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The First Descendant is a third-person looter shooter playable solo or in 4-player co-op launching on July 2.

Watch the new Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 trailer. This action RPG sequel returns to 15th Century Bohemia, continuing Henry’s quest to avenge his parents. Releases 2024.

Here’s a first look at Wanderstop, the new one from the creator of The Stanley Parable and The Beginner’s Guide. Run a tea shop, serve customers, go about your chores, and more. Coming 2024.

Get a first look at Tears of Metal, a co-op roguelike hack’n’slash “coming soon”. Looks cool.

New Star Wars Outlaws trailer. This new open-world is set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi releases August 30.

CUFFBUST is an upcoming indie multiplayer co-op prison escape game, set to launch in 2025. Developed by Gavin Eisenbeisz (Two Star Games), known for Choo-Choo Charles and My Beautiful Paper Smile.

Laura “Cressup” Cress chats with Lucas Pope, the mastermind behind games like Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn. They talk about his latest release, Mars After Midnight, how Obra Dinn was initially envisioned as a series, explore his approach to game design, as well as insights and tips for other solodevs.

Sony’s recent State of Play showcased Concord, the upcoming 5v5 competitive shooter with beta pre-orders starting June 6, Monster Hunter Wilds, set to launch in 2025, and (more excitingly) a new Astro Bot game set to release September 6! There was more, so watch the full thing here.

It’s always a real treat to hear from Nintendo in this context, and at GDC 2024, developers of ToTK spoke about crafting an enriched Hyrule via emergent gameplay in an entirely physics-driven world, and advanced sound design. Technical Director Takuhiro Dohta, Lead Physics Programmer Takahiro Takayama, and Lead Sound Engineer Junya Osada share their design approaches and hurdles their teams overcame during development - absolute legends. In true Nintendo style, even the presentation itself is fun. Hugely insightful and wildly impressive. Watch it here.

Sucks to share leaks, and I very much feel for Valve, but it’s too big to not talk about. “Gabe Follower”, a credible source, has confirmed on Twitter that Valve’s next game previously known as Neon Prime (Citadel) is in development. Now called Deadlock, it’s allegedly a 6 vs. 6 hero shooter with objectives, lanes and lasthits on a steampunk-fantasy map. Sounds intriguing.