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News The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Gets Its Best Trailer Yet, But Still No Release Date
Don't mention the ring
We've been up and down on The Lord of the Rings: Gollum ever since its initial reveal a few years back, but we're going to go ahead and say that this is probably the game's best trailer so far. There's actually some story intrigue here, coupled with glimpses of fantastical environments. We're still not sure why we'd want to...
Live Watch the Nacon Connect 2023 Livestream Right Here
RoboCop! Gollum! Much more!
Looking for the Nacon Connect 2023 livestream? The publisher jumped on the Nintendo Direct bandwagon a few years ago, and is back with another broadcast from 1PM ET/6PM GMT. The French firm's portfolio is pretty eclectic these days, spanning sports games, simulations, and more. Expect updates on RoboCop: Rogue City and...
Mini Review Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator (PS5) - Fun But Not Quite Masterchef
You'll always find me in the kitchen at parties
You'd think given the countless hours we've spent watching Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares that we'd have picked up a thing or two about running a successful restaurant. Alas, it seems the only thing we've picked up is his proclivity for foul-mouthed tirades, which we discovered a mere couple of...
News Transport Fever 2 Could Be the Most Dense Tycoon Title on PS5, PS4
And it's arriving soon
Are you a fan of tycoon titles? Then you may want to add Transport Fever 2 to your wishlist, because this is shaping up to be one of the densest management sims you’re likely to find on PS5 and PS4. Due out imminently, on 9th March, the console port of this highly rated PC release will see you managing transportation...
News Intense PS5 Co-Op Roguelike Ravenswatch Gets Action-Packed Gameplay Trailer
Quoth the Raven
Ravenswatch is an upcoming cooperative roguelike from the developers of Curse of the Dead Gods, and it launches on PC on 6th April, with a PS5 release to follow soon after. Playing as dark imaginings of classic fairy tale characters like Little Red Riding Hood and the Pied Piper, creating a strong build on the fly will be essential...
News RoboCop, Gollum Games Publisher Announces March Livestream Event
"Exclusive updates" incoming
Publisher Nacon has announced that it'll be hosting its own livestream event on the 9th March at 7PM Central Europe / 6PM UK / 1PM Eastern / 10AM Pacrific. The suitably titled 'Nacon Connect' is promising "exclusive updates" on a number of games that it plans on releasing in 2023. This includes the likes of RoboCop:...
News Death Sports and Fantasy Football Collide in Blood Bowl 3, Kicking Off 23rd February
Puts the "fantasy" in fantasy football
Blood Bowl 3 is a violent take on American football set in a pocket dimension of the greater Warhammer universe, where crushing the opposition has a more literal meaning. Today, we got an overview trailer describing how the game adapts rules from the tabletop system it's based on. Blood Bowl 3 kicks off on PS5...
News PS5, PS4's The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Will Finally Launch by September 2023
This time for sure, maybe
God, it feels like we've been writing about The Lord of the Rings: Gollum for about 100 years. The PS5 and PS4 fantasy adventure, in which you play as the titular freak, has been delayed more times than we care to remember, but it's apparently, finally locked in for release at some point between April and September 2023...
News TT Isle of Man Rides on the Edge for a Third Time on PS5, PS4
A good engine
There are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and motorcycle sims from Milestone. But TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge 3 is not in fact by the industrious Italian developer, and is instead being built by Milan-based team RaceWard Studios – a genuine surprise! For those of you who don’t know, the Isle of Man is a tiny British...
News Take the Legendary Orient Express Out for a Spin in Train Life - A Railway Simulator
Watch out for murders, though
Simulation games are becoming increasingly more eccentric, it would seem, with developers romanticizing mundane and back-breaking manual labour as some kind of escapist fantasy. We find it endlessly fascinating when they do succeed, however, as anyone who has played PowerWash Simulator can attest. Here's a new one for...
News Uncover Cagliostro's Secrets in Revolutionary Soulslike Steelrising's Latest DLC
Keep your head on your shoulders
Steelrising's first DLC is now available; it's called Cagliostro's Secrets, and it introduces a swathe of content, expanding the base game with new side quests, weapons, and enemies and adding an entirely new location, the Hôpital Saint Louis. To start this new quest, budding revolutionaries must have visited the...
News Adepta Sororitas DLC Announced for Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr
The Sisters of Battle join the fray
A new class is coming to Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr, an inquisitor with an Adepta Sororitas background, or the Sisters of Battle, for the uninitiated. Purifying heresy with the aid of blessed flames, sanctified steel and unshakeable faith in the God-Emperor of Mankind, these warrior-nuns are some of the...
News Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong PS5 Upgrade Box Listing Was a 'Mistake', Says Publisher
Nothing to see here
Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong was released in May, and despite saying you can do so for free on both the front and back of the game's box, you cannot upgrade the PS4 version of the game to PS5. Redditor Unfallener has warned other potential customers about the issue and shared the
News Glory to the Emperor! Warhammer 40,000 Inquisitor - Martyr to Get Native PS5 Release
Praise be
Warhammer 40,000 Inquisitor - Martyr is getting a native PS5 release, Emperor be praised, in the form of the Ultimate Edition, which is slated to launch on 27th October. It comes armed to the teeth with all 25 released DLC packs, along with the usual raft of enhancements we have come to expect. In addition to native 4K resolution and...
News WRC Generations Pumps the Brakes with Delay to November on PS5, PS4
Now day-and-date with PC release
WRC Generations is the latest officially licensed rally sim, coming to PS5 and PS4 soon — though not as soon as we'd hoped. Today, publisher Nacon has announced it's delaying the console release of the racer by a few weeks. Originally planned to launch on 13th October, the game will now cross the finish line on...
News PS Plus Premium Adds Two Hour Steelrising Trial for PS5
New Game+ coming next week
If our 7/10 Steelrising PS5 review didn’t convince you to buy Spiders’ French Souls-like just yet, PS Plus Premium members can enjoy some hands-on time as part of their subscription. Sony has quietly added a two-hour trial to the top tier of its subscription service, allowing you to get a feel for this industrial...
Mini Review Session: Skate Sim (PS5) - A Realism Focused Love Letter to Skating, For Better or Worse
Need's more CKY
This time five years ago, skateboarding games were in a rough place. The last major skateboarding game was the truly awful Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 and EA’s Skate series had been dormant since 2010 despite fervent fan demand for a new entry. Around that time Montreal-based developer Creā-ture Studios first showed off Project...
Review Steelrising (PS5) - French Souls-Like Is Almost Great
Robotic revolution
After years of mediocre RPGs and second-rate detective titles, Spiders Studio finally began to realise its potential in 2019 with GreedFall. A genuinely good role-playing game with rich world building and solid combat, it was proof the French team had the capabilities to produce something special. Three years and a genre change...
News Skate Sick New Spots in Session's Depiction of Iconic San Francisco
Epic
Session is an upcoming skating simulation game developed by Crea-Ture Studios, set to kick-flip its way onto PS5 and PS4 on 22nd September. We got a new trailer scouting out some sick spots in the Bay Area, in iconic locations from San Francisco's rich skating history. Set up the ultimate line in China Banks, or annoy the tourists down at Pier...
News Storm the Bastille in New Steelrising Trailer, Closed Beta Live for PS5 Pre-Orders
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Steelrising is a soulslike set during a French Revolution which has gone awry, clockwork automatons wander the streets, and the mad king Louis XVI holds on to power. A closed beta is now available for players who have pre-ordered the game. The closed beta will give aspiring revolutionaries the opportunity to play the...
News The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Delays the Precious on PS5, PS4 a 'Few Months'
Spit and polish
Let's be honest: The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has been looking kinda rough, hasn't it? What little we've seen of the game, which casts you as the notorious character obsessed with the One Ring, has appeared to fall short of where we'd expect a game in this franchise to be. While the game was given a 1st September release date not...
News Taxi Life Brings an Open World Barcelona to PS5
With over 200 famous landmarks
Nacon has been quietly expanding its range of in-development simulation games, with Train Life already in Early Access and the Michelin-endorsed Chef Life coming soon. The next entry in its fledgling sub-brand is Taxi Life, which is currently in development at Polish studio Simteract and is aiming to flag down a 2023...
News WRC Generations Turbocharged with Rally1 Hybrid Cars on PS5, PS4
Battery management
Off-topic, but has anyone else noticed a real increase in electric cars out on the road of late? Feels like we see a Tesla every 10 minutes at the moment. Anyhoo, WRC Generations is including an interesting new gameplay wrinkle with the addition of Rally1 Hybrid cars. The press release reveals: “Experience driving sensations...
News Set During WWI, Ad Infinitum Gives New Meaning to the Horrors of War
Somme-thing wicked this way comes
Set during the apocalyptic final years of The Great War, Ad Infinitum tells the story of a German soldier no longer able to differentiate between the horrors of war and the supernatural monsters pursuing him through deserted trenches. Here is an overview of the title, from the game's official website: World War...
News Rob From the Rich to Arm Yourself in Gangs of Sherwood, Just Announced for 2023 Launch
We roam around the forest looking for fights!
Gangs of Sherwood is a cooperative action game set in the world of Robin Hood, in which the armies of the Sheriff of Nottingham have been enhanced by the power of the Philosopher's Stone, and it's up to Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men (and woman) to stop them. While we don't get a whole lot to go...
News Ravenswatch Is a Dark Fantasy Roguelike That Brings Fairy Tales to Life, Coming to PS5 in 2023
Fairy tales? More like scary tales
Newly announced for PS5, Ravenswatch is a roguelike action game that takes a grimdark approach to classic fairy tale characters, which admittedly isn't anything new. But cursed virtuoso, The Pied Piper, dancing as he leads swarms of rats into battle? That's a pretty novel concept. Ravenswatch is being developed by...
News While EA's Still Working on Skate, Session Gets Underway in September on PS5, PS4
Gnarly
Throwback skateboarding sim Session will beat Skate to the grind rail this year, when it tail-slides to PS5 and PS4 on 22nd September. This one has been in early access for a little while, but is all finished up now – and eager for your attention. Pitched as a celebration of 90s skating culture, you’ll be hitting up “iconic skating...
News Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator Will Be an Acquired Taste for PS5, PS4 Owners
Serving up on 2nd February
Nacon clearly believes there’s an appetite for simulation games on the PS5 and PS4, because it’s established an entirely new sub-line of games named LIFE, which it hopes to capitalise on the lucrative market. Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator blends the seriousness of series like Farming Simulator with the...
News Find Out if The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Is Preciousss from 1st September on PS5, PS4
Ring it up
It was one of the first games announced for the PS5, but licensed stealth action title The Lord of the Rings: Gollum will finally lurk onto Sony’s new-gen console (as well as PS4, of course) from 1st September. A new gameplay trailer gives a taste of what you can expect, including first-person deep-sea diving and lots of crawling...
News Try Not to Cringe At This Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown PS5 Trailer
Passion merchant
What do you do when your publisher’s putting on a livestream and you don’t have any footage of your game to show? That’s probably the scenario KT Racing found itself in with Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, and how we’ve ended up with this. There’s a whole lot of hot air in this trailer, to be honest, but basically the...
News Unorthodox Alternate History PS5 Action RPG Steelrising Takes on Titans in New Trailer
Sacré bleu
As part of its livestream earlier today, Nacon showcased a few more seconds of developer Spiders’ flamboyant alternate history foray, Steelrising. The trailer focuses on some new, larger-than-life foes: the merciless Titans, which appear to resemble animated gallows and candelabras. We’ve still no idea how this game managed to pass...
News Shots Fired in First RoboCop: Rogue City PS5 Gameplay Trailer
Dead or alive, you're coming with me in June 2023
Here’s your very first look at Terminator: Resistance developer Teyon’s upcoming RoboCop: Rogue City, which is releasing on PS5 this coming June 2023. The game, a first-person shooter, is based on the original 1987 movie – and will see you assume the role of Alex Murphy, with original actor...
News Open World, Survival Terminator Game Will Be Back
Connor believe it
The pièce de résistance during today’s Nacon Connect is that an open world, survival Terminator game is in development. While there’s no date – or, indeed, even any platforms – attached to the project yet, it’s being helmed by Nacon Studio Milan, and takes place in a “post-apocalyptic world and features an original...
Mini Review Tour de France 2022 (PS5) - Tactical Sports Sim Is Overly Familiar
It's two tired
While you may expect a title based on the historic three week, 3,000km Tour de France cycling tournament to be a little like a racing game, this adaptation is actually much more of a strategy experience. Those already familiar with Nacon and Cyanide’s biking excursions will know that, of course, as Tour de France 2022 is largely...
News Make Your Mark in Zorro: The Chronicles on PS5, PS4, Available Now
The Fox strikes again
Zorro: The Chronicles is a third-person action game (based upon the animated series of the same name) in which you don the iconic mask of Zorro, as either member of the brother/sister duo, Diego or Ines. We get an extended look at gameplay in this launch trailer, and Zorro: The Chronicles looks like a swashbuckling good time,...
News Extravagant RPG Steelrising Getting a Closed Beta in August
Access through PS Store pre-order
The unusual RPG Steelrising will be treated to a closed beta in August on PS5 before the game ships on 8th September 2022. You gain access through a pre-order on the PS Store, of which there are two versions to choose from. There's the standard edition for £49.99/$49.99, and then the Deluxe Edition that has the...
News Nacon Connect to Showcase Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown and More Next Month
Another one for the diary
E3 might be cancelled, but that hasn't stopped a handful of publishers sharing their latest efforts throughout the summer anyway. We've had Sony's State of Play, Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest, and a couple of others, with plenty more on the way. The latest addition to all this is Nacon Connect, going live on 7th July...
News The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Protects the Precious on PS5, PS4 This September
That's what I'm Tolkien about
Nacon and developer Daedalic Entertainment have been working on The Lord of the Rings: Gollum for some time now, and while it's yet to blow us away, Tolkien fans will surely be watching this game with interest. The game now finally has a firm release date on both PS5 and PS4, and it's just a few months away. The game,...
News Revolutionary Alt-History Title Steelrising Gets a Cinematic New Story Trailer
Just like clockwork
Imagine, if you will, an alternate history in which the French Revolution is quashed before it can even begin — not by the other great powers of the age, fearful of change, but by the tyrannical King Louis XVI himself and, well, his army of clockwork automatons. This is the narrative setup for the awesome-looking Steelrising,...
Transylvanian Families
Vampires get a bit of a bad rap, we think. Thanks to a few rotten apples like Dracula and Kristen Stewart we've grown accustomed to seeing vampires as insidious creatures of the night, but there's lots of fun vampires, too. Count Duckula, for example, and the one from Sesame Street that goes "Ah-ah-ah!" Anyway, what we're...
News WRC Generations Is the Latest Official Rally Sim, Racing to PS5, PS4 in October
KT Racing's last attempt
Nacon and developer KT Racing have announced WRC Generations, this year's officially licensed rally racer. It ditches the number, but this is in essence WRC 11, and will be the studio's final game in the series before the licence moves to Codemasters. The game will feature all the cars, teams, and stages from the 2022...
News Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown the Next Game to Cancel PS4 Version
Also delayed to 2023
Following in the footsteps of Gotham Knights, developer KT Racing has decided to cancel the PlayStation 4 version of Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown. Also, the racer has been delayed to next year. In a blog post on Steam, it's explained this is being done to make "the most of the technology in the latest consoles" and maximise...
News GreedFall 2: The Dying World Announced for 2024
A prequel, surprisingly
Solid action RPG GreedFall is getting a sequel, publisher Nacon has announced. It's targeting a 2024 release date, which is perhaps a bit surprising when you remember that its developer, Spiders, is also working on Steelrising, which is due out later this year. They've been busy! The sequel's official title is GreedFall II:...
News Bon Appétit! Chef Life Brings the French Bistro Experience to PS5, PS4
Il est délicieux
If you’ve ever eaten at a traditional French bistro, then you’ll know the food hits different. Whether it’s something as simple as French onion soup or a selection of pastries for pudding, the flavours are frankly out of this world. Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator will give you the opportunity to run your own gastronomic...
News Steelrising Delays Its Mechanical Revolution on PS5 to September
Steel yourself
Action RPG Steelrising now has a confirmed release date on PlayStation 5 — although technically, it's also been delayed. The Spiders-developed title was previously aiming for June, but it's been pushed back a bit to the 8th September. Certainly not a significant delay, but it does mean that the already dry June-July release schedule...
News PS5 Action RPG Steelrising Sharpens Up with 5 Minutes of Gameplay
Rage for the machine
Steelrising has been drawing the eyes of action RPG fans for roughly two years now, and with the PlayStation 5 title due out this summer, it's about time that we saw some raw gameplay footage. Fortunately, courtesy of Game Informer, that's exactly what we have to gawk at today. The game's rather unique setting and style is...
News Semi-Open World Action Game Hell is Us Gets Weird on PS5 in 2023
Hellp
Regular readers will know that we're not huge fans of CG trailers, but we'll make an exception for Hell is Us. This newly announced action title goes for an intriguingly weird tone in its debut teaser, which features strange hollowed-out human bodies and a cloaked figure with a big glowing sword. Going by the press release, it sounds like...
News That Solid Looking Zorro Game Is Slashing to PS5, PS4 in June
Z was here
Zorro: The Chronicles will be bringing rebellious, swashbuckling action to PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 in June. You may have seen the announcement for this action adventure game a few months back, but at that point, we didn't have confirmed platforms. The title's based on the animated series of the same name (which, admittedly, we...
Mini Review Cricket 22: The Official Game of the Ashes - Not Bad But Won't Bowl You Over
A not-so sticky wicket
Ah, cricket. It’s a sport so steeped in tradition that when Australia and England come to blows, they compete not over silverware but a small urn. Cricket 22 has released just in time for the Ashes, and if Big Ant Studios was banking on an exciting series to drive sales for six, well, it’ll be scratching its head watching...
News Steelrising, the Strange Steampunk French Revolution Game, Has a PS5 Release Window
Expect it next summer
To be brutally honest, we’re still puzzled how developer Spiders got publisher Nacon to greenlight Steelrising. Conceptually, this is one of the stranger high-budget productions we’ve seen on consoles in quite some time: it’s set during the French revolution in Paris – except Louis XVI has formed a mechanical army of...
