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Dying Light developers Techland are cancelling two games, according to report One could be their Witchery fantasy RPG Image credit:Techland It never rains but it pours, as we say in old London town. Hard on the heels of Microsoft’s gargantuan mass layoffs yesterday, which accompany several game cancellations and have also seemingly led to layoffs at Romero Games , Dying Light developers Techland have reportedly cancelled two projects. They’ve haven’t said which, but in the absence of known alternatives, one of them could be their untitled open world fantasy action-RPG from former employees of CD Projekt....

Elden Ring Nightreign’s inevitable randomiser mod is here to spice up your runs with extra funky map scrambling The future should bring even more complex randomness shenanigans Image credit:FromSoftware It’s time. Elden Ring Nightreign ’s gotten a randomiser mod, just in case the base game isn’t quite maxing out your unexpected chaos-per-run meter at this point, despite its revamped bosses . While FromSoft’s roguelike-ish twist on the established souls formula already switches things up in a manner that’s a bit like a randomiser mod makeover of one of the series’ traditional entries, modder thefifthmatt has still found ways to tinker with it....

Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree trailer confirms that Miquella is the star New areas, enemies, abilities, weapons and bosses shown Image credit:Bandai Namco Rise, Tarnished! Actually stay sitting down, because it’s time to watch and think about the first trailer for Shadow Of The Erdtree , which confirms that the Elden Ring DLC expansion will focus on Miquella, a rather tragic demigod character from the main game. Find the full video again below, together with my thoughts on just what the heck it all means....

Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree has a hidden item that lets Torrent headbutt your enemies Raisin the stakes Image credit:Bandai Namco Elden Ring , you sneaky sausage, clandestine chorizo and, possibly, underhand cumberland! In keeping with Shadow Of The Erdtree ’s tradition of hiding entire new systems behind tucked-away items , a hidden NPC quest in the DLC gives you access to a special raisin that allows Torrent. your steed, to charge your foes with its big fat forehead....

Epic CEO wants Valve and Steam to stop requiring devs to disclose generative AI usage After all, “AI will be involved in nearly all future production” Image credit:Epic A couple of weeks after arguing that generative AI shouldn’t be considered in videogame reviews , Epic CEO Tim Sweeney is calling for Steam and digital storefronts generally to stop requiring generative AI disclosures. Sweeney’s argument is broadly that all videogames will use generative AI tools at some stage, so you and I might as well stop hearing about it....

Epic Games Store: What’s this week’s free game? Plus all previous free Epic games Image credit:Whitethorn Games What free games are on the Epic Games Store right now? Since it launched in late 2018, the Epic Games Store has become known for giving away one or more of its games each week for free. Not just to play, but to own. Forever. We think that’s something quite special, and worth celebrating....

Even Final Fantasy 14 is getting in on the Starfield action with new co-op mode Cosmic Exploration DIY across the universe Image credit:Square Enix Seemingly not content with swallowing up Animal Crossing and spitting out its own farm-and-craft minigame, Final Fantasy 14 has apparently now guzzled down Starfield and is readying to unleash its own way to sink dozens of hours into galactic wandering. Upcoming mode Cosmic Exploration will offer a co-op experience that will take players between a number of planets as they explore the galaxy and hammer away at different projects....

Fall Guys survival update adds new creator tools, invisibility, and explosive rhinos Players can now make survival levels Image credit:Mediatonic In an unexpected twist, a large amount of my time is now spent playing Fall Guys , the rubberised, free-to-play competitive bean racing game. I am therefore well equipped to tell you about its Survival Update, released this week, which adds new levels, new powerups and makes it possible to create survival rounds via the in-game level editor....

Fallout: London, the impressive Fallout 4 mod that’s basically a whole new game, has a release date Over five years in the making Image credit:Team FOLON/Bethesda Fallout: London has been in the works for five years now, culminating in a seriously impressive mod for Fallout 4 that’s essentially a brand new game set in a radiated England rather than North America. After missing its planned release window in 2023, it now has a full release date - and it’s only a few months away....

Former Skyrim developer’s heavy metal open world hunting sim releases on Steam The Axis Unseen is now The Axis On Sale Image credit:Just Purkey Games Did you have a fine old time in Blackreach, the mazy, Dwemer-built underside of Skyrim ’s sprawling mountain map? Do you like murdering Ents in slow motion? Do you want to see smells? You might be interested in The Axis Unseen , which has just launched on Steam - it’s the work of former Bethesda developer Nate Purkeypile, one of the big brains behind Blackreach....

From Detroit to Deadlock: Quantic Dream are making a MOBA Spellcasters Chronicles is a flighty and unlikely wizard battler Image credit:Quantic Dream Huh. It turns out Quantic Dream, makers of such decision-heavy dramas as Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human , haven’t just been tinkering with their long-teased Star Wars: Eclipse . They’re also taking a sharp turn into competitive multiplayer, announcing Spellcasters Chronicles: a 3v3, third-person, free-to-play MOBA full of aerial magefights and big stompy demon lads....

FromSoftware multiplayer is best when it’s a secret Nightreign on my parade Image credit:Bandai Namco Let me start this with the memory that always surfaces when I write about Dark Souls multiplayer - the anecdote I’ve told in several articles, hoping that somebody (you?) will explain. It’s 2011 and I’m making my way through Lordran for the first time. I’m in the woods with my longsword and Grass Crest Shield. There is a glimmer through the trees and another player appears, wearing exotic equipment....

Game Science reveal Black Myth: Zhong Kui, a new action-RPG that aims to catch Wukong players “off guard” But is currently “little more than an empty folder” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Game Science Black Myth: Wukong developers Game Science have revealed Black Myth: Zhong Kui, another single-player action- RPG steeped in Chinese mythology. It casts you as a ghost-hunting god who wanders between hell and Earth. Here’s a CG short from Gamescom’s Open Night Live 2025 , which shows the fearsomely bearded Zhong Kui himself riding an extravagantly sized tiger....

Got a desktop full of unfinished projects? That’s okay, so does Square Enix creative Tetsuya Nomura Final Fantasy_final_v.7 (final final) locked FINAL Image credit:Square Enix When you dive into the mess of folders on your PC, what do you find? Cobweb-plastered manuscripts for those twelve fantasy novels you started? Mouldy design documents for those nine games you never actually began coding? Perhaps dozens of little motheaten thumbnails of that masterpiece you’re planning to someday paint?...

Harold Halibut is very hard to enjoy when everyone’s so openly passive aggressive toward you In fairness, I would be, too, if I had to deal with hapless Harold everyday Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Slow Bros Claymation-me-do Harold Halibut is one of those puzzle-y adventure games that instantly catches your eye when you see it in screenshots and trailers. I mean, who wouldn’t be intrigued by its beautiful handmade models and sets?...

Hell Maiden makes a compelling case for mixing Hades, Vampire Survivors, anime and, uh, Dante’s Divine Comedy If I had a nickel for every video game adaptation of The Divine Comedy I’d only have three nickels, but it’s weird that it’s happened thrice Image credit:AstralShift I think if you were to travel back in time to around the 14th century to wherever Dante Alighieri was at the time, and showed him Hell Maiden , a roguelike , bullet hell, deckbuilding, ’90s anime-esque, essentially fan fiction sequel to his Divine Comedy, he’d probably say something like “Mama mia” and die on the spot in fear of what his own creation spawn hundreds of years later....

Hollow Knight: How to get all 3 Nail Arts All 3 Nail Arts and their respective Nailmasters Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Team Cherry Wondering where to find all Nail Arts in Hollow Knight? There are three Nail Arts in Hollow Knight , each of which teaches you a powerful technique that will come in handy for landing additional damage on bosses and traversing new areas. Nail Arts take a long while to charge, and they’re all entirely optional - which means you can make it through the entire story without ever running across one of the hidden Nailmasters who teach these arts....

How to beat Heolstor, The Nightlord in Elden Ring: Nightreign Valuable tips for beating the Night Aspect Expedition in Elden Ring: Nightreign Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/IGN/Bandai Namco Is Heolstor, the Nightlord, sending you back to the Roundtable hold again and again in Elden Ring: Nightreign? It’s nothing to be ashamed of. It is, by far, the toughest of the day three bosses, and even prepared and coordinated teams can see the fight quickly spiral out of control....

How to beat the Revenant in Elden Ring Here’s how to defeat the spider-like Elden Ring Revenant monsters Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Trying to beat the Elden Ring Revenant enemies? With their many limbs, poison attacks, and quick teleporting abilities, Revenants are among the most dangerous enemies in the game. Luckily, there’s an easy way to defeat Revenant enemies, including the Royal Revenant boss. This guide will show you how to defeat Revenant enemies the easy way in Elden Ring , as well as how to deal with their most dangerous attacks....

How to complete Off the Radar in Arc Raiders How to find a field depot and repait its antenna Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios Wondering how to repair the antenna on the field depot in Off the Radar? One of the early quests in Arc Raiders is Off the Radar, which sends you topside to fix an antenna on a field depot. Unfortunately, the game doesn’t explain what a field depot is and how to find one....