If keeping just yourself alive in the Alaskan wilderness sounds tough, try having to keep several people alive all while fending off psychosis and Lovecraftian monsters. Sounds like a handful, right? That’s the kind of high pressure situation horror survival game Edge of Sanity throws at you, and it’s just had its release date locked in.

Gamescom Opening Night Live has been bookended with two big surprises - while Borderlands 4 kicked things off, a new Mafia game wrapped things up - but it’s not the Mafia 4 that you’d expect. Instead, you can look forward to Mafia The Old Country, which goes back to the origins of the mob.

Here we go, ARPG fans - the Path of Exile 2 early access release date has just been confirmed during Gamescom Opening Night Live. The Diablo 4 rival has looked absolutely sensational in every trailer we’ve seen and played brilliantly when we previewed it recently, and the opportunity for everyone to finally play it is not too far away.

Extraction shooters are the next big multiplayer trend following the tsunami of battle royales a few years ago. The likes of Gray Zone Warfare, Arena Breakout Infinite, and Exoborne are all looking to replicate the success of forefathers like Escape From Tarkov. One that I’ve always been incredibly curious about is ARC Raiders from The Finals developer Embark Studios, and after a long time underground, it’s finally resurfaced. I’m pleased to say that, after attending a recent preview event, it’s looking like one of the more interesting extraction games, but it comes with one very big twist - when it drops next year, it will no longer be free to play.

I don’t usually let myself get swept up in the annual wave of pre-release Call of Duty hysteria - I’ve been burned too many times by the series in recent years. However, this time around I’m making an exception because everything that I’ve seen about Black Ops 6 so far is looking mighty fine to me. Zombies is one of the biggest aspects I’m excited for - a proper return to round-based action from the maestros at Treyarch - and two teasers that just dropped on social media appear to be revealing a new Perk-A-Cola and a new enemy type that you’ll be facing in BO6.

For what feels like an age, aim assist has been one of the most hotly-debated topics for PC Apex Legends players. It has long been perceived that those using a controller - whether that be on a console or on a PC - gives you a serious advantage over those using mouse and keyboard. Well, it seems like Respawn is finally set to agree, as Apex Legends Season 22 will include a significant nerf to aim assist for those using a controller in lobbies where there are also PC players.

It’s just a few weeks until Star Wars Outlaws hyperdrives into your game library, and ahead of launch Ubisoft has outlined its post-launch plans for the open-world game. In a new Star Wars Outlaws roadmap, it has been confirmed that two story expansions will arrive surprisingly soon after launch. The roadmap also confirms their titles and gives some early details on their storylines, including information on two interesting Star Wars characters Kay Vess will be bumping into along the way.

The deep dives keep on coming for FC 25, and in EA Sports’ latest breakdown of what’s to come in the new soccer sim, the series’ biggest game mode is the star of the show. Yes, the highly-anticipated FC 25 Ultimate Team deep dive is here, and while the integration of the new five-a-side Rush mode is the most notable change this year, there are some smaller details to highlight. This includes fancier Evolutions cards, more streamlining, and the implementation of what is surely the most-requested feature from FUT fans: storage for your duplicates.