The Maw - 11th-16th December 2023

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It's the second to last week before we set down our pickaxes, shoulder our packs and embark on that greatest adventure of all: holiday. The Maw tends to be at low ebb over the Xmas period, because it has a violent allergy to festive cheer. But for the moment, it still clamours for News.

Some game releases we're pondering this week: squad-based RTS Stargate: Timekeepers (12th Dec), Settlers spiritual follow-up Pioneers of Pagonia (13th Dec, early access), anime chainsaw metroidvania Cookie Cutter (14th Dec), "pixel pulp" visual novel Bahnsen Knights (14th Dec), and multiversal metroidvania Trinity Fusion (15th Dec).

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Lethal Company is getting some Xmas-themed content. It's Lethal Company, so the Xmas-themed content is... not very jolly.

Just been reading about this on PCG, and yes, those are some mighty fine engines - here's the Steam page.

Some slightly lengthier thoughts on Reka, by me. I get the feeling this will be an RPS favourite.

Ooft, one of the developers behind co-op mod Skyrim Together has said they won't be completing a similar mod for Starfield because "Starfield is ass". They're making the code open source, so another modder could jump in and finish it.

I'm always up for witch-themed games and Emberstorm's Reka, which now has a Q2 2024 release window, looks rather special.

Hold the phone, it's being claimed there's a Silent Hill teaser in the trailer for Hideo Kojima and Jordan Peele's new horror thingy OD. As reported by Central Xbox, letters spelling out the word "Atami" appear faintly in a character's mouth during the footage. Atami is a city in Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture. The kanji for Shizuoka approximately spell out "Silent Hill".