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In space with a grappling hook and couch co-op I already spend a sizeable portion of my gaming time dying in roguelike platformers, and the Steam Deck has only made things worse. Now here comesDIG - Deep In Galaxies, a roguelike platformer that looks like a cross betweenNoita,CaveblazersandBroforce, with cosmic scale, destructible levels, double jump, a grappling hook and co-op. I’m powerless to resist. Here’s the release date trailer: I loved Noita but eventually stalled on it because it felt like it required thought and research in order to get better at it....

Here’s everything we know about Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon Want to know more about Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon?After the incredibly successfulElden Ring,FromSoftwareare back withArmored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon. Whether you’re a new FromSoft fan, or are excited to see them revisit the mech-fighting series that’s lain dormant for a decade, you’re in the right place. In this guide, we’ll break down everything we know so far about Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon, including gameplay and story details from the reveal trailer....

Here’s everything we know about Hollow Knight: Silksong Of course, there are plenty of details to digest, and that’s where we come in. In this guide, we’ll break down everything we know so far about Hollow Knight: Silksong, including the expected release date, gameplay and story details, and whether it will launch on Xbox Game Pass. On this page: Hollow Knight: Silksong expected release date That’s exactly what we said....

Maximum effort AgentMax Paynehit the zeitgeist square in the forehead at the turn of the Millennium. I was only sixteen when Remedy’s monologuing undercover DEA operative dropped into my life like a… well, a man diving sideways in slow motion with twin pistols blazing. It was that kind of time. The Wachowskis had, not too long before, left an indelible mark on cinema, and pop culture at large, with their stylish countercultural smash hit The Matrix....

Amplitude’s wave survival spin-off returns Endless Dungeonis set withinAmplitude’s Endless universe, but it’s neither a 4X strategy game likeEndless Spacenor a turn-based tactics game like sorta-predecessor Dungeon Of The Endless. It’s instead a co-op action roguelike, which takes the spaceship exploration and wave defense of Of The and makes it real-time, frantic, explosive. It now has a release date, too: May 18th. Here’s a new trailer to celebrate: The standard edition will knock you back £25/$30via Steam....

There’s a really obvious “wet things” joke here, but it just doesn’t wash Sudsy business simPowerWash Simulatoris heading to the familiar, and apparently very mucky, surroundings of Tomb Raider’s Croft Manor in a free expansion releasing on January 31st. The Tomb Raider Special Pack will go live at 5pm GMT/6pm CET/9am ET, and you’ll be able to take on the Croft Manor job from the new Specials area in the main menu....

Game Of The Year I thought my love affair withLike A Dragon: Ishin’s teasers had peaked, but no, my heart still swells at an alarming rate. And that’s thanks to a new trailer where Kiryu/Ryoma drop (kicks) his bruising samurai lifestyle to the side for a simpler, purer existence: chopping spring onions to a rhythm in what looks to be an in-depth farming side activity. Game Of The Year. It seems like you’re able to tend to an allotment in what’s been dubbed “Another Life”, with Kiryu successfully harvesting 16 broad beans to a relaxing acoustic number....

Piecing together the Mass Effect 5 story Below we’ll pull together everything that BioWare has released so far on their untitled in-development RPG, and use it to walk you through everything we know about Mass Effect 5. We’ll go over when to expect the game, when it’s set, what the story might be about, and what the gameplay might be like - and we’ll also break down and analyse the teaser trailer and poster that the devs have released for all the hidden clues they contain....

Staff at the studios are among 10,000 workers being let go Microsoft has announced mass layoffs that will affect the developers behindStarfield,Halo Infinite, andGears Of War.Bloombergreport that it’s not yet known what the scale of the job losses at Bethesda and 343 Industries will be, and Kotaku has alsoconfirmedthat The Coalition will also lose staff. Sources claim that some of the staff who’d lost their jobs at the affected studios were veterans who’d been with Microsoft for more than a decade....

As 14-year relationship nears its end Blizzard’s 14 year relationship with Chinese publisher NetEase willcome to an end on January 23rd, at which time World Of Warcraft will go offline for millions of Chinese players. As the date approaches, NetEase have livestreamed staff dismantling a giant WoW axe statue at their offices with hammers, and called Blizzard’s actions “brash, unseemly and commercially illogical.” You can watch a clip of the dismantling below....

Confirmation comes following earlier reports Riot Games have confirmed that they have laid off 46 staff. The news leaked out earlier today via esports report Jacob Wolf, who said that sources said cuts had been made across recruiting, human resources, support and esports teams. Riot then confirmed the cuts, saying that they had made “implemented strategic shifts within a few teams to sharpen our focus in a number of areas.”...

Triumph Studios return to fantasy for the next in the series Magic’s making a comeback when fantasy strategy sequelAge Of Wonders 4arrives on Steam on May 2nd, devs Triumph Studios have revealed. The 4X game was announced during a livestream today hosted by publishers Paradox Interactive. It’ll be the firstAge Of Wondersin nine years that hasn’t veered into sci-fi territory, and introduces a new custom faction system. You can watch a short teaser video for Age Of Wonders 4 below....

Why walk when you can climb, glide, sail, and soul-jump It sounds too good to be true, right? But two years after Awaceb’s trailer debut, I’ve gotten my hands on a preview build to see whether a nine-person dev team’s tropical island exploration game is pie in the sky. Turns out, it’s the opposite; my hands on time suggests Tchia will deliver on everything it promised and more. The preview begins a couple of hours into the story, but an introductory video explains via narration that Tchia’s father has been kidnapped by a mysterious man, and to get him back she has asked the malevolent tyrant of the island, Meavora, for help....