I don't necessarily like to boil games down to just their inspirations, but in the case of Phantom Abyss, I feel like I have to point out the prevailing notion: this seems like a wild adventure-platformer brew seasoned with elements of Indi...

Tomas Sala's beautiful aerial exploration/shmup title The Falconeer will be winging its way onto Nintendo Switch and PlayStation platforms this summer, following on from its 2020 release on PC, Xbox, and the Game Pass service.

After Man of Medan and especially Little Hope, which had a div-i-sive ending, I'm curious to see how Supermassive Games frames House of Ashes — and how the supernatural elements will manifest. The next standalone game in the Dark Pic...

Tomorrow sees the launch of Call of Duty's season three mid-season, kicking off a selection of neat in-game content across both Black Ops: Cold War and battle royale title Warzone. Activision has shared details of the incoming "80s Action H...

It looks like there's only two months to go before we get to see the dynamic duo of Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield back in action. Netflix has announced that its upcoming series Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness will hit the streaming serv...

Work continues on boom-a-riffic shooter sequel Shadow Warrior 3. Developer Flying Wild Hog and publisher Devolver Digital continue to drop trailers and tidbits pertaining to the cataclysmic sequel, which is scheduled for release on PS4, PC,...

Arc System Works' has entered its final marketing chapter for upcoming fighting sequel Guilty Gear Strive. After a long wait, some exciting character reveals, some fan frustrations, and an eventual delay, the wild roster of the GG universe ...

It's time to put on your Sherlock Holmes hat and re-open your detective agency. Publisher Playism has announced that the super-cool, ultra-hip "social deduction" game Gnosia will be coming to PC later this year, following its launch on Nint...

[Update: Huntdown is now live on Steam, early purchases will bag a 20% price discount.] There's no denying 2020 was an explosive year for video games. But among the mega-bucks, mega-marketed, mega-sellers of the industry, smaller titles wer...

XSeed Games, in association with Marvelous!, have announced that the western localization of the upcoming RPG Akiba's Trip: Hellbound & Debriefed will be arriving in the west a mere two months after its Japanese launch. The 10th anniver...

We are still a couple of months out from the launch of long-time-coming JRPG sequel NEO: The World Ends with You. To whet the appetite of fans while they wait, publisher Square Enix has released the super stylistic and charismatic opening t...

Wasting no time at all, publisher 505 Games has leapt upon its recently purchased IP, Ghostrunner, excitedly announcing a sequel for the tower-climbing, limb-severing, cyberpunk adventure. Ghostrunner 2 is being developed for PS5, PC, and X...

A lot of us are keeping a close eye on upcoming apocalyptic hack 'n' slasher Scarlet Nexus, which is headed PC and consoles in June. Developer/publisher Bandai Namco has a lot of confidence in the stylish-looking franchise, as it has alread...

The horror aficionados at Bloober Team are at it again, having announced a release date for the Switch port of spooky sequel Layers of Fear 2. The nightmarish first-person adventure will arrive on the Nintendo platform on May 20, following ...

Today's the (latest) big day, as Arc System Works' launches the latest beta for its slick 'n' sexy fighting game, Guilty Gear Strive. But before you get stuck into GG's complicated, Heavy-Slashin' universe, there's just one more Starter Gui...

It's the little farm that could. Marvelous has announced, (via its latest earnings report), that mystical farming/adventure game Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is just a little short of hitting the one million sales milestone, having harvested ov...

You absolutely have to hand it to nWay. While Mighty Morphin' tag-fighter Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid launched in a mediocre state, the developer has worked consistently hard over the past two years to build upon these ho-hum foundat...

We sit at the eve of the newest beta for the complex and attractive fighting sequel Guilty Gear Strive. The latest playtest, which kicks off on PS4 and PS5 tomorrow, May 13, will feature GG's sexy starting roster in its fullest, including l...

CI Games has announced that stealthy shooter Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 will not arrive on PS5 June 4, alongside its PS4, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S brethren. The PS5 port of the head-popping sequel has been pushed back to late...

Anyone fancying a spot of sun, sea, surf, and... sinisterness is in luck, as today will see publisher Raw Fury launch the PlayStation port of its Lovecraft-inspired graphic adventure Call of the Sea, following on from its previous release o...

We're just over a month away from the next release in what could prove to be Square Enix's magnum opus, Final Fantasy VII Remake. The publisher has released a "final" trailer for the incoming Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, which launc...

While perhaps not at the forefront of the first-person adventure genre, Metro Exodus was, without a shadow of a doubt, one of the most atmospheric games I'd played in recent years. And real scary to boot. That bar is only set to rise, with ...

Well, it's pretty much this week's worst kept secret, but now it's official: Sega has officially announced Lost Judgment, the sequel to Team Yakuza's acclaimed adventure, Judgment. The dark-looking sequel will launch worldwide on PS4, PS5, ...

V Rising caught my eye with its talk of becoming a vampire lord, raising up a castle, fending off supernatural creatures and vampire hunters, and fighting alongside other players. Oh, and the title cracks me up. Let's just say that when I ...

Electronic Arts has acquired Metalhead Software, adding the Super Mega Baseball developer to its increasingly large portfolio of studios. The acquisition of the Canadian studio is part of EA's increasing efforts to increase its already mome...