday saw the release of an update to the base game's swimwear, kicking off the updates teased in the recently-revealed new roadmap, Season Of Love. The roadmap video's vibe is that it and its partner saw you from across the bar and wondered if you'd be interested in joining them, and it kind of weirds me out.

WWE 2K24‘s ECW pack is out now, adding new wrestlers such as CM Punk, as well as new hidden weapons.

Nier series producer Yosuke Saito has teased fans about his upcoming game with Nier director Yoko Taro and Nier composer Keiichi Okabe.

This week’s Famitsu review scores are in.

Inti Creates has released a new trailer for side-scrolling action game Umbraclaw introducing the game’s cast.

The first Madden NFL 25 details have seemingly leaked ahead of an official reveal this week.

Diablo 4’s long-awaited revamp to loot, crafting and progression is finally available with Loot Reborn. The fourth “season” for the action RPG loot adds new mechanics like Tempering, Masterworking and much more. It also revamps the Codex of Power to make managing Aspects easier. Check out the latest trailer below for a quick summary of the changes.

Braid is considered to be one of the most revered indie games of recent memory, and developer Thekla has rounded up work on the anticipated Anniversary Edition, which is available now for PC, PlayStation consoles, Nintendo Switch, and mobile platforms. Check out the trailer down below.

The Ashlands update for Valheim is out now. Celebrating the update, developer Iron Gate has released an animated trailer that showcases its story. Check out the animated release trailer for Ashlands below.

Developer Experiment 101 and publisher THQ Nordic have announced that open-world RPG Biomutant is out now on the Nintendo Switch. Celebrating the game’s Switch launch is a new trailer that you can check out below.

In its eighth anniversary broadcast for Dead by Daylight, Behaviour Interactive announced two of six upcoming Chapters for the asymmetrical horror. The first is a collaboration with Dungeons and Dragons, going live on June 3rd and adding The Lich (based on the villainous Vecna) as a new Killer. Check out the trailer below.

Behaviour Interactive has announced two of six upcoming Chapters for Dead by Daylight, including the Dungeons & Dragons Chapter on June 3 and a Castlevania Chapter this summer, as well as a new “2V8 Mode.”

When I first played Paper Trail at the BitSummit indie festival in Kyoto last July, I came away impressed but concerned.

Microsoft has announced new titles coming to Xbox Game Pass in late May, which includes Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Immortals of Aveum, Lords of the Fallen, and more.

Microsoft has announced the second wave of titles coming to Game Pass in May, starting with the original Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, available today for cloud, consoles and PC. On May 15th, subscribers can check out the acclaimed puzzle adventureChants of Sennar. May 16th sees the arrival of EA Sports NHL 24 on the cloud and Immortals of Aveum for cloud, PC and Xbox Series X/S.

Pocket Pair has released a new update for Palworld, currently live on PC and coming soon to Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One. It offers several balance adjustments, like increasing the HP for all Alpha and Lucky Pals by 1.2. Breeding eggs also have a “slight chance” to yield an Alpha Pal, providing more of a reason to pursue them.

As promised and/or threatened, depending on your perspective, open world game Fallout 4 has gotten some new graphics tweaks and bug fixes to smooth out the bumps caused by its previous “next gen update”. The update broke a bunch of mods, delayed a few interesting overhaul projects like Fallout London, and generally made everyone shake their fists at the sky and shout “Howaaaard!” Remember folks: auteur theory unduly credits a single creative for a group effort - the dice that Todd rolls every time he decides whether or not to break the game are also clearly to blame here.

I've played little of legendary survival sim The Long Dark, or The Short Dark, as I guess it has proven for me. I fell off the game after succumbing to my first wolf. But I've sampled enough to know that adding a "Misery Mode" to the game is sort of like upending a bucket of water over a drowning person. More misery in The Long Dark? Oh thank god, that's just what this notoriously easygoing wilderness adventure has been missing. And what's this, developers Hinterland are introducing a new predator, the Cougar, which will move into any area you're fond of and compete over territory. Finally, a bit of friction for what has previously been a stroll in the woods.

Elden Ring is already home to a lot of rotten creatures. Serpent snails that spit at you, ulcerated spirits with bark for skin, a big pair of hands. Now we know of another rotten creature who's going to join the roster when the Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree DLC drops next month: a bloke who's head would make for an excellent lottery draw.

Genuinely legendary game designer Ron Gilbert – whose works include the classic adventure game Monkey Island, the RTS Total Annihilation (as producer), and the term “cutscenes” – is making a new game.

In light of its recently-revealed new mid-term business plans, Square Enix has now confirmed that it has cancelled games that didn’t align with its new strategy. In its latest earnings report (via VGC), the company has confirmed that a number of unannounced titles were cancelled, and that its profits being 70 percent lower than last year were a result of these cancellations.

Worldwide cumulative sales of the Monster Hunter series has surpassed 100 million units, Capcom announced. Monster Hunter Rise has surpassed 15 million units, and expansion Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak has surpassed eight million units.

Developer Player First Games has released a new trailer for upcoming fighting game MultiVersus, this time around giving us a closer look at the gameplay for the newest addition to the game’s roster—The Joker. Check out the trailer below.

Rockstar Games seems to be working on bringing the original Red Dead Redemption to PC. Spotted by X user Tez2, the files in a recent update of Rockstar’s game launcher contains strings that indicate that Red Dead Redemption is coming to PC.

Following Fallout 4’s Next-Gen Update, Bethesda Game Studios has a new patch to address issues and offer improvements. Perhaps the most noteworthy addition is the new display settings on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 to allow for setting the Frame Rate Target and whether to prioritize visuals or performance.

Rockstar could be preparing to announce Red Dead Redemption for PC.

Publisher Warner Bros. Games and developer Player First Games have released the official gameplay trailer for free-to-play platform fighting game MultiVersus‘ newly announced playable character The Joker.

This news post leaves me in a quandary, readers, because I will need to write a swear word for the sake of full journalistic transparency, but Google’s algorithms tend to frown on sweary articles. On the other hand, Google’s algorithms don’t like it when you spend whole intros handwringing about Google’s algorithms, either, so let’s stop, er, faffing around and speak of Doom. Id Software parent company Zenimax recently trademarked “IDKFA”, a string of letters that will be of deep significance to original Doom players, and which may therefore be evidence of an impending announcement.

A new Doom game could in line to be announced at June’s Xbox Games Showcase.

Xur has returned in Bungie’s Destiny 2, carrying some relatively forgettable loot (with a few noteworthy exceptions). He’s in the Tower Hangar until the next reset and has the Exotic Energy shotgun, Lord of Wolves, available.

Developer Visual Concepts and publisher 2K Sports have announced that CM Punk will be coming to WWE 2K24. Punk will be part of the ECW Punk pack, and will be available in the game on May 15. Check out the trailer below.

With theShadowkeep andBeyond Light campaigns going free to play for all Destiny 2 players with The Final Shape, Bungie has announced two packs to accommodate the rest of their content. If you’re a new player who wants all (nearly) everything in one place, there’s the Legacy Collection 2024.

A new trailer for MultiVersus shows The Joker in action, and also seemingly confirms The Powerpuff Girls as playable characters.

With Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance out next month for all platforms, Atlus has announced that the original Shin Megami Tensei 5 will be delisted from the Nintendo eShop on June 13th. It will be unavailable to purchase alongside all its DLC and the Digital Deluxe Edition.

In its latest earnings report, Sega parent company Sega Sammy has revealed that the Persona franchise has sold 5.06 million copies throughout the last financial year. The sales figure, which accounts for FY 2023 (April 2023 to March 2024), includes both digital as well as physical copies of Persona titles.

Amid reports of Microsoft internally debating future Call of Duty titles coming to Game Pass, Xbox president Sarah Bond has reiterated that all Xbox games will launch on day one for the service.

Fallout 4’s Next-Gen Update arrived last month to much fanfare and hype, especially following the success of Amazon’s TV show. It wasn’t without issues, whether it’s the UI not scaling with Ultrawide displays, breaking mods or oddly targeting 60 FPS in all modes on Xbox Series X.

EA FC fans are in revolt following an error that saw players receive some of the best players in the game, shortly before it was patched.

Fallout 4 will receive another patch on all consoles, this time focussing on graphical options.

WWE Games has released the first footage of CM Punk in WWE 2K24, marking his return to WWE video games after a decade.

Having brought the likes of Resident Evil’s Nemesis, Silent Hill’s Pyramid Head, Stranger Things' Demogorgon and Alien’s Xenomorph to its one-versus-many game of deadly hide-and-seek, Dead by Daylight is digging back into the vaults for its next classic killer. This time, it’s not horror video games or scary movies serving as inspiration for DBD’s next chapter, but 50-year-old tabletop fantasy RPG Dungeons & Dragons.

What is it Wendy Cope wrote? “Bloody Fallout 4 patches are like bloody buses. You wait half a decade for one, and as soon as that one breaks everything, Bethesda releases another just days later.” Yeah, pretty sure that’s it. Anyway, Fallout 4 will get another patch for the near decade-old game next week, presumably to help fix a lot of the problems its long-awaited “next-gen update” introduced two weeks ago.

The latest round of GSD game sales data has just released, and we have a surprising revelation for this month. Bethesda’s Fallout 4 which originally released in 2015 saw a sudden spike in sales, and that too to the point that it has topped sales charts for the month of April 2024 in the UK region. Check out the complete table below for more details.

Since Microsoft’s shuttering of developer Tango Gameworks, angry fans of the studio’s work have taken to bombarding the Steam listings for Hi-Fi Rush, Ghostwire: Tokyo and The Evil Within and its sequel with reviews. Interestingly, while movements among fanbases like this typically opt to go with negative reviews, the Steam reviews for these games are incredibly positive.

The director of Paradox’s grand sci-fi strategy game Stellaris has insisted that the studio’s use of any AI-generated assets will be “ethical”, after revealing that latest expansion The Machine Age features AI voices for characters and used AI-generated art and text during its development.

Bethesda has confirmed that a new Fallout 4 update is coming on Monday, May 13. After a long wait, Bethesda finally released the big Fallout 4 next-gen update last month. The update brought native versions of Fallout 4 to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles while making some sweeping changes to the game. These changes included improved graphics and performance, as well as some Creation Club content.