HomeNewsPrince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown has a brilliant feature that eliminates pointless backtrackingSeriously, why has no one thought of this before? Seriously, why has no one thought of this before? Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft I don’t know about you, but the number of times I’ve combed the map of aMetroidvania gamelooking for the next path I can go down, only to discover that, ‘Nope, still can’t go down this road!...

HomeNewsRedfall Redfall’s 1.1 patch offers changes to AI, enemy frequency and visual fidelity"Only our first", Arkane say “Only our first”, Arkane say Image credit:Bethesda Softworks Image credit:Bethesda Softworks Redfalltook a beating at launch for its bugs, its lackluster AI, and its bare open world. There were swiftapologiesfrom its developers and pledges to improve the experience, a process which started today with the release of Redfall’s 1.1 patch. It offers “incremental improvements” to combat, AI and visuals across the open world vampire shooter, alongside a commitment that there will be more updates to come....

HomeNewsGhost Trick: Phantom Detective Remember how good Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective was?Reminisce with the HD Remaster demo, out now Reminisce with the HD Remaster demo, out now Image credit:Capcom Image credit:Capcom There is one good dog in video games and his name is Missile the Pomeranian. Fight me. On second thought, maybe don’t fight me. My wrists are quite dainty truth be told, and I’d almost certainly end up pegging it in an actual fist fight....

HomeFeaturesRemnant 2 Remnant 2 is a co-op shooter on track to deliver this year’s most dependable sequelThis year’s sleeper hit? This year’s sleeper hit? Image credit:Gearbox Publishing Image credit:Gearbox Publishing Sometimes all you need from a video game is a bit of bloodshed with your pals. And sometimes, all you need from a sequel is the first one, but a bit bigger and bit better. Having spent a few hours with third-personco-opshooterRemnant 2, I reckon it’s shaping up to be exactly those two things....

HomeFeatures Screenshot Saturday Mondays: Building towns and bullying a snailAdmire these interesting and attractive indie games Admire these interesting and attractive indie games Image credit:Yesbox Studios Image credit:Yesbox Studios Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter’s#screenshotsaturdaytag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week’s selection is a bit small because Twitter is throwing another technical wobbly and refusing to show the full weekend’s posts, but the games are still good!...

HomeNewsDiesel Legacy: The Brazen Age This 2v2 fighting game is too much for my eyes, but you can try it on your fingersThem’s fighting lanes Them’s fighting lanes Street Fighter 6may be the hot new fighting game in town, but like every other fighting game in history, it lacks depth: literal depth, ha ha, el oh el.Diesel Legacy: The Brazen Ageis here to fix that, mixing up the classic punch ‘em up formula with three lanes for you to manoeuvre around during 2v2 fights....

HomeFeaturesAlan Wake 2 Alan Wake 2 is just as much a detective story, as it is survival horrorMind yourself Mind yourself Image credit:Epic Games Publishing Image credit:Epic Games Publishing Behind an ominous door next to a pizza joint, I bore witness to 30 minutes ofAlan Wake 2in an extended presentationbased on the traileryou might have seen at the sumSummer Game Festshowcase. I didn’t get to see any of Alan himself, but I did get to see a slice of horror, investigation, and action as the other playable character Saga Anderson....

HomeNewsCritter Cove Animal Crossing meets My Time At Portia in archipelago life-sim Critter CoveA cozy island paradise? Don’t mind if I do A cozy island paradise? Don’t mind if I do Image credit:tinyBuild Image credit:tinyBuild Who would have thought a bathtub would make a great little tugboat, but after seeingCritter Cove’s protagonist toot his way around a sunny archipelago, it makes perfect sense. Announced during the PC Gaming Show, Critter Cove is an upcoming life-sim where making strange contraptions is all part of the fun....

HomeNewsAvowed Avowed, Obsidian’s first-person RPG, will launch in 2024Lots of magic combat Lots of magic combat Image credit:Xbox Game Studios Image credit:Xbox Game Studios Avowedwas announced back in 2020 when a brief teaser trailer made it look likeObsidian’s take on Skyrim. A gameplay trailer shown during this evening’s Xbox Games Showcase did little to contradict that notion, aside from the non-snowy setting, I suppose, making it seem like Obsidian’s take on Oblivion instead....

HomeNewsKunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess Capcom’s Kunitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess is a mystery, but a pretty oneHopefully they’ll explain their new game more on Monday Hopefully they’ll explain their new game more on Monday One big mystery in tonight’s Xbox Games Showcase was the announcement ofKunitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess, a new game from Capcom. It’s some sort of action game seemingly steeped in Japanese mythology and it has monsters and an awful lot of masks and that’s about all we can say for certain right now....

HomeNewsCities: Skylines II Cities: Skylines 2 has bigger cities and will release this OctoberFirst gameplay trailer below First gameplay trailer below Cities: Skylines 2was revealed a few months ago, but with only a CG trailer and not many details. Now there’s a new in-game trailer and at least a vague sense of what the citybuilding sequel will do differently than its venerable, many DLC’d predecessor. Mainly: bigger cities, more simulated cities, prettier cities....

HomeFeatures Citizen Sleeper 2 is real and I couldn’t be happierStarward Vector will feature a new sleeper, new locations and an all-new crisis to solve Starward Vector will feature a new sleeper, new locations and an all-new crisis to solve Image credit:Fellow Traveller Image credit:Fellow Traveller When solo developer Gareth Damian Martinstarted teasingthey were working on another project together withCitizen Sleeper’s composer Amos Roddy and character artist Guillaume Singelin last month, I didn’t even dare to hope that it might be another Citizen Sleeper game....

HomeNews Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty expansion launches September 26thCheck out the new trailer Check out the new trailer Image credit:CD Projekt Red Image credit:CD Projekt Red Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty — Official TrailerWatch on YouTube Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty — Official Trailer Hallo Idris me old china |Image credit:CD Projekt Red Beyond the main story, CD Projekt Red say, “The expansion also comes with a slew of new content, including new quests, gigs, and gig types; new vehicles, tech, cyberware, and weapons; a brand new Relic skill tree for even more freedom for crafting one’s own unique playstyle, and more....