HomeNewsOutpost: Infinity Siege Outpost is a co-op shooter about building a base and battling swarmsThey might change the name before release, however They might change the name before release, however Sci-fi first-person shooterOutposthas an underwhelming working title, but the trailer looks positively overwhelming thanks to the scale of the thing. It’s about fighting gushing swarms of hundreds of squid-like robots and constructing a base to help you. Outpost | Gameplay Trailer | Future Games Show June 2022Watch on YouTube...

HomeNewsPalworld Palworld still looks like an unheimlich mashup of Pokémon and assault rifles"Pal" is a tainted word to my Scottish brain “Pal” is a tainted word to my Scottish brain Watch the trailer, you’ll see. PalWorld | Gameplay Trailer | Future Games Show June 2022Watch on YouTube PalWorld | Gameplay Trailer | Future Games Show June 2022 I know it sounds ridiculous, but there was a time when I could enjoy mashups of children’s media with grownup themes with a degree of ironic detachment, as intended....

HomeNewsIll Project Ill is now just Ill, but remains a mysterious Cronenbergian nightmareBrief but gross peek at 2022’s most squelchy horror FPS concept Brief but gross peek at 2022’s most squelchy horror FPS concept ILL | Gameplay Trailer | Future Games Show June 2022Watch on YouTube ILL | Gameplay Trailer | Future Games Show June 2022 That’s basically yer lot with Ill, and if I were to suggest anything more about it it would be pretty wild speculation....

HomeNews Report: Wholesome Direct reveals key “wholesome” themes this year are plants, witchesWholesome animals trending towards bears and frogs, away from cats Wholesome animals trending towards bears and frogs, away from cats This year’s Wholesome Direct featured around a hundred games, and from that, just as bloggers at Paris Fashion Week are able to look at what Versace is slanging down the runway to predict key highstreet colour themes 12 months in advance, we can look at what his wholesome hot and what is wholesomenot....

HomeNewsPsychroma Spooky cyberpunk mystery Psychroma looks like Detention meets ObserverBack to the retro future Back to the retro future The trailer harks back to the point-and-click mysteries beloved of my misspent youth, which really fits in with Psychroma’s whole retro futuristic vibe. It’s got that clever pixel art style that looks exactly how you remember golden age adventure games looking in the ’90s, which of course means that it’s much, much more polished and modern than those games ever were....

HomeFeatures The 5 best games from the Guerrilla Collective showcase 2022Gotta start somewhere, right? Gotta start somewhere, right? The Guerrilla Games showcase this year had trailers for like, 60 games, or something, and no woman can play 60 games. Who do you think I am, Santa? You think I can slow time to infinity when I need it? So I’ve done you a little roundup of the games that caught my eye this time....

HomeNewsThe Fridge Is Red The Fridge Is Red is a new horror anthology that feels like a bunch of r/nosleep storiesDemo available now. Would you store your ketchup in this fridge? Demo available now. Would you store your ketchup in this fridge? The Fridge Is Red Announcement Trailer | Guerrilla Collective 2022Watch on YouTube The Fridge Is Red Announcement Trailer | Guerrilla Collective 2022 The Fridge Is Red is described as a psychological horror anthology “reminiscent of old school PlayStation games,” which sounds about right....

HomeNewsThe Last Faith The Last Faith is a pixel art Metroidvania that’s really channelling BloodborneCastlevania on ‘roids Castlevania on ‘roids Anyone up for side-scrollingBloodborne? That’s the distinct vibe emitting from every gothic orifice ofThe Last Faith, a Metroidvania coming this year. Some more footage of the thwack ‘em up platformer was shown off at today’s Future Games Show. You can stroke your beard and make approving sounds at it, if you watch the trailer below....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (Sunday 12 June 2022): Wordle word of the day #358 and hintsHints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun If you’re struggling to arrive at the solution, below you can read our selection of hints for today’s Wordle word of the day. Look further below and you’ll find today’s Wordle answer revealed, along with a description of the word’s meaning....

HomeFeatures 7 games with the best AIWhat was that noise? What was that noise? Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega No, not SHODAN or GLaDOS. I mean the other sort. The magic formulae of raw computer nonsense that runs under the cover of your favourite game and makes enemies flank you, or friendly NPCs toss a health kit just in time. Good AI is not an unbeatable genius. It is smartly stupid. It is both surprisingly clever and capable of wonderful carelessness....

HomeNewsThe Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria New Lord Of The Rings survival game Return To Moria sounds like Deep Rock Galactic x GimliFinally, some good content Finally, some good content As part of the Summer Game Fest’s adjacent livestream events, Epic Games did it’s own thing to show off this year, and first on the docket was the reveal of a Lord Of The Rings Game that, as a lapsed fan, I’m actually interested in....

HomeNews The Trial of Tarya Gratar arrives as part of the paid expansion in June Square Enix and People Can Fly have unveiled more details of the endgame forWorldslayer, the upcoming first paid expansion to their online co-op action RPGOutriders. Outriders’ creative director Bartek Kmita says there’s “hundreds of hours of meaningful progression” in Worldslayer’s endgame, which sounds like a lot, but the focus is mostly on the replayable big new Trial of Tarya Gratar dungeon....

HomeNewsDiablo Immortal We’ve run the numbers on Diablo Immortal to find out what it really costsTurns out collecting the best gear could set you back £46,000 Turns out collecting the best gear could set you back £46,000 Ever sinceDiablo Immortallaunched amid a storm of controversy last week, people have been trying to work out how much it really costs to play this theoretically free game. I’ll be honest that maths has never been my strongest suit, but figuring out how games work under-the-hood is one of my favourite things to do....