CAPCOM stole the show at this year's Summer Game Fest with a deep dive into Onimusha: Way of the Sword, the highly anticipated revival of their beloved dark fantasy franchise. After trying a new build of the game, we sat down with Game Director Satoru Nihei to discuss how the first new Onimusha entry in twenty years plans to completely reshape the series' classic formula. Moving away from the weapon-swapping mechanics of old, the developers revealed a razor-sharp focus on single-katana mastery, elevated by incredibly nuanced parry systems and a groundbreaking, RE Engine-powered "free-cut" system for the iconic Issen counters. […]

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At Summer Game Fest 2026, newly established publishing label Paramount Games Studio unveiled TMNT: The Last Ronin, a project in development at PlatinumGames (NieR: Automata, Bayonetta 3, Ninja Gaiden 4). As some of you may recall, we already got such an announcement in March 2023, but back then, the project was in development at Black Forest Games (Giana Sisters, Destroy All Humans!). Its development was stopped before the merger of Skydance and Paramount, and later, it was reassigned to the Japanese studio. The gameplay will undoubtedly be very different, but one thing seems to have stayed the same: the mature, […]

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Shift Up has revealed Stellar Blade: Blood Rain at Summer Game Fest 2026. The new game is a direct sequel to the original, but it will star a new protagonist with a new combat style. 

The debut trailer features a new protagonist named Evie. Based on the gameplay, Evie really likes to beat down enemies with her fists, aided by a pair of powered gauntlets. This is a pretty big change over the original, which was still largely melee-based, but we were armed with a sword for the entire experience.

According to Shift Up, the game is currently in the early stages of production. General Director Kim Hyung-tae stated that the team is focusing efforts on evolving the action and world-building to deliver a brand-new experience for fans.

Unlike the first entry, which launched as a PlayStation 5 exclusive published by Sony, Shift Up will handle publishing duties completely in-house for the sequel. As such, it's expected that the game will have simultaneous multi-platform releases across PC and consoles.

KitGuru says: Did you play the original Stellar Blade when it came to PC? Are you looking forward to the sequel? 

Nearly five years after he left Blizzard, Jeff Kaplan, the man behind Overwatch, has revealed his new game called The Legend of California. Kaplan is developing it at his new independent studio called Kintsugiyama. The game will be published by Dreamhaven, which was founded years ago by fellow ex-Blizzard co-founder and president Mike Morhaime. It's a multiplayer action survival first-person shooter game set in the Gold Rush era and bound for early access on Steam later this year. According to the Steam page, players will explore an expansive, ever-changing open world inspired by the Gold Rush era, featuring distinct biomes, […]

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