Rock Paper Shotgun previews The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu, a Lovecraftian extraction game from Chilean studio Ace Team, the developers behind Zeno Clash, The Eternal Cylinder and Clash: Artefacts of Chaos. Set in the 17th century, it casts four crucifix-wielding, musket-armed Spanish explorers who venture into a monster-filled jungle in search of loot, with the writer noting particular interest in how a Chilean studio handles a conquistador setting and the racial baggage of Lovecraft's fiction.

Players begin aboard a galleon owned by a greedy captain, then row ashore each mission to hunt treasure and run errands before things descend into horror: the dead rise, senses deceive, and the environment glitches so that players may perceive different hazards. The jungle itself acts as a sleeping presence that awakens in response to players' noise, drawing comparisons to Left 4 Dead's AI director. A demo is available on Steam and the full game launches on 15th July, though its prospects are clouded by publisher Nacon's bankruptcy filing in February.