The Geoffies have delivered us a first look at the gameplay for Obsidian’s spacefaring RPG sequel, The Outer Worlds 2. It looks, as you might expect, very much like the first one, but a bit nicer. The game itself was announced back in 2021, but we’ve seen nary a vaguely satirical sign nor very large gun since. Now we have both, plus some punching. Here’s that trailer.
It Takes Two devs are making a new co-op game called Split Fiction, coming March 2025
It’s the Game Awards this evening, which means another year of Josef Fares appearing on stage to performatively say “fuck” like he thinks it’s naughty. Thankfully this year he also had a game to show: Split Fiction, a new co-op action adventure. It’s about two aspiring authors, one who writes science fiction and one who writes fantasy, being sucked into and having to survive inside their own fictions.
The Long Dark 2 announced with co-op multiplayer, new urban areas and sanity system
The Long Dark creators Hinterlands have announced The Long Dark 2, another helping of open-ended wilderness survival. Actually titled Blackfrost: The Long Dark 2 – a travestying of naming conventions that is surely more harrowing than any post-apocalyptic winter – it’s out in early access in 2026, and introduces urban environments together with a “Will to Live” sanity system and co-op multiplayer. Here’s the trailer.
The makers of Yakuza are working on “Project Century”, a new third-person brawler set in 1915
I’ve lost track of how many Yakuza games are in development at any given moment, but it seems makers Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio have space for more on their plate. During this evening’s Game Awards, they announced “Project Century”, a new third-person brawler set in 1915. There’s a trailer below.
Borderlands 4 looks ready to drop the hottest memes of 2011 in first-look trailer
Looter FPS Borderlands 4 has gotten its first trailer, courtesy of Medium Geoff’s Happy Hour and..wait. What you mean it’s three hours? I’m going to die tonight, aren’t I? Ah well, at least I’ll die doing what I’m ambivalent about. Here’s the trailer for Fourderlands, which is out sometime next year.
Helldivers 2’s update adds the dreaded Illuminate faction, plus city maps and bouncy jeeps
Arrowhead and Sony have released a new Helldivers 2 update that introduces the long-rumoured third faction, the Illuminate. Titled Omens of Tyranny, the update also stirs in city maps and a driveable jeep with a mounted gun that immediately reminds me of Halo’s Warthog, and is hopefully just as fragile and bouncy. Here’s a trailer.
Onimusha Way Of The Sword is the Capcom action-RPG’s first new instalment in almost 20 years
Here’s one I didn’t see coming: a new Onimusha game. It’s called Onimusha Way Of The Sword, and is the first new entry in Capcom’s samurai action-horror series since… well, that upcoming VR game doesn’t count, and nor does the Warlords remaster in 2018. So, 2012? Maybe 2006, if you rule out the Unity browser sim? Cor.
The creator of Ico and Shadow Of The Colossus is making a giant robot-piloting game
Fumito Ueda is the august visionary behind ICO (small boy rescues small girl from evil castle), Shadow Of The Colossus (grieving boy murders several massive stone animals), The Last Guardian (small boy and huge, dopey dogcat escape from another evil castle). Now, he’s getting into Gundams, though it looks like small boys are still a feature. Epic Games Publishing have just unveiled Ueda and genDESIGN’s latest creation – Project: Robot. Find a trailer below.
Classic ’90s PC racing series Screamer is returning, from the makers of Hot Wheels Unleashed
Back in the mid ’90s, I was hooked on an PC racing game called Screamer. It got a sequel a couple of years later, and then the series went dormant. Until now, when it’s seemingly returning as a foreboding, anime-infused racer about defying death, once again called simply Screamer. Huh! Huh. You’ll find a trailer below.
There’s a new Sonic Racing game in development
I’m a big fan of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, which pit Sonic and pals against a stable of characters from Sega’s other games, including Total War and Football Manager. I’m less of a fan of Sonic’s other kart racing exploits, but I’m still cautiously interested to learn he’s getting back behind the wheel. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds was just announced.