(For Southeast Asia) RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army will be released tomorrow, on June 19! Conjure Demons to Vanquish Demons Make way for Raidou Kuzunoha, Devil Summoner!

Now, that game, Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army, returns tomorrow as RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army, an enhanced remaster for PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®5!

The Raidou Kuzunoha games quickly gained a loyal following due to their unique alternate Taisho-era setting, engaging detective narrative, and real-time combat alongside demon companions. Players take on the role of Raidou Kuzunoha XIV, the successor to a lineage of Devil Summoners. Created as spin-offs to Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner, the first Raidou Kuzunoha game debuted in Japan in 2006, followed by its sequel, Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon, in 2008.

The first Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha game returns after 19 years with its new-and-improved version

Nearly two decades after the release of the first game, ATLUS breathes new life into the series, preserving the original’s acclaimed writing and characters while offering upgraded visuals, improved combat, and more demons. The story is also now fully voiced, adding a whole new dimension to the game. Whether you’re a fan of the original or a first-time player, prepare to immerse yourself in this alternate Taisho-era epic!

Remastered visuals

Enjoy Raidou’s adventures around the Capital with a pristine new look! The game now features refined graphics and a fully immersive 3D world.

Enhanced combat system

RAIDOU Remastered features a new-and-improved version of the combat mechanics from Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon. Battles are now more dynamic and strategic with revamped combos, a new dodge mechanic, the introduction of the MAG Drain System, and the ability to summon up to two demon allies!

Expanded demon lineup

This new title includes 50 more demons than the original, bringing the total to over 120 demons! Team up with familiar allies from Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon, Shin Megami Tensei V, and other ATLUS titles!

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Helpful new features at the Goumaden

The Goumaden makes fusion even smoother with brand-new options. You can fuse two demons from separate orders with Normal Fusion, set certain criteria with Search Fusion, begin with a specific fusion result in mind with Reverse Fusion, use two demons of the same Order to create one of the Element Order with Element Fusion, or fuse two Element Order demons to make a Mitama Order demon with Mitama Fusion.

Other features and quality-of-life improvements

Improved Detective Journal

Gouto meticulously keeps track of your objectives, intel collected from investigations, tips, and more in the Detective Journal.

You can view it at any time from the menu, so take advantage of it if you ever get stuck during an investigation.

Express Streetcars

As you pursue your investigation, you will no doubt find yourself needing to revisit the Narumi Detective Agency, certain crime scenes, and various other locations. Hop in an express streetcar to instantly travel to places you’ve already visited.

Voice Settings

Enjoy an even more immersive story with full voice acting! You can toggle voices on and off in Game Settings. You are also able to switch between Japanese and English voices, each offering a unique experience.

Enhanced Save Features

The number of available save slots has been increased to 20!

Additionally, the new Autosave feature automatically records your progress as you advance through the story. You can also Quicksave by accessing the pause menu!

Difficulty Settings

Choose from five difficulty levels. Sleuth offers the most forgiving experience, preventing Raidou and his demonic allies from dying. Gumshoe provides an easygoing playthrough, Private Eye presents the standard difficulty level, and Truth Seeker will put your skills to the test. Finally, Detective Legend will be unlocked after you’ve completed the game once, bringing the highest possible challenge.

Feel free to change the difficulty at any time while playing!

Learn all about the game with the Principles of Raidou videos!

In a special video series on the official ATLUS YouTube channel, join an enigmatic Devil Summoner as he goes over RAIDOU Remastered’s world, demons, enhanced battle system, story, and characters.

THE PRINCIPLES of RAIDOU|The World of the Taisho Era Capital and Ally Demons


(For Southeast Asia) RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army will be released tomorrow, on June 19! Conjure Demons to Vanquish Demons Make way for Raidou Kuzunoha, Devil Summoner!

THE PRINCIPLES of RAIDOU| Battle system of Raidou

(※ATLUS Tubeの動画「ライドウの心得:ライドウのバトル・システム」がテキストリンクで入ります)


(For Southeast Asia) RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army will be released tomorrow, on June 19! Conjure Demons to Vanquish Demons Make way for Raidou Kuzunoha, Devil Summoner!

THE PRINCIPLES of RAIDOU| Story and Characters

(※ATLUS Tubeの動画「ライドウの心得:物語と登場人物」がテキストリンクで入ります)


(For Southeast Asia) RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army will be released tomorrow, on June 19! Conjure Demons to Vanquish Demons Make way for Raidou Kuzunoha, Devil Summoner!

Protect the Capital as a Devil Summoner in Taisho year 20

It is the 20th year of the Taisho era in Japan. As the movement toward Westernization begins to intensify, sinister beings known as demons threaten the peace and order of the Capital unbeknownst to its inhabitants. Raidou Kuzunoha XIV, a Devil Summoner who wields the power to decimate demons, is tasked with protecting the Capital from these threats.

Moonlighting as a detective apprentice at the Narumi Detective Agency, he works around the clock to solve mysterious cases linked to demons. One day, a young schoolgirl appears with a bizarre request.

The client is Kaya Daidouji, the only daughter of the prestigious Daidouji family. However, before she can explain, she is abducted by mysterious figures. Tracking her down won’t be easy for Raidou and his boss, Narumi. This mystifying abduction is about to escalate into a full-blown crisis that will put the Capital and the entire country in jeopardy.

Raidou Kuzunoha XIV

The protagonist: a calm and quiet boy in his late teens. Since taking on the name Raidou Kuzunoha XIV, he has been tasked with using his extraordinary Devil Summoner abilities to safeguard the Capital. Outwardly, he’s a student at Yumizuki High School helping out as an apprentice at Narumi Detective Agency. He leverages his position as a detective to gather information, utilizing the powers of his devil allies to solve any case involving demons swiftly. Beneath his cloak, he carries several demon-slaying tools: a sword, a gun, and multiple tubes for sealing demons.

Encounter a memorable cast of characters throughout the Capital

You’ll cross paths with a host of unique individuals as you work to crack the case, including Raidou’s feline mentor Gouto, Raidou’s boss Narumi, reporter Tae Asakura, the patriotic Major General Munakata, and the crooked Dark Summoner Rasputin. To learn more about them, visit the official website.

Read the official character profiles here

Solve a paranormal case with the help of your demon companions

As a detective, you’ll investigate various incidents in the Capital, which will require intel from not just the inhabitants, but also the demons lurking about. You can also tap into your demon allies’ Investigation Skills to help you crack cases. Read Mind allows you to hear the inner thoughts of people unwilling to provide verbal testimony and Cool Down creates new paths by freezing water. On top of that, your demons can sleuth out areas that are off-limits to Raidou.

Search for clues in the Real World and the Dark Realm

Your investigations will take you back and forth between the Capital and the Dark Realm, a nexus between the Real World and the Netherworld that is overflowing with demons. Outside of Devil Summoners and others with spiritual abilities, an ordinary person cannot enter—let alone sense—the Dark Realm. However, once in a blue moon, a demon may lure them in. In this remastered version of the Dark Realm, you’ll now be able to enter combat by making contact with demons in the field.

The Capital features a variety of areas to explore, including districts steeped in western architecture as well as traditional downtown neighborhoods. At the Narumi Detective Agency in Tsukudo-Cho, you can save, heal, and review your progress on the case. Once you’ve acquired a certain item, you’ll also be able to play a game of mahjong against Narumi or your demons.

Coordinate with your demon companions in RAIDOU Remastered’s improved combat system

RAIDOU Remastered features real-time combat where Raidou and his summonable demon allies can work together to take down foes. As Raidou, you’ll be able to string together sword and gun attacks with a range of other maneuvers.

In the original game, you could only summon one demon at a time, but in the remaster, you’ll now be able to command up to two allies just like in Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon. Your companions act independently, choosing the most appropriate action for the situation at hand or executing the commands you’ve given them. Each demon has their own unique combat skills, so it’ll be important to consider how they complement each other or fare against enemies. You can also simply deploy your favorites—even two of the same demon, if you’d like!

Harness the new MAG Drain System

Magnetite (MAG) is a form of spiritual energy used by demons to perform Combat Skills. Raidou’s light sword attacks siphon MAG from enemies, while his strong attacks deal more damage but do not replenish the party’s MAG. Being able to quickly decide which to prioritize will make all the difference! Additionally, exploiting an enemy’s weakness will stun them, allowing you to deal more damage and recover significant MAG.

Turn enemies into allies using the art of confinement

The art of confinement allows you to seal an enemy into one of Raidou’s tubes. Should you succeed, you may have the chance to strike up a conversation with them. Choose an answer they like, and they’ll provide benefits such as healing your party or boosting your stats!

Go all out with Devil’s Bane and Spirit Slash

Once you’ve got an enemy off guard, you’ll be able to perform Devil’s Bane—a technique that inflicts a massive amount of damage and steals the enemy’s MAG. Additionally, meeting certain conditions during battle will raise your Spirit. Once it’s maxed out, you can perform Spirit Slash to deliver tremendous damage to all enemies in the field.

Command over 120 demon allies!

50 new demons have been added to the remaster, bringing the total to over 120. At the Goumaden, Dr. Victor’s research facility, Raidou can fuse the demons he captures with the art of confinement into more powerful ones. On top of that, each demon belongs to a specific Order, which influences their weaknesses, skills, and fusion properties.

When performing fusion, you are able to decide which skills the new demon inherits, allowing you to create a demon that is uniquely yours. Registering your demons into the Devil Chart will allow you to summon them again at any time. With the Premium Devil Chart, you’ll be able to register multiple entries for the same demon.

Customizing demon skills

Demons possess two types of skills: Combat Skills and Passive Skills. Your allies will gain new abilities as they level up, and they can even inherit them during demon fusion. Skill books allow you to teach your demons specific skills.

Sword Alchemy and Summoner Skills

Sword Alchemy is a new feature that allows Raidou to craft new weapons by fusing blades with demonic essence at the Goumaden. Through the crafted weapons, Raidou can acquire new abilities known as Summoner Skills. The first type, Combat Skills, includes a range of powerful techniques for battle. The second type, Sword Skills, encompasses abilities that provide Raidou with passive bonuses simply by equipping them. You can change your Summoner Skills as you see fit—even mid-battle!

Tons of side content to enjoy, from side quests to post-game features

Throughout your investigation, humans and demons around the Capital may give you requests. You’ll earn rewards for completing these, so be sure to lend a helping hand when you can! Once you’ve completed the game, you’ll be able to choose the Detective Legend difficulty mode for a more challenging experience. By completing a certain quest will unlock Raiho’s fusion, a lovable Jack Frost who looks up to Raidou!

Two Chapters of Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Lone Marebito, a manga spin-off, are available now!

Register the game on SEGA Account by July 31 to receive in-game items!

SEGA Account, an online profile service that gives you access to a host of benefits when playing SEGA and ATLUS titles and using their online services, is running a limited-time promotion where those who register the game can receive the Survival Pack Light Gear DLC for free! Be sure to register for SEGA Account by July 31 to claim a gift code for these items! If you’ve already got an account, you’re welcome to pick up a code too!

Free DLC

・Survival Pack Light Gear

 Soma x2

 Survival Erudition x5

※ Soma can be obtained in-game even without this additional content.

※ Survival Erudition is an item exclusive to the additional content. It prevents Raidou’s death once and fully restores his HP. However, on the “Sleuth” mode, Raidou and his demon allies cannot die, so this item cannot be used. Please use it on other difficulty mode.

※For details on how to obtain the item, please refer to the in-game “Detective Journal”


Wednesday, May 21, 2025 – Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 23:59 (JST)

Thursday, June 19, 2025 – Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 23:59 (JST)

How to Receive a Gift Code

1. Register to SEGA Account and link a platform.

2. Visit the Free Gift Code Promotion website on or after June 19, 2025.

3. Use your SEGA Account information to log in and select the platform you’d like to receive the

bonus on.

4. Claim your code on the gift code website.

「SEGA Account」Registration Campaing

Free Gift Code Promotion website

Helpful DLC item bundles available at launch!

When the game launches tomorrow, the PlayStation®Store will offer a host of items to aid you in your investigations. The Kuzunoha Village Trainings, Demons of the Aril Rift, Guest Demons Pack, Skill Book Pack, and Survival Pack DLC can be purchased individually or at a special bargain price through the Devil Summoner Ultimate Bundle. Demonic Designations: Summoner Titles and A Special Briefing will be free for all players.

Kuzunoha Village Trainings

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Offers three ways to train that allow you to increase your EXP, money, and stats quickly.

Demons of the Aril Rift

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Introduces a special Trial of a Hundred Demons to the game. Clearing it lets you unlock 4 unique Skill Books that can power up your demons.

Guest Demons Pack

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Adds fan-favorite demons from the Shin Megami Tensei series to the game. Includes:

Fionn mac Cumhaill of the Pyro Order, Artemis of the Frost Order, Zeus of the Volt Order, Huang Long of the Wind Order, Gozuki of the Fury Order, Mezuki of the Fury Order.

Skill Book Pack

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Gives you a selection of powerful Skill Books, which can be used to teach new abilities to your demons.

Survival Pack

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Provides you with a set of items that revives Raidou when he falls in battle, Renki a valuable item for Sword Alchemy and more.

Ultimate DLC Bundle

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A special set that includes the 5 DLC products above at a great value.

A Special Briefing

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Get additional entries to your Detective Journal that shed new light on the case’s true culprits.

(Not recommended for players who have yet to finish the main story.)

Demonic Designations: Summoner Titles

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Adds 10 new titles for Raidou to equip.These titles were carefully selected from user-submitted suggestions on various social media platforms as part of a contest.

※ Release Date: July 3

※ New submissions for the contest are no longer being accepted.

Early Purchase Bonus—Raidou Glasses. See Raidou through a new lens—with Taisho era-styled glasses!

The Raidou Glasses, a cosmetic DLC item that spruces up Raidou’s appearance, will be bundled with the physical and digital versions of the game as a limited-time bonus. Physical copies will contain the bonus while supplies last. For digital copies, however, you must pre-order the game to receive the Raidou Glasses. Make sure you pre-order by 23:59 June 18!

Get a deal on the base game and the 5 DLC add-ons by picking up the Digital Deluxe Edition!

The Digital Deluxe Edition will also be available at launch. Save on the base game, the Guest Demons Pack, Demons of the Aril Rift, Kuzunoha Village Trainings, Skill Book Pack, and Survival Pack by picking it up!

RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army DX Pack

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PS5/PS4 Version of RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Base Gmae

5 Additional contents

Additional content “Kuzunoha Village Trainings”

Additional content “Demons of the Aril Rift”

Additional content “Guest Demons Pack”

Additional content “Skill Book Pack”

Additional content “Survival Pack”

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RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army

・Publisher :SEGA

・Platforms:PlayStation 5 / PlayStation 4

・Genre: Action RPG

・Release Date: Coming June 19, 2025 (Thu)

・Number of Player :1 person

・CERO:C

※ Owners of a PS4® disc copy can download digital PS5® version of this game at no extra cost

※ Players with a physical copy of the PS4 version can download the digital copy of the PS5 version by inserting the disc into their PS5. Without a disc drive, you won’t be able to receive a free digital copy of the PS5 version.

※ Digital version of this game entitles you to download both the digital PS4® version and the digital PS5® version.

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Official Website for RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army 

Here’s The Top 10 Most Valuable Yu-Gi-Oh Cards You Can Still Find In 2025 Boosters

Whether it was the anime, the video games, or the card game itself, Yu-Gi-Oh has been a pop culture staple for over 25 years.

Today, it remains one of the most popular and enduring trading card games on the planet, and whether you’re chasing meta-defining staples or just looking to fill out your binder with something flashy, the high-value cards always demand attention.

2025 has taken a breather compared to last year’s chaos. Prices are down, panic-buying has cooled, and both duelists and collectors are feeling the benefits.

But make no mistake, there are still plenty of premium pulls hidden in Yu-Gi-Oh’s 2025 releases. Between Supreme Darkness and Alliance Insight, we’ve seen the final wave of Quarter Century Secret Rares. And just this past week, Starlight Rares officially returned to the TCG, turning heads and inflating wishlists overnight.

So, since we’re halfway through 2025, I’ve been busy taking stock of the most valuable cards you can still pull from Yu-Gi-Oh’s 2025 boosters. It’s time to d-d-d-duel!

10. Mulcharmy Purulia

This reprint of Mulcharmy Purulia is pretty pricey these days, reaching around $100 right now after its printing in Maxze of the Master.

It has started to level off, but it was a sharp climb just a couple of months ago.

9. Mitsurugui Ritual

Sitting at around $90 at the time of asking, this spell card is a dream for reptile-focused decks. The Supreme Darkness Quarter Century Super Rare version has recently dropped from $120 to $90, but it’s still expensive.

8. Maiden of White

If you managed to grab the Blue-Eyes White Destiny structure deck, then good news – many of its cards are pretty pricey to get these days.

Maiden of White is going for around $90-100 right now, with first editions climbing to the $120s.

7. Paladins of Bonds and Unity

As TCGPlayer explains, Paladins of Bonds and Unity is perhaps less useful to play with and more of a collector’s edition. That art is gorgeous, and it’s going for around $100 on the secondary market (although some are asking for more).

6. Maliss P March Hare

It never takes long for Yu-Gi-Oh cards to devolve into made-up words and random letters, but this one is worth checking your packs for. In fact, it’s the most valuable Secret Rare from this year’s Alliance Insight set.

5. Dragon Master Lords

A 5000 attack and defense creature that can’t be targeted by card effects? Where do we sign? This XYZ creature is essentially a one-card wincon, but it won’t come cheap.

4. A Bao A Qu, the Lightless Shadow

Remember what we said about words and letters? This link-summoned monster can bring in monsters while disrupting your opponent nicely. Destroy a card and bring in your own? We’re sold.

But we’ll need to get saving – it reaches over $130 at present.

3. Rimite Dragon Ether Beryl

We didn’t expect this badass dragon to be called Beryl, but this isn’t one to be laughed at. It’ll set you back $150 right now for its Monster Mayhem version, and it plays very, very nicely with Blue-Eyes White Dragon decks.

2. Dark Magician Girl the Magician’s Apprentice

If you’ve enjoyed anything Yu-Gi-Oh over the years, you’ll know this one.

While Dark Magician Girl the Magician’s Apprentice’s core stats are hardly awe-inspiring, collectors love her (I wonder why?) so her Quarter Century Secret Rare from Alliance Insight is fetching up to $170 right now at TCGPlayer and other secondary markets like eBay.

That’s a lot of cash considering her Secret Rare counterpart is just under $10 market right now as well, but who am I to judge?

1. Mulcharmy Meowls

Sorry Dark Magician Girl the Magician’s Apprentice, your artwork is no longer the cutest on this list. The most valuable card of 2025 is the truly adorable Mulcharmy Meowls, which is going for upwards of $200.

Honorable Mention: Battles of Legend: Monster Mayhem

It wouldn’t feel right to wrap up without a quick nod to Battles of Legend: Monster Mayhem. While it’s still early days for this set, and prices haven’t fully settled yet, a couple of cards are already standing out.

Namely, Blue-Eyes White Dragon (Starlight Rare) from BLMM is currently hovering around the $120–140 mark, and close behind, Galatea-i, the Orcust Automation (also in Starlight Rare) looks poised to follow suit at around $127.49 right now.

That said, it’s too soon to draw any hard conclusions for the time being. These early prices are often inflated by hype, and the market tends to shift quickly. We’ll be keeping a close eye on where these cards land once the dust settles, and the other eye on Duelist’s Advance.

Where to Find Valuable Yu-Gi-Oh Cards in 2025

So your best bet of owning any of the above is simply through the secondary market, and buying individual cards standalone.

But, if you are in it for the love of the game, and fancy fleecing out for some shiny boosters in an attempt to pull some of the rarest cards going, this is where you can buy the latest 2025 Yu-Gi-Oh booster bundles.

We’ve mentioned the highest price sold as well, alongside the current listing price at the time of publication,so you have a good idea what the market is looking like at the moment.

Looking for more TCG discussion and market watch updates? Check out the full Magic: The Gathering release schedule for 2025, this week’s MTG price movers and shakers, or, on the Pokemon side of things, our latest crashers and climbers for Pokemon TCG and the most expensive cards going right now for trainers.

Lloyd Coombes is Gaming Editor @ Daily Star. He’s a big fan of Magic: The Gathering and other collectible card games, much to his wife’s dismay. He’s also a tech, gaming, and fitness freelancer seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar, Tom’s Guide, IGN, and more.

This article includes contributions from Robert Anderson. Thanks to the lovely folks at TCGPlayer for information and data that informed this article.

Dying Light: Retouched Update Enhances Audio and Visuals This Week as Thousands Continue Playing the 10-Year-Old Zombie Game

Techland is taking players back to Harran after 10 years with a surprise free content release for the original Dying Light that it’s calling the Retouched update.

Come June 26, 2025, the thousands of players who haven’t been able to let go of the 2015 zombie parkour hit will be treated to improvements that should improve the experience across the board. The Dying Light: Retouched update includes visual enhancements, a remastered soundtrack, and more for players across PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and S. IGN has asked Techland about a potential Nintendo Switch version of the Retouched update.

So, let’s set the record straight: the Retouched Update is about squeezing out even more from the Dying Light you already love.

It’s an exciting time to be a fan of the original Dying Light, but Techland wants to make one thing clear: Retouched is not a remaster. Franchise director Tymon Smektała said this update is more about improving the original experience without altering its system requirements.

“When I looked online the day after [the update was announced], my heart skipped a beat. Quite a few of you were expecting a full remaster of some sort,” Smektała explained in a new blog post. “So, let’s set the record straight: the Retouched Update is about squeezing out even more from the Dying Light you already love. It’s not a complete overhaul or remaster.”

Some of the visual enhancements players can expect include improved textures, lighting, and shadows. You might notice a wooden fence has a bit more detail or that certain metal surfaces will reflect light more realistically, for example. Techland is especially proud of how some floors and cement walls look in Dying Light: Retouched, sharing images of stone paths that feature more depth than before.

In the audio department, original Dying Light composer Paweł Blaszczak returned to remaster the soundtrack. The entire soundtrack has been re-recorded on tape for Retouched, with new tracks, ambient sounds, and even hit reaction audio also remastered for this week’s update.

“A lot of you have been asking in the last few months about the Retouched Update — where it was, why it was taking so long,” the post continued. “The honest answer is this: we were working with 10+ year old technology. Even with all the new experience we’ve gained over the years, figuring out how to apply those learnings to the original Dying Light engine while keeping everything stable was a challenge.”

The Dying Light: Retouched update is less Techland reanimating a long-forgotten corpse and more of an example of that team delivering a surprise for a game that has somehow managed to stand the test of time. Despite SteamDB listing a player peak of only 45,876, the original Dying Light has hovered around the 12,000-player mark for the last year. Those are impressive numbers for a zombie game that mostly leans on its single-player offerings, and it’s even more impressive considering Dying Light 2: Stay Human, which launched just three years ago, usually struggles to break 10,000 players.

The original Dying Light story will continue with the launch of Dying Light: The Beast, which recently pinned down a release date of August 22, 2025, for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S. It follows original protagonist Kyle Crane in a new story, and you check out our preview of how it looks so far here. Finally, you can read up on our original Dying Light review, where we gave the parkour zombie video game an 8.5/10.

Michael Cripe is a freelance contributor with IGN. He’s best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).

FISH³ is a surreal arcade fishing racer where you have to fish while you drive a fish-powered boat

I love fishing in games. I already went over this last week with Out Fishing, so I won’t repeat myself much more. But I do desperately need to tell you about FISH³, or FISH³: FISHTASTIC FISHING FISHSCAPES, a very unconventional fishing game that’s also an arcade time trial racer, where the fish you catch are also your boat’s engine, and you can fish while you’re racing? If, like me, that entire description has you thinking “come again”, then read on.

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Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ latest update brings in a nightmare difficulty mode and another weird collab

Another month, another Assassin’s Creed Shadows update, again one that comes with a list of quality of life changes, but also one that comes with another surprising collaboration. Let’s start with that one, which is, weirdly, a new story pack made in collaboration with Critical Role, the wildly popular actual play series. For some context, Critical Role did an official Assassin’s Creed themed oneshot a little while back. In said oneshot, Hi-Fi Rush‘s Robbie Daymond played a character called Rufino, who’s being added into the game through this new mission in update 1.0.6.

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Jurassic World Evolution 3 No Longer Includes Generative AI Portraits Following Fan Backlash

Frontier Developments is walking back the use of generative AI in Jurassic World Evolution 3 following backlash from fans.

Jurassic World Evolution 3 finally sprouted legs when its official reveal trailer was published as part of Summer Game Fest 2025 earlier this month. Its existence marked the end of a four-year wait for a third game in the dinosaur strategy simulation franchise, but much of the excitement was quickly soured when fans discovered that Frontier had used controversial generative AI technology to create certain scientist portraits in-game.

Shortly after this realization, fans gathered to campaign against the use of AI in Jurassic World Evolution 3 in hopes that Frontier would reverse its decision in favor of content created by actual human beings. It’s a movement that seems to have achieved the desired results, as the team behind the Jurassic Park video game now replied to a popular Steam post to confirm that generative AI portraits will be removed.

“Thanks for your feedback on this topic,” the post says. “We have opted to remove the use of generative AI for scientist portraits within Jurassic World Evolution 3.”

Those who visit the Jurassic World Evolution 3 Steam page will now find that Steam’s AI Generated Content Disclosure can no longer be found above the list of its system requirements. It’s a move that’s already being celebrated by the Jurassic World Evolution 3 community as they look forward to seeing art that wasn’t created by artificial intelligence.

“Thank you. As a dev myself, this was wholly unnecessary from the start and such an own goal that I’m happy to see the pivot, and to be able to wish the team the best for a successful launch,” one Steam user said. “Been such a fan of JWE1+2 (and PC/PZ), so this change takes me from a never-buy to a buy-at-launch!”

Frontier confirmed in a statement to GameWatcher that Jurassic World Evolution 3 still has a release date of October 21, 2025, for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S. In the meantime, you can read up on how other companies, such as Epic Games, Microsoft, and Capcom, are using AI in their video games.

Michael Cripe is a freelance contributor with IGN. He’s best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).

Drag X Drive Switch 2 eShop Price Revealed

And it’s cheaper than most.

Earlier today, Nintendo dropped a surprise on everyone by revealing Drag x Drive‘s release date on the Nintendo Today! app. And now, a few hours later, pre-orders are open — and that means the price has been revealed, too.

You can snap up the digital-only wheelchair basketball game for just $19.99 USD / GBP £16.99, which is a pretty bargain price all things considered. Many didn’t expect the game to retail at a high price given its premise, but it’s good to have confirmation.

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Brilliance of the Pioneers of the Stealth Genre Recaptured by an Indie Game

Brilliance of the Pioneers of the Stealth Genre Recaptured by an Indie Game

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Summary

  • A brief History of the Stealth genre.
  • Recapture the brilliance and atmosphere of the genre from an indie developer.
  • Aesthetics and the importance of art in stealth action.

Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear, released in 1987, defined what we know today as the Stealth-Action genre. Not long after, the second installment of Thief along with the burgeoning series of Hitman and Splinter Cell further expanded on the concept and shaped our modern understanding of what makes a good stealth experience. Nowadays, Stealth-Action games are ever expanding in their complexity; however, during this pursuit the brilliance of the original core gameplay became somewhat lost and that is what No Sun to Worship wishes to recapture.

No Sun to Worship screenshot

A Return to the Roots of the Art of Infiltration

The premise of the game’s six bite-sized chapters is quite simple: enter the area, eliminate the targets and extract safely. Your character is given the same set of tools and resources and here the developer, Merlino Games, asks the questions – how will you make the most of it? This limitation starkly contrasts with a with total freedom of how to approach each level, giving the player the power to master their craft. By sneaking, crawling, disabling surveillance, smashing light sources and moving undetected precious bullets are saved for key target or isolated threats with each mishap becoming a drain on resources. However, even once these run out, your creativity can shine: no one needs to know your trained gun is empty – as they yield all the same.

No Sun to Worship screenshot

Art and the Echoes of a Dying World

No Sun To Worship not only recreates the gameplay of the pioneers of the genre, but also the retro aesthetics and the mood of the games from that era. The game’s world is a bleak  one, where your role emerges through action and environment as you travel through a dying post- nuclear world .

No Sun to Worship screenshot

If you yearn for the stealth games of old and wish test your infiltration and assassination skills today, then No Sun to Worship is here for you to play.

No Sun To Worship

Hyperstrange


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$12.99

$11.69

No Sun To Worship is a minimalist, stealth-action game that captures the brilliance of the first pioneers of the stealth genre and recreates their retro-aesthetic charm within an echo of a dying world.

Punishment Delivered
Each of 6 bite-sized chapters will challenge your art of infiltration and assassination by giving you freedom to approach the levels as you see fit. Sneak, crawl, disable surveillance and smash light sources to move undetected. Isolate and eliminate targets silently or start firefights on your own terms. Manage your resources wisely or be forced to get creative – The enemy doesn’t need to know the gun aimed at their head is empty.

Echo of a dying world
Discover your role and the broader canvas through environmental and non-verbal storytelling as you travel through an echo of a dying world, left in agony after a nuclear war with its inhabitants trying to stitch its broken pieces back together as the onlookers from another world observe in silence.

Coming to Xbox Series X|S

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Little Nightmares III launches Oct 10 on PS5 & PS4, Carnevale level revealed

Ah, hello again little Visitor. It’s been a while, but we’re so pleased to see you here in the Spiral, ready to discover more about one of the picturesque amusements you’ll be touring in Little Nightmares III, coming to your PS5 and PS4 on October 10, 2025.

When you enter the world of Little Nightmares, you’ll be visiting the Nowhere, a vast and surreal land where the odds are stacked against you; where children must use their wits and courage to survive. It’s a place made for adults, you see. Where the rotten cruelty of the grown-up world is an ever-present danger, constantly permutating into new and frightening places and hosting new Residents to populate them.


Little Nightmares III launches Oct 10 on PS5 & PS4, Carnevale level revealed

This time, you’ll play Low and Alone, best friends ever since they found each other in this lonely nightmare. They have been traveling together in search of what every Visitor wants: an escape from the Nowhere. Like other Visitors, they’ve been through many harrowing moments, only surviving thanks to their teamwork and quick thinking.

Now, they have a plan that will supposedly let them leave this unpleasant dream behind, but to get to their destination, they’ll have to explore, hide, and even defend themselves, working together as a team.

Today, let’s go on an outing to Carnevale.

Low and Alone find themselves on a rainy pier in the middle of the night. In the distance, the glow of lights beckons, and once again, the smell of candied treats lingers in the air.

They are suddenly in the midst of a ramshackle fun fair, faded greasepaint and flickering bulbs shout distractions from every direction. Fortunately for the children, the local Herd are too busy playing rigged games and eating Factory sweets to notice the children sneaking around – unless they draw too much attention…

That being said, there are times when drawing the attention of the Herd is advantageous. Sometimes, you can lure these lumbering creatures into danger or use them to destroy obstacles to your progress. Then, it’s simply a matter of escaping before they can catch up to you. That shouldn’t be too hard, right, little ones?

Each broken-down attraction is hosted by a puppet barker with no visible strings and unpiloted by any visible hands. These child-sized marionettes are not very welcoming to Visitors, and will attack any little guest who wanders too close for comfort. With a bit of cooperation between Low’s bow and Alone’s wrench, they can disable these pugnacious puppets before they can strike.

It might seem like an atypically pleasant place for the Nowhere, with the relatively cheerful atmosphere, but not all is well in this three-ringed circus. 

You can see it in the rotted planks of the pier, the strangled customers standing in for pinatas; and yet, the Herd marches on through the midway, dazzled by strings of flickering carbon lights and tantalized by the sighing pipes of a distant calliope, all of them unaware that death is lurking somewhere among the sodden painted canvas walls of the Carnevale big top tents.

As Low and Alone stowaway on the rickety rollercoaster headed for the main attraction, they have no idea what terrors might be waiting for them on the other side. 

Someone is running this show, but who?

Find out for yourself when Little Nightmares III launches on PS5 and PS4 on October 10, 2025. Pre-order today and get access to more content!

Sony Highlights 4 New PlayStation VR2 Games as Concern Over Lack of Support Grows

Sony has given PlayStation VR2 (PSVR 2) owners some much-needed love by showing off four new VR games coming to fans within the next year.

The company detailed some of the PSVR 2 games players can look forward to in a PlayStation Blog post. The four titles are Dreams of Another, Grit and Valor – 1949, Hotel Infinity, and Meteora, with each offering a completely different virtual-reality experience from the last.

Dreams of Another

Topping the list of new PSVR 2 games is Q-Games’ latest entry in the PixelJunk series, Dreams of Another. This is one VR game that players already knew about, but its appearance today still comes with a new look at its mesmerizing gameplay and how virtual reality will allow players to thoroughly explore dreamlike worlds in both first- and third-person. It’s currently set to come to PC, PlayStation 5, and PSVR 2 later this year.

Grit and Valor – 1949

If you’re looking for something less serene and more action-y, then Milky Tea Studios’ Grit and Valor – 1949 might be for you. This is a real-time tactics rogue-lite from earlier this year that will soon allow PSVR 2 players to control alternate history battlefields in World War II. That means navigating through menus with the tips of your fingers and even picking up and placing units as if they’re real-life models when it launches August 21, 2025.

Hotel Infinity

Manifold Garden developer Studio Chyr is bringing its puzzle expertise to PSVR 2 with Hotel Infinity, a mind-bending experience that looks to twist player perspectives in more ways than one. Its gameplay trailer shows the slightly creepy hotel — and puzzles — VR fans can get lost in when it arrives later this year.

Meteora

Rounding out the list of Sony’s new PSVR 2 games is Meteora, a space racing game where players step into the rocky shoes of a flaming meteor in what is described as a “combat racing” game. This one is about rising to the top of leaderboards in what looks like a colorful and explosive experience, and it’s coming to PSVR 2 in 2026.

Sony unleashed the PSVR 2 as its VR peripheral sequel device in February 2023. Despite introducing a slew of new features and upgraded tech, reports signaled PSVR 2 suffered from an underwhelming launch. It was mostly doom and gloom for the headset until Sony eventually revealed that the PSVR 2 had actually managed to outperform the launch of the original PSVR, coming in at just below 600,000 units sold six weeks post-launch.

However, one year later, in March 2024, Bloomberg reported that Sony would be pausing PSVR 2 production in order to ensure its backlog of unsold units would be sold. Just last week, it was announced that action-rhythm mega-hit Beat Saber would be ending support for VR devices on PS4 and PS5 starting immediately. Although four games are now on the way, many have wondered if Sony still actually cares about PSVR 2 for quite some time.

Today’s announcements at least show that Sony has a bit more gas in the tank when it comes to PSVR 2. For more, you can check out our original PSVR 2 review, where we gave the device a 9/10.

Michael Cripe is a freelance contributor with IGN. He’s best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).