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4 Penny Coffins is Jack the Ripper Meets Among Us, with a little bit of Psychonauts thrown in for fun. In the upcoming social investigation game, up to 8 players hunt a hidden murderer through lies, shifting alibis, and hard evidence . One of the players is the Ripper, a “gleeful demon concealed behind a facade of humanity,” stalking the winding alleys and rotting byways of 1888 London. Ahead of IGN debuting 4 Penny Coffins’s gameplay teaser during gamescom 2026, which you can see in the player below, I spoke to Other Ocean Interactive Marketing Manager Jared Petty about the game’s mechanics, unique style (think stylized gore on top of monochromatic photographs), and Tim Schafer-inspired humor. “It's a goddamn blast,” Petty says. “Four Penny Coffins; I've rarely had more fun playing a game with other people. A long time ago I was talking to Tim Schafer and I was asking him about humor in video games. Tim's opinion is that humor in video games is the easiest thing in the w...

Rockstar Games has said Grand Theft Auto 6 will have no microtransactions or generative AI when it launches in November. The studio behind GTA 6 confirmed this year's monumental open-world game will dodge two potentially controversial practices during a conversation with Kinda Funny Games earlier this week. It means launch should be free of backlash (at least when it comes to these two particular topics) when it arrives in a few months. Kinda Funny's Andy Cortez said he asked Rockstar if players will be able to use real-world money to purchase things in-game during a preview event that preceded the GTA 6: Extended Look. He went on, saying, "no monetizations in this game." The site's Greg Miller immediately followed that topic, saying he asked Rockstar "point-blank" if there is generative AI in GTA 6. The team told him that there is "no AI" used in the game. From Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to Arc Raiders , generative AI has proven time and t...

EA Motive Studio's Iron Man game suffered an unexpected leak, but it may have resulted in Marvel fans being more excited about it than ever. Leaks in the gaming world are generally perceived as bad. Just look at Grand Theft Auto 6, a game that suffered a waterfall of leaks so significant that it sent Rockstar scrambling to pick up the pieces . When a trailer for Motive's Iron Man game was hit with a leak earlier this week, however, EA chose to handle its unexpected gameplay reveal a little differently. Unlike GTA 6, Iron Man only had to deal with a controlled (and early-in-development) peek behind the curtain, leaving fans to comb through every second of footage for highlights. Seeing Tony Stark zipping around skyscrapers and dodging enemies on S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarriers is far and away the most we've seen so far, but considering the damage had already been done, EA decided to have a bit of fun with it. Just hours after clips began to circulate on social media, EA erected...

Are you still playing racing games like Gran Turismo 7 or Forza Horizon 6 without a racing wheel? Seriously, you're missing out. If the primary reason you haven't yet jumped onto the bandwagon is the price, then here's a deal that should convince you otherwise. The G29 and G920 were already one of the best racing wheels under $300. 56% Off Logitech G29 Racing Wheel and Pedal Set Used "Like New" Amazon Resale is currently offering a Used "Like New" Logitech G29 Racing Wheel and Pedal Set for just $134.26 with free shipping after an automatic 30% discount is applied during checkout. That's a pretty fantastic deal considering this set normally retails for $300 and is currently on sale for $200 new. Amazon Resale is Amazon's official outlet for used items. Amazon states that this "Like New" item "looks and functions as if it were new and comes in original packaging." You still get the 30-day Amazon return policy so it's a ...

I'm so, so glad I avoided the GTA 6 leaks . Grand Theft Auto has been one of my favorite franchises since GTA 3 convinced me to buy a PS2 with its paradigm-shifting open-world gameplay. That's continued with every major release since, most recently with 2013's Grand Theft Auto 5, which I personally regard as one of the ten greatest games ever made. So to say I've been hyped up for GTA 6 – and for today’s Extended Look – would be putting it mildly. Thirteen years is a long time between entries (for context, the previous longest wait between mainline entries was the five years between 4 and 5), and though Rockstar made a generationally incredible game in the intervening years in the form of Red Dead Redemption 2, I've always been more of a GTA guy. When the clock struck 12pm, I hit Play on Netflix. My jaw hit the floor very quickly, and I didn't pick it back up for 27 minutes. The first thing that jumped out at me was the lighting. The softness of the dynamic ligh...

Rockstar's hugely-impressive first look at GTA 6 is being celebrated online, as today's Grand Theft Auto 6: Extended Look presentation has now debuted via Netflix. Fans, streamers and game developers alike have heaped praise on the footage, with numerous comments calling out the game's highly-detailed character design and animation, as well as the sheer wealth of activities on display . If you're still waiting for the footage to drop more widely beyond Netflix, we have guide to when the Extended Look will debut more widely in your timezone . Or scroll downwards, and take in some of the reactions to it now to whet your appetite: GTA VI LOOKS INSANE pic.twitter.com/VV59nW4OmX — Jack “CouRage” Dunlop (@CouRageJD) August 27, 2026 IShowSpeed couldn’t believe GTA 6 added streamers into the game pic.twitter.com/HDkPHoRLOH — FearBuck (@FearedBuck) August 27, 2026 What did I just watch? That world looked so lived in, I almost don't want to know how it was made....

Silent Hill producer Motoi Okamoto says that Konami is gunning for annual releases of new games in its flagship horror franchise. Okamoto divulged this news in an interview with Gamesradar at Gamescom 2026, explaining that Konami is looking for fresh takes on the well-trodden beats of the Silent Hill series to keep it from stagnating. "Our aim is to, hopefully, have an annual release of new games," he told the outlet. “If we stay laser-focused on the same American setting, that would exhaust [narrative] possibilities, and also potentially cause fatigue for the playerbase." Okamoto also confirmed that several unannounced Silent Hill projects are currently in development. "There are still many projects that are still [in] the works and very unannounced titles. So obviously, we can't go into specifics. But there are still many projects that we are currently exploring and working on as we speak,” he said. "We would like to let players know that we have more ex...