Sea for yourself. The bright and colourful pirate adventure Trident’s Tale launches on the Switch eShop on 22nd May 2025 for £22.49 / $24.99. Developed by 3DClouds, a studio best known for creating kid-friendly games based on big IPs such as Hot Wheels and Transformers, this looks to be an inviting way of introducing younger…
Hyper Light Breaker has been in a weird place since its early access launch in January: It’s a great action game with a gorgeous neon sci-fi art style, but the hybrid roguelike/extraction shooter structure surrounding that core has been roundly criticized by players. But despite taking it on the chin in the Steam user reviews,…
Category: Games April 24, 2025 How Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves’ Two-Lane Battle System Lets You Relive the Glory Days of the Arcade Yasuyuki Oda, Chief Producer, SNK Summary SNK showcases the new Two-Lane Battle system in the latest entry of their legendary fighting game series, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, available now…
This week’s big news was the reveal and simultaneous release of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, a remaster-slash-remake of the 2006 classic that’s immediately shot to the top of the Steam charts. The remake was a co-production between Bethesda and Virtuos, and prior to the official announcement had been one of the worst-kept secrets of…
Indie studio Mighty Yell, developer of the 2021 comedy crime adventure The Big Con and the upcoming dance-battler All Systems Dance, says it has laid off “a few” of its employees “due to financial challenges.” “This is not a decision we came to easily, and we know the impact it will have on our team…
A pre-orderly fashion. Well, Switch 2 pre-orders are finally live across North America and we’re interested in getting a sense of how it’s been for Nintendo fans on the ground in the US and Canada. Following a 15-day delay from the planned date, Switch 2 pre-orders went live at retailers across North America at 9pm…
Category: Games From Concept to Combat: How Stadium Came to Life in Overwatch 2 Dylan SnyderSenior Game Designer, Overwatch 2 Published April 24, 2025 Summary A new groundbreaking experience for Overwatch 2 is here, and it will change the way you play the game. Senior game designer Dylan Snyder talks about how Stadium came to…
Reporting on the impact of the US-China tariffs on the tabletop gaming industry is an increasingly bleak job. Yesterday, I wrote about the creators of Wingspan feeling forced to try to “sue the president” to survive. Today, one of the most well-known companies in the industry is essentially going into standby mode until things improve….
Tough decision after tough decision; at the end of the Oblivion Remastered tutorial, you’ll have one more major choice before you: what class to pick. There are heaps to choose from, and, to make things even more complicated, you can also craft your own custom class. To avoid later regrets, it’s wise to figure out…
As proven by science. Here’s a discovery that it brings us no joy to report: nobody likes Monty Mole. Now, we know what you might be thinking, “Wait a second, I love that guy!” (heck, he’s this writer’s Mario Party main), but we’re afraid that no, actually, you don’t. Play Nintendo has made it quite…