PS Plus members get a discount. Red Hook Studios has today confirmed Darkest Dungeon 2 will be releasing for PS5 and PS4 on 15th July 2024. Its DLC, The Binding Blade, is also being ported across to Sony systems, though you'll need to buy it on top of the base game. A discount is being offered to PS Plus members, and there'll also be an Oblivion Bundle containing all content available to pre-order. Check out the announcement trailer above. Released for PC last year after almost two years of Early Access, the sequel changes the perspective to 3D and rebuilds the turn-based combat system to offe ..read more

Four Fallout games in the top 10. Bethesda has managed to successfully spread Fallout fever off the back of Amazon Prime's well-received TV show, with sales of Fallout 4 increasing by a whopping 7,500 per cent in Europe. It was the continent's best-selling game last week, accounting for both physical and digital purchases. Other titles in the RPG series have also made the top 10, like Fallout 3, Fallout 76, and Fallout: New Vegas. Data shared by GSD confirms Fallout 4 sold best on PC, accounting for 69 per cent of sales. The RPG is readily available on PS Plus Extra and Xbox Game Pass, though ..read more

Fight fur survival. The original Tails of Iron was quietly a big success for developer Odd Bug Studio. The action RPG about a kingdom of rats has drawn in a lot of fans thanks to its sketch-like art style, deliberate combat, and explorable world. We suppose the fact it's narrated by Doug Cockle — voice of Geralt in The Witcher series — may have something to do with it too, but whatever the case, the team isn't resting on its laurels for Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter. After watching the sequel in action in a hands-off preview, it's clear there's plenty here to stop it from growing stail ..read more

Earthly desires. Imagine Earth, a city building strategy title that launched a few years back on PC and Xbox, is making the jump to PS5 and PS4 on the 9th May. The game takes place in 2084, and tasks you with creating sustainable civilisation on various alien planets, following on from the greed-driven ruin of humanity's original home. We think developer Serious Bros. is trying to tell us something... "Corporate greed isn’t the only threat players face in Imagine Earth, though, as failure to balance expansion and ecology could result in climate disaster," reads the press release. Read the full ..read more

Available 23rd April. Synth Riders' impeccable slate of DLC just doesn't seem to have an end in sight, does it? Well, here we are once again, as the team at Kluge Interactive has cooked up something really special for this latest DLC: 80s Mixtape - Side A. Hot off the heels of the marvellous Electro Swing Essentials 2 pack, Synth Riders is tapping into a decade that has greatly inspired the title. The core soundtrack for the game features an immense amount of synthwave, but nothing from the decade that inspired it proper. And Kluge did not pull any punches when it came time to pick the tracks ..read more

Tincture perfect. Publisher Marvelous and developer Voracious Games have unveiled a console port of their well-received shopkeeping sim, Potionomics. Coming to PS5 this autumn as Potionomics: Masterwork Edition, this is a souped-up version of the game that adds various new features to the experience. Read the full article on pushsquare.com ..read more

But don't go snitching. A rumour is currently doing the rounds, suggesting that we could learn more about 2K's plans for the Mafia series' future (or perhaps past) in the days ahead. A new game was confirmed to be in development back in 2022, potentially a prequel, and we've heard virtually nothing since. But the source says the reveal could just as easily involve a next-gen update for Mafia: Definitive Edition, so we'll have to wait and see. "Video game researcher" Kurakasis made the claim on Twitter (thanks, VGC), whose prodding this year alone revealed the title of Amy Hennig's new game, Ma ..read more

Save the day from 29th May. Capes is a turn-based superhero tactics game set in a world where the villains have already won. We've had our eye on this one for a little while now, as it looks like it could be quite special. Here's hoping it won't be received as tragically as Firaxis' excellent Marvel's Midnight Suns when it hits on 29th May on PS5 and PS4. In this latest look at the game, we learn a little more about the mission at hand. Set in King City, Capes will task players with building a team of superheroes capable of fighting back across a series of campaign and patrol missions. All kin ..read more

Fair trade. Braid: Anniversary Edition has been hit with a brief delay, but the blow was softened by the news that the anticipated package will come packing some 40 additional levels. Developer Johnathon Blow revealed that the anticipated enhanced re-release will now arrive two weeks later than anticipated, on 15th May for PS5 and PS4. Officially styled as "Braid, Anniversary Edition" (SEO's nightmarish enough, thanks, Blow), the news was issued in a press release, which details the additional levels included. These consist of some 14 index levels (15 in the mobile version), which are used to ..read more

Automatons back AT-AT again. Helldivers 2 players have recently managed to blunt the advance of the oncoming Automaton invasion fleet, with the conflict again devolving into a grinding stalemate. However, it seems the machines never rest on their laurels, as reports of the lumbering Factory Striders being deployed in unprecedented numbers begin to trickle in. Unconfirmed, fanciful tales of similar machines were recorded during Operation Swift Disassembly, the first phase of a much larger campaign. Factory Striders, as they've come to be known, are super heavy weapons platforms capable of manuf ..read more