During today's Triple-i Initiative stream, we finally learned the release date of The Alters. The anticipated next game from 11 Bit Studios, the developer behind This War of Mine and the Frostpunk series, arrives on June 13. 

In The Alters, you assume the role of Jan Dolski, a man on a mission to a planet rich in a valuable element. Unfortunately, his entire team is killed on the approach to the planet, so he must complete the mission in this hostile world alone. Rife with radiation storms, the planet requires Jan to collect the necessary resources during the day before retreating to a wheel-shaped mobile base to upgrade his equipment while waiting out the overnight storm. Unfortunately, one of the planet's suns scorches everything when it rises, meaning Jan needs to get the base operational before that sun turns the corner and lights him and his base ablaze. 

While inside the base, the action/survival mechanics give way to a base-builder. Here, you can build new modules to the base, but when things go awry and he needs help, he resorts to cloning himself using a special tool in the base. But it's not just an exact copy of himself; instead, Jan dips into the multiverse to clone versions of him that would have resulted in making a different choice during a pivotal part of his life. How you build your team is up to you, which makes for a fascinating experiment around exploring the person you could have been and figuring out the best team composition to tackle the task at hand.

In 2024, I flew to Warsaw, Poland, to get our hands on The Alters. I came away impressed with the premise of the game and the execution based on the three hours I played. I will certainly be looking forward to playing The Alters when it launches on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on June 13. To read our extended hands-on preview, head here.

10 Chambers, the 10-person team behind GTFO, is launching a new reality documentary series. Titled Do The Game, the series promises to offer a candid look at the developers as they work to bring its next game, Den of Wolves, to life. 

Similar to developer docu-series like 2 Player Productions’ Double Fine Adventure! and Psychodyssey, Do the Game aims to capture Den of Wolves’ creation, which the Stockholm-based 10 Chambers describes as “one of the most intense creative journeys in gaming history.” The series promises to reveal an honest, occasionally uncomfortable look at the team’s struggles and triumphs as it works to bring the game to market. 

“With our previous success of GTFO and now working on a major title like Den of Wolves, it might seem glamorous," says Oscar J-T Holm, co-founder at 10 Chambers in a press release. "However, growing a company while building a game can be incredibly stressful and create tension even between long-time friends. Through this Docu-Reality series, we aim to provide a brutally honest look behind the scenes of all this.”

Check out the teaser trailer below. Do The Game does not have a premiere date. 

Den of Wolves was first announced during The Game Awards in 2023 and is a cooperative first-person heist shooter. Players control criminals-for-hire working for rival corporations within a high-tech city built on unregulated innovation. Squads must work together to plan and execute dynamic heists, including espionage, theft, assassinations, or full-on shootouts. 10 Chambers revealed the first look at gameplay during last year’s Game Awards and recently showed off pre-alpha gameplay. Den of Wolves does not have a release window but is slated to launch on PC. 

Regardless of how Den of Wolves turns out, seeing more candid behind-the-scenes looks at the game development process is always cool. We’ll see if Do the Game proves to be as earnestly engaging as the two Double Fine docu-series, but anything that sheds light on the realities of game development for the average player is always a good thing.   

Platform: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC
Publisher: EA Sports
Developer: Codemasters
Release: May 30, 2025

When it was introduced in 2020, the F1 series' My Team offered players a long-form way to manage a team over a career. While it became a popular option for players looking for more than just one-off races, it hasn't received many meaningful updates or upgrades since its introduction. This year brings an extensive redesign to the My Team experience while also expanding on Driver Career.

In what the development team at Codemasters refers to as "My Team 2.0," you control a team owner who manages two drivers simultaneously, opening up different interactions that come with that angle, like recruiting and managing your relationship day-over-day with each driver. Since you now have two drivers to manage, you must manage their perception of your team as you negotiate with them using the in-game contract system. Based on your performance, you earn experience for your owner, allowing you to upgrade your skills to specialize in specific areas of team management.

 

As you play through various races, you can improve your Fan Rating, the sentiment surrounding the team, based on how you perform in team versus team rivalries. In between races, you spend your time in Team HQ, which has also been upgraded for this entry. The updated facilities structure brings a more granular upgrade system and a workforce size management element where you have to balance the benefits of having a large support staff versus the cost of having so many folks on your team.

The team at Codemasters also split Research & Development into separate systems, making it so your decisions interact with your perks and upgrades from the rest of the My Team HQ, including facility improvements and activities. Additionally, sponsors now operate on a loyalty and relationship-based system. As you build your relationship with a sponsor over time, you unlock benefits and new customization options. Based on your sponsors' core beliefs and backgrounds, you can experience new kinds of events within the mode. 

Both My Team and Driver Career are receiving increased implementation of the Driver Icons, including AI teams being able to recruit Icons for the first time and the ability to enable or disable the Icons individually. Finally, both modes integrate content from Konnersport, the fictional team from F1 25's Braking Point story mode, and the upcoming F1 movie starring Brad Pitt. However, the F1 movie content is largely exclusive to the Iconic Edition.

F1 25 arrives on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on May 30. Those who pick up the Iconic Edition will receive three days of early access beginning on May 27.

In this episode of New Gameplay Today, we show off Haste, a blistering-fast action game that gives Sonic the Hedgehog a run for its money. Landfall, the developer behind Totally Accurate Battle Simulator and Stick Fight: The Game, shows off its physics-based game design chops yet again. Longtime fans may also compare this new release to Clustertruck, a first-person parkour title the studio launched in 2016, Haste offers polish and style not found in its predecessor. 

See why Haste gives Sonic a run for its money:

Executive Editor Kyle Hilliard and Associate Editor Charles Harte join me in the first New Gameplay Today episode since Game Informer returned from the grave two weeks ago. We're so glad to be back! 

Since 2003, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (better known as BAFTA) has annually celebrated the world of video games in addition to its regular awards for TV and movies. This year's ceremony was held last night, on April 8, and highlighted some of the biggest games of 2024, along with a few surprises. Astro Bot, a game we also like a lot, won the most trophies, including Best Game. But its five wins were closely followed by three wins from Still Wakes the Deep, a psychological horror game largely unrepresented in other major awards shows.

The British Academy also took the ceremony as an opportunity to award the BAFTA Fellowship to Yoko Shimomura, the legendary composer known for her work on Street Fighter II and the Kingdom Hearts series. Meanwhile, the joker-poker roguelike Balatro won Best Debut Game. Developer LocalThunk is notoriously private, so actor Ben Starr, best known as Clive in Final Fantasy XVI, appeared in full clown attire to deliver the acceptance speech. After a few tongue-in-cheek jokes about how wealthy the developer has become, Starr urged the audience to play more indie games, specifically spotlighting Animal Well.

Here is a full list of the BAFTA Game Award winners.

Astro Bot took home five trophies at the 2025 BAFTA Game Awards.

Best Game

WINNER: Astro Bot

Balatro

Black Myth: Wukong

Helldivers 2

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

Thank Goodness You're Here!

Animation

WINNER: Astro Bot

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Lego Horizon Adventures

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II

Thank Goodness You're Here!

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Artistic Achievement

WINNER: Neva

Astro Bot

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II

Black Myth: Wukong

Still Wakes the Deep

Harold Halibut

Audio Achievement

WINNER: Astro Bot

Animal Well

Helldivers 2

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II

Star Wars Outlaws

Still Wakes the Deep

Thank Goodness You're Here! won the British Game award.

British Game

WINNER: Thank Goodness You're Here!

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II

Still Wakes the Deep

Paper Trail

A Highland Song

Lego Horizon Adventures

Debut Game

WINNER: Balatro

Animal Well

Pacific Drive

The Plucky Squire

Tales of Kenzera: ZAU

Thank Goodness You're Here!

Evolving Game

WINNER: Vampire Survivors

Diablo IV

Final Fantasy XIV Online

No Man's Sky

Sea of Thieves

World of Warcraft

Family

WINNER: Astro Bot

Cat Quest III

Lego Horizon Adventures

Little Kitty, Big City

The Plucky Squire

Super Mario Party Jamboree

Game Beyond Entertainment

WINNER: Tales of Kenzera: ZAU

Botany Manor

Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop)

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II

Tetris Forever

Vampire Therapist

Representatives from Astro Bot's development team accept the Best Game award.

Game Design

WINNER: Astro Bot

Animal Well

Balatro

Helldivers 2

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

Tactical Breach Wizards

Multiplayer

WINNER: Helldivers 2

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Lego Horizon Adventures

Super Mario Party Jamboree

Tekken 8

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Music

WINNER: Helldivers 2

Astro Bot

Black Myth: Wukong

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Senua's Saga: Hellbade II

Star Wars Outlaws

Narrative

WINNER: Metaphor: ReFantazio

Black Myth: Wukong

Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II

Still Wakes the Deep

Still Wakes the Deep won awards for New Intellectual Property, Performer in a Leading Role, and Performer in a Supporting Role.

New Intellectual Property

WINNER: Still Wakes the Deep

Animal Well

Balatro

Black Myth: Wukong

Metaphor: ReFantazio

Thank Goodness You're Here!

Performer in a Leading Role

WINNER: Alec Newman (as Cameron "Caz" McLeary in Still Wakes the Deep)

Humberly González (as Kay Vess in Star Wars Outlaws)

Isabella Inchbald (as Indika in Indika)

Luke Roberts (as James Sunderland in Silent Hill 2)

Melina Juergens (as Senua in Senua's Saga: Hellblade II)

Y'lan Noel (as Troy Marshall in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6)

Performer in a Supporting Role

WINNER: Karen Dunbar (as Finlay in Still Wakes the Deep)

Abbi Greenland and Helen Goalen (as the Furies in Senua's Saga: Hellblade II)

Aldís Amah Hamilton (as Ástríðr in Senua's Saga: Hellblade II)

Jon Blyth (Thank Goodness You're Here)

Matt Berry (Thank Goodness You're Here)

Michael Abubakar (as Brodie in Still Wakes the Deep)

Technical Achievement

WINNER: Senua's Saga: Hellblade II

Astro Bot

Black Myth: Wukong

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Tiny Glade

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 

Yoko Shimomura accepts the Fellowship award.

Fellowship

Yoko Shimomura