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Alien: Isolation 2 is Following in the Footsteps of the More Open Outlast Games

Alien: Isolation 2 is already looking like an intensely terrifying time, and that's great news. The first Alien: Isolation gave gamers one of the best Alien games ever, and the promise of more in the future is both exciting and anxiety-inducing. Most of the details surrounding Alien: Isolation 2 are being kept under wr...

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation: Naoki Hamaguchi Interview

This year’s Summer Game Fest Opening Night Live concluded with a dazzling reveal of the next Final Fantasy 7 remake project, which we now know is called Final Fantasy 7 Revelation. This next chapter will finally conclude the Final Fantasy 7 remake saga, which began back in 2020 with the inaugural Final Fantasy 7 Remake...

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We're finally getting a Vanillaware game on PC - Muramasa: Revenant Blades, an expanded 4K edition of the gorgeous Japanese action RPG

For years, lovers of exquisite sprite designs have clamoured for Vanillaware to bring their action RPGs and strategy games to PC. Games like time-rewinding mecha soap opera 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, or prancing kingdom saver Unicorn Overlord. The rationale for these games not appearing outside console has been nebulous,...

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Continues Nintendo's $80 Game Trend

Nintendo attempted to push the industry standard for big-budget triple-A games to $80 when it released the Switch 2. So far, it's the only studio to have pulled it off, though it might be asking a bit much to charge $80 for Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave.

Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski believes Xbox is "steering the 'ship' back in the right direction", as E-Day skips PS5

Many were surprised to learn that Gears of War: E-Day would be an Xbox console exclusive on its release and skip PlayStation 5, but the series' original creator believes this is a wise move by the platform holder. Read more

Data digest: Türkiye, US, Asia and MENA market stats, Pokémon Go, UA funding and more

  Every Wednesday we break down the latest data, research and financial results into digestible chunks. Read on for the numbers you need to know about without the fluff. This column is sponsored by Xsolla, which can help you to create a seamless online store where web purchases can quickly generate new revenue – f...

Death Stranding movie director Michael Sarnoski says we may see some characters from the games despite the adaptation being "very much its own thing"

A24 is now in the business of making video game adaptations, and while everyone's eyes are on Elden Ring, it sounds like Death Stranding could be rapidly approaching production, too. During a recent chat about The Death of Robin Hood, writer-director Michael Sarnoski - who directed 2024's A Quiet Place: Day One, as wel...

"Even dry and lost places can flourish with a little care": Waterful is a gentle, beautiful puzzler about drawing rivers that makes me yearn for something overwhelming

Waterful is that most appropriate and disquieting of things, a "nature-builder". It's a soft and colourful chillout game in which you cut rivers through procedurally generated landscapes with a cursor, drawing from a limited supply of water that is topped up by connecting springs. Importantly, and perhaps dispiritingly...

This Summer's Most Unforgiving RPG Puts Skyrim Through a Valheim Survival Test

Outward 2 is not here to make you feel powerful, and that is precisely why you should be paying attention to it. Nine Dots Studio's follow-up to their 2019 cult hit has an active open beta and lands on Steam Early Access on July 7th, but it arrives at a moment when the open-world RPG landscape is lousy with chosen ones...