Category: Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Rockstar Games’ firing of more than 30 workers just over a month ago has once again been brought up by UK politicians, with prime minister Keir Starmer calling it a “deeply concerning case” which will be looked into by government ministers. Rockstar have been accused of union busting by the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain over the firings, with the union having filed legal claims against the company.

The dismissals reportedly followed a discussion on a union-focused Discord server in which staff cited emails from Rockstar about changes to the company’s internal Slack policies.

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Romero Games, the studio founded by Doom co-creator John Romero and Brenda Romero, are marching on despite losing staff after Microsoft suddenly pulling funding for their next shooter amid mass layoffs this summer. Romero says the project isn’t living on in its previous guise, but is instead having elements pulled from it as part of a near-total redesign into a smaller game.

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The wind in your face. The clunk of a gear change. The chill in your skull-haunted handlebars. All sensations that are, presumably, enjoyed by cyclists worldwide, and can be felt for yourself in the game behind door number ten: Wheel World!

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With Call of Duty Black Ops 7 now out in the wild and having earned a largely mixed reception, Activision have said right, that’s it, time to do a thing. Said thing is committing to no longer releasing entries in the same sub-series, be that Modern Warfare or Black Ops, in back-to-back years going forwards.

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Three new trademarks which very much look to be related to Larian’s Divinity RPG series have been unearthed, with one closely mirroring the design of a desert monolith Geoff Keighley’s posted a picture of in advance of The Geoff Awards. That monolith teaser, which Keoff captioned “regal.inspiring.thickness” has been the subject of much chatter for the past week or so, as the big showcase hype machine churns.

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The world’s ended, but doesn’t it look pretty? That seems to be the central premise of Verdant, a game in which a young bloke dirt bikes around the plant-filled remains of post-apocalyptic 1980s Germany, figuring out the conundrums all young dirt bikers face.

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A game where music is illegal and you do crimes. It’s the perfect tone-setting tagline for Unbeatable, a rhythm game about a bunch of young adults (and one child) rebelling against an oppressive regime by playing raucous garage rock.

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My husband died in a horrible toilet accident. Also, I’m distantly related to Ronald Reagan and spend summers in an underwater chateau. These aren’t just very true facts about the author of this article, they’re things you can tell the reprehensible billionaires of the future in Better Than Us. It’s the latest work of Vampire Therapist developers Little Bat Games, and it’s set to arrive in 2026.

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Look lively, me hearties. There, cast your eyes starboard. Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced PEGI rating ahoy. The fair winds have seemed to be blowing our sails towards Ubisoft’s long-rumoured remake or remaster of the fourth mainline Assassin’s Creed, the one that’s all piratey, for years at this point. At last, it seems, we may be on track to slide our hull into its port.

Our compasses have endured much flitting between different directions, buffetted by the rogue gusts of voice actors saying a thing and many reports also saying things. The seasick landlubbers among us may indeed finally breathe their sigh of relief very soon after all, it would seem.

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Break out your finest middle-parted hairdo, as Leon Kennedy’s in Resident Evil Requiem. The Resi 2 and Resi 4 protagonist’s presence has been leaked by the evil resident that is cover art being pushed out too early on the PlayStation Store, which is like Steam, but a bit more blue.

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