Lara Croft is back.
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
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
Remedy has revealed Control Resonant at The Game Awards, putting the focus on Dylan Faden in a larger, more RPG-leaning experience.
You can always count on Remedy to defy expectations, and it's certainly doing that with Control Resonant.
Turns out the new Resident Evil is a two-way teamup.
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
New action-adventure game Warlock Dungeons and Dragons digs into the trials and tribulations of making a pact with a demon.
Frictional Games revealed a new "mind-bending narrative mystery" at The Game Awards.
How many problems can I solve with eldritch blast this time?
New sci-fi RPG Exodus will force you into tough moral choices and make you reckon with the consequences thanks to its time dilation system.
Don't shoot the messenger.
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
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
The news was slightly spoiled by a trademark filing spotted earlier this week.
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
Emotionally, I am in middle school again.
Solasta 2 is one of my most-anticipated games of 2025, and I caught up with BG3's Devora Wilde to chat about the upcoming D&D game.
You may also know them from Hades 2 and Arcane.
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
I simply wouldn't be in the horrible castle to begin with. Seems like a skill issue.
You ain't never had a friend like me.
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