Hi, I’m Tim Willits from Saber Interactive, and we are excited to announce Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival, coming to PlayStation 5!
As lifelong fans of the legendary Hellraiser franchise, it’s been an honor to bring this terrifying universe to life in a way that is true to the franchise.
Hellraiser: Revival is a single-player, first-person action survival horror experience that will put you into the dark world of Clive Barker’s twisted imagination. From the moment we started this journey, our team has poured every ounce of passion, creativity, and determination into crafting what we believe will be the definitive Hellraiser gaming experience.
Ready to take a peek into the horrors that await? Watch the announcement trailer here:
You will play as Aidan, the protagonist in the story who must fight with various melee and ranged weapons, and use the mystical powers of the Genesis Configuration to take down unholy enemies. Finding a way to survive your bargain with the infamous Pinhead and help your girlfriend Sunny escape is never as simple as it seems in a world filled with Cenobites, cultists, deviants, and the realm of torture and pain that is the Labyrinth.
Speaking of the story, we have been greatly privileged to consult with Clive Barker himself to make sure this new chapter in the Hellraiser storyline is authentic to the vision of his iconic Hellraiser films.
Hellraiser stands as one of the most iconic horror franchises of all time, and we fully understand the legacy we’re stepping into. From the very start, we’ve committed to holding nothing back.
The Hellraiser universe is defined by its unflinching exploration of pain, pleasure, and the thin and terrifying line that separates the two. That essence is at the heart of our game.
We are embracing everything that makes Hellraiser unforgettable and weaving it into an experience designed to leave you shocked, exhilarated, and, yes, just a little bit disturbed.
Because let’s face it—what is a horror game if it doesn’t leave a mark on you, body and soul?
We can’t wait to reveal more in 2025. Come with us, for we have such sights to show you!
During today’s Pokémon Presents, The Pokémon Company announced a brand new Pokémon spin-off game. It’s called Pokémon Friends, and it’s a daily brain teaser game featuring lots of Pokémon-themed puzzles.
In the trailer, we got a look at a number of examples of the sorts of puzzles we’ll encounter in Pokémon Friends. The first one showed a design of tiles with light bulbs on them, asking players to draw a line from one tile that touched every single other tile only once. Another had a player sliding lined tiles around to connect a path so that water could flow from one side to the other. Still others involved connecting train tracks, predicting which balloons wouldn’t be popped by a flying arrow, sliding around an ice maze, and more.
All the games are themed around Pokémon such as Pikachu, Piplup, Mudkip, Sableye, and more. Completing puzzles gets the player in-game Pokemon plush items that they can use to decorate a virtual room.
Pokémon Friends is out right now on iOS, Android, and Nintendo Switch. It costs $9.99 on Nintendo Switch, and is “free to start” on mobile but eventually will block the player from progressing without paying. The game purports to feature over 1,200 different puzzles.
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The Stop Destroying Videogames citizens’ initiative, the EU petition that’s part of the Stop Killing Games campaign, has had an anonymous transparency complaint filed against it.
That’s according to Ross Scott, the YouTuber who’s become the figurehead of Stop Killing Games, which in case you’re out of the loop aims to stop publishers rendering online games unplayable when official support ends. Instead, the movement wants companies to be required to put concrete end-of-life plans in place if they elect to do things like turn servers off.
There’s a new version of Resident Evil 2 made specifically for arcades, and an early version of it is already playable at Namco Funscape in the UK.
Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot, as this on-rails lightgun iteration is known, is the product of a collaboration between Bandai Namco and Capcom to create a fresh arcade iteration of the latter’s survival horror classic.
IGN has visited Namco Funscape in Romford, north-east London, and gone hands-on with Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot ourselves — as you can see in our first footage above.
In it, we can see that Dead Shot has split Resident Evil 2’s narrative into five episodes, with the first two already unlocked. It’s believed that this arcade cabinet has been installed within Namco Funscape for testing, with early bugs ironed out after public play.
Dead Shot’s first episode is its prologue, with a second episode titled “Hunted”. Loading up the prologue, the game then introduces Resident Evil 2’s setting to players: “Leon and Claire find one another on the streets of Raccoon City. Chased by zombies, they evacuate to the police department only to discover further horrors within.”
As you select your episode, a zombified hand shatters through the screen, pulling you (and your co-op partner) in.
The opening section sees Leon and Claire fighting their way into the Raccoon City Police Department, past zombie cops and zombie dogs. The game’s visuals appear to be based on Capcom’s 2019 Resident Evil 2 Remake.
Once inside the building, the pair introduce themselves to each other before more zombie cops interrupt the party. Still, there’s time for a little bit of exposition from just-about-still-alive cop Marvin Branagh, before the action continues.
As with other arcade lightgun games, you’ll need to point the gun away from the screen and pull the trigger to reload. You’ll automatically reload when you run out of bullets, but manual reloading is faster.
It’s unclear how long Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot will remain playable at Namco Funscape, but if you’re headed down in the near future look out for the neon red-lit cabinet with images of Leon, Claire and Ada Wong.
It’s intriguing to see the Resident Evil series featuring Raccoon City here once again, ahead of the franchise’s 30th anniversary next year, and the launch of Resident Evil: Requiem.
Valve recently changed Steam’s rules and regulations to give banks, payment processors, and internet service providers some control over the definition of acceptable “adult content” on Steam, in line with their own respective policies. As Valve suggested to RPS in a statement, it was either that or risk a credit card firm or bank blocking Steam purchases at large. Alongside all this, Valve also delisted a bunch of sexually explicit games, including a number of games that depict incest.
Valve have yet to specify which games they’ve delisted as a direct result of the policy change, or which particular institutions prompted them to make this rather momentous shift. But it looks increasingly like the result of an anti-violent pornography game campaign directed at Valve, Mastercard, Paypal, Visa, Paysafe Limited, Discover and the Japan Credit Bureau in early July, carried out by Australian pressure group Collective Shout. This is the conclusion offered by Collective Shout themselves, anyway – they’ve described the Steam delistings as a “victory for child safety campaigners”, while commenting that they are now being sent misogynistic abuse and threats by players in retaliation.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is one of those games that, even though it isn’t available on any Nintendo consoles – well, not yet anyway – we’ve all likely heard plenty about it thanks to just how widely-acclaimed it’s been since launch earlier in the year. And rightly so!
Indeed, this very writer gave the dazzling RPG a rather nice 10/10 over on our sister site Pure Xbox, so yeah, it’s a proper all-timer. And therefore, it may come as something of a surprise to learn that Charlie Cox, who plays Gustave in Sandfall Interactive’s epic, reckons he hasn’t played a video game since Super Mario 64…which is ages ago.
Greedfall 2 developers Spiders are going ahead with a layoff plan that’ll see “most” of their animating and rigging team affected, according to a post from a lead animator at the Nacon-owned studio.
This LinkedIn post by Erwan Perrin, whose profile cites him as having been a permanent Spiders staffer since 2021, has been reposted by at least four other workers at the the studio.
Nintendo Music has mostly been drip-feeding Switch Online subscribers one game album per week, but this week it’s going all out with 26 game albums from the NES and Famicom era.
This includes songs from classics like Donkey Kong and Duck Hunt, and even games like Devil World have been featured in this latest update. Here’s the full rundown of soundtracks added in this week’s update:
Hot on the heels of Free Title Update 2 comes the next seasonal event in Monster Hunter Wilds: the Festival of Accord: Flamefete, running from July 23 to August 6. In this summer-themed event, the Grand Hub will be decorated to match the season. Hunters can collect tickets to obtain special equipment, take on special Event Quests, and enjoy some fun in the sun in the Grand Hub.
The Grand Hub heats up for Summer
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Visit the Grand Hub – your space to hang out and gather with fellow hunters – decorated to celebrate summer. Listen to a new song performed by the Diva, chow down on a special meal, and make some fun summer memories.
Forge Special Armors
Special armor sets only obtainable during the Festival of Accord: Flamefete can be forged with tickets earned through Event Quests and just for logging in.
Here’s a breakdown of what you can earn during the event:
Special Login Bonuses During the seasonal event, you’ll receive daily rewards such as tickets just for logging in. Use these to forge special equipment and use meal vouchers to eat the special summer-themed meal in the Grand Hub.
Enhanced Regular Login Bonuses Throughout the event period, the usual login bonuses will be boosted:
Lucky Vouchers will be doubled to 2 per day
Barrel Bowling Vouchers will be increased to 3 per day
Daily Limited Bounties Special tickets and items can be earned through daily bounties. Additionally, the Provisions Stockpile will be running an extended sale for the duration of the event.
Special Barrel Bombs, perfect for the beach
Get the Beach Barrel Bomb as a login bonus.
Forge the Afi Armor Set
Collect the special tickets to forge the Afi α series for your Hunter and Felyne Afi α series for your Palico. Having the Afi α series equipped will reward you extra seasonal event slots for certain quests. Make sure to have the armor equipped so you can stock up on tickets and Beach Barrel Bombs.
Additional Limited Contents
Those who claim login bonuses during the event will also receive limited contents. Here’s a look at some exclusive items you can obtain.
Blaze through the Forbidden Lands with the Firebird Caparison Seikret decoration.
You can also get special Titles, as well as a Nameplate, Background, and Pose to use in your Hunter Profile.
Show off your summer spirit by customizing your pop-up camp with special items.
Cool off from the hot weather with a new additional Water Gun gesture to cool down Hunters from all over the world.
By selecting the Water Gun gesture, your Hunter will equip and raise their water gun, ready to cool off anyone in the line of fire. You can rapidly shoot, as well as run around and dodge. How about having a water gun fight with your fellow hunters in between quests?
Enjoy the new Flamefete Felyne Teddy pendant and additional music (BGM).
During the event, you will also be able to have Fabius join the hunt.
New and returning Event Quests
Here’s a look at the new Event Quests debuting alongside the Festival of Accord: Flamefete.
Event Quest: “Pick Your Poison”
Collect special materials to obtain the Diver α series and Felyne Aloha Set α for your Palico.
Event Quest: “Putting Up a Stink”
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Every summer BBQ is better with corn. If you agree, you’ll want to take on this Event Quest to obtain the corn-styled gunlance: Cornpopper. The Half Rim Glasses and Lovely Shades headgear for your hunter and Alma are also available to forge by completing this quest.
The Handlers and the Smithy get a new look for the Seasonal Event
During the seasonal event, Alma, Erik, and Gemma are getting in the summer mood with special new outfits.
They’ll wear these outfits during the seasonal event, and can be purchased as paid DLC to be worn after the event ends
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The Flamefete DLC Pack will become available when the event starts, including the festive special outfits, “Alma Outfit: Summer Poncho, Gemma Outfit: Summer Coveralls,” and Erik Outfit: Summer Hat. In addition, the pack will also include special pendants, gestures, sticker sets, and Seikret decoration. The contents included in the DLC pack can also be purchased individually.
Happy Hunting!
*Please note that it may take some time for the contents to be reflected in the store.
