ROUTINE
Developer Lunar Software Publisher Raw Fury Format PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series Release TBA
The unlikeliest feelgood story of the summer begins with Geoff Keighley waxing lyrical about a game’s score shortly before a trailer containing no music whatsoever. Still, perhaps he’s as pleasantly stumped by what comes next as us. It may sound strange to call it uplifting: after all, this menacing teaser opens with grainy footage of a koi carp flopping around on the floor attached to a thick cable and ends with a tall robot grabbing the player-character by the throat, their other arm twitching in readiness to deliver a fatal blow. But then comes the twist: this startling science-fiction horror isn’t a new game, but one we first saw ten years ago. Somehow, Routine has returned.