Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss gropingly squeezes its gelatinous green immensity onto PC in April 2026 I’m not sure you can do R’lyeh in Unreal Engine 5 though Image credit:Nacon First-person undersea scare-o-puzzler Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss launches April 16, 2026, as announced during last night’s Galaxies showcase of less than blockbustery videogame darlings . It kind of looks like a marginally more combative Soma with less philosophical subtext , which sounds like a solid Friday night to me....

Diablo 4 Dry Steppes Altar of Lilith map locations Find all Altars of Lilith in the Dry Steppes region of Diablo 4 Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment Looking for all of the Diablo 4 Altar of Lilith map locations in Dry Steppes? In Diablo 4 you’ll find Altars of Lilith scattered across the world of Sanctuary. They’re a slog to find, but they do grant stat boosts, increases to your maximum Murmuring Obols capacity, and even some Paragon Points, making them well worth collecting....

Doom co-creator John Romero’s shooter was a casualty of Microsoft’s cuts, but it’s being “completely redesigned” into a smaller game “We’re not starting at ground zero” Image credit:GDC Romero Games, the studio founded by Doom co-creator John Romero and Brenda Romero, are marching on despite losing staff after Microsoft suddenly pulling funding for their next shooter amid mass layoffs this summer. Romero says the project isn’t living on in its previous guise , but is instead having elements pulled from it as part of a near-total redesign into a smaller game....

Door disrespecting FPS Anger Foot is out July 11th I came to do two things, and they both involve putting my foot through doors Image credit:Free Lives Door-and-peace-minus-the-peace FPS Anger Foot , the best game ever made, has finally got a release date: July 11th 2024. This is spectacular news, mainly because I’d already printed off a load of shirts that said ‘Anger Foot GOTY 2024.’ I was going to do some socks, too, but I do not trust this game anywhere near footwear....

Dune: Awakening’s first major free update is live, boasting all-new murders, secrets, contracts and tattoos Together with the paid Lost Harvest DLC Image credit:Funcom Dune: Awakening has received its first “major” free update, a continuation of the MMO survival game’s story following the revelations of Act 3. What revelations were these? Honestly, lads, I never made it that far. My character is presently a furry chunk of worm jerky, crammed into a half-built shack after accidentally encasing herself in the furniture, so there’ll be no spoilers from me....

EA puts a bunch of classic games and also The Saboteur on Steam for the first time Command & Conquer, Dungeon Keeper, Sim City 3000 were already on GOG If you wanted to buy any of the games in the Command & Conquer Ultimate Collection, Dungeon Keeper , or Sim City 3000 - but didn’t want to do it on GOG where they were already on sale - then rejoice! EA has made these classics and more, and for some reason The Saboteur , available on Steam for the first time....

EA shut down studio they opened less than two years ago, cancel Black Panther game To “put our creative energy behind the most significant growth opportunities,” says president Image credit:Square Enix In 2023 EA opened a new studio named Cliffhanger Games, led by former Monolith head Kevin Stephens, and announced a new third-person, singleplayer game starring Marvel’s Black Panther . They’ve now cancelled that game and shut down that studio, IGN report ....

Elden Ring DLC might not release this month after all, as devs confirm there’s still no update “at this time” “Major DLC” said to be in the works as FromSoftware look to support game in the “medium to long term” Image credit:FromSoftware/Bandai Namco The owners of Elden Ring developers FromSoftware have dampened hopes that long-awaited DLC Shadow Of The Erdtree might release in time for the soulslike ’s second anniversary this month - despite recent rumours and behind-the-scenes Steam updates indicating otherwise....

Elden Ring player creates 600-page illustration of his entire playthrough, inspired by Red Dead Redemption 2 We’re only on part one Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/FromSoftware/Bandai Namco Entertainment To be clear, only the first part of Artyz’s Elden Ring playthrough has been uploaded to his YouTube channel. Over the course of 46 minutes, he flips through the pages and loosely describes who he found, what he liked, and the challenges he faced....

Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree review: yeah, it’s basically a sequel … but I’m glad it’s finally over Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Developer: FromSoftware Publisher: FromSoftware, Bandai Namco Release: June 22nd 2024 On: Windows From: Steam Price: £35/€40/$40 Reviewed on: Intel Core i7-12700F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 3080, Windows 11 I’d been in Paris to see open world action-RPG Shadow Of The Erdtree early and when I got back, Edwin messaged me....

Embracer sell Neverwinter and Star Trek Online devs Cryptic, allowing them to gather their party and boldly go where Saber went before Will join new company founded by Arc Games bosses Embracer Group’s undoing of their catastrophic multiple-year acquisition spree continues with the sale of Cryptic Studios and Arc Games, respectively the developers and publishers of Star Trek Online and Neverwinter . The companies will become part of Project Golden Arc, a new outfit owned and led by members of the Arc Games management team, with $30 million of funding supplied by Chinese publishers XD Inc....

Endless Legend 2’s coral hivemind faction is the most sinister 4X “diplomacy” playstyle in a while They were “evil landlords” to begin with Image credit:Hooded Horse Endless Legend 2 is decidedly oceanic , with seas that shift and retreat to reveal new areas over the course of a campaign, so it makes sense that at least one of the 4X strategy game’s new factions should be aquatic-themed. Say hello to the Aspects, and say hello to their coral....

Endless legends: how Amplitude bought their independence back from Sega “I was asking for quite a lot.” Image credit:Amplitude Sega are among the big games publishers who are currently feeding large swathes of their business to the flames of profit growth. In September 2023, they cancelled Creative Assembly’s looter shooter Hyenas and announced plans to cut costs across Sega Europe. Last January, they laid off 61 workers at Sega of America in California....

Fallout: London hasn’t developed into a Fallout 4-esque hub of new quest and expansion mods so far, and its lead has theories why “That’s what we’d love to see” Image credit:Team FOLON Who mods the mods? A bunch of people, or so was the hope of Fallout: London developers Team FOLON when they released their total conversion of Fallout 4 back in 2024. So far, there’ve been plenty of tweaks and smaller scale additions to the mod’s version of the post-apocalyptic English capital, but no new quests or world expansions of note....

Final Fantasy 14 braces for Dawntrail login queues with plans to limit travel and crack down on AFK players Promises that “precautionary measures” have been taken since Endwalker’s gruelling launch Image credit:Square Enix If you were playing Final Fantasy XIV in December 2021, you will remember the launch of its last expansion Endwalker - though not for all the right reasons. The otherwise fantastic cap to the near-decade-long Hydelyn-Zodiark was beset by a barrage of technical problems at launch, as the MMO’s servers buckled under the weight of record numbers of players, leading to hours-long queues to login that would often end in an error that then kicked you back into the queue....

Firestarters promises to mix Rollerdrome, arena shooters and visual novels into a government-sanctioned bloodsport Presumably the main character will be something of a prodigy Image credit:Studio Kerosene This is probably the umpteenth time I’ve said I’m not someone who plays many shooters, but here I am saying it again, because an FPS has rocked up that has clocked my interest. It’s called Firestarters, an arena shooter that’s a bit like Quake , a bit like Rollerdrome , and looks like good, bloody fun....

Former World of Warcraft designer Greg Street’s MMO Ghost is no more, as NetEase shuts down yet another studio The MMO was yet to be properly revealed Image credit:Fantastic Pixel Castle Unfortunately, we are here yet again with another games studio that will seemingly be closing its doors for good. A couple of years ago, Greg Street, known for his work on World of Warcraft and League of Legends , set up Fantastic Pixel Castle....

Genshin Impact codes [February 2026] All the currently active Genshin Impact codes on offer Looking for all the latest Genshin Impact codes to redeem? Primogems are a hot commodity in Genshin Impact , and one of the best ways to get them is by redeeming Genshin Impact codes. These codes are periodically released on social media by developers Mihoyo, and are among the easiest ways to get free Primogems, Mora, character EXP, and other in-game rewards....

Grab the Asus ROG Ally w/ Z1 Extreme processor for just £539 after a 10% Very discount The cheapest we’ve ever seen this model by £60. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun The Asus ROG Ally has dropped in price in response to the release of the Steam Deck OLED, and now a 10% off code at Very makes this handheld gaming PC even better value. You can now get the top-spec ROG Ally with the Z1 Extreme chipset and 512GB of PCIe 4....

Hades 2 version 1.0 finally has a release date, praise Zeus and the rest of them Out of the early access underworld it comes Image credit:Supergiant Games Supergiant Games have finally done The Thing, following some patch teases that’d left things in a bit of an ’ either go or get off the pot’ situation . Hades 2 ’s full release is nigh, with version 1.0 set to drop later this month....