Remedy is going for full-on survival horror Remedy’s ill-fated writer is returning for another terror-filled night.Alan Wake 2is on its way, currently targeting a 2023 launch. Announced during The Game Awards 2021, Remedy Entertainment will be continuing the story of the firstAlan Wake. Which, hey, works out pretty wellconsidering that remastered version came out earlier this year. Here’s theteasershown during the Game Awards: In a chat on-air after the reveal, Remedy’s Sam Lake said this will be the studio’s “first survival horror” game....

Keep the localizations coming The 3DS isn’t going anywhere yet, and Atlus is helping to keep the handheld relevant. As part of today’s rapid-fire Nintendo Direct presentation, Atlus brought several bits of news. First up, there’s a demo forEtrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Mythright now on the eShop. It’s a good chance to settle in with the game and get an early start, too — the demo has every character and class open, and your progress will transfer to the full version....

Avowed, the next RPG from those famed RPG creators at Obsidian, got another trailer during the2024 Xbox Games Showcasethis weekend. The new footage confirmed it’s coming this year, butAvowedhad a full release date revealed elsewhere before it was quickly removed. Asspotted by Wario64 on X, theAvowedstory trailer blog pageon the official Obsidian site revealed a release date of June 26, 2025. But like the Troxler effect, not long after eyes were cast upon the date, it disappeared from the blog post entirely....

Starting offPath of Exile 2with a Witch can be a rewarding experience assuming you’re using the most useful early-game spells. The best ones allow you to rip the life from your foes while your undead engage the enemy head-on. Strongest Early Game Witch Spells in Path of Exile 2 Despite all classes sharing access to the same passive tree, each one starts at a different location that typically favors their standard playstyle....

“Nice wallet, it’d look better with my dick in it!” Like most “AAA” publishers, Capcom is finding itself in a market no longer capable of meeting its extravagant financial expectations. At a time where even a game selling five million copies isconsidered a failure, the companyhas one answer— an avalanche of DLC! Capcom’s forecast revisions are centered around an upgraded downloadable content strategy, to the point where it’s no longer interested in making games that can’t offer buckets of extra stuff sold piecemeal....

Western localization in development Edia, the developer/publisher behindValis: The Fantasm Collection, has announced a Japanese release date for its next collection of obscurities:Cosmic Fantasy Collection— The double-header of PC Engine dungeon crawlers will launch on Nintendo Switch December 15. A localization is currently in the works. As previously reported, theCosmic Fantasy Collectionwill consist of two titles: 1990’sCosmic Fantasy: Adventure Boy Yuu, and 1991’s TurboGrafx CD sequelCosmic Fantasy 2: Adventure Boy Van....

One of these days I’m gonna cave Fun traversal options are so critical to my enjoyment of open-world games. I’ve considered queuingCrackdown 3on a few occasions, but each time, I ended up downloading something else from Xbox Game Pass instead. With the latest update, I’m one step closer.Crackdown 3now has a wingsuit! I’m not saying a humble wingsuit–and those standard racing challenges–will be enough to suddenly fix all of the game’s problems, but there’s a reason I hold thePrototypeseries in such high regard....

Still ‘when it’s ready’ CD Projekt Red has released a new five-minuteCyberpunk 2077video that touches on a few different topics: The switch to first-person, the freedom of a giant open-world RPG, the stress of finally showing at E3, and the near-univeral positive reception thus far. (We were part of that positive reception, by the way.) The end of the video should temper short-term expectations, however. CD Projekt Red mentions that “Work on [Cyberpunk 2077] is far from over....

New arrangements played at San Diego Comic Con We’ve covered the Distant Worlds concert series extensivelyover the years, but after seeing last night’s stop in San Diego for Comic Con, I think it’s fair to say that this is an entirely new show with tons of new arrangements. You may want to reference our reviews of theFinal Fantasy Orchestra AlbumandDistant Worlds: The CelebrationBlu-ray releases to see where they’re drawing the new pieces from, but here’s your chance to hear them live....

A community blog by Retrofraction As part of September’s Bloggers Wanted promptDown the Rabbit Hole, long-time Destructoid readerRetrofractionwrites about howPhantasy Star Online 2 New Genesisbroke through and clicked in ways that other MMOs have not. It’s a neat perspective for a neat game. In a past life, I was definitely an MMO merchant too. —Jordan These past two months, I have been playing a game:Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis....

The FUTTIES Silver Attacker 2 Evolution is now live inEA FC 24Ultimate Team. you’re able to upgrade a silver card and provide them with massive boosts. The new evolution is available for free, which is great. There are certain requirements which determine the cards that are eligible in the first place. EA FC 24 FUTTIES Silver Attacker 2 Evolution Requirements Here are the requirements for theEA FC 24FUTTIES Silver Attacker 2 Evolution:...

Enter Lumen in the Land of the Nanite Today during a Summer Game Fest showcase stream, Epic Games has revealed Unreal Engine 5 with a new demo they are calling “Lumen in the Land of Nanite,” shown on the PlayStation 5. There’s two technological advancements at play here for this faux game: Nanite and Lumen. For the former, Epic says that the engine uses 8K textures, and “millions of triangles of source technology in each frame, for roughly 20 million drawn triangles....

Forza Motorsporthas more-or-less managed to pull itself from the shoddy, half-broken mediocrity that plagued it on launch day. Update 17 thus continues a successful streak of fun, reasonably chunky content patches with a batch of daily driver Hyundai cars. Thing is, there’s a problem cooking along the way. Now, please make no mistake:I adore daily drivers in car games. Hot hatches, in particular, are something I enjoy driving both in the real world and in video games....