June 2025

At today’s Day of the Devs stream, Sithe Ncube, producer at South African game studio Nyamakop, shared a sobering statistic. “A French government report estimated that 90% of sub-Saharan African cultural heritage is in the possession of Western collections,” Ncube said. “That is millions upon millions of deeply important cultural, spiritual, and personal artifacts—including human…

The next game from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio was originally teased at the last Game Awards show, and back then it stood out for taking place in 1915 Japan. The trailer that just dropped at the Summer Game Fest showcase names the game at last: Stranger Than Heaven. But given that it’s a noir thriller…

1047 Games CEO Ian Proulx took the stage at Summer Game Fest today to reveal a surprise for Splitgate 2 that players have been accurately guessing for a week now: Yes, Splitgate 2 has a battle royale mode, and it’s out now. Sporting a questionable “MAKE FPS GREAT AGAIN” hat, Proulx lamented the current state…

It’s not often that a game’s name really and fully nails down the vibe, especially when it’s only three characters. But a new trailer for the survival-horror shooter ILL showed up at the Summer Game Fest tonight, and yes indeed, that is what I am now feeling. First and foremost, we’re doing it all-caps—ILL—because otherwise…

Today at Summer Game Fest, Capcom brought a surprise gift for everyone: An announcement of a new Resident Evil, featuring a hell of a lot of unsettling hallways and what seems like the aftermath of a nuclear strike. You know, normal Resident Evil stuff. Resident Evil Requiem looks fascinatingly confusing and as upsetting as you’d…

If there’s one thing everyone loves, it’s crewing a pirate ship and causing chaos with your friends. Putting that ship in space can only improve things—until you’re vented into the vacuum at least. That’s the logic behind Wildgate, the match-based space piracy game from ex-Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime’s game company Dreamhaven, which revealed at today’s…

We were all comfortable with Hitman going dark while IO Interactive puts the finishing touches on 007: First Light, but Agent 47 has a bit more gas in the tank. In a surprise collaboration with 007, Mads Mikkelsen has reprised his role as Casino Royale’s LeChiffre to become the next elusive target. As announced at…

Life finds a way, and so does Frontier Developments: at Summer Game Fest today, strategy sim Jurassic World Evolution 3 was unveiled with a trailer you can see above. And it wasn’t just a dino-tease: an release date was announced, too. Jurassic World Evolution 3 is coming on October 21, 2025. Once again you can…