Remnant 2’s next DLC adds new Invoker archetype that harnesses the “mystic power of the jungle” And expands the forest of Yaesha Image credit:Arc Games I like co-op shooter Remnant 2 , because it doesn’t pretend to be much more than what it is: a dodgerollathon where, in between dodge rolls, you fill demons with bullets. I’ve been meaning to go back to it, so it’s convenient that there’s more DLC arriving soon....

Resident Evil 9 announced: it’s called Requiem and it’s coming February 2026 Quit moaning Image credit:Capcom Resident Evil 9 - aka Resident Evil Requiem - is in development, there’s a substantial trailer below, and most surprisingly, it already has a specific release date: February 27th, 2026. Resident Evil Requiem reveal trailer.Watch on YouTube Described as a change in tone for the series, the trailer shows an FBI agent being sent to investigate a series of unusual murders at a hotel....

Rogue Trader devs Owlcat are making an Expanse RPG with Mass Effect-style combat Osiris Reborn is an original story in the Syfy universe Image credit:Owlcat Games Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader and Pathfinder: Kingmaker developers Owlcat Games are venturing into the realm of “hard sci-fi” with The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, a new RPG based on the James S. A. Corey novels and Syfy TV adaptations. It’s an original story that casts you as a Pinkwater Security mercenary, who starts out trapped on Eros Station - an asteroid base that undergoes cataclysmic upheaval in the TV show - and later takes charge of an advanced starship, so as to quest around the solar system....

Screenshot Saturday Mondays: ASCII tears and undersea fears I go on Twitter so you don’t have to Image credit:@stuffbecauseidk Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter’s #screenshotsaturday tag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week, despite Twitter throwing a wobbly and doing its best to keep me from taking a good look at the tag, I still found plenty of interesting and attractive indie games to admire....

Shin Megami Tensei 5 is finally coming to PC with newly expanded Vengeance edition It’s getting the Royal treatment Image credit:Atlus Shin Megami Tensei 5 is getting the Persona 5 Royal treatment, with an all-new Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance edition that’s out in June. It features a new story path, an improved battle system, new areas, and more, as you’d expect from Atlus’ history of definitive editions. What’s more, while SMT 5 was a Switch exclusive when it came out in 2021, the new Vengeance edition will be heading to PC and other consoles, too....

Star Trucker’s anniversary update adds wheel and joystick support to the space lorry sim, plus speed cameras I’m about to rack up so many fines as I try to drift along the milky highway Image credit:Raw Fury Star Trucker , Raw Fury’s answer to what Euro Truck Simulator might look like in the year 3000, is now a year old, and has celebrated that fact with an update that finally lets you whip out your wheel and pedals....

Steam Next Fext 2024’s most popular demos include goblin maid sims, horror shooters and a Chinese game about an unmarried no-lifer Truly, a festival of nextness Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Valve Steam Next Fest 2024 has formally ended, we’ve spent a couple of weeks gorging upon demos of all stripes, from oil spill clean-up to dancefloor kendo , and now comes the all-important process of deciding which of those demos Won....

Straftat recreates the experience of joining a random Half-Life or Quake deathmatch server in the year 2000 It’s out now and it’s free Image credit:Lemaitre Bros Babbdi was one of our favourite games from 2023 . STRAFTAT is a multiplayer shooter from the same developers and it’s exactly as transportive as its singleplayer cousin; not transportive to an unknowable brutalist city, but to the year 2000 - in the best possible way....

Subnautica 2 teases new creatures and co-op among the coral Splish splash Image credit:Unknown Worlds There’s still no solid release date for Subnautica 2 , but the studio making the fishy survival game have given folks a glimpse beneath the surface of development in a devlog video. There are shots of a bubbly submarine speeder pod, and a brief sighting of a sea creature that does an annoyed underwater bark at you, before headbutting something it doesn’t like....

Sultan’s Game is a dark, fascinating, and irrepressibly horny oddity The demo is massive, too Image credit:2P Games I predict I likely won’t have fully gotten to grips with the strategy of Sultan’s Game for several more hours, but since I’m considering investing that time - after a morning spent card shuffling and deciding whomst to bone and whomst to murder in its Steam demo - I’m compelled to spotlight it....

Tactical Breach Wizards gets a summer release window, then throws a man through it Breachy keen Image credit:Suspicious Developments We continue to rummage through the debris caused by the horrendous pile-up of summer video game announcements. Among the wreckage, a release date for Tactical Breach Wizards , the funny strategy game in which you play a ragtag crew of uniformed magic-zappers clearing enemies in confined spaces. It’s not XCOM, but it is XCOM-ing soon....

Tenjutsu is a speedy and stylish beat ‘em up from Dead Cells designer Those rival Yakuza aren’t going to kick themselves in the face! Image credit:Devolver Digital Pow! Biff! Dead! Cells! Catch that plate I just threw you! And this one! Oh no, there’s another plate coming toward you, also thrown by me! And look, you don’t have any free hands left to catch this one! Eat plate! You have been well and truly beaten up, but that’s fine....

Score top-tier precision without paying full price. Image credit:RPS Photo Composite / SteelSeries Product Switch Type Layout Actuation Polling Rate Connectivity Wireless Keycaps Corsair K70 PRO TKL MGX Hyperdrive Magnetic Tenkeyless (TKL) Per-key adjustable (0.4–3.6mm) 8000Hz USB-A, USB-C No ABS Double-Shot Razer Huntsman V2 Linear Optical Gen-2 Full Size Fixed (Linear) 8000Hz USB No Doubleshot PBT Corsair K70 MAX MGX Adjustable Magnetic Full Size Per-key adjustable (0.4–3.6mm) 8000Hz USB-A, USB-C No PBT Double-Shot SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini Wireless OmniPoint 2....

The best microSD cards for the Steam Deck Expand your Steam Deck’s storage with these tried-and-tested cards Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun An argument could be made that even the best Steam Deck microSD cards will begin waning in importance, now that the LCD Steam Deck – i.e., the one with the smallest internal SSD options – is being phased out . With only the more capacious Steam Deck OLEDs staying on Valve’s production line, could the need for supplementary storage fade away?...

The best Steam Deck microSD card, Samsung’s Pro Plus, is nearly half price for Prime Big Deal Days 512GB of top-notch handheld storage Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun The only disappointment here is that the newer 1TB version, which would better deal with the immense game file sizes I was complaining about in that Crucial P3 Plus post , isn’t getting its price slashed as well. But I’ve been recommending the 512GB Pro Plus for years now, and that ain’t stopping....

The Driver TV series is dead, but other “exciting projects” are in the works According to Ubisoft Image credit:Ubisoft The Driver TV series you forgot was happening isn’t happening. Announced back in 2021 and initially due to arrive alongside a gamer-focused streaming service called Binge in 2022, the live action series has been scrapped along with the production company behind it. Perhaps of greater significance is that the Driver series itself might not be dead, as a Ubisoft spokesperson said that they are “actively working on other exciting projects related to the franchise”....

The end is nigh, for Balatro and Wordle have had a terrible avian child With some input from Scrabble Image credit:GameTeam6 Of all the “what if Balatro , but” projects on offer, there are surely none so atrocious and indecent, so utterly irresponsible of conception and offensive to human dignity as Birdigo , which bills itself as “what if Balatro, but Wordle “. For the uninitiated, Balatro is the rad poker roguelite that took the games industry by storm in 2024, while Wordle is what the New York Times do now instead of articles....

The Forge: How to unlock the Raven Cave Wondering how to open the Raven Cave? Here’s how you get inside The Forge’s current endgame area. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / The Forge Community Need help entering the Raven Cave in The Forge? After reaching the game’s third main world, Frostspire Expanse, you’ll notice there’s a locked door right behind the locale’s main forge. Once unlocked, this door will lead you to a new cave that’s filled with some of the most durable rocks and toughest enemies currently in the Roblox RPG....

The ghost of StarCraft: Ghost endures as a new shooter set in the RTS universe is in the works at Blizzard Outstanding Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment A new shooter set in the StarCraft universe is in the works at Blizzard, according to Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier’s book Play Nice, via Eurogamer . The project is headed up by Dan Hay, who worked various leading roles on Ubisoft’s Far Cry series, and also a 1999 CGI film starring Jim Belushi named “ The Nuttiest Nutcracker” ....

The Outer Worlds 2 modders have already unleashed all of the words and delivered a boon to cowards [Engineering 10] I spit in the face of your attempts to restrict my power, Obsidian Image credit:Obsidian / Rock Paper Shotgun I know it all. All of the witty insights, all of the arcane knowledge, and all of the random blather. I know all of the words. Or at least I will if I decide to use one of The Outer Worlds 2 ’s early mods, which ditches the skill restrictions to give you access to every dialogue line in the game....