Less than a year after releasing its acclaimed Riven remake, Cyan Worlds announced last week that twelve of its employees were laid off in a statement on Bluesky. That represents around half of the studio according to the statement, which adds: “We are having to weigh the future health of our studio against the month-to-month…
Amanita Design, the Czech studio best known for Machinarium and the Samorost trilogy, is currently offering up to 85% off all its games, with money from all sales going to humanitarian aid in Ukraine. “From March 26 to April 2, we’re donating 100% of the proceeds from all our games and DLC to People in…
X/10. Recently, we crossed one of the last remaining Wii U winners off our Switch port list thanks to the arrival of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. We’d waited a long time to extol the virtues of this excellent entry to people who never picked up a Wii U, and the wait, thankfully, was worth…
Earlier this month, MercurySteam announced Blades of Fire, an action RPG the Spanish studio recently confirmed is a spiritual successor to Severance: Blade of Darkness. As someone who fondly remembers Blade of Darkness, developed by MercurySteam’s precursor Rebel Act Studios, I was excited to see this grungy old hack ‘n’ slash get the God of…
The best game about vampires and survival that isn’t Vampire Survivors, V Rising originally rose from its grave back in 2022. Following one of the more comprehensive early access launches of recent years, V Rising emerged fully formed in May last year to glowing reviews. Yet it turns out developer Stunlock Studios was far from…
He’s doing it again. FromSoftware modding savant Yui, creator of the wildly popular Elden Ring seamless co-op mod and the only just released Dark Souls 3 seamless co-op mod, is now doing the same with Dark Souls: Remastered. Yui announced the mod earlier this week, posting a video of it in action on YouTube with…
It’s about time. Well, that’s been quite the week, huh? Let’s chill out with another edition of Box Art Brawl. Last time, we saw two covers for NSO newbie Nobunaga’s Ambition go head-to-head, and it’s got to be said, it wasn’t even close. The epic Japanese art comfortably walked away with the win, taking 74%…
Here are the full patch notes. Super Evil Megacorp has this week released its ‘Balance of Power’ update for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate. This is a massive update adding boss updates, control improvements, bug fixes and much more. The team also has much more planned for 2025. Here’s the full rundown via the…
My housemates played The Sims over our local network back in the day, which became an issue when one of them decided to become a homewrecker. She’d wander around our shared neighborhood, flirt with everyone, start some fights, and move on. Marriages didn’t last long with her around, and pretty soon everyone’s relationship history started…
Could a trilogy be in the pipeline? The Zelda live-action movie this week locked in a 26th March 2027 release date and some new information has now emerged. According to Production List – a film and television production tracking service – The Legend of Zelda movie will be shot in New Zealand between 4th November…