#stealth

#stealth

Much like Half-Life: Alyx, Thief's long-awaited return is a VR exclusive. The game was announced in June, but now we know when it will arrive. You can play the pioneering stealth franchise's new chapter, Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow, on December 4. Thief VR takes place about halfway between the events of the original trilogy and . You play as Magpie, a cunning thief (duh), who discovers a legendary eye artifact with a mysterious connection to the past.

The cool thing about a game like Arc Raiders is that you can engage in a bit of voyeurism if you're not up for brawling with the game's bigger threats. Keeping out of sight and making sure other players are far too busy to notice you is actually a really smart tactic if you're playing solo. Plus, you can get a front-row, responsibility-free seat to some cool firefights that you're way outgunned for.

Lockheed Martin introduced the company's latest project, known as "Vectis," on Sunday ahead of the annual Air & Space Force Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference. The aircraft is a "Group 5 survivable and lethal collaborative combat aircraft," the company said in a press release, referring to the largest size of uncrewed aerial systems, or UAS, built to survive enemy defenses and strike back.

IO Interactive seemingly wrapped up its assassination series Hitman in 2023, launching the anthology on practically every game platform. But it's not done with sneaking, subterfuge, and... sniper rifles. The game developer announced that it was making a new James Bond game, teasing an "unrefined" Bond in training - yes, it's another reimagined origin story. At a closed-door briefing at Gamescom, I watched the team play through some early parts of 007 First Light, with Bond part of a team of more seasoned spies hunting down a rogue double-'o' agent. Ah, that sounds like a Bond plot.