![Lightning, Squall and Cloud from the Final Fantasy series](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/best-final-fantasy-games.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Katharine Castle
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![A composite image of screenshots from Stardew Valley, Roots Of Pacha, Coral Island, Fae Farm and Slime Rancher](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/best-farming-games-header-2024.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![A woman navigates a bright pink maze on a broken and cracked display in Lorelei And The Laser Eyes](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/LATLE_Screenshot_02.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Lorelei And The Laser Eyes is a new notebook-is-mandatory puzzle stunner from the Sayonara Wild Hearts devs
Coming this May, it's is right old brain teaser - and the closest we'll ever get to Device 6 on PC
![The keyart for The Elder Scrolls Online's eighth Chapter, Gold Road, featuring a wide range of characters standing on an island, surrounded by golden, glowing water.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/ESO-Gold-Road-Keyart-%231.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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World Of Warcraft wasn't the biggest threat to The Elder Scrolls Online; it was Skyrim
Creative director Rich Lambert tells us about ten years in Tamriel
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Elder Scrolls Online's new Gold Road expansion might just make me an MMO convert
After a brief muck about in its mad jungles and autumnal estates, I'm ready to go whole hog
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Browse RPS ad-free with our new free monthly Standard subscription trial
Available now until April 30th
![A tiny woman with a drill approaches a giant blue cyclops in Pepper Grinder](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/pepper-grinder-screenshot1.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![A triangle fights a guard in the prison armoury in Void Sols](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/void-sols-Prison_Armoury.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Void Sols is an atmospheric and highly customisable Soulslike for people who are rubbish at Soulslikes
Try its brilliant free demo available now
![Black Panther and Magik on the streets of Asgard in Marvel Rivals](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/02-Hero-Highlight-1%EF%BC%882024Marvel%EF%BC%89.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Netease announce Marvel Rivals, a free-to-play 6v6 shooter that desperately wants to be superhero Team Fortress
My superhero fatigue sense is tingling
![A cliffside settlement jutting out from the rocks into the sea in Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Bulwark-Falconeer-Chronicles-screenshot6.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Two winged characters embrace against a mountainous background in Sky: Children Of The Light](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/sky-children-of-the-light.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Social MMO Sky: Children Of The Light is heading to Steam early access in April
"It took us a long time to get the PC build right," thatgamecompany tell RPS
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![A little brick house in a lush green meadow by a little pond in Summerhouse](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Summerhouse-screenshot1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Supporters only | Tiny builder Summerhouse is even more delightful when you see what inspired it
In addition to Townscaper, solo dev Friedemann also cites A Short Hike, Stronghold Crusader and more as key texts
![A Mystic Spearhead character striking a chimera's head in Dragon's Dogma 2.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/dragons-dogma-2-(17).png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Critically acclaimed Dragon's Dogma 2 hits "mostly negative" on Steam after players raze it for microtransactions
It's also struggling performance-wise
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Larian don't know what their next game is yet, but it won't be Baldur's Gate 4, or Baldur's Gate 3 DLC
The studio is moving on from Dungeons & Dragons
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Dorfromantik devs tease new space game Project Mango
It's being made in collaboration with animation YouTube channel Kurzgesagt - In A Nutshell
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Aussie CRPG Broken Roads has new release date after last year's sudden delay
After some extended bug squashing, it's now coming out in April
![A tired beige man sits on his bed in Harold Halibut](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Harold-Halibut-screenshot1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Harold Halibut is very hard to enjoy when everyone's so openly passive aggressive toward you
In fairness, I would be, too, if I had to deal with hapless Harold everyday
![A scene in Venba, a 2D cooking game, showing mother and son in the kitchen together](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/venba.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Venba wins IGF Grand Prize for 2024
Visai Games' cooking adventure also picked up two Game Developers Choice awards
![A white crash dummy character holds a sniper rifle in Marathon](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/marathon_dzaFMSB.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Bungie replace Marathon director amid reports of creative leadership shake-up
Former Valorant director Joe Ziegler replaces Christopher Barrett
![A blocky vehicle approaches a wind turbine on a beach in TerraTech Worlds](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/terratech-worlds.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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TerraTech Worlds "isn't a sequel" to TerraTech, but does "supplant it in every way," say devs
Payload's open world survival builder launches into Steam early access on March 22nd
![A top down view of a grassy battlefield, where fantasy units go head to head in Valiant Tactics EX](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/valiant-tactics-ex-battlefield.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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This indie RTS looks like a neat blend of anime Total War and collectible card game
Valiant Tactics EX comes to Steam on March 29th
![A screenshot of Steam Families' new shared library in thumbnails, and a Steam Family of games in list form](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/steam-families-beta.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Steam Families launches into beta, making it easier to buy and share games with your kids
It also brings new parental controls and family sharing options
![An underground shrine surrounded by capybaras in Animal Well](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/animal-well-3.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Spooky Metroidvania Animal Well gets May 9th release date
It will have full Steam Deck support, too
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The Maw - 18th-23rd March 2024
Our weekly news liveblog, and the week's most appetising game releases