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Frictional reveal Soma follow-up Ontos, a lunar nightmare with talking rat walls and Stellan SkarsgÄrd
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Frictional reveal Soma follow-up Ontos, a lunar nightmare with talking rat walls and Stellan SkarsgÄrd

Amnesia developers Frictional have finally done the decent thing and confirmed their much-teased follow-up to Soma, the much-beloved/dreaded underwater sci-fi horror game from 2015. Revealed just now at the Geoffrey Awards, the new game is called Ontos, which appears to be the Greek word for "Being". It's set in some kind of creepy lunar mad science resort called Samsara, and it honestly reminds me more of Bioshock at a glance than Soma, even though it's set in outer space. That's partly beca

Rock Paper Shotgun 12.12.2025 03:45 Uhr
It’s official: Control 2 is Control Resonant, a paranatural melee brawler with shapeshifting hittin' sticks
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It’s official: Control 2 is Control Resonant, a paranatural melee brawler with shapeshifting hittin' sticks

In another victory for trademark paperwork diggers, weird fiction action-RPG sequel Control 2 is in fact Control Resonsant, as confirmed by an announcement and trailer at The Game Awards 2025. It’s out in 2026 and swaps Control’s telekinesis-aided shooting for melee thwacking. Said thwacking takes place across a Manhattan that’s suffering from more than a dash of catastrophic reality breakdown, as teased - this time intentionally by developers Remedy - in Alan Wake 2 DLC The

Rock Paper Shotgun 12.12.2025 03:16 Uhr
Capcom confirm Leon Kennedy's return in Resident Evil Requiem with new trailer
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Capcom confirm Leon Kennedy's return in Resident Evil Requiem with new trailer

Capcom have confirmed the return of Leon Kennedy in a new trailer for Resident Evil Requiem at this year's Geoff Awards, ahead of the horror game's release on February 27th, 2026. The trailer in question gives us a quick look at his capabilities compared to Requiem's new protagonist Grace. Perhaps needless to say, he's of the shootier persuasion, versus what we've seen of Grace's skulking and cowering. Here you go, pop your head through the paragraph break and have a gander. I promise it won't

Rock Paper Shotgun 12.12.2025 03:14 Uhr
Larian reveal a new Divinity RPG that boasts "greater breadth & depth than ever before"
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Larian reveal a new Divinity RPG that boasts "greater breadth & depth than ever before"

Larian have shown up at this year's Geoff Awards with a Divinity thing, so I assume that clanking we all heard in the run-up to the show was Swen Vincke going up a flight of stairs. Anyway, the folks behind Baldur's Gate 3 have revealed a new RPG called... Divinity. No, not Divinity: Original Sin 3. Just plain old Divinity, for the moment at least. Catch the trailer below. Beware that it contains footage of some drunk Orcs and one naked human guy in a crown getting roasted alive. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 12.12.2025 03:01 Uhr
Left 4 Dead dev Mike Booth has teamed up with JJ Abrams to make another four-player shooter, with purple aliens this time
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Left 4 Dead dev Mike Booth has teamed up with JJ Abrams to make another four-player shooter, with purple aliens this time

Left 4 Dead creator Mike Booth's passion for that special number between three and five continues with 4:Loop, a new co-op sci-fi shooter he's working on in collaboration with Bad Robot Games, the studio founded by nu-Star Trek and nu-Star Wars director JJ Abrams. PlayStation are publishing this one. Strap as many shotguns to your shoulder blades as possible and watch the trailer. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 12.12.2025 02:50 Uhr
The Last Of Us game director reveals a fairytale forest platformer about a witch and her feathery familiar
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The Last Of Us game director reveals a fairytale forest platformer about a witch and her feathery familiar

An old witch and the strange feathered creature which keeps her company have an oath to keep in Coven of the Chicken Foot, the fantasy puzzle-platformer Wildflower Interactive have just revealed at the Geoff Awards. Wildflower are the new studio formed by ex-The Last of Us game director Bruce Straley, and they say their debut game's calling card is the relationship between its protagonist, Gertie, and her mate. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 12.12.2025 02:36 Uhr
Star Wars: Fate Of The Old Republic revealed - a KOTOR "spiritual successor" RPG led by Mass Effect's Casey Hudson
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Star Wars: Fate Of The Old Republic revealed - a KOTOR "spiritual successor" RPG led by Mass Effect's Casey Hudson

We’re getting a new Star Wars game, ladies and gentledroids! It’s Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic. It’s a single player action RPG created by a team led by Casey Hudson - the project director for Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic, and a veteran of the Mass Effect series. They’re calling it a “spiritual successor” to KOTOR. Here’s the announcement trailer. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 12.12.2025 02:29 Uhr
Decrepit is a solo-developed soulslike about escaping a castle by dying in it
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Decrepit is a solo-developed soulslike about escaping a castle by dying in it

Earlier tonight, The Game Awards 2025 briefly ceased funnelling trophies into Sandfall Interactive’s pockets on a heavily sponsored conveyor belt to reveal Decrepit: a horror-flavoured, dungeon-dwelling soulslike that’s the debut project of solo dev outfit Jämmerdal Games. It’s being published by Three Friends, they of Romestead and ex-Mojang/Ghost Ship Games note, and aims to be out in 2026. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 12.12.2025 01:36 Uhr