Ryan McCaffrey

Robot Entertainment has announced Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap, the latest in the 10-million-unit-selling tower defense series. It promises four-player co-op, roguelite progression, crazier physics-based and destructive traps in bigger environments, and improved third-person combat – all rendered in Unreal Engine 5. It’s in development for PC (via Steam and Epic Games Store) and Xbox Series X|S and due out in early 2025.

Would you like a bit of ska vibe in your co-op extraction action-RPG? If so then Surfpunk might be your vibe. You’ll cruise through a flooded, anime-styled paradise world hunting for loot in ancient ruins with your friends before you need to escape. Surfpunk is being developed for PC by Double Stallion.

We spent four hours in Star Wars Outlaws, first-ever open-world Star Wars game, and came away quite impressed at how organic all of its activities, characters, and world felt.

Developer Farm 51 has announced Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone, the sequel to the 2021 first-person sci-fi survival horror shooter. The new game aims to blend open-world combat, crafting, team and base management, and nonlinear storytelling into a compelling and realistic post-apocalyptic action-RPG. It's due out on PC and consoles in 2025.

Barkour, the latest game from Bee Simulator developer Varsav Studios, is, to quote the team, "an action/stealth game where you take on the role of a tail-wagging canine 009 agent, unleashed by a secret organization to fight evil in a world that that's anything but ruff and serious."

Set shortly after the 2021 film Godzilla vs. Kong, Kong: Survivor Instinct is a newly announced game for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S in which you play as a father desperate to find his missing daughter. Naturally, Kong and other Titans will get in the way. It's due out later this Fall.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle strongly reminded of another game the developers at MachineGames once created: the Vin Diesel-starring original-Xbox classic, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. Indy absolutely screams Riddick – in the very best of ways – and because of that, The Great Circle went from something on my most-anticipated list to being far and away the game I’m most looking forward to playing this year.

We played the first 45 minutes of Batman: Arkham Shadow, the upcoming Meta Quest 3 VR-exclusive entry in the Batman: Arkham series. We were pleased to find that, yes, it's a "real Arkham game."

Gameloft and HarperCollins Productions have announced Carmen Sandiego, a new single-player puzzle-adventure game relaunch of the popular edutainment hit from the 1980's and 1990's. This one will be based on that original version of the IP (though it does visually resemble the Netflix show, and on a related note, the publishers note that a live-action Carmen Sandiego movie is also in the works at Netflix), and it will launch first on Netflix in Q1 of 2025, and will follow later in the same quarter for PC (via Steam), PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. Gameloft and HarperCollins say there will be a story-driven campaign and "classic modes."

The upcoming LEGO-Horizon crossover, LEGO Horizon Adventures, received a release date: it will be released on November 14 for PS5, PC, and Nintendo Switch.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Metal Gear Solid Delta, Resident Evil 4 Remake, and Assassin's Creed Shadows confirmed PS5 Pro support during today's Sony State of Play livestream.

The creator of Shadowrun, BattleTech, and Crimson Skies – Jordan Weisman – has announced a new deck-building, fantasy-infused, pirate-themed isometric CRPG called Sea of Legends. It's based on the narrative open-world board game of the same name. It's in development now for PC.

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft isn’t terrible, but it’s well below the high bar set by other animated video game adaptations on Netflix.

Introducing Terrifier: The ARTcade Game, the retro-inspired, pixel-art beat-'em-up based on Art the Clown's world from the Terrifier horror movies. In fact, you play as Art in this four-player local co-op brawler with a chiptune soundtrack. Terrifier: The ARTcade game, published by Selecta Play and developed by Relevo, will be released in 2025 for Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.

Introducing Bad Cheese, a first-person psychological horror game rendered with hand-drawn art in the style of a century-old 16mm film cartoon. It's due out in 2025 for PC.

After spending a few hours playing Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, it’s clear now that MachineGames's first-person romp is more of an adventure-action game than an action-adventure one, and I love it for that.

Enjoy five minutes of gameplay featuring Psylocke, the latest hero confirmed for Marvel Rivals, the upcoming 6v6 hero shooter that features a whole bunch of your favorite superheroes. We'll have exclusive Marvel Rivals coverage all month long with IGN First!

I was lucky enough to cover Halo 2 for Official Xbox Magazine before, during, and after its release, and so I thought I’d take this special 20th anniversary moment to share a few behind-the-scenes memories from what is, to me, the single greatest Xbox game ever.

Enjoy five minutes of gameplay featuring Moon Knight, the latest hero confirmed for Marvel Rivals, the upcoming 6v6 hero shooter that features a whole bunch of your favorite superheroes. We'll have exclusive Marvel Rivals coverage all month long with IGN First!

Welcome to Empyreal, a complex new action-RPG from developer Silent Games that promises intense combat in pursuit of a Monolith left behind by a lost civilization. Multiple endings, character customization, unlockable abilities, and lots of loot await.