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This year is proving to be a big one for kart-racing fans. Following this week’s Mario Kart World launch, kart racing games are at the front of many folks’ minds. Though Mario Kart will likely always be the tentpole franchise for the genre (and rightfully so), the Sonic series has also been able to put an excellent product on the track on multiple occasions; look no further than 2012’s Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, which some consider one of the greatest kart racers ever. The upcoming Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds feels like a throwback to much of what made games like…
Developer btf Games and co-publishing parnter ByteRockers Games have revealed that Constance, a beautiful 2D hand-drawn Metroidvania, will launch on PC on November 24. It will then launch on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, and Switch sometime in 2026. The team revealed this news during today’s Future Games Show showcase with a new trailer that highlights the game’s paint-based platforming and combat. In it, we also get a deeper look at the themes around mental health and the protagonist’s attempts to escape from her colorful but decaying inner world. Check it out in the Constance release date trailer for yourself…
Today’s Future Games Show event opened with a first look at a brand-new game from Owlcat Games. The studio previously known for CRPGs like Pathfinder: Kingmaker and Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is clearly amping up the scope of its ambitions. The Expanse: Osiris Reborn looks stellar in this initial showing, exhibiting vibes that recall the Mass Effect series, albeit in the hard sci-fi fictional backdrop of the celebrated The Expanse TV show. The cinematic trailer looks beautiful, but it also teases some of the likely futuristic weaponry and other tools players will likely play with in the game. Right from the…
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,…