December 10, 2024

It’s great to see that a game as old as pinball—which first appeared at least in some form way back in the 1700s—can still learn a few new tricks. In this case it’s via Pinbleton Park, an open world adventure developed by Turtlesoup Games, where you don’t need a pinball table to play pinball: you…

My jaw hit the floor when a recent Marvel Rivals match began and half of my team immediately died. Seconds ago they’d been standing beside me, tagging the walls and emoting to pass the time. Now they were ragdolls flailing off a cliff. They’d been Doctor Strange’d, I soon realized. Marvel Rivals’ 33-hero launch roster…

This year is the 10th anniversary of Geoff Keighley’s annual The Game Awards show and it sure feels like he may be ramping up to some big surprises. At other points this year Geoff has had to reel in expectations for his other shows—warning fans in June that Summer Game Fest would be more about…

I’ve been playing a lot of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 lately so I’ve got planes on my branes. That made Lou’s Lagoon an instant “Yes please!” for me when I caught its gameplay trailer at today’s Wholesome Snack Showcase. Instead of inheriting a dumpy old farm from a relative, as is so often the case…

People Can Fly, the Polish developer of games including Bulletstorm, Gears of War: Judgment, and Outriders, has laid off more than 120 employees, a move the studio said was necessary “as external market pressures persisted beyond our forecasts.” People Can Fly CEO Sebastian Wojciechowski said is a message posted to social media that the layoffs…

Path of Exile is, in part, a game about comparing items. As we progress our character builds into the endgame and continue specializing our skill setups, stat and gear needs become more specific. Most melee characters won’t need to bother with spell damage; DoT builds might skip over critical hit chance. Gradually, more and more…

One of the best cozy games that I don’t ever see enough people putting on their cozy GOAT lists is Toem, a black & white adventure game about completing a photography stamp book challenge. I never anticipated getting more of its silly charm but developer Something We Made has just announced the sequel, Toem 2,…

Rusty’s Retirement has happily sat at the bottom of my screen on my second monitor since it was released back in April. Even though I’ve poured hours of my life into farming simulators in the past and created spreadsheets to track profit margins and gift guides for my fellow townsfolk, one thing I adore most…