Even in a year packed with great RPGs, you don’t want to miss Disco Elysium-style time loop noir Rue Valley, which has a new trailer and a release date in November

Even in a year with two main course Obsidian joints in Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, as well as the Oblivion Remaster, one of the RPGs we’re most excited about is Rue Valley, a time loop mystery set in a surreal motel in the American southwest. And now we know…

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The Mass Effect vibes are overwhelming in the latest showcase for Owlcat’s The Expanse game—and yes, it has a loyalty system

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn has given off palpable Mass Effect vibes since developer Owlcat Games announced it earlier this year. Creative director Alexander Mishulin recently tried to put some distance (though admittedly not much) between Owlcat’s latest and BioWare’s most popular RPG series. But having just watched Owlcat’s recent environmental showcase for its upcoming sci-fi…

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The new game from Painkiller and Bulletstorm’s creators is a tropical survival shooter that looks a teensy bit like Far Cry, and it’s out in early access next month

Just the other day I was thinking “I could really go for a survival game in the style of the original Far Cry”. You know, one that has the lush tropical islands and open-world mercenary blasting of Crytek’s 2004 trailblazer, but where you plan and execute your missions from a base you build yourself. I’m…

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We just got a free expansion pack out of nowhere for one of the most underrated FPSes on Steam⁠, and it adds a second open world to the one we already had

Echo Point Nova is one of our favorite recent FPSes here at PCG: Four player hoverboard shooting in an open world of floating islands that feels like Titanfall with all the safeties off. A steady stream of free updates has only made it better, crescendoing yesterday with the launch of a free expansion pack. So…

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Chicago man sues Home Depot, alleging it’s secretly using AI facial recognition at self-checkout

If you’re shopping at Home Depot, you might want to watch out for facial recognition at the check-out counter. Benjamin Jankowski, a resident of Chicago, Illinois, is taking Home Depot to court after spotting the hardware store’s self-checkout kiosks using facial recognition without customers’ consent. The class action lawsuit, filed on August 1, claims that…

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