Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

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This week in PC games: Wardogs, Shroom and Gloom, a heist game from the King of Dragon Pass creators, and a bullet time FPS inspired by F.E.A.R.

By: Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

A round-up of new PC games for the week of 7th September 2026, including War Dogs, Shroom & Gloom, Ex Sanguis, and Port of Jumanah.

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New horror game The Well Is Not Empty combines photophobic monsters with timer light switches and a lot of frenzied digging

By: Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

The Well Is Not Empty breaks the cardinal rule of monster horror, and so far, gets away with it. It's out now for PC via Steam. Bring your spoon.

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FromSoftware's first experiment with, of all things, horse armor DLC runs awry, as Elden Ring players manage to spawn free duplicate items in multiplayer

By: Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

From Software and Bandai Namco have released a hasty new Elden Ring patch to stop people acquiring items from the game's Tarnished Pack DLC for free.

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"The start of something greater": hundreds of unionised Blizzard workers vote through contract that gives them a say over genAI usage and protection against layoffs

By: Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Unionised Overwatch, Diablo and WoW devs have voted through a contract with Blizzard bosses to give them protection against layoffs and a say on genAI adoption.

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Blood of Dawnwalker's troubled power fantasy has me yearning for a more desperate, systemic vampire survival sim in which every night is a gamble

By: Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

The Blood of Dawnwalker is a strong vampire RPG, but RPS's news editor would love to play a simulation in which being a vampire is a massive, dangerous chore.

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Lovely anime Sherlock series The Apothecary Diaries is getting a PC game spin-off, with Maomao chasing down another court conspiracy

The Apothecary Diaries: The False Imperial Brother is a new PC game based on Hyuganatsu's sleuthy palace intrigue manga and its anime adaptation.

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"You can never see outside of yourself": The House Before is a body horror game in which you are a house tunnelling through its own soul

It's a lovely morning in the village, and you are a horrible house. Wait, let's start that again. As Gregor Samsa awoke…

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Thousand Hells is a joyful anthology of RPG heist quests in which you'll bargain with demons and go boating with the dead

By: Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Thousand Hells is a feelgood tactical narrative RPG anthology from A Sharp and Kitfox that riffs on some beloved underworld myths. It's out now on PC via Steam.

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Stylised XCOM-like tactics game Ex Sanguis retains Othercide's obsession with initiative bars, but straps it to a leaner roguelike campaign

By: Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Fight the minions of a blood-drinking moon in Ex Sanguis, the tactics RPG successor to Othercide, which is out in Steam early access for PC now.

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"Why do we need more graphics?": 2010's Alan Wake was as photoreal as videogames ever needed to be, reckons original Thief designer

By: Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Former Thief designer Randy Smith Evergreen has commented on the graphics "arms race", joking that photorealism could have topped out with 2010's Alan Wake.