With so much on offer in Steam Next Fest, I figured it made sense to narrow down my choices with a game that I was at least passingly familiar with. Fortunately, it wasn’t long before I stumbled on The Axis Unseen, a heavy metal horror game from former Skyrim developer Nate Purkeypile. Even more fortunately, it turned out that I was far more familiar with how this sprawling action game would play than I expected.The Axis Unseen is played from the business end of a bow and arrow, which immediately appeals to that most iconic of Skyrim builds, the stealth archer. I lost uncountable hours to the archery skill tree in Bethesda’s RPG, and it’s fun to see Purkeypile resurrecting an immediately recognisable version of The Elder Scrolls 5’s sneakiest combat strategy. Down to details as fine as the sound of a stretching bowstring, it brings me straight back to the plains of Whiterun.But The Axis Unseen isn’t resting on Bethesda’s laurels, and Purkeypile is using his new setting to bring some en…

The long-awaited Perfect Dark reboot broke cover this summer and it’s well worth paying attention to. Developed in collaboration between The Initiative and Crystal Dynamics, Perfect Dark is aiming to deliver the ultimate secret agent experience, with enough freedom in its design to let you play your own way.Of all the upcoming Xbox Series X games in development right now, it’s one I’m perhaps the most excited about. It’s been almost 15 years since Joanna Dark helped usher in the Xbox 360 era with Perfect Dark Zero, and a successor has been a longtime coming. Team Perfect Dark is going the reboot route for this experience, tapping into what made the prior games so beloved while giving the gameplay experience a fresh shot in the arm for a new generation of players. While we wait for more Perfect Dark news, keep reading on to get caught up with everything we know so far.Perfect Dark release date Microsoft Gaming is yet to confirm an official Perfect Dark release date. With the series set…

A claim that Concord cost $400 million to create spread far and wide across the internet the other week, though many are now increasingly questioning how that’s possible.Last week, a widely covered report citing a source claiming to have worked on Concord said that internal optimism at developer Firewalk Studios led some to believe the hero shooter would be the “Future of PlayStation” and that a culture of “toxic positivity” stopped any negative feedback dead in its tracks. The main kicker, though, was that the claim that the whole thing cost $400 million to make.One Kotaku reporter has backed up the point of toxic positivity, noting they had spoken to several sources who mention a “heads in the sand” mentality learned from the senior lead’s Bungie roots. When asked about the $400 million figure, they said they hadn’t been able to confirm it, though it wasn’t the number they had heard.That sentiment lines up with the mood of other journalists, with one saying you only have to…

The God of War Ragnarok Lost Treasury puzzle has a giant circular shield players roll from side to side to access the Treasury itself. The Sigrun’s Curse favor and side quest is all about getting inside, and there’s plenty of loot to be had if you can, but many players find themselves getting stuck at the door. If you want to get inside and crack the puzzle of the Lost Treasury in God of War Ragnarok, we’ll explain how to make it past the entrance.Where to find the Lost Treasury Vault Keys in God of War Ragnarok Finding the Derelict Outpost location on the southwest side of the Lake of Nine will begin the Sigrun’s Curse Favor in God of War Ragnarok. At the entrance to the outpost Mimir will comment on a painted crest, saying it belongs to Sigrun’s home of Fjoturlund. This will start the side mission which involves finding “clues of Sigrun’s past” that are actually two halves of a broken Fjoturlund Vault Key. Once you have both those parts you can get insi…