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Get spirited away to a weird, scary version of a Japanese town and take pictures of the oddities you find in SOMBRAS: negative frames
Film is expensive, play video games instead.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/get-spirited-away-to-a-weird-scary-version-of-a-japanese-town-and-take-pictures-of-the-oddities-you-find-in-sombras-negative-framesOpen linkView original on piefed.worldBuild a medieval castle piece by piece and then defend it from enemy knights in the city builder and RTS Bergfried
You don't want them to ruin all your hard work, after all.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/build-a-medieval-castle-piece-by-piece-and-then-defend-it-from-enemy-knights-in-the-city-builder-and-rts-bergfriedOpen linkView original on piefed.worldOpen World Strategy RPG Veterum Leaves Early Access This September
Crasleen Games has confirmed that Veterum will leave Early Access and launch in full on September 7, 2026.
https://turnbasedlovers.com/news/open-world-strategy-rpg-veterum-leaves-early-access-this-september/Open linkView original on piefed.worldI played The Blood of Dawnwalker for 4 hours, and this vampire RPG already exceeds its Witcher 3 comparisons
Big Preview | Rebel Wolves' debut RPG promises to change the way we engage with open-world games
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/the-blood-of-dawnwalker-big-preview-july-2026/Open linkView original on piefed.world"It's much further along than we originally planned": Fallout: London modders say work on their next game is going "swimmingly", despite DLC delays
Fallout: London developers Team FOLON have announced that work on their next game is going "swimmingly", despite some delays to the mod's second DLC.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/its-much-further-along-than-we-originally-planned-fallout-london-modders-say-work-on-their-next-game-is-going-swimmingly-despite-dlc-delaysOpen linkView original on piefed.worldMan a gate and keep out people, chickens and unknown horrors alike in the Paper Please-esque Dreadwoods Gatekeeper
I imagine the unknown horrors will be the big one to avoid here.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/man-a-gate-and-keep-out-people-chickens-and-unknown-horrors-alike-in-the-paper-please-esque-dreadwoods-gatekeeperOpen linkView original on piefed.worldEven Obsidian couldn't escape the Xbox cuts, with losses ranging from a 21-year veteran artist to an engineer who'd only been there 2 months
No news was not, in fact, good news.
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/even-obsidian-couldnt-escape-the-xbox-cuts-with-losses-ranging-from-a-21-year-veteran-artist-to-an-engineer-whod-only-been-there-2-months/Open linkView original on piefed.worldHideo Kojima's upcoming horror game OD is said to survive Microsoft's culling for the second time now
This is giving me déjà vu.
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/hideo-kojimas-upcoming-horror-game-od-is-said-to-survive-microsofts-culling-for-the-second-time-now/Open linkView original on piefed.worldCarcass Clad is less story-heavy than Mouthwashing, but 'a lot of thought' has gone into it: 'We haven't discovered how much we can push it'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/carcass-clad-is-less-story-heavy-than-mouthwashing-but-a-lot-of-thought-has-gone-into-it-we-havent-discovered-how-much-we-can-push-it/Open linkView original on piefed.worldNew Vegas director Josh Sawyer says games can and should pull on artistic inspirations from 'anywhere and everywhere': 'Greek plays, they knocked it out of the park thousands of years ago—why not look
If you want the player to feel something, look to media that already cracked the code.
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/new-vegas-director-josh-sawyer-says-games-can-and-should-pull-on-artistic-inspirations-from-anywhere-and-everywhere-greek-plays-they-knocked-it-out-of-the-park-thousands-of-years-ago-why-not-look-at-them/Open linkView original on piefed.world
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney suggests AI could've saved Destiny 2 and will "enable games like Destiny to thrive!"
If only some sort of newfangled technology could come along
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/destiny/epic-ceo-tim-sweeney-suggests-ai-couldve-saved-destiny-2-and-will-enable-games-like-destiny-to-thrive/Open linkView original on piefed.worldCarcass Clad is less story-heavy than Mouthwashing, but 'a lot of thought' has gone into it: 'We haven't discovered how much we can push it'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/carcass-clad-is-less-story-heavy-than-mouthwashing-but-a-lot-of-thought-has-gone-into-it-we-havent-discovered-how-much-we-can-push-it/Open linkView original on piefed.worldThe new Company of Heroes is a wave-based defense game that throws prospective generals straight into the action
Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand is coming later this month.
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rts/the-new-company-of-heroes-is-a-wave-based-defense-game-that-throws-prospective-generals-straight-into-the-action/Open linkView original on piefed.world
Ithaca is a road trip RPG about climate resistance and dealing with the hostage you have in your trunk
What's a road trip without a little drama?
Ithaca on Steam (Planned Release Date: To be announced)
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ithaca-is-a-road-trip-rpg-about-climate-resistance-and-dealing-with-the-hostage-you-have-in-your-trunkOpen linkView original on piefed.world