Let's get one thing straight: if H.P. Lovecraft made a card game, it probably wouldn't be this random – and this is coming from a guy who wrote about cosmic chaos for a living. Menace from the Deep looks like a slam dunk on paper: gorgeous Lovecraftian art, solid atmosphere, and deck-building mechanics that should work smoother than a cultist's sales pitch. Unfortunately, it plays like someone shuffled the rules with a tentacle.

Well folks, looks like we can officially file "December PlayStation Event" under "Things That Don't Exist" right next to affordable gaming chairs and reasonable gamers on Twitter. Industry insider Jeff Grubb has dropped another truth bomb, this time confirming he hasn't heard a peep about any PlayStation Showcase or State of Play happening in December.

Well folks, time to put those PlayStation showcase dreams back in the sock drawer - or at least adjust them from "HOLY SHIT" to "oh... neat." Industry insider Jeff Grubb just threw a bucket of lukewarm water on our collective excitement about the potential December State of Play, suggesting we shouldn't expect any major PS5 announcements.

Stop me if you've heard this one before: a Nintendo "insider" posts cryptic images on social media, throws in some vague hints about future announcements, and the gaming community collectively loses its mind trying to decipher what shade of blue in Link's tunic means we're getting a new F-Zero game.

Ever wondered what would happen if you fed an AI a history textbook, some LSD, and told it to make a grand strategy game? Well, Realpolitiks 3 is here to answer that question with all the grace of a drunk diplomat at a peace conference.

Remember when your friend tried to convince everyone that kale would be the next big thing in 2005? That's basically what happened to these games, except instead of questionable salad ingredients, they were packing features that wouldn't become industry standards for years to come.

Remember when every video game looked like it was filmed through a glass of dehydrated urine? Reddit sure does, and they're getting surprisingly nostalgic about it. A recent viral post on r/gaming has sparked a heated debate about the infamous "piss filter" era of gaming, when developers apparently thought the height of realism was making everything look like it was soaked in Mountain Dew.

Ever wondered what would happen if a Russian folk tale had a baby with a video game while listening to haunting Slavic music? Well, Vasilisa and Baba Yaga is here to answer that question with more style than a witch's fashion show.

Ever wondered what would happen if Tim Burton decided to make a point-and-click adventure game about teenage rebellion in the underworld? Well, PRIM is here to answer that question with more style than a goth their Instagram feed.

Ever wondered what would happen if Kenshi had a child with a wuxia novel, then raised it exclusively on machine-translated fortune cookies? Well, The Matchless Kungfu is here to answer that question with all the grace of a drunken master falling down stairs.

Ever wondered what would happen if Saints Row and GTA had a baby, but forgot to feed it proper optimization? Well, It's Only Money is here to answer that question with all the charm of a B-movie and twice the bugs.

Ever wondered what would happen if Anno 1800's developers had a collective cosmic nightmare and decided to make a game about it? Well, Worshippers of Cthulhu is here to answer that question with more tentacles than you can shake a sacrificial dagger at.

Ever wondered what would happen if Escape from Tarkov and STALKER had a baby, but halfway through pregnancy they decided to raise it on a strict diet of pixels and bugs? Well, wonder no more, because ZERO Sievert is here to answer that question nobody asked.

You know that oddly satisfying feeling you get from organizing your sock drawer at 3 AM? Well, Wilmot Works It Out is basically that feeling turned into a game, and somehow they've made sorting puzzle pieces more addictive than scrolling through TikTok at work.

Remember that time your ex promised they'd "respect your boundaries" right before setting your car on fire? Well, Deck Nine just pulled the gaming equivalent with Life is Strange: Double Exposure, a sequel that promises to respect both endings of the original game before yeeting those promises straight into a tornado.

Fourteen years. That's how long PC players have waited to experience John Marston's legendary tale, and Rockstar's finally decided to grace us with their presence... for the low, low price of your firstborn child (or $50, whichever hurts more).

Ever wondered what it's like to be the world's most incompetent wildlife investigator? TRAILCAM lets you live out that oddly specific fantasy, offering all the thrills of staring at grainy footage while questioning your career choices. It's like Pokemon Snap meets Blair Witch, minus the Pokemon, and most of the excitement.

Ever wanted to experience what it's like to run an animal training center while simultaneously questioning reality itself? Animal Trainer Simulator is here to fulfill that oddly specific fantasy, bringing you all the joys of pet training combined with more bugs than an entomologist's wet dream.

Remember that time you thought co-op gaming with friends would be fun, and then Overcooked! made you question every life choice that led to that moment? Well, grab your therapy bills and get ready for round two, because Unrailed 2: Back on Track is coming to test your relationships all over again.

What do you get when you cross Raft with Thomas the Tank Engine and throw them both into the void? Apparently, you get Voidtrain, a game that answers the age-old question: "What if trains could float?" It's like someone played BioShock Infinite and thought, "You know what this needs? More train customization and worse gunplay."