Come groom hellhorses for the amusement of a torture god in Sha Beast Dressage You are not allowed to say no Image credit:Lori Vornoy We were late to the party with the last big horse game, Umamusume: Pretty Derby (I confess, I avoided it because I’m not that keen on gacha, though I do watch Gold Ship/Michael Jackson crossover memes on the toilet), so I’m getting in on the ground floor with Sha Beast Dressage....

Danchi Days is a Game Boy Advance-style quest to host a Japanese summer festival, inspired by Earthbound Persuade 100 people to join the party Image credit:Analgesic Productions One of my favourite anime shows is Sakura Quest . It’s the story of an unemployed lady from Tokyo who accidentally gets herself appointed “Queen” of a struggling backwater village by the regional tourist board. From that case of mistaken identity proceeds 25 whole-ass episodes of Machiavellian haggling with crusty bigwigs over things like organising a concert....

Despair at prospect of new PlayStation live service game lifted by mysterious mention of frogs TeamLFG formed to work on new sci-fantasy project Image credit:Sony Sony have announced a new PlayStation studio made up of former developers of Destiny , Halo , League Of Legends , Fortnite , and Roblox , plus a few industry newcomers. Called teamLFG - where “LFG” stands for Looking For Group, not the other, naughty phrase you’re thinking of - they’re based in Bellevue, Washington, and are dedicated to “exceptional action-based gameplay, moment-to-moment game feel, and richly social virtual worlds”....

Dragon Age Veilguard: Should you choose Harding or Neve? Here are all outcomes from choosing between Neve and Harding Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Electronic Arts Wondering if you should choose Neve or Harding in Dragon Age Veilguard? During the opening ‘The End of the Beginning’ main questline, you’ll face the first of many choices. Should you take Harding or Neve with you when attempting to destroy Solas’s ritual. Dragon Age Veilguard will warn you that either option will put them in harm’s way but beyond this, it’s difficult knowing what’s at risk....

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is Veil-good on the Steam Deck Performance, settings, and battery life tested Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Discourse? Look mate, I’m just here to test the Steam Deck . Dragon Age: The Veilguard runs like a tap on any halfway decent desktop hardware , so was naturally going to be worth trying on the weaker Deck. And sure enough, Bioware’s RPG (which is really more of an action game with the occasional verbal spar) settles comfortably into handheld life....

Dragon’s Dogma 2: The Stolen Throne quest walkthrough Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom Keep reading for a full-fledged walkthrough of The Stolen Throne main quest in Dragon’s Dogma 2 , which goes through how to easily acquire formalwear for the masquerade, where to go, and how to complete the quest itself. This highlight reel shows off all the incredible adventures awaiting the new Arisen of Dragon’s Dogma 2.Watch on YouTube For our full walkthrough of the entire game or to find a different quest, visit our Dragon’s Dogma 2 walkthrough guide!...

Enshrouded adds deadly dungeons and potted plants today in “first big update” Sprucing up the early access survival sandbox Image credit:Keen Games Fantasy craft-o-building survival sandbox game Enshrouded today launched its first big content update, two months after entering early access. You can now enter the Hollow Halls, a series of challenging dungeons scattered around the world with new enemies and rewards. Or at the opposite end of the intensity spectrum, you can now decorate your home with loads of lovely potted plants then sit down on a chair to admire them....

Everything we know about Star Wars Outlaws Here’s everything we know about this open world Star Wars adventure Image credit:Ubisoft Want to know more about Star Wars Outlaws, the first open world Star Wars game? A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, many people dreamed about one day playing an open world video game set in George Lucas’ world of space wizards. Ubisoft and developer Massive Entertainment are finally making this dream a reality with Star Wars Outlaws , though they’re leaving the wizards out, since the upcoming game puts players in the role of a lovable Han Solo-style rogue rather than a Jedi....

Ex-Dragon Age director’s new studio teases their new fantasy RPG ahead of a full reveal next week The as-yet untitled ‘ambitious action RPG’ has a clean look - and a giant Image credit:Yellow Brick Games More than three years after former Dragon Age lead designer Mike Laidlaw was revealed to have joined forces with fellow games industry veterans behind the likes of Assassin’s Creed under newfounded studio Yellow Brick Games , the developers are finally teasing their first game....

Existentially terrifying clone management meets survival game The Alters gets a June release date Could you live with yourself? Image credit:11 bit studios If I was ever offered the opportunity to clone myself, I’d quite quickly say “no thank you, there’s one too many of me in this world already.” However, in The Alters , the needs must, as it sees its protagonist needing to create clones of himself (the titular “Alters”) so that he can escape a hostile planet he’s crash-landed on....

Fallout season 2 still sounds like it won’t commit to a New Vegas ending, but for the love of all that’s Housely, I hope it will Just make it canon that Primm Slimm was made all-powerful mech-sheriff of the Mojave and leave it at that Image credit:Prime Video / Bethesda Update: Yep, no endings being picked here, just fog. Prime Video’s Fallout TV series has been followed around by a buzzing swarm of canon chatter hornets since the moment its first series emerged from the vault....

Fiddly parkour is the secret sauce that makes every moment of Deadlock compelling Flex, rugs and dashing rolls Image credit:RPS / Valve I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: running away is the best feeling in videogames. More specifically, being chased is the best feeling in videogames, a sentiment I’d happen to share with my golden retriever if you replaced the word “videogames” with “the universe”. He is a purer being, but he’ll also never know the joy of executing a rail-dismount into a dashing corner-jump escape in Deadlock , and for this he deserves our pity....

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth: Best weapons and locations for all characters Every FF7 Rebirth character’s best weapon and location Image credit:Square Enix Wondering what the best weapons are in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth? The key to developing each character in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is picking a solid weapon and leveling it up. Every character will run into at least five weapons over the course of their long journey, and these weapons all have predetermined abilities and Materia slots that allow for the addition of new skills....

First Tales of the Shire trailer reveals a life sim set in Tolkien’s most Hobbity pastures No adventures here, please Image credit:Private Division Perhaps you are fatigued by orcs and swords. Maybe you yearn for a simple life of bucolic betterment to recover from your addiction to spicy wedding bands but still fear to stray too far from your beloved fantasy franchise. Oh look, it’s Tales of the Shire , a game set in Middle-earth which features not a single ounce of stabbing nor - as far as I can tell - any gigantic spiders at all....

For two years, Kento Momota had the best game in the world Ten years in development Image credit:frame harirak Last week, I watched one of my favourite badminton players Kento Momota play his final match. As he stepped off court for the last time, I found myself welling up. He doesn’t know me - of course he doesn’t - and I don’t know him. But for ten years I’d watch him at every opportunity and see him grow into one of the all-time greats....

Former Indiana Jones And The Great Circle art director announces Solbrand, a very different kind of archaeology game This may not belong in a museum Image credit:Dead People Dreaming Paste a map of Uppsala, Sweden to the bottom of your bathtub, fill your bath with extra-bony gumbo, then strap on a scuba mask and rhythmically stick your head beneath the surface, and you’ll have something like the experience of playing Solbrand - “a slow burn pseudo-historical puzzle-adventure that’ll take you back, down, and more than a little out there....

FreakZone take a jump to the left and make a new Rocky Horror Show game, out for Halloween So come up to the lab and see what’s on the slab Image credit:Bit Bot Media / Metal X Entertainment Production Whenever I read the words “The Rocky Horror Show”, I am swept into a time warp back to the fan screening I attended in 2005. Most of the audience for that screening rocked up fully equipped with suspenders, feather boas, extravagant lipstick, and a cherished selection of deliberately unfunny heckler’s lines to deploy at key moments in the movie....

Frostpunk 2 and its rowdy citizens will be storming the gates of Game Pass day one on PC Its first official gameplay trailer makes quite the ruckus Image credit:11 bit Studios The denizens of Frostpunk are, understandably, quite grumpy so-and-sos a lot of the time, but through their cries of “More heat!” and “Please can we not with the human waste hothouse jobs!”, I reckon even they’d be quite pleased to hear that Frostpunk 2 will be heading to PC Game Pass on its day of release (with Xbox Game Pass following when it arrives on consoles)....

Frostpunk 2’s release date brings a frosty survivalist chill to this summer It’ll be on PC Game Pass from day one Image credit:11 bit Studios It’s been coming up on three years since Frostpunk 2 was revealed as a full-blown sequel to the frosty survival city-management game , which itself turns six years old (!!) next month. After we finally got a proper look at 11 bit Studios’ beautifully brutal follow-up last year, we now know when we’ll be able to brave the unforgiving tundra and the nightmarish climate of, uh, July?...

Genshin Impact 4.4 ends January with a Lantern Rite, lets you transform into a fish to explore its new area Chenyu Vale brings new fog and rock tech to game’s visuals Image credit:HoYoverse Genshin Impact ’s next update, version 4.4, will drop on January 31st. As well as bringing back the game’s Lantern Festival with rewards including a new outfit, Vibrant Harriers Aloft in Spring Breeze will bring the usual additions of new characters, quests and a boss....