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That's another Soulslike RPG for my list: Mortal Shell 2 is coming to consoles and PC next year, and I'm a big fan of the gigantic gross stuff in its trailer
News A fun but flawed idea is getting a sequel, heck yeah
The big Zenless Zone Zero 2.0 interview: buffing old characters, standing up to Miyabi, the missing idol faction, and the "undeniable" Yixuan
Features HoYoverse "will continue to explore" buffing old characters in Zenless Zone Zero
A GameStop reportedly ruined new Nintendo Switch 2 consoles with receipts stapled to the screen, but hey, Walmart is giving out free chips and soda "to celebrate launch day"
News Obvious but delicious corporate bait
A Final Fantasy Tactics remaster appeared in the Nvidia giga-leak nearly 4 years ago, so with The Ivalice Chronicles announced I'm staring extra hard at the Final Fantasy 9 Remake that was also mentioned
News Am I just fooling myself?
In a week, Elden Ring Nightreign players have turned the Revenant class into the new FromSoftware mascot, all but worshipping her as a tiny gremlin god
News Revenant don't need no protection
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is getting a prequel in 2026, and with the "largest and deadliest" map yet it's somehow even more Castlevania-coded
News We're busting through a literal castle next year
Nioh 3 announced for 2026: Team Ninja's genuinely great Soulslike series is back with a bigger open world, and there's a demo out today
News Nioh 3 adds a new fighting style to the action RPG formula
After 28 years, the Final Fantasy Tactics remaster is real: The Ivalice Chronicles is coming this September with original and enhanced versions included
News A strategy RPG icon returns at last
Hits like Schedule 1 are a dangerous bar for indies, Steam expert says: "That top potential has completely warped people's brains about what they should be making"
News Sometimes you've just gotta get some games out the door
Steam expert points to the games you never see quietly "making hundreds of thousands of dollars for small devs" as a key sign "Steam is doing okay"
News "That's kind of what I like about Steam," says Chris Zukowski
The Witcher 4 design lead says the problem with yellow paint in games is subtlety: "Someone went into this specific spot and painted a yellow line ... at that point it's not necessarily believable"
News The thing is, it does kind of work, but is it the best solution?
The Switch 2 is here – here's what 28 game developers want from Nintendo's new console, from a "much better" eShop to less painful ports
Features John Romero, Sam Barlow, Bennett Foddy, David Szymanski, and many more devs weigh in
CDPR barely mentioned my favorite part of The Witcher 4's new tech demo: this RPG is absolutely overflowing with medieval stank
News Rub some dirt in there, son
Jagex lays off RuneScape staff and indefinitely pauses Old School RuneScape's Project Zanaris private servers, but says the MMOs won't be hurt in the long run
News Jagex has made some significant changes behind the scenes
"They pressed the AI button, it might have been a bad idea, but in truth there's no un-pressing that button," says Epic CEO, immediately after Epic shows a "conversation" with an AI that embarrasses us all
News "When the world's on fire, we like to back up and remember our aims as game developers," Tim Sweeney says
Desperate to fight Steam, Epic burns money like firewood – but admits the Epic Games Store kind of sucks and "there's still a ton of work to be done" with "long overdue features"
News The Epic Games Store is just now pushing preloading and gifting
The Witcher 4 is targeting 60 FPS on current-gen consoles and will "bring in a new generation of open-world RPGs" with its Unreal Engine 5 tech, CDPR says
News The Witcher 4 Unreal showcase was running on a standard PS5 with raytracing
Stellar Blade already has mods thanks to its Steam demo, and you simply won't believe this: the top 3 are all nude mods
News I stand here stunned, surprised, and shell-shocked
"600 Deaths & 54 Hours spent on this mod": Elden Ring's Let Me Solo Her takes on "lore accurate Promised Consort Radahn," the most absurd boss FromSoftware never made
News Inner Consort, a modded version of Radahn, is an absolutely monstrous "superboss"
"Has that been announced?": Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake seemingly leaked by statue maker who said "you should be aware that there is something going on with Edward"
News And so the Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake goes up a notch on the rumor tier list
Stellar Blade dev's game reveal sparks AI art accusations, sounds like its own take on Genshin Impact, and surprises nobody with art so horny I can't show you the whole thing here
News Project Witches is now Project Spirits, and looks about as you'd expect
Defying the British dev behind their MMO's "casual doubling of our taxes," Old School RuneScape player recreates the Boston Tea Party: "You think the British would have learned by now"
News We got 'em again, patriots
Stardew Valley creator can only say "interesting, thanks for the info" as he's presumably stunned, as I am, by one fan's devotion to accurate trains in games: "PLEASE add a tender to the locomotive in Stardew Valley"
News Sometimes you just gotta get four posts about trains out of your system
