The setup is this: you're an escaped prisoner who gets wrangled into defending the war-torn isle of Avalon from an impending otherworldly force called the "wyrdness." And also the soul of the centuries-dead King Arthur has hitched a ride on your subconscious. After centuries of imprisonment, he wants to take back his kingdom, and you just happen to be the most ideal vessel for this task.Need to knowWhat is it?...
Earlier today, CD Projekt Red presented a Witcher 4 tech demo at Epic's State of Unreal event, showing off a first look at what the Ciri-centric sequel might look like in motion. And to set aside my professional remove for a moment, I'll confess that the demo got me. Against my better judgment, I was hyped.I'd almost forgotten the feeling. For a few minutes, the early glimpse of Witcher 4...
We at CD Projekt Red are collaborating with Epic Games to push open-world game design further than ever before, and we wanted to share our progress with the gaming community through The Witcher 4 Unreal Engine 5 Tech Demo — a showcase of how we’re bringing more life, depth, and reactivity to the Continent than ever before. This isn’t gameplay of The Witcher 4, but we still wanted to incorporate...
I hope you weren't too excited about the prospect of private servers for Old School Runescape, because Jagex has announced that Project Zanaris—the OSRS "community servers" initiative announced in 2024—has been paused "indefinitely." And it sure doesn't sound like it'll be restarted, as developers previously working on the project "have been redistributed across Jagex or directly moved to Old School to help with ongoing improvements and exciting new initiatives.""After careful...
Happy Not-E3 month. We're officially in that short few weeks of the year where the games industry comes together to announce as much as humanly possible before dispersing to prepare for the same thing next summer. That means our event schedule is unsurprisingly packed, but let's not lose sight of all the PC game releases you can actually play in June.June isn't quite as busy when compared to the beginning...
It's been just under a decade since the last Metal Gear Solid released (no, I don't count Survive), and the series is finally making a comeback with a remake of its best game—and the best game ever made, if you ask me. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is a full remake of 2004's Metal Gear Solid 3 in Unreal Engine 5.Unlike Konami's efforts on Silent Hill 2's remake, which...
Alan Tudyk is everywhere — you just haven’t seen his face much. Since his starring run on Firefly and the spin-off movie Serenity, he’s thrown himself into voice acting, recently reprising his Rogue One role as the sassy droid K-2SO on Andor, and playing a different robot opposite Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown in The Electric State. He’ll be playing yet another robot in James Gunn’s Superman, continuing a long...
Pathologic 3 sees players step into the shoes of Daniil Dankovsky, an educated doctor fighting a bizarre disease Moscow-based developer Ice-Pick Lodge has provided players with an in-depth glimpse at its upcoming RPG, Pathologic 3, via a new trailer. Pathologic 3 is the latest chapter of the reimagined version of Ice-Pick Lodge’s 2005 classic, Pathologic. The trailer follows protagonist Daniil Dankovsky (often referred to in-game as The Bachelor), a well-educated...
Almost six years after Norman Reedus first picked up that baby in a jar and chucked his urine at goop monsters, Hideo Kojima has returned with Death Stranding 2: On The Beach. While the studio is working on a horror game (OD) and not-Metal Gear (Physint), the follow-up to Kojima Productions’ debut game is the next to drop.I loved the original Death Stranding, but the sequel looks even more promising—an...
Dark Mass drags players into an underwater nightmare The Horror Game Awards Summer Showcase took place over the weekend, unveiling world premiere trailers for 50 new and upcoming horror titles that are sure to send a chill down even the bravest horror fan’s spine. With so many games appearing in the showcase, it’s hard to play favorites, but some trailers definitely stood out from the crowd. From backrooms-themed titles that...