Vikings: Sex and Blood

Thomas Was Alone and Amberspire developer Bithell Games has announced its next project, a non-linear horror game in which the vampire King of England tasks you with assassinating his enemies. Set in an alternate timeline during the late '90s--so you're probably safe from hearing Hanson's MMMBop on repeat--Vampirium 1997 is billed as an immersive sim boiled to its essence by game director Mike Bithell. "Dracula is King of England. At his command, master your dark gifts to assassinate his enemies and secure his vampiric empire. Infiltrate locked-down locations, adapt and survive in living enviro

We've seen The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past in action - learn about everything we saw on Geralt's new quest to find his missing bard in a cursed garden of thorns.

It's spray day and we're making a big deposit at the blood bank. Here's why Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice borrows its iconic blood spray from Kurosawa and other samurai movies.

Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Victoria perseveres and finally sees the end of Split Fiction, and is delighted she has done so; Bertie seems a little obsessed about mating, which is a sentence I thought I'd never write; and Sherif doesn't seem terribly convinced about the new Onimusha after playing a demo for it. Read more

The creators of Nidhogg and Wheel World tackle the bullet heaven genre, but can't transcend its inherent weaknesses.