What are we all playing this weekend?

The editorial team at Rock Paper Shotgun has shared their personal weekend gaming plans for July 25, 2026, featuring a mix of tactical strategy titles, action-RPGs, and stealth-adventure games.

According to Rock Paper Shotgun, several writers are leaning toward tactical RPGs, dark fantasy adventures, and backlog entries in long-running franchises.

Tactical RPGs and Dark Fantasy

Edwin plans to dive into tactical strategy after writing about Star Wars: Zero Company during the week. "After writing about Star Wars: Zero Company this week I feel a hankering for a tactics RPG of some kind," Edwin said. "Perhaps I'll dig out that Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children game you're all so keen on, or maybe I will fire up Othercide on the Switch (assuming the interface, which I recall being torturous on PS4, transfers easily to the smaller screen). Beyond that, I've just bought a new poetry tome, Aaron Kent's Angels the Size of Houses."

Jeremy is weighing a return to dark fantasy or continuing his current piratical adventure. "This weekend I'll either be chugging along with Black Flag Resynced or maybe returning to Lords of the Fallen, which got put on the backburner after I decided to be a pirate for a bit rather than an emo goth knight wandering through a depressing world where everything's gone to shite," Jeremy said. He also teased an unannounced title, adding: "Speaking of post-apocalyptic worlds, there's also another secret game along these lines that I'll be firing up for guides prep sometime soon. Look to the release schedule in August for possible hints, I say!"

Catching Up on Backlogs

James is looking to spend more time with Replaced after a flight distraction. "I slapped Replaced on my Steam Deck last week for the pre-muscledeath plane trip, then spent the whole flight in Silksong instead," James said. "What can I say, I can't get enough bug gibberish. I should play Replaced more, though."

Meanwhile, Mark is considering dipping back into the Assassin's Creed franchise. "I've been thinking I might finally get around to trying Assassin's Creed Rogue. It's the entry that followed on from the recently resynced Black Flag and attempted to build on the naval battles I loved in that game, but I've never gotten around to giving it a go," Mark stated. "It's not unique in that regard, I've missed a number of AC entries in the years since Black Flag, specifically Valhalla, Origins and Syndicate. I should also really get around to finishing the remastered version of Assassin's Creed 3 after starting it about half a decade ago. God, there are just so many games about people in hoodies jumping around."

Among other team members, Ollie declined to share details, stating, "Sorry, the bargo gods hath sewn shut my mouth." Julian, Dion, and Callum noted that they do not recognize the weekend as the end of the week.

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