The seemingly endless litany of layoffs that’s plagued the game industry through 2023 and into 2024 continued today as two more studios have confirmed cuts to their workforces: Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive has let 40 employees go, while Lord of the Fallen publisher CI Games has reduced its workforce by 10%. The CI…
Townscaper is one of those small snatches of joy I heavily associate with the Covid-19 lockdowns of 2020. The stress-free city builder was a tiny game that became a huge sensation that summer. Like other collective obsessions of that year, it inspired a trend that’s only now truly coming to fruition. Although Townscaper’s developer Oskar…
I was morally obligated to keep an eye on Palworld. I’ve been playing Pokémon on and off for four fifths of my time on this Earth. I’m a card-carrying Dwarf Fortress weirdo, which Palworld’s lead dev has cited as his favorite game. Ignoring Palworld would’ve been a dereliction of professional duty. Now that I’ve spent…
Farmed robbery. After getting a taste of the criminal life in Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion, the cheeky root vegetable returns in Turnip Boy Robs A Bank to, uh, rob a bank—multiple times. While the original game was a charming action-adventure title, the sequel takes inspiration from the likes of Enter the Gungeon and The…
The Blaze Taito Super Pocket (Hyper Mega Tech) not only sports 18 Taito arcade games, save states, scan lines, variable difficulty, and an included rechargeable battery, but also allows for expansion with already-established Blaze Evercade cartridges! Could this flavor of cart-based handheld be the net to take the market by storm? We run it through…
Are you brave enough to lead your pilots into the unknowns of outer space? Traverse through a number of environments in the re-imagining of this classic gravity-flyer coming soon to PS4 and PS5 There’s no solid release date beyond a somewhat vague ‘Spring 2024’ window right now, but if you’re a fan of the Atari…
Star quality. Sabotage’s beautiful turn-based RPG Sea of Stars‘ physical release is landing on store shelves on 10th May 2024. The standard retail edition of the game, featuring some stunning art from concept artist Bryce Kho, will come with a double-sided poster (from the same artist) and a digital download of the soundtrack. Costing $39.99,…
Love my Tetris, no doubt about it. I’m not very good at it, at least compared to CTWC-level competitors, but it’s a game I have fun on without a doubt and probably my most played video game. I now have the game in four different forms, my cabaret arcade machine, NES Tetris, GameBoy Tetris and…
Try Eastward ahead of the DLC’s release. Europe’s next Nintendo Switch Online Game Trial kicks off today in Europe, and it’s for Pixpil’s beautiful pixel art adventure Eastward. From now until 24th January, you can try out this unique game for free if you’re subscribed to the Nintendo Switch Online service. Eastward was published by…
Call of Duty has a new shortcut for mouse and keyboard users trying to activate aim assist: Alt + F4. According to a tweet posted to the official Call of Duty Updates Twitter account Tuesday, the game has buffed up its security systems to automatically kill your game—as in MW3.exe itself—if it catches you using…