📰 Game News

Rock Paper Shotgun•14 Apr 2026

Warhammer Classics initiative re-releases 28 vintage Warhammer and W40K games, with seven out on Steam for the first time

Games Workshop have buddied up with bygone re-release specialists SNEG to launch Warhammer Classics: nearly thirty games of varying oldness (but spanning both the original Fantasy and shooty 40K Warhams), "revived in their original state" on Steam. Read more

Careful, huge spoilers are out for James Bond game 007: First Light, following an Indonesian Game Rating leak

007: First Light is set to finally launch in late May, but James Bond's next adventure is already facing a full-blown leak of late-story spoilers. Read more

Fable still coming out this autumn, despite reports that developer Playground Games is "worried" about Grand Theft Auto 6

There were rumours over the weekend that Playground Games' Fable had been internally delayed and could potentially slip into 2027 to avoid clashing with GTA 6. However, the developer has seemingly extinguished these rumours by stating Fable will still release this autumn. Read more

"This is the most reasonable and wise thing to do": survival shooter Road to Vostok's dev plans to recharge a bit before tackling fixes and larger updates

Finnish survivashooter Road to Vostok has fared very well since wandering out of the early access gates last week, and its solo developer Antti Leinonen's now turning his thoughts towards how he'll build on that going forwards. However, he's keen not to rush into any fixes or work on overhauls/additions, instead taking some time to get back to 100% following what sounds like an intense push to this initial build. Read more

Pragmata review

The human brain is divided into two hemispheres; the left brain and the right brain. To put it unscientifically and very simply, the left hemisphere manages language and logic, and the right hemisphere specialises in spatial awareness and intuition. I have long been an advocate of video games for activating both sides of the brain: engaging creatively with problem-solving and applying logic whilst also using your hands to dexterously and precisely engage with a platform has been proven to encour

4A Games announces Metro 2039, and we're getting an Xbox-themed reveal stream later this week

It's time to brave the harsh outside world again, survivor. Metro 2039 has been confirmed, and developer 4A Games will share a proper first look at the game later this week. Read more

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"You think we're stupid?" - Players react to Pokémon and Palworld lookalike Pickmon being renamed to "better align with our brand identity and lore"

The alarmingly Pokémon-like open-world creature collecting action game Pickmon has changed its name, ostensibly to "better align with our brand identity and lore", but probably also to get out of Nintendo's lawyers' way. Read more

No, Fable's release window chicken hasn't been kicked down the road, Playground Games say following report of potential GTA 6-related delay

Playground Games have taken to the socials to reiterate that their Fable reboot is still currently set to arrive in autumn 2026, while a report claming that it could slip beyond that point buzzes around. Read more

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The in-demand Lego Pokémon Kanto Region Badge Collection can now be built using bricks you own with newly released official instructions

There are now official instructions for how to build your own Lego Pokémon Kanto Region Badge Collection so you don't have to pay hundreds of pounds in order to own it. Read more

"I couldn't protect it" Pete Hines says he left Microsoft-owned Bethesda because he didn't want to watch it be "damaged and broken apart and frankly mistreated, abused"

Following the release of Starfield back in 2023, one of the long-time faces of the publisher announced he was wandering off into the great retirement beyond. Pete Hines, who was head of publishing at the Fallout and Elder Scrolls maker, said at the time that walking away was "not a decision I came to easily or quickly", but that "the time is right". He's now expanded on what went into his exit, painting a picture that reflects far less rosily on Bethesda's current corporate overlords Microsoft,

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"Mads Mikkelsen in Hannibal but with flair" - Casting calls for Hideo Kojima's new PlayStation-published spy game Physint give new clues about what to expect

With Death Stranding 2 now behind us, Kojima Productions' future includes horror game OD and the new espionage game Physint, which will be published on PlayStation by Sony. It's still a long way off, but recent casting details are providing a clearer idea of what to expect from it. Read more

This week in PC games: sci-fi shooter Pragmata, 2.5D platformer Replaced, and the most wishlisted game on Steam compete with illuminated manuscripts

As you may well know, Edwin has been devoured by The Maw more than once in his time as news editor. Though you cant say he's not learned from the experience of being a digestee. Knowing that The Maw becomes particularly agitated in weeks stuffed with new releases, I suspect he saw the bloated Steam Upcoming chart and hastily booked his holiday, leaving us to wrangle the beast. Read more

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New Switch 2 games Splatoon Raiders and Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave age-rated in Europe

Once Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream and Yoshi and the Mysterious Book are out later this week and next month, Nintendo's first-party roadmap is a bit of a mystery. But now two PEGI age ratings for Europe have offered a clue at what may be coming next. Read more

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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie beats Project Hail Mary to become the highest grossing film of 2026 so far

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has - as suspected after a bumper opening weekend - gone on to become the most successful film so far released this year. Read more

Stop Killing Games throw weight behind California bill that would force companies to either keep games working independently after server shutdowns or issue refunds

Stop Killing Games, the campaign group seeking to prevent online games being rendered unplayable when publishers shut down their servers, have moved to support a Californian bill that in its current form would require studios to either update games with impending server shutterings to they keep working independently aftwards or provide full refunds. The movement also claim their UK efforts are "far from dead in the water", noting they were called in to advise the Department for Culture, Media &

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"Players always get through them faster than we think" - inside Bungie's big Marathon ARG

There was this wonderful energy around Marathon a few weeks ago. Not unusual for a brand-new release, sure, but altogether different than the usual hype-laden first impressions. No, this had the unmistakable feeling of a treasure hunt, a community-wide push to unlock something tangible: the Cryo Archive map. All they had to do was solve one measly alternate reality game (ARG). How hard could it be? Read more

Cult horror game Doki Doki Literature Club pulled from Google Play Store for its "depiction of sensitive themes" and content that "violates" its TOS

Visual novel horror Doki Doki Literature Club has been pulled from Google Play Store for violating the Terms of Service and its "depiction of sensitive themes". Read more