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Developer and publisher Nightdive Studios has shared a new look at System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster’s multiplayer with a new gameplay trailer. In it, we get a look at the revamped co-op multiplayer mode that Nightdive says improves upon the original 1999 game and the 2013 remaster’s multiplayer. It will feature crossplay between console and PC alongside various quality-of-life updates and refinements when the game launches on June 26. Set 42 years after the events of the first System Shock, which Nightdive Studios recently remade, antagonist SHODAN and her army of merciless mutants are back to infest the Von Braun…
Developers New Tales and Emeteria have revealed Fading Echo, a magical puzzle-platformer with an all-star cast that features Matt Mercer, Laura Bailey, Samantha Béart, and Jasmine Bhullar. Revealed during today’s Future Games Show: Summer Showcase 2025 with a gameplay trailer that shows off its unique platforming and hack-and-slash action, Fading Echo is “coming soon” to consoles and PC. “Unlease water, harness elements, and trigger chain reactions in a fast-paced desert punk action-adventure,” the game’s description reads. “Shift and slide through the surreal realities of a reactive world that rewards creativity. Play as One, a young Legend on a quest to discover…
Sleep Awake, a first-person psychedelic horror game from Spec Ops: The Line director Cory Davis and Nine Inch Nails guitarist Robin Finck, has received a new gameplay trailer, and the game continues to look terrifying. Released during today’s Future Games Show: Summer Showcase 2025, this trailer gave us another look at this narrative-focused horror experience’s first-person gameplay. “In the last known city on Earth, people are disappearing in their sleep,” the game’s description reads. “Those who remain exist in a crisis of reckless experiments to keep awake. Katja must navigate depraved death cults, otherworldly forces, and the ever-present horror of The…
Social deduction games are all the rage these days, thanks to viral hits like Among Us, and today, during Summer Game Fest, Square Enix announced its plans to release its own take on the genre. Killer Inn is an asymmetrical action game where 24 players enter a mansion, secretly divided into two factions – 8 wolves and 16 sheep. Throughout a match, players will lie, steal, and murder to claim victory over the other secret group. In addition to today’s reveal trailer, we got a behind-the-scenes look at what an average match would look like. After the game privately reveals whether…
Arc Raiders, the upcoming PvPvE extraction shooter by the team behind The Finals, has a release date: October 30. The news accompanies a new trailer that premiered during Summer Game Fest.The game comes from Embark Studios and was first announced in pits teams of players against each other in a dying world while simultaneously combating robotic aliens. We recently went hands-on with Arc Raiders, and you can read our in-depth impressions here. Arc Raiders is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
HBO has partnered with Australian studio, Playside, for a full-on classic real-time strategy title set in the world of the Game of Thrones TV show. Featuring likenesses drawn from the show, the new game promises the ability to “conquer the Seven Kingdoms solo, or in treacherous free-for-all multiplayer. Players are able to control the armies of House Stark, House Lannister, House Targaryen, or the army of the dead led by the Night King, and battle across the kingdoms of Westeros to gain the Iron Throne. Game of Thrones: War For Westeros is set to release on PC in 2026. Check out the cinematic…
Since its first reveal, I’ve eagerly anticipated Shinobi: Art of Vengeance. The combination of handing the keys to a classic franchise to a proven indie studio like Lizardcube (Streets of Rage 4, Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap) and the utterly stunning art style had me ready to don the Oboro Clan shōzoku as Joe Musashi after a long hiatus. The one thing that could deflate my eagerness to jump into Shinobi: Art of Vengeance would be if it didn’t play well. However, we don’t have to worry about that, as after spending 30 minutes with a controller in my hand,…
It’s been nearly 25 years since the legendary Wu-Tang Clan starred in their own video game, but the crew makes its grand return to the medium in the form of a new title, Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver. Developed by Brass Lion, the game is a co-op third-person action RPG that sees players taking to the streets to battle enemies in a fantastical adventure. Perhaps more importantly, the game immerses Wu-Tang fans and newcomers in the mythology of one of hip hop’s greatest collectives. Rise of the Deceiver is the brainchild of Wu-Tang members Ghostface Killah and RZA. When the pair…
Light Brick, the team behind 2019’s Lego Builder’s Journey, has revealed its next game, and it’s another calm and serene Lego adventure. Dubbed Lego Voyagers, this take on everyone’s favorite building blocks is less about building cubic dioramas and more about adventuring through a Lego world, with puzzles, platforming, and more. Revealed during today’s Summer Games Fest showcase, Lego Voyagers is a two-player co-op adventure where two small bricks work together to advance. Nonetheless, looks gorgeous, with a realistic visual style that matches that of Lego Builder’s Journey. Check it out in the Lego Voyagers reveal trailer below: “Bricks who click together, stick…
DLCs rarely get their hooks in me. While I enjoy the add-ons I do play, few reach beyond a reminder that the base game is good and this is more of that – what I’m looking for usually lies in the hopeful sequel. Lies of P’s new Overture DLC, with its $29.99 price tag and a 20+ hour runtime that could comfortably be called an expansion, rips free from the strings of the base game to surprise and delight. It features dozens of new enemies, some with truly wild new attack patterns to master, multiple new locales in Krat to…