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The new Lego Batman game will have more of Gotham City in it than Arkham Knight did
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/the-new-lego-batman-game-will-have-more-of-gotham-city-in-it-than-arkham-knight-did/
In the trailer tornado of Gamescom 2025, Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight stood out to me, and not just because it had Matt Berry as the voice of Lego Bane. The combat looks like it's got the counter mechanics of the Arkham games, and the traversal has Arkham-style grappling and gliding. Since neither Suicide Squad nor Gotham Knights was the follow-up to Arkham Knight we wanted, I guess Traveller's Tales decided to step up.

The new game from Painkiller and Bulletstorm's creators is a tropical survival shooter that looks a teensy bit like Far Cry, and it's out in early access next month
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/the-new-game-from-painkiller-and-bulletstorms-creators-is-a-tropical-survival-shooter-that-looks-a-teensy-bit-like-far-cry-and-its-out-in-early-access-next-month/
Just the other day I was thinking "I could really go for a survival game in the style of the original Far Cry". You know, one that has the lush tropical islands and open-world mercenary blasting of Crytek's 2004 trailblazer, but where you plan and execute your missions from a base you build yourself.
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Lost Rift…isn't quite that. But it's close enough that I'm left wondering whether the universe is listening to me through a particularly thick door. It's the latest game from People can Fly, creators of Painkiller and my beloved Bulletstorm, and it sees you and several friends wash up on the shores of a tropical archipelago called Pioneer's Landing.

Two Point Museum's next free update will dive into the digital realm, letting you build a retro arcade among your exhibitions
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/two-point-museums-next-free-update-will-dive-into-the-digital-realm-letting-you-build-a-retro-arcade-among-your-exhibitions/
While I wouldn't say I was surprised by Two Point Museum on launch—I expected it to be another great management sim from Two Point Studios and it proved to be exactly that—I have been surprised by the vigor of its post-launch life.
Since releasing in February, Two Point Studios has been doling out freebies like the world's most financially inept gift shop, adding memorial exhibits in June, a whole new museum to manage in July, and even giving players a chunk of its Fantasy Finds DLC gratis.
Now, another free update has begun booting up like a 486 retrieved from the bowels of Intel. The Digiverse is a new expedition map coming to Two Point Museum next week, letting your experts don their luminescent Tron onesies (Tronsies?) as they delve into the digital realm.

Even in a year packed with great RPGs, you don't want to miss Disco Elysium-style time loop noir Rue Valley, which has a new trailer and a release date in November
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/even-in-a-year-packed-with-great-rpgs-you-dont-want-to-miss-disco-elysium-style-time-loop-noir-rue-valley-which-has-a-new-trailer-and-a-release-date-in-november/
Even in a year with two main course Obsidian joints in Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, as well as the Oblivion Remaster, one of the RPGs we're most excited about is Rue Valley, a time loop mystery set in a surreal motel in the American southwest. And now we know we don't have much longer to wait: In a new trailer, publisher Owlcat and developer Emotion Spark have announced a release date of November 11.

'I'm working on other stuff': Double Fine chief Tim Schafer squashes hopes for Psychonauts 3 any time soon
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/im-working-on-other-stuff-double-fine-chief-tim-schafer-squashes-hopes-for-psychonauts-3-any-time-soon/
Psychonauts fans who were hoping for a sequel announcement at Gamescom are in for some disappointment. Double Fine development chief Tim Schafer all but confirmed the studio is not planning to work on Psychonauts 3, let alone a Brütal Legend sequel, any time soon.
During an interview with IGN at Gamescom this week, Schafer explained that Double Fine's focus right now is on original IP, stating, "I'm working on other stuff."

It's shaping up to be a crazy month for new games, with Indiana Jones' beefy-looking story DLC finally arriving on September 4
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/its-shaping-up-to-be-a-crazy-month-for-new-games-with-indiana-jones-beefy-looking-story-dlc-finally-arriving-on-september-4/
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's story DLC, Order of the Giants, has gotten an official release date of September 4 via a new "launch trailer" on YouTube. Is it really a "launch" trailer if we're still over a week away from launch? And is the full title then "Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and the Order of the Giants?" Much to consider.

Deadlock's latest character basically gets a portal gun, and his ult teleports enemies to a void hotel where they have to do a platforming challenge
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/deadlocks-latest-character-basically-gets-a-portal-gun-and-his-ult-teleports-enemies-to-a-void-hotel-where-they-have-to-do-a-platforming-challenge/
Valve has once again broken its silence on its upcoming hero shooter-meets-MOBA Deadlock. Six new playable characters were announced last week and Valve has been slowly revealing more about each of them in the days since. The latest might be one of the game's coolest characters yet, featuring an ability clearly inspired by another Valve franchise.

Former Dragon Age producer Mark Darrah agrees that Mages were the most 'complete' class in Origins, says it came from D&D rules and the fact that Warriors and Rogues weren't allowed to 'violate physics' yet
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/dragon-age/former-dragon-age-producer-mark-darrah-agrees-that-mages-were-the-most-complete-class-in-origins-says-it-came-from-d-and-d-rules-and-the-fact-that-warriors-and-rogues-werent-allowed-to-violate-physics-yet/
In response to a viewer question in a 200k subscriber Q&A for his YouTube channel, former BioWare producer Mark Darrah explained why Mages in Dragon Age: Origins were so feature rich or "complete" when compared to Rogues and Warriors.

Silent Hill f's director insists that its dodge and counterattack systems don't make it a soulslike: 'I think it's a label that's a little bit disingenuous'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/silent-hill-fs-director-insists-that-its-dodge-and-counterattack-systems-dont-make-it-a-soulslike-i-think-its-a-label-thats-a-little-bit-disingenuous/
Konami gave us an extended look at how Silent Hill f plays earlier this month, and the horror prequel places a much heavier emphasis on combat than I expected. With mechanics like a stamina bar, timed dodges and a powerful counterattack ability, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Silent Hill f looks rather like a soulslike.
Konami has readily admitted to Silent Hill f's more combat-oriented focus. A few weeks back, Motoi Okamoto stated that "inserting more entertaining and thrilling action" is a big part of the project. Yet in a more recent interview, Okamoto pushed back against the soulslike comparisons, insisting that Silent Hill f isn't one.

Ubisoft CEO summoned to appear before French court in relation to harassment trial, as the publisher says it will 'continue to cooperate with the justice system in this matter'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/ubisoft-ceo-summoned-to-appear-before-french-court-in-relation-to-harassment-trial-as-the-publisher-says-it-will-continue-to-cooperate-with-the-justice-system-in-this-matter/
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has been summoned to appear before a French court, following a trial in which three former executives were found guilty of workplace harassment in June.