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We like the spy-themed extraction shooter Deceive Inc quite a lot. We called it “a creative blend of sneaking and shooting” in our 82% review, and it earned a spot in our list of eight overlooked games that you might have missed in 2023. That’s a solid and well-deserved recommendation, but not really good news because it means a lot of folks are missing out on one of the more interesting gaming experiences of the year.

This coming weekend will be a good opportunity to address that problem, because Deceive Inc will be completely free to play from July 27-30 on both PC and consoles.

Along with hopefully boosting player numbers, the free weekend celebrates the release of the big Neon Nights update that kicks off Deceive Inc’s second season. The update includes a new agent named Sasori, who gave up his life as the world’s most infamous assassin so he could open a quiet little restaurant in Osaka. As is the way with these things, he’s eventually forced to return to the busine…

This month in PC Gamer magazine we get world-exclusive access to the fantastic new post-nuclear apocalypse RPG, Broken Roads, with never-before-seen screenshots and art, as well as insightful dev commentary and our opinion after a lengthy hands-on play session. If you liked the original two Fallout games you’re going to get on very well with Broken Roads, with an isometric view, deep character mechanics, and the ability to explore the apocalyptic remains of Australia on offer. Oh, and did we mention you have the ability to drink loads of different beers and commit bloody violence? Mad Max eat your heart out!

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Leaning into the apocalyptic angle of Broken Roads, we’ve also got a fantastic feature this issue on the very best post-nuclear apocalypse PC games of all time. From Fallout to Stalker and onto Metro and more, we highlight the games that let you have plenty of fun while surviving in an irradiated wasteland. And, talking of surviving, this issue also boasts an awesome f…

Star Wars Outlaws isn’t out yet, but you can already buy extra Star Wars Outlaws. As usual for the publisher, Ubisoft is selling a season pass for its big open world Star Wars adventure that promises to dole out more story over the next six months or so.

One of these extra stories has already stirred a bit of controversy: the “Jabba’s Gambit exclusive mission” caused a stir when websites came under the impression that the famed galactic gangster would be stuck behind an extra paywall, but Ubi clarified that Jabba is one of the four syndicate leaders of the base game and will be featured extensively in the main story. False alarm, but still a bummer to have day one content locked behind an extra buy.

Today’s new info is what exactly those other two story packs will entail. First up is “Wild Card” (Fall 2024), where Kay Vess is hired to “infiltrate a high-stakes Sabacc tournament, but as she crosses paths with the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, she soon learn…

We liked the action-RPG Last Epoch an awful lot when we most recently looked at it, calling its skill system “a brilliant new twist” on those offered by Diablo and Path of Exile. But that was in 2019, and we haven’t heard anything from the game since—until tonight, when Judd Cobler, founder and CEO of developer Eleventh Hour Games, appeared on the stage at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live to show off its upcoming Runes of Power update and the powerful new Runemaster mage class.

Eleventh Hour was founded by members of the /gamedev subreddit in 2017, with the singular goal of developing “the perfect ARPG.” After a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2018, Last Epoch went live in early access on Steam, slowly evolving its systems based on player feedback and becoming a low-key ARPG hit in the process.

“From the beginning, we wanted to create a different kind of studio that actually involved the player base in fundamental design decisions,” Cobler said. “It’s fair to say t…