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Early access for online action RPG Wayfinder starts this summer

By Rachel Watts - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 09, 2023 - 01:50

If you and your pals have had enough of your usual MMO haunts, why not try something new like Wayfainder? Developed by the folks behind Darksiders Genesis and Ruined King: A League Of Legends Story,...

Uh, looks like Atlus accidentally announced a Persona 3 remake and Persona 5 tactics game

By Alice O'Connor - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 09, 2023 - 01:29

In this week of oh so many announcements, you can't blame anyone for getting carried away and jumping the gun. Unfortunately for Persona developers Atlus, it seems they accidentally announced two gam...

Shadows of the Damned remaster announced

By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Jun 09, 2023 - 01:27

PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 cult action adventure Shadows of the Damned is getting a remaster, developer Grasshopper Manufacture has announced. More details on the project - and further reveals...

Everything announced at Day Of The Devs: SGF Edition 2023

By Ed Thorn - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 09, 2023 - 01:21

Day Of The Devs and its indie game festivities returned for this year's Summer Game Fest, once again proving that indie games are good and cool. Quite frankly, it was an hour or so of straight banger...

Chaotic rag doll puzzler Human Fall Flat is getting a sequel

By Rachel Watts - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 09, 2023 - 01:19

For lovers of fun co-op puzzle games to have a laugh with friends, here's some great news. Chaotic puzzler Human: Fall Flat is getting a sequel and it looks to be just as much of a riot as the first...

Everything announced at Summer Game Fest 2023

By Katharine Castle - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 09, 2023 - 01:15

Tonight's Summer Game Fest was absolutely stacked with new game announcements and shiny new trailers, so in case you missed it or you just want to recap the biggest reveals from the show, we've gathe...

Baby Steps is a 3D clumsy sim from the makers of Getting Over It and Ape Out

By Graham Smith - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 09, 2023 - 01:15

For no particular reason, I decided to give Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy another go yesterday. I was then raving about how good it is to anyone who would listen in the RPS treehouse just a few...

Persona 5 Tactics, Persona 3 Remake Trailers Leak

By Luke Plunkett - Kotaku | Jun 09, 2023 - 01:15

Ahead of a more formal announcement that was likely due sometime over the next few days, a couple of trailers for new Persona games have leaked online. Well, they weren’t even leaked; they were posted...

Shadows Of The Damned Is Getting Remaster 12 Years After It Was Released

By Luis Joshua Gutierrez - Gamespot | Jun 09, 2023 - 01:10

Suda 51 and Grasshopper have announced a remastered edition of 2011's Shadows of the Damned is on the way.The creative announcement trailer opens up with the community manager of Grasshopper Manufactu...

Sonic Superstars brings back classic gameplay and Sonic’s original designer

By Michael McWhertor - Polygon | Jun 09, 2023 - 01:10

Image: Sega 2D action, 3D graphics, Sonic the Hedgehog has a brand-new game that rides the line between modern and classic, thanks to its 2D side-scrolling action and slick 3D...

Double whoops! Persona 5 Tactica was also leaked

By Zoey Handley - Destructoid | Jun 09, 2023 - 01:08

Someone is in trouble Not only was a Persona 3 remake entitled Persona 3 Reload leaked on Atlus' Instagram, but also a strategy title called Persona 5 Tactica. https://twitter.com/junoharuto/status/1...

Our 5 favorite games to wishlist from Day of the Devs 2023

By PC Gamer | Jun 09, 2023 - 01:05

These games are worth keeping an eye on.

Anxiety-inducing Kingdom management sim Yes, Your Grace is getting an equally bloody sequel

By Rachel Watts - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 09, 2023 - 01:04

I've not played Yes, Your Grace but I hear it's brutal. The idea of being the sovereign of a kingdom and having to make difficult decisions makes me crumble quicker than a piece of shortbread in a cu...

Whoops! Persona 3 Reload announcement was leaked

By Zoey Handley - Destructoid | Jun 09, 2023 - 01:00

Uh oh! Try to act surprised when this gets announced officially later, but apparently, the Persona 3 remake is real. It's titled Persona 3 Reload, and if you look quickly, a trailer has been dissemi...

The frontrunner for best video game cats of 2023

By Chris Plante - Polygon | Jun 09, 2023 - 01:00

Image: Die Gute Fabrik It’s the cat’s meow This is a story about cats. But first, you should know the basics of Saltsea Chronicles, the new game from Die Gute Fabrik coming la...

Want a ludicrous challenge? Try taking Baby Steps on PC and PS5 next year

By Owen S. Good - Polygon | Jun 09, 2023 - 01:00

My, that is a large adult baby in Baby Steps, coming 2024. | Image: Devolver Digital Literal walking simulator comes from QWOP and Ape Out creators Baby Steps is, literally, a...

I can't wait to install one million gigabytes worth of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth months after everyone else gets to play it

By PC Gamer | Jun 09, 2023 - 00:56

These timed exclusives from a third-party publisher are just starting to feel punitive.

Persona 3 Reload trailer leaks, launches early 2024

By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Jun 09, 2023 - 00:52

Trailers for two upcoming Persona games have leaked after being posted to the franchise's Instagram page. Persona 3 Reload is slated to launch "early 2024" and will come to PC, Xbox One, Xbox S...

Persona 3 remake and Persona 5 tactics game revealed by Atlus

By Michael McWhertor - Polygon | Jun 09, 2023 - 00:52

Image: Atlus P3 Reload and P5 Tactica leak ahead of Xbox Games Showcase Atlus will release a remake (or extensive remaster) of Persona 3, the 2006 role-playing game that debute...

Persona 3 remake is real: Atlus accidentally leaks its own game early

By PC Gamer | Jun 09, 2023 - 00:50

Persona 3 Reload is coming "early 2024," and Persona 5 Tactica maybe sooner than that.

There's another zombie co-op shooter coming, but this one has John Carpenter's name on it

By Alice Bell - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 09, 2023 - 00:49

Over the last 18 months or so I have found myself asking, "how often must we play a new co-op zombie shooter?" and the answer has always been "at least once more". It seems to have been one of those...

Banishers: Ghosts Of New Eden shows more of its tragic supernatural romance

By Graham Smith - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 09, 2023 - 00:44

There are still too few video games that feature non-transactional romance. Hopefully Banishers: Ghosts Of New Eden can help change that. It's a third-person action RPG from the makers of Vampyr and...

If you like metaphysical nonsense and weird architecture, The Talos Principle 2 should be right up your alley

By PC Gamer | Jun 09, 2023 - 00:40

The new addition to Croteam's unexpectedly good puzzle game series will be out later this year.

Paradox announce Star Trek: Infinite, a grand strategy game

By Alice O'Connor - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 09, 2023 - 00:38

Paradox beamed down into Geoff Keighley's Level Up Pool Party today to announce Star Trek: Infinite, a new grand strategy game arriving this autumn. Stinfinte will let you take command of the Federat...

Baby Steps is a 'literal walking simulator' from Bennett Foddy that looks like QWOP-ing your way through Skyrim

By PC Gamer | Jun 09, 2023 - 00:35

In Baby Steps, from the makers of Ape Out and QWOP, you'll hike the mountains—one uncertain step at a time.

Persona 3 Reload And Persona 5 Tactica Leaked, Launching On Xbox Game Pass

By James Carr - Gamespot | Jun 09, 2023 - 00:34

Two new Persona games, Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Tactica have leaked online thanks to Atlus posting trailers for both games early. Persona 3 Reload launches in early 2024 on Xbox One, Xbox Series...

You can try out Wizard with a Gun, the upcoming survival game about being a wizard with a gun, free on Steam now

By PC Gamer | Jun 09, 2023 - 00:25

A singleplayer demo for the "survival sandbox" lets you fight a boss and explore the first biome.

Meet the PC Gaming Show 2023 Co-Streamers

By PC Gamer | Jun 09, 2023 - 00:16

Watch as normal or with the streamer of your choice.

This Summer Game Fest showcase really brought it home: The idea of E3 died with E3

By PC Gamer | Jun 09, 2023 - 00:16

You never know what you got till it's gone.

What to know about Alan Wake 2 if you haven’t played the first

By Toussaint Egan - Polygon | Jun 09, 2023 - 00:15

Image: Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing It’s not a lake, it’s an ocean It’s been over 13 years since Alan Wake, Remedy Entertainment’s psychological action-thriller a...

Everything At Summer Game Fest 2023's Main Showcase

By John Walker - Kotaku | Jun 09, 2023 - 00:05

Summer Game Fest is now the big gaming event of the summery season. With E3 seeming ever-more unlikely to ever return, it’s Geoff Keighley’s schmooze-a-thon alone for all your big game announcement ne...

The Lord Of The Rings: Return To Moria got actual Gimli to narrate its mining gameplay trailer

By Alice Bell - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 09, 2023 - 00:03

Okay, so he's not (I don't think) going to be in the full game, and if he is it won't be loads, but hearing John Rhys-Davies doing his Gimli voice over the trailer for Dwarf mining survival sim The L...

Thank goodness Return to Moria looks good because honestly I was going to play the Lord of the Rings crafting game either way

By PC Gamer | Jun 09, 2023 - 00:02

I'm a sucker for literally any crafting survival game but Moria's combat looks actually decent, to boot.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 will be playable in three-player co-op

By Graham Smith - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 09, 2023 - 00:00

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 was announced at The Game Awards in 2021, and it resurfaced tonight at The Geoffer's other event, Summer Game Fest. The third-person boltgunner still doesn't have a p...

Everything shown at the Day of the Devs SGF 2023 showcase

By Eric Van Allen - Destructoid | Jun 09, 2023 - 00:00

A whole slew of indies to watch Today, Double Fine and iam8bit aired another installment of Day of the Devs. It's a regular celebration of indie games, shining a spotlight on upcoming games and their...

Warhammer: Space Marine 2 shows off co-op campaign, coming this "winter"

By Matt Wales - Eurogamer | Jun 08, 2023 - 23:59

Amid the hubbub of the Summer Geoffs, Saber Interactive and publisher Focus Entertainment have given a fresh look at Warhammer: Space Marine 2, showing of a slice of co-op campaign gameplay ahead o...

Everything announced during Summer Game Fest 2023

By Lottie Lynn - Eurogamer | Jun 08, 2023 - 23:57

Hello! The Summer Game Fest 2023 opening livestream has ended. The two hour show brought us a variety of new trailers for upcoming games, along with annoucements for ones which have already been rele...

Paradox is publishing a Star Trek grand strategy game and I am vibrating with anticipation

By PC Gamer | Jun 08, 2023 - 23:55

Please don't suck, please don't suck, please don't suck.

Diablo 4 Servers Down As Error 300202 Prevents Logins

By Cameron Koch - Gamespot | Jun 08, 2023 - 23:54

Diablo IV's launch has been relatively smooth thus far, but the game is currently experiencing login queues and errors that are preventing players from playing.A new login error--"Error 300202"--has r...

John Carpenter's Toxic Commando is a co-op FPS with '80's vibes, action, humour, and horror'

By Matt Wales - Eurogamer | Jun 08, 2023 - 23:51

Horror movie legend John Carpenter is teaming up with Saber Interactive for Toxic Commando, a co-op FPS promising '80's vibes, action, humour, and horror' when it launches for PlayStation 5, Xbox S...

I can't tell if people actually want co-op zombie FPSes anymore

By PC Gamer | Jun 08, 2023 - 23:51

John Carpenter's Toxic Commando looks neat, but are people actually tired of zombies this time?

Best Diablo 4 Barbarian build: Rend enemies and bleed bosses

By PC Gamer | Jun 08, 2023 - 23:48

Here's the setup you'll need to build yourself a strong bleed-based Barbarian.

Day Of The Devs: SGF Edition 2023 Recap - Beastieball, Cart Life, And More

By Jason Fanelli - Gamespot | Jun 08, 2023 - 23:48

Day Of The Devs has become one of the premier showcases for indie developers to show off their latest games, and the 2023 edition is no exception: 15 new and upcoming indie titles were unveiled during...

Chicory Dev Announces Pokémon-Inspired Volleyball And More From Day Of The Devs

By Kyle Hilliard - Gameinformer | Jun 08, 2023 - 23:48

Double Fine's annual Day of the Devs events and live streams have become an impressive source of unique indie titles. This year's Summer Games Fest-adjacent live stream was no exception with...

Mutazione devs next game looks like interactive Star Trek at its finest

By Katharine Castle - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 08, 2023 - 23:47

For the past three months, I've been gasping to tell someone about the next game from the makers of Mutazione. I got to see a sneak peak of it back in March at GDC, but I've been sworn to secrecy eve...

15 Innovative Games Spotlighted Today That Deserve Your Attention

By Ethan Gach - Kotaku | Jun 08, 2023 - 23:45

From action roguelites to painterly adventure games, your post-Sumer Game Fest indie livestream showcase is here with the perfect array of palate cleansers to restore your faith in the power of games...

Annapurna Interactive Showcase announced

By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Jun 08, 2023 - 23:36

As one online game announcement livestream ends, so another is confirmed. Tonight, during Summer Games Fest 2023, indie megapublisher Annapurna Interactive revealed it had its own dedicated show on...

Quantic Dream's deep sea exploration game Under The Waves gets a new serene trailer

By Rachel Watts - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 08, 2023 - 23:31

Do I want to play another game where someone isolates themselves in hopes of getting over their sadness? Apparently, I do, because I quite like the look of Quantic Dream's Under The Waves. We were fi...

A PS5 Game On Two Discs Is Giving 1995

By Levi Winslow - Kotaku | Jun 08, 2023 - 23:28

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, the highly anticipated sequel to Final Fantasy VII Remake, rounded out Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest broadcast. At the end of the sizzlingly-cinematic trailer was confir...

Seeing the new Yakuza in action makes me wish Sega had let Kiryu retire

By Alice O'Connor - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 08, 2023 - 23:22

Kazuma Kiryu is one of my favourite dads. From his humble beginnings as a young man hitting punks with bicycles in Yakuza 0, through his time leading a crime family by hitting punks with bicycles, al...