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Bafta Games Awards 2025: a great night for British gaming

Astro Bot won big, but so did local titles like Still Wakes the Deep and Thank Goodness You’re Here!

Evening Standard

The full list of nominations for the Bafta Games Awards

The 21st edition of the awards take place in April.

Evening Standard

This year has proved yet again that horror games do best when devs keep it small-scale

Small but mighty.

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The best games of 2024: from Black Ops 6 to Astrobot, what came out on top?

The Standard team picks their favourite releases, from AAA to indies

Evening Standard

The Dark Age of Paradox Interactive: What exactly happened to one of PC gaming's best publishers?

From disappointing launches to delays to cancellations, it's been a rough time for the Swedish publisher, but it's trying to bounce back.

PC Gamer

Bloodlines 2 is 'a bit more of an action RPG,' Paradox exec says: 'People who have seen it talk about Dishonored'

Paradox deputy CEO Mattias Lilja says The Chinese Room is putting its own stamp on the game.

PC Gamer

Paradox boss says Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is doing well, it's "a bit more of an action RPG" and "people who have seen it talk about Dishonored"

The long-delayed sequel has changed devs and seemingly found its footing

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 delayed out of 2024 — here's what you need to know

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is being delayed out of 2024, and will now be arriving at some point in the first half of 2025.

Windows Central

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 has been delayed again, this time to 'add more endings to the game' along with some extra polish

It's now expected out in the first half of 2025.

PC Gamer

Still Wakes the Deep's creature movements were created by a "technical glitch," and they were so good it immediately "unnerved everyone"

They were almost too good

GamesRadar

"It’s just $50, and it’s the best reverb for the buck, in the world": Composer Jason Graves on his go-to reverb plugin

After scoring Dead Space and Call of Duty, Graves' latest video game project takes him offshore to a monster-infested oil rig

MusicRadar

I can't review a game if I can't finish it, and Still Wakes the Deep is broken because of this bug

During my review playthrough of Still Wakes the Deep, I encountered a game-breaking bug that prevents me from finishing the game — and reviewing it.

Windows Central

Still Wakes the Deep review – The Thing, but on a Scottish oil rig in the 1970s

This horror game creates great atmosphere with its acting and visual design, but is regularly brought to its knees by uninspiring gameplay

The Guardian - UK

Still Wakes the Deep review

Still Wakes the Deep is more than the sum of its horror parts, thanks to one of the best stories I've played through in a very long time.

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The Most Intriguing Horror Game of the Year Is Weighed Down By Unimaginative Gameplay

John Carpenter would be flattered.

TechRadar

Still Wakes the Deep review: Horror, isolation, and the North Sea, all beautifully brought to life

Still Wakes the Deep is an enthralling but brief narrative horror game that beautifully encapsulates an atmosphere of dread and tension.

TechRadar

Waves of terror: how Still Wakes The Deep turns the North Sea into a gaming purgatory

We speak to Rob McLachlan, lead designer on Still Wakes the Deep about the upcoming horror game set on a North Sea oil rig.

Evening Standard

Xbox Game Pass games for June include survival horror Still Wakes the Deep

Likened to The Thing and Rosemary’s Baby, the survival horror strands you on a mutating oil rig that’s taking on a creepy life of its own

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Still Wakes the Deep gets the fundamentals of horror just right while also having an incredible location and grisly action

Never look back.

GamesRadar

I played Still Wakes the Deep and it feels like Outlast with a Lovecraftian twist, all set on an oil rig that's trying to kill me

Preview | The Chinese Room melds gritty domestic drama with hide-and-seek terrors to build "experiential narrative horror" in Still Wakes the Deep

TechRadar

From the North Sea to Arabian Nights - my favorite games from a recent ID@Xbox showcase

We recently attended an ID@Xbox showcase and got a closer look at more of the upcoming indie games coming out soon.

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Still Wakes The Deep: Claustrophobic Horror Game Set For June Release

Discover the terrifying horror of 'Still Wakes the Deep' by The Chinese Room, a game that promises to push the boundaries of horror gaming in 2024.

PC Gamer

'Still Wakes the Deep is the game I joined The Chinese Room to make': A new release date trailer gives us another look at the horrifying Beira D oil rig

Get me on that rig.

PC Gamer

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 will let you become a super vampire by drinking vamp blood, taking their abilities and combining them 'in hundreds of different ways'

Thirsty.

PC Gamer

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2's Brujah are big drinkers who flip the bird to taunt enemies

The Chinese Room spills more about the game's most rebellious vampire clan.

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