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Cyberpunk 2077’s sequel is now Cyberpunk 2, and is therefore about burial mounds, bows and pottery Project now in pre-production Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/CD Projekt RED Cyberpunk 2077 ’s sequel has shed its Project Orion codename and will now be known as… Cyberpunk 2. CD Projekt revealed the name change in their latest earnings results , according to which the new Cyberpunk RPG has just entered pre-production - roughly defined, the point in a game’s gestation when designers, artists, programmers and so forth meet to flesh out the concept, but before they’ve actually started making anything that’s supposed to form part of the finished game....

Dave The Diver studio’s next game is a team-based PvP arena battler Demo coming in February 2024 Image credit:Mintrocket Dave The Diver was one of last year’s surprise hits, but though some called it an indie game, it was actually the work of Mintrocket, a subsidiary of Korean publisher Nexon. Now Mintrocket have announced their next game and it seems less likely to cause such confusion. It’s called Wakerunners , and it’s a team-based “battle action game” about heroes smashing at each other....

Dead by Daylight is adding D&D killer Vecna, voiced by Critical Role DM Matthew Mercer, with Castlevania also on the way There’ll be a supersized 2v8 mode this summer, too Image credit:Behaviour Interactive/Wizards of the Coast After teasing an upcoming chapter inspired by Dungeons & Dragons , Dead by Daylight has revealed its next killer pulled from the pages of the fantasy pen-and-paper RPG: Vecna, long-running mega-baddie and inspiration for the Stranger Things villain ....

Dead Cells gets its final update after 8 years of development, bringing it to a cursed close Curse words Image credit:Motion Twin / Evil Empire One of the best roguelikes on PC is getting a farewell of sorts this week. Twitchy slashfest Dead Cells received its final major update, introducing new enemies, fresh weapons, and a few mutations. Unfortunately, all this new stuff is very cursed. In other words, it all toys with the game’s “curse” status effect, a hex that causes you to be killed if you take even a single hit....

Death In Abyss is a creepy submarine action game in which your ship does the backstroke Look at the little guy go Image credit:Agelvik I have played many a creepy throwback game that takes inspiration from the ever inadequately named “Golden” (Grimy and Diseased? Cadaverous, perhaps) Age of survival horror on PS1, but it’s rare you play one that invokes the N64, and even less often that you stumble on something horror-adjacent that riffs on Star Fox 64....

Deep sea evolution simulator Ecosystem gives each creature its own synthetic DNA, and it’s out now after years in early access Make creatures that Nate described as “some sort of depressing biopunk yo-yo" Image credit:Tom Johnson Let’s try and get you up to speed on the fascinating oddity that is simulation game Ecosystem , on the off chance that Nate’s coverage of it hasn’t stuck with you like an unwelcome brain parasite you’re nonetheless unwilling to get removed for fear of the lingering emptiness it might cause (he once described an eel as “a quaver with erectile dysfunction” )....

Demeo X Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked is a VR tabletop tactics game from Wizards Of The Coast Behold!(er) Image credit:Hasbro You’ll have to bear with me for this one, because the press release we received for Demeo X Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked contains about an 86/14 split between scrambled hypeguff and actual tangible information. In brief, it’s a VR collaboration between D&D traffickers Wizards Of The Coast and Demeo studio Resolution Games that aims to simulate a tactical co-op tabletop experience without any of the boring bits, like seeing your mates’ genuine reactions to things or having your frigid digitised soul warmed at the hearth of human kinship....

Destiny 2 gives all players access to three expansions as The Final Shape draws closer Like tokens and orbs? You can get loads of them for free now Image credit:Bungie As Destiny 2 ’s The Final Shape expansion hovers ever closer like someone gently nudged an absurdly large dodecahedron towards us in zero gravity, Bungie have gone and made three expansions free until June 3rd. For about a month, all players now have access to The Witch Queen, Beyond Light, and Shadowkeep along with the past four seasons of quests and things....

Deus Ex Remastered, a “modernized” version of Ion Storm’s classic cyberpunk RPG, releases early next year Meanwhile, the original costs literal pennies on Steam right now Image credit:Aspyr Aspyr and Eidos-Montréal whipped out their dark shades and finest tactical trench coat at last night’s State of Play, announcing that a remaster of Deus Ex is set to sneak into our lives early next year. It’s a “modernized” version of the classic stealthy and shooty sci-fi sojourn....

Diablo 4 Paragon Boards and Points system explained Everything you need to know about Paragon Glyphs and the Paragon Level System in D4 Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment How does Paragon work in Diablo 4? Once a character hits Level 50 in Diablo 4 , you’ll immediately gain access to their Paragon Board. This secondary levelling system sits beside the Skill Tree on your character management screen, and allows you to focus your late-game efforts on massively buffing specific builds within a character’s overall class....

Do you remember zombie apocalypse MMO Urban Dead? It’s shutting down after nearly 20 years Zarrah zambahz Image credit:Kevan Davis A long-running zombie MMORPG you can play in your internet browser is shutting down next week, after almost 20 years of plank-smashing and supermarket looting. Urban Dead is closing down because a new UK law threatens hefty fines for online services (including games) that don’t follow age restriction rules and other guidelines....

Dome Keeper just got a massive update that ups replayability and helps generate better worlds The dome has expanded Image credit:Raw Fury Katharine (RPS in peace) thought Dome Keeper’s blend of tower defence and mining was both “meditative” and “perfectly formed” in her review . So it comes as great news, then, that the devs have somehow taken that perfect dome, expanded it and polished it to an even greater sheen....

Dragon’s Dogma 2: Best Sorcerer skills and augments Best Sorcerer skills and augments in Dragon’s Dogma 2 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Dragon’s Dogma 2 Interested in the best Sorcerer skills and augments in Dragon’s Dogma 2? When it comes to damage-dealing magick, the Sorcerer of Dragon’s Dogma 2 is the one to call. This specialised mage focuses on big attack spells, differing from the mix of damage and support magick used by the Mage....

Dragon’s Dogma 2: Legacy quest walkthrough The battle with the Dragon - and a possible endgame - await your Arisen in Legacy Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom Looking for a walkthrough for the main quest Legacy in Dragon’s Dogma 2? Depending on how you choose to play Dragon’s Dogma 2 , Legacy may be the final quest of your game. It may also be the beginning of a plethora of endgame content if you play your cards right, and happen to make a series of unorthodox decisions to break the cycle of Arisen versus Dragon....

Dune Awakening: How to enter the Deep Desert How to get to Dune Awakening’s huge PvP endgame zone Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Funcom Wondering how to enter the Deep Desert in Dune Awakening? The Deep Desert is a giant PvP and PvE endgame zone that exists beyond the corners of the normal map and is designed for high level players who need a challenge. You won’t be able to reach the Deep Desert until several hours into Dune Awakening, and once you’re there, you’ll need to contend with hundreds of players vying for Spice supremacy as Coriolis Storms wipe the landscape every week....

EA and Codemasters are skipping a year with their F1 games, right as the sport gets some big rule changes The studio and their corporate overlords promise a 2027 F1 game which “looks, feels, and plays differently, delivering more gameplay choices” Image credit:EA There’s a bit more excitement than usual, even among veteran car-watchers like me, for next year’s F1 season. You see, the series is bringing in some new rules governing what its cars will look like and how they’ll perform, meaning there’s more potential on paper for serious changes to the established pecking order....

EA confirm that Respawn’s next Star Wars Jedi game will be the series’ “final chapter” Enough time for a Colonel O’Neill cameo? Image credit:Creative Forge As per EA’s recent generative AI tugathon , the third game in Respawn’s action adventure Star Wars trilogy has been confirmed again to be in development. According to EA, it’ll be the “final chapter" in the now-trilogy, following 2019’s Jedi Fallen Order and 2023’s Jedi Survivor ....

Elden Ring: How to get to the Roundtable Hold Here’s how to reach the Roundtable Hold hub in Elden Ring Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Looking to enter the Roundtable Hold in Elden Ring? If you’ve played any previous Soulslikes, then there are a few key tropes that you might recognise in Elden Ring , masquerading under an unfamiliar name. Instead of Bonfires, we get Sites Of Grace . Instead of Souls, we get Runes ....

Elden Ring: Nightreign - How to use Cord End Find out exactly what the legendary Cord End item unlocks in Nightreign Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Wondering what the Cord End does in Elden Ring: Nightreign? If you’re asking that question, congratulations! You’re already part of a select band of adventurers in Elden Ring: Nightreign that have found one of the rarest items in the game! The Cord End is a legendary and seldom-seen item with a very obscure purpose....

EVE Online dev CCP’s blockchain “survival experience” Project Awakening is getting a closed playtest in May Carbon Development Platform also going open source Image credit:CCP CCP Games have shared a few more details about Project Awakening, a new game or at least, “survival experience” set in the Eve Online universe, which is getting a closed playtest from 21st May 2024. Project Awakening is a single-shard affair - that is, one in which all players inhabit the same world , rather than being split up across servers or instances....